Robert A. DiStasio

17.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Robert A. DiStasio is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. DiStasio has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Robert A. DiStasio's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (32 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (26 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (10 papers). Robert A. DiStasio is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (32 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (26 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (10 papers). Robert A. DiStasio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Luxembourg. Robert A. DiStasio's co-authors include Alexandre Tkatchenko, Roberto Car, Martin Head‐Gordon, Matthias Scheffler, Jan Hermann, Biswajit Santra, Ryan P. Steele, Alberto Ambrosetti, Ka Un Lao and Xifan Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. DiStasio

69 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Accurate and Efficient Method for Many-Body van der Waals Interactions

2012 1.2k citations Alexandre Tkatchenko, Robert A. DiStasio et al. profile →
Current Status of the AMOEBA Polarizable Force Field

2010 1.1k citations Robert A. DiStasio et al. profile →
First-Principles Models for van der Waals Interactions in Molecules and Materials: Concepts, Theory, and Applications

2017 462 citations Robert A. DiStasio, Alexandre Tkatchenko et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert A. DiStasio	3.3k	3.1k	1.1k	1.1k	958	70	6.9k
Tetsuya Taketsugu	3.3k 1.0×	4.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	332	9.2k
Qin Wu	2.9k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	2.4k 2.1×	1.3k 1.2×	999 1.0×	126	9.0k
Ivano Tavernelli	4.2k 1.3×	4.8k 1.6×	2.4k 2.1×	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	189	12.2k
Jeng‐Da Chai	2.3k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	65	6.2k
John M. Herbert	5.2k 1.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	2.5k 2.2×	1.4k 1.5×	212	8.6k
Paul M. Zimmerman	1.8k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	656 0.6×	2.2k 2.3×	177	6.8k
Takao Tsuneda	4.0k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	2.3k 2.0×	1.9k 2.0×	96	8.1k
D. Porezag	3.5k 1.1×	6.1k 2.0×	2.3k 2.0×	801 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	52	9.5k
M. A. Blanco	2.5k 0.8×	5.9k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	89	9.7k
Elias Vlieg	3.3k 1.0×	4.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	929 1.0×	309	10.5k

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Hu, Jenny, et al.. (2025). Designing Polymers with Molecular Weight Distribution-Based Machine Learning. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(12). 10238–10246. 5 indexed citations

Fuemmeler, Eric G., Anil Damle, & Robert A. DiStasio. (2023). Selected Columns of the Density Matrix in an Atomic Orbital Basis I: An Intrinsic and Non-iterative Orbital Localization Scheme for the Occupied Space. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(23). 8572–8586. 1 indexed citations

Sandonas, Leonardo Medrano, Johannes Hoja, Brian G. Ernst, et al.. (2023). “Freedom of design” in chemical compound space: towards rationalin silicodesign of molecules with targeted quantum-mechanical properties. Chemical Science. 14(39). 10702–10717. 8 indexed citations

Qiu, Tian, et al.. (2023). Range-separated hybrid functional pseudopotentials. Physical review. B.. 108(16). 4 indexed citations

Yang, Yao, Yu‐Tsun Shao, Xinyao Lu, et al.. (2022). Elucidating Cathodic Corrosion Mechanisms with Operando Electrochemical Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(34). 15698–15708. 39 indexed citations

Ernst, Brian G., et al.. (2022). Uniting Nonempirical and Empirical Density Functional Approximation Strategies Using Constraint-Based Regularization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(30). 6896–6904. 7 indexed citations

Ko, Hsin-Yu, Biswajit Santra, & Robert A. DiStasio. (2021). Enabling Large-Scale Condensed-Phase Hybrid Density Functional Theory-Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics II: Extensions to the Isobaric–Isoenthalpic and Isobaric–Isothermal Ensembles. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17(12). 7789–7813. 16 indexed citations

Lao, Ka Un, Yan Yang, & Robert A. DiStasio. (2021). Electron confinement meet electron delocalization: non-additivity and finite-size effects in the polarizabilities and dispersion coefficients of the fullerenes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(10). 5773–5779. 4 indexed citations

Ernst, Brian G., et al.. (2021). NENCI-2021. I. A large benchmark database of non-equilibrium non-covalent interactions emphasizing close intermolecular contacts. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 155(18). 184303–184303. 23 indexed citations

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Ernst, Brian G., Ka Un Lao, Andrew G. Sullivan, & Robert A. DiStasio. (2020). Attracting Opposites: Promiscuous Ion−π Binding in the Nucleobases. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(20). 4128–4140. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, et al.. (2020). Area-selective atomic layer deposition enabled by competitive adsorption. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 38(6). 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, Ka Un Lao, Hsin-Yu Ko, et al.. (2020). Competitive Adsorption as a Route to Area-Selective Deposition. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(8). 9989–9999. 23 indexed citations

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Keresztes, Ivan, Samantha N. MacMillan, Yang Yang, et al.. (2020). Oxyaapa: A Picolinate-Based Ligand with Five Oxygen Donors that Strongly Chelates Lanthanides. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(7). 5116–5132. 18 indexed citations

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Ko, Hsin-Yu, Junteng Jia, Biswajit Santra, et al.. (2020). Enabling Large-Scale Condensed-Phase Hybrid Density Functional Theory Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics. 1. Theory, Algorithm, and Performance. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(6). 3757–3785. 44 indexed citations

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Lu, Song, Niankai Fu, Brian G. Ernst, et al.. (2020). Dual electrocatalysis enables enantioselective hydrocyanation of conjugated alkenes. Nature Chemistry. 12(8). 747–754. 235 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Ka Un Lao, David M. Wilkins, et al.. (2019). Quantum mechanical static dipole polarizabilities in the QM7b and AlphaML showcase databases. Scientific Data. 6(1). 152–152. 31 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaopeng, Junteng Jia, Shu Xu, et al.. (2018). Unraveling substituent effects on the glass transition temperatures of biorenewable polyesters. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2880–2880. 77 indexed citations

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Lao, Ka Un, Junteng Jia, Rahul Maitra, & Robert A. DiStasio. (2018). On the geometric dependence of the molecular dipole polarizability in water: A benchmark study of higher-order electron correlation, basis set incompleteness error, core electron effects, and zero-point vibrational contributions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 149(20). 204303–204303. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Mohan, Lixin Zheng, Biswajit Santra, et al.. (2018). Hydroxide diffuses slower than hydronium in water because its solvated structure inhibits correlated proton transfer. Nature Chemistry. 10(4). 413–419. 221 indexed citations

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Xie, Saien, Lijie Tu, Yimo Han, et al.. (2018). Coherent, atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenide superlattices with engineered strain. Science. 359(6380). 1131–1136. 275 indexed citations

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