Robert D. Bolskar

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Bolskar is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Orthodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Bolskar has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Organic Chemistry, 29 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Orthodontics. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Bolskar's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (31 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (15 papers) and Graphene research and applications (13 papers). Robert D. Bolskar is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (31 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (15 papers) and Graphene research and applications (13 papers). Robert D. Bolskar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Russia. Robert D. Bolskar's co-authors include Christopher A. Reed, Lon J. Wilson, Lothar Helm, Balaji Sitharaman, Christopher A. Reed, Peter D. W. Boyd, Éva Tóth, J. Michael Alford, André E. Merbach and Kee‐Chan Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Bolskar

38 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Discrete Fulleride Anions and Fullerenium Cations 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Discrete Fulleride Anions and Fullerenium Cations
    2000 551 citations Christopher A. Reed, Robert D. Bolskar profile →

Peers

Robert D. Bolskar
Simin Liu China
Robert B. Pansu France
Alessandro Ponti Italy
Jungseok Heo South Korea
Monika Spieles Germany
René M. Williams Netherlands
Tomohiro Seki Japan
Bin Hua China
Xutang Tao China
Christophe Mingotaud France
Simin Liu China
Robert D. Bolskar
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert D. Bolskar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kumar, Dhiraj, Robert D. Bolskar, Isha Mutreja, & Robert S. Jones. (2022). Methacrylate Polymers With “Flipped External” Ester Groups: A Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Dhiraj, et al.. (2021). A novel methacrylate derivative polymer that resists bacterial cell‐mediated biodegradation. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 110(5). 991–1000. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Dhiraj, et al.. (2020). A Novel Dental Polymer with a Flipped External Ester Group Design that Resists Degradation via Polymer Backbone Preservation. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 6(10). 5609–5619. 6 indexed citations
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Marks, John W., et al.. (2011). Cell Internalization Studies of Gadofullerene-(ZME-018) Immunoconjugates into A375m Melanoma Cells. Translational Oncology. 4(6). 350–IN2. 7 indexed citations
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Ananta, Jeyarama S., Biana Godin, Richa Sethi, et al.. (2010). Geometrical confinement of gadolinium-based contrast agents in nanoporous particles enhances T1 contrast. Nature Nanotechnology. 5(11). 815–821. 337 indexed citations
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Raebiger, James W., J. Michael Alford, Robert D. Bolskar, & Michael Diener. (2010). Chemical redox recovery of giant, small-gap and other fullerenes. Carbon. 49(1). 37–46. 16 indexed citations
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Shustova, Natalia B., Brooke Newell, Susie M. Miller, et al.. (2007). Discovering and Verifying Elusive Fullerene Cage Isomers: Structures of C2‒p11‐(C74‐D3h)(CF3)12 and C2‒p11‒(C78‒D3h(5))(CF3)12. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(22). 4111–4114. 45 indexed citations
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Sabirianov, Renat, W. N. Mei, Jing Lü, et al.. (2007). Correlation effects and electronic structure of Gd@C60. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 19(8). 82201–82201. 23 indexed citations
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Sitharaman, Balaji, Lesa A. Tran, Quynh P. Pham, et al.. (2007). Gadofullerenes as nanoscale magnetic labels for cellular MRI. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 2(3). 139–146. 60 indexed citations
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Laus, Sabrina, Balaji Sitharaman, Éva Tóth, et al.. (2007). Understanding Paramagnetic Relaxation Phenomena for Water-Soluble Gadofullerenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111(15). 5633–5639. 48 indexed citations
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Shustova, Natalia B., Igor V. Kuvychko, Robert D. Bolskar, et al.. (2006). Trifluoromethyl Derivatives of Insoluble Small-HOMO−LUMO-Gap Hollow Higher Fullerenes. NMR and DFT Structure Elucidation of C2-(C74-D3h)(CF3)12, Cs-(C76-Td(2))(CF3)12, C2-(C78-D3h(5))(CF3)12, Cs-(C80-C2v(5))(CF3)12, and C2-(C82-C2(5))(CF3)12. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(49). 15793–15798. 100 indexed citations
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Laus, Sabrina, Balaji Sitharaman, Éva Tóth, et al.. (2005). Destroying Gadofullerene Aggregates by Salt Addition in Aqueous Solution of Gd@C60(OH)x and Gd@C60[C(COOH2)]10. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(26). 9368–9369. 94 indexed citations
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Goryunkov, Alexey A., Vitaliy Yu. Markov, Ilya N. Ioffe, et al.. (2004). C74F38: An Exohedral Derivative of a Small‐Bandgap Fullerene with D3 Symmetry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(8). 997–1000. 43 indexed citations
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Bolskar, Robert D., Angelo F. Benedetto, Roger E. Price, et al.. (2003). First Soluble M@C60 Derivatives Provide Enhanced Access to Metallofullerenes and Permit in Vivo Evaluation of Gd@C60[C(COOH)2]10 as a MRI Contrast Agent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(18). 5471–5478. 328 indexed citations
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Paul, Parimal, Robert D. Bolskar, Alex M. Clark, & Christopher A. Reed. (2000). The origin of the ‘spike’ in the EPR spectrum of C60−. Chemical Communications. 1229–1230. 23 indexed citations
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Boyd, Peter D. W., M.C. Hodgson, Clifton E. F. Rickard, et al.. (1999). Selective Supramolecular Porphyrin/Fullerene Interactions1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(45). 10487–10495. 334 indexed citations
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Boyd, Peter D. W., P. Bhyrappa, Parimal Paul, et al.. (1995). The C602- Fulleride Ion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(10). 2907–2914. 94 indexed citations
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Bolskar, Robert D., et al.. (1995). Analysis of the near-infrared spectra of C60−. Chemical Physics Letters. 247(1-2). 57–62. 27 indexed citations

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