Robert J. Macfarlane

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
81 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Macfarlane is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Macfarlane has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Macfarlane's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (37 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (36 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (18 papers). Robert J. Macfarlane is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (37 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (36 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (18 papers). Robert J. Macfarlane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Germany. Robert J. Macfarlane's co-authors include Chad A. Mirkin, Matthew R. Jones, Byeongdu Lee, Kyle D. Osberg, Mark R. Langille, George C. Schatz, Andrew J. Senesi, Nadine Harris, Kaylie L. Young and Evelyn Auyeung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Macfarlane

76 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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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.

Templated Techniques for the Synthesis and Assembly of Plasmonic Nanostructures

2011 1.0k citations Matthew R. Jones, Robert J. Macfarlane et al. profile →
Nanoparticle Superlattice Engineering with DNA

2011 980 citations Robert J. Macfarlane, Byeongdu Lee et al. Science profile →
DNA-nanoparticle superlattices formed from anisotropic building blocks

2010 552 citations Matthew R. Jones, Robert J. Macfarlane et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Macfarlane United States	36	3.1k	2.7k	2.4k	1.4k	800	81	6.2k
Matthew R. Jones United States	38	3.8k 1.2×	3.4k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	776 1.0×	70	8.1k
T. Andrew Taton United States	32	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	3.5k 1.4×	2.9k 2.1×	789 1.0×	46	7.2k
Eugene R. Zubarev United States	45	3.1k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.6×	1.6k 2.0×	86	6.7k
Dmytro Nykypanchuk United States	30	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	368 0.5×	81	4.0k
Yasuro Niidome Japan	38	2.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	127	5.3k
Joseph M. Slocik United States	28	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	73	4.1k
Babak Nikoobakht United States	23	4.4k 1.4×	5.9k 2.2×	1.7k 0.7×	4.0k 2.9×	855 1.1×	37	8.7k
Alexander E. Ribbe United States	40	1.7k 0.5×	695 0.3×	3.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	853 1.1×	116	6.3k
Sarah L. Westcott United States	21	2.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.3×	841 0.3×	3.1k 2.3×	688 0.9×	31	5.9k
Rizia Bardhan United States	40	2.9k 1.0×	4.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	4.8k 3.5×	1.2k 1.4×	88	8.5k

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Thrasher, Carl J., Rebecca L. Li, Theodore Hueckel, et al.. (2025). Forging Nanoparticle Superlattices with Colloidal Metallurgy. ACS Nano. 19(22). 20753–20764.

Thrasher, Carl J., et al.. (2025). Regio‐Selective Mechanical Enhancement of Polymer‐Grafted Nanoparticle Composites via Light‐Mediated Crosslinking. Advanced Materials. 37(10). e2410493–e2410493.

Thrasher, Carl J., Matthew Hughes, Kevin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Dual‐Wavelength Vat Photopolymerization With Dissolvable, Recyclable Support Structures. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(17). 3 indexed citations

Hueckel, Theodore, et al.. (2024). Controlling the thermally-driven crystallization of DNA-coated nanoparticles with formamide. Soft Matter. 20(34). 6723–6729. 2 indexed citations

Li, Rebecca L., et al.. (2024). Molecular Additives as Competitive Binding Agents to Control Supramolecular-Driven Nanoparticle Assembly. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 374–380. 3 indexed citations

Foucher, Alexandre C., Kai Shen, Robert J. Macfarlane, John M. Vohs, & Frances M. Ross. (2024). Combined In Situ STEM and SEM Investigation of Fe-Ru Nanocatalysts. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 30(Supplement_1).

Thrasher, Carl J., et al.. (2023). Scalable, Versatile Synthesis of Ultrathin Polyetherimide Films and Coatings via Interfacial Polymerization. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(24). 13 indexed citations

Lee, Margaret, et al.. (2023). Improving nanoparticle superlattice stability with deformable polymer gels. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(6). 64901–64901. 3 indexed citations

Santos, Peter J., Paul A. Gabrys, Leonardo Z. Zornberg, Margaret Lee, & Robert J. Macfarlane. (2021). Macroscopic materials assembled from nanoparticle superlattices. Nature. 591(7851). 586–591. 180 indexed citations

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Klontzas, Michail E., Supachai Reakasame, Raquel Silva, et al.. (2019). Oxidized alginate hydrogels with the GHK peptide enhance cord blood mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis: A paradigm for metabolomics-based evaluation of biomaterial design. Acta Biomaterialia. 88. 224–240. 68 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianyuan, Peter J. Santos, Paul A. Gabrys, et al.. (2016). Self-Assembling Nanocomposite Tectons. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(50). 16228–16231. 101 indexed citations

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Macfarlane, Robert J., Byeongdu Lee, Raymond A. Weitekamp, et al.. (2014). Improving Brush Polymer Infrared One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals via Linear Polymer Additives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(50). 17374–17377. 126 indexed citations

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Senesi, Andrew J., Daniel J. Eichelsdoerfer, Robert J. Macfarlane, et al.. (2013). Stepwise Evolution of DNA‐Programmable Nanoparticle Superlattices. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(26). 6624–6628. 83 indexed citations

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Macfarlane, Robert J., Matthew N. O’Brien, Sarah Hurst Petrosko, & Chad A. Mirkin. (2013). Nucleic Acid‐Modified Nanostructures as Programmable Atom Equivalents: Forging a New “Table of Elements”. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(22). 5688–5698. 148 indexed citations

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Macfarlane, Robert J., et al.. (2013). Topotactic Interconversion of Nanoparticle Superlattices. Science. 341(6151). 1222–1225. 135 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chuan, Robert J. Macfarlane, Kaylie L. Young, et al.. (2013). A general approach to DNA-programmable atom equivalents. Nature Materials. 12(8). 741–746. 273 indexed citations

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Auyeung, Evelyn, Robert J. Macfarlane, Chung Hang Jonathan Choi, Joshua I. Cutler, & Chad A. Mirkin. (2012). Transitioning DNA‐Engineered Nanoparticle Superlattices from Solution to the Solid State. Advanced Materials. 24(38). 5181–5186. 143 indexed citations

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Macfarlane, Robert J., Matthew R. Jones, Andrew J. Senesi, et al.. (2010). Establishing the Design Rules for DNA‐Mediated Programmable Colloidal Crystallization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(27). 4589–4592. 129 indexed citations

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Macfarlane, Robert J. & Chad A. Mirkin. (2010). Colloidal Assembly via Shape Complementarity. ChemPhysChem. 11(15). 3215–3217. 13 indexed citations

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Hurst, Sarah J., Haley D. Hill, Robert J. Macfarlane, et al.. (2009). Synthetically Programmable DNA Binding Domains in Aggregates of DNA‐Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles. Small. 5(19). 2156–2161. 27 indexed citations

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