Ronit Freeman

17.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
103 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

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Ronit Freeman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronit Freeman has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ronit Freeman's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (56 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (20 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (19 papers). Ronit Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (56 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (20 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (19 papers). Ronit Freeman collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Ronit Freeman's co-authors include Itamar Willner, Michael J. Natan, Katherine C. Grabar, Ron Gill, Xiaoqing Liu, Eyal Golub, Etery Sharon, Christine D. Keating, Michael A. Jackson and Marcelo E. Piotti and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ronit Freeman

103 papers receiving 14.8k 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.

Preparation and Characterization of Au Colloid Monolayers

1995 2.5k citations Ronit Freeman, Michael J. Natan et al. profile →
Self-Assembled Metal Colloid Monolayers: An Approach to SERS Substrates

1995 1.1k citations Ronit Freeman, Patrick C. Smith et al. Science profile →
Submicrometer Metallic Barcodes

2001 1.0k citations Ronit Freeman, Ian D. Walton et al. Science profile →
Structure−Activity Relationships in Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

2010 685 citations Ronit Freeman, Michael J. Natan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Enzyme cascades activated on topologically programmed DNA scaffolds

2009 609 citations Ron Gill, Ronit Freeman et al. profile →
Chemiluminescent and Chemiluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (CRET) Detection of DNA, Metal Ions, and Aptamer–Substrate Complexes Using Hemin/G-Quadruplexes and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots

2011 502 citations Ronit Freeman, Itamar Willner et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ronit Freeman	8.2k	5.8k	5.5k	4.2k	3.0k	103	15.0k
James J. Storhoff	9.8k 1.2×	5.2k 0.9×	5.6k 1.0×	6.7k 1.6×	2.1k 0.7×	29	16.0k
Robert C. Mucic	8.9k 1.1×	5.0k 0.9×	5.2k 0.9×	6.4k 1.5×	2.0k 0.7×	12	14.1k
Weiqing Xu	5.3k 0.6×	11.0k 1.9×	5.3k 1.0×	5.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.5×	419	17.4k
Liguang Xu	8.7k 1.1×	6.9k 1.2×	7.9k 1.4×	5.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	367	18.6k
Michael J. Natan	6.3k 0.8×	6.1k 1.1×	7.3k 1.3×	8.5k 2.0×	3.8k 1.3×	85	16.7k
Li Li	7.0k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	380	12.7k
Dai‐Wen Pang	9.9k 1.2×	9.7k 1.7×	8.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.3×	3.8k 1.3×	446	21.6k
Kemin Wang	17.1k 2.1×	9.1k 1.6×	9.8k 1.8×	2.2k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	643	26.1k
Marie‐Christine Daniel	3.2k 0.4×	7.5k 1.3×	3.4k 0.6×	5.9k 1.4×	3.2k 1.1×	66	14.9k
Shiping Song	12.8k 1.6×	4.5k 0.8×	8.1k 1.5×	1.9k 0.5×	3.3k 1.1×	169	16.6k

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Edelmaier, C. J., Qunzhao Wang, Sonya M. Hanson, et al.. (2025). Charge distribution and helicity tune the binding of septin's amphipathic helix domain to membranes. Biophysical Journal. 124(8). 1298–1312. 1 indexed citations

Jian, Tengyue, Yuan Gao, W. Seth Childers, et al.. (2024). Uncovering supramolecular chirality codes for the design of tunable biomaterials. Nature Communications. 15(1). 788–788. 23 indexed citations

Wessler, Timothy, Alex Chen, Richard C. Boucher, et al.. (2023). Modeling identifies variability in SARS-CoV-2 uptake and eclipse phase by infected cells as principal drivers of extreme variability in nasal viral load in the 48 h post infection. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 565. 111470–111470. 5 indexed citations

Jian, Tengyue, et al.. (2023). From the lab to the field: handheld surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection of viral proteins. Sensors & Diagnostics. 2(6). 1483–1491. 4 indexed citations

Vásquez, Paula A., Kerry Bloom, Ronit Freeman, et al.. (2023). The power of weak, transient interactions across biology: A paradigm of emergent behavior. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 454. 133866–133866. 2 indexed citations

Narayanan, Raghu Pradeep, et al.. (2022). Bioactive Fibronectin-III ₁₀ –DNA Origami Nanofibers Promote Cell Adhesion and Spreading. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 5(10). 4625–4634. 9 indexed citations

Markovetz, Matthew R., Ian C. Garbarine, Cameron B. Morrison, et al.. (2022). Mucus and mucus flake composition and abundance reflect inflammatory and infection status in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 21(6). 959–966. 9 indexed citations

Jian, Tengyue, et al.. (2021). A Programmable Toolkit to Dynamically Signal Cells Using Peptide Strand Displacement. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(18). 21018–21029. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Sang Hoon, Fiona L. Kearns, Mia A. Rosenfeld, et al.. (2021). GlycoGrip: Cell Surface-Inspired Universal Sensor for Betacoronaviruses. ACS Central Science. 8(1). 22–42. 34 indexed citations

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Jian, Tengyue, et al.. (2021). Catching COVID: Engineering Peptide-Modified Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Sensors for SARS-CoV-2. ACS Sensors. 6(9). 3436–3444. 50 indexed citations

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Simmons, C.R., et al.. (2019). Hierarchical Assembly of Nucleic Acid/Coiled-Coil Peptide Nanostructures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(3). 1406–1416. 68 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, Ming Han, Zaida Álvarez, et al.. (2018). Reversible self-assembly of superstructured networks. Science. 362(6416). 808–813. 295 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, Job Boekhoven, Matthew B. Dickerson, Rajesh R. Naik, & Samuel I. Stupp. (2015). Biopolymers and supramolecular polymers as biomaterials for biomedical applications. MRS Bulletin. 40(12). 1089–1101. 47 indexed citations

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Sharon, Etery, et al.. (2011). Electron-transfer quenching of nucleic acid-functionalized CdSe/ZnS quantum dots by doxorubicin: A versatile system for the optical detection of DNA, aptamer–substrate complexes and telomerase activity. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26(12). 4681–4689. 39 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, Yang Li, Ran Tel‐Vered, et al.. (2009). Self-assembly of supramolecular aptamer structures for optical or electrochemical sensing. The Analyst. 134(4). 653–653. 106 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, et al.. (2009). Multiplexed Analysis of Hg²⁺ and Ag⁺ Ions by Nucleic Acid Functionalized CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots and Their Use for Logic Gate Operations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(42). 7818–7821. 460 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, Ron Gill, Itzhak Shweky, et al.. (2008). Biosensing and Probing of Intracellular Metabolic Pathways by NADH‐Sensitive Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie. 121(2). 315–319. 27 indexed citations

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Gill, Ron, et al.. (2008). Optical Detection of Glucose and Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibitors by H₂O₂‐Sensitive CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(9). 1676–1679. 231 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, Paul A. Raju, Scott M. Norton, et al.. (2005). Use of Nanobarcodes<SUP>®</SUP> Particles in Bioassays. Humana Press eBooks. 303. 73–84. 10 indexed citations

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Freeman, Ronit, et al.. (1990). Second Harmonic Detection of Sinusoidally Modulated Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence. PD3–PD3. 1 indexed citations

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