Shara C. Williams

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Shara C. Williams is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Shara C. Williams has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Shara C. Williams's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (6 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Shara C. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (6 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Shara C. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Shara C. Williams's co-authors include A. Paul Alivisatos, Wolfgang J. Parak, Daniele Gerion, Daniela Zanchet, Christine Micheel, Shimon Weiss, Fabien Pinaud, Teresa Pellegrino, Carolyn A. Larabell and Rosanne Boudreau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Shara C. Williams

8 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis and Properties of Biocompatible Water-Soluble S... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2003 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Synthesis and Properties of Biocompatible Water-Soluble Silica-Coated CdSe/ZnS Semiconductor Quantum Dots
    2001 1.0k citations Daniele Gerion, Fabien Pinaud et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  2. Biological applications of colloidal nanocrystals
    2003 596 citations Wolfgang J. Parak, Daniele Gerion et al. Nanotechnology profile →

Peers

Shara C. Williams
Sarah J. Hurst United States
Savka I. Stoeva United States
Rajesh Sardar United States
Bishnu P. Khanal United States
Hee‐Sun Han United States
Amelie Heuer‐Jungemann Germany
Eleonora Petryayeva Canada
Zhibei Qu China
Troy E. Wilson United States
Michael D. Musick United States
Sarah J. Hurst United States
Shara C. Williams
Citations per year, relative to Shara C. Williams Shara C. Williams (= 1×) peers Sarah J. Hurst

Countries citing papers authored by Shara C. Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shara C. Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shara C. Williams. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shara C. Williams. The network helps show where Shara C. Williams may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shara C. Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shara C. Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shara C. Williams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shara C. Williams. Shara C. Williams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Alshaabi, Thayer, Daniel E. Milkie, Gaoxiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Fourier-based three-dimensional multistage transformer for aberration correction in multicellular specimens. Nature Methods. 22(10). 2171–2179.
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Claridge, Shelley A., Sarah L. Goh, Jean M. J. Fréchet, et al.. (2004). Directed assembly of discrete gold nanoparticle groupings using branched DNA \nscaffolds. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 130 indexed citations
3.
Parak, Wolfgang J., Daniele Gerion, Teresa Pellegrino, et al.. (2003). Biological applications of colloidal nanocrystals. Nanotechnology. 14(7). R15–R27. 596 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zanchet, Daniela, Christine Micheel, Wolfgang J. Parak, et al.. (2002). Electrophoretic and Structural Studies of DNA-Directed Au Nanoparticle Groupings. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 106(45). 11758–11763. 185 indexed citations
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Parak, Wolfgang J., Daniele Gerion, Daniela Zanchet, et al.. (2002). Conjugation of DNA to Silanized Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystalline Quantum Dots. Chemistry of Materials. 14(5). 2113–2119. 255 indexed citations
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Parak, Wolfgang J., Teresa Pellegrino, Christine Micheel, et al.. (2002). Conformation of Oligonucleotides Attached to Gold Nanocrystals Probed by Gel Electrophoresis. Nano Letters. 3(1). 33–36. 298 indexed citations
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Parak, Wolfgang J., Rosanne Boudreau, Mark Le Gros, et al.. (2002). Cell Motility and Metastatic Potential Studies Based on Quantum Dot Imaging of Phagokinetic Tracks. Advanced Materials. 14(12). 882–882. 288 indexed citations
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Gerion, Daniele, Wolfgang J. Parak, Shara C. Williams, et al.. (2002). Sorting Fluorescent Nanocrystals with DNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(24). 7070–7074. 233 indexed citations
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Gerion, Daniele, Fabien Pinaud, Shara C. Williams, et al.. (2001). Synthesis and Properties of Biocompatible Water-Soluble Silica-Coated CdSe/ZnS Semiconductor Quantum Dots. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 105(37). 8861–8871. 1014 indexed citations breakdown →

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