Stephen L. Craig

17.2k citations

238 papers · 14.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 73

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.2%
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Polymers and Plastics top 0.5%
- Polymer composites and self-healing

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 118
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications 106
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators 60
Structural Biology 4

Co-authors: Tatiana B. Kouznetsova Jeremy M. Lenhardt Julius Rebek Colin Nuckolls Wayne C. Yount David M. Loveless Zachary S. Kean Fraser Hof
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (58 papers)Macromolecules (15 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (11 papers)Nature Chemistry (6 papers)Polymer Chemistry (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Japan

In The Last Decade

Stephen L. Craig

233 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance 2023 · 107 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Science
2023 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2021 Chemical Reviews
2021 Science
2002 Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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All Works

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1	Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy Studies of Oxy Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of gem-Dihalocyclopropane Mechanophores Macromolecules ·Yixin Hu, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Yangju Lin, Liqi Wang, Stephen L. Craig	2025	1
2	Strain-dependent enantioselectivity in mechanochemically coupled catalytic hydrogenation Nature Synthesis ·Xujun Zheng, Chun-Yu Chiou, Robert T. O’Neill, Chenghao Duan, Yichen Yu, J. Málek, Nelson Rivera, Roman Boulatov, Stephen L. Craig, Ross A. Widenhoefer	2025	2
3	Tetrafunctional cyclobutanes tune toughness via network strand continuity Nature Chemistry ·Abraham Herzog‐Arbeitman, Ilia Kevlishvili, Devosmita Sen, Jane B. Lian, Joshika Chakraverty, Péter Müller, Shu Wang, Bradley D. Olsen, Heather J. Kulik, Stephen L. Craig, Jeremiah A. Johnson	2025	1
4	3D printed modular piezoionic sensors using dynamic covalent bonds RSC Applied Polymers ·Julian Smith‐Jones, Nathan Ballinger, Naroa Sadaba, Xabier Lopez de Pariza, Yunxin Yao, Stephen L. Craig, Haritz Sardón, Alshakim Nelson	2024	10
5	A Thermally Stable SO₂-Releasing Mechanophore: Facile Activation, Single-Event Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yunyan Sun, William J. Neary, Xiao Huang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Tetsu Ouchi, Ilia Kevlishvili, Kecheng Wang, Yingying Chen, Heather J. Kulik, Stephen L. Craig, Jeffrey S. Moore	2024	21
6	Angle-strained sila-cycloalkynes Chemical Communications ·Herbert Wakefield, Sophia J. Melvin, Jennifer Jiang, Ilia Kevlishvili, Maxime A. Siegler, Stephen L. Craig, Heather J. Kulik, Rebekka S. Klausen	2024	4
7	Force-Activated Spin-Crossover in Fe ²⁺ and Co ²⁺ Transition Metal Mechanophores Inorganic Chemistry ·Xiao Huang, Ilia Kevlishvili, Stephen L. Craig, Heather J. Kulik	2024	2
8	Controlling the Microstructure and Mechanical Response of Polybutadiene Elastomers Through Phosphite Inhibited Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Macromolecules ·Evan M. Lloyd, Stephen L. Craig	2024	2
9	The tension-activated carbon–carbon bond Chem ·Yunyan Sun, Ilia Kevlishvili, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Zach Burke, Stephen L. Craig, Heather J. Kulik, Jeffrey S. Moore	2024	21
10	Contribution of Unbroken Strands to the Fracture of Polymer Networks Macromolecules ·Shu Wang, Sergey Panyukov, Stephen L. Craig, Michael Rubinstein	2023	30
11	Mechanochemistry of Pterodactylane Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Maggie Horst, Jan Meisner, Jinghui Yang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Stephen L. Craig, Todd J. Martı́nez, Yan Xia	2023	28
12	Metal identity effects in the fracture behavior of coordinatively crosslinked elastomers Polymer ·Patricia N. Johnson, Yunxin Yao, Xiao Huang, Ilia Kevlishvili, Stephen Schrettl, Christoph Weder, Heather J. Kulik, Stephen L. Craig	2023	8
13	A polyelectrolyte handle for single‐molecule force spectroscopy Journal of Polymer Science ·Junpeng Wang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Jianshe Xia, Felipe Ángeles, Mónica Olvera de la Cruz, Stephen L. Craig	2023	1
14	Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance Science ·Shu Wang, Yixin Hu, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Liel Sapir, Danyang Chen, Abraham Herzog‐Arbeitman, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Michael Rubinstein, Stephen L. Craig Hit paper breakdown →	2023	107
15	Effect of strand molecular length on mechanochemical transduction in elastomers probed with uniform force sensors Polymer Chemistry ·Tetsu Ouchi, Wencong Wang, Brooke E. Silverstein, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Stephen L. Craig	2023	7
16	Reactivity-Guided Depercolation Processes Determine Fracture Behavior in End-Linked Polymer Networks ACS Macro Letters ·Haley K. Beech, Shu Wang, Devosmita Sen, Dechen T. Rota, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Akash Arora, Michael Rubinstein, Stephen L. Craig, Bradley D. Olsen	2023	18
17	Pulling Outward but Reacting Inward: Mechanically Induced Symmetry-Allowed Reactions of cis- and trans-Diester-Substituted Dichlorocyclopropanes Synlett ·Stephen L. Craig, Zi Wang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova	2022	8
18	Force-modulated reductive elimination from platinum( ii ) diaryl complexes Chemical Science ·Yichen Yu, Chenxu Wang, Liqi Wang, Cai‐Li Sun, Roman Boulatov, Ross A. Widenhoefer, Stephen L. Craig	2021	17
19	Mechanochemical Regulation of Oxidative Addition to a Palladium(0) Bisphosphine Complex Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Liqi Wang, Yichen Yu, Anton Razgoniaev, Patricia N. Johnson, Chenxu Wang, Yancong Tian, Roman Boulatov, Stephen L. Craig, Ross A. Widenhoefer	2020	22
20	Antidiabetic effects and sustained metabolic benefits of sub-chronic co-administration of exendin-4/gastrin and xenin-8-Gln in high fat fed mice European Journal of Pharmacology ·Annie Hasib, Dawood Khan, Stephen L. Craig, Victor A. Gault, Peter R. Flatt, Nigel Irwin	2019	1

About Stephen L. Craig

Stephen L. Craig is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Structural Biology, Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 238 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (106 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (60 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (28 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (26 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (22 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (18 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (17 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (5.4k citations), Polymers and Plastics (2.4k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.2k citations), Biomaterials (2.0k citations) and Molecular Medicine (728 citations). Stephen L. Craig has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Jeremy M. Lenhardt, Julius Rebek, Colin Nuckolls, Wayne C. Yount, David M. Loveless, Zachary S. Kean, Fraser Hof, Gregory R. Gossweiler and Yangju Lin. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Macromolecules, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry.

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