Stephen O’Brien

17.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
191 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen O’Brien is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen O’Brien has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Materials Chemistry, 77 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 54 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Stephen O’Brien's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (27 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (26 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (23 papers). Stephen O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (27 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (26 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (23 papers). Stephen O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Stephen O’Brien's co-authors include Christopher B. Murray, Ming Yin, Dmitri V. Talapin, Elena V. Shevchenko, Nicholas A. Kotov, Limin Huang, Franz Redl, Jeffrey T. Koberstein, Louis E. Brus and Nicholas J. Turro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen O’Brien

181 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structural diversity in binary nanoparticle superlattices

2006 1.8k citations Elena V. Shevchenko, Dmitri V. Talapin et al. Nature profile →
Copper Oxide Nanocrystals

2005 888 citations Ming Yin, Yongbing Lou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots

2003 716 citations Franz Redl, Christopher B. Murray et al. Nature profile →
Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanoparticles of Barium Titanate: Toward a Generalized Strategy of Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis

2001 390 citations Stephen O’Brien, Louis E. Brus et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen O’Brien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen O’Brien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen O’Brien 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 Stephen O’Brien. Stephen O’Brien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Quantitative Assessment of Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Murine Model via a Multimodal Imaging Workflow 2025 ·Chemical & Biomedical Imaging ·(unknown), Yuzhen Wang, (unknown), Lucy Phillips, (unknown), Christine M. Nelson, Heather Knight, Stuart J. Perper, Stephen O’Brien, (unknown), Victor Sun, Andrew Goodearl, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Barium titanate perovskite nanoparticles as a photoreactive medium for chemical warfare agent detoxification 2018 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis, (unknown), Marc Florent, (unknown), Stephen O’Brien, (unknown)	40
3	Hollandites as a new class of multiferroics 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Shuangyi Liu, Andrew R. Akbashev, Xiaohao Yang, Xiaohua Liu, Wanlu Li, (unknown), Xue Li, Alexander Couzis, Myung‐Geun Han, Yimei Zhu, L. Krusin‐Elbaum, Jackie Li, Limin Huang, Simon J. L. Billinge, Jonathan E. Spanier, Stephen O’Brien	31
4	Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Properties Optimization of Polymer-Based-BT Nanocomposites for High Energy Density Applications 2013 ·TechConnect Briefs ·Md. Emran Hossain, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen O’Brien	1
5	Magnetoelectricity in CoFe2O4 nanocrystal-P(VDF-HFP) thin films 2013 ·Nanoscale Research Letters ·Xiaohua Liu, Shuangyi Liu, Myung‐Geun Han, (unknown), Haiming Deng, Jackie Li, Yimei Zhu, L. Krusin‐Elbaum, Stephen O’Brien	34
6	Npt2b Deletion Attenuates Hyperphosphatemia Associated with CKD 2012 ·Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Susan C. Schiavi, Wen Tang, Christina Bracken, Stephen O’Brien, Wenping Song, Joseph Boulanger, (unknown), Lucy Phillips, Shiguang Liu, Cynthia Arbeeny, Steven Ledbetter, Yves Sabbagh	78
7	Timing characterization of 100 GHz passively mode-locked discrete mode laser diodes 2011 ·Optics Express ·David Bitauld, S. Osborne, Stephen O’Brien	2
8	Passive harmonic mode locking by mode selection in Fabry–Perot diode lasers with patterned effective index 2010 ·Optics Letters ·David Bitauld, S. Osborne, Stephen O’Brien	8
9	Excitation profile of surface-enhanced Raman scattering in graphene–metal nanoparticle based derivatives 2010 ·Nanoscale ·Xiaoqi Fu, Fengli Bei, Xin Wang, Stephen O’Brien, John R. Lombardi	159
10	Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Restores Bone Volume, Microarchitecture, and Strength in Aged Ovariectomized Rats* 2007 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·T. Kuber Sampath, Petra Šimić, Rebecca A. Sendak, Nataša Drača, (unknown), Stephen O’Brien, Susan C. Schiavi, John M. McPherson, Slobodan Vukičević	109
11	Multiphonon Raman Scattering from Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 2007 ·Physical Review Letters ·Feng Wang, Wei-Tao Liu, Yang Wu, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Limin Huang, James Hone, Stephen O’Brien, Louis E. Brus, Tony F. Heinz, Y. R. Shen	20
12	Biological activity of FGF-23 fragments 2007 ·Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology ·Theresa J. Berndt, Theodore A. Craig, Daniel McCormick, Beate Lanske, Despina Sitara, Mohammed S. Razzaque, Marlon Pragnell, (unknown), Stephen O’Brien, Susan C. Schiavi, Rajiv Kumar	48
13	Interactions between individual carbon nanotubes studied by Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy 2006 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Tony F. Heinz, Feng Wang, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Limin Huang, Xuefei Huang, Yang Wu, (unknown), James Hone, Stephen O’Brien, Louis E. Brus	3
14	Structural diversity in binary nanoparticle superlattices breakdown → 2006 ·Nature ·Elena V. Shevchenko, Dmitri V. Talapin, Nicholas A. Kotov, Stephen O’Brien, Christopher B. Murray	1805
15	Interactions between Individual Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Rayleigh Scattering Spectroscopy 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Feng Wang, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Limin Huang, Xuefei Huang, Yang Wu, Jae-Hee Kim, James Hone, Stephen O’Brien, Louis E. Brus, Tony F. Heinz	104
16	Copper Oxide Nanocrystals breakdown → 2005 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ming Yin, (unknown), Yongbing Lou, Clemens Burda, Jeffrey T. Koberstein, Yimei Zhu, Stephen O’Brien	888
17	Secreted frizzled-related protein-4 reduces sodium–phosphate co-transporter abundance and activity in proximal tubule cells 2005 ·Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology ·Theresa J. Berndt, Bernhard Bielesz, Theodore A. Craig, Peter J. Tebben, Desa Bacic, Carsten A. Wagner, Stephen O’Brien, Susan C. Schiavi, Jürg Biber, Heini Murer, Rajiv Kumar	35
18	Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots breakdown → 2003 ·Nature ·Franz Redl, (unknown), Christopher B. Murray, Stephen O’Brien	716
19	1??W of blue 465-nm radiation generated by frequency doubling of the output of a high-power diode laser in critically phase-matched LiB_3O_5 1999 ·Optics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Klaus J. Boller, R. Wallenstein, Mats Hagberg, Stephen O’Brien	28
20	High-power diffraction-limited monolithic broad area master oscillator power amplifier 1993 ·IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·Stephen O’Brien, D. Mehuys, David Welch, R. Parke, Robert J. Lang, D. R. Scifres	7

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