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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What are hit papers?

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. Structural diversity in binary nanoparticle superlattices
    2006 1.8k citations Elena V. Shevchenko, Dmitri V. Talapin et al. Nature profile →
  2. Copper Oxide Nanocrystals
    2005 888 citations Ming Yin, Yongbing Lou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots
    2003 716 citations Franz Redl, Christopher B. Murray et al. Nature profile →
  4. 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 →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Stephen O’Brien 9.1k 4.1k 2.9k 2.9k 2.0k 191 14.7k
Nicholas A. Melosh 11.8k 1.3× 3.3k 0.8× 4.3k 1.5× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 139 18.4k
Hongyou Fan 10.3k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 2.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 912 0.5× 118 14.6k
Paul A. Midgley 8.6k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 356 17.3k
Min Chen 7.1k 0.8× 5.1k 1.3× 3.8k 1.3× 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 345 14.9k
Justin D. Holmes 8.8k 1.0× 5.7k 1.4× 5.3k 1.8× 2.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 423 15.0k
Jian Hou 8.4k 0.9× 5.6k 1.4× 3.9k 1.3× 3.2k 1.1× 3.3k 1.7× 362 16.1k
Stanislaus S. Wong 9.5k 1.0× 5.4k 1.3× 2.6k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 203 15.8k
Xingchen Ye 7.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 974 0.5× 129 11.5k
Jun Xu 6.7k 0.7× 4.1k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 377 12.2k
Ling Huang 8.9k 1.0× 4.5k 1.1× 3.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 997 0.5× 275 12.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Brien, Stephen, et al.. (2021). Biomedical Applications of Lanthanide Nanomaterials, for Imaging, Sensing and Therapy. Nanotheranostics. 6(2). 184–194. 47 indexed citations
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Giannakoudakis, Dimitrios A., et al.. (2018). Barium titanate perovskite nanoparticles as a photoreactive medium for chemical warfare agent detoxification. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 531. 233–244. 40 indexed citations
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Hossain, Md. Emran, et al.. (2013). Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Properties Optimization of Polymer-Based-BT Nanocomposites for High Energy Density Applications. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2013). 554–557. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaohua, Shuangyi Liu, Myung‐Geun Han, et al.. (2013). Magnetoelectricity in CoFe2O4 nanocrystal-P(VDF-HFP) thin films. Nanoscale Research Letters. 8(1). 374–374. 34 indexed citations
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Huang, Limin, Shuangyi Liu, Barry Van Tassell, et al.. (2013). Structure and performance of dielectric films based on self-assembled nanocrystals with a high dielectric constant. Nanotechnology. 24(41). 415602–415602. 21 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Susan C., Wen Tang, Christina Bracken, et al.. (2012). Npt2b Deletion Attenuates Hyperphosphatemia Associated with CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 23(10). 1691–1700. 78 indexed citations
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Sabbagh, Yves, Fabiana G. Graciolli, Stephen O’Brien, et al.. (2012). Repression of osteocyte Wnt/β-catenin signaling is an early event in the progression of renal osteodystrophy. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 27(8). 1757–1772. 192 indexed citations
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Fu, Xiaoqi, Fengli Bei, Xin Wang, Stephen O’Brien, & John R. Lombardi. (2010). Excitation profile of surface-enhanced Raman scattering in graphene–metal nanoparticle based derivatives. Nanoscale. 2(8). 1461–1461. 159 indexed citations
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Bitauld, David, S. Osborne, & Stephen O’Brien. (2010). Passive harmonic mode locking by mode selection in Fabry–Perot diode lasers with patterned effective index. Optics Letters. 35(13). 2200–2200. 8 indexed citations
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Sampath, T. Kuber, Petra Šimić, Rebecca A. Sendak, et al.. (2007). Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Restores Bone Volume, Microarchitecture, and Strength in Aged Ovariectomized Rats*. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 22(6). 849–859. 109 indexed citations
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Berndt, Theresa J., Theodore A. Craig, Daniel McCormick, et al.. (2007). Biological activity of FGF-23 fragments. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 454(4). 615–623. 48 indexed citations
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Wang, Feng, Wei-Tao Liu, Yang Wu, et al.. (2007). Multiphonon Raman Scattering from Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters. 98(4). 47402–47402. 20 indexed citations
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Heinz, Tony F., Feng Wang, Matthew Y. Sfeir, et al.. (2006). Interactions between individual carbon nanotubes studied by Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 3 indexed citations
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Shevchenko, Elena V., Dmitri V. Talapin, Nicholas A. Kotov, Stephen O’Brien, & Christopher B. Murray. (2006). Structural diversity in binary nanoparticle superlattices. Nature. 439(7072). 55–59. 1805 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Feng, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Limin Huang, et al.. (2006). Interactions between Individual Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Rayleigh Scattering Spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters. 96(16). 167401–167401. 104 indexed citations
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Yin, Ming, Yongbing Lou, Clemens Burda, et al.. (2005). Copper Oxide Nanocrystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(26). 9506–9511. 888 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berndt, Theresa J., Bernhard Bielesz, Theodore A. Craig, et al.. (2005). Secreted frizzled-related protein-4 reduces sodium–phosphate co-transporter abundance and activity in proximal tubule cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 451(4). 579–587. 35 indexed citations
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Redl, Franz, et al.. (2003). Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots. Nature. 423(6943). 968–971. 716 indexed citations breakdown →
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Medley, Quintus G., Carles Serra‐Pages, Katja Seipel, et al.. (2000). The Trio Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Is a RhoA Target. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(46). 36116–36123. 31 indexed citations
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