Susanna M. Thon

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Susanna M. Thon is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Susanna M. Thon has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 54 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Susanna M. Thon's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (42 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (39 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (23 papers). Susanna M. Thon is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (42 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (39 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (23 papers). Susanna M. Thon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Saudi Arabia. Susanna M. Thon's co-authors include Edward H. Sargent, Graham H. Carey, Zhijun Ning, Osman M. Bakr, Ahmed L. Abdelhady, Sjoerd Hoogland, Oleksandr Voznyy, Alexander H. Ip, André J. Labelle and David Zhitomirsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Susanna M. Thon

79 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Hybrid passivated colloid... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 250 500 750 1000
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. Hybrid passivated colloidal quantum dot solids
    2012 1.1k citations Alexander H. Ip, Susanna M. Thon et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  2. Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells
    2015 1.0k citations Graham H. Carey, Zhijun Ning et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susanna M. Thon United States 29 3.9k 3.9k 652 599 535 85 4.9k
Hung‐Chieh Cheng United States 22 4.1k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 858 1.3× 516 0.9× 339 0.6× 25 5.0k
Nengjie Huo China 37 4.5k 1.2× 3.6k 0.9× 803 1.2× 428 0.7× 377 0.7× 130 5.3k
Huide Wang China 39 3.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 782 1.2× 863 1.4× 428 0.8× 61 4.4k
Michele Buscema Netherlands 12 5.7k 1.5× 3.4k 0.9× 1.3k 2.0× 891 1.5× 299 0.6× 15 6.5k
Dominik Lembke Switzerland 10 6.0k 1.5× 3.5k 0.9× 1.3k 2.0× 717 1.2× 406 0.8× 12 6.6k
Xingli Wang Singapore 19 4.5k 1.1× 2.5k 0.6× 730 1.1× 459 0.8× 555 1.0× 41 5.1k
Vahid Ahmadi Iran 30 1.4k 0.3× 2.5k 0.6× 590 0.9× 701 1.2× 420 0.8× 266 3.4k
Jiangang Feng China 36 1.9k 0.5× 2.9k 0.7× 883 1.4× 580 1.0× 179 0.3× 73 3.8k
Jiahao Kang United States 29 5.4k 1.4× 3.6k 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 568 0.9× 254 0.5× 91 6.6k
Lili Yu China 25 4.8k 1.2× 2.8k 0.7× 953 1.5× 497 0.8× 706 1.3× 69 5.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thon, Susanna M., et al.. (2025). PbS colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics: progress towards infrared and flexible applications. Chemical Communications. 61(74). 14073–14086.
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Lu, Chengchangfeng, et al.. (2024). Role of the ZnO electron transport layer in PbS colloidal quantum dot solar cell yield. Nanoscale. 16(17). 8273–8285. 8 indexed citations
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Thon, Susanna M., et al.. (2024). Tuning Optical Properties of Plasmonic Aerosols through Ligand–Solvent Interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(15). 4117–4124.
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Thon, Susanna M., et al.. (2024). Design of near-perfect absorptance in few-layer WSe2 via cooperative enhancement mechanisms. Optical Materials Express. 14(8). 1972–1972. 2 indexed citations
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Thon, Susanna M., et al.. (2024). Predicting PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cell Parameters Using Neural Networks Trained on Experimental Data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). 3 indexed citations
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Sharma, Arunima, William Padovano, Visakha Suresh, et al.. (2023). Optical absorption spectra and corresponding in vivo photoacoustic visualization of exposed peripheral nerves. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 28(9). 97001–97001. 3 indexed citations
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Tanwar, Swati, Piyush Raj, Lulin Li, et al.. (2022). Stable High‐Conductivity Ethylenedioxythiophene Polymers via Borane‐Adduct Doping. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(51). 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Taein, Chengchangfeng Lu, Tejaswini S. Kale, et al.. (2021). Maximized Hole Trapping in a Polystyrene Transistor Dielectric from a Highly Branched Iminobis(aminoarene) Side Chain. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(29). 34584–34596. 4 indexed citations
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Cordero, Radamés J. B., Vincent Robert, Gianluigi Cardinali, et al.. (2018). Impact of Yeast Pigmentation on Heat Capture and Latitudinal Distribution. Current Biology. 28(16). 2657–2664.e3. 47 indexed citations
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Voznyy, Oleksandr, Larissa Levina, Fengjia Fan, et al.. (2017). Origins of Stokes Shift in PbS Nanocrystals. Nano Letters. 17(12). 7191–7195. 94 indexed citations
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Adinolfi, Valerio, Zhijun Ning, Jixian Xu, et al.. (2013). Electric field engineering using quantum-size-effect-tuned heterojunctions. Applied Physics Letters. 103(1). 14 indexed citations
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Kemp, Kyle W., André J. Labelle, Susanna M. Thon, et al.. (2013). Interface Recombination in Depleted Heterojunction Photovoltaics based on Colloidal Quantum Dots. Advanced Energy Materials. 3(7). 917–922. 123 indexed citations
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Koleilat, Ghada I., Illan J. Kramer, Susanna M. Thon, et al.. (2013). Folded-Light-Path Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2166–2166. 23 indexed citations
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Sar, Toeno van der, Wolfgang Pfaff, Susanna M. Thon, et al.. (2012). Effect of a nanoparticle on the optical properties of a photonic crystal cavity: theory and experiment. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 29(4). 698–698. 5 indexed citations
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Ip, Alexander H., Susanna M. Thon, Sjoerd Hoogland, et al.. (2012). Hybrid passivated colloidal quantum dot solids. Nature Nanotechnology. 7(9). 577–582. 1081 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bonato, Cristian, Evert van Nieuwenburg, Jan Gudat, et al.. (2011). Strain tuning of quantum dot optical transitions via laser-induced surface defects. Physical Review B. 84(7). 17 indexed citations
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Thon, Susanna M., William T. M. Irvine, Dustin Kleckner, & Dirk Bouwmeester. (2010). Polychromatic Photonic Quasicrystal Cavities. Physical Review Letters. 104(24). 243901–243901. 19 indexed citations

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