Timothy A. Su

7.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
82 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Timothy A. Su is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy A. Su has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 29 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Timothy A. Su's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (31 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (23 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (15 papers). Timothy A. Su is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (31 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (23 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (15 papers). Timothy A. Su collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and China. Timothy A. Su's co-authors include Walter J. Chesnavich, Michael T. Bowers, Latha Venkataraman, Colin Nuckolls, Michael L. Steigerwald, Madhav Prasad Neupane, Haixing Li, Christopher J. Chang, Lewis M. Bass and Kevin J. Bruemmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Timothy A. Su

78 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Parametrization of the ion–polar molecule collision rate constant by trajectory calculations

1982 1.3k citations Timothy A. Su, Walter J. Chesnavich The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

2016 515 citations Timothy A. Su, Madhav Prasad Neupane et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
Ion-Polar molecule collisions: the effect of ion size on ion-polar molecule rate constants; the parameterization of the average-dipole-orientation theory

1973 464 citations Timothy A. Su, Michael T. Bowers profile →
Theory of ion-polar molecule collisions. Comparison with experimental charge transfer reactions of rare gas ions to geometric isomers of difluorobenzene and dichloroethylene

1973 361 citations Timothy A. Su, Michael T. Bowers The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Comprehensive suppression of single-molecule conductance using destructive σ-interference

2018 295 citations Haixing Li, Timothy A. Su et al. profile →

Peers

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J. L. Beauchamp United States

Herbert L. Strauss United States

Jingjing Zheng United States

Olav Vahtras Sweden

Eugen Illenberger Germany

Manuel F. Ruiz‐López France

Julia E. Rice United States

Sheng Hsien Lin Taiwan

Fawzi Mohamed Switzerland

Philippe Dugourd France

J. L. Beauchamp United States

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683 ×0.4

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642 ×0.6

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All Works

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Wang, Kefu, Lorenzo Mangolini, Sean T. Roberts, et al.. (2025). Intermediate Electronic Coupling via Silane and Germane Bridges in Silicon Quantum Dot–Molecular Hybrid Systems. Nano Letters. 25(13). 5299–5306.

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Su, Timothy A., et al.. (2025). Switchable Rhodamines for Molecular Electronics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(43). 39340–39350.

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Carta, Veronica, et al.. (2024). Single‐Molecule Conductance of Staffanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(4). e202415978–e202415978.

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Su, Timothy A., et al.. (2024). Opportunities in main group molecular electronics. Trends in Chemistry. 6(7). 365–376. 1 indexed citations

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Carta, Veronica, et al.. (2024). Single‐Molecule Conductance of Staffanes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(4). 1 indexed citations

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Matier, Carson D., Xingxing Gu, Laura Torrente, et al.. (2022). Oxidation state-specific fluorescent copper sensors reveal oncogene-driven redox changes that regulate labile copper(II) pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(43). e2202736119–e2202736119. 65 indexed citations

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Carta, Veronica, et al.. (2022). Site‐Selective Functionalization of Sila‐Adamantane and Its Ensuing Optical Effects. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(31). e202206877–e202206877. 13 indexed citations

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Su, Timothy A., et al.. (2021). π-Conjugated organosilanes at the nexus of single-molecule electronics and imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(35). 11605–11618. 12 indexed citations

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Su, Timothy A., Kevin J. Bruemmer, & Christopher J. Chang. (2019). Caged luciferins for bioluminescent activity-based sensing. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 60. 198–204. 57 indexed citations

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Bruemmer, Kevin J., Ori Green, Timothy A. Su, Doron Shabat, & Christopher J. Chang. (2018). Chemiluminescent Probes for Activity‐Based Sensing of Formaldehyde Released from Folate Degradation in Living Mice. Angewandte Chemie. 130(25). 7630–7634. 63 indexed citations

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Bruemmer, Kevin J., Ori Green, Timothy A. Su, Doron Shabat, & Christopher J. Chang. (2018). Chemiluminescent Probes for Activity‐Based Sensing of Formaldehyde Released from Folate Degradation in Living Mice. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(25). 7508–7512. 168 indexed citations

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Su, Timothy A., Madhav Prasad Neupane, Michael L. Steigerwald, Latha Venkataraman, & Colin Nuckolls. (2016). Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics. Nature Reviews Materials. 1(3). 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Su, Timothy A., Haixing Li, Michael L. Steigerwald, Latha Venkataraman, & Colin Nuckolls. (2015). Stereoelectronic switching in single-molecule junctions. Nature Chemistry. 7(3). 215–220. 187 indexed citations

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Su, Timothy A., Haixing Li, Vivian Zhang, et al.. (2015). Single-Molecule Conductance in Atomically Precise Germanium Wires. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(38). 12400–12405. 47 indexed citations

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Klausen, Rebekka S., Jonathan R. Widawsky, Timothy A. Su, et al.. (2014). Evaluating atomic components in fluorene wires. Chemical Science. 5(4). 1561–1561. 35 indexed citations

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Stone, John A., Timothy A. Su, & Dragic Vukomanovic. (2005). A collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) and computational investigation of doubly and singly charged DMSO complexes of Cu²⁺. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 83(11). 1921–1935. 6 indexed citations

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Niedzielski, Jan, et al.. (2001). Simple capture collision model for cation–anion reactions in the gas phase. Chemical Physics. 264(2). 197–201. 1 indexed citations

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Su, Timothy A.. (1994). Parametrization of kinetic energy dependences of ion–polar molecule collision rate constants by trajectory calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 100(6). 4703–4703. 105 indexed citations

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Chesnavich, Walter J., Lewis M. Bass, Timothy A. Su, & Michael T. Bowers. (1981). Multiple transition states in unimolecular reactions: A transition state switching model. Application to the C4H8 +⋅ system. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 74(4). 2228–2246. 171 indexed citations

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Bass, Lewis M., Timothy A. Su, Walter J. Chesnavich, & Michael T. Bowers. (1975). Ion-polar molecule collisions. A modification of the average dipole orientation theory: The model. Chemical Physics Letters. 34(1). 119–122. 83 indexed citations

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