Vernon Chi

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Vernon Chi is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Vernon Chi has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Vernon Chi's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (4 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (3 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (2 papers). Vernon Chi is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (4 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (3 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (2 papers). Vernon Chi collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Vernon Chi's co-authors include Russell M. Taylor, S. Washburn, Frederick P. Brooks, Richard Superfine, Gregory J. Clary, M. R. Falvo, Michael R. Falvo, A. Helser, Henry Fuchs and Marquesa M. Finch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biophysical Journal and Surface Science.

In The Last Decade

Vernon Chi

8 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain

1997 1.2k citations M. R. Falvo, Gregory J. Clary et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vernon Chi United States	7	1.3k	693	431	258	199	8	1.8k
M. R. Falvo United States	12	1.5k 1.1×	719 1.0×	591 1.4×	176 0.7×	298 1.5×	24	2.1k
Guangyin Jing China	25	1.0k 0.8×	344 0.5×	804 1.9×	307 1.2×	669 3.4×	89	2.0k
Taras Gorishnyy United States	12	505 0.4×	433 0.6×	650 1.5×	220 0.9×	250 1.3×	13	1.3k
Wenxiong Lin China	20	567 0.4×	486 0.7×	463 1.1×	119 0.5×	867 4.4×	84	1.7k
W. I. Milne United Kingdom	23	1.1k 0.9×	479 0.7×	1.3k 3.0×	275 1.1×	1.2k 6.1×	60	2.5k
Jae Hun Seol South Korea	20	2.0k 1.5×	216 0.3×	635 1.5×	110 0.4×	596 3.0×	47	2.6k
Ji Sik Kim South Korea	20	711 0.5×	107 0.2×	521 1.2×	157 0.6×	345 1.7×	45	1.1k
Takahiro Namazu Japan	21	778 0.6×	592 0.9×	978 2.3×	424 1.6×	1.1k 5.5×	162	2.2k
Jung H. Shin South Korea	27	1.5k 1.1×	448 0.6×	1.1k 2.6×	142 0.6×	1.6k 7.8×	121	2.7k
Yan‐Hao Yu China	20	265 0.2×	404 0.6×	1.0k 2.3×	161 0.6×	423 2.1×	68	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Vernon Chi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vernon Chi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vernon Chi

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Falvo, Michael R., Russell M. Taylor, A. Helser, et al.. (1999). Nanometre-scale rolling and sliding of carbon nanotubes. Nature. 397(6716). 236–238. 374 indexed citations

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Falvo, Michael R., Gregory J. Clary, A. Helser, et al.. (1998). Nanomanipulation Experiments Exploring Frictional and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 4(5). 504–512. 58 indexed citations

3.

Falvo, Michael R., S. Washburn, Richard Superfine, et al.. (1997). Manipulation of individual viruses: friction and mechanical properties. Biophysical Journal. 72(3). 1396–1403. 81 indexed citations

4.

Falvo, M. R., Gregory J. Clary, Russell M. Taylor, et al.. (1997). Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain. Nature. 389(6651). 582–584. 1207 indexed citations breakdown →

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Colucci, D. & Vernon Chi. (1995). <title>Computer glasses: a compact, lightweight, and cost-effective display for monocular and tiled wide field-of-view systems</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2537. 61–70. 2 indexed citations

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Taylor, Russell M., R. Stanley Williams, Vernon Chi, et al.. (1994). Nanowelding: tip response during STM modification of Au surfaces. Surface Science. 306(1-2). L534–L538. 11 indexed citations

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Chi, Vernon, et al.. (1990). A real-time optical 3D tracker for head-mounted display systems. 205–215. 24 indexed citations

8.

Azuma, Ronald, et al.. (1990). <title>Tracking a head-mounted display in a room-sized environment with head-mounted cameras</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1290. 47–57. 24 indexed citations

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