Vicki L. Colvin

43.7k total citations · 19 hit papers
205 papers, 35.6k citations indexed

About

Vicki L. Colvin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vicki L. Colvin has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 35.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Materials Chemistry, 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Vicki L. Colvin's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (57 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (29 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (25 papers). Vicki L. Colvin is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (57 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (29 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (25 papers). Vicki L. Colvin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Vicki L. Colvin's co-authors include A. Paul Alivisatos, William W. Yu, Peng Jiang, Rebekah A. Drezek, Jane F. Bertone, Nastassja A. Lewinski, Joshua C. Falkner, Christie M. Sayes, Qingbo Zhang and Kao‐Shing Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Vicki L. Colvin

203 papers receiving 34.6k 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.

Light-emitting diodes made from cadmium selenide nanocrystals and a semiconducting polymer

1994 3.7k citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Cytotoxicity of Nanoparticles

2007 2.2k citations Vicki L. Colvin, Rebekah A. Drezek et al. profile →
Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

2012 1.8k citations Qingbo Zhang, Hema L. Puppala et al. profile →
Single-Crystal Colloidal Multilayers of Controlled Thickness

1999 1.7k citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
The potential environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials

2003 1.7k citations Vicki L. Colvin profile →
Safe handling of nanotechnology

2006 1.1k citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe ₃ O ₄ Nanocrystals

2006 1.1k citations William W. Yu, Arjun Prakash et al. profile →
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of CdSe Nanocrystals with Applications to Studies of the Nanocrystal Surface

1994 935 citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
The Differential Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Fullerenes

2004 830 citations Christie M. Sayes, John D. Fortner et al. profile →
A Lost-Wax Approach to Monodisperse Colloids and Their Crystals

2001 765 citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Correlating Nanoscale Titania Structure with Toxicity: A Cytotoxicity and Inflammatory Response Study with Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Human Lung Epithelial Cells

2006 640 citations Christie M. Sayes, Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Functionalization density dependence of single-walled carbon nanotubes cytotoxicity in vitro

2005 639 citations Christie M. Sayes, Wenhua Guo et al. profile →
Semiconductor nanocrystals covalently bound to metal surfaces with self-assembled monolayers

1992 525 citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nano-C60 cytotoxicity is due to lipid peroxidation

2005 524 citations Christie M. Sayes, Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of iron carboxylate salts

2004 520 citations William W. Yu, Joshua C. Falkner et al. profile →
C₆₀ in Water: Nanocrystal Formation and Microbial Response

2005 520 citations John D. Fortner, Christie M. Sayes et al. profile →
Hydrogen desorption kinetics from monohydride and dihydride species on silicon surfaces

1988 489 citations Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Excitation wavelength independent visible color emission of carbon dots

2017 409 citations Hua Wang, Vicki L. Colvin et al. profile →
Lead‐Free Halide Perovskites for Light Emission: Recent Advances and Perspectives

2021 260 citations Xupeng Gao, Xiangtong Zhang et al. Advanced Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vicki L. Colvin United States	87	24.3k	10.6k	9.4k	4.9k	3.6k	205	35.6k
Bai Yang China	87	25.5k 1.0×	7.9k 0.7×	7.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	4.1k 1.1×	422	34.2k
Aharon Gedanken Israel	102	25.7k 1.1×	10.4k 1.0×	9.9k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	7.4k 2.0×	871	42.6k
Xiaoming Li China	90	21.7k 0.9×	19.3k 1.8×	6.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.5×	5.7k 1.6×	609	38.5k
R. Cingolani Italy	86	14.0k 0.6×	12.6k 1.2×	8.2k 0.9×	6.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	824	29.2k
Hongyu Chen China	91	16.8k 0.7×	8.7k 0.8×	7.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	4.5k 1.2×	1.1k	38.8k
Kenneth S. Suslick United States	102	23.8k 1.0×	7.9k 0.7×	16.0k 1.7×	1.2k 0.2×	3.7k 1.0×	376	42.7k
Andrey L. Rogach Hong Kong	128	46.6k 1.9×	31.6k 3.0×	8.1k 0.9×	4.7k 1.0×	5.7k 1.6×	624	59.0k
Shuit‐Tong Lee China	121	38.6k 1.6×	23.4k 2.2×	18.1k 1.9×	3.6k 0.7×	11.8k 3.2×	526	57.5k
William W. Yu China	82	23.0k 0.9×	16.8k 1.6×	8.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.4×	4.9k 1.3×	389	34.7k
C. Jeffrey Brinker United States	87	22.1k 0.9×	6.1k 0.6×	7.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.4×	3.5k 1.0×	381	37.9k

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Molloy, A., et al.. (2022). The Effect of Agglomeration on Arsenic Adsorption Using Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials. 12(9). 1598–1598. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Qingbo, et al.. (2022). Increasing the antioxidant capacity of ceria nanoparticles with catechol-grafted poly(ethylene glycol). Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10(48). 10042–10053. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Linlin, Qingbo Zhang, Kaiyi Jiang, et al.. (2022). Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoclusters Can Induce Immunogenic Cell Death and Suppress Tumor Recurrence and Metastasis. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18538–18554. 20 indexed citations

Xiao, Zhen, Linlin Zhang, Vicki L. Colvin, Qingbo Zhang, & Gang Bao. (2022). Synthesis and Application of Magnetic Nanocrystal Clusters. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 61(22). 7613–7625. 25 indexed citations

Zhang, Qingbo, Wonhee Jang, Zhen Xiao, et al.. (2022). When function is biological: Discerning how silver nanoparticle structure dictates antimicrobial activity. iScience. 25(7). 104475–104475. 18 indexed citations

Jiang, Kaiyi, Qingbo Zhang, Linlin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Controlled oxidation and surface modification increase heating capacity of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Applied Physics Reviews. 8(3). 14 indexed citations

Shen, Mengqi, Chao Yu, Huanqin Guan, et al.. (2021). Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Green Chemistry Synthesis of Polybenzoxazole. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(4). 2115–2122. 21 indexed citations

Molloy, A., et al.. (2021). The effect of surface coating on iron-oxide nanoparticle arsenic adsorption. MRS Advances. 6(38). 867–874. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Hua, Xiangtong Zhang, Ning Sui, et al.. (2020). Emission Quenching and Recovery of Illuminated Perovskite Quantum Dots Due to Iodide Ion Migration. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(15). 6168–6175. 17 indexed citations

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Yin, Wenxu, Xin Liu, Xiaoyu Zhang, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Tungsten Disulfide and Molybdenum Disulfide Quantum Dots and Their Applications. Chemistry of Materials. 32(11). 4409–4424. 68 indexed citations

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Xiao, Zhen, Qingbo Zhang, Xiaoting Guo, et al.. (2020). Libraries of Uniform Magnetic Multicore Nanoparticles with Tunable Dimensions for Biomedical and Photonic Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(37). 41932–41941. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Hua, Xiangtong Zhang, Ning Sui, et al.. (2020). Photoluminescence Loss and Recovery of α-CsPbI₃ Quantum Dots Originated from Chemical Equilibrium Shift of Oleylammonium. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(10). 11769–11777. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangtong, Hua Wang, Shixun Wang, et al.. (2019). Room Temperature Synthesis of All Inorganic Lead-Free Zero-Dimensional Cs₄SnBr₆ and Cs₃KSnBr₆ Perovskites. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(1). 533–538. 23 indexed citations

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Mendoza‐Garcia, Adriana, et al.. (2019). Ultrathin Graphene-Like Carbon-Coated Iron Oxide Nanocrystals for Applications in Corrosive Environments. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(2). 667–672. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangtong, Hua Wang, Yue Hu, et al.. (2019). Strong Blue Emission from Sb³⁺-Doped Super Small CsPbBr₃ Nanocrystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(8). 1750–1756. 100 indexed citations

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Gao, Xupeng, Xiangtong Zhang, Wenxu Yin, et al.. (2019). Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskites: Synthesis and Optical Properties for Optoelectronic Applications. Advanced Science. 6(22). 1900941–1900941. 138 indexed citations

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Wang, Hua, Ning Sui, Xue Bai, et al.. (2018). Emission Recovery and Stability Enhancement of Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(15). 4166–4173. 125 indexed citations

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Fortner, John D., Carolina Avendaño, Qilin Li, et al.. (2014). Arsenic Removal by Nanoscale Magnetite in Guanajuato, Mexico. Environmental Engineering Science. 31(7). 393–402. 23 indexed citations

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Yu, William W., Emmanuel Chang, Joshua C. Falkner, et al.. (2007). Forming Biocompatible and Nonaggregated Nanocrystals in Water Using Amphiphilic Polymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(10). 2871–2879. 436 indexed citations

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Mittleman, Daniel M., et al.. (1997). Terahertz Spectroscopy Of Inverse Micelles Of Water In Heptane. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 81–82. 1 indexed citations

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