W. E. Moerner

40.2k total citations · 28 hit papers
388 papers, 30.1k citations indexed

About

W. E. Moerner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. E. Moerner has authored 388 papers receiving a total of 30.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 133 papers in Biophysics and 101 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. E. Moerner's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (128 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (68 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (59 papers). W. E. Moerner is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (128 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (68 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (59 papers). W. E. Moerner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Sweden. W. E. Moerner's co-authors include David P. Fromm, Michel Orrit, Robert J. Twieg, L. Kador, S. M. Silence, P. James Schuck, Arvind Sundaramurthy, G. S. Kino, Robert M. Dickson and Anika Kinkhabwala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

W. E. Moerner

376 papers receiving 29.2k 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.

Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna

2009 1.6k citations Anika Kinkhabwala, W. E. Moerner et al. Nature Photonics profile →
On/off blinking and switching behaviour of single molecules of green fluorescent protein

1997 1.0k citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Illuminating Single Molecules in Condensed Matter

1999 889 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules in a solid

1989 877 citations W. E. Moerner, L. Kador profile →
Improving the Mismatch between Light and Nanoscale Objects with Gold Bowtie Nanoantennas

2005 830 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Three-dimensional, single-molecule fluorescence imaging beyond the diffraction limit by using a double-helix point spread function

2009 756 citations W. E. Moerner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Methods of single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy

2003 637 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Polymeric photorefractive materials

1994 607 citations W. E. Moerner et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Single photons on demand from a single molecule at room temperature

2000 574 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Introduction to Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics

1994 569 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Gap-Dependent Optical Coupling of Single “Bowtie” Nanoantennas Resonant in the Visible

2004 486 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Observation of the photorefractive effect in a polymer

1991 459 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Photon antibunching in the fluorescence of a single dye molecule trapped in a solid

1992 422 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Three-Dimensional Localization of Single Molecules for Super-Resolution Imaging and Single-Particle Tracking

2017 353 citations Lexy von Diezmann, Yoav Shechtman et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Organic Photorefractives: Mechanisms, Materials, and Applications

2004 352 citations W. E. Moerner et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
New directions in single-molecule imaging and analysis

2007 347 citations W. E. Moerner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Dozen Years of Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Physics, Chemistry, and Biophysics

2002 334 citations W. E. Moerner profile →
Orientationally enhanced photorefractive effect in polymers

1994 317 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Three-Dimensional Imaging of Single Molecules Solvated in Pores of Poly(acrylamide) Gels

1996 303 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Toward Nanometer-Scale Optical Photolithography: Utilizing the Near-Field of Bowtie Optical Nanoantennas

2006 294 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Detection and spectroscopy of single pentacene molecules in a p-terphenyl crystal by means of fluorescence excitation

1991 290 citations W. E. Moerner et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Fluorescence spectroscopy and spectral diffusion of single impurity molecules in a crystal

1991 268 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation

2010 259 citations W. E. Moerner, Lucy Shapiro et al. profile →
Optimal Point Spread Function Design for 3D Imaging

2014 245 citations Yoav Shechtman, W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS

1997 240 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Magnetic resonance of a single molecular spin

1993 209 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Exploring bacterial cell biology with single-molecule tracking and super-resolution imaging

2013 190 citations W. E. Moerner et al. profile →
Physical Principles of Membrane Shape Regulation by the Glycocalyx

2019 185 citations Kayvon Pedram, Leonhard Möckl et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Revealing the 3D nanoscale organization of MyosinH in the apical complex of toxoplasma gondii through single-molecule localization microscopy with the double-helix point spread function 2024 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Li-av Segev-Zarko, Peter D. Dahlberg, John C. Boothroyd, W. E. Moerner	0
2	Nanoscale cellular organization of viral RNA and proteins in SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Leonid Andronov, Mengting Han, Yan‐Yu Zhu, (unknown), Anish R. Roy, Andrew E. S. Barentine, (unknown), (unknown), Lei S. Qi, W. E. Moerner	13
3	A bottom-up perspective on photodynamics and photoprotection in light-harvesting complexes using anti-Brownian trapping 2022 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Allison H. Squires, Quan Wang, Peter D. Dahlberg, W. E. Moerner	4
4	Exploring Cell Surface–Nanopillar Interactions with 3D Super-Resolution Microscopy 2021 ·ACS Nano ·Anish R. Roy, (unknown), Zeinab Jahed, Ching‐Ting Tsai, Bianxiao Cui, W. E. Moerner	13
5	Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal a specific ligand for the glycan-binding immune checkpoint receptor Siglec-7 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Simon Wisnovsky, Leonhard Möckl, Stacy A. Malaker, Kayvon Pedram, Gaelen T. Hess, Nicholas M. Riley, Melissa A. Gray, Benjamin Smith, Michael C. Bassik, W. E. Moerner, Carolyn R. Bertozzi	89
6	A localized adaptor protein performs distinct functions at the Caulobacter cell poles 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jiarui Wang, W. E. Moerner, Lucy Shapiro	9
7	Cryogenic Correlative Single‐Particle Photoluminescence Spectroscopy and Electron Tomography for Investigation of Nanomaterials 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Peter D. Dahlberg, (unknown), Zhaoming Su, Wah Chiu, W. E. Moerner	11
8	Cryogenic Correlative Single‐Particle Photoluminescence Spectroscopy and Electron Tomography for Investigation of Nanomaterials 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Peter D. Dahlberg, (unknown), Zhaoming Su, Wah Chiu, W. E. Moerner	1
9	Motional dynamics of single Patched1 molecules in cilia are controlled by Hedgehog and cholesterol 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lucien E. Weiss, Ljiljana Milenković, (unknown), Tim Stearns, W. E. Moerner	42
10	Single-molecule trapping and spectroscopy reveals photophysical heterogeneity of phycobilisomes quenched by Orange Carotenoid Protein 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Allison H. Squires, Peter D. Dahlberg, Haijun Liu, Nikki Cecil M. Magdaong, Robert E. Blankenship, W. E. Moerner	42
11	Accurate phase retrieval of complex 3D point spread functions with deep residual neural networks 2019 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Leonhard Möckl, Petar N. Petrov, W. E. Moerner	36
12	Spatial organization and dynamics of RNase E and ribosomes in Caulobacter crescentus 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Jiarui Wang, Marissa K. Lee, Jared M. Schrader, Lucy Shapiro, W. E. Moerner	52
13	Single-molecule diffusometry reveals the nucleotide-dependent oligomerization pathways of Nicotiana tabacum Rubisco activase 2018 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Quan Wang, (unknown), Rebekka M. Wachter, W. E. Moerner	25
14	3D single-molecule super-resolution microscopy with a tilted light sheet 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Anna‐Karin Gustavsson, Petar N. Petrov, Maurice Y. Lee, Yoav Shechtman, W. E. Moerner	142
15	Light sheet approaches for improved precision in 3D localization-based super-resolution imaging in mammalian cells [Invited] 2018 ·Optics Express ·Anna‐Karin Gustavsson, Petar N. Petrov, W. E. Moerner	45
16	Three-Dimensional Localization of Single Molecules for Super-Resolution Imaging and Single-Particle Tracking breakdown → 2017 ·Chemical Reviews ·Lexy von Diezmann, Yoav Shechtman, W. E. Moerner	353
17	Removing orientation-induced localization biases in single-molecule microscopy using a broadband metasurface mask 2016 ·Nature Photonics ·Mikael P. Backlund, Amir Arbabi, Petar N. Petrov, Ehsan Arbabi, Saumya Saurabh, Andrei Faraon, W. E. Moerner	93
18	Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Fascinating glimpses into the nanoworld 2014 ·Chemie in unserer Zeit ·(unknown), Stefan W. Hell, W. E. Moerner, Christian Eggeling, L. Kador, (unknown), (unknown)	1
19	Single molecules of the bacterial actin MreB undergo directed treadmilling motion in Caulobacter crescentus 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·So Yeon Kim, Zemer Gitai, Anika Kinkhabwala, Lucy Shapiro, W. E. Moerner	164
20	Visualization of the movement of single histidine kinase molecules in live Caulobacter cells 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jason Deich, (unknown), Harley H. McAdams, W. E. Moerner	108

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