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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Chemistry D-index 41 Citations 23,176 73 World Ranking 12217 National Ranking 3333

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2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributing to our understanding of fullerenes, including spectroscopy that confirmed the fullerene structure of carbon clusters, and for synthesizing metallofullerenes and single wall carbon nanotubes

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ion
  • Hydrogen
  • Molecule

His primary areas of investigation include Molecule, Fullerene, Buckminsterfullerene, Carbon and Analytical chemistry. His studies deal with areas such as Crystallography, Thin film, Raman spectroscopy, Mass spectrometry and Sublimation as well as Molecule. His research in Fullerene intersects with topics in Icosahedral symmetry, Ring, Graphite, Electron diffraction and Infrared spectroscopy.

His work deals with themes such as Bond length, Phase and Anisotropy, which intersect with Buckminsterfullerene. The Carbon study combines topics in areas such as Potential applications of carbon nanotubes, Optical properties of carbon nanotubes and Nuclear magnetic resonance. Donald S. Bethune combines subjects such as Sticking coefficient, Adsorption and Thermodynamics with his study of Analytical chemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls (3100 citations)
  • Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes (3078 citations)
  • Solvents' Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium-Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry. (770 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Donald S. Bethune mainly investigates Fullerene, Analytical chemistry, Molecule, Nanotechnology and Carbon. His Fullerene research integrates issues from Crystallography, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Nuclear magnetic resonance and Ion. His Crystallography study combines topics in areas such as Scandium and Electron diffraction.

His Nanotechnology research includes elements of Composite material and Single layer. Donald S. Bethune has included themes like Graphite and Carbon-13 NMR in his Carbon study. His study with Carbon nanotube involves better knowledge in Chemical engineering.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Fullerene (26.77%)
  • Analytical chemistry (15.75%)
  • Molecule (14.17%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2020)?

  • Inorganic chemistry (7.09%)
  • Leakage (3.94%)
  • Acoustics (2.36%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Donald S. Bethune spends much of his time researching Inorganic chemistry, Leakage, Acoustics, Cathode and Optoelectronics. His study focuses on the intersection of Inorganic chemistry and fields such as Oxygen evolution with connections in the field of Faraday efficiency, Coulometry, Overpotential and Lithium peroxide. His research investigates the connection between Leakage and topics such as Thermal conduction that intersect with problems in Voltage, Electrode, Band gap, Condensed matter physics and Ion.

His study in Cathode is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Battery, Oxygen, Transition metal and Lithium. His Optoelectronics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Phase-change memory, Electrical engineering and Resistive random-access memory. Donald S. Bethune usually deals with Electrochemistry and limits it to topics linked to Nanotechnology and Lithium superoxide.

Between 2011 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Limitations in Rechargeability of Li-O2 Batteries and Possible Origins (298 citations)
  • Flexible Ion‐Conducting Composite Membranes for Lithium Batteries (73 citations)
  • Large-scale (512kbit) integration of multilayer-ready access-devices based on mixed-ionic-electronic-conduction (MIEC) at 100% yield (59 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ion
  • Hydrogen
  • Organic chemistry

His scientific interests lie mostly in Optoelectronics, Leakage, Resistive random-access memory, Nanotechnology and Optical storage. Donald S. Bethune has researched Optoelectronics in several fields, including Crossbar switch, Stacking, Voltage, Thermal conduction and Resistive touchscreen. His Leakage research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Non-volatile memory, Phase-change memory and High voltage.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Very-large-scale integration and Sputter deposition. His Nanotechnology research incorporates themes from Lithium superoxide, Inorganic chemistry, Conductivity, Conductance and Composite material. He regularly links together related areas like Computer hardware in his Optical storage studies.

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Best Publications

Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls

Donald S. Bethune;C. H. Klang;M.S. de Vries;G. Gorman.
Nature (1993)

5725 Citations

Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes

A. C. Dillon;K. M. Jones;T. A. Bekkedahl;C. H. Kiang.
Nature (1997)

5014 Citations

Solvents' Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium-Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry.

B. D. McCloskey;D. S. Bethune;R. M. Shelby;G. Girishkumar.
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2011)

1007 Citations

Atoms in carbon cages: the structure and properties of endohedral fullerenes

D. S. Bethune;R. D. Johnson;J. R. Salem;M. S. de Vries.
Nature (1993)

857 Citations

Vibrational Raman and infrared spectra of chromatographically separated C60 and C70 fullerene clusters

Donald S. Bethune;Gerard Meijer;Wade C. Tang;Hal J. Rosen.
Chemical Physics Letters (1991)

815 Citations

Bond lengths in free molecules of buckminsterfullerene, c60, from gas-phase electron diffraction.

Kenneth Hedberg;Lise Hedberg;Donald S. Bethune;C. A. Brown.
Science (1991)

808 Citations

On the efficacy of electrocatalysis in nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries.

Bryan D. McCloskey;Rouven Scheffler;Angela Speidel;Donald S. Bethune.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011)

658 Citations

Carbon-13 NMR study of the C60 cluster in the solid state: molecular motion and carbon chemical shift anisotropy

C.S. Yannoni;R.D. Johnson;G.J.M. Meijer;D.S. Bethune.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry (1991)

626 Citations

Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of lanthanum-containing C 82

Robert D. Johnson;Mattanjah S. de Vries;Jesse Salem;Donald S. Bethune.
Nature (1992)

580 Citations

NMR determination of the bond lengths in C60

C.S. Yannoni;P.P. Bernier;D.S. Bethune;G.J.M. Meijer.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1991)

521 Citations

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