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R. Bruce Weisman

R. Bruce Weisman

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Materials Science

D-Index
58
Citations
23617
World Ranking
7544
National Ranking
1863

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering research in the spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes and the application of nanotube fluorescence in novel physical, chemical, analytical, and biomedical studies
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

R. Bruce Weisman is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a strong focus on Materials Chemistry and subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics such as Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Graphene Research and Applications, Fullerene Chemistry and Applications, Nanotechnology Research and Applications, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Weisman include:

  • Photostable Small-Molecule NIR-II Fluorescent Scaffolds that Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier for Noninvasive Brain Imaging, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Oxime as a general photocage for the design of visible light photo-activatable fluorophores, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Quantum Light Emission from Coupled Defect States in DNA-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Dye Quenching of Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence Reveals Structure-Selective Coating Coverage, 2020, ACS Nano

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Weisman are:

  • Sergei M. Bachilo
  • Ali A. Alizadehmojarad
  • Satish Nagarajaiah
  • Yu Zheng
  • Wei Meng

Common venues for Weisman's publications include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Nano
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Scientific Reports

Throughout the career, Weisman has been recognized by several scientific societies with fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2008, with a citation for pioneering research in the spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes and the application of nanotube fluorescence in novel physical, chemical, analytical, and biomedical studies
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985

Best Publications

  • Band gap fluorescence from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Michael J. O'Connell;Sergei M. Bachilo;Chad B. Huffman;Valerie C. Moore

  • Structure-Assigned Optical Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Sergei M. Bachilo;Michael S. Strano;Carter Kittrell;Robert H. Hauge

  • Dependence of Optical Transition Energies on Structure for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspension: An Empirical Kataura Plot

    R. Bruce Weisman;Sergei M. Bachilo

  • Narrow (n,m)-distribution of single-walled carbon nanotubes grown using a solid supported catalyst.

    Sergei M. Bachilo;Leandro Balzano;Jose E. Herrera;Francisco Pompeo

  • Near-infrared fluorescence microscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes in phagocytic cells.

    Paul Cherukuri;Sergei M. Bachilo;Silvio H. Litovsky;R. Bruce Weisman

  • Advanced sorting of single-walled carbon nanotubes by nonlinear density-gradient ultracentrifugation

    Saunab Ghosh;Sergei M. Bachilo;R. Bruce Weisman

  • Stepwise quenching of exciton fluorescence in carbon nanotubes by single-molecule reactions.

    Laurent Cognet;Laurent Cognet;Dmitri A. Tsyboulski;Dmitri A. Tsyboulski;John-David R. Rocha;John-David R. Rocha;Condell D. Doyle;Condell D. Doyle

  • Mammalian pharmacokinetics of carbon nanotubes using intrinsic near-infrared fluorescence.

    Paul Cherukuri;Christopher J. Gannon;Tonya K. Leeuw;Howard K. Schmidt

  • Carbon nanotube-enhanced thermal destruction of cancer cells in a noninvasive radiofrequency field

    Christopher J. Gannon;Paul Cherukuri;Boris I. Yakobson;Laurent Cognet

  • Oxygen Doping Modifies Near-Infrared Band Gaps in Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Saunab Ghosh;Sergei M. Bachilo;Rebecca A. Simonette;Kathleen M. Beckingham

  • Quasi-Molecular Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide

    Charudatta Galande;Aditya D. Mohite;Anton V. Naumov;Wei Gao

  • Identification of a Class of Disordered One-Dimensional Conductors

    Aaron N. Bloch;R. Bruce Weisman;C. M. Varma

  • Single-walled carbon nanotubes in the intact organism: near-IR imaging and biocompatibility studies in Drosophila.

    Tonya K. Leeuw;R. Michelle Reith;Rebecca A. Simonette;Mallory E. Harden

  • Solubilization and Purification of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Water by in Situ Radical Polymerization of Sodium 4-Styrenesulfonate

    Shuhui Qin;Dongqi Qin;Warren T. Ford;Jose E. Herrera

  • Ultrafast carrier dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes probed by femtosecond spectroscopy.

    Ying-Zhong Ma;Jens Stenger;Jörg Zimmermann;Sergei M. Bachilo

  • Single-wall carbon nanotube compositions

    Richard Smalley;Robert Hauge;W. Kittrell;Ramesh Sivarajan

  • Structure-dependent fluorescence efficiencies of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Dmitri A. Tsyboulski;John-David R. Rocha;Sergei M. Bachilo;Laurent Cognet

  • Absorption spectroscopy of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Stéphane Berciaud;Laurent Cognet;Philippe Poulin;R. Bruce Weisman

  • Versatile visualization of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes with near-infrared fluorescence microscopy.

    Dmitri A. Tsyboulski;Sergei M. Bachilo;R. Bruce Weisman

  • Analyzing absorption backgrounds in single-walled carbon nanotube spectra.

    Anton V. Naumov;Saunab Ghosh;Dmitri A. Tsyboulski;Sergei M. Bachilo

Frequent Co-Authors

Satish Nagarajaiah
Satish Nagarajaiah Rice University
Laurent Cognet
Laurent Cognet University of Bordeaux
Richard E. Smalley
Richard E. Smalley Rice University
Robert H. Hauge
Robert H. Hauge Rice University
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Stephen K. Doorn
Stephen K. Doorn Los Alamos National Laboratory
Aditya D. Mohite
Aditya D. Mohite Rice University
Junichiro Kono
Junichiro Kono Rice University
James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University

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