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41277
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848
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Robert J. Hamers publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Hamers sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 478 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Robert J. Hamers D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Hamers sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert J. Hamers is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. They also work in biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and plant science as subfields within their research portfolio.

Their published work spans a range of topics including:

  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

Robert J. Hamers has contributed to multiple recent papers, notably:

  • "Advanced material modulation of nutritional and phytohormone status alleviates damage from soybean sudden death syndrome" (2020) published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Multicolor polymeric carbon dots: synthesis, separation and polyamide-supported molecular fluorescence" (2020) published in Chemical Science
  • "Influence of the Spatial Distribution of Cationic Functional Groups at Nanoparticle Surfaces on Bacterial Viability and Membrane Interactions" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Copper Nanomaterial Morphology and Composition Control Foliar Transfer through the Cuticle and Mediate Resistance to Root Fungal Disease in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)" (2020) published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • "Biomolecular corona formation on CuO nanoparticles in plant xylem fluid" (2021) published in Environmental Science Nano

Their frequent coauthors include Elizabeth D. Laudadio, Jaya Borgatta, Jason C. White, Z. Vivian Feng, and Jenny Orbeck. Collaboration with these scholars has resulted in multiple studies across related fields.

Key venues for their publications are:

  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Langmuir
  • Nature Nanotechnology
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Chemical Research in Toxicology

Throughout their career, Robert J. Hamers has been recognized by the scientific community with awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004 and Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Surface Electronic Structure of Si(111)-(7 × 7) Resolved in Real Space

    R. J. Hamers;R. M. Tromp;J. E. Demuth

  • Surface electronic structure of Si(111)-(7x7) resolved in real space.

    Hamers Rj;Tromp Rm;Demuth Je

  • Scanning tunneling microscopy of Si(001).

    R. J. Hamers;R. M. Tromp;J. E. Demuth

  • Photo-illuminated diamond as a solid-state source of solvated electrons in water for nitrogen reduction

    Di Zhu;Linghong Zhang;Rose E. Ruther;Robert J. Hamers

  • DNA-modified nanocrystalline diamond thin-films as stable, biologically active substrates.

    Wensha Yang;Orlando Auciello;James E. Butler;Wei Cai

  • Highly active hydrogen evolution catalysis from metallic WS2 nanosheets

    Mark A. Lukowski;Andrew S. Daniel;Caroline R. English;Fei Meng

  • Si(001) Dimer Structure Observed with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

    R. M. Tromp;R. J. Hamers;J. E. Demuth

  • Highly Active Trimetallic NiFeCr Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Yang Yang;Yang Yang;Lianna Dang;Melinda J. Shearer;Hongyuan Sheng

  • Synthesis and Characterization of DNA-Modified Silicon (111) Surfaces

    Todd Strother;Wei Cai;Xinsheng Zhao;Robert J. Hamers

  • Determination of the local electronic structure of atomic‐sized defects on Si(001) by tunneling spectroscopy

    R. J. Hamers;U. K. Köhler

  • Cycloaddition chemistry of organic molecules with semiconductor surfaces.

    Hamers Rj;Coulter Sk;Ellison;Hovis Js

  • Covalently Bonded Adducts of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Oligonucleotides with Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Hybridization

    Sarah E. Baker;Wei Cai;Tami L. Lasseter;Kevin P. Weidkamp

  • Distribution of thiobacillus ferrooxidans and leptospirillum ferrooxidans: implications for generation of acid mine drainage

    Matthew O. Schrenk;Katrina J. Edwards;Robert M. Goodman;Robert J. Hamers

  • Color-Pure Violet-Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Layered Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplates.

    Dong Liang;Yuelin Peng;Yongping Fu;Melinda J. Shearer

  • Efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation using heterostructures of Si and chemically exfoliated metallic MoS2.

    Qi Ding;Fei Meng;Caroline R. English;Miguel Cabán-Acevedo

  • Solution Growth of Single Crystal Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanostructures for Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Applications

    Yongping Fu;Fei Meng;Matthew B. Rowley;Blaise J. Thompson

  • Covalent attachment of oligodeoxyribonucleotides to amine-modified Si (001) surfaces

    Todd Strother;Robert J. Hamers;Lloyd M. Smith

  • Finite-temperature phase diagram of vicinal Si(100) surfaces.

    O. L. Alerhand;O. L. Alerhand;A. Nihat Berker;A. Nihat Berker;J. D. Joannopoulos;J. D. Joannopoulos;David Vanderbilt;David Vanderbilt

  • Atomic-Resolution Surface Spectroscopy with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

    R. J. Hamers

  • Imaging chemical-bond formation with the scanning tunneling microscope: NH3 dissociation on Si(001).

    R. J. Hamers;Ph. Avouris;F. Bozso

Frequent Co-Authors

Song Jin
Song Jin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christy L. Haynes
Christy L. Haynes University of Minnesota
James E. Butler
James E. Butler Euclid TechLabs, LLC
Lloyd M. Smith
Lloyd M. Smith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Catherine J. Murphy
Catherine J. Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rudolf M. Tromp
Rudolf M. Tromp IBM (United States)
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Padma Gopalan
Padma Gopalan University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas F. Kuech
Thomas F. Kuech University of Wisconsin–Madison
Qiang Cui
Qiang Cui Boston University

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