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D-Index
67
Citations
15273
World Ranking
6933
National Ranking
2067

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional single-molecule fluorescence imaging beyond the diffraction limit using a double-helix point spread function

    Rafael Piestun;Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani;Michael A. Thompson;Julie S. Biteen

  • Observation of the photorefractive effect in a polymer.

    Stephen Ducharme;J. C. Scott;R. J. Twieg;W. E. Moerner

  • Broadband terahertz characterization of the refractive index and absorption of some important polymeric and organic electro-optic materials

    Paul D. Cunningham;Nestor N. Valdes;Felipe A. Vallejo;L. Michael Hayden

  • Organic Glasses: A New Class of Photorefractive Materials

    P. M. Lundquist;R. Wortmann;C. Geletneky;R. J. Twieg

  • Nonlinear optical chromophores with large hyperpolarizabilities and enhanced thermal stabilities

    Christopher R. Moylan;Robert J. Twieg;Victor Y. Lee;Sally A. Swanson

  • Corona poling and real‐time second‐harmonic generation study of a novel covalently functionalized amorphous nonlinear optical polymer

    M. Eich;A. Sen;H. Looser;G. C. Bjorklund

  • Structural studies of semifluorinated n-alkanes. 1. Synthesis and characterization of F(CF2)n(CH2)mH in the solid state

    John F. Rabolt;T. P. Russell;R. J. Twieg

  • A solvatochromic method for determining second-order polarizabilities of organic molecules

    M. S. Paley;J. M. Harris;H. Looser;J. C. Baumert

  • Investigation of two-photon absorption properties in branched alkene and alkyne chromophores.

    Ajit Bhaskar;Guda Ramakrishna;Zhikuan Lu;Robert Twieg

  • (DICYANOMETHYLENE)PYRAN DERIVATIVES WITH C2V SYMMETRY : AN UNUSUAL CLASS OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL CHROMOPHORES

    Christopher R. Moylan;Susan Ermer;Steven M. Lovejoy;I-Heng McComb

  • A photoactivatable push-pull fluorophore for single-molecule imaging in live cells.

    Samuel J. Lord;Nicholas R. Conley;Hsiao-lu D. Lee;Reichel Samuel

  • Highly efficient and stable nonlinear optical polymers via chemical cross‐linking under electric field

    D. Jungbauer;B. Reck;R. Twieg;D. Y. Yoon

  • Coherent effects in energy transport in model dendritic structures investigated by ultrafast fluorescence anisotropy spectroscopy.

    Oleg P. Varnavski;Jacek C. Ostrowski;Ludmila Sukhomlinova;Robert J. Twieg

  • Superresolution Imaging of Targeted Proteins in Fixed and Living Cells Using Photoactivatable Organic Fluorophores

    Hsiao Lu D. Lee;Samuel J. Lord;Shigeki Iwanaga;Ke Zhan

  • Structural characterization of semifluorinated n-alkanes. 2. Solid-solid transition behavior

    Thomas P. Russell;John F. Rabolt;Robert J. Twieg;Richard L. Siemens

  • Net two-beam-coupling gain in a polymeric photorefractive material.

    M. C. J. M. Donckers;S. M. Silence;C. A. Walsh;F. Hache

  • Photorefractive Properties of Poly(N-vinyl carbazole)-Based Composites for High-Speed Applications

    M. A. Diaz-Garcia;D. Wright;J. D. Casperson;B. Smith

  • Transitions to Liquid Crystalline Phases in a Semifluorinated Alkane

    C. Viney;T. P. Russell;L. E. Depero;R. J. Twieg

  • Three-dimensional superresolution colocalization of intracellular protein superstructures and the cell surface in live Caulobacter crescentus

    Matthew D. Lew;Steven F. Lee;Jerod L. Ptacin;Marissa K. Lee

  • Observations of a gel phase in binary mixtures of semifluorinated n-alkanes with hydrocarbon liquids

    Robert J. Twieg;Thomas P. Russell;R. Siemens;John F. Rabolt

  • Low Threshold Lasing in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

    B. Taheri;A. F. Munoz;P. Palffy-muhoray;R. Twieg

  • Stable Amorphous Blue Phase of Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals Doped with a Chiral Material

    Stefanie Taushanoff;Khoa Van Le;Jarrod Williams;Robert J. Twieg

  • Copper-catalyzed aryl amination in aqueous media with 2-dimethylaminoethanol ligand

    Zhikuan Lu;Robert J. Twieg

  • Synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of donor-acceptor substituted triaryl azole derivatives

    Christopher R. Moylan;Robert D. Miller;Robert J. Twieg;Kathleen M. Betterton

  • Copper-catalyzed amination of aromatic halides with 2-N,N-dimethylaminoethanol as solvent

    Zhikuan Lu;Robert J. Twieg;Songping D. Huang

  • Novel fluorophores for single-molecule imaging.

    Katherine A. Willets;Oksana Ostroverkhova;Meng He;Meng He;Meng He;Robert J. Twieg

  • DESIGN OF OPTIMIZED PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS : A NOVEL CLASS OF CHROMOPHORES

    Rüdiger Wortmann;Constantina Poga;Robert J. Twieg;Christian Geletneky

  • DCDHF Fluorophores for Single-Molecule Imaging in Cells

    Samuel J. Lord;Nicholas R. Conley;Hsiao-lu D. Lee;Stefanie Y. Nishimura

  • A mild and practical copper catalyzed amination of halothiophenes

    Zhikuan Lu;Robert J. Twieg

  • Small-Molecule Labeling of Live Cell Surfaces for Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Microscopy

    Marissa K. Lee;Prabin Rai;Jarrod Williams;Robert J. Twieg

  • Synthesis and Nonlinearity of Triene Chromophores Containing the Cyclohexene Ring Structure

    Susan Ermer;Steven M. Lovejoy;Doris S. Leung;Hope Warren

  • Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics in a Branched Molecule Investigated by Time-Resolved Fluorescence, Transient Absorption, and Three-Pulse Photon Echo Peak Shift Measurements†

    O. Varnavski and;T. Goodson;L. Sukhomlinova and;R. Twieg

Frequent Co-Authors

W. E. Moerner
W. E. Moerner Stanford University
Robert D. Miller
Robert D. Miller Stanford University
Do Y. Yoon
Do Y. Yoon Stanford University
Antal Jakli
Antal Jakli Kent State University
Willi Volksen
Willi Volksen IBM (United States)
Nicholas L. Abbott
Nicholas L. Abbott Cornell University
Manos Mavrikakis
Manos Mavrikakis University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen Ducharme
Stephen Ducharme University of Nebraska–Lincoln
George I. Stegeman
George I. Stegeman University of Central Florida
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley

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