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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 45 Citations 9,213 220 World Ranking 12622 National Ranking 708

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Molecule
  • Catalysis

Simon J. Higgins spends much of his time researching Molecule, Conductance, Nanotechnology, Chemical physics and Molecular wire. The study incorporates disciplines such as Electrical resistance and conductance, Metal, Stereochemistry, Scanning tunneling microscope and Electrochemistry in addition to Molecule. His work in Metal tackles topics such as Polymerization which are related to areas like Polymer chemistry.

He has researched Conductance in several fields, including Molecular conductance, Porphyrin, Electrode potential, Electrochemical potential and Computational chemistry. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Ab initio, Coupling and Electronics. His Molecular wire research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Density functional theory, Quantum tunnelling and Conductivity.

His most cited work include:

  • Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. (690 citations)
  • Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity (305 citations)
  • Metal–Organic Conjugated Microporous Polymers† (272 citations)

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

Simon J. Higgins focuses on Molecule, Conductance, Crystallography, Molecular wire and Stereochemistry. The Molecule study combines topics in areas such as Scanning tunneling microscope, Nanotechnology, Electrochemistry and Quantum tunnelling. He works mostly in the field of Conductance, limiting it down to topics relating to Chemical physics and, in certain cases, Fermi energy.

His Crystallography course of study focuses on Inorganic chemistry and Polymer chemistry, Inorganic compound, Transition metal, Electrode and Cyclic voltammetry. His Molecular wire research incorporates themes from Electrical resistance and conductance and Density functional theory. His Stereochemistry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Isomerization, Ligand and Medicinal chemistry.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Molecule (34.35%)
  • Conductance (30.00%)
  • Crystallography (19.57%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Conductance (30.00%)
  • Molecule (34.35%)
  • Molecular wire (15.65%)

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

Simon J. Higgins mainly investigates Conductance, Molecule, Molecular wire, Molecular electronics and Electrode. His studies deal with areas such as Chemical physics, Molecular physics, Crystallography and Molecular conductance as well as Conductance. His Crystallography research integrates issues from Scanning tunneling microscope and Stereochemistry.

His work deals with themes such as Nanotechnology, Moiety and Optoelectronics, Quantum tunnelling, Semiconductor, which intersect with Molecule. His research integrates issues of Electrical resistance and conductance, Metal, Chemical engineering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fermi energy in his study of Molecular wire. Simon J. Higgins interconnects Quartz crystal microbalance and Medicinal chemistry in the investigation of issues within Electrode.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Side-Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions. (32 citations)
  • Bias-Driven Conductance Increase with Length in Porphyrin Tapes. (29 citations)
  • The single-molecule electrical conductance of a rotaxane-hexayne supramolecular assembly (28 citations)

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Best Publications

Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.

Simon Higgins;William Eccleston.
(2006)

1123 Citations

Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity

Wolfgang Haiss;Harm van Zalinge;Simon J Higgins;Donald Bethell.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2003)

433 Citations

Measurement of single molecule conductivity using the spontaneous formation of molecular wires

Wolfgang Haiss;Richard J. Nichols;Harm van Zalinge;Simon J. Higgins.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2004)

396 Citations

Conjugated polymers incorporating pendant functional groups—synthesis and characterisation

Simon J. Higgins.
Chemical Society Reviews (1997)

368 Citations

Long-range electron tunnelling in oligo-porphyrin molecular wires

Gita Sedghi;Víctor M. García-Suárez;Víctor M. García-Suárez;Louisa J. Esdaile;Harry L. Anderson.
Nature Nanotechnology (2011)

351 Citations

Metal–Organic Conjugated Microporous Polymers†

Jia-Xing Jiang;Chao Wang;Andrea Laybourn;Tom Hasell.
Angewandte Chemie (2011)

351 Citations

Precision control of single-molecule electrical junctions.

Wolfgang Haiss;Changsheng Wang;Iain Grace;Andrei S. Batsanov.
Nature Materials (2006)

347 Citations

Regioregular poly(3-hexyl)selenophene: a low band gap organic hole transporting polymer.

Martin Heeney;Weimin Zhang;David J. Crouch;Michael L. Chabinyc.
Chemical Communications (2007)

296 Citations

Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation.

Gita Sedghi;Katsutoshi Sawada;Louisa J. Esdaile;Markus Hoffmann.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)

270 Citations

Oligoyne Single Molecule Wires

Changsheng Wang;Andrei S. Batsanov;Martin R. Bryce;Santiago Martin.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009)

237 Citations

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