William Moerner
Impact in
- Structural Biology top 0.02%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Biophysics top 0.01%
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
Papers in
- Biophysics 140
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques 135
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- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications 61
- Co-authors
- David P. Fromm (12 shared papers)Robert J. Twieg (61 shared papers)Michel Orrit (5 shared papers)L. Kador (7 shared papers)Scott M. Silence (17 shared papers)Peter James Schuck (12 shared papers)Robert M. Dickson (8 shared papers)Gordon S. Kino (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (26 papers)Biophysical Journal (22 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (19 papers)Applied Physics Letters (18 papers)Optics Letters (17 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanySwitzerland
In The Last Decade
William Moerner
396 papers receiving 31.4k citations
William Moerner's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 168
- Structural Biology 3.3k
- Biophysics 10.5k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 11.8k
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 5.0k
- Biomedical Engineering 10.2k
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 411 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1727 |
| 2 | On/off blinking and switching behaviour of single molecules of green fluorescent protein Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1121 |
| 3 | Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules in a solid Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 963 |
| 4 | Illuminating Single Molecules in Condensed Matter Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 947 |
| 5 | Improving the Mismatch between Light and Nanoscale Objects with Gold Bowtie Nanoantennas Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 872 |
| 6 | Three-dimensional, single-molecule fluorescence imaging beyond the diffraction limit by using a double-helix point spread function Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 811 |
| 7 | Methods of single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 702 |
| 8 | Polymeric photorefractive materials Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 638 |
| 9 | Single photons on demand from a single molecule at room temperature Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 631 |
| 10 | Introduction to Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 618 |
| 11 | 2004 | 508 | |
| 12 | Observation of the photorefractive effect in a polymer Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 498 |
| 13 | Photon antibunching in the fluorescence of a single dye molecule trapped in a solid Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 469 |
| 14 | 2007 | 378 | |
| 15 | 2017 | 378 | |
| 16 | 2004 | 372 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 357 | |
| 18 | 1994 | 341 | |
| 19 | 1996 | 320 | |
| 20 | 1991 | 305 |
About William Moerner
William Moerner is a scholar working on Biophysics, Structural Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 411 papers that have together received 32.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (135 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (74 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (61 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (61 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (57 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (54 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (44 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (3.3k citations), Biophysics (10.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (11.8k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (5.0k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (10.2k citations). William Moerner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include David P. Fromm, Robert J. Twieg, Michel Orrit, L. Kador, Scott M. Silence, Peter James Schuck, Robert M. Dickson, Gordon S. Kino, Arvind Sundaramurthy and Anika A. Kinkhabwala. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biophysical Journal, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Applied Physics Letters and Optics Letters.
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