Molecular self-assembly-the
spontaneous formation of molecules into covalently bonded,
well-defined, stable structures-is a very important concept in
biological systems and has increasingly become a focus of
non-biological research. The top 25 papers include comparisons of the
chemical and physical properties of self-assembled monolayers; reviews
of the different types of self-assembly; the behavior of
self-assembled monolayers on various surfaces, particularly gold
electrodes and nanocrystals; and the role of self-assembly in various
biologically important molecules, such as dendrimers, dynamin, and
laminins. Potential applications involving molecular self-assembly
include hinged coordination networks and a switchable molecular
shuttle.
Methodology
The baseline time span for this
database is 1991 - 2001. The resulting database contained 5,462
papers; 11,343 authors; 71 countries; 634 journals; and 1,628
institutions.
Rankings
Once the database was in place,
it was used to generate the lists of top 25 papers, authors, journals,
institutions, and nations, covering a time span of 1991 - 2001.
The top 25 papers are ranked
according to total cites. Rankings for author, journal, institution,
and country are listed in three ways: according to total cites, total
papers, and total cites/paper.
