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| Optical dielectric function of gold | Physical Review B | 2012 | 518 |
| Improved Functionality of Lithium-Ion Batteries Enabled by Atomic Layer Deposition on the Porous Microstructure of Polymer Separators and Coating Electrodes | Advanced Energy Materials | 2012 | 182 |
| A synoptic view of the distribution and connectivity of the mid-crustal low velocity zone beneath Tibet | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 158 |
| Nanoscale Interface Modification of LiCoO2by Al2O3Atomic Layer Deposition for Solid-State Li Batteries | Journal of the Electrochemical Society | 2012 | 140 |
| Direct visualization of laser-driven electron multiple scattering and tunneling distance in strong-field ionization | Physical Review Letters | 2012 | 134 |
| The structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath South China from ambient noise and earthquake tomography | Geophysical Journal International | 2012 | 119 |
| Shape-dependent oriented trapping and scaffolding of plasmonic nanoparticles by topological defects for self-assembly of colloidal dimers in liquid crystals | Nano Letters | 2012 | 112 |
| Broadband graphene electro-optic modulators with sub-wavelength thickness | Optics Express | 2012 | 105 |
| Gas-Phase Ozonolysis of Selected Olefins: The Yield of Stabilized Criegee Intermediate and the Reactivity toward SO2 | Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters | 2012 | 78 |
| MESSENGER and Mariner 10 flyby observations of magnetotail structure and dynamics at Mercury | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 76 |
| Frequency comb stabilization with bandwidth beyond the limit of gain lifetime by an intracavity graphene electro-optic modulator | Optics Letters | 2012 | 75 |
| Estimating 1992–2000 average active layer thickness on the Alaskan North Slope from remotely sensed surface subsidence | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 71 |
| Thermal evolution and differentiation of planetesimals and planetary embryos | Icarus | 2012 | 71 |
| Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2012 | 68 |
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| Stability and turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer: A comparison of remote sensing and tower observations | Geophysical Research Letters | 2012 | 40 |
| The local amplification of surface waves: A new observable to constrain elastic velocities, density, and anelastic attenuation | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 39 |
| Compressibility and thermal expansion of hydrous ringwoodite with 2.5(3) wt% H2O | American Mineralogist | 2012 | 37 |
| Martian crustal dichotomy and Tharsis formation by partial melting coupled to early plume migration | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 34 |
| Seasonal and diurnal variation of geomagnetic activity: Russell-McPherron effect during different IMF polarity and/or extreme solar wind conditions | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 32 |
| Profile of strong magnetic field By component in magnetotail current sheets | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 31 |
| Transport of thermal-energy ionospheric oxygen (O+) ions between the ionosphere and the plasma sheet and ring current at quiet times preceding magnetic storms | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2012 | 31 |
