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Ariel J. Ben-Sasson

University of Washington

Research spanning organic electronics — pioneering the self-assembling, block-copolymer-based first vertical organic field-effect transistors — to the design of the first macro-scale binary 2D protein materials, and on to synthetic cell biology.

2009–2025
Years active
15
Publications
714
Total citations

Cumulative citations over time

All papers (total)2D protein materials · Nature 2021 (146)Vertical OFET · APL 2009 (95)
0176352527703 20122014201620182020202220242026

Solid blue is the running total across all papers; the amber and teal lines are the independent cumulative citations of the two most-cited papers, on the same axis. Yearly citation data from OpenAlex begins ~2012. Citations earned before 2012 are included in the total above but not broken out by year, so the early curve is conservative.

Publications by research program & year

Organic electronicsProtein design
03875112150200920112013201520172019202120232025 citations year Proofreading and single-molecule sensitivity in T cell receptor signaling by condensate nucleation (2025)Synthetic Par polarity induces cytoskeleton asymmetry in unpolarized mammalian cells (2023)Protein Design Using Physics Informed Neural Networks (2023)Precision materials: Computational design methods of accurate protein materials (2022)Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials (2021)Self-Assembled Metallic Nanowire-Based Vertical Organic Field-Effect Transistor (2015)The Mechanism of Operation of Lateral and Vertical Organic Field Effect Transistors (2014)Low-Temperature Molecular Vapor Deposition of Ultrathin Metal Oxide Dielectric for Low-Voltage Vertical Organic Field Effect Transistors (2013)Fast switching characteristics in vertical organic field effect transistors (2013)Unraveling the Physics of Vertical Organic Field Effect Transistors through Nanoscale Engineering of a Self-Assembled Transparent Electrode (2012)Solution-processed ambipolar vertical organic field effect transistor (2012)Patterned electrode vertical field effect transistor: Theory and experiment (2011)Patterned electrode vertical OFET: analytical description, switching mechanisms, and optimization rules (2011)Patterned electrode vertical field effect transistor fabricated using block copolymer nanotemplates (2009)Engineering Approach to Materials and Devices Development (2009)

Each dot is a paper — horizontal by year, vertical by total citations, colored by research program (organic electronics vs protein design). Click any dot for its title and year.

Co-authorship network

University of WashingtonTechnion – Israel Institute of TechnologyMRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyUniversity of CambridgePacific Northwest National LaboratoryTel Aviv UniversityOther institutions
Nir TesslerAntonio FacchettiDavid BakerMichael GreenmanAlice BittlestonEmmanuel DeriveryEran AvnonJoseph L. WatsonZhihua ChenAndrew A. DrabekChen KeasarClemens F. KaminskiDaniel AzulaiEldad HaberElina PloshnikFang JiaoGil MarkovichGitti L. FreyGreg L. HuraGuy AnkoninaHagit GilonHailemikael K. YirdawHannele Ruohola‐BakerHao Yuan KuehIoanna MelaJames D. MantonJames J. De YoreoJay T. GrovesJiajun ChenJoseph E. ChambersJustin DecarreauJustin M. KollmanLara K. KrügerLogeshwaran SomasundaramMarta N. ShahbaziMatthew C. JohnsonMichael T. GrimesMichal SoreniNir YaacobiOded GlobermanRoy ShenharSanchez M. JarrettSara Ibrahim OmarShunzhi WangStephen C. BlacklowVicente J. Planelles-HerreroWilliam L. WhiteWilliam ShefflerYoav EichenYohai RoichmanTesslerFacchettiBakerGreenmanBittlestonDeriveryAvnonWatsonChen

A force-directed graph of your 50 co-authors (260 co-authorship links). Each node is a collaborator — sized by how many papers you share, colored by their institution (proxy for lab). An edge joins two co-authors who appear together on a paper, and is thicker the more papers they share; the layout pulls frequent collaborators together, so your distinct research communities settle into separate clusters. Click any node for the name.

Protein materials design

2021–2025 · 5 papers

Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials

146
most citedfirst de novo macro-scale material
Nature2021
Ariel J. Ben‐Sasson · Joseph L. Watson · William Sheffler · Matthew C. Johnson · Alice Bittleston · Logeshwaran Somasundaram · Justin Decarreau · Fang Jiao · Jiajun Chen · Ioanna Mela · Andrew A. Drabek · Sanchez M. Jarrett · Stephen C. Blacklow · Clemens F. Kaminski · Greg L. Hura · James J. De Yoreo · Justin M. Kollman · Hannele Ruohola‐Baker · Emmanuel Derivery · David Baker

Organic electronics & device physics

2009–2015 · 10 papers