| Molecular mechanics of mineralized collagen fibrils in bone AK Nair, A Gautieri, SW Chang, MJ Buehler Nature communications 4 (1), 1724, 2013 | 566 | 2013 |
| Thickness of hydroxyapatite nanocrystal controls mechanical properties of the collagen–hydroxyapatite interface Z Qin, A Gautieri, AK Nair, H Inbar, MJ Buehler Langmuir 28 (4), 1982-1992, 2012 | 143 | 2012 |
| Geometry and temperature effects of the interfacial thermal conductance in copper–and nickel–graphene nanocomposites SW Chang, AK Nair, MJ Buehler Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24 (24), 245301, 2012 | 129 | 2012 |
| Size effects in indentation response of thin films at the nanoscale: A molecular dynamics study AK Nair, E Parker, P Gaudreau, D Farkas, RD Kriz International Journal of Plasticity 24 (11), 2016-2031, 2008 | 107 | 2008 |
| Bio-inspired carbon nanotube–polymer composite yarns with hydrogen bond-mediated lateral interactions AM Beese, S Sarkar, A Nair, M Naraghi, Z An, A Moravsky, RO Loutfy, ... ACS nano 7 (4), 3434-3446, 2013 | 102 | 2013 |
| The minimal nanowire: Mechanical properties of carbyne AK Nair, SW Cranford, MJ Buehler Europhysics Letters 95 (1), 16002, 2011 | 102 | 2011 |
| Protein-free formation of bone-like apatite: New insights into the key role of carbonation AC Deymier, AK Nair, B Depalle, Z Qin, K Arcot, C Drouet, CH Yoder, ... Biomaterials 127, 75-88, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Role of intrafibrillar collagen mineralization in defining the compressive properties of nascent bone AK Nair, A Gautieri, MJ Buehler Biomacromolecules 15 (7), 2494-2500, 2014 | 91 | 2014 |
| Mechanics of collagen–hydroxyapatite model nanocomposites F Libonati, AK Nair, L Vergani, MJ Buehler Mechanics Research Communications 58, 17-23, 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| Nanoindentation study of size effects in nickel–graphene nanocomposites SW Chang, AK Nair, MJ Buehler Philosophical magazine letters 93 (4), 196-203, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Rapid deposition of uniform polydopamine coatings on nanoparticle surfaces with controllable thickness N Orishchin, CC Crane, M Brownell, T Wang, S Jenkins, M Zou, A Nair, ... Langmuir 33 (24), 6046-6053, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| The Nano-Jackhammer effect in probing near-surface mechanical properties MJ Cordill, MS Lund, J Parker, C Leighton, AK Nair, D Farkas, NR Moody, ... International journal of plasticity 25 (11), 2045-2058, 2009 | 51 | 2009 |
| Fracture mechanics of hydroxyapatite single crystals under geometric confinement F Libonati, AK Nair, L Vergani, MJ Buehler Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 20, 184-191, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| Coupling quantum and continuum scales to predict crack tip dislocation nucleation AK Nair, DH Warner, RG Hennig, WA Curtin Scripta Materialia 63 (12), 1212-1215, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
| Ab initio prediction of environmental embrittlement at a crack tip in aluminum RJ Zamora, AK Nair, RG Hennig, DH Warner Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 86 (6), 060101, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| Effects of hydration and mineralization on the deformation mechanisms of collagen fibrils in bone at the nanoscale M Fielder, AK Nair Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology 18, 57-68, 2019 | 37 | 2019 |
| The effects of annealing conditions on the wear of PDA/PTFE coatings Y Jiang, D Choudhury, M Brownell, A Nair, JA Goss, M Zou Applied surface science 481, 723-735, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| Nanoindentation of thin films: Simulations and experiments AK Nair, MJ Cordill, D Farkas, WW Gerberich Journal of Materials Research 24 (3), 1135-1141, 2009 | 32 | 2009 |
| Coupled quantum–continuum analysis of crack tip processes in aluminum AK Nair, DH Warner, RG Hennig Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 59 (12), 2476-2487, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| Nanoscale bending properties of bio-inspired Ni-graphene nanocomposites RR Santhapuram, SE Muller, AK Nair Composite Structures 220, 798-808, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |