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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to measuring properties of polymeric materials in thin films, nanoporous films, and nanoscale structures and then demonstrating the impact of these properties on critical aspects of the semiconductor and nanomanufacturing technology sectors

Overview

Christopher L. Soles is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on multiple subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, such as membrane separation and gas transport, membrane separation technologies, muon and positron interactions and applications, material dynamics and properties, glass properties and applications, fuel cells and related materials, and membrane-based ion separation techniques.

Christopher L. Soles has contributed to the scientific community through publications in several frequent venues. These include:

  • Soft Matter
  • Macromolecules
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology
  • Journal of Membrane Science

Among their recent papers are:

  • Insights into the Water Transport Mechanism in Polymeric Membranes from Neutron Scattering, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Using microprojectiles to study the ballistic limit of polymer thin films, 2020, Soft Matter
  • Importance of Sub-Nanosecond Fluctuations on the Toughness of Polycarbonate Glasses, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Review of the key milestones in the development of critical dimension small angle x-ray scattering at National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2023, Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology
  • Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation, 2021, Soft Matter

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, among them:

  • Edwin P. Chan
  • Kanae Ito
  • Katherine Evans
  • Christopher M. Stafford
  • Chad R. Snyder

Awards received include being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2016 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2011. The APS fellowship citation highlights contributions to measuring properties of polymeric materials in thin films, nanoporous films, and nanoscale structures, and demonstrating their impact on semiconductor and nanomanufacturing technology sectors.

Best Publications

  • Highly Porous Polyhedral Silsesquioxane Polymers. Synthesis and Characterization

    Chunxin Zhang;Florence Babonneau;Christian Bonhomme;Richard M. Laine

  • A discussion of the molecular mechanisms of moisture transport in epoxy resins

    Christopher L. Soles;Albert F. Yee

  • Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur to Prepare Polymeric Electrode Materials for Li–S Batteries

    Adam G. Simmonds;Jared J. Griebel;Jungjin Park;Kwi Ryong Kim

  • Molecular Order in High-Efficiency Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Matthew R. Hammond;Regis J. Kline;Andrew A. Herzing;Lee J. Richter

  • Fast dynamics and stabilization of proteins: binary glasses of trehalose and glycerol.

    Marcus T. Cicerone;Christopher L. Soles

  • Correlations between Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polythiophenes

    Brendan O’Connor;Edwin P. Chan;Calvin Chan;Brad R. Conrad

  • Contributions of the nanovoid structure to the moisture absorption properties of epoxy resins

    Christopher L. Soles;Fernando T. Chang;Brett A. Bolan;Hristo A. Hristov

  • Effect of Confinement on Structure, Water Solubility, and Water Transport in Nafion Thin Films

    Scott A. Eastman;Sangcheol Kim;Kirt A. Page;Brandon W. Rowe

  • Contributions of the nanovoid structure to the kinetics of moisture transport in epoxy resins

    Christopher L. Soles;Fernando T. Chang;David W. Gidley;Albert F. Yee

  • Moisture absorption and absorption kinetics in polyelectrolyte films: influence of film thickness.

    Bryan D. Vogt;Christopher L. Soles;Hae Jeong Lee;Eric K. Lin

  • Moisture absorption into ultrathin hydrophilic polymer films on different substrate surfaces

    Bryan D. Vogt;Christopher L. Soles;Hae Jeong Lee;Eric K. Lin

  • Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric Acid Methyl Ester Mixing in Organic Solar Cells

    Hyun Wook Ro;Bulent Akgun;Bulent Akgun;Brendan T. O’Connor;Matthew Hammond

  • Direct measurement of the reaction front in chemically amplified photoresists.

    Eric K. Lin;Christopher L. Soles;Dario L. Goldfarb;Brian C. Trinque

  • Elemental Sulfur and Molybdenum Disulfide Composites for Li-S Batteries with Long Cycle Life and High-Rate Capability.

    Philip T. Dirlam;Jungjin Park;Adam G. Simmonds;Kenneth J Domanik

  • Structural characterization of porous low-k thin films prepared by different techniques using x-ray porosimetry

    Hae-Jeong Lee;Christopher L. Soles;Da-Wei Liu;Barry J. Bauer

  • Correlation of Positron Annihilation and Other Dynamic Properties in Small Molecule Glass-Forming Substances

    Kia L. Ngai;Li-Rong Bao;Albert F. Yee;Christopher L. Soles

  • Interfacial effects on moisture absorption in thin polymer films.

    Bryan D. Vogt;Christopher L. Soles;Ronald L. Jones;Chia-Ying Wang

  • Anisotropic, hierarchical surface patterns via surface wrinkling of nanopatterned polymer films.

    Jung Hyun Lee;Hyun Wook Ro;Rui Huang;Paul Lemaillet;Paul Lemaillet

  • Comparative specular X-ray reflectivity, positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, and incoherent neutron scattering measurements of the dynamics in thin polycarbonate films

    Christopher L. Soles;Jack F. Douglas;Wen-Li Wu;Huagen Peng

  • Polymers for energy storage and delivery : polyelectrolytes for batteries and fuel cells

    Kirt A. Page;Christopher L. Soles;James Runt

  • Chain conformation in ultrathin polymer films

    Ronald L. Jones;Christopher L. Soles;Francis W. Starr;Eric K. Lin

  • Moisture Absorption into Ultrathin Hydrophilic Polymer Films on Different Substrate Surfaces

    B D. Vogt;Christopher L. Soles;V. J. Lee;Eric K. Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen-li Wu
Wen-li Wu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric K. Lin
Eric K. Lin National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jack F. Douglas
Jack F. Douglas National Institute of Standards and Technology
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Bryan D. Vogt
Bryan D. Vogt Pennsylvania State University
Albert F. Yee
Albert F. Yee University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey Pyun
Jeffrey Pyun University of Arizona
Alexei P. Sokolov
Alexei P. Sokolov University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher M. Stafford
Christopher M. Stafford National Institute of Standards and Technology
Do Y. Yoon
Do Y. Yoon Stanford University

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