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D-Index
78
Citations
35406
World Ranking
2903
National Ranking
817

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1979 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
  • 1979 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal
  • 1968 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1953 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

David Turnbull was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States during their research career. Their academic work spanned multiple disciplines, with a main focus on computer science, arts and humanities, and health professions.

Turnbull contributed to research across several specialized subfields, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • General Health Professions
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Philosophy

Their research topics covered a range of interests such as:

  • Natural Language Processing Techniques
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Topic Modeling
  • Semantic Web and Ontologies
  • Linguistics and Terminology Studies

They had a notable publication record, with papers appearing in venues such as OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University. A recent publication by Turnbull was titled "Spatiotemporal control of laser intensity through cross-phase modulation," which was published in 2021 in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University).

Turnbull collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicola Poeta
  • Enrico Giai
  • Tanner T. Simpson
  • D. Ramsey
  • Phil Franke

The scientist received several awards throughout their career. These included the Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society and the Acta Materialia Gold Medal, both received in 1979. They were elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1968 and became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1953.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Transport in Liquids and Glasses

    Morrel H. Cohen;David Turnbull

  • Under what conditions can a glass be formed

    David Turnbull

  • Formation of Crystal Nuclei in Liquid Metals

    D. Turnbull

  • Rate of Nucleation in Condensed Systems

    Unknown

  • Free‐Volume Model of the Amorphous Phase: Glass Transition

    David Turnbull;Morrel H. Cohen

  • ON THE FREE-VOLUME MODEL OF THE LIQUID-GLASS TRANSITION.

    David Turnbull;Morrel H. Cohen

  • Kinetics of Solidification of Supercooled Liquid Mercury Droplets

    David Turnbull

  • Kinetics of Heterogeneous Nucleation

    D. Turnbull

  • Formation of bulk metallic glass by fluxing

    H. W. Kui;A. L. Greer;D. Turnbull

  • Mechanism of Diffusion of Copper in Germanium

    F. C. Frank;D. Turnbull

  • Formation, stability and structure of palladium-silicon based alloy glasses

    H.S Chen;H.S Chen;D Turnbull

  • Calorimetric studies of crystallization and relaxation of amorphous Si and Ge prepared by ion implantation

    E. P. Donovan;F. Spaepen;D. Turnbull;J. M. Poate

  • Metastable structures in metallurgy.

    David Turnbull

  • Bulk formation of a metallic glass: Pd40Ni40P20

    A. J. Drehman;A. L. Greer;D. Turnbull

  • Heat of crystallization and melting point of amorphous silicon

    E. P. Donovan;F. Spaepen;D. Turnbull;J. M. Poate

  • Interstitial Diffusion of Copper in Tin

    Unknown

  • Theory of cellular precipitation

    David Turnbull

  • Kinetics of Crystal Nucleation in Some Normal Alkane Liquids

    David Turnbull;Robert L. Cormia

  • The effect of relative crystal and boundary orientations on grain boundary diffusion rates

    Unknown

  • Lattice and Grain Boundary Self‐Diffusion in Silver

    Unknown

  • Composition Requirements for Glass Formation in Metallic and Ionic Systems

    M. H. Cohen;D. Turnbull

  • Morphology of cellular precipitation of tin from lead-tin bicrystals-ii

    King-Ning Tu;D. Turnbull

  • Kinetics of Crystal Nucleation in Polyethylene

    Unknown

  • Flow of melt and glass forms of metallic alloys

    D.E Polk;D Turnbull

  • Transformation behavior of PdAuSi metallic glasses

    C.-P. Peter Chou;David Turnbull

Frequent Co-Authors

Frans Spaepen
Frans Spaepen Harvard University
Michael J. Aziz
Michael J. Aziz Harvard University
King-Ning Tu
King-Ning Tu City University of Hong Kong
John M. Poate
John M. Poate Nokia (United States)
C. W. White
C. W. White Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert Hull
Robert Hull Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Gang Lu
Gang Lu California State University, Northridge
Henrik G. Kjaergaard
Henrik G. Kjaergaard University of Copenhagen
Donald R Uhlmann
Donald R Uhlmann University of Arizona

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