2026 Edwin L. Thomas: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	126	395	377	148	135	746	58708

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of novel photonic materials and determination of the morphology of block copolymers.
2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Edwin L. Thomas is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Materials Science and Engineering, with a primary focus on materials chemistry and polymer science.

The major fields of study in their work include:

Materials Science
Engineering

The subfields in which they have contributed are:

Materials Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Biomedical Engineering
Biomaterials
Organic Chemistry

Their research covers a range of topics, highlighting specific interests such as:

Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
Polymer crystallization and properties
Polymer composites and self-healing

Edwin L. Thomas's frequent co-authors include:

Xueyan Feng
Wenpeng Shan
Kailu Xiao
Gregory M. Grason
Jinho Hyon

Their work has been published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

Macromolecules
Science Advances
arXiv (Cornell University)
Microscopy and Microanalysis
ACS Nano

Recent selected papers by Edwin L. Thomas include:

"3D touchless multiorder reflection structural color sensing display," 2020, Science Advances
"High-velocity micro-projectile impact testing," 2021, Applied Physics Reviews
"Networks with controlled chirality via self-assembly of chiral triblock terpolymers," 2020, Science Advances
"Block Copolymers beneath the Surface: Measuring and Modeling Complex Morphology at the Subdomain Scale," 2021, Macromolecules
"Projectile Impact Shock-Induced Deformation of One-Component Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films," 2021, ACS Nano

Recognition of their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and being elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for their work on novel photonic materials and the determination of block copolymer morphology.

Best Publications

Enabling nanotechnology with self assembled block copolymer patterns

Cheolmin Park;Jongseung Yoon;Edwin L. Thomas

1957
Citations
A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector

Yoel Fink;Joshua N. Winn;Shanhui Fan;Chiping Chen

1927
Citations
Block copolymer nanocomposites : Perspectives for tailored functional materials

Michael R. Bockstaller;Rafal A. Mickiewicz;Edwin L. Thomas

1047
Citations
The gyroid: A new equilibrium morphology in weakly segregated diblock copolymers

Damian A. Hajduk;Paul E. Harper;Sol M. Gruner;Christian C. Honeker

996
Citations
Graphoepitaxy of self-assembled block copolymers on two-dimensional periodic patterned templates.

Ion Bita;Joel K. W. Yang;Yeon Sik Jung;Caroline A. Ross

961
Citations
Competing Interactions and Levels of Ordering in Self-Organizing Polymeric Materials

M. Muthukumar;C. K. Ober;E. L. Thomas

950
Citations
Templated Self‐Assembly of Block Copolymers: Top‐Down Helps Bottom‐Up

Joy Y. Cheng;Joy Y. Cheng;Caroline A. Ross;Henry I. Smith;Edwin L. Thomas

909
Citations
Formation of a Cobalt Magnetic Dot Array via Block Copolymer Lithography

J.Y. Cheng;C.A. Ross;V.Z.H. Chan;E.L. Thomas

804
Citations
Electroluminescence from heterostructures of poly(phenylene vinylene) and inorganic CdSe nanocrystals

Hedi Mattoussi;Leonard H. Radzilowski;Bashir O. Dabbousi;Edwin L. Thomas

763
Citations
Hard-sphere interactions between spherical domains in diblock copolymers

David J. Kinning;Edwin L. Thomas

695
Citations
Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels

Youngjong Kang;Joseph J. Walish;Taras Gorishnyy;Edwin L. Thomas

688
Citations
Periodic area-minimizing surfaces in block copolymers

Edwin L. Thomas;David M. Anderson;Chris S. Henkee;David Hoffman

633
Citations
Micro‐/Nanostructured Mechanical Metamaterials

Jae Hwang Lee;Jonathan P. Singer;Edwin L. Thomas

622
Citations
Size-Selective Organization of Enthalpic Compatibilized Nanocrystals in Ternary Block Copolymer/Particle Mixtures

Michael R. Bockstaller;Yonit Lapetnikov;Shlomo Margel;Edwin L. Thomas

585
Citations
Polymer‐Based Photonic Crystals

Alexander C. Edrington;Augustine M. Urbas;Peter DeRege;Cinti X. Chen

575
Citations
Ordered bicontinuous double-diamond structure of star block copolymers: a new equilibrium microdomain morphology

Edwin L. Thomas;David B. Alward;David J. Kinning;David C. Martin

558
Citations
Self-Assembled Smectic Phases in Rod-Coil Block Copolymers

J. T. Chen;E. L. Thomas;C. K. Ober;G.-p. Mao

554
Citations
Fabrication of nanostructures with long-range order using block copolymer lithography

J. Y. Cheng;C. A. Ross;E. L. Thomas;Henry I. Smith

552
Citations
Dynamic mechanical behavior of multilayer graphene via supersonic projectile penetration

Jae-Hwang Lee;Jae-Hwang Lee;Phillip E. Loya;Jun Lou;Edwin L. Thomas

489
Citations
Crystallization Temperature-Dependent Crystal Orientations within Nanoscale Confined Lamellae of a Self-Assembled Crystalline−Amorphous Diblock Copolymer

Lei Zhu;Stephen Z. D. Cheng;Bret H. Calhoun;Qing Ge

467
Citations
Ordered bicontinuous nanoporous and nanorelief ceramic films from self assembling polymer precursors

Vanessa Z.-H. Chan;James Hoffman;Victor Y. Lee;Hermis Iatrou

465
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