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D-Index
126
Citations
58708
World Ranking
395
National Ranking
148

Edwin L. Thomas publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edwin L. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 746 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Edwin L. Thomas D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edwin L. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector

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

  • Block copolymer nanocomposites : Perspectives for tailored functional materials

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Formation of a Cobalt Magnetic Dot Array via Block Copolymer Lithography

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

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

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

  • Hard-sphere interactions between spherical domains in diblock copolymers

    David J. Kinning;Edwin L. Thomas

  • Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels

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

  • Periodic area-minimizing surfaces in block copolymers

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

  • Micro‐/Nanostructured Mechanical Metamaterials

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

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

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

  • Polymer‐Based Photonic Crystals

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

  • 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

  • Self-Assembled Smectic Phases in Rod-Coil Block Copolymers

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

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

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

  • Dynamic mechanical behavior of multilayer graphene via supersonic projectile penetration

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

  • 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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Stephen Z. D. Cheng University of Akron
Bernard Lotz
Bernard Lotz University of Strasbourg
Roderic P. Quirk
Roderic P. Quirk University of Akron
Apostolos Avgeropoulos
Apostolos Avgeropoulos University of Ioannina
Lewis J. Fetters
Lewis J. Fetters Cornell University
Nikos Hadjichristidis
Nikos Hadjichristidis King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Benjamin S. Hsiao
Benjamin S. Hsiao Stony Brook University
Cheolmin Park
Cheolmin Park Yonsei University
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Mary C. Boyce
Mary C. Boyce Columbia University

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