2026 Glen A. Slack: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	66	5236	1368	150	24778

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1962 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Glen A. Slack was affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the intersection of materials science, chemistry, and neuroscience, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work spanned topics including porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, synthesis and properties of polymers, organic electronics and photovoltaics, synthesis and biological evaluation, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, as well as photochemistry and electron transfer studies.

Slack was involved in multiple recent publications that appeared in respected scientific venues. These included:

Pyrazinoquinoxaline derivatives for flexible electronic devices: effect of the mechanical properties of the crystals on device durability, 2024, Chemical Science
Synthesis, Optical Spectroscopy, and Laser and Biomedical Imaging Application Potential of 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium Tetrachloroferrate and Its Derivatives, 2024, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Synthesis, optical spectroscopy and laser potential of 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium chloride, 2022, Chemical Physics Letters

Slack frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

Pradip K. Bhowmik
David King
Si L. Chen
Ronald Carlo G. Principe
Haesook Han

Their scholarly output was published in journals such as Chemical Science, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, and Chemical Physics Letters.

Throughout the course of their career, Slack received recognition through honors including being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1962 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1966.

Best Publications

Nonmetallic crystals with high thermal conductivity

G.A. Slack

2665
Citations
Thermal Conductivity of Silicon and Germanium from 3°K to the Melting Point

C. J. Glassbrenner;Glen A. Slack

2143
Citations
The Thermal Conductivity of Nonmetallic Crystals

Glen A. Slack

1236
Citations
Semiconducting Ge clathrates: Promising candidates for thermoelectric applications

G. S. Nolas;J. L. Cohn;G. A. Slack;S. B. Schujman

1206
Citations
The intrinsic thermal conductivity of AIN

Unknown

822
Citations
Glasslike Heat Conduction in High-Mobility Crystalline Semiconductors

J. L. Cohn;G. S. Nolas;V. Fessatidis;T. H. Metcalf

800
Citations
Some properties of semiconducting IrSb3

Glen A. Slack;Veneta G. Tsoukala

743
Citations
Effect of partial void filling on the lattice thermal conductivity of skutterudites

G. S. Nolas;J. L. Cohn;G. A. Slack

729
Citations
Estimation of the isotope effect on the lattice thermal conductivity of group IV and group III-V semiconductors

D. T. Morelli;J. P. Heremans;G. A. Slack

719
Citations
Growth of high purity AlN crystals

Glen A. Slack;T.F. McNelly

629
Citations
The effect of rare‐earth filling on the lattice thermal conductivity of skutterudites

G. S. Nolas;G. A. Slack;D. T. Morelli;T. M. Tritt

590
Citations
Thermal Conductivity of Pure and Impure Silicon, Silicon Carbide, and Diamond

Unknown

567
Citations
Some effects of oxygen impurities on AlN and GaN

Glen A. Slack;Leo J. Schowalter;Donald Morelli;Jaime A. Freitas

564
Citations
Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Scattering by Magnetic Impurities in CdTe

Glen A. Slack;S. Galginaitis

424
Citations
High Lattice Thermal Conductivity Solids

Donald T. Morelli;Glen A. Slack

416
Citations
Thermal Conductivity of MgO, Al 2 O 3 , Mg Al 2 O 4 , and Fe 3 O 4 Crystals from 3° to 300°K

Glen A. Slack

383
Citations
Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Pyrolytic Graphite

Glen A. Slack

334
Citations
Infrared Absorption in Some II-VI Compounds Doped with Cr

J. T. Vallin;G. A. Slack;S. Roberts;A. E. Hughes

322
Citations
Optical Absorption of TetrahedralFe2+(3d6) in Cubic ZnS, CdTe, and MgAl2O4

G. A. Slack;F. S. Ham;R. M. Chrenko

311
Citations
Solubility of Carbon in Silicon and Germanium

Unknown

300
Citations
Thermal Conductivity of Ca F 2 , Mn F 2 , Co F 2 , and Zn F 2 Crystals

Glen A. Slack

252
Citations
Ain single crystals

G.A. Slack;T.F. McNelly

251
Citations
Chapter 6 Semiconductor clathrates: A phonon glass electron crystal material with potential for thermoelectric applications

George S. Nolas;Glen A. Slack;Sandra B. Schujman

235
Citations
Thermal Conductivity of Garnets and Phonon Scattering by Rare-Earth Ions

Glen A. Slack;D. W. Oliver

135
Citations