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Gregory C. Rutledge

Gregory C. Rutledge

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Materials Science

D-Index
81
Citations
31823
World Ranking
2534
National Ranking
730

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development and application of theoretical, modeling, and experimental methods to develop quantitative relationships between the chemical architecture and the materials properties of macromolecules

Overview

Gregory C. Rutledge is affiliated with MIT in the United States and works primarily within the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research output comprises a total of 54 publications in materials science and 19 in engineering, with a particular focus on polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, and fluid flow and transfer processes.

The scientist's main research topics include polymer crystallization and properties, rheology and fluid dynamics studies, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, material dynamics and properties, and elasticity and material modeling.

Frequent collaborators include David A. Nicholson, Marat Andreev, Junli Hao, Jaehee Lee, and Hansohl Cho. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative research activities.

Rutledge has published in prominent scientific venues, with frequent contributions to arXiv (Cornell University), Macromolecules, Polymer, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Separation and Purification Technology.

Recent papers include:

  • Atomistic Modeling of Plastic Deformation in Semicrystalline Polyethylene: Role of Interphase Topology, Entanglements, and Chain Dynamics, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Electrospun polyimide fiber membranes for separation of oil-in-water emulsions, 2021, Separation and Purification Technology
  • Flow-induced inhomogeneity and enhanced nucleation in a long alkane melt, 2020, Polymer
  • Aerosol filtration performance of electrospun membranes comprising polyacrylonitrile and cellulose nanocrystals, 2022, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Bottom-up design toward dynamically robust polyurethane elastomers, 2021, Polymer

In recognition of their contributions, Rutledge was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2005. The citation highlighted their development and application of theoretical, modeling, and experimental methods to establish quantitative relationships between chemical architecture and the material properties of macromolecules.

Best Publications

  • Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces

    Anish Tuteja;Wonjae Choi;Minglin Ma;Joseph M. Mabry

  • Experimental characterization of electrospinning: the electrically forced jet and instabilities

    Y.M. Shin;M.M. Hohman;M.P. Brenner;G.C. Rutledge

  • Electrospinning and electrically forced jets. I. Stability theory

    Moses M. Hohman;Michael Shin;Gregory Rutledge;Michael P. Brenner

  • Controlling the fiber diameter during electrospinning.

    Sergey V. Fridrikh;Jian H. Yu;Michael P. Brenner;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • Electrospinning and electrically forced jets. II. Applications

    Moses M. Hohman;Michael Shin;Gregory Rutledge;Michael P. Brenner

  • Electrospinning: A whipping fluid jet generates submicron polymer fibers

    Y. M. Shin;M. M. Hohman;M. P. Brenner;G. C. Rutledge

  • Electrospinning Bombyx mori silk with poly(ethylene oxide).

    Hyoung-Joon Jin;Sergey V Fridrikh;Gregory C Rutledge;David L Kaplan

  • Multiscale micromechanical modeling of polymer/clay nanocomposites and the effective clay particle

    N. Sheng;M.C. Boyce;D.M. Parks;G.C. Rutledge

  • Superhydrophobic fibers produced by electrospinning and chemical vapor deposition

    Karen K. Gleason;Gregory C. Rutledge;Malancha Gupta;Minglin Ma

  • Formation of fibers by electrospinning.

    Gregory C. Rutledge;Sergey V. Fridrikh

  • Electrospun poly(styrene-block-dimethylsiloxane) block copolymer fibers exhibiting superhydrophobicity.

    Minglin Ma;Randal M Hill;Joseph L Lowery;Sergey V Fridrikh

  • Production of Submicrometer Diameter Fibers by Two‐Fluid Electrospinning

    Jian H. Yu;Sergey V. Fridrikh;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • The role of elasticity in the formation of electrospun fibers

    Jian H. Yu;Sergey V. Fridrikh;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • Effect of fiber diameter, pore size and seeding method on growth of human dermal fibroblasts in electrospun poly(epsilon-caprolactone) fibrous mats.

    Joseph L. Lowery;Néha Datta;Néha Datta;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • Chemical protection fabrics via surface oximation of electrospun polyacrylonitrile fiber mats

    Liang Chen;Lev Bromberg;Heidi Schreuder-Gibson;John Walker

  • Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Silk Fibers

    Mao Wang;Hyoung-Joon Jin;David L. Kaplan;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • Decorated electrospun fibers exhibiting superhydrophobicity

    Minglin Ma;Malancha Gupta;Zhi Li;Lei Zhai

  • Spraying asymmetry into functional membranes layer-by-layer.

    Kevin C. Krogman;Joseph L. Lowery;Nicole S. Zacharia;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • Morphology of Porous and Wrinkled Fibers of Polystyrene Electrospun from Dimethylformamide

    Chia-Ling Pai;Mary C. Boyce;Gregory C. Rutledge

  • Silk biomaterials and methods of use thereof

    David L. Kaplan;Hyoung-Joon Jin;Gregory Rutledge;Sergei Fridrikh

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