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D-Index
80
Citations
67847
World Ranking
2647
National Ranking
752

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2001 - Heyn Commemorative Medal
  • 1985 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society    
  • 1977 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal
  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1960 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

John W. Cahn was affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research spanned several key areas within engineering and materials science, focusing predominantly on mechanical engineering and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work engaged primarily with topics such as:

  • Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

John W. Cahn contributed to multiple publications, with their recent known paper titled "A Multiscale Analysis of Compressive Stress-Enhanced Carbide Precipitation in Deep Cryogenic Treated Martensitic Steel for Shovel Teeth" published in 2025 in the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Frequent co-authors in their research included:

  • Pejman Hajipour
  • Waris Khan
  • Shaofeng Sun
  • Leijun Li

The primary publication venue identified for John W. Cahn was the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their academic reach primarily covered the fields of:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these broader fields, their specialized subfields were:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Throughout their career, John W. Cahn received several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2008
  • Heyn Commemorative Medal, 2001
  • Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society, 1985
  • Acta Materialia Gold Medal, 1977
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1973
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1960

Best Publications

  • Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. I. Interfacial Free Energy

    John W. Cahn;John E. Hilliard

  • On spinodal decomposition

    John W Cahn

  • A microscopic theory for antiphase boundary motion and its application to antiphase domain coarsening

    Samuel M. Allen;John W. Cahn

  • Phase Separation by Spinodal Decomposition in Isotropic Systems

    John W. Cahn

  • Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. III. Nucleation in a Two‐Component Incompressible Fluid

    John W. Cahn;John E. Hilliard

  • Critical point wetting

    John W. Cahn

  • The Impurity‐Drag Effect in Grain Boundary Motion

    John W Cahn

  • The kinetics of grain boundary nucleated reactions

    John W. Cahn

  • On spinodal decomposition in cubic crystals

    John W Cahn

  • Coupling grain boundary motion to shear deformation

    John W. Cahn;Yuri Mishin;Akira Suzuki

  • Overview no. 41 The interactions of composition and stress in crystalline solids

    F.C. Larché;J.W. Cahn

  • Theory of crystal growth and interface motion in crystalline materials

    John W Cahn

  • A linear theory of thermochemical equilibrium of solids under stress

    Francis Larché;John W. Cahn

  • Indexing of icosahedral quasiperiodic crystals

    John W. Cahn;Dan Shechtman;Denis Gratias

  • Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. II. Thermodynamic Basis

    John W. Cahn

  • The molecular mechanism of solidification

    John W Cahn;John W Cahn;W.B Hillig;G.W Sears

  • Dendritic and spheroidal growth

    G Horvay;J.W Cahn

  • The Interactions of Composition and Stress in Crystalline Solids.

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  • The kinetics of cellular segregation reactions

    J.W Cahn

  • Mechanisms of phase transformations within the miscibility gap of Fe-rich Fe-Al alloys

    Samuel M. Allen;John W. Cahn

  • Transformation kinetics during continuous cooling

    John W Cahn

  • A unified approach to motion of grain boundaries, relative tangential translation along grain boundaries, and grain rotation

    John W. Cahn;Jean E. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonid A. Bendersky
Leonid A. Bendersky National Institute of Standards and Technology
Geoffrey B. McFadden
Geoffrey B. McFadden National Institute of Standards and Technology
David E. Laughlin
David E. Laughlin Carnegie Mellon University
Michael R. Moldover
Michael R. Moldover National Institute of Standards and Technology
Oliver Penrose
Oliver Penrose Heriot-Watt University
Paul C. Fife
Paul C. Fife University of Utah
Elizabeth A. Holm
Elizabeth A. Holm University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yuri Mishin
Yuri Mishin George Mason University
Peter J. Chupas
Peter J. Chupas Stony Brook University

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