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Keith A. Nelson

Keith A. Nelson

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Materials Science

D-Index
102
Citations
35763
World Ranking
970
National Ranking
318

Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
26782
World Ranking
2088
National Ranking
763

Physics

D-Index
106
Citations
38370
World Ranking
1338
National Ranking
701

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - OSA Fellows For innovations in the development of impulsive stimulated Raman scattering and its applications to the ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy of phonons and intermolecular  liquid dynamics.
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For development of femtosecond microsecond timedomain vibrational spectroscopy, including multiplepulse vibrational excitation, and applications to structural and chemical rearrangements in condensed matter
  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Keith A. Nelson is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has an extensive research background in engineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science. Their work spans various subfields including atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, computational mechanics, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of scientific areas such as high-velocity impact and material behavior, mechanical and optical resonators, terahertz technology and applications, particle dynamics in fluid flows, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Recent publications by Keith A. Nelson include:

  • Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics, 2020, Nature
  • Nanotwinning-assisted dynamic recrystallization at high strains and strain rates, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Supersonic impact resilience of nanoarchitected carbon, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Strong fatigue-resistant nanofibrous hydrogels inspired by lobster underbelly, 2021, Matter
  • Direct observation of large electron-phonon interaction effect on phonon heat transport, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their publications include A. A. Maznev, Zhuquan Zhang, Edoardo Baldini, David Veysset, and Yu-Chen Sun.

Keith A. Nelson's work is often published in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Acta Materialia
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications

Throughout their career, they have received several recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014
  • OSA Fellow, 2013, for innovations in impulsive stimulated Raman scattering and its applications to ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy of phonons and intermolecular liquid dynamics
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 1991, cited for development of femtosecond microsecond timedomain vibrational spectroscopy and applications to structural and chemical rearrangements in condensed matter
  • Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1987

Best Publications

  • Terahertz-field-induced insulator-to-metal transition in vanadium dioxide metamaterial

    Mengkun Liu;Harold Y. Hwang;Hu Tao;Andrew C. Strikwerda

  • Resonant and nonresonant control over matter and light by intense terahertz transients

    Tobias Kampfrath;Koichiro Tanaka;Keith A. Nelson

  • Generation of 10 μJ ultrashort terahertz pulses by optical rectification

    K.-L. Yeh;M. C. Hoffmann;J. Hebling;Keith A. Nelson

  • Generation of high-power terahertz pulses by tilted-pulse-front excitation and their application possibilities

    János Hebling;Ka Lo Yeh;Matthias C. Hoffmann;Balázs Bartal

  • Impulsive stimulated scattering: General importance in femtosecond laser pulse interactions with matter, and spectroscopic applications

    Yong‐Xin Yan;Edward B. Gamble;Keith A. Nelson

  • Thermal Conductivity Spectroscopy Technique to Measure Phonon Mean Free Paths

    Austin J. Minnich;J A Johnson;A J Schmidt;Keivan Esfarjani

  • Femtosecond Pulse Sequences Used for Optical Manipulation of Molecular Motion

    A. M. Weiner;D. E. Leaird;Gary P. Wiederrecht;Keith A. Nelson

  • Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy in the impulsive limit

    Lisa Dhar;John A. Rogers;Keith A. Nelson

  • Quasi-ballistic thermal transport from nanoscale interfaces observed using ultrafast coherent soft x-ray beams

    Mark E. Siemens;Mark E. Siemens;Qing Li;Ronggui Yang;Keith A. Nelson

  • Direct Measurement of Room-Temperature Nondiffusive Thermal Transport Over Micron Distances in a Silicon Membrane

    Jeremy A. Johnson;A. A. Maznev;John Cuffe;John Cuffe;Jeffrey K. Eliason

  • Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3

    Xian Li;Tian Qiu;Jiahao Zhang;Edoardo Baldini

  • Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics

    Peyton Shieh;Wenxu Zhang;Keith E. L. Husted;Samantha L. Kristufek

  • Impulsive stimulated light scattering. I. General theory

    Yong‐Xin Yan;Keith A. Nelson

  • Observation of bulk Fermi arc and polarization half charge from paired exceptional points

    Hengyun Zhou;Chao Peng;Chao Peng;Yoseob Yoon;Chia Wei Hsu

  • Optical heterodyne detection of laser-induced gratings

    A. A. Maznev;K. A. Nelson;J. A. Rogers

  • Optical Generation and Characterization of Acoustic Waves in Thin Films: Fundamentals and Applications

    John A. Rogers;Alex A. Maznev;Matthew J. Banet;Keith A. Nelson

  • Two-quantum 2D FT electronic spectroscopy of biexcitons in GaAs quantum wells.

    Katherine W. Stone;Kenan Gundogdu;Daniel B. Turner;Xiaoqin Li

  • Adiabatic shear instability is not necessary for adhesion in cold spray

    Mostafa Hassani-Gangaraj;David Veysset;Victor K. Champagne;Keith A. Nelson

  • Molecular orientation and alignment by intense single-cycle THz pulses.

    Sharly Fleischer;Yan Zhou;Robert W. Field;Keith A. Nelson

  • Spatiotemporal coherent control of lattice vibrational waves.

    T. Feurer;Joshua C. Vaughan;Keith A. Nelson

  • Analysis of programmable ultrashort waveform generation using liquid-crystal spatial light modulators

    Marc M. Wefers;Keith A. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Margaret M. Murnane
Margaret M. Murnane University of Colorado Boulder
Henry C. Kapteyn
Henry C. Kapteyn University of Colorado Boulder
Gary P. Wiederrecht
Gary P. Wiederrecht Argonne National Laboratory
Richard D. Averitt
Richard D. Averitt University of California, San Diego
Ronggui Yang
Ronggui Yang Peking University
Aaron M. Lindenberg
Aaron M. Lindenberg Stanford University
Andrew M. Weiner
Andrew M. Weiner Purdue University West Lafayette
Kebin Fan
Kebin Fan Duke University

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