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Lalgudi V. Natarajan 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 Lalgudi V. Natarajan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 189 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lalgudi V. Natarajan 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 Lalgudi V. Natarajan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% 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

  • 2012 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Lalgudi V. Natarajan is affiliated with Science Applications International Corporation in the United States. Their professional activities are based primarily within this organization and country.

In 2012, Natarajan was recognized as a SPIE Fellow, an award that marks a professional standing within the field related to optics and photonics, although specific citation details for the award are not provided.

The scientist's documented research output does not list recent papers, frequent co-authors, or detailed publication venues publicly available from the provided data.

Similarly, there is no information available regarding book publications or any specific fields, subfields, or topics of study linked to their research activities.

Overall, the existing data highlights an association with a significant industry organization and acknowledgment from a major professional society within the scientific community, indicating engagement in relevant research areas aligned with the awards and affiliations noted.

Best Publications

  • Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals (H-PDLCs)1

    T. J. Bunning;L. V. Natarajan;V. P. Tondiglia;R. L. Sutherland

  • Electrically switchable volume gratings in polymer‐dispersed liquid crystals

    R. L. Sutherland;V. P. Tondiglia;L. V. Natarajan;T. J. Bunning

  • Bragg gratings in an acrylate polymer consisting of periodic polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal planes

    R. L. Sutherland;L. V. Natarajan;V. P. Tondiglia;T. J. Bunning

  • Switchable Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Reflection Gratings Based on Thiol−Ene Photopolymerization

    Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Christina K. Shepherd;Donna M. Brandelik;Richard L. Sutherland

  • ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS OF VOLUME HOLOGRAMS IN POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS

    L.V. Natarajan;R.L. Sutherland;V.P. Tondiglia;T.J. Bunning

  • Holographic Formation of Electro‐Optical Polymer–Liquid Crystal Photonic Crystals

    Vincent P. Tondiglia;Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Richard L. Sutherland;David Tomlin

  • The morphology and performance of holographic transmission gratings recorded in polymer dispersed liquid crystals

    T.J. Bunning;L.V. Natarajan;V. Tondiglia;R.L. Sutherland

  • Volume holographic image storage and electro-optical readout in a polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal film.

    V P Tondiglia;L V Natarajan;R L Sutherland;T J Bunning

  • Phototunable Azobenzene Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with 2000 nm Range

    Timothy J. White;Rebecca L. Bricker;Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Nelson V. Tabiryan

  • Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal reflection gratings formed by visible light initiated thiol-ene photopolymerization

    Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Dean P. Brown;Jeremy M. Wofford;Vincent P. Tondiglia

  • Monomer functionality effects in the anisotropic phase separation of liquid crystals

    R.T. Pogue;L.V. Natarajan;S.A. Siwecki;V.P. Tondiglia

  • Electrically Switchable, One‐Dimensional Polymeric Resonators from Holographic Photopolymerization: A New Approach for Active Photonic Bandgap Materials

    Rachel Jakubiak;Timothy J. Bunning;Richard A. Vaia;Lalgudi V. Natarajan

  • Phenomenological model of anisotropic volume hologram formation in liquid-crystal-photopolymer mixtures

    R. L. Sutherland;V. P. Tondiglia;L. V. Natarajan;T. J. Bunning

  • One‐Step, Micrometer‐Scale Organization of Nano‐ and Mesoparticles Using Holographic Photopolymerization: A Generic Technique

    R. A. Vaia;C. L. Dennis;L. V. Natarajan;V. P. Tondiglia

  • Color-Tunable Mirrors Based on Electrically Regulated Bandwidth Broadening in Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

    Kyung Min Lee;Vincent P. Tondiglia;Michael E. McConney;Lalgudi V. Natarajan

  • Morphology of anisotropic polymer‐dispersed liquid crystals and the effect of monomer functionality

    T. J. Bunning;L. V. Natarajan;V. P. Tondiglia;G. Dougherty

  • Switchable orthorhombic F photonic crystals formed by holographic polymerization-induced phase separation of liquid crystal.

    Richard L. Sutherland;V. P. Tondiglia;L. V. Natarajan;S. Chandra

  • Evolution of anisotropic reflection gratings formed in holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

    R. L. Sutherland;V. P. Tondiglia;L. V. Natarajan;T. J. Bunning

  • Thermally Induced, Multicolored Hyper‐Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

    Michael E. McConney;Vincent P. Tondiglia;Vincent P. Tondiglia;Jennifer M. Hurtubise;Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Lalgudi V. Natarajan

  • Electrically switchable polymer-dispersed liquid crystal materials including switchable optical couplers and reconfigurable optical interconnects

    Lalgudi V. Natarajan;Richard L. Sutherland;Vince P. Tondiglia;Timothy J. Bunning

  • Optically switchable liquid crystal photonic structures.

    Augustine Urbas;Vincent Tondiglia;Lalgudi Natarajan;Richard Sutherland

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent P. Tondiglia
Vincent P. Tondiglia United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Timothy J. Bunning
Timothy J. Bunning United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Timothy J. White
Timothy J. White University of Colorado Boulder
Richard A. Vaia
Richard A. Vaia United States Air Force Research Laboratory
W. Wade Adams
W. Wade Adams Rice University
Christopher Y. Li
Christopher Y. Li Drexel University
Stephen J. Clarson
Stephen J. Clarson University of Cincinnati
Quan Li
Quan Li Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thein Kyu
Thein Kyu University of Akron
Deng-Ke Yang
Deng-Ke Yang Kent State University

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