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Michael Rubinstein

Michael Rubinstein

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Materials Science

D-Index
88
Citations
29097
World Ranking
1858
National Ranking
566

Overview

Michael Rubinstein is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Science, with a significant number of publications emphasizing subfields such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Polymer crystallization and properties, Hydrogels synthesis, properties, and applications, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Material Dynamics and Properties, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, and Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael Rubinstein are:

  • "Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands" (2021, Science)
  • "Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks" (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus" (2022, Physiological Reviews)
  • "Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance" (2023, Science)
  • "Muse: Text-To-Image Generation via Masked Generative Transformers" (2023, arXiv (Cornell University))

Michael Rubinstein frequently collaborates with several researchers including Sergey Panyukov, Sanat K. Kumar, Gary S. Grest, Yuanzhen Li, and Stephen L. Craig.

The scientist's publications appear frequently in several venues, including UNC Libraries, arXiv (Cornell University), Macromolecules, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, and the Journal of Polymer Science.

Best Publications

  • Theory of polyelectrolytes in solutions and at surfaces

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Michael Rubinstein

  • Scaling theory of polyelectrolyte solutions

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Ralph H. Colby;Michael Rubinstein

  • Self-assembly of metal--polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers

    Zhihong Nie;Daniele Fava;Eugenia Kumacheva;Shan Zou

  • Unique behavior of dendritic macromolecules: intrinsic viscosity of polyether dendrimers

    T. H. Mourey;S. R. Turner;Michael Rubinstein;J. M.J. Fréchet

  • Thermoreversible Gelation in Solutions of Associative Polymers. 1. Statics

    Alexander N. Semenov;Michael Rubinstein

  • Dynamics of Entangled Solutions of Associating Polymers

    Michael Rubinstein;Alexander N. Semenov

  • Elasticity of Polymer Networks

    Michael Rubinstein;Sergei Panyukov

  • Unexpected power-law stress relaxation of entangled ring polymers.

    M. Kapnistos;M. Lang;M. Lang;D. Vlassopoulos;W. Pyckhout-Hintzen

  • Cascade of Transitions of Polyelectrolytes in Poor Solvents

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Michael Rubinstein;Sergei P. Obukhov

  • Solvent-free, supersoft and superelastic bottlebrush melts and networks

    William F. M. Daniel;Joanna Burdyńska;Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Step-growth polymerization of inorganic nanoparticles.

    Kun Liu;Zhihong Nie;Nana Zhao;Wei Li

  • Thermoreversible Gelation in Solutions of Associating Polymers. 2. Linear Dynamics

    Michael Rubinstein;Alexander N. Semenov;Alexander N. Semenov

  • A Self-Consistent Mean Field Model of a Starburst Dendrimer: Dense Core vs Dense Shell

    David Boris;Michael Rubinstein

  • Two-parameter scaling for polymers in Θ solvents

    Ralph H. Colby;Michael Rubinstein

  • Adsorption-induced scission of carbon–carbon bonds

    Sergei S. Sheiko;Frank C. Sun;Adrian Randall;David Shirvanyants

  • Mobility of Nonsticky Nanoparticles in Polymer Liquids

    Li Heng Cai;Sergey Panyukov;Michael Rubinstein

  • Long-Range Effects on Polymer Diffusion Induced by a Bounding Interface

    X. Zheng;M. H. Rafailovich;J. Sokolov;Y. Strzhemechny

  • Self-Healing of Unentangled Polymer Networks with Reversible Bonds.

    Evgeny B. Stukalin;Li Heng Cai;N. Arun Kumar;Ludwik Leibler

  • Extraction of a hydrophilic compound from water into liquid CO2 using dendritic surfactants

    A. I. Cooper;J. D. Londono;J. D. Londono;G. Wignall;J. B. McClain

  • Diblock copolymer micelles in a dilute solution

    Ekaterina B. Zhulina;Mireile Adam;Isaac LaRue;Sergei S. Sheiko

  • Polymeric nanogels produced via inverse microemulsion polymerization as potential gene and antisense delivery agents.

    Karen McAllister;Peter Sazani;Mirielle Adam;Moo J. Cho

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey V. Dobrynin
Andrey V. Dobrynin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sergei S. Sheiko
Sergei S. Sheiko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Ralph H. Colby
Ralph H. Colby Pennsylvania State University
Gary S. Grest
Gary S. Grest Sandia National Laboratories
Eugenia Kumacheva
Eugenia Kumacheva University of Toronto
Ludwik Leibler
Ludwik Leibler PSL University
Ekaterina B. Zhulina
Ekaterina B. Zhulina ITMO University
Dimitris Vlassopoulos
Dimitris Vlassopoulos Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Joseph M. DeSimone
Joseph M. DeSimone Stanford University

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