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  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to our understanding of the structure, defects, disorder, and phase transitions in quasicrystals and fullerenes

Overview

Paul A. Heiney is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields and subfields within science and engineering, with a focus on materials science and engineering disciplines.

The main fields of study associated with Paul A. Heiney include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

The subfields covered in their research are:

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Their research topics reflect a focused interest in specific advanced material systems and phenomena, including:

  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Paul A. Heiney has contributed to several publications, including recent work such as:

  • Structural complexity driven by liquid-liquid crystal phase separation of smectics (2025, Soft Matter)

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Christopher Browne
  • Yuma Morimitsu
  • Na Kyung Kim
  • Manesh Gopinadhan
  • E. B. Sirota

The researcher's studies have been published notably in the journal Soft Matter.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Paul A. Heiney was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001 for work related to the structure, defects, disorder, and phase transitions in quasicrystals and fullerenes.

Best Publications

  • Orientational ordering transition in solid C60.

    Paul A. Heiney;John E. Fischer;Andrew R. McGhie;William J. Romanow

  • Self-organization of supramolecular helical dendrimers into complex electronic materials

    V. Percec;M. Glodde;T. K. Bera;Y. Miura

  • Structure of rapidly quenched Al-Mn.

    Peter A. Bancel;Paul A. Heiney;Peter W. Stephens;Alan I. Goldman

  • Self-assembly of amphiphilic dendritic dipeptides into helical pores

    Virgil Percec;Andrés E. Dulcey;Venkatachalapathy S. K. Balagurusamy;Yoshiko Miura

  • Compressibility of Solid C60

    John E. Fischer;Paul A. Heiney;Andrew R. Mcghie;William J. Romanow

  • Modular Synthesis of Amphiphilic Janus Glycodendrimers and Their Self-Assembly into Glycodendrimersomes and Other Complex Architectures with Bioactivity to Biomedically Relevant Lectins

    Virgil Percec;Pawaret Leowanawat;Hao Jan Sun;Oleg Kulikov

  • Distortion and peak broadening in quasicrystal diffraction patterns.

    T. C. Lubensky;Joshua E. S. Socolar;Paul J. Steinhardt;Peter A. Bancel

  • Icosahedral aluminum-transition-metal alloys.

    Peter A. Bancel;Paul A. Heiney

  • Structure, dynamics and ordering transition of solid C60

    Paul A. Heiney

  • Thermoreversible cis-cisoidal to cis-transoidal isomerization of helical dendronized polyphenylacetylenes.

    Virgil Percec;Jonathan G Rudick;Mihai Peterca;Martin Wagner

  • Compressibility of M3C60 Fullerene Superconductors: Relation Between Tc and Lattice Parameter

    Otto Zhou;Qing Zhu;John E. Fischer;Nicole Coustel

  • Predicting the structure of supramolecular dendrimers via the analysis of libraries of AB3 and constitutional isomeric AB2 biphenylpropyl ether self-assembling dendrons.

    Brad M. Rosen;Daniela A. Wilson;Christopher J. Wilson;Mihai Peterca

  • Nanomechanical function from self-organizable dendronized helical polyphenylacetylenes.

    Virgil Percec;Jonathan G. Rudick;Mihai Peterca;Paul A. Heiney

  • Aggregation Behavior And Chromonic Liquid Crystal Properties Of An Anionic Monoazo Dye

    Viva R. Horowitz;Lauren A. Janowitz;Aaron L. Modic;Paul A. Heiney

  • Discontinuous volume change at the orientational-ordering transition in solid C60.

    Paul A. Heiney;Gavin B. M. Vaughan;John E. Fischer;Nicole Coustel

  • Self-Assembly of Dendronized Triphenylenes into Helical Pyramidal Columns and Chiral Spheres

    Virgil Percec;Mohammad R. Imam;Mihai Peterca;Daniela A. Wilson

  • Liquid-crystalline and helical order in a discotic mesophase.

    E Fontes;PA Heiney;de Jeu Wh

  • Designing libraries of first generation AB3 and AB2 self-assembling dendrons via the primary structure generated from combinations of (AB)(y)-AB3 and (AB)(y)-AB2 building blocks.

    Virgil Percec;Catherine M. Mitchell;Wook-Dong Cho;Satoshi Uchida

  • Synthesis and retrostructural analysis of libraries of AB3 and constitutional isomeric AB2 phenylpropyl ether-based supramolecular dendrimers.

    Virgil Percec;Mihai Peterca;Monika J Sienkowska;Marc A Ilies

  • Selective transport of water mediated by porous dendritic dipeptides.

    Mark S. Kaucher;Mihai Peterca;Andrés E. Dulcey;Anthony J. Kim

  • Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Dendritic Dipeptides into Helical Pores

    Virgil Percec;Paul A. Heiney;D A. Hu;S N. Magonov

Frequent Co-Authors

Virgil Percec
Virgil Percec University of Pennsylvania
Mihai Peterca
Mihai Peterca University of Pennsylvania
Amos B. Smith
Amos B. Smith University of Pennsylvania
Goran Ungar
Goran Ungar Xi'an Jiaotong University
John E. Fischer
John E. Fischer University of Pennsylvania
Peter W. Stephens
Peter W. Stephens Stony Brook University
Xiangbing Zeng
Xiangbing Zeng University of Sheffield
Steven D. Hudson
Steven D. Hudson National Institute of Standards and Technology
Robert Graf
Robert Graf Max Planck Society
Robert J. Birgeneau
Robert J. Birgeneau Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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