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Paul Chaikin publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Chaikin sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 653 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Paul Chaikin D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Chaikin sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society For pioneering contributions that opened new directions in the field of soft condensed matter physics through innovative studies of colloids, polymers, and packing.
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For many novel and creative uses of thermoelectricpower measurements and wideranging contributions to our understanding of quasionedimensional metals, chargedensitywave systems, superconducting sandwiches, and colloidal crystals
  • 1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul Chaikin is affiliated with New York University in the United States and conducts research across several fields primarily within physics and engineering. Their work spans topics in condensed matter physics, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering, with additional focus on materials chemistry and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The research topics covered by Paul Chaikin include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks

Paul Chaikin has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Soft Matter

Their recent papers include:

  • "Model-Free Measurement of Local Entropy Production and Extractable Work in Active Matter," 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • "Hyperuniform Structures Formed by Shearing Colloidal Suspensions," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Cooperation in a fluid swarm of fuel-free micro-swimmers," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Microchemomechanical devices using DNA hybridization," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Toward three-dimensional DNA industrial nanorobots," 2023, Science Robotics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dov Levine
  • Matan Yah Ben Zion
  • Ruojie Sha
  • Nadrian C. Seeman
  • Stefano Martiniani

Paul Chaikin has received several awards throughout their career:

  • Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 2018, for pioneering contributions in soft condensed matter physics
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2004
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2003
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1997
  • Fellow of American Physical Society since 1985
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1977

Best Publications

  • Principles of condensed matter physics

    Paul M. Chaikin;Thomas C. Lubensky

  • Block copolymer lithography: Periodic arrays of ~1011 holes in 1 square centimeter

    Miri Park;Christopher Harrison;Paul M. Chaikin;Richard Alan Register

  • Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

    Jeremie Palacci;Stefano Sacanna;Asher Preska Steinberg;David J. Pine

  • Improving the Density of Jammed Disordered Packings Using Ellipsoids

    Aleksandar Donev;Ibrahim Cisse;Ibrahim Cisse;David Sachs;Evan A. Variano;Evan A. Variano

  • Diffusing wave spectroscopy

    D. J. Pine;D. J. Pine;D. A. Weitz;D. A. Weitz;P. M. Chaikin;P. M. Chaikin;E. Herbolzheimer;E. Herbolzheimer

  • Charge renormalization, osmotic pressure, and bulk modulus of colloidal crystals: Theory

    S. Alexander;S. Alexander;P. M. Chaikin;P. Grant;G. J. Morales

  • Lock and key colloids

    S. Sacanna;W. T. M. Irvine;P. M. Chaikin;D. J. Pine

  • Thermopower in the correlated hopping regime

    P. M. Chaikin;G. Beni

  • Nonlinear Conductivity and Noise due to Charge-Density-Wave Depinning in NbSe3

    G. Grüner;A. Zawadowski;P. M. Chaikin

  • A Wall of Funnels Concentrates Swimming Bacteria

    Peter Galajda;Juan Keymer;Paul Chaikin;Robert Austin

  • Random organization in periodically driven systems

    Laurent Corté;P. M. Chaikin;J. P. Gollub;D. J. Pine

  • Elastic properties of colloidal crystals and glasses

    H. M. Lindsay;P. M. Chaikin

  • Anisotropy of the Upper Critical Field in (TMTSF)2PF6

    I. J. Lee;M. J. Naughton;G. M. Danner;P. M. Chaikin

  • Mechanisms of ordering in striped patterns

    Christopher Harrison;Douglas H. Adamson;Zhengdong Cheng;John M. Sebastian

  • Using Surface Active Random Copolymers To Control the Domain Orientation in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films

    E. Huang;T. P. Russell;C. Harrison;P. M. Chaikin

  • Macroscopic Orientation of Block Copolymer Cylinders in Single‐Layer Films by Shearing

    Dan E. Angelescu;Judith H. Waller;Douglas H. Adamson;Paru Deshpande

  • Chiral colloidal clusters

    D. Zerrouki;J. Baudry;D. Pine;P. Chaikin

  • Complete phase diagram of a charged colloidal system: A synchro- tron x-ray scattering study.

    E. B. Sirota;E. B. Sirota;H. D. Ou-Yang;H. D. Ou-Yang;S. K. Sinha;S. K. Sinha;P. M. Chaikin;P. M. Chaikin

  • Crystallization of hard-sphere colloids in microgravity

    Jixiang Zhu;Min Li;R. Rogers;W. Meyer

  • Cubic crystals from cubic colloids

    Laura Rossi;Stefano Sacanna;William Irvine;Paul Chaikin

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Register
Richard A. Register Princeton University
David J. Pine
David J. Pine New York University
Douglas H. Adamson
Douglas H. Adamson University of Connecticut
William B. Russel
William B. Russel Princeton University
Nadrian C. Seeman
Nadrian C. Seeman New York University
Salvatore Torquato
Salvatore Torquato Princeton University
Long Y. Chiang
Long Y. Chiang University of Massachusetts Lowell
Paul J. Steinhardt
Paul J. Steinhardt Princeton University
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
David A. Huse
David A. Huse Princeton University

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