Peter S. Pershan

Peter S. Pershan 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 Peter S. Pershan sits on this spectrum.

Peter S. Pershan 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 Peter S. Pershan sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 1969 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
• 1963 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Unified Hydrodynamic Theory for Crystals, Liquid Crystals, and Normal Fluids

  P. C. Martin;O. Parodi;Peter S. Pershan

  1098
  Citations

• Nonlinear Optical Properties of Solids: Energy Considerations

  P. S. Pershan

  660
  Citations

• The structure of self-assembled monolayers of alkylsiloxanes on silicon: a comparison of results from ellipsometry and low-angle x-ray reflectivity

  Stephen R. Wasserman;George M. Whitesides;Ian M. Tidswell;Ben M. Ocko

  620
  Citations

• Optically-Induced Magnetization Resulting from the Inverse Faraday Effect

  J. P. van der Ziel;P. S. Pershan;L. D. Malmstrom

  617
  Citations

• Internal structure of layer-by-layer adsorbed polyelectrolyte films : a neutron and X-ray reflectivity study

  Johannes Schmitt;Torsten Gruenewald;Gero Decher;Peter S. Pershan

  597
  Citations

• Ultraviolet Magneto-Optical Properties of Single-Crystal Orthoferrites, Garnets, and Other Ferric Oxide Compounds

  Frederic J. Kahn;P. S. Pershan;J. P. Remeika

  470
  Citations

• X-Ray Specular Reflection Studies of Silicon Coated by Organic Monolayers (Alkylsiloxanes)

  I. M. Tidswell;B. M. Ocko;Peter S. Pershan;S. R. Wasserman

  467
  Citations

• X-ray reflectivity measurements of surface layering in liquid mercury.

  O. M. Magnussen;B. M. Ocko;M. J. Regan;K. Penanen

  421
  Citations

• Magneto‐Optical Effects

  P. S. Pershan

  414
  Citations

• Quantized Layer Growth at Liquid-Crystal Surfaces

  B. M. Ocko;A. Braslau;Peter S. Pershan;J. Als-Nielsen

  388
  Citations

• Structure of Liquid Crystal Phases

  P. S. Pershan

  388
  Citations

• X-ray study of the oxidation of liquid-gallium surfaces

  M. J. Regan;H. Tostmann;Peter S. Pershan;O. M. Magnussen

  383
  Citations

• Surface layering in liquid gallium: An X-ray reflectivity study.

  M. J. Regan;E. H. Kawamoto;S. Lee;Peter S. Pershan

  355
  Citations

• Polarized Raman Scattering Studies of Orientational Order in Uniaxial Liquid Crystalline Phases

  Shen Jen;Noel A. Clark;Peter S. Pershan;E. B. Priestley

  349
  Citations

• CHARGE CONVERSION OF IRRADIATED RARE-EARTH IONS IN CALCIUM FLUORIDE. I.

  J. L. Merz;P. S. Pershan

  321
  Citations

• Hydrodynamics of Liquid Crystals

  Dieter Forster;Tom C. Lubensky;Paul C. Martin;Jack Swift

  309
  Citations

• Thermal diffuse x-ray-scattering studies of the water-vapor interface

  D. K. Schwartz;M. L. Schlossman;E. H. Kawamoto;G. J. Kellogg

  262
  Citations

• X-ray reflectivity from the surface of a liquid crystal: surface structure and absolute value of critical fluctuations

  Peter S. Pershan;J. Als-Nielsen

  257
  Citations

• Surface Crystallization in a Liquid AuSi Alloy

  Oleg G. Shpyrko;Oleg G. Shpyrko;Reinhard Streitel;Venkatachalapathy S. K. Balagurusamy;Alexei Y. Grigoriev

  237
  Citations

• Smectic-A Order at the Surface of a Nematic Liquid Crystal: Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction

  Jens Aage Als-Nielsen;F. Christensen;P.S. Pershan

  233
  Citations