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R. M. S. Schofield

R. M. S. Schofield

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Physics

D-Index
132
Citations
120163
World Ranking
520
National Ranking
290

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For leadership in identifying and mitigating environmental factors which impact the sensitivity of terrestrial gravitational wave detectors and elimination spurious noise sources in LIGO

Overview

R. M. S. Schofield is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and specializes in materials science and engineering. The scientist's research spans multiple subfields including biomedical engineering, biomaterials, polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, and materials chemistry.

The work conducted by Schofield primarily focuses on advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and their applications, organic electronics and photovoltaics, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, silk-based biomaterials, and graphene research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Schofield include Barbara M. Maciejewska, Nicole Grobert, George T. Tebbutt, Hazel E. Assender, and Shiling Dong.

Schofield's recent publications illustrate a strong emphasis on nanofiber technologies and their applications in energy and biomedical fields:

  • Driving fiber diameters to the limit: nanoparticle-induced diameter reductions in electrospun photoactive composite nanofibers for organic photovoltaics (2023) - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
  • Electrospinning Nonspinnable Sols to Ceramic Fibers and Springs (2024) - ACS Nano
  • Nanostructure and Photovoltaic Potential of Plasmonic Nanofibrous Active Layers (2024) - Small
  • Driving Fiber Diameters to the Limit: Nanoparticle-induced Diameter Reductions in Electrospun Photoactive Composite Nanofibers for Organic Photovoltaics (2023) - Research Square (Research Square)
  • Stretch-Induced Microstructural Evolution of Electrospun Polycaprolactone Microfibers for Biomedical Applications (2025) - ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Schofield frequently publishes in journals such as Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, ACS Nano, Small, Research Square (Research Square), and ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

In 2014, Schofield was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for leadership in identifying and mitigating environmental factors impacting the sensitivity of terrestrial gravitational wave detectors and eliminating spurious noise sources in LIGO.

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland Australian National University

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