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48
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11418
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10733
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Robert B. Meyer 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 Robert B. Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 142 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Robert B. Meyer 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 Robert B. Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his substantial contribution to novel experiment and theoretical understanding in the area of liquid crystals
  • 1971 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Robert B. Meyer is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science, with specific focus areas including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their scientific work addresses several key topics such as magnetic properties of thin films, theoretical and computational physics, atomic and subatomic physics research, magnetic properties and applications, microstructure and mechanical properties, magnetic properties of alloys, and crystallography and radiation phenomena.

Meyer has contributed to various publication venues including Applied Physics A, Proceedings on CD-ROM of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Scientific Reports, Applied Physics Letters, and Computational Condensed Matter.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Meyer are:

  • "Spin-lattice-dynamics analysis of magnetic properties of iron under compression" (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • "Influence of vacancies on the temperature-dependent magnetism of bulk Fe: A spin-lattice dynamics approach" (2022, Computational Condensed Matter)
  • "Spin-lattice dynamics of surface vs core magnetization in Fe nanoparticles" (2021, Applied Physics Letters)
  • "Changes in the phonon density of states of Fe induced by external strain" (2020, Applied Physics A)
  • "Vibrational and magnetic signatures of extended defects in Fe" (2020, The European Physical Journal B)

Frequent collaborators include Herbert M. Urbassek, Gonzalo dos Santos, Eduardo M. Bringa, Volker Schünemann, and Romina Aparicio.

Awards received by Meyer include the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 2006, designation as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1985 with a citation recognizing substantial contributions to experimental and theoretical understanding in liquid crystals, and a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded in 1971.

Best Publications

  • Piezoelectric Effects in Liquid Crystals

    Robert B. Meyer

  • Polymer liquid crystals

    Alberto Ciferri;W. R. Krigbaum;Robert B. Meyer

  • Electroclinic effect at the A-C phase change in a chiral smectic liquid crystal

    Stephen Garoff;Robert B. Meyer

  • Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; A Review

    Robert B. Meyer

  • Electroclinic Effect at the A − C Phase Change in a Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystal

    Stephen Garoff;Robert B. Meyer

  • EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS ON THE STRUCTURE OF CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS

    Robert B. Meyer

  • Light-Scattering Study of Two-Dimensional Molecular-Orientation Fluctuations in a Freely Suspended Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Film

    Charles Y. Young;Ronald Pindak;Noel A. Clark;Robert B. Meyer

  • Flexoelectric electro-optics of a cholesteric liquid crystal.

    J. S. Patel;Robert B. Meyer

  • On the existence of even indexed disclinations in nematic liquid crystals

    Robert B. Meyer

  • The surface tension in a structural model for the solid-liquid interface

    Frans Spaepen;Robert B. Meyer

  • Reconfigurable self-assembly through chiral control of interfacial tension

    Thomas Gibaud;Edward Barry;Mark J. Zakhary;Mir Henglin

  • Isotropic-nematic phase transition and angular correlations in isotropic suspensions of tobacco mosaic virus

    Seth Fraden;Georg Maret;D. L. D. Caspar;Robert B. Meyer

  • DISTORTION OF A CHOLESTERIC STRUCTURE BY A MAGNETIC FIELD

    Robert B. Meyer

  • New ground state for the Splay-Fréedericksz transition in a polymer nematic liquid crystal.

    Franklin Lonberg;Robert B. Meyer

  • Strain‐induced instability of monodomain smectic A and cholesteric liquid crystals

    Noel A. Clark;Robert B. Meyer

  • Freely Suspended Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Films: Absolute Measurements of Polarization, Elastic Constants, and Viscosities

    Charles Rosenblatt;Ronald Pindak;Noel A. Clark;Robert B. Meyer

  • The parabolic focal conic : a new smectic a defect

    Ch. S. Rosenblatt;R. Pindak;N.A. Clark;R.B. Meyer

  • Electric-field-induced association of colloidal particles.

    Seth Fraden;Alan J. Hurd;Robert B. Meyer

  • Field-induced transient periodic structures in nematic liquid crystals : the splay Frederiks transition

    A.J. Hurd;S. Fraden;F. Lonberg;R.B. Meyer

  • Computations of the phase equilibrium, elastic constants, and viscosities of a hard-rod nematic liquid crystal

    Sin‐Doo Lee;Robert B. Meyer

  • Macroscopic Orientation Patterns in Smectic-C Films

    R. Pindak;C. Y. Young;R. B. Meyer;N. A. Clark

  • Smectic-C * to Smectic-A Transition in Variable-Thickness Liquid-Crystal Films: Order-Parameter Measurements and Theory

    S. Heinekamp;Robert A. Pelcovits;E. Fontes;E. Yi Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Noel A. Clark
Noel A. Clark University of Colorado Boulder
Donald L.D. Caspar
Donald L.D. Caspar Florida State University
Michael F. Hagan
Michael F. Hagan Brandeis University
Claus Scheidereit
Claus Scheidereit Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Mark Warner
Mark Warner University of Cambridge
Frans Spaepen
Frans Spaepen Harvard University
Eugene M. Terentjev
Eugene M. Terentjev University of Cambridge
Peter S. Pershan
Peter S. Pershan Harvard University
Allan F. Bower
Allan F. Bower Brown University
Julia A. Kornfield
Julia A. Kornfield California Institute of Technology

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