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Robert E. Cohen

Robert E. Cohen

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Materials Science

D-Index
108
Citations
45625
World Ranking
749
National Ranking
255

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For research on polymer morphology and surfaces, commercial products and processes, successful entrepreneurship, and novel educational programs.

Overview

Robert E. Cohen is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has made contributions across several interconnected fields of study, including engineering, chemistry, and materials science. Their work spans a variety of subfields such as analytical chemistry, ocean engineering, mechanics of materials, surfaces, coatings and films, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The research produced by Cohen centers primarily on the domains of petroleum processing and analysis, enhanced oil recovery techniques, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis. Additionally, their investigations cover polymer surface interaction studies, molecular junctions and nanostructures, and nanocomposite films for food packaging.

Publications by this researcher have appeared in several notable venues, including:

  • Langmuir
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope of their research contributions:

  • Asphaltene Adsorption on Functionalized Solids, 2020, Langmuir
  • Tracking Sulfonated Polystyrene Diffusion in a Chitosan/Carboxymethyl Cellulose Layer-by-Layer Film: Exploring the Internal Architecture of Nanocoatings, 2020, Langmuir
  • Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces for Mitigating Asphaltene Deposition, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers including Henri-Louis Girard, Philippe Bourrianne, Kripa K. Varanasi, Gareth H. McKinley, and Dayong Chen, highlighting a network of partnerships across various projects.

Recognition for their contributions includes election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and membership in the National Academy of Engineering since 2010 for research on polymer morphology and surfaces, commercial products and processes, successful entrepreneurship, and novel educational programs.

Best Publications

  • Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces

    Anish Tuteja;Wonjae Choi;Minglin Ma;Joseph M. Mabry

  • Robust omniphobic surfaces

    Anish Tuteja;Wonjae Choi;Joseph M. Mabry;Gareth H. McKinley

  • Stable Superhydrophobic Coatings from Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

    Lei Zhai;Fevzi C. Cebeci;Robert E. Cohen;Michael F. Rubner

  • Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

    J. David Smith;Rajeev Dhiman;Sushant Anand;Ernesto Reza-Garduno

  • Multiscale micromechanical modeling of polymer/clay nanocomposites and the effective clay particle

    N. Sheng;M.C. Boyce;D.M. Parks;G.C. Rutledge

  • Relationships between Water Wettability and Ice Adhesion

    Adam J. Meuler;J. David Smith;Kripa K. Varanasi;Joseph M. Mabry

  • Patterned superhydrophobic surfaces: toward a synthetic mimic of the Namib Desert beetle.

    Lei Zhai;Michael C Berg;Fevzi C Cebeci;Yushan Kim

  • Shear flow properties of concentrated solutions of linear and star branched polystyrenes

    K. Yasuda;R. C. Armstrong;R. E. Cohen

  • All-nanoparticle thin-film coatings.

    Daeyeon Lee;Michael F. Rubner;Robert E. Cohen

  • Transparent superhydrophobic films based on silica nanoparticles

    Javier Bravo;Lei Zhai;Zhizhong Wu;Robert E Cohen

  • Toughness mechanism in semi-crystalline polymer blends: II. High-density polyethylene toughened with calcium carbonate filler particles

    Z Bartczak;A.S Argon;R.E Cohen;M Weinberg

  • Nanoporosity-driven superhydrophilicity: a means to create multifunctional antifogging coatings

    Fevzi C Cebeci;Zhizhong Wu;Lei Zhai;Robert E Cohen

  • A modified Cassie-Baxter relationship to explain contact angle hysteresis and anisotropy on non-wetting textured surfaces.

    Wonjae Choi;Anish Tuteja;Joseph M. Mabry;Robert E. Cohen

  • Antibacterial properties of Ag nanoparticle loaded multilayers and formation of magnetically directed antibacterial microparticles.

    Daeyeon Lee;Robert E Cohen;Michael F Rubner

  • TOUGHENING OF ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE WITH CACO3 PARTICLES

    Y.S. Thio;Ali S. Argon;Robert Cohen;M. Weinberg

  • Two-level antibacterial coating with both release-killing and contact-killing capabilities.

    Zhi Li;Daeyeon Lee;Xiaoxia Sheng;Robert E Cohen

  • Nanotextured Silica Surfaces with Robust Superhydrophobicity and Omnidirectional Broadband Supertransmissivity

    Kyoo Chul Park;Hyungryul J. Choi;Chih Hao Chang;Chih Hao Chang;Robert E. Cohen

  • Exploiting topographical texture to impart icephobicity.

    Adam J. Meuler;Gareth H. McKinley;Robert E. Cohen

  • Fabrics with Tunable Oleophobicity

    Wonjae Choi;Anish Tuteja;Shreerang Chhatre;Joseph M. Mabry

  • Design Parameters for Superhydrophobicity and Superoleophobicity

    Anish Tuteja;Wonjae Choi;Gareth H. McKinley;Robert E. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock University of California, Riverside
Anish Tuteja
Anish Tuteja University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mary C. Boyce
Mary C. Boyce Columbia University
Frank S. Bates
Frank S. Bates University of Minnesota
Darrell J. Irvine
Darrell J. Irvine Scripps Research Institute
Daeyeon Lee
Daeyeon Lee University of Pennsylvania
Joseph M. Mabry
Joseph M. Mabry United States Air Force Research Laboratory

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