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Rodney D. Priestley

Rodney D. Priestley

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
40
Citations
7998
World Ranking
12787
National Ranking
2936

Rodney D. Priestley 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 Rodney D. Priestley sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 220 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rodney D. Priestley 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 Rodney D. Priestley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rodney D. Priestley is a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States, specializing in the field of Materials Science. Their work extensively covers areas such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Polymers and Plastics, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's main research topics span diverse subjects within materials science, including:

  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Priestley has contributed to several recent scholarly articles, with notable papers including:

  • "A Bioinspired Elastic Hydrogel for Solar-Driven Water Purification" (2021), published in Advanced Materials
  • "Mobility gradients yield rubbery surfaces on top of polymer glasses" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Multiscale dynamics of colloidal deposition and erosion in porous media" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Polydopamine-based nanoreactors: synthesis and applications in bioscience and energy materials" (2020), published in Chemical Science
  • "Thermoresponsive Polymers for Water Treatment and Collection" (2022), published in Macromolecules

Frequent coauthors in Priestley's publications include Sujit S. Datta, Biao Zuo, Craig B. Arnold, Navid Bizmark, and Zhiyong Jason Ren.

Priestley's research appears regularly in several prominent scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Macromolecules
  • JACS Au
  • Soft Matter
  • Science Advances
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Structural Relaxation of Polymer Glasses at Surfaces, Interfaces, and In Between

    Rodney D. Priestley;Christopher John Ellison;Linda J. Broadbelt;John M. Torkelson

  • Model polymer nanocomposites provide an understanding of confinement effects in real nanocomposites.

    Perla Rittigstein;Rodney D. Priestley;Linda J. Broadbelt;John M. Torkelson

  • Phase behaviour of disordered proteins underlying low density and high permeability of liquid organelles.

    Ming Tzo Wei;Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle;Alex S. Holehouse;Carlos Chih Hsiung Chen

  • Core-shell Fe3O4 polydopamine nanoparticles serve multipurpose as drug carrier, catalyst support and carbon adsorbent.

    Rui Liu;Yunlong Guo;Gloria Odusote;Fengli Qu

  • A Bioinspired Elastic Hydrogel for Solar-Driven Water Purification

    Xiaohui Xu;Sehmus Ozden;Navid Bizmark;Craig B. Arnold

  • Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer Nanoparticles under Soft and Hard Confinement

    Chuan Zhang;Yunlong Guo;Rodney D. Priestley

  • Flash nanoprecipitation of polystyrene nanoparticles

    Chuan Zhang;Vikram J. Pansare;Robert Krafft Prud'homme;Rodney D. Priestley

  • Ultrastable nanostructured polymer glasses.

    Yunlong Guo;Anatoli Morozov;Dirk Schneider;Jae Woo Chung

  • Physical Aging of Ultrathin Polymer Films above and below the Bulk Glass Transition Temperature: Effects of Attractive vs Neutral Polymer−Substrate Interactions Measured by Fluorescence

    Rodney D. Priestley;Linda J. Broadbelt;John M. Torkelson

  • On the equivalence between the thermodynamic and dynamic measurements of the glass transition in confined polymers

    Rodney R.D. Priestley;Daniele Cangialosi;Simone Napolitano

  • Effects of Nanoscale Confinement and Interfaces on the Glass Transition Temperatures of a Series of Poly(n-methacrylate) Films

    Rodney D. Priestley;Manish K. Mundra;Nina J. Barnett;Linda J. Broadbelt

  • Effect of Local Chain Conformation in Adsorbed Nanolayers on Confined Polymer Molecular Mobility.

    Biao Zuo;Biao Zuo;Hao Zhou;Mary J. B. Davis;Xinping Wang

  • Direct measurement of glass transition temperature in exposed and buried adsorbed polymer nanolayers

    Mary M.J. Burroughs;Simone Napolitano;Daniele Cangialosi;Rodney R.D. Priestley

  • Glass transition and α -relaxation dynamics of thin films of labeled polystyrene

    Rodney D. Priestley;Linda J. Broadbelt;John M. Torkelson;Koji Fukao;Koji Fukao

  • Evidence for the molecular-scale origin of the suppression of physical ageing in confined polymer: fluorescence and dielectric spectroscopy studies of polymer?silica nanocomposites

    Rodney D Priestley;Perla Rittigstein;Linda J Broadbelt;Koji Fukao

  • Au@carbon yolk–shell nanostructures via one-step core–shell–shell template

    Rui Liu;Fengli Qu;Fengli Qu;Yunlong Guo;Nan Yao

  • Physical aging of confined glasses

    Rodney D. Priestley

  • Mobility gradients yield rubbery surfaces on top of polymer glasses

    Zhiwei Hao;Asieh Ghanekarade;Ningtao Zhu;Katelyn Randazzo

  • Rational design and fabrication of core–shell nanoparticles through a one-step/pot strategy

    Rui Liu;Rodney D. Priestley

  • Nanomedicine as a non-invasive strategy for drug delivery across the blood brain barrier

    Vivienne H. Tam;Chris Sosa;Rui Liu;Nan Yao

  • Photoresponsive coumarin-stabilized polymeric nanoparticles as a detectable drug carrier.

    Jae Woo Chung;KangAe Lee;Colin Neikirk;Celeste M. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig B. Arnold
Craig B. Arnold Princeton University
Robert K. Prud'homme
Robert K. Prud'homme Princeton University
John M. Torkelson
John M. Torkelson Northwestern University
Rui Liu
Rui Liu Tongji University
Linda J. Broadbelt
Linda J. Broadbelt Northwestern University
George Fytas
George Fytas Max Planck Society
Richard A. Register
Richard A. Register Princeton University
Nan Yao
Nan Yao Princeton University
Yueh-Lin Loo
Yueh-Lin Loo Princeton University
Clifford P. Brangwynne
Clifford P. Brangwynne Princeton University

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