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47
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Sindee L. Simon 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 Sindee L. Simon 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.

Sindee L. Simon 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 Sindee L. Simon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the understanding of the thermal and mechanical properties of bulk and nanostructured polymeric glasses

Overview

Sindee L. Simon is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of materials science, with particular emphasis on polymers and plastics. Their work spans numerous subfields, including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, and fluid flow and transfer processes.

The main topics they investigate involve material dynamics and properties, polymer nanocomposites and properties, polymer crystallization and properties, conducting polymers and applications, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, fuel cells and related materials, and thermal and kinetic analysis.

Simon's frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Macromolecules
  • Polymer Engineering and Science
  • Polymer
  • Thermochimica Acta

Co-authorship collaborations have been notable with several researchers, including:

  • Gregory B. McKenna
  • Yung P. Koh
  • Tae-Lim Choi
  • Craig J. Hawker
  • Erik Meijer

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Thermal and Rheological Analysis of Polystyrene-Grafted Silica Nanocomposites" (2020) published in Macromolecules
  • "Synthesis of polymers in nanoreactors: A tool for manipulating polymer properties" (2020) published in Polymer
  • "Kinetic study of alkyl methacrylate polymerization in nanoporous confinement over a broad temperature range" (2020) published in Polymer
  • "Decomposition of HMX in solid and liquid states under nanoconfinement" (2020) published in Thermochimica Acta
  • "Prediction of the Synergistic Glass Transition Temperature of Coamorphous Molecular Glasses Using Activity Coefficient Models" (2021) published in Molecular Pharmaceutics

Simon has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2010 for pioneering contributions to the understanding of the thermal and mechanical properties of bulk and nanostructured polymeric glasses.

Best Publications

  • The melting behavior of aluminum nanoparticles

    J. Sun;S.L. Simon;S.L. Simon

  • Volume and enthalpy recovery of polystyrene

    S.L. Simon;J.W. Sobieski;D.J. Plazek

  • Cure kinetics of a thermosetting liquid dicyanate ester monomer/high-Tg polycyanurate material

    S. L. Simon;J. K. Gillham

  • Using 20-million-year-old amber to test the super-Arrhenius behaviour of glass-forming systems

    Jing Zhao;Sindee L. Simon;Gregory B. McKenna

  • The glass transition temperature versus the fictive temperature

    Prashanth Badrinarayanan;Wei Zheng;Qingxiu Li;Sindee L. Simon

  • Modeling the evolution of the dynamic mechanical properties of a commercial epoxy during cure after gelation

    Sindee L. Simon;Gregory B. Mckenna;Olivier Sindt

  • 50th Anniversary Perspective: Challenges in the Dynamics and Kinetics of Glass-Forming Polymers

    Gregory B. McKenna;Sindee L. Simon

  • Dependence of size and size distribution on reactivity of aluminum nanoparticles in reactions with oxygen and MoO3

    Juan Sun;Michelle L. Pantoya;Sindee L. Simon

  • Effect of cation symmetry on the morphology and physicochemical properties of imidazolium ionic liquids.

    Wei Zheng;Ali Mohammed;Larry G. Hines;Dong Xiao

  • Structural relaxation of stacked ultrathin polystyrene films

    Yung P. Koh;Sindee L. Simon

  • Physical aging of a polyetherimide: Volume recovery and its comparison to creep and enthalpy measurements

    Sindee L. Simon;Donald J. Plazek;J. William Sobieski;Eric T. McGregor

  • Calorimetric Glass Transition of Single Polystyrene Ultrathin Films

    Siyang Gao;Yung P. Koh;Sindee L. Simon

  • A Viscoelastic Model for Predicting Isotropic Residual Stresses in Thermosetting Materials: Effects of Processing Parameters:

    Patricia Prasatya;Gregory B. McKenna;Sindee L. Simon

  • Calorimetric glass transition temperature and absolute heat capacity of polystyrene ultrathin films

    Yung P. Koh;Gregory B. McKenna;Sindee L. Simon

  • Reaction kinetics and TTT cure diagrams for off‐stoichiometric ratios of a high‐Tg epoxy/amine system

    S. L. Simon;J. K. Gillham

  • Enthalpy recovery of a glass-forming liquid constrained in a nanoporous matrix: negative pressure effects.

    S.L. Simon;J.-Y. Park;G.B. McKenna

  • Enthalpy Recovery of Polystyrene: Does a Long-Term Aging Plateau Exist?

    Yung P. Koh;Sindee L. Simon

  • Chain length dependence of the thermodynamic properties of linear and cyclic alkanes and polymers.

    Dinghai Huang;Sindee L. Simon;Gregory B. McKenna

  • Physical aging of a polyetherimide: Creep and DSC measurements

    Isabel Echeverria;Ping‐Chung ‐C Su;Sindee L. Simon;Donald J. Plazek

  • Effect of Alkyl Chain Branching on Physicochemical Properties of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

    Lianjie Xue;Lianjie Xue;Eshan Gurung;Eshan Gurung;George Tamas;George Tamas;Yung P. Koh;Yung P. Koh

  • Confinement effects on the glass transition of hydrogen bonded liquids.

    Wei Zheng;Sindee L. Simon

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory B. McKenna
Gregory B. McKenna Texas Tech University
Robert M. Enick
Robert M. Enick University of Pittsburgh
Alan K. Burnham
Alan K. Burnham Stanford University
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Ho-Cheol Kim
Ho-Cheol Kim IBM (United States)
Michael F. Toney
Michael F. Toney University of Colorado Boulder
Roderic P. Quirk
Roderic P. Quirk University of Akron
Brian P. Grady
Brian P. Grady University of Oklahoma
Brian C. Benicewicz
Brian C. Benicewicz University of South Carolina
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Ramanan Krishnamoorti University of Houston

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