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William W. Graessley

William W. Graessley

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
72
Citations
18617
World Ranking
4047
National Ranking
1091

Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
15477
World Ranking
8001
National Ranking
2323

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1972 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

William W. Graessley was affiliated with Princeton University in the United States during their academic career. Their research work encompassed several fields within engineering and material sciences, showing a focus on the physical behavior and properties of materials as well as fluid dynamics.

The main fields of study covered by their work included:

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study involved:

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

The primary topics of William W. Graessley's research centered on the exploration of material behavior and fluid dynamics. Key topics included:

  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Material Dynamics and Properties

William W. Graessley's work contributed to understanding how materials respond to various forces and how fluids interact in different engineering contexts. Although specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, and frequent publication venues were not listed, the research was marked by engagement with multiple complex areas within engineering and materials science.

Throughout the career, William W. Graessley received recognition through a notable award:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) in 1972

Their contributions to physical and material science were marked by an engagement with both experimental and theoretical aspects of material behavior, especially focusing on elasticity and rheology. The research fields spanned interdisciplinary areas crossing into biomedical engineering as well, indicating a diverse application of material science principles.

Best Publications

  • The entanglement concept in polymer rheology

    William W. Graessley

  • Physical Properties of Polymers

    James Mark;Kia Ngai;William Graessley;Leo Mandelkern

  • Polymer chain dimensions and the dependence of viscoelastic properties on concentration, molecular weight and solvent power

    William W. Graessley

  • Packing Length Influence in Linear Polymer Melts on the Entanglement, Critical, and Reptation Molecular Weights

    Lewis J. Fetters;David J. Lohse;Scott T. Milner;William W. Graessley

  • The melt viscosity-molecular weight relationship for linear polymers

    Ralph H. Colby;Lewis J. Fetters;William W. Graessley

  • Entangled linear, branched and network polymer systems — Molecular theories

    Unknown

  • Chain dimensions and entanglement spacings in dense macromolecular systems

    Lewis J. Fetters;David J. Lohse;William W. Graessley

  • Viscosity of Entangling Polydisperse Polymers

    William W. Graessley

  • Effects of polydispersity on the linear viscoelastic properties of entangled polymers. 1. Experimental observations for binary mixtures of linear polybutadiene

    Mark J. Struglinski;William W. Graessley

  • Entanglement interactions in polymers and the chain contour concentration

    Unknown

  • Nonlinear rheological behavior of polymer systems for several shear‐flow histories

    E. V. Menezes;W. W. Graessley

  • Rheology of concentrated microgel solutions

    R. J. Ketz;Robert Krafft Prud'homme;W. W. Graessley

  • Effects of concentration and thermodynamic interaction on the viscoelastic properties of polymer solutions

    Ralph H. Colby;Lewis J. Fetters;Walter G. Funk;William W. Graessley;William W. Graessley

  • Effects of chain microstructure on the viscoelastic properties of linear polymer melts: polybutadienes and hydrogenated polybutadienes

    Jose M. Carella;William W. Graessley;Lewis J. Fetters

  • Concentration and molecular weight dependence of viscoelastic properties in linear and star polymers

    V. R. Raju;E. V. Menezes;G. Marin;W. W. Graessley

  • Molecular Entanglement Theory of Flow Behavior in Amorphous Polymers

    William W. Graessley

  • Viscosity and self-diffusion coefficient of hydrogenated polybutadiene

    Dale S. Pearson;Lewis J. Fetters;William W. Graessley;Gary Ver Strate

  • Thermodynamic interactions in model polyolefin blends obtained by small-angle neutron scattering

    N. P. Balsara;L. J. Fetters;N. Hadjichristidis;D. J. Lohse

  • Rubber Elasticity of Well-Characterized Polybutadiene Networks

    Luc M. Dossin;William W. Graessley

  • Die Swell in Molten Polymers

    William W. Graessley;Steven D. Glasscock;Richard L. Crawley

  • Small Angle Neutron Scattering Investigations of Melt Miscibility and Phase Segregation in Blends of Linear and Branched Polyethylenes as a Function of the Branch Content

    R. G. Alamo;W. W. Graessley;R. Krishnamoorti;D. J. Lohse

  • Thermorheological effects of long-chain branching in entangled polymer melts

    J. M. Carella;J. T. Gotro;W. W. Graessley

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis J. Fetters
Lewis J. Fetters Cornell University
David J. Lohse
David J. Lohse ExxonMobil (United States)
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Ramanan Krishnamoorti University of Houston
Richard A. Register
Richard A. Register Princeton University
Leo Mandelkern
Leo Mandelkern Florida State University
Jack L. Koenig
Jack L. Koenig Case Western Reserve University
Edward T. Samulski
Edward T. Samulski University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nitash P. Balsara
Nitash P. Balsara University of California, Berkeley
K. L. Ngai
K. L. Ngai University of Pisa
James E. Mark
James E. Mark University of Cincinnati

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