Bret Neese

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Bret Neese is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bret Neese has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Bret Neese's work include Dielectric materials and actuators (21 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (18 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (15 papers). Bret Neese is often cited by papers focused on Dielectric materials and actuators (21 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (18 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (15 papers). Bret Neese collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and France. Bret Neese's co-authors include Baojin Chu, Minren Lin, Xin Zhou, Qing Wang, Kailiang Ren, F. Bauer, Qiming Zhang, Sheng-Guo Lu, Yong Wang and Eugene Furman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bret Neese

22 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Dielectric Polymer with High Electric Energy Density and Fast Discharge Speed

2006 2.1k citations Baojin Chu, Xin Zhou et al. Science profile →
Large Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Polymers Near Room Temperature

2008 1.0k citations Bret Neese, Baojin Chu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bret Neese United States	16	3.3k	3.3k	1.3k	792	506	22	4.2k
Matthew R. Gadinski United States	17	3.7k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	632 0.8×	836 1.7×	19	5.0k
Qingquan Lei China	35	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	952 0.7×	402 0.5×	802 1.6×	84	3.9k
Sheng‐Hong Yao China	27	2.2k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	328 0.4×	1.1k 2.3×	34	3.9k
Qibin Yuan China	32	3.9k 1.2×	3.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	324 0.6×	89	4.8k
Zhenxiang Cheng Australia	24	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	1.7k 2.1×	167 0.3×	45	3.5k
Zhongbin Pan China	32	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	410 0.8×	53	4.6k
Yujuan Niu China	30	2.9k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	905 0.7×	392 0.5×	676 1.3×	51	4.2k
Bao‐Wen Li China	27	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	649 0.5×	685 0.9×	318 0.6×	69	2.4k
Chunrui Ma China	23	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	867 0.6×	762 1.0×	282 0.6×	70	2.4k
Tong Wang China	33	3.7k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	2.0k 2.6×	103 0.2×	68	4.4k

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Rožič, Brigita, Sheng‐Guo Lu, Zdravko Kutnjak, Bret Neese, & Qiming Zhang. (2011). Electrocaloric Effect in the Relaxor Ferroelectric Terpolymer P(VDF-TrFE-CFE). Ferroelectrics. 422(1). 81–85. 7 indexed citations

Rožič, Brigita, Bret Neese, Sheng‐Guo Lu, Qiming Zhang, & Zdravko Kutnjak. (2011). Direct Measurements of the Electrocaloric Effect in P(VDF-TrFE) (68/32) Copolymer Ferroelectric Films. Ferroelectrics. 416(1). 139–143. 6 indexed citations

Lu, Sheng‐Guo, Brigita Rožič, Qiming Zhang, Zdravko Kutnjak, & Bret Neese. (2011). Enhanced electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidene-fluoride/trifluoroethylene) 55/45 mol % copolymer at ferroelectric-paraelectric transition. Applied Physics Letters. 98(12). 103 indexed citations

Rožič, Brigita, et al.. (2010). Electrocaloric effect in the relaxor ferroelectric polymer composition P(VDF–TrFE–CFE)_0.90–P(VDF–CTFE)_0.10. Phase Transitions. 83(10-11). 819–823. 18 indexed citations

Rožič, Brigita, Barbara Malič, Hana Uršič, et al.. (2010). Direct Measurements of the Giant Electrocaloric Effect in Soft and Solid Ferroelectric Materials. Ferroelectrics. 405(1). 26–31. 63 indexed citations

Neese, Bret, et al.. (2009). Electrocaloric effect of the relaxor ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) terpolymer. Applied Physics Letters. 94(4). 87 indexed citations

Chu, Baojin, Minren Lin, Bret Neese, & Qiming Zhang. (2009). Interfaces in poly(vinylidene fluoride) terpolymer/ZrO2 nanocomposites and their effect on dielectric properties. Journal of Applied Physics. 105(1). 42 indexed citations

Neese, Bret. (2009). Investigations of structure-property relationships to enhance the multifunctional properties of PVDF-based polymers. 8 indexed citations

Chu, Baojin, et al.. (2008). Enhancement of dielectric energy density in the poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based terpolymer/copolymer blends. Applied Physics Letters. 93(15). 71 indexed citations

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Neese, Bret, Baojin Chu, Sheng-Guo Lu, et al.. (2008). Large Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Polymers Near Room Temperature. Science. 321(5890). 821–823. 1024 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lu, Sheng‐Guo, Bret Neese, Baojin Chu, Yi Wang, & Qiming Zhang. (2008). Large electric tunability in poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) based polymers. Applied Physics Letters. 93(4). 19 indexed citations

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Neese, Bret, Yong Wang, Baojin Chu, et al.. (2007). Piezoelectric responses in poly(vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene) copolymers. Applied Physics Letters. 90(24). 66 indexed citations

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Chen, Qin, Bret Neese, Kailiang Ren, et al.. (2007). Piezoelectric polymers actuators for precise shape control of large scale space antennas. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6524. 65241P–65241P. 36 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xin, et al.. (2007). Electrical Energy Density and Discharge Characteristics of a Poly(vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene)Copolymer. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 14(5). 1133–1138. 213 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi, Bret Neese, Qi Zhang, Cheng Huang, & J. E. West. (2007). P6H-10 High Piezoelectric Responses in P(VDF HFP) Copolymers for Sensors and Transducers. Proceedings/Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 73. 2606–2609. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shihai, et al.. (2006). Direct spectroscopic evidence of field-induced solid-state chain conformation transformation in a ferroelectric relaxor polymer. Journal of Applied Physics. 99(4). 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shihai, et al.. (2006). Microstructure and electromechanical responses in semicrystalline ferroelectric relaxor polymer blends. Journal of Applied Physics. 100(4). 45 indexed citations

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Chu, Baojin, Xin Zhou, Kailiang Ren, et al.. (2006). A Dielectric Polymer with High Electric Energy Density and Fast Discharge Speed. Science. 313(5785). 334–336. 2119 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lü, Yingying, Jason Claude, Bret Neese, Qiming Zhang, & Qing Wang. (2006). A Modular Approach to Ferroelectric Polymers with Chemically Tunable Curie Temperatures and Dielectric Constants. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(25). 8120–8121. 178 indexed citations

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Chu, Baojin, Xin Zhou, Bret Neese, Qiming Zhang, & F. Bauer. (2006). Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymer–Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) Terpolymer High Electric Energy Density and Field Dependent Dielectric Response. Ferroelectrics. 331(1). 35–42. 18 indexed citations

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