Christopher M. Stafford

11.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
170 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher M. Stafford is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher M. Stafford has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 46 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 40 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher M. Stafford's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (35 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (29 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (24 papers). Christopher M. Stafford is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (35 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (29 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (24 papers). Christopher M. Stafford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and South Korea. Christopher M. Stafford's co-authors include Jun Young Chung, Christopher Harrison, Adam J. Nolte, Alamgir Karim, Bryan D. Vogt, Jun Young Chung, Edwin P. Chan, Jung‐Hyun Lee, Rui Huang and Kathryn L. Beers and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christopher M. Stafford

165 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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 buckling-based metrology for measuring the elastic moduli of polymeric thin films

2004 1.2k citations Christopher M. Stafford, Christopher Harrison et al. profile →
Nanoscopic Templates from Oriented Block Copolymer Films

2000 554 citations Christopher M. Stafford et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Surface Wrinkling: A Versatile Platform for Measuring Thin‐Film Properties

2010 494 citations Christopher M. Stafford et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Anisotropic wetting on tunable micro-wrinkled surfaces

2007 385 citations Jun Young Chung, Jeffrey P. Youngblood et al. Soft Matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher M. Stafford United States	49	4.9k	3.1k	3.0k	2.0k	1.9k	170	10.0k
Ben Wang China	49	4.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	172	9.5k
Minlin Zhong China	58	3.5k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	4.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	2.8k 1.5×	229	10.6k
Bin Su China	59	5.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	2.9k 0.9×	3.5k 1.8×	2.8k 1.5×	245	11.0k
Richard J. Spontak United States	58	3.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	4.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	324	11.6k
Yoshihito Osada Japan	60	7.6k 1.6×	3.9k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	351	18.8k
Jian Xu China	68	3.7k 0.8×	4.8k 1.5×	5.2k 1.7×	3.1k 1.6×	2.7k 1.4×	369	15.4k
André R. Studart Switzerland	66	8.2k 1.7×	4.7k 1.5×	6.0k 2.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	253	19.0k
Andreas Fery Germany	61	5.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	4.3k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	3.4k 1.8×	358	13.7k
Qunfeng Cheng China	63	5.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	6.1k 2.0×	1.8k 0.9×	982 0.5×	150	11.8k
Lianbin Zhang China	52	3.4k 0.7×	929 0.3×	3.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	146	11.6k

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Tyagi, Gunjan, Jerry Y. Y. Heng, P. Patrı́cio, et al.. (2025). Surface Wrinkling of Plasma‐Exposed PDMS is Caused by Water Vapor Sorption: An Optical Environmental Sensor. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(47).

Aiello, Ashlee, et al.. (2024). Surface photooxidation of polypropylene-based photovoltaic backsheets: A comprehensive spectroscopic investigation. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 232. 111132–111132. 1 indexed citations

Shin, Min Gyu, Wansuk Choi, June Huh, et al.. (2023). Solvent transport model for polyamide nanofilm membranes based on accurate Hansen solubility parameters. Journal of Membrane Science. 674. 121505–121505. 27 indexed citations

McDannald, Austin, Howie Joress, Brian DeCost, et al.. (2022). Reproducible sorbent materials foundry for carbon capture at scale. Cell Reports Physical Science. 3(10). 101063–101063. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Mengyuan, Michelle Lehmann, Leiqing Hu, et al.. (2022). Photopatterning of two stage reactive polymer networks with CO₂-philic thiol–acrylate chemistry: enhanced mechanical toughness and CO₂/N₂ selectivity. Polymer Chemistry. 13(17). 2495–2505. 2 indexed citations

Mulhearn, William D., Vladimir P. Oleshko, & Christopher M. Stafford. (2020). Thickness-dependent permeance of molecular layer-by-layer polyamide membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 618. 118637–118637. 40 indexed citations

Tran, Thien, et al.. (2020). Grafting polysiloxane onto ultrafiltration membranes to optimize surface energy and mitigate fouling. Soft Matter. 16(21). 5044–5053. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoyi, Zhihao Feng, Christopher M. Stafford, et al.. (2019). Reduced Holey Graphene Oxide Membranes for Desalination with Improved Water Permeance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(1). 1387–1394. 76 indexed citations

Omidvar, Maryam, Hien Nguyen, Liang Huang, et al.. (2019). Unexpectedly Strong Size-Sieving Ability in Carbonized Polybenzimidazole for Membrane H₂/CO₂ Separation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(50). 47365–47372. 78 indexed citations

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Mohammadi, Mohammad Moein, et al.. (2019). A general approach to multicomponent metal-decorated crumpled reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites using a flame-based process. Nanoscale. 11(41). 19571–19578. 21 indexed citations

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Gu, Joung‐Eun, Seunghye Lee, Christopher M. Stafford, et al.. (2013). Molecular Layer‐by‐Layer Assembled Thin‐Film Composite Membranes for Water Desalination. Advanced Materials. 25(34). 4778–4782. 273 indexed citations

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Han, Yun, Robert Lupitskyy, Tsengming Chou, et al.. (2011). Effect of Oxidation on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Activity of Silver Nanoparticles: A Quantitative Correlation. Analytical Chemistry. 83(15). 5873–5880. 265 indexed citations

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Johnson, Peter M., Joonsung Yoon, Jennifer Y. Kelly, John A. Howarter, & Christopher M. Stafford. (2011). Molecular layer‐by‐layer deposition of highly crosslinked polyamide films. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 50(3). 168–173. 81 indexed citations

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Stafford, Christopher M., et al.. (2010). Organizing Pneumonia and Pneumothorax Associated With Daptomycin Use. CHEST Journal. 138(4). 77A–77A. 1 indexed citations

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Park, Chan, Christopher M. Stafford, & Warren Lockette. (2008). Exercise-Induced Asthma May Be Associated With Diminished Sweat Secretion Rates in Humans. CHEST Journal. 134(3). 552–558. 20 indexed citations

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Chung, Jun Young, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, & Christopher M. Stafford. (2007). Anisotropic wetting on tunable micro-wrinkled surfaces. Soft Matter. 3(9). 1163–1163. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stafford, Christopher M., Brian Herndier, Eunhee S. Yi, Noel Weidner, & James H. Harrell. (2004). Granulocytic Sarcoma of the Tracheobronchial Tree: Bronchoscopic and Pathologic Correlation. Respiration. 71(5). 529–532. 7 indexed citations

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Stafford, Christopher M., et al.. (2003). High-Throughput Measurements of Polymer Adhesion and Mechanical Properties | NIST. Abstracts of papers - American Chemical Society. 226. 1 indexed citations

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Stafford, Christopher M., Christopher Harrison, Alamgir Karim, & Eric J. Amis. (2002). MeasuringThe Modulus of Polymer Films by Strain-Induced Buckling Instabilities | NIST. Polymer preprints. 43(2). 1 indexed citations

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Beers, Kathryn L., Aaron M. Forster, Christopher M. Stafford, et al.. (2002). Polymer Science at the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center | NIST. Polymer preprints. 87. 1 indexed citations

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