D. L. Thomsen

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

D. L. Thomsen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. L. Thomsen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. L. Thomsen's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (4 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (3 papers). D. L. Thomsen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (4 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (3 papers). D. L. Thomsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. D. L. Thomsen's co-authors include Patrick Keller, Banahalli R. Ratna, Devanand K. Shenoy, Hong Goo Jeon, R.H. Pink, Jawad Naciri, Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, Keith A. Higginson, Amritha Srinivasan and James F. Rusling and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

D. L. Thomsen

14 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Mechanical Properties of a Muscle

2001 596 citations D. L. Thomsen, Patrick Keller et al. Macromolecules profile →

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R.H. Pink United States

Ryan R. Kohlmeyer United States

A. R. Tajbakhsh United Kingdom

Xuezhen Huang United States

Cees M. W. Bastiaansen Netherlands

Nicholas P. Godman United States

Yiyi Xu China

Toru Ube Japan

Michael Varga United States

David H. Wang United States

R.H. Pink United States

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280 ×1.2

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. L. Thomsen

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Hales, Stephen J., et al.. (2016). Radio Frequency Plasma Synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs) for Structural Applications: Part I. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2 indexed citations

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Thomsen, D. L., Wousik Kim, & James Cutler. (2015). Shields-1, A SmallSat Radiation Shielding Technology Demonstration. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 6 indexed citations

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Shenoy, Devanand K., D. L. Thomsen, Patrick Keller, & Banahalli R. Ratna. (2003). Nonideal Elasticity in Liquid Crystal Elastomers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(50). 13755–13757. 6 indexed citations

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Thomsen, D. L., et al.. (2002). <title>Thermally actuated polymer benders</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4695. 435–441. 3 indexed citations

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Shenoy, Devanand K., D. L. Thomsen, Amritha Srinivasan, Patrick Keller, & Banahalli R. Ratna. (2002). Carbon coated liquid crystal elastomer film for artificial muscle applications. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 96(2-3). 184–188. 107 indexed citations

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Ratna, Banahalli R., D. L. Thomsen, & Patrick Keller. (2001). Liquid crystall elastomers as artificial muscles: role of side-chain-backbone coupling. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4329. 233–233. 13 indexed citations

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Keller, Patrick, et al.. (2001). Facile and Inexpensive Synthesis of α,β,β‘-Deuterated Liquid Crystalline and Classical Acrylate Monomers. Macromolecules. 35(2). 581–584. 13 indexed citations

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Thomsen, D. L., Patrick Keller, Jawad Naciri, et al.. (2001). Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Mechanical Properties of a Muscle. Macromolecules. 34(17). 5868–5875. 596 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mwaura, Jeremiah, et al.. (2000). Luminescent Rare-Earth Multilayer Chelates from Segmented Poly(urethane ureas). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(11). 2647–2648. 27 indexed citations

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Thomsen, D. L., et al.. (1998). Zinc-Bisquinoline Coordination Assemblies of High Refractive Index and Film Uniformity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(24). 6177–6178. 50 indexed citations

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Lvov, Yuri, et al.. (1998). High-speed multilayer film assembly by alternate adsorption of silica nanoparticles and linear polycation. Chemical Communications. 1229–1230. 45 indexed citations

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Papadimitrakopoulos, Fotios, D. L. Thomsen, & Keith A. Higginson. (1997). Polymeric Zinc-Bisquinoline Based Self-Assembled Light Emitting Diodes. MRS Proceedings. 488. 2 indexed citations

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Papadimitrakopoulos, Fotios, D. L. Thomsen, & Keith A. Higginson. (1997). <title>Quinoline-based polymeric metal chelate light-emitting diodes</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3148. 170–177. 2 indexed citations

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Papadimitrakopoulos, Fotios, et al.. (1996). A Chemical Failure Mechanism for Aluminum(III) 8-Hydroxyquinoline Light-Emitting Devices. Chemistry of Materials. 8(7). 1363–1365. 169 indexed citations

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