Daniel J. Lacks

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
159 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Lacks is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Lacks has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Materials Chemistry, 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 31 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Lacks's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (42 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (26 papers) and Glass properties and applications (22 papers). Daniel J. Lacks is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (42 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (26 papers) and Glass properties and applications (22 papers). Daniel J. Lacks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Daniel J. Lacks's co-authors include R. Mohan Sankaran, Troy Shinbrot, Roy G. Gordon, Keith M. Forward, Mark Osborne, Artem Levandovsky, Gregory C. Rutledge, Nathan Duff, James A. Van Orman and Jasper F. Kok and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Lacks

158 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Contact electrification of insulating materials 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2019 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Contact electrification of insulating materials
    2011 465 citations Daniel J. Lacks, R. Mohan Sankaran profile →
  2. Long-standing and unresolved issues in triboelectric charging
    2019 313 citations Daniel J. Lacks et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel J. Lacks United States 38 1.8k 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 924 159 5.5k
Pieter J. in ’t Veld United States 20 4.1k 2.3× 1.4k 0.9× 824 0.7× 1.7k 1.5× 1.2k 1.3× 26 7.8k
Dan Bolintineanu United States 20 4.1k 2.3× 1.4k 0.9× 588 0.5× 1.7k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 50 8.1k
Alejandro Strachan United States 44 4.7k 2.6× 884 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 247 8.1k
Axel Kohlmeyer United States 18 4.4k 2.5× 1.5k 1.0× 485 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 31 8.5k
Stan Moore United States 12 4.0k 2.2× 1.3k 0.9× 452 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 27 7.5k
Paul Crozier United States 22 4.7k 2.7× 1.5k 1.0× 445 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 46 9.0k
Siddharth Dasgupta United States 29 4.2k 2.4× 1.3k 0.9× 591 0.5× 734 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 51 8.8k
Julien Tranchida France 10 3.9k 2.2× 1.2k 0.8× 428 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 24 7.2k
Hasan Metin Aktulga United States 20 5.7k 3.2× 1.8k 1.2× 611 0.5× 1.9k 1.6× 1.8k 1.9× 56 10.6k
François Lorant France 19 3.0k 1.7× 1.4k 0.9× 346 0.3× 719 0.6× 807 0.9× 36 6.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lacks, Daniel J. & Mamadou Sow. (2025). The secrets of static electricity are finally being revealed. Nature. 638(8051). 616–618.
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Lacks, Daniel J., et al.. (2023). Enhanced Triboelectric Charge Stability by Air‐Stable Radicals. Advanced Science. 10(31). e2304459–e2304459. 11 indexed citations
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Squire, Henry, et al.. (2020). Electrostatic forces alter particle size distributions in atmospheric dust. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(5). 3181–3190. 27 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J. & R. Mohan Sankaran. (2019). Shining Light on Triboelectric Phenomena. Matter. 1(3). 552–553. 1 indexed citations
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Lim, Kramer Joseph A., et al.. (2019). Extraction of bioactive compounds from mango (Mangifera indica L. var. Carabao) seed kernel with ethanol–water binary solvent systems. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 56(5). 2536–2544. 74 indexed citations
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Gil, Phwey S., et al.. (2018). Single-stranded DNA oligomer brush structure is dominated by intramolecular interactions mediated by the ion environment. Soft Matter. 14(47). 9675–9680. 8 indexed citations
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Sow, Mamadou, et al.. (2012). Strain‐Induced Reversal of Charge Transfer in Contact Electrification. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(11). 2695–2697. 66 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J., et al.. (2012). Isotope Fractionation by Thermal Diffusion in Silicate Melts. Physical Review Letters. 108(6). 65901–65901. 46 indexed citations
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Chung, Yongchul G. & Daniel J. Lacks. (2012). Sheared polymer glass and the question of mechanical rejuvenation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 136(12). 124907–124907. 17 indexed citations
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Forward, Keith M., Daniel J. Lacks, & R. Mohan Sankaran. (2009). Charge Segregation Depends on Particle Size in Triboelectrically Charged Granular Materials. Physical Review Letters. 102(2). 28001–28001. 164 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J., et al.. (2008). Mechanical heterogeneity in nanoscale films of liquid silica. Physical Review E. 77(4). 41504–41504. 2 indexed citations
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Duff, Nathan & Daniel J. Lacks. (2007). Shear-induced crystallization in jammed systems. Physical Review E. 75(3). 31501–31501. 25 indexed citations
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Duff, Nathan, et al.. (2006). Stretching the Immunoglobulin 27 Domain of the Titin Protein: The Dynamic Energy Landscape. Biophysical Journal. 91(9). 3446–3455. 5 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J.. (2005). Energy Landscape Distortions and the Mechanical Unfolding of Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 88(5). 3494–3501. 22 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J. & Mark Osborne. (2004). Energy Landscape Picture of Overaging and Rejuvenation in a Sheared Glass. Physical Review Letters. 93(25). 255501–255501. 186 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J.. (2002). Stokes-Einstein-like relation for athermal systems and glasses under shear. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(5). 51202–51202. 9 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J.. (2001). Energy Landscapes and the Non-Newtonian Viscosity of Liquids and Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 87(22). 225502–225502. 81 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J., et al.. (2001). Energy landscape view of fracture and avalanches in disordered materials. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(5). 51508–51508. 39 indexed citations
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Lacks, Daniel J., et al.. (1999). Relationships of shear-induced changes in the potential energy landscape to the mechanical properties of ductile glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 110(9). 4593–4601. 173 indexed citations

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