David Thomas

1.5k total citations
17 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Thomas is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, David Thomas has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in David Thomas's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (9 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers). David Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (9 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers). David Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. David Thomas's co-authors include Charles L. McCormick, Andrew B. Lowe, Brent S. Sumerlin, Anthony J. Convertine, Peggy Cebe, Charles Scales, Roger D. Hester, Martin J. Snowden, B. Vincent and Christoph Schick and has published in prestigious journals such as Macromolecules, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

David Thomas

17 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Thomas United States 15 876 336 297 290 219 17 1.2k
Kelly A. Davis United States 10 873 1.0× 227 0.7× 249 0.8× 246 0.8× 254 1.2× 10 1.1k
Hang Zhou Canada 20 646 0.7× 423 1.3× 195 0.7× 236 0.8× 489 2.2× 46 1.1k
Dejin Li United States 12 737 0.8× 248 0.7× 516 1.7× 216 0.7× 363 1.7× 23 1.2k
Xiangchun Yin China 12 621 0.7× 286 0.9× 242 0.8× 181 0.6× 209 1.0× 17 1.1k
Franca Tiarks Germany 11 967 1.1× 346 1.0× 266 0.9× 486 1.7× 651 3.0× 12 1.7k
Palaniswamy Ravi Singapore 18 848 1.0× 448 1.3× 323 1.1× 259 0.9× 457 2.1× 23 1.5k
Alexandre Simula United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.4× 384 1.1× 312 1.1× 314 1.1× 433 2.0× 30 1.5k
Liam P. D. Ratcliffe United Kingdom 19 1.3k 1.5× 370 1.1× 583 2.0× 220 0.8× 629 2.9× 21 1.5k
Kathleen E. Feldman United States 10 580 0.7× 362 1.1× 175 0.6× 568 2.0× 264 1.2× 15 1.2k
Anchao Feng China 22 1.0k 1.2× 647 1.9× 259 0.9× 470 1.6× 584 2.7× 58 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Thomas

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Thomas, David, Evgeny Zhuravlev, Andreas Wurm, Christoph Schick, & Peggy Cebe. (2018). Fundamental thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol by fast scanning calorimetry. Polymer. 137. 145–155. 70 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, Christoph Schick, & Peggy Cebe. (2018). Novel method for fast scanning calorimetry of electrospun fibers. Thermochimica Acta. 667. 65–72. 8 indexed citations
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Kaner, Papatya, et al.. (2018). Hydrophobic Antifouling Electrospun Mats from Zwitterionic Amphiphilic Copolymers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(21). 18300–18309. 52 indexed citations
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Cebe, Peggy, David Thomas, Benjamin P. Partlow, et al.. (2017). Heat of fusion of polymer crystals by fast scanning calorimetry. Polymer. 126. 240–247. 52 indexed citations
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Thomas, David & Peggy Cebe. (2016). Self-nucleation and crystallization of polyvinyl alcohol. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 127(1). 885–894. 46 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, et al.. (2015). Thermal characterisation of thermotropic nematic liquid-crystalline elastomers. Liquid Crystals. 43(1). 112–123. 17 indexed citations
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Russell, Donald J., David Thomas, & Lee D. Hansen. (2006). Batch calorimetry with solids, liquids and gases in less than 1mL total volume. Thermochimica Acta. 446(1-2). 161–167. 10 indexed citations
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Scales, Charles, David Thomas, Ryan G. Ezell, et al.. (2005). Controlled/living polymerization of methacrylamide in aqueous media via the RAFT process. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 43(14). 3141–3152. 41 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, Anthony J. Convertine, Roger D. Hester, Andrew B. Lowe, & Charles L. McCormick. (2004). Hydrolytic Susceptibility of Dithioester Chain Transfer Agents and Implications in Aqueous RAFT Polymerizations. Macromolecules. 37(5). 1735–1741. 188 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, et al.. (2004). Direct Controlled Polymerization of a Cationic Methacrylamido Monomer in Aqueous Media via the RAFT Process. Macromolecules. 37(8). 2728–2737. 114 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, Anthony J. Convertine, Charles Scales, et al.. (2004). Kinetics and Molecular Weight Control of the Polymerization of Acrylamide via RAFT. Macromolecules. 37(24). 8941–8950. 118 indexed citations
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Sumerlin, Brent S., Andrew B. Lowe, David Thomas, et al.. (2004). Aqueous solution properties of pH‐responsive AB diblock acrylamido–styrenic copolymers synthesized via aqueous reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 42(7). 1724–1734. 64 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, Brent S. Sumerlin, Andrew B. Lowe, & Charles L. McCormick. (2003). Conditions for Facile, Controlled RAFT Polymerization of Acrylamide in Water. Macromolecules. 36(5). 1436–1439. 93 indexed citations
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Sumerlin, Brent S., Andrew B. Lowe, David Thomas, & Charles L. McCormick. (2003). Aqueous Solution Properties of pH-Responsive AB Diblock Acrylamido Copolymers Synthesized via Aqueous RAFT. Macromolecules. 36(16). 5982–5987. 121 indexed citations
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Thomas, David, et al.. (2003). Synthesis, Characterization, and Aqueous Solution Behavior of Electrolyte- and pH-Responsive Carboxybetaine-Containing Cyclocopolymers. Macromolecules. 36(26). 9710–9715. 55 indexed citations
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Convertine, Anthony J., Brent S. Sumerlin, David Thomas, Andrew B. Lowe, & Charles L. McCormick. (2003). Synthesis of Block Copolymers of 2- and 4-Vinylpyridine by RAFT Polymerization. Macromolecules. 36(13). 4679–4681. 107 indexed citations
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Snowden, Martin J., David Thomas, & B. Vincent. (1993). Use of colloidal microgels for the absorption of heavy metal and other ions from aqueous solution. The Analyst. 118(11). 1367–1367. 85 indexed citations

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