Frank E. Karasz

17.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
423 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

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Frank E. Karasz is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank E. Karasz has authored 423 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 285 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 158 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 121 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank E. Karasz's work include Conducting polymers and applications (148 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (125 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (96 papers). Frank E. Karasz is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (148 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (125 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (96 papers). Frank E. Karasz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Frank E. Karasz's co-authors include William J. MacKnight, P. R. Couchman, Robert W. Lenz, Gerrit ten Brinke, Liming Ding, Zhenglong Yang, Paul M. Lahti, James C. W. Chien, I. Sokolik and Kenneth H. Langley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Frank E. Karasz

418 papers receiving 13.7k 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 Classical Thermodynamic Discussion of the Effect of Composition on Glass-Transition Temperatures

1978 607 citations Frank E. Karasz et al. profile →
Phase behavior in copolymer blends: poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and halogen-substituted styrene copolymers

1983 466 citations Frank E. Karasz, William J. MacKnight et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Frank E. Karasz	8.9k	6.4k	4.4k	2.2k	1.9k	423	14.5k
R. R. Chance	4.5k 0.5×	4.8k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	3.5k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	138	12.2k
Paul Smith	11.8k 1.3×	8.6k 1.3×	3.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	4.4k 2.3×	210	17.6k
Roberto Lazzaroni	5.9k 0.7×	7.4k 1.2×	5.5k 1.2×	3.3k 1.5×	3.2k 1.7×	415	15.4k
Nitash P. Balsara	5.4k 0.6×	12.0k 1.9×	6.4k 1.4×	3.1k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	434	19.5k
Katsumi Yoshino	8.0k 0.9×	10.6k 1.7×	4.8k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.4×	799	17.7k
Robert D. Miller	3.4k 0.4×	3.5k 0.6×	4.9k 1.1×	4.1k 1.8×	2.2k 1.1×	181	12.5k
Chain‐Shu Hsu	10.1k 1.1×	12.5k 1.9×	4.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	367	16.9k
Kunlun Hong	2.9k 0.3×	3.7k 0.6×	4.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	305	11.2k
Takeji Hashimoto	7.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.3×	13.2k 3.0×	7.0k 3.1×	2.4k 1.2×	469	19.9k
Guiying Xu	3.3k 0.4×	4.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	257	10.1k

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Çırpan, Ali, et al.. (2009). Emission tuning study of RGB blends. Interaction of two EL polymers and a red dye. Current Applied Physics. 10(2). 365–369. 8 indexed citations

Strehmel, Veronika, Ananda M. Sarker, Paul M. Lahti, et al.. (2005). One‐ and Two‐Photon Photochemistry and Photophysics of Poly(arylenevinylene)s Containing a Biphenyl Moiety. ChemPhysChem. 6(2). 267–276. 11 indexed citations

Liao, Liang‐Sheng, Liming Ding, Frank E. Karasz, & Yi Pang. (2005). Blue‐emitting poly(1,3‐phenylenevinylene) derivatives: Effect of substitution patterns on optical properties. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 43(13). 2800–2809. 4 indexed citations

Baysal, Bahatti̇n M. & Frank E. Karasz. (2003). Coil‐Globule Collapse in Flexible Macromolecules. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations. 12(9). 627–646. 80 indexed citations

Pang, Yi, et al.. (2002). Luminescence properties of modified poly(m-phenylenevinylene)-alt-(p-phenylenevinylene): effects of side-chain length, blending and device configuration. Thin Solid Films. 417(1-2). 147–150. 4 indexed citations

Karasz, Frank E., et al.. (2000). Selective plasticization in electroluminescent block copolymers. Polymer. 41(18). 6969–6973. 12 indexed citations

Garay, Raúl O., Frank E. Karasz, & Robert W. Lenz. (1995). Synthesis and Properties of Phenyl-Substituted Arylene Vinylene Polymers and Copolymers. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A. 32(5). 905–923. 5 indexed citations

Vuković, Radivoje, et al.. (1994). Miscibility in blends of sulfonylated poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide) and poly(p‐bromostyrene‐co‐o‐bromostyrene). Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 52(10). 1499–1503. 6 indexed citations

Vuković, Radivoje, et al.. (1994). Miscibility in blends of phenylsulfonylated poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and poly(p-fluorostyrene-co-o-fluorostyrene). Polymer. 35(14). 3055–3059. 4 indexed citations

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Fischer, H. & Frank E. Karasz. (1994). Synthesis and characterization of liquid crystalline polyesters containing crown ether units in the mesogens. Acta Polymerica. 45(4). 308–311. 1 indexed citations

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Karasz, Frank E.. (1993). Functional Polymers and Guest-Host Polymer Blends for Optical and Electronic Applications: A Molecular Engineering Approach. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Simpson, Jeffrey H., David M. Rice, & Frank E. Karasz. (1992). ²H NMR characterization of phenylene ring flip motion in poly(p‐phenylene vinylene) films. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 30(1). 11–18. 39 indexed citations

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Waddon, A. J. & Frank E. Karasz. (1992). Crystalline and amorphous morphologies of an aromatic polyimide formed on precipitation from solution. Polymer. 33(18). 3783–3789. 7 indexed citations

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Attard, George S. & Frank E. Karasz. (1990). Phase studies of blends of polystyrene‐based liquid‐crystalline side‐chain polymers with low‐molar‐mass mesogens. Die Makromolekulare Chemie Rapid Communications. 11(4). 145–150. 7 indexed citations

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Balazs, Anna C., Frank E. Karasz, & William J. MacKnight. (1987). The aggregation of reverse micelles. Cell Biophysics. 11(1). 91–97. 10 indexed citations

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Karasz, Frank E.. (1985). Improved Structural Polymer Alloys and Composites.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations

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Fried, Joel, William J. MacKnight, & Frank E. Karasz. (1979). Modeling of tensile properties of polymer blends: PPO/poly(styrene-c o-p-chlorostyrene). Journal of Applied Physics. 50(10). 6052–6060. 51 indexed citations

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Karasz, Frank E.. (1972). Dielectric properties of polymers : proceedings of a symposium held on March 29-30, 1971, in connection with the 161st national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Los Angeles, California, March 28-April 2, 1971. Plenum Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Klempner, D. & Frank E. Karasz. (1970). Electrical properties of polymers. 256–315. 16 indexed citations

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Karasz, Frank E.. (1963). Adiabatic calorimetry. Contemporary Physics. 4(5). 321–330. 3 indexed citations

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