Laura Smilowitz

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

About

Laura Smilowitz is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Smilowitz has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Laura Smilowitz's work include Energetic Materials and Combustion (42 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (26 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers). Laura Smilowitz is often cited by papers focused on Energetic Materials and Combustion (42 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (26 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers). Laura Smilowitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Mexico. Laura Smilowitz's co-authors include Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, Fred Wudl, A. J. Heeger, B. F. Henson, Alan J. Heeger, B. W. Asay, Peter Dickson, Valery I. Levitas, Richard L. C. Wu and C. L. Gettinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Laura Smilowitz

87 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Photoinduced Electron Transfer from a Conducting Polymer ... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 1993 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Photoinduced Electron Transfer from a Conducting Polymer to Buckminsterfullerene
    1992 3.6k citations Laura Smilowitz et al. profile →
  2. Photoexcitation spectroscopy of conducting-polymer–C60composites: Photoinduced electron transfer
    1993 250 citations Laura Smilowitz 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
Laura Smilowitz United States 23 3.9k 2.9k 1.8k 1.2k 533 92 5.5k
J. Salem United States 28 2.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 2.9k 1.6× 2.5k 2.1× 116 0.2× 59 5.3k
Wunshain Fann Taiwan 33 2.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 1.1× 332 0.3× 245 0.5× 109 4.6k
Peter Puschnig Austria 43 2.9k 0.7× 347 0.1× 2.9k 1.6× 380 0.3× 296 0.6× 163 5.8k
Ty J. Prosa United States 28 1.2k 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 265 0.2× 210 0.4× 117 3.5k
Wai‐Lun Chan United States 28 2.6k 0.7× 399 0.1× 1.9k 1.1× 156 0.1× 211 0.4× 78 4.0k
Vladimir Dyakonov Germany 63 10.4k 2.7× 5.9k 2.0× 4.5k 2.5× 1.1k 0.9× 103 0.2× 223 12.3k
Tomihiro Hashizume Japan 38 2.0k 0.5× 583 0.2× 2.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.2× 99 0.2× 206 5.8k
J. Mort United States 28 1.7k 0.4× 547 0.2× 1.9k 1.1× 327 0.3× 470 0.9× 84 3.2k
Yoshio Inuishi Japan 31 2.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 205 0.2× 137 0.3× 310 4.1k
V. R. Deline United States 39 3.0k 0.8× 718 0.2× 2.6k 1.4× 389 0.3× 304 0.6× 108 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Smilowitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Smilowitz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smilowitz, Laura, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of silicon and indium gallium arsenide photodiodes as direct timing detectors for pulsed x-ray systems. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(3). 1 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, et al.. (2023). Flash x-ray radiography analysis of detonation wave propagation in additive-manufactured high explosives. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(20). 2 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, et al.. (2023). Temperature drives energy release. Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics. 48(10). 2 indexed citations
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Tringe, Joseph W., Gary Parker, Laura Smilowitz, et al.. (2021). Observation of asymmetric explosive density evolution in the deflagration-to-detonation transition for porous explosives. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(3). 4 indexed citations
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Parker, Gary, N. K. Bourne, David S. Eastwood, et al.. (2017). 4D Imaging in Thermally Damaged Polymer-bonded Explosives. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Henson, B. F. & Laura Smilowitz. (2015). Mechanisms of pressurization and insensitivity in TATB. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura & B. F. Henson. (2012). Solid-solid phase transition kinetics. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 5 indexed citations
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Levitas, Valery I., Laura Smilowitz, B. F. Henson, & B. W. Asay. (2009). HMX POLYMORPHISM: VIRTUAL MELTING GROWTH MECHANISM, CLUSTER-TO-CLUSTER NUCLEATION MECHANISM AND PHYSICALLY BASED KINETICS. International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion. 8(6). 571–593. 1 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, B. F. Henson, B. W. Asay, et al.. (2008). Direct Observation of the Phenomenology of a Solid Thermal Explosion Using Time-Resolved Proton Radiography. Physical Review Letters. 100(22). 228301–228301. 25 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, et al.. (2007). Proton Radiography of a Thermal Explosion in PBX 9501. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, B. F. Henson, Mary Sandstrom, et al.. (2007). PROTON RADIOGRAPHY OF A THERMAL EXPLOSION IN PBX9501. AIP conference proceedings. 1139–1142. 3 indexed citations
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Henson, B. F., Laura Smilowitz, Mary Sandstrom, et al.. (2007). BURN PROPAGATION IN A PBX 9501 THERMAL EXPLOSION. AIP conference proceedings. 825–828. 1 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura. (2006). Fast Internal Temperature Measurements in PBX9501 Thermal Explosions. AIP conference proceedings. 845. 1211–1214. 9 indexed citations
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Dickson, Peter, et al.. (2005). Frictional heating and ignition of energetic materials. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 4 indexed citations
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Levitas, Valery I., B. F. Henson, Laura Smilowitz, & B. W. Asay. (2004). Solid-Solid Phase Transformation via Virtual Melting Significantly Below the Melting Temperature. Physical Review Letters. 92(23). 235702–235702. 96 indexed citations
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Asay, B. W., B. F. Henson, Laura Smilowitz, & Peter Dickson. (2003). On the Difference in Impact Sensitivity of Beta and Delta HMX. Journal of Energetic Materials. 21(4). 223–235. 43 indexed citations
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Asay, B. W., et al.. (2001). Effect of Temperature Profile on Reaction Violence in Heated, Self-Ignited, PBX-9501. APS. 46(4). 2 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, et al.. (1997). Imaging nanometer-thick patterned self-assembled monolayers via second-harmonic generation microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics. 81(5). 2051–2054. 20 indexed citations
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McBranch, D., Victor I. Klimov, Laura Smilowitz, et al.. (1996). Femtosecond to nanosecond dynamics in C60: implications for excited-state nonlinearities. NMD.3–NMD.3. 1 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Laura, D. McBranch, & Jeanne M. Robinson. (1996). Nonlinear Optical Microscopy for Imaging Thin Films and Surfaces. NME.13–NME.13. 1 indexed citations

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