Leon M. Dean

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leon M. Dean is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon M. Dean has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leon M. Dean's work include Photopolymerization techniques and applications (8 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (6 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (5 papers). Leon M. Dean is often cited by papers focused on Photopolymerization techniques and applications (8 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (6 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (5 papers). Leon M. Dean collaborates with scholars based in United States and Singapore. Leon M. Dean's co-authors include Nancy R. Sottos, Jeffrey S. Moore, Christopher M. Bates, C. Grant Willson, Christopher J. Ellison, Julia D. Cushen, Ian D. Robertson, Mostafa Yourdkhani, Scott R. White and Philippe H. Geubelle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Leon M. Dean

17 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and comp... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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  1. Rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization
    2018 421 citations Ian D. Robertson, Mostafa Yourdkhani et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leon M. Dean United States 13 916 690 296 246 222 17 1.4k
Reinhold Schwalm Germany 15 640 0.7× 235 0.3× 125 0.4× 280 1.1× 298 1.3× 31 1.1k
K. Moussa France 17 1.1k 1.2× 353 0.5× 223 0.8× 357 1.5× 190 0.9× 22 1.6k
Allison K. O’Brien United States 7 710 0.8× 258 0.4× 159 0.5× 267 1.1× 174 0.8× 7 1.0k
Harald Wutzel Austria 10 546 0.6× 386 0.6× 191 0.6× 397 1.6× 110 0.5× 12 1000
Yanyan Cui China 18 299 0.3× 188 0.3× 135 0.5× 81 0.3× 167 0.8× 43 750
Reiner Giesa Germany 18 232 0.3× 301 0.4× 79 0.3× 335 1.4× 327 1.5× 49 940
Roland Weidisch Germany 25 526 0.6× 1.0k 1.5× 30 0.1× 268 1.1× 1.2k 5.5× 70 1.9k
Junjie Wu China 18 148 0.2× 409 0.6× 205 0.7× 379 1.5× 82 0.4× 44 872
Zhi‐Jun Ding China 14 328 0.4× 571 0.8× 58 0.2× 353 1.4× 596 2.7× 27 1.3k
Thorsten Pretsch Germany 21 245 0.3× 604 0.9× 76 0.3× 415 1.7× 1.1k 4.8× 47 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leon M. Dean

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leon M. Dean

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Koohbor, Behrad, et al.. (2024). Residual Strain Development in Rapid Frontally Curing Polymers. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2(11). 2597–2607. 1 indexed citations
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Chang, K.-M., Lawrence Salvati, Leon M. Dean, et al.. (2023). Durable and impact-resistant thermoset polymers for the extreme environment of low Earth orbit. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 64. 102089–102089. 4 indexed citations
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Aw, Jia En, Xiang Zhang, Arif Z. Nelson, et al.. (2022). Self‐Regulative Direct Ink Writing of Frontally Polymerizing Thermoset Polymers. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(9). 49 indexed citations
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Kumar, Aditya, et al.. (2022). Surface pattern formation induced by oscillatory loading of frontally polymerized gels. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 168. 105055–105055. 12 indexed citations
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Aw, Jia En, Xiang Zhang, Polette J. Centellas, et al.. (2021). Rapid synchronized fabrication of vascularized thermosets and composites. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2836–2836. 46 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Evan M., Elizabeth C. Feinberg, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2021). Spontaneous Patterning during Frontal Polymerization. ACS Central Science. 7(4). 603–612. 52 indexed citations
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Dean, Leon M., et al.. (2020). Rapid Synthesis of Elastomers and Thermosets with Tunable Thermomechanical Properties. ACS Macro Letters. 9(6). 819–824. 71 indexed citations
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Dean, Leon M., et al.. (2020). Photothermal Initiation of Frontal Polymerization Using Carbon Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2(11). 4690–4696. 43 indexed citations
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Dean, Leon M., et al.. (2018). Enhanced Mixing of Microvascular Self-Healing Reagents Using Segmented Gas–Liquid Flow. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(38). 32659–32667. 10 indexed citations
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Robertson, Ian D., Mostafa Yourdkhani, Polette J. Centellas, et al.. (2018). Rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization. Nature. 557(7704). 223–227. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Robertson, Ian D., Leon M. Dean, Gabriel E. Rudebusch, et al.. (2017). Alkyl Phosphite Inhibitors for Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Greatly Increase Pot Life. ACS Macro Letters. 6(6). 609–612. 104 indexed citations
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Maher, Michael J., Christopher M. Bates, Gregory Blachut, et al.. (2014). Interfacial Design for Block Copolymer Thin Films. Chemistry of Materials. 26(3). 1471–1479. 99 indexed citations
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Bates, Christopher M., Michael J. Maher, Leon M. Dean, et al.. (2013). Polarity-switching Top Coats for Silicon-containing Block Copolymer Orientation Control. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 26(2). 223–224. 4 indexed citations
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Bates, Christopher M., Marco A. Bedolla Pantoja, Leon M. Dean, et al.. (2012). Synthesis and thin‐film orientation of poly(styrene‐block‐trimethylsilylisoprene). Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 51(2). 290–297. 13 indexed citations
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Seshimo, Takehiro, Christopher M. Bates, Leon M. Dean, et al.. (2012). Block Copolymer Orientation Control Using a Top-Coat Surface Treatment. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 25(1). 125–130. 14 indexed citations
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Cushen, Julia D., Christopher M. Bates, Leon M. Dean, et al.. (2012). Thin Film Self-Assembly of Poly(trimethylsilylstyrene-b-d,l-lactide) with Sub-10 nm Domains. Macromolecules. 45(21). 8722–8728. 117 indexed citations
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Bates, Christopher M., Takehiro Seshimo, Michael J. Maher, et al.. (2012). Polarity-Switching Top Coats Enable Orientation of Sub–10-nm Block Copolymer Domains. Science. 338(6108). 775–779. 344 indexed citations

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