Lora Toy

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Lora Toy is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lora Toy has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 8 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Lora Toy's work include Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (15 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (5 papers) and Muon and positron interactions and applications (5 papers). Lora Toy is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (15 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (5 papers) and Muon and positron interactions and applications (5 papers). Lora Toy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Lora Toy's co-authors include Ingo Pinnau, Benny D. Freeman, Haiqing Lin, Raghubir Gupta, T. C. Merkel, Kazukiyo Nagai, Anthony L. Andrady, Masahiro Teraguchi, Timothy C. Merkel and Anita J. Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Macromolecules and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Lora Toy

19 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Plasticization-Enhanced Hydrogen Purification Using Polymeric Membranes

2006 576 citations Haiqing Lin, Benny D. Freeman et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lora Toy United States	14	1.2k	609	386	357	319	21	1.5k
Andrew B. Foster United Kingdom	20	693 0.6×	551 0.9×	235 0.6×	301 0.8×	209 0.7×	45	1.1k
Г. Н. Бондаренко Russia	17	480 0.4×	383 0.6×	192 0.5×	131 0.4×	151 0.5×	103	984
Petr Sysel Czechia	19	519 0.4×	466 0.8×	182 0.5×	181 0.5×	574 1.8×	75	1.1k
Joshua D. Moon United States	18	509 0.4×	267 0.4×	246 0.6×	252 0.7×	137 0.4×	28	854
Michelle E. Dose United States	12	621 0.5×	512 0.8×	140 0.4×	255 0.7×	133 0.4×	15	1.0k
Peter Kölsch Germany	20	969 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	282 0.7×	206 0.6×	63 0.2×	36	2.0k
Benjamin A. McCool United States	16	759 0.6×	616 1.0×	278 0.7×	529 1.5×	51 0.2×	27	1.4k
D.F. Quinn Canada	14	375 0.3×	401 0.7×	195 0.5×	82 0.2×	173 0.5×	20	1.1k
Xiao Chang China	24	319 0.3×	630 1.0×	632 1.6×	108 0.3×	74 0.2×	50	1.5k
N. Koura Japan	17	314 0.3×	299 0.5×	377 1.0×	165 0.5×	101 0.3×	25	951

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20 of 20 papers shown

Toy, Lora. (2023). Natural gas treatment process using PTMSP membrane. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

Luz, Ignacio, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Soluble Metal Organic Framework Composites for Mixed Matrix Membranes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(17). 15638–15645. 13 indexed citations

Toy, Lora, et al.. (2017). Oil-Field Produced Water Treatment Using Integrated Forward Osmosis and Membrane Distillation Process. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2017(4). 5297–5305. 1 indexed citations

Toy, Lora, et al.. (2017). Integrated Forward Osmosis/Membrane Distillation Process Technology for Industrial Water Treatment and Reuse. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Haiqing, et al.. (2006). Plasticization-Enhanced Hydrogen Purification Using Polymeric Membranes. Science. 311(5761). 639–642. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

Merkel, T. C. & Lora Toy. (2006). Comparison of Hydrogen Sulfide Transport Properties in Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Polymers. Macromolecules. 39(22). 7591–7600. 58 indexed citations

Andrady, Anthony L., Timothy C. Merkel, & Lora Toy. (2004). Effect of Particle Size on Gas Permeability of Filled Superglassy Polymers. Macromolecules. 37(11). 4329–4331. 51 indexed citations

Lin, Haiqing, Benny D. Freeman, Lora Toy, et al.. (2004). Reverse-Selective Polymeric Membranes for Hydrogen Purification. 228(2). 22–23.

Hill, Anita J., Steven J. Pas, T.J. Bastow, et al.. (2004). Influence of methanol conditioning and physical aging on carbon spin-lattice relaxation times of poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne). Journal of Membrane Science. 243(1-2). 37–44. 92 indexed citations

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Merkel, T. C., Lora Toy, Anthony L. Andrady, Hanna Gracz, & E. O. Stejskal. (2002). Investigation of Enhanced Free Volume in Nanosilica-Filled Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) by¹²⁹Xe NMR Spectroscopy. Macromolecules. 36(2). 353–358. 37 indexed citations

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Nagai, Kazukiyo, Lora Toy, Benny D. Freeman, et al.. (2002). Gas permeability and n‐butane solubility of poly(1‐trimethylgermyl‐1‐propyne). Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 40(19). 2228–2236. 15 indexed citations

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Pinnau, Ingo & Lora Toy. (2001). Solid polymer electrolyte composite membranes for olefin/paraffin separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 184(1). 39–48. 156 indexed citations

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Nagai, Kazukiyo, Lora Toy, Benny D. Freeman, et al.. (2000). Gas permeability and hydrocarbon solubility of poly[1-phenyl-2-[p-(triisopropylsilyl)phenyl]acetylene]. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 38(11). 1474–1484. 26 indexed citations

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Toy, Lora, Kazukiyo Nagai, Benny D. Freeman, et al.. (2000). Pure-Gas and Vapor Permeation and Sorption Properties of Poly[1-phenyl-2-[p-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl]acetylene] (PTMSDPA). Macromolecules. 33(7). 2516–2524. 102 indexed citations

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Kwak, Giseop, Toshiki Aoki, Lora Toy, Benny D. Freeman, & Toshio Masuda. (2000). Synthesis, characterization, and oxygen permeability of homo- and copolymers from p-[tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl]-phenylacetylene. Polymer Bulletin. 45(3). 215–221. 9 indexed citations

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Pinnau, Ingo, et al.. (1997). Solid polymer electrolyte membranes for olefin/paraffin separation. 77. 269–270. 7 indexed citations

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Toy, Lora, Benny D. Freeman, Richard J. Spontak, Atsushi Morisato, & Ingo Pinnau. (1997). Gas Permeability and Phase Morphology of Poly(1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne)/Poly(1-phenyl-1-propyne) Blends. Macromolecules. 30(16). 4766–4769. 31 indexed citations

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Toy, Lora, Benny D. Freeman, Atsushi Morisato, et al.. (1997). Pure gas permeation and sorption properties of high-free-volume, vapor-selective, glassy polyacetylenes:. 1 indexed citations

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Pinnau, Ingo & Lora Toy. (1996). Gas and vapor transport properties of amorphous perfluorinated copolymer membranes based on 2,2-bistrifluoromethyl-4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxole/tetrafluoroethylene. Journal of Membrane Science. 109(1). 125–133. 258 indexed citations

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Toy, Lora, et al.. (1975). Dynamic mechanical and morphological studies of homopolymer/block copolymer blends. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B. 11(3). 281–299. 24 indexed citations

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