M. D. Ediger

21.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
269 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

M. D. Ediger is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, M. D. Ediger has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Materials Chemistry, 79 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 69 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in M. D. Ediger's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (206 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (79 papers) and Glass properties and applications (69 papers). M. D. Ediger is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (206 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (79 papers) and Glass properties and applications (69 papers). M. D. Ediger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. M. D. Ediger's co-authors include Marcus T. Cicerone, Stephen F. Swallen, Sidney R. Nagel, C. A. Angell, Lian Yu, Juan Pablo, Keewook Paeng, Peter Harrowell, Kenneth L. Kearns and F. R. Blackburn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

M. D. Ediger

267 papers receiving 17.6k 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.

Spatially Heterogeneous Dynamics in Supercooled Liquids

2000 1.9k citations M. D. Ediger profile →
Supercooled Liquids and Glasses

1996 1.8k citations M. D. Ediger et al. profile →
Organic Glasses with Exceptional Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability

2006 627 citations M. D. Ediger, Lian Yu et al. profile →
Dynamics near Free Surfaces and the Glass Transition in Thin Polymer Films: A View to the Future

2013 427 citations M. D. Ediger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. D. Ediger United States	64	14.8k	3.9k	3.3k	3.2k	3.1k	269	18.0k
K. L. Ngai United States	58	13.0k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	343	15.9k
Ranko Richert United States	60	10.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	282	13.2k
G. P. Johari Canada	54	11.2k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	938 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	449	14.8k
K. L. Ngai United States	58	9.5k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	235	12.1k
R. Böhmer Germany	53	9.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	288	11.3k
Jeppe C. Dyre Denmark	51	8.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	202	11.1k
P. Lunkenheimer Germany	61	9.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	5.5k 1.7×	240	12.3k
Kenneth S. Schweizer United States	72	11.9k 0.8×	453 0.1×	1.9k 0.6×	4.8k 1.5×	947 0.3×	335	16.4k
E. A. Rössler Germany	53	7.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	816 0.2×	759 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	223	9.0k
H. Sillescu Germany	48	6.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	876 0.3×	163	8.0k

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Jha, K. K., et al.. (2025). Physical aging of glasses of an organic semiconductor. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(26). 13214–13223.

Ediger, M. D., et al.. (2024). High Density Two-Component Glasses of Organic Semiconductors Prepared by Physical Vapor Deposition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(31). 8085–8092. 1 indexed citations

Richert, Ranko, et al.. (2024). Anatomy of the dielectric behavior of methyl-m-toluate glasses during and after vapor deposition. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(3). 1 indexed citations

Yu, Lian, et al.. (2024). Generic Behavior of Ultrastability and Anisotropic Molecular Packing in Codeposited Organic Semiconductor Glass Mixtures. Chemistry of Materials. 36(7). 3205–3214. 5 indexed citations

Ju, Jianzhu, et al.. (2023). Vapor-to-glass preparation of biaxially aligned organic semiconductors. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(21). 2 indexed citations

Gabriel, Jan Philipp, et al.. (2023). Unusual Transformation of Mixed Isomer Decahydroisoquinoline Stable Glasses. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(26). 5948–5958. 1 indexed citations

Ferron, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Composition Dictates Molecular Orientation at the Heterointerfaces of Vapor-Deposited Glasses. JACS Au. 3(7). 1931–1938. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yuhui, Camille Bishop, Kai Cui, et al.. (2022). Surface diffusion of a glassy discotic organic semiconductor and the surface mobility gradient of molecular glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(9). 94710–94710. 13 indexed citations

Ferron, Thomas, Jacob L. Thelen, Kushal Bagchi, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the Interfacial Orientation and Molecular Conformation in a Glass-Forming Organic Semiconductor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(2). 3455–3466. 11 indexed citations

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Málek, Jiřı́, et al.. (2021). Surface mobility in amorphous selenium and comparison with organic molecular glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(7). 74703–74703. 12 indexed citations

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Ediger, M. D., Martin Gruebele, Vassiliy Lubchenko, & Peter G. Wolynes. (2021). Glass Dynamics Deep in the Energy Landscape. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(32). 9052–9068. 20 indexed citations

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Thelen, Jacob L., Camille Bishop, Kushal Bagchi, et al.. (2020). Molecular Orientation Depth Profiles in Organic Glasses Using Polarized Resonant Soft X-ray Reflectivity. Chemistry of Materials. 32(15). 6295–6309. 13 indexed citations

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Guiseppi‐Elie, Anthony, et al.. (2019). Relationship between aged and vapor-deposited organic glasses: Secondary relaxations in methyl-m-toluate. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 151(14). 144502–144502. 13 indexed citations

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Bagchi, Kushal, Ankit Gujral, Michael F. Toney, & M. D. Ediger. (2019). Generic packing motifs in vapor-deposited glasses of organic semiconductors. Soft Matter. 15(38). 7590–7595. 20 indexed citations

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Ediger, M. D., Juan Pablo, & Lian Yu. (2019). Anisotropic Vapor-Deposited Glasses: Hybrid Organic Solids. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(2). 407–414. 75 indexed citations

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Bagchi, Kushal, Nicholas E. Jackson, Ankit Gujral, et al.. (2018). Origin of Anisotropic Molecular Packing in Vapor-Deposited Alq3 Glasses. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(2). 164–170. 57 indexed citations

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Tylinski, M., et al.. (2018). Glasses of three alkyl phosphates show a range of kinetic stabilities when prepared by physical vapor deposition. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 148(17). 174503–174503. 11 indexed citations

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Hwang, Yunil, Tomoyoshi Inoue, Paul Wagner, & M. D. Ediger. (2000). Molecular motion during physical aging in polystyrene: Investigation using probe reorientation. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 38(1). 68–68. 3 indexed citations

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Qiu, Xiaohua & M. D. Ediger. (2000). Branching effects on the segmental dynamics of polyethylene melts. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 38(20). 2634–2643. 11 indexed citations

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Qiu, Xiaohua & M. D. Ediger. (2000). Branching effects on the segmental dynamics of polyethylene melts. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 38(20). 2634–2643. 1 indexed citations

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