M. Muthukumar

20.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
301 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

M. Muthukumar is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Muthukumar has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Materials Chemistry, 95 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 94 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. Muthukumar's work include Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (89 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (88 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (68 papers). M. Muthukumar is often cited by papers focused on Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (89 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (88 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (68 papers). M. Muthukumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. M. Muthukumar's co-authors include Paul M. Welch, Christopher K. Ober, Edwin L. Thomas, Robert L. Lescanec, Zhaoyang Ou, Chung Yin Kong, S. F. Edwards, Karl F. Freed, A. Baumgærtner and A. Baumgärtner 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. Muthukumar

297 papers receiving 16.1k 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.

Competing Interactions and Levels of Ordering in Self-Organizing Polymeric Materials

1997 630 citations M. Muthukumar et al. profile →
50th Anniversary Perspective: A Perspective on Polyelectrolyte Solutions

2017 374 citations M. Muthukumar Macromolecules profile →
Configurational characteristics and scaling behavior of starburst molecules: a computational study

1990 341 citations M. Muthukumar et al. Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Muthukumar United States	72	5.7k	5.6k	3.7k	3.5k	3.1k	301	16.4k
Michael Rubinstein United States	78	8.4k 1.5×	5.4k 1.0×	3.1k 0.8×	6.3k 1.8×	6.2k 2.0×	286	26.9k
Matthew Tirrell United States	81	5.1k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	5.8k 1.9×	395	21.5k
Mónica Olvera de la Cruz United States	62	5.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	3.5k 1.1×	380	14.4k
Toyoichi Tanaka United States	64	3.6k 0.6×	6.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	5.4k 1.7×	169	21.6k
Alexander Y. Grosberg United States	59	4.0k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	235	13.2k
Florian Müller‐Plathe Germany	64	8.6k 1.5×	3.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	306	16.1k
Igal Szleifer United States	67	4.7k 0.8×	5.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	4.5k 1.5×	284	18.2k
Masao Doi Japan	64	7.9k 1.4×	5.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	6.3k 1.8×	2.4k 0.8×	320	22.6k
Jack F. Douglas United States	81	16.2k 2.8×	7.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.4×	8.7k 2.5×	3.8k 1.2×	548	28.7k
Alexei R. Khokhlov Russia	49	3.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	4.0k 1.3×	343	10.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Muthukumar, M., et al.. (2025). Charge symmetry breaking in neutral polyzwitterions. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3507–3507.

Li, Minglun & M. Muthukumar. (2024). RNA Translocation through Protein Nanopores: Interlude of the Molten RNA Globule. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(2). 1553–1562.

Kumar, Rajeev, Antonio Faraone, Jan‐Michael Y. Carrillo, et al.. (2024). Pivotal Roles of Triple Screening-Topological, Electrostatic, and Hydrodynamic-On Dynamics in Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions. Macromolecules. 57(6). 2888–2896. 5 indexed citations

Phillips, Michael, M. Muthukumar, & Kingshuk Ghosh. (2024). Beyond monopole electrostatics in regulating conformations of intrinsically disordered proteins. PNAS Nexus. 3(9). pgae367–pgae367. 4 indexed citations

Nagel, Sidney R., Srikanth Sastry, Zorana Zeravcic, & M. Muthukumar. (2023). Memory formation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(21). 3 indexed citations

Chandran, Sivasurender, J. Baschnagel, Daniele Cangialosi, et al.. (2019). Processing Pathways Decide Polymer Properties at the Molecular Level. Macromolecules. 52(19). 7146–7156. 130 indexed citations

Muthukumar, M., et al.. (2019). Interlude of metastability in the melting of polymer crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 151(12). 124903–124903. 10 indexed citations

Jia, Di & M. Muthukumar. (2019). Effect of Salt on the Ordinary–Extraordinary Transition in Solutions of Charged Macromolecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(14). 5886–5896. 26 indexed citations

Jia, Di & M. Muthukumar. (2019). Interplay between Microscopic and Macroscopic Properties of Charged Hydrogels. Macromolecules. 53(1). 90–101. 20 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M., et al.. (2018). Langevin dynamics simulation of crystallization of ring polymers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 148(24). 244904–244904. 29 indexed citations

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Bajpai, Anju, et al.. (2018). Antidiabetic assays' based fractionation and characterization of Jamun (Syzygium cumini Skeels) fruits. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 7(4). 3107–3111. 1 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M., et al.. (2017). Effects of Nanopore Charge Decorations on the Translocation Dynamics of DNA. Biophysical Journal. 113(8). 1664–1672. 16 indexed citations

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Laohakunakorn, Nadanai, Vivek V. Thacker, M. Muthukumar, & Ulrich F. Keyser. (2014). Electroosmotic Flow Reversal Outside Glass Nanopores. Nano Letters. 15(1). 695–702. 47 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M., et al.. (2012). pH Tuning of DNA Translocation Time through Organically Functionalized Nanopores. ACS Nano. 7(2). 1408–1414. 115 indexed citations

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Белый, В. А. & M. Muthukumar. (2006). Electrostatic origin of the genome packing in viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17174–17178. 204 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M.. (1999). Modeling polymer crystallization from solutions.. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 218. 112 indexed citations

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Dadmun, Mark, M. Muthukumar, Rolf Hempelmann, D. Schwahn, & T. Springer. (1996). Proton motion of poly(γ-benzylL-glutamate) in benzyl alcohol during gelation as measured by quasielastic neutron scattering. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 34(4). 649–656. 2 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M.. (1995). Topological dereliction in polymers. Computational Materials Science. 4(4). 370–372. 4 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M., et al.. (1991). Knottedness in ring polymers. Physical Review Letters. 66(17). 2211–2214. 166 indexed citations

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Muthukumar, M., et al.. (1988). Calculation of the cooperative friction coefficient in a dilute suspension of spheres. I. Two-body effects. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 89(10). 6406–6419. 4 indexed citations

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