M. W. Matsen

14.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
146 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

M. W. Matsen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, M. W. Matsen has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Materials Chemistry, 59 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 45 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in M. W. Matsen's work include Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (122 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (59 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (45 papers). M. W. Matsen is often cited by papers focused on Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (122 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (59 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (45 papers). M. W. Matsen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. M. W. Matsen's co-authors include Frank S. Bates, M. Schick, R. B. Thompson, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Anna C. Balazs, T. M. Beardsley, M. J. Schick, Jaeup U. Kim, Russell K. W. Spencer and Pawel Stasiak 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. W. Matsen

146 papers receiving 12.2k 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.

Unifying Weak- and Strong-Segregation Block Copolymer Theories

1996 1.5k citations M. W. Matsen et al. Macromolecules profile →
Stable and unstable phases of a diblock copolymer melt

1994 1.2k citations M. W. Matsen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Predicting the Mesophases of Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites

2001 633 citations R. B. Thompson, Valeriy V. Ginzburg et al. profile →
The standard Gaussian model for block copolymer melts

2001 551 citations M. W. Matsen profile →
Origins of Complex Self-Assembly in Block Copolymers

1996 494 citations M. W. Matsen et al. Macromolecules profile →
Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends

1995 423 citations M. W. Matsen Macromolecules profile →
Effect of Architecture on the Phase Behavior of AB-Type Block Copolymer Melts

2012 420 citations M. W. Matsen Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. W. Matsen United Kingdom	53	10.7k	6.2k	2.7k	2.3k	2.1k	146	12.4k
An‐Chang Shi Canada	53	6.7k 0.6×	4.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	662 0.3×	260	9.2k
Richard A. Register United States	59	8.3k 0.8×	4.6k 0.7×	5.0k 1.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	244	13.0k
Georg Krausch Germany	56	6.2k 0.6×	3.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	729 0.3×	144	9.7k
Yushu Matsushita Japan	49	4.9k 0.5×	3.8k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	956 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	254	7.5k
Hirokazu Hasegawa Japan	43	4.9k 0.5×	2.9k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	929 0.4×	771 0.4×	182	6.7k
Tadeusz Pakuła Germany	52	4.1k 0.4×	4.5k 0.7×	3.9k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	239	10.3k
Arantxa Arbe Spain	47	4.5k 0.4×	1.4k 0.2×	2.5k 0.9×	359 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	223	7.0k
Jacques Roovers Canada	52	2.7k 0.3×	3.0k 0.5×	4.2k 1.6×	600 0.3×	2.0k 1.0×	134	7.7k
P. Mansky United States	19	3.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.3×	463 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	297 0.1×	21	4.4k
Do Y. Yoon United States	50	4.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.2×	3.9k 1.5×	264 0.1×	884 0.4×	181	9.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Matsen, M. W.. (2022). Entropic Surface Segregation from Athermal Polymer Blends of Slim and Bulky Polymers. Macromolecules. 55(14). 6286–6292. 2 indexed citations

Matsen, M. W. & T. M. Beardsley. (2021). Field-Theoretic Simulations for Block Copolymer Melts Using the Partial Saddle-Point Approximation. Polymers. 13(15). 2437–2437. 24 indexed citations

Spencer, Russell K. W., et al.. (2019). Effect of chain stiffness on the entropic segregation of chain ends to the surface of a polymer melt. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(1). 14904–14904. 12 indexed citations

Sunday, Daniel F., Alice B. Chang, Christopher D. Liman, et al.. (2018). Self-Assembly of ABC Bottlebrush Triblock Terpolymers with Evidence for Looped Backbone Conformations. Macromolecules. 51(18). 7178–7185. 45 indexed citations

Chang, Alice B., Christopher M. Bates, Byeongdu Lee, et al.. (2017). Manipulating the ABCs of self-assembly via low-χ block polymer design. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(25). 6462–6467. 58 indexed citations

Spencer, Russell K. W. & M. W. Matsen. (2016). Confinement effects on the miscibility of block copolymer blends. The European Physical Journal E. 39(4). 43–43. 2 indexed citations

Matsen, M. W.. (2010). Strong-segregation limit of the self-consistent field theory for diblock copolymer melts. The European Physical Journal E. 33(4). 297–306. 15 indexed citations

Kim, Jaeup U. & M. W. Matsen. (2009). Positioning Janus Nanoparticles in Block Copolymer Scaffolds. Physical Review Letters. 102(7). 78303–78303. 52 indexed citations

Matsen, M. W., et al.. (2009). Finite- N effects for ideal polymer chains near a flat impenetrable wall. The European Physical Journal E. 29(1). 107–115. 24 indexed citations

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Kim, Jaeup U. & M. W. Matsen. (2008). Interaction between Polymer-Grafted Particles. Macromolecules. 41(12). 4435–4443. 83 indexed citations

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Kim, Jaeup U. & M. W. Matsen. (2007). Repulsion Exerted on a Spherical Particle by a Polymer Brush. Macromolecules. 41(1). 246–252. 64 indexed citations

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Croll, Andrew B., Michael V. Massa, M. W. Matsen, & Kari Dalnoki‐Veress. (2006). Droplet Shape of an Anisotropic Liquid. Physical Review Letters. 97(20). 204502–204502. 37 indexed citations

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Matsen, M. W., Geoffrey Griffiths, Robert A. Wickham, & Oleg N. Vassiliev. (2006). Monte Carlo phase diagram for diblock copolymer melts. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 124(2). 24904–24904. 55 indexed citations

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Matsen, M. W.. (2005). Stability of a Block-Copolymer Lamella in a Strong Electric Field. Physical Review Letters. 95(25). 258302–258302. 39 indexed citations

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Gardiner, John M., et al.. (2002). Suppressing Autophobic Dewetting by Using a Bimodal Brush. Macromolecules. 35(16). 6475–6477. 27 indexed citations

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Thompson, R. B., Valeriy V. Ginzburg, M. W. Matsen, & Anna C. Balazs. (2002). Block Copolymer-Directed Assembly of Nanoparticles: Forming Mesoscopically Ordered Hybrid Materials. Macromolecules. 35(3). 1060–1071. 237 indexed citations

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Norman, David, Scott A. White, M. W. Matsen, et al.. (2001). Molecular, Nanostructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Lamellar Triblock Copolymer Blends: Effects of Molecular Weight and Constraint. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 22(5). 281–296. 34 indexed citations

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Matsen, M. W.. (1997). Thin films of block copolymer. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 106(18). 7781–7791. 357 indexed citations

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Matsen, M. W. & M. J. Schick. (1994). Stable and Unstable Phases of a Linear Multiblock Copolymer Melt. Macromolecules. 27(24). 7157–7163. 106 indexed citations

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Matsen, M. W. & D. E. Sullivan. (1991). One-dimensional model for microemulsions. Physical Review A. 44(6). 3710–3717. 9 indexed citations

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