Marc A. Hillmyer

49.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
499 papers, 42.2k citations indexed

About

Marc A. Hillmyer is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc A. Hillmyer has authored 499 papers receiving a total of 42.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Organic Chemistry, 183 papers in Biomaterials and 183 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marc A. Hillmyer's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (173 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (159 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (136 papers). Marc A. Hillmyer is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (173 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (159 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (136 papers). Marc A. Hillmyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Marc A. Hillmyer's co-authors include Frank S. Bates, Timothy P. Lodge, William B. Tolman, Deborah K. Schneiderman, Charlotte K. Williams, Zhibo Li, Jacob P. Brutman, Nathaniel A. Lynd, B.J. O'Keefe and William R. Dichtel 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

Marc A. Hillmyer

497 papers receiving 41.8k citations

Hit Papers

Multiblock Polymers: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? 2001 2026 2009 2017 2012 2004 2008 2017 2001 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Multiblock Polymers: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
    2012 984 citations Frank S. Bates, Marc A. Hillmyer et al. Science profile →
  2. Multicompartment Micelles from ABC Miktoarm Stars in Water
    2004 870 citations Marc A. Hillmyer, Timothy P. Lodge et al. Science profile →
  3. Polymers from Renewable Resources: A Perspective for a Special Issue of Polymer Reviews
    2008 827 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. profile →
  4. 50th Anniversary Perspective: There Is a Great Future in Sustainable Polymers
    2017 822 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. Macromolecules profile →
  5. Polymerization of lactide and related cyclic esters by discrete metal complexes
    2001 771 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. profile →
  6. Mechanically Activated, Catalyst-Free Polyhydroxyurethane Vitrimers
    2015 700 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Nanoporous Membranes Derived from Block Copolymers: From Drug Delivery to Water Filtration
    2010 553 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. profile →
  8. Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymers: Renewable, Degradable, and Sustainable
    2014 544 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. profile →
  9. A Highly Active Zinc Catalyst for the Controlled Polymerization of Lactide
    2003 544 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Toughening Polylactide
    2008 505 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. profile →
  11. Solvent Vapor Annealing of Block Polymer Thin Films
    2013 480 citations Marc A. Hillmyer et al. Macromolecules profile →
  12. Approaches to Sustainable and Continually Recyclable Cross-Linked Polymers
    2018 423 citations Guilhem X. De Hoe, Marc A. Hillmyer et al. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering profile →
  13. High χ–Low N Block Polymers: How Far Can We Go?
    2015 404 citations Frank S. Bates, Marc A. Hillmyer et al. ACS Macro Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marc A. Hillmyer United States 110 21.7k 15.8k 15.4k 13.0k 7.7k 499 42.2k
Takeshi Endo Japan 72 13.9k 0.6× 7.3k 0.5× 3.9k 0.3× 8.2k 0.6× 6.0k 0.8× 1.2k 25.3k
Christopher Barner‐Kowollik Germany 97 26.2k 1.2× 7.8k 0.5× 11.5k 0.7× 7.5k 0.6× 672 0.1× 863 37.9k
Filip Du Prez Belgium 74 12.9k 0.6× 4.7k 0.3× 5.4k 0.3× 10.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.2× 403 21.6k
Brent S. Sumerlin United States 81 15.9k 0.7× 6.4k 0.4× 5.9k 0.4× 6.6k 0.5× 764 0.1× 264 24.5k
SonBinh T. Nguyen United States 91 12.1k 0.6× 5.1k 0.3× 48.3k 3.1× 10.3k 0.8× 2.8k 0.4× 308 78.4k
Holger Frey Germany 67 10.1k 0.5× 4.7k 0.3× 4.4k 0.3× 11.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.2× 475 20.4k
Christopher W. Bielawski United States 85 14.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.2× 16.6k 1.1× 5.7k 0.4× 974 0.1× 371 38.0k
Zhibo Li China 67 7.5k 0.3× 5.8k 0.4× 6.7k 0.4× 2.4k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 523 17.9k
Patrick Théato Germany 66 7.0k 0.3× 3.9k 0.2× 5.4k 0.3× 4.2k 0.3× 780 0.1× 351 16.8k
Deyue Yan China 80 10.1k 0.5× 7.1k 0.5× 8.0k 0.5× 12.1k 0.9× 232 0.0× 577 26.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bates, Frank S., et al.. (2024). Preparation and Characterization of H-Shaped Polylactide. ACS Macro Letters. 13(6). 695–702. 3 indexed citations
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Hillmyer, Marc A., et al.. (2023). Tough polycyclooctene nanoporous membranes from etchable block copolymers. Soft Matter. 20(2). 437–448. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Seong Chan, Qisheng Ou, Weiqi Chen, et al.. (2023). Filtration Performance and Fiber Shedding Behavior in Common Respirator and Face Mask Materials. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 23(3). 220387–220387. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, Alice B., et al.. (2023). Star-to-Bottlebrush Transition in Extensional and Shear Deformation of Unentangled Polymer Melts. Macromolecules. 56(6). 2406–2417. 16 indexed citations
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Sample, Caitlin S., et al.. (2022). Tandem ROMP/Hydrogenation Approach to Hydroxy-Telechelic Linear Polyethylene. ACS Macro Letters. 11(5). 608–614. 36 indexed citations
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Pablo, Juan & Marc A. Hillmyer. (2021). Sustainable Polymers Square Table. Macromolecules. 54(18). 8257–8258. 3 indexed citations
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Hoff, Emily A., et al.. (2020). Thiol–Ene Networks from Sequence-Defined Polyurethane Macromers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(14). 6729–6736. 47 indexed citations
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Kim, Hee Joong, Kailong Jin, Jimin Shim, et al.. (2020). Sustainable Triblock Copolymers as Tunable and Degradable Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(32). 12036–12044. 35 indexed citations
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Shen, Zhengyuan, S. Piril Ertem, Mahesh K. Mahanthappa, et al.. (2020). From Order to Disorder: Computational Design of Triblock Amphiphiles with 1 nm Domains. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(20). 9352–9362. 13 indexed citations
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Held, Jacob T., et al.. (2020). Poly(methyl methacrylate) Films with High Concentrations of Silicon Quantum Dots for Visibly Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(4). 4572–4578. 41 indexed citations
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Dirlam, Philip T., et al.. (2020). Atom-Economical, One-Pot, Self-Initiated Photopolymerization of Lactose Methacrylate for Biobased Hydrogels. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(11). 4606–4613. 8 indexed citations
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Pitet, Louis M., B.M. Chamberlain, Adam J. Hauser, & Marc A. Hillmyer. (2019). Dispersity and architecture driven self-assembly and confined crystallization of symmetric branched block copolymers. Polymer Chemistry. 10(39). 5385–5395. 11 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyungtae, Morgan W. Schulze, Akash Arora, et al.. (2017). Thermal processing of diblock copolymer melts mimics metallurgy. Science. 356(6337). 520–523. 255 indexed citations
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Hillmyer, Marc A., et al.. (2016). Proton conducting, high modulus polymer electrolyte membranes by polymerization-induced microphase separation. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanzhao & Marc A. Hillmyer. (2015). Hydroxy-telechelic poly(ethylene-co-isobutylene) as a soft segment for thermoplastic polyurethanes. Polymer Chemistry. 6(38). 6806–6811. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Daniel, et al.. (2013). Epoxy toughening with nano-sized amphiphilic block copolymer micelles. 1(2013). 597–600. 1 indexed citations
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Hillmyer, Marc A., et al.. (2007). Block copolymers and melt blends of polylactide with Nodax™ microbial polyesters: Preparation and mechanical properties. Journal of Biotechnology. 132(3). 287–295. 71 indexed citations
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Hillmyer, Marc A., et al.. (2005). Macroscopic samples of polystyrene with ordered three-dimensional nanochannels. Soft Matter. 2(1). 57–59. 77 indexed citations
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Hillmyer, Marc A. & Robert H. Grubbs. (1993). The ROMP of COD by a Well-Defined Metathesis Catalyst in the Presence of a Difunctional Chain Transfer Agent: The Preparation of Hydroxy-Telechelic 1,4-Poly(butadiene).. Polymer preprints. 34(2). 388–389. 1 indexed citations
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Hillmyer, Marc A., Christine Lepetit, Dominic V. McGrath, & Robert H. Grubbs. (1991). Aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of exo-N-methyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboximide. 32(1). 162–163. 1 indexed citations

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