Michael B. Sims

2.4k citations

16 papers · 2.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 11

Impact in

Polymers and Plastics top 1%
- Polymer composites and self-healing
Process Chemistry and Technology top 2%
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Papers in

Polymers and Plastics 8
- Polymer composites and self-healing 5
- Conducting polymers and applications 2
- Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers 2
Organic Chemistry 14
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization 10
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 4
- Click Chemistry and Applications 2
- Photopolymerization techniques and applications 2

Co-authors: Brent S. Sumerlin Jacob J. Lessard Georg M. Scheutz R. Nicholas Carmean Christopher Barner‐Kowollik Anja S. Goldmann Eva Blasco Christopher P. Kabb
Journals: Macromolecules (6 papers)ACS Macro Letters (2 papers)Progress in Polymer Science (1 paper)Journal of the American Chemical Society (1 paper)Chem (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Australia Germany

In The Last Decade

Michael B. Sims

16 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Adaptable Crosslinks in Polymeric Materials: Resolving the Intersection of Thermoplastics and Thermosets 2019 · 727 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2017 Macromolecules

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16 of 16 papers shown

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1	Photocrosslinkable Polymeric Bicontinuous Microemulsions ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Michael B. Sims, Sir James Black, Pari Coripuna, Nelson Wehrhan, Timothy P. Lodge, Frank S. Bates	2023	5
2	Nondestructive Photo-Cross-Linking of Microphase-Separated Diblock Polymers through Coumarin Dimerization Macromolecules ·Michael B. Sims, Bo Zhang, Nelson Wehrhan, Timothy P. Lodge, Frank S. Bates	2022	7
3	Influence of Charge Fraction on the Phase Behavior of Symmetric Single-Ion Conducting Diblock Copolymers ACS Macro Letters ·Bo Zhang, Caini Zheng, Michael B. Sims, Frank S. Bates, Timothy P. Lodge	2021	16
4	Controlled radical copolymerization of multivinyl crosslinkers: a robust route to functional branched macromolecules Polymer International ·Michael B. Sims	2020	10
5	Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Hydrophobic Acrylic and Styrenic Polymers through Organic-Phase Photoiniferter-Mediated Polymerization ACS Macro Letters ·R. Nicholas Carmean, Michael B. Sims, C. Adrian Figg, Paul J. Hurst, Joseph P. Patterson, Brent S. Sumerlin	2020	119
6	Catalyst-Free Vitrimers from Vinyl Polymers Macromolecules ·Jacob J. Lessard, Zuzana Vlickova, Charles P. Easterling, Michael B. Sims, Kyle C. Bentz, Shakir H Al Ghamdi, Daniel A. Savin, Brent S. Sumerlin	2019	246
7	UV-induced vesicle to micelle transition: a mechanistic study Polymer Chemistry ·J. Hillaret, J. B. M., Saeed Sookhaki, DIana O. Perkins, Michael B. Sims, Brent S. Sumerlin, Daniel A. Savin	2019	6
8	Adaptable Crosslinks in Polymeric Materials: Resolving the Intersection of Thermoplastics and Thermosets Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Georg M. Scheutz, Jacob J. Lessard, Michael B. Sims, Brent S. Sumerlin Hit paper breakdown →	2019	727
9	Architecture-transformable polymers: Reshaping the future of stimuli-responsive polymers Progress in Polymer Science ·Hao Sun, Christopher P. Kabb, Michael B. Sims, Brent S. Sumerlin	2018	254
10	Functional Diversification of Polymethacrylates by Dynamic β-Ketoester Modification Macromolecules ·Michael B. Sims, Jacob J. Lessard, Shu Bo, Brent S. Sumerlin	2018	33
11	Harnessing Imine Diversity To Tune Hyperbranched Polymer Degradation Macromolecules ·Michael B. Sims, Rufino Salgado, J. P. Sullivan, Soma Mukherjee, Brent S. Sumerlin	2018	38
12	Ultra-High Molecular Weights via Aqueous Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization Chem ·R. Nicholas Carmean, Cristina Isabel Guzmán Cruz, Michael B. Sims, Brent S. Sumerlin	2017	251
13	50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Functionalization Macromolecules ·Eva Blasco, Michael B. Sims, Anja S. Goldmann, Brent S. Sumerlin, Christopher Barner‐Kowollik Hit paper breakdown →	2017	360
14	Tunable pH- and CO₂-Responsive Sulfonamide-Containing Polymers by RAFT Polymerization Macromolecules ·Brooks A. Abel, Michael B. Sims, Charles L. McCormick	2015	41
15	RAFT Polymerization of Sulfonamide-Containing Methacrylamides Aquila Digital Community (University of Southern Mississippi) ·Michael B. Sims	2014	1
16	The structures of four reaction products of 1,2,2a,3,4,5-hexahydropyrrolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazole with p-chlorobenzenesulphonyl azide Acta Crystallographica Section B ·Keith Prout, Michael B. Sims, Jiao Zhou, Jue Jan Heng, Cheng Ge Hua, A. S. Bailey	1980	2

About Michael B. Sims

Michael B. Sims is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Process Chemistry and Technology and Biomaterials, having authored 16 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (10 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (5 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (4 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (2 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (2 papers), Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (2 papers) and Photopolymerization techniques and applications (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (1.2k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (216 citations), Organic Chemistry (1.4k citations), Biomaterials (476 citations) and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (138 citations). Michael B. Sims has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Brent S. Sumerlin, Jacob J. Lessard, Georg M. Scheutz, R. Nicholas Carmean, Christopher Barner‐Kowollik, Anja S. Goldmann, Eva Blasco, Christopher P. Kabb, Hao Sun and Daniel A. Savin. Their work appears in journals such as Macromolecules, ACS Macro Letters, Progress in Polymer Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chem.

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