Michael Hird

7.5k citations

128 papers · 6.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.2%
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Organic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
- Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods

Papers in ⓘ

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 104
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements 102
- Nonlinear Optical Materials Research 11
Organic Chemistry 70
- Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds 30
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions 22
- Surfactants and Colloidal Systems 17

Co-authors: Peter J. Collings (3 shared papers)Kenneth J. Toyne (42 shared papers)John W. Goodby (65 shared papers)G. W. Gray (17 shared papers)Chung-Ping Huang (1 shared paper)Duncan W. Bruce (5 shared papers)Robert M. Frost (4 shared papers)Robin B. Bedford (4 shared papers)
Journals: Liquid Crystals (21 papers)Journal of Materials Chemistry (17 papers)Chemical Communications (5 papers)Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (4 papers)Applied Physics Letters (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Ireland

In The Last Decade

Michael Hird

128 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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Fluorinated liquid crystals – properties and applications 2007 · 763 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Chemical Society Reviews
1997 Introduction to Liquid Crystals

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1	Fluorinated liquid crystals – properties and applications Chemical Society Reviews ·Michael Hird Hit paper breakdown →	2007	763
2	Introduction to Liquid Crystals Peter J. Collings, Michael Hird Hit paper breakdown →	1997	666
3	Introduction to Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Physics American Journal of Physics ·Peter J. Collings, Michael Hird, Chung-Ping Huang	1998	488
4	Iron−Phosphine, −Phosphite, −Arsine, and −Carbene Catalysts for the Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Robin B. Bedford, Michael Betham, Duncan W. Bruce, Andreas A. Danopoulos, Robert M. Frost, Michael Hird	2005	241
5	The synthesis and transition temperatures of some 4,4″-dialkyl- and 4,4″-alkoxyalkyl-1,1′ :4′,1″-terphenyls with 2,3- or 2′,3′-difluoro substituents and of their biphenyl analogues Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 ·G. W. Gray, Michael Hird, D. Lacey, Kenneth J. Toyne	1989	220
6	Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions in the synthesis of some high polarizability materials Liquid Crystals ·Michael Hird, Kenneth J. Toyne, G. W. Gray	1993	177
7	The synthesis and high optical birefringence of nematogens incorporating 2,6-disubstituted naphthalenes and terminal cyano-substituent Liquid Crystals ·Michael Hird, K. J. Toyne, G. W. Gray, Sally E. Day, D. G. McDonnell	1993	173
8	Simple iron-amine catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens Chemical Communications ·Robin B. Bedford, Duncan W. Bruce, Robert M. Frost, Michael Hird	2005	172
9	Iron(iii) salen-type catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens Chemical Communications ·Robin B. Bedford, Duncan W. Bruce, Robert M. Frost, John W. Goodby, Michael Hird	2004	158
10	Structures of chiral smectic-Cmesophases revealed by polarization-analyzed resonant x-ray scattering Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·P. Mach, R. Pindak, A. M. Levelut, P. Barois, H. T. Nguyen, H. Baltes, Michael Hird, K. J. Toyne, Alexander J. Seed, John W. Goodby, C. C. Huang, Lars R. Furenlid	1999	142
11	Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications Liquid Crystals ·Michael Hird	2011	139
12	Iron nanoparticles in the coupling of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents Chemical Communications ·Robin B. Bedford, Michael Betham, Duncan W. Bruce, Sean A. Davis, Robert M. Frost, Michael Hird	2006	130
13	Cross-Coupling Reactions in the Synthesis of Liquid Crystals Molecular crystals and liquid crystals ·Michael Hird, G. W. Gray, Kenneth J. Toyne	1991	116
14	Structure of the Liquid-Crystal Ferrielectric Phases as Determined by Ellipsometry Physical Review Letters ·P. M. Johnson, D. A. Olson, S. Pankratz, Thi Huong Nguyen, John W. Goodby, Michael Hird, C. C. Huang	2000	115
15	Molecular complexity and the control of self-organising processes Liquid Crystals ·John W. Goodby, Isabel M. Sáez, Stephen J. Cowling, J. Gąsowska, Robert A. MacDonald, Susan Sia, Paul Watson, Kenneth J. Toyne, Michael Hird, R. A. Lewis, Seung‐Eun Lee, V.V. Vaschenko	2009	107
16	Introduction to Liquid Crystals Chemistry and Physics Peter J. Collings, Michael Hird	2017	99
17	Monodisperse Aromatic Oligomers of Defined Structure and Large Size through Selective and Sequential Suzuki Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Chemistry of Materials ·Stephen Lightowler, Michael Hird	2005	99
18	Interlayer structures of the chiral smectic liquid crystal phases revealed by resonant x-ray scattering Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Linda S. Hirst, S. J. Watson, Helen F. Gleeson, P. Cluzeau, P. Barois, R. Pindak, J. A. Pitney, A. Cady, P. M. Johnson, C. C. Huang, A. M. Levelut, G. Srajer, J. Pollmann, W. Caliebe, Alexander J. Seed, Mark R. Herbert, John W. Goodby, Michael Hird	2002	87
19	Synthesis, transition temperatures, and optical properties of various 2,6-disubstituted naphthalenes and related 1-benzothiophenes with butylsulfanyl and cyano or isothiocyanato terminal groups Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Alexander J. Seed, Kenneth J. Toyne, John W. Goodby, Michael Hird	2000	84
20	The Synthesis of Several Lateral Difluoro-substituted 4,4″-Dialkyl- and 4,4″-Alkoxyalkyl-Terphenyls and a Rationalisation of the Effect of Such Substitution on Mesophase Type and Transition Temperatures Molecular crystals and liquid crystals ·G. W. Gray, Michael Hird, K. J. Toyne	1991	79

About Michael Hird

Michael Hird is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology, having authored 128 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (102 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (46 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (30 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (22 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (17 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (12 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (11 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (4.4k citations), Organic Chemistry (3.6k citations), Spectroscopy (1.6k citations), Pharmaceutical Science (463 citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (440 citations). Michael Hird has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Peter J. Collings, Kenneth J. Toyne, John W. Goodby, G. W. Gray, Chung-Ping Huang, Duncan W. Bruce, Robert M. Frost, Robin B. Bedford, K. J. Toyne and Alexander J. Seed. Their work appears in journals such as Liquid Crystals, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter and Applied Physics Letters.

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