Michael Hird

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Hird is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hird has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 70 papers in Organic Chemistry and 46 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Michael Hird's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (102 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (46 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (30 papers). Michael Hird is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (102 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (46 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (30 papers). Michael Hird collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Michael Hird's co-authors include Peter J. Collings, Kenneth J. Toyne, John W. Goodby, G. W. Gray, Chung-Ping Huang, Duncan W. Bruce, Robin B. Bedford, Robert M. Frost, K. J. Toyne and Alexander J. Seed and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hird

128 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Fluorinated liquid crystals – properties and applications

2007 763 citations Michael Hird Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Introduction to Liquid Crystals

1997 666 citations Michael Hird et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Hird United Kingdom	37	4.4k	3.6k	1.6k	1.6k	589	128	6.4k
D. Demus Germany	39	6.6k 1.5×	3.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.6×	2.4k 1.5×	647 1.1×	235	7.8k
V. Vill Germany	21	2.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	933 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	747 1.3×	112	4.1k
Ute Baumeister Germany	40	3.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	614 1.0×	176	5.2k
Siegmar Diele Germany	56	8.5k 2.0×	5.8k 1.6×	3.2k 2.0×	3.7k 2.3×	1.4k 2.4×	252	10.5k
G. Pelzl Germany	47	6.8k 1.6×	3.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	224	7.3k
Richard J. Bushby United Kingdom	46	3.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	717 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	1.7k 2.9×	235	7.1k
Keiki Kishikawa Japan	34	1.4k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	785 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	414 0.7×	201	4.3k
H. Kresse Germany	34	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	536 0.9×	245	4.3k
Ewa Górecka Poland	46	6.8k 1.6×	3.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.7×	2.7k 1.7×	1.3k 2.2×	326	8.3k
Satyendra Kumar United States	37	3.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	923 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	694 1.2×	161	4.7k

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Seed, Alexander J., Kenneth J. Toyne, Michael Hird, & John W. Goodby. (2012). Synthesis and mesomorphic behaviour of high polarisability materials for non-linear optical applications. Liquid Crystals. 39(4). 403–414. 15 indexed citations

Hird, Michael. (2011). Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications. Liquid Crystals. 38(11-12). 1467–1493. 139 indexed citations

Wilson, A. Matthew, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and properties of novel columnar liquid crystals based on symmetrical and non-symmetrical 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene derivatives. Liquid Crystals. 37(9). 1191–1203. 22 indexed citations

Hird, Michael, et al.. (2010). The dramatic influence of the location of bend and of lateral fluoro substitution on the mesomorphic properties of angular chiral esters based on a 1,3-disubstituted benzene ring. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20(15). 3069–3069. 41 indexed citations

Goodby, John W., Isabel M. Sáez, Stephen J. Cowling, et al.. (2009). Molecular complexity and the control of self-organising processes. Liquid Crystals. 36(6-7). 567–605. 107 indexed citations

Hird, Michael. (2008). A simple paper-based patient decision aid. Evidence-Based Medicine. 13(6). 166–166. 1 indexed citations

Hird, Michael. (2007). Fluorinated liquid crystals – properties and applications. Chemical Society Reviews. 36(12). 2070–2070. 763 indexed citations breakdown →

Fernandes, Paulo, P. Barois, Éric Grelet, et al.. (2006). Extension of the resonant scattering technique to liquid crystals without resonant element. The European Physical Journal E. 20(1). 81–87. 23 indexed citations

Bedford, Robin B., Michael Betham, Duncan W. Bruce, et al.. (2006). Iron nanoparticles in the coupling of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents. Chemical Communications. 1398–1398. 130 indexed citations

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Bedford, Robin B., Duncan W. Bruce, Robert M. Frost, & Michael Hird. (2005). Simple iron-amine catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens. Chemical Communications. 4161–4161. 172 indexed citations

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Панов, В. П., N. M. Shtykov, Atsuo Fukuda, et al.. (2004). Self-assembled uniaxial and biaxial multilayer structures in chiral smectic liquid crystals frustrated between ferro- and antiferroelectricity. Physical Review E. 69(6). 60701–60701. 24 indexed citations

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Панов, В. П., et al.. (2003). Optical rotatory power, biaxiality, and models of chiral tilted smectic phases. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(2). 21702–21702. 14 indexed citations

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Vij, J. K., et al.. (2003). Molecular orientation and the infrared dichroism of a chiral smectic liquid crystal in a homogeneously aligned cell at different temperature and bias fields. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(3). 31707–31707. 11 indexed citations

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Hird, Michael, et al.. (2000). A twist grain boundary phase with a local antiferroelectric structure. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 12(40). 8577–8593. 14 indexed citations

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Hird, Michael, et al.. (1998). The synthesis of novel highly substituted benzene derivatives for use in palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 3479–3484. 8 indexed citations

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Seed, Alexander J., et al.. (1997). Heterocyclic Esters Exhibiting Frustrated Liquid Crystal Phases. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 299(1). 19–25. 44 indexed citations

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Goodby, John W., et al.. (1997). The synthesis and mesomorphic behaviour of the 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted benzenes with (4-tridecyloxyphenyl)ethynyl and (4-tridecyloxyphenyl)carbonyloxy substituents. Liquid Crystals. 22(5). 631–642. 17 indexed citations

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Panarin, Yu. P., et al.. (1996). Pyroelectric properties of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal.. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 8(38). L551–L556. 6 indexed citations

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Gray, G. W., et al.. (1995). The synthesis and transition temperatures of some 4′-alkyl- and 4′-alkoxy-4-cyano-3-fluorobiphenyls. Liquid Crystals. 19(1). 77–83. 15 indexed citations

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Hird, Michael, Kenneth J. Toyne, & G. W. Gray. (1994). The synthesis and transition temperatures of some ferroelectric host materials based on 4- and 4′-( trans -4-alkylcyclohexylmethoxy)-2,3-difluorobiphenyls. Liquid Crystals. 16(4). 625–641. 14 indexed citations

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