Michael J. Ford

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Ford is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Ford has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Ford's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (32 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (15 papers). Michael J. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (32 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (15 papers). Michael J. Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Michael J. Ford's co-authors include Carmel Majidi, Guillermo C. Bazan, Chengfeng Pan, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Yunsik Ohm, Xiaonan Huang, Ming Wang, Jiahe Liao, Cedric P. Ambulo and Taylor H. Ware and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Ford

62 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

An electrically conductive silver–polyacrylamide–alginate hydrogel composite for soft electronics

2021 445 citations Yunsik Ohm, Chengfeng Pan et al. profile →
A multifunctional shape-morphing elastomer with liquid metal inclusions

2019 268 citations Michael J. Ford, Cedric P. Ambulo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparative analysis of new crystal and plastic scintillators for fast and thermal neutron detection 2025 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Natalia Zaitseva, A. Glenn, Leslie Carman, Michael J. Ford, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), C. Hurlbut, (unknown)	0
2	Performance of large-scale 6Li-doped pulse-shape discriminating plastic scintillators 2024 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·C. Roca, N. S. Bowden, Leslie Carman, S. Dazeley, S. R. Durham, (unknown), Michael J. Ford, A. Glenn, C. Hurlbut, (unknown), M. P. Mendenhall, (unknown), (unknown), Natalia Zaitseva	1
3	Movement with light: Photoresponsive shape morphing of printed liquid crystal elastomers 2024 ·Matter ·Michael J. Ford, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuchen Wang, (unknown), Colin K. Loeb, Bryan D. Moran, Joseph B. Tracy, Jennifer A. Lewis, Shu Yang, Elaine Lee, Caitlyn C. Cook	18
4	Performance stability of plastics for neutron-gamma pulse shape discrimination 2024 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Natalia Zaitseva, Leslie Carman, A. Glenn, (unknown), Michael J. Ford, (unknown), C. Hurlbut, (unknown)	3
5	Electrostatic Dissipation in 3D-Printable Silicone 2024 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), Michael J. Ford, (unknown), (unknown), Colin K. Loeb, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jeremy M. Lenhardt	0
6	Influence of fluorescent dopants on the vat photopolymerization of acrylate-based plastic scintillators for application in neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination 2023 ·Additive manufacturing ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Ford, Thomas J. Kolibaba, (unknown), J. Brodsky, Jason P. Killgore, Alan Sellinger	5
7	Synthesis and processing of lithium-loaded plastic scintillators on the kilogram scale 2023 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Michael J. Ford, (unknown), (unknown), Natalia Zaitseva, (unknown), M. Leslie Carman, A. Glenn, C. Roca, S. Dazeley, N. S. Bowden	8
8	Composites of functional polymers: Toward physical intelligence using flexible and soft materials 2021 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·Michael J. Ford, Yunsik Ohm, (unknown), Carmel Majidi	11
9	Network topologies dictate electromechanical coupling in liquid metal–elastomer composites 2020 ·Soft Matter ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Ford, Kaushik Dayal, Carmel Majidi	53
10	Shape memory materials for electrically-powered soft machines 2020 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry B ·Xiaonan Huang, Michael J. Ford, (unknown), (unknown), Chengfeng Pan, Carmel Majidi	70
11	Ultrastretchable, Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Sedimented Liquid Metal Elastomer Composite 2020 ·Advanced Materials Technologies ·Chengfeng Pan, Dongye Liu, Michael J. Ford, Carmel Majidi	66
12	Soft Magnetic Tactile Skin for Continuous Force and Location Estimation Using Neural Networks 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·Tess Hellebrekers, (unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Ford, Oliver Kroemer, Carmel Majidi	66
13	A multifunctional shape-morphing elastomer with liquid metal inclusions breakdown → 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael J. Ford, Cedric P. Ambulo, Teresa A. Kent, Eric J. Markvicka, Chengfeng Pan, Jonathan A. Malen, Taylor H. Ware, Carmel Majidi	268
14	Balance Between Light Absorption and Recombination Losses in Solution‐Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells with Normal or Inverted Structures 2018 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·В. В. Брус, Hang Ken Lee, Christopher M. Proctor, Michael J. Ford, Xiaofeng Liu, Mark A. Burgers, (unknown), Guillermo C. Bazan, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen	18
15	Tandem Solar Cells: Improved Tandem All‐Polymer Solar Cells Performance by Using Spectrally Matched Subcells (Adv. Energy Mater. 14/2018) 2018 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Jianyu Yuan, Michael J. Ford, Yalong Xu, Yannan Zhang, Guillermo C. Bazan, Wanli Ma	1
16	Toward High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells: Rearranging the Backbone Units into a Readily Accessible Random Tetrapolymer 2017 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Cheng Zhou, Zhiming Chen, Guichuan Zhang, Caitlin McDowell, Peng Luo, Xiao’e Jia, Michael J. Ford, Ming Wang, Guillermo C. Bazan, Fei Huang, Yong Cao	35
17	Carrier‐Selective Traps: A New Approach for Fabricating Circuit Elements with Ambipolar Organic Semiconductors 2017 ·Advanced Electronic Materials ·Michael J. Ford, John G. Labram, Ming Wang, Hengbin Wang, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Guillermo C. Bazan	13
18	Linear Conjugated Polymer Backbones Improve Alignment in Nanogroove-Assisted Organic Field-Effect Transistors 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ming Wang, Michael J. Ford, Cheng Zhou, Martin Seifrid, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Guillermo C. Bazan	77
19	Influence of molecular structure on the performance of low Vₒc loss polymer solar cells 2016 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Ming Wang, Hengbin Wang, Michael J. Ford, Jianyu Yuan, Cheng‐Kang Mai, Stephanie L. Fronk, Guillermo C. Bazan	0
20	Fullerene Additives Convert Ambipolar Transport to p‐Type Transport while Improving the Operational Stability of Organic Thin Film Transistors 2016 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Michael J. Ford, Ming Wang, Hung Phan, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Guillermo C. Bazan	38

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