N. G. McCrum

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

N. G. McCrum is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, N. G. McCrum has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in N. G. McCrum's work include Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (31 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (31 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (10 papers). N. G. McCrum is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (31 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (31 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (10 papers). N. G. McCrum collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. N. G. McCrum's co-authors include B. E. Read, G. Williams, R. W. Gray, Robert E. Cohen, C. P. Buckley, C. K. Chai, John M. Hutchinson, Maria Pizzoli, J. Cooper and G. A. Pogany and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Polymer and Journal of Biomechanics.

In The Last Decade

N. G. McCrum

60 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Anelastic and Dielectric Effects in Polymeric Solids

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Principles of Polymer Engineering 2026 ·N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley, C. B. Bucknall	0
2	Mechanism of physical aging in crystalline polymers 1980 ·Polymer ·C. K. Chai, N. G. McCrum	65
3	Elastin as a rubber 1977 ·Biopolymers ·(unknown), N. G. McCrum	78
4	The Molecular Conformation of Elastin as Derived from Mechanical Investigations 1977 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·N. G. McCrum	4
5	Viscoelastic creep of collagenous tissue 1976 ·Journal of Biomechanics ·Robert E. Cohen, (unknown), N. G. McCrum	82
6	Mechanical state of elastin 1975 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), N. G. McCrum	25
7	Study of the mechanism of creep recovery by the T‐jump technique 1974 ·Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition ·John M. Hutchinson, N. G. McCrum, (unknown)	6
8	Anisotropy of the mechanical ?-relaxation in biaxially oriented linear polyethylene 1973 ·Journal of Materials Science ·C. P. Buckley, N. G. McCrum	25
9	Rapid temperature jump apparatus for measurement of activation energy for creep in polymers 1973 ·Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments ·James F. Matthews, N. G. McCrum	6
10	Determination of Activation Energy for Creep by T-Jump in Absence of κ-Effect 1973 ·Nature Physical Science ·N. G. McCrum, (unknown)	11
11	Anomalous internal friction in linear polyethylene at low temperatures 1972 ·Journal of Materials Science ·J. Cooper, N. G. McCrum	16
12	The magnitude of the γ relaxation in oriented polyethylene 1969 ·Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Letters ·C. P. Buckley, R. W. Gray, N. G. McCrum	16
13	On the γ relaxations in linear polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene 1968 ·Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Letters ·R. W. Gray, N. G. McCrum	6
14	Lamellar boundary slip in polyethylene 1966 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·N. G. McCrum	67
15	The ß‐relaxation in polychlorotrifluoroethylene 1966 ·Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Letters ·R. W. Gray, N. G. McCrum	10
16	On the measurement of the activation energies for creep and stress relaxation 1964 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·N. G. McCrum, (unknown)	44
17	On the measurement of the activation energy for creep in anelastic solids 1962 ·Philosophical magazine ·N. G. McCrum, (unknown)	14
18	Internal friction in stereoregular polymethyl methacrylate 1961 ·Journal of Polymer Science ·(unknown), N. G. McCrum	93
19	A study of internal friction in copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene 1959 ·Die Makromolekulare Chemie ·N. G. McCrum	69
20	Optical determination of the thickness of the unsaturated helium II film 1954 ·The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science ·N. G. McCrum, K. Mendelssohn	2

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