N. R. Sottos

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

N. R. Sottos is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, N. R. Sottos has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in N. R. Sottos's work include Polymer composites and self-healing (6 papers), Epoxy Resin Curing Processes (3 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (2 papers). N. R. Sottos is often cited by papers focused on Polymer composites and self-healing (6 papers), Epoxy Resin Curing Processes (3 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (2 papers). N. R. Sottos collaborates with scholars based in United States. N. R. Sottos's co-authors include Scott R. White, Eric Brown, Michael W. Keller, Jeffrey S. Moore, Joseph D. Rule, Meredith N. Silberstein, Elizabeth M. C. Jones, Andrew Hamilton, Gerald O. Wilson and Håkan Andersson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

N. R. Sottos

13 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Microcapsule induced toughening in a self-healing polymer composite

2004 575 citations Eric Brown, Scott R. White et al. Journal of Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. R. Sottos United States	11	1.4k	677	375	347	267	14	1.9k
Jason F. Patrick United States	15	728 0.5×	298 0.4×	249 0.7×	412 1.2×	228 0.9×	31	1.3k
Antonio Mattia Grande Italy	21	996 0.7×	389 0.6×	302 0.8×	271 0.8×	288 1.1×	71	1.4k
S.A. Hayes United Kingdom	19	525 0.4×	155 0.2×	188 0.5×	187 0.5×	365 1.4×	51	1.3k
Jinlian Hu Hong Kong	23	879 0.6×	210 0.3×	647 1.7×	431 1.2×	164 0.6×	61	1.7k
Samuel Ibekwe United States	17	509 0.4×	122 0.2×	346 0.9×	337 1.0×	429 1.6×	35	1.4k
Hendra Purnawali Singapore	16	1.7k 1.3×	268 0.4×	1.0k 2.8×	816 2.4×	753 2.8×	22	2.5k
Xin Lan China	29	3.2k 2.4×	399 0.6×	1.5k 4.1×	1.4k 4.2×	1.6k 5.9×	97	4.3k
Guoqi Chen China	20	788 0.6×	150 0.2×	153 0.4×	1.2k 3.6×	306 1.1×	30	1.7k
Yiqi Mao China	23	798 0.6×	156 0.2×	424 1.1×	1.1k 3.1×	1.2k 4.7×	73	2.6k
Wonoh Lee South Korea	28	686 0.5×	158 0.2×	1.1k 3.0×	831 2.4×	1.1k 4.0×	103	3.0k

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14 of 14 papers shown

Gómez‐Bombarelli, Rafael, et al.. (2025). Equilibrium-gated pattern formation: How molecular dissociation thermodynamics drive emergent behavior in dissipative polymeric systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(24). e2503176122–e2503176122.

Jones, Elizabeth M. C., Meredith N. Silberstein, Scott R. White, & N. R. Sottos. (2014). In Situ Measurements of Strains in Composite Battery Electrodes during Electrochemical Cycling. Experimental Mechanics. 54(6). 971–985. 162 indexed citations

Hamilton, Andrew, N. R. Sottos, & Scott R. White. (2011). Pressurized vascular systems for self-healing materials. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(70). 1020–1028. 70 indexed citations

Hamilton, Andrew, N. R. Sottos, & Scott R. White. (2009). Local Strain Concentrations in a Microvascular Network. Experimental Mechanics. 50(2). 255–263. 27 indexed citations

Berfield, Thomas A., et al.. (2009). Thermal strain measurement in sol-gel lead zirconate titanate thin films. Journal of Applied Physics. 106(12). 12 indexed citations

Wilson, Gerald O., Jeffrey S. Moore, Scott R. White, N. R. Sottos, & Håkan Andersson. (2007). Autonomic Healing of Epoxy Vinyl Esters via Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization. Advanced Functional Materials. 18(1). 44–52. 127 indexed citations

Keller, Michael W., Scott R. White, & N. R. Sottos. (2007). A Self‐Healing Poly(Dimethyl Siloxane) Elastomer. Advanced Functional Materials. 17(14). 2399–2404. 321 indexed citations

Berfield, Thomas A., Jay Patel, Robert G. Shimmin, et al.. (2006). Fluorescent Image Correlation for Nanoscale Deformation Measurements. Small. 2(5). 631–635. 60 indexed citations

Rule, Joseph D., Eric Brown, N. R. Sottos, Scott R. White, & Jeffrey S. Moore. (2005). Wax‐Protected Catalyst Microspheres for Efficient Self‐Healing Materials. Advanced Materials. 17(2). 205–208. 314 indexed citations

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Brown, Eric, Scott R. White, & N. R. Sottos. (2005). Retardation and repair of fatigue cracks in a microcapsule toughened epoxy composite – Part I: Manual infiltration. Composites Science and Technology. 65(15-16). 2466–2473. 210 indexed citations

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Brown, Eric, Scott R. White, & N. R. Sottos. (2004). Microcapsule induced toughening in a self-healing polymer composite. Journal of Materials Science. 39(5). 1703–1710. 575 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berfield, Thomas A., et al.. (2003). Residual Stress Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films. MRS Proceedings. 784. 5 indexed citations

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Shrotriya, Pranav & N. R. Sottos. (1998). Creep and relaxation behavior of woven glass/epoxy substrates for multilayer circuit board applications. Polymer Composites. 19(5). 567–578. 30 indexed citations

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Li, L. & N. R. Sottos. (1996). Measurement of surface displacements in 1-3 and 1-1-3 piezocomposites. Journal of Applied Physics. 79(3). 1707–1712. 8 indexed citations

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