Noel A. Clark

34.6k citations

612 papers · 28.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 82

Impact in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.02%
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Spectroscopy top 0.05%
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality

Papers in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 371
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements 368
Spectroscopy 116
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality 107

Co-authors: S. T. Lagerwall David M. Walba Joseph E. Maclennan Bruce J. Ackerson Matthew A. Glaser Eva Körblová Renfan Shao Mark A. Handschy
Journals: Physical Review Letters (66 papers)Liquid Crystals (46 papers)Applied Physics Letters (38 papers)Science (20 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (20 papers)
Partner nations: United States Sweden United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Noel A. Clark

603 papers receiving 27.2k citations

Hit Papers

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First-principles experimental demonstration of ferroelectricity in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal: Polar domains and striking electro-optics 2020 · 303 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 Science
1987 Physical Review Letters
1980 Applied Physics Letters

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1	The proportion of common pheasants shot using lead shotgun ammunition in Britain has barely changed over five years of voluntary efforts to switch from lead to non-lead ammunition Durham Research Online (Durham University) ·Rhys E. Green, Mark A. Taggart, Deborah J. Pain, Noel A. Clark, Ruth Cromie, Stephen G. Dodd, Bob Elliot, Row M.W. Green, L.R. Greenwood, Brian Huntley, Roderick Leslie, Richard H. Porter, Mike Price, Jade Roberts, R. A. Robinson, Ken W. Smith, Linda Smith, Jonathan Spencer, David A. Stroud, Thomas Thompson	2025	0
2	Sampling of red grouse carcasses in Britain indicates no progress during an intended five-year voluntary transition from lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition Rhys E. Green, Mark A. Taggart, Deborah J. Pain, Ilgaz Cakin, Noel A. Clark, Ruth Cromie, L.R. Greenwood, Maider Guiu, Richard Porter, Ken W. Smith, Linda Smith, Jeremy D. Wilson	2025	0
3	Thermotropic reentrant isotropic symmetry and induced smectic antiferroelectricity in the ferroelectric nematic material RM734 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xi Chen, Min Shuai, Bingchen Zhong, Vikina Martinez, Eva Körblová, Matthew A. Glaser, Joseph E. Maclennan, David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark	2025	2
4	Nonlinear geometric phase coded ferroelectric nematic fluids for nonlinear soft-matter photonics Nature Communications ·Jintao Pan, Bo-Han Zhu, Lingling Ma, Wei Chen, Guangyang Zhang, Jie Tang, Yuan Liu, Yang Wei, Chao Zhang, Zhi‐Han Zhu, Wen-Guo Zhu, Guixin Li, Yanqing Lu, Noel A. Clark	2024	38
5	Dielectric spectroscopy of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals: Measuring the capacitance of insulating interfacial layers Physical Review Research ·Noel A. Clark, Xi Chen, Joseph E. Maclennan, Matthew A. Glaser	2024	41
6	Topological defect coarsening in quenched smectic-C films analyzed using artificial neural networks Physical review. E ·Ravin Chowdhury, Adam A. S. Green, Cheol S. Park, Joseph E. Maclennan, Noel A. Clark	2023	4
7	Evaluating the Impact of Headstarting on the Critically Endangered Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea Diversity ·Egor Y. Loktionov, Roland A. Digby, Nickolay N. Yakushev, Ivan Shepelev, Jodie P. Clements, Pavel S. Tomkovich, Nigel S. Jarrett, Noel A. Clark, Rhys E. Green, Elena G. Lappo, Evgeny E. Syroechkovskiy	2023	3
8	Fluid superscreening and polarization following in confined ferroelectric nematics Nature Physics ·Federico Caimi, Giovanni Nava, Susanna Fuschetto, L. Lucchetti, Petra Paiè, Roberto Osellame, Xi Chen, Noel A. Clark, Matthew A. Glaser, Tommaso Bellini	2023	43
9	Estimating recruitment rate and population dynamics at a migratory stopover site using an integrated population model Ecosphere ·Anna M. Tucker, Conor P. McGowan, Bryan L. Nuse, James E. Lyons, Clinton T. Moore, David R. Smith, John A. Sweka, Kristen A. Anstead, Audrey DeRose‐Wilson, Noel A. Clark	2023	5
10	Understanding and Manipulating Helical Nanofilaments in Binary Systems with Achiral Dopants Nano Letters ·Yu Cao, Tianyi Tan, David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark, Goran Ungar, Chenhui Zhu, Lei Zhang, Feng Liu	2022	6
11	Ideal mixing of paraelectric and ferroelectric nematic phases in liquid crystals of distinct molecular species Liquid Crystals ·Xi Chen, Zhecong Zhu, Mitchell J. Magrini, Eva Körblová, Cheol S. Park, Matthew A. Glaser, Joseph E. Maclennan, David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark	2022	50
12	Explosive electrostatic instability of ferroelectric liquid droplets on ferroelectric solid surfaces Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Raouf Barboza, Stefano Marni, Fabrizio Ciciulla, Farooq Ali Mir, Giovanni Nava, Federico Caimi, Annamaria Zaltron, Noel A. Clark, Tommaso Bellini, L. Lucchetti	2022	43
13	Coalescence of islands in freely suspended smectic films Physical Review Research ·Zoom Nguyen, Kirsten Harth, Aaron M. Goldfain, C. S. Park, Joseph E. Maclennan, Matthew A. Glaser, Noel A. Clark	2021	11
14	Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain Durham Research Online (Durham University) ·Rhys E. Green, Mark A. Taggart, Deborah J. Pain, Noel A. Clark, Louise Clewley, Ruth Cromie, Bob Elliot, Rosalind Green, Brian Huntley, Jacqui Huntley, Roderick Leslie, Richard H. Porter, James A. Robinson, Ken W. Smith, Jonathan Spencer, David A. Stroud	2021	14
15	Polar in-plane surface orientation of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal: Polar monodomains and twisted state electro-optics Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xi Chen, Eva Körblová, Matthew A. Glaser, Joseph E. Maclennan, David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark	2021	106
16	Surface alignment of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals Soft Matter ·Federico Caimi, Giovanni Nava, Raouf Barboza, Noel A. Clark, Eva Körblová, David M. Walba, Tommaso Bellini, L. Lucchetti	2021	63
17	Structure and dynamics of a two-dimensional colloid of liquid droplets Soft Matter ·Christoph Klopp, Torsten Trittel, Alexey Eremin, Kirsten Harth, Ralf Stannarius, Cheol S. Park, Joseph E. Maclennan, Noel A. Clark	2019	10
18	Ionic transport effects in SSFLC cells Ferroelectrics ·Zhong Zou, Noel A. Clark, Mark A. Handschy	1991	40
19	Design and synthesis of ferroelectric liquid crystals. 15. ¹ FLC materials for nonlinear optics applications Ferroelectrics ·David M. Walba, M. Blanca Ros, Teresa Sierra, James A. Rego, Noel A. Clark, Renfan Shao, Michael Wand, Rohini T. Vohra, K. Arnett, Stephan P. Velsco	1991	44
20	Physics of complex and supermolecular fluids S. A. Safran, Noel A. Clark, Supermolecular Fluids	1987	246

About Noel A. Clark

Noel A. Clark is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, having authored 612 papers that have together received 28.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (368 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (107 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (98 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (77 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (67 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (61 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (54 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (45 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (17.0k citations), Spectroscopy (5.4k citations), Organic Chemistry (7.0k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (7.1k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (1.5k citations). Noel A. Clark has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include S. T. Lagerwall, David M. Walba, Joseph E. Maclennan, Bruce J. Ackerson, Matthew A. Glaser, Eva Körblová, Renfan Shao, Mark A. Handschy, Tommaso Bellini and Darren R. Link. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Liquid Crystals, Applied Physics Letters, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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