Paul J. Ackerman

1.8k total citations
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Ackerman is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Ackerman has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Ackerman's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (17 papers), Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (6 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (6 papers). Paul J. Ackerman is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (17 papers), Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (6 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (6 papers). Paul J. Ackerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Paul J. Ackerman's co-authors include Ivan I. Smalyukh, Jao van de Lagemaat, Jung‐Shen B. Tai, Qingkun Liu, Mark R. Dennis, David Foster, Rahul Trivedi, Bohdan Senyuk, Randall D. Kamien and Gareth P. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Ackerman

25 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul J. Ackerman United States 20 842 666 322 313 221 25 1.4k
Natan Osterman Slovenia 21 949 1.1× 615 0.9× 584 1.8× 607 1.9× 416 1.9× 47 1.9k
Jean-Philippe Michel France 13 346 0.4× 932 1.4× 146 0.5× 250 0.8× 66 0.3× 35 1.4k
Jurij Kotar United Kingdom 22 186 0.2× 272 0.4× 456 1.4× 463 1.5× 128 0.6× 51 1.4k
Krishna Neupane Canada 24 271 0.3× 683 1.0× 174 0.5× 77 0.2× 54 0.2× 45 1.8k
Kohei Ueda Japan 17 657 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 90 0.3× 521 1.7× 57 0.3× 44 1.9k
R. D. Gomez United States 20 555 0.7× 723 1.1× 263 0.8× 308 1.0× 88 0.4× 82 1.3k
F. A. B. F. de Moura Brazil 22 122 0.1× 1.5k 2.3× 249 0.8× 545 1.7× 88 0.4× 127 2.3k
H. Yamada Japan 30 1.9k 2.2× 978 1.5× 68 0.2× 1.7k 5.5× 206 0.9× 139 3.5k
Chong Lei China 20 235 0.3× 442 0.7× 590 1.8× 39 0.1× 416 1.9× 87 1.3k
Rastko Sknepnek United States 25 294 0.3× 196 0.3× 271 0.8× 594 1.9× 178 0.8× 51 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul J. Ackerman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foster, David, et al.. (2019). Two-dimensional skyrmion bags in liquid crystals and ferromagnets. Nature Physics. 15(7). 655–659. 176 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., et al.. (2018). Dynamics of topological solitons, knotted streamlines, and transport of cargo in liquid crystals. Physical review. E. 97(5). 52701–52701. 34 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., et al.. (2017). Optical patterning and dynamics of torons and hopfions in a chiral nematic with photo-tunable equilibrium pitch. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., et al.. (2017). Squirming motion of baby skyrmions in nematic fluids. Nature Communications. 8(1). 673–673. 70 indexed citations
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Wong‐Ng, W., Igor Levin, Paul J. Ackerman, et al.. (2016). X-ray diffraction and density functional theory studies of R (Fe 0.5 Co 0.5 )O 3 ( R = Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd). Powder Diffraction. 31(4). 259–266. 5 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J. & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2016). Static three-dimensional topological solitons in fluid chiral ferromagnets and colloids. Nature Materials. 16(4). 426–432. 133 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J. & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2016). Reversal of helicoidal twist handedness near point defects of confined chiral liquid crystals. Physical review. E. 93(5). 52702–52702. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingkun, Paul J. Ackerman, T. C. Lubensky, & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2016). Biaxial ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(38). 10479–10484. 69 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., et al.. (2015). Topology and self-assembly of defect-colloidal superstructure in confined chiral nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review E. 91(1). 12501–12501. 24 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., Jao van de Lagemaat, & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2015). Self-assembly and electrostriction of arrays and chains of hopfion particles in chiral liquid crystals. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6012–6012. 86 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiaoxuan, Paul J. Ackerman, Qingkun Liu, & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2015). Ferromagnetic Switching of Knotted Vector Fields in Liquid Crystal Colloids. Physical Review Letters. 115(9). 97802–97802. 59 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., Haridas Mundoor, Ivan I. Smalyukh, & Jao van de Lagemaat. (2015). Plasmon–Exciton Interactions Probed Using Spatial Coentrapment of Nanoparticles by Topological Singularities. ACS Nano. 9(12). 12392–12400. 17 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., Rahul Trivedi, Bohdan Senyuk, Jao van de Lagemaat, & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2014). Two-dimensional skyrmions and other solitonic structures in confinement-frustrated chiral nematics. Physical Review E. 90(1). 12505–12505. 105 indexed citations
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Porenta, Tine, Simon Čopar, Paul J. Ackerman, et al.. (2014). Topological Switching and Orbiting Dynamics of Colloidal Spheres Dressed with Chiral Nematic Solitons. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7337–7337. 26 indexed citations
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Chen, Bryan Gin–ge, Paul J. Ackerman, Gareth P. Alexander, Randall D. Kamien, & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2013). Generating the Hopf Fibration Experimentally in Nematic Liquid Crystals. Physical Review Letters. 110(23). 237801–237801. 89 indexed citations
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Evans, Julian, Paul J. Ackerman, Dirk J. Broer, Jao van de Lagemaat, & Ivan I. Smalyukh. (2013). Optical generation, templating, and polymerization of three-dimensional arrays of liquid-crystal defects decorated by plasmonic nanoparticles. Physical Review E. 87(3). 50 indexed citations
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Smalyukh, Ivan I., Aliaksandr V. Kachynski, Andrey N. Kuzmin, et al.. (2012). Optically generated reconfigurable photonic structures of elastic quasiparticles in frustrated cholesteric liquid crystals. Optics Express. 20(7). 6870–6870. 28 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., et al.. (2012). Laser-directed hierarchical assembly of liquid crystal defects and control of optical phase singularities. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 414–414. 45 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Paul J., et al.. (2010). Optically generated adaptive localized structures in confined chiral liquid crystals doped with fullerene. Applied Physics Letters. 97(20). 24 indexed citations

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