T. C. Lubensky

30.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
278 papers, 24.0k citations indexed

About

T. C. Lubensky is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, T. C. Lubensky has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 24.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 106 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 89 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in T. C. Lubensky's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (104 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (96 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (62 papers). T. C. Lubensky is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (104 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (96 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (62 papers). T. C. Lubensky collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. T. C. Lubensky's co-authors include P. M. Chaikin, Holger Stark, C. L. Kane, F. C. MacKintosh, A. B. Harris, David A. Weitz, Arjun G. Yodh, B. I. Halperin, Jing-Huei Chen and Joel Isaacson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

T. C. Lubensky

277 papers receiving 23.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Principles of Condensed Matter Physics

1995 2.5k citations T. C. Lubensky et al. profile →
Nonlinear elasticity in biological gels

2005 1.3k citations F. C. MacKintosh, T. C. Lubensky et al. profile →
Novel Colloidal Interactions in Anisotropic Fluids

1997 1.0k citations Holger Stark, T. C. Lubensky et al. Science profile →
First-Order Phase Transitions in Superconductors and Smectic-ALiquid Crystals

1974 736 citations T. C. Lubensky et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Topological boundary modes in isostatic lattices

2013 581 citations T. C. Lubensky et al. profile →
Topological defects and interactions in nematic emulsions

1998 501 citations T. C. Lubensky, Holger Stark et al. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
Elasticity and Dislocations in Pentagonal and Icosahedral Quasicrystals

1985 393 citations T. C. Lubensky et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
T. C. Lubensky United States	78	7.9k	7.4k	7.2k	6.9k	3.6k	278	24.0k
P. M. Chaikin United States	77	13.6k 1.7×	7.4k 1.0×	5.9k 0.8×	5.8k 0.8×	5.1k 1.4×	310	26.7k
Thomas A. Witten United States	49	11.5k 1.5×	6.3k 0.8×	4.1k 0.6×	2.6k 0.4×	7.7k 2.1×	157	32.5k
Jacques Prost France	74	5.3k 0.7×	7.8k 1.1×	7.1k 1.0×	10.9k 1.6×	6.8k 1.9×	239	32.6k
S. F. Edwards United Kingdom	59	9.9k 1.3×	5.4k 0.7×	4.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.2×	4.9k 1.4×	257	25.8k
Gary S. Grest United States	87	16.0k 2.0×	5.3k 0.7×	6.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.2×	5.4k 1.5×	449	31.5k
Sidney R. Nagel United States	80	15.5k 2.0×	5.2k 0.7×	3.2k 0.4×	2.6k 0.4×	7.1k 1.9×	247	34.6k
Salvatore Torquato United States	92	11.9k 1.5×	4.8k 0.7×	3.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.2×	5.2k 1.4×	417	30.4k
Daan Frenkel Netherlands	101	27.3k 3.5×	7.6k 1.0×	9.0k 1.3×	5.5k 0.8×	13.7k 3.8×	505	48.9k
Frank H. Stillinger United States	90	22.7k 2.9×	8.0k 1.1×	12.6k 1.8×	2.0k 0.3×	8.4k 2.3×	400	40.3k
Steve Granick United States	82	10.2k 1.3×	3.3k 0.4×	5.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.2×	6.1k 1.7×	340	23.2k

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Orth, Peter P., et al.. (2022). Emergent Potts Order in a Coupled Hexatic-Nematic XY model. Physical Review X. 12(1). 13 indexed citations

Lubensky, T. C., et al.. (2021). Odd Viscosity in Active Matter: Microscopic Origin and 3D Effects. Physical Review Letters. 127(4). 48001–48001. 60 indexed citations

Lubensky, T. C., et al.. (2020). Odd viscosity in active materials: microscopic origin and 3D effects. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Stenull, Olaf, et al.. (2020). Multifunctional twisted kagome lattices: Tuning by pruning mechanical metamaterials. Physical review. E. 101(6). 63001–63001. 14 indexed citations

Rocklin, D. Zeb, et al.. (2015). Origins of topological bulk modes in isostatic lattices. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Kai, Anton Souslov, Xiaoming Mao, & T. C. Lubensky. (2012). Surface phonons, elastic response, and conformal invariance in twisted kagome lattices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(31). 12369–12374. 165 indexed citations

Mao, Xiaoming, Olaf Stenull, T. C. Lubensky, Chase P. Broedersz, & F. C. MacKintosh. (2011). Criticality and isostaticity in fiber networks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 2 indexed citations

Lynch, Jennifer M., Peter J. Yunker, Zexin Zhang, et al.. (2010). Glassy dynamics of geometrically frustrated colloidal system. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Nordstrom, Kerstin, Emilie Verneuil, Wouter G. Ellenbroek, et al.. (2010). Centrifugal compression of soft particle packings: Theory and experiment. Physical Review E. 82(4). 41403–41403. 25 indexed citations

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DiDonna, B. A., et al.. (2009). Simulations and electrical conductivity of percolated networks of finite rods with various degrees of axial alignment. Physical Review B. 79(2). 139 indexed citations

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DiDonna, B. A., et al.. (2005). Nonaffinity and nonlinearity in random elastic networks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 3 indexed citations

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Stark, Holger & T. C. Lubensky. (2005). Poisson bracket approach to the dynamics of nematic liquid crystals: The role of spin angular momentum. Physical Review E. 72(5). 51714–51714. 25 indexed citations

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DiDonna, B. A. & T. C. Lubensky. (2005). Nonaffine correlations in random elastic media. Physical Review E. 72(6). 66619–66619. 145 indexed citations

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Dogic, Zvonimir, J. Zhang, A. W. C. Lau, et al.. (2004). Elongation and Fluctuations of Semiflexible Polymers in a Nematic Solvent. Physical Review Letters. 92(12). 125503–125503. 64 indexed citations

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Islam, Mohammad F., Keng-hui Lin, David Lacoste, T. C. Lubensky, & Arjun G. Yodh. (2003). Field-induced structures in miscible ferrofluid suspensions with and without latex spheres. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(2). 21402–21402. 87 indexed citations

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Levine, Alex J. & T. C. Lubensky. (2001). Two-point microrheology and the electrostatic analogy. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(1). 11501–11501. 68 indexed citations

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Ramos, Laurence, T. C. Lubensky, Nily Dan, Philip Nelson, & David A. Weitz. (1999). Surfactant-Mediated Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Colloidal Crystals. Science. 286(5448). 2325–2328. 109 indexed citations

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Kamien, Randall D. & T. C. Lubensky. (1996). Chiral Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: TGB Phases and Helicoidal Structures. 5 indexed citations

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Aronovitz, Joseph A. & T. C. Lubensky. (1987). ε-Expansion for Self-Avoiding Tethered Surfaces of Fractional Dimension. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 4(4). 395–401. 53 indexed citations

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Lubensky, T. C. & Jiang Wang. (1986). Percolation conductivity exponenttto second order inε=6-d. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 33(7). 4998–5009. 23 indexed citations

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