Tim Still

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Tim Still is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Still has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Tim Still's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (26 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (7 papers) and Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (6 papers). Tim Still is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (26 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (7 papers) and Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (6 papers). Tim Still collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Tim Still's co-authors include Arjun G. Yodh, Peter J. Yunker, Matthew Lohr, George Fytas, M. D. Ediger, Zoey S. Davidson, Kevin B. Aptowicz, Markus Retsch, G. Fytas and Ulrich Jonas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Tim Still

42 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Suppression of the coffee-ring effect by shape-dependent capillary interactions

2011 1.3k citations Peter J. Yunker, Tim Still et al. Nature profile →
Surfactant-Induced Marangoni Eddies Alter the Coffee-Rings of Evaporating Colloidal Drops

2012 377 citations Tim Still, Peter J. Yunker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Still United States	23	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	534	512	42	3.2k
J. Alexander Liddle United States	30	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	477 0.9×	165 0.3×	156	3.3k
Zhengdong Cheng United States	36	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.7×	1.9k 1.5×	441 0.8×	324 0.6×	105	4.3k
Johannes Boneberg Germany	26	820 0.6×	899 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	752 1.4×	714 1.4×	112	3.1k
Matthew Lohr United States	11	1.0k 0.7×	603 0.5×	680 0.6×	278 0.5×	405 0.8×	18	1.9k
Markus Retsch Germany	29	778 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	735 1.4×	146 0.3×	107	3.5k
Ronald L. Jones United States	32	721 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	874 0.7×	197 0.4×	240 0.5×	123	3.0k
James N. Hilfiker United States	24	966 0.7×	763 0.6×	522 0.4×	379 0.7×	207 0.4×	79	2.0k
M. Rothschild United States	29	1.3k 0.9×	943 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	393 0.7×	513 1.0×	172	2.8k
Ludovico Cademartiri United States	31	1.8k 1.3×	2.5k 2.1×	1.4k 1.2×	597 1.1×	103 0.2×	69	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Still

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Still

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Still

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Still. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Still based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tim Still. Tim Still is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Peng, Yi, et al.. (2023). In situ observation of coalescence of nuclei in colloidal crystal-crystal transitions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4905–4905. 7 indexed citations

Cang, Yu, R. Sainidou, Pascal Rembert, et al.. (2022). Origin of the Acoustic Bandgaps in Hypersonic Colloidal Phononics: The Role of the Elastic Impedance. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(34). 6575–6584. 3 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaoguang, Zoey S. Davidson, Tim Still, et al.. (2019). Heterogeneous Activation, Local Structure, and Softness in Supercooled Colloidal Liquids. Physical Review Letters. 122(2). 28001–28001. 44 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaoguang, et al.. (2016). Vibrational properties of quasi-two-dimensional colloidal glasses with varying interparticle attraction. Physical review. E. 94(4). 42606–42606. 9 indexed citations

Gharbi, Mohamed Amine, Matthew Lohr, Tim Still, et al.. (2016). Dynamics of ordered colloidal particle monolayers at nematic liquid crystal interfaces. Soft Matter. 12(21). 4715–4724. 7 indexed citations

Still, Tim, et al.. (2016). Tunable depletion potentials driven by shape variation of surfactant micelles. Physical review. E. 93(5). 50601–50601. 15 indexed citations

Dreyfus, Rémi, Ye Xu, Tim Still, et al.. (2015). Diagnosing hyperuniformity in two-dimensional, disordered, jammed packings of soft spheres. Physical Review E. 91(1). 12302–12302. 79 indexed citations

Davidson, Zoey S., Louis Kang, Joonwoo Jeong, et al.. (2015). Chiral structures and defects of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals induced by saddle-splay elasticity. Physical Review E. 91(5). 50501–50501. 79 indexed citations

Yunker, Peter J., et al.. (2014). Physics in ordered and disordered colloidal matter composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel particles. Reports on Progress in Physics. 77(5). 56601–56601. 119 indexed citations

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Basu, Anindita, Ye Xu, Tim Still, et al.. (2014). Rheology of soft colloids across the onset of rigidity: scaling behavior, thermal, and non-thermal responses. Soft Matter. 10(17). 3027–3027. 61 indexed citations

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Yunker, Peter J., Matthew Lohr, Tim Still, et al.. (2013). Effects of Particle Shape on Growth Dynamics at Edges of Evaporating Drops of Colloidal Suspensions. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 2013. 3 indexed citations

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Still, Tim, Ke Chen, Ahmed AlSayed, Kevin B. Aptowicz, & Arjun G. Yodh. (2013). Synthesis of micrometer-size poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel particles with homogeneous crosslinker density and diameter control. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 405. 96–102. 91 indexed citations

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Yunker, Peter J., Matthew Lohr, Tim Still, et al.. (2013). Effects of Particle Shape on Growth Dynamics at Edges of Evaporating Drops of Colloidal Suspensions. Physical Review Letters. 110(3). 35501–35501. 128 indexed citations

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Chen, Ke, Tim Still, Kevin B. Aptowicz, et al.. (2012). Phonons in pristine and imperfect two-dimensional soft colloidal crystals. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Yunker, Peter J., et al.. (2012). Influence of Particle Shape on Bending Rigidity of Colloidal Monolayer Membranes and Particle Deposition during Droplet Evaporation in Confined Geometries. Physical Review Letters. 108(22). 228303–228303. 32 indexed citations

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Still, Tim, G. Gantzounis, Dale A. Kiefer, et al.. (2011). Collective Hypersonic Excitations in Strongly Multiple Scattering Colloids. Physical Review Letters. 106(17). 175505–175505. 18 indexed citations

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Yunker, Peter J., Tim Still, Matthew Lohr, & Arjun G. Yodh. (2011). Suppression of the coffee-ring effect by shape-dependent capillary interactions. Nature. 476(7360). 308–311. 1326 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kearns, Kenneth L., Tim Still, George Fytas, & M. D. Ediger. (2009). High‐Modulus Organic Glasses Prepared by Physical Vapor Deposition. Advanced Materials. 22(1). 39–42. 107 indexed citations

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Still, Tim, Maria D’Acunzi, Doris Vollmer, & George Fytas. (2009). Mesospheres in nano-armor: Probing the shape-persistence of molten polymer colloids. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 340(1). 42–45. 7 indexed citations

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Still, Tim, Wei Cheng, Markus Retsch, et al.. (2008). Simultaneous Occurrence of Structure-Directed and Particle-Resonance-Induced Phononic Gaps in Colloidal Films. Physical Review Letters. 100(19). 194301–194301. 104 indexed citations

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