W. L. McMillan

15.3k citations

59 papers · 12.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 40

Condensed Matter Physics top 0.05%
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 17
- Theoretical and Computational Physics 13
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.2%
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements 12
- Organic and Molecular Conductors Research 9
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 16
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics 7
Geophysics top 1%
Materials Chemistry top 1%
Spectroscopy
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality 9
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques 7

Co-authors: J. M. Rowell J. M. Mochel Griff L. Bilbro R. N. Bhatt Kuo‐Chung Chu Philip W. Anderson W. L. Feldmann Ho-Fai Cheung
Cited by: Condensed Matter Physics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Journals: Physical Review Letters (7 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (9 papers)Physical review. B, Solid state (11 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

W. L. McMillan

59 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

1976 Physical review. B, Solid state
1972 Physical review. A, General physics
1971 Physical review. A, General physics
1968 Physical Review
1968 Physical Review
1965 Physical Review

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1	Macroscopic renormalization-group study of Anderson localization for noninteracting electrons Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·W. L. McMillan	1985	9
2	Domain-wall renormalization-group study of the three-dimensional random Ising model at finite temperature Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·W. L. McMillan	1985	93
3	Monte Carlo simulation of the two-dimensional random (±J) Ising model Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·W. L. McMillan	1983	76
4	High-resolution ac specific-heat and x-ray investigations of the smectic-F—smectic-Htransition of HBHA Physical review. A, General physics ·Satyendra Kumar,J. D. LeGrange,W. L. McMillan,J. M. Mochel	1982	12
5	Electron Tunneling Experiments on AmorphousGe1−xAux Physical Review Letters ·W. L. McMillan,J. M. Mochel	1981	161
6	Third sound, two-dimensional hydrodynamics, and elementary excitations in very thin helium films Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·J. E. Rutledge,W. L. McMillan,J. M. Mochel,T. E. Washburn	1978	57
7	Theory of nonlinear elastic behavior of nematic liquid crystals near the nematic-smectic-Aphase transition Physical review. A, General physics ·Kuo‐Chung Chu,W. L. McMillan	1977	10
8	Superlattice formation in titanium diselenide Physical review. B, Solid state ·K. C. Woo,F. C. Brown,W. L. McMillan,Rita J. Miller,M. J. Schaffman,M. P. Sears	1976	79
9	Landau theory of the martensitic transition inA−15compounds Physical review. B, Solid state ·R. N. Bhatt,W. L. McMillan	1976	83
10	Time-dependent Laudau theory of charge-density waves in transition-metal dichalcogenides Physical review. B, Solid state ·W. L. McMillan	1975	51
11	Static and dynamic behavior near a second-order smecticA— nematic phase transition by light scattering Physical review. A, General physics ·Kuo‐Chung Chu,W. L. McMillan	1975	40
12	Landau theory of charge-density waves in transition-metal dichalcogenides Physical review. B, Solid state ·W. L. McMillan	1975	378
13	Simple molecular theory of the smecticC,B, andHphases Physical review. A, General physics ·R. J. Meyer,W. L. McMillan	1974	63
14	Time-dependent Landau theory for the smectic-A-nematic phase transition Physical review. A, General physics ·W. L. McMillan	1974	56
15	Measurement of Smectic-A-Phase Order-Parameter Fluctuations near a Second-Order Smectic-A—Nematic-Phase Transition Physical review. A, General physics ·W. L. McMillan	1973	80
16	Tunneling investigation of the proximity effect in thick lead films backed by iron Physica ·J. M. Rowell,W. L. McMillan	1971	3
17	Superconductivity and Lattice Dynamics of White Tin Physical review. B, Solid state ·J. M. Rowell,W. L. McMillan,W. L. Feldmann	1971	32
18	Theory of One-Electron Molecules. I.Li2+ Physical review. A, General physics ·W. L. McMillan	1971	80
19	Quantum Liquids. II. Microscopic Theory of LiquidHe3-He4Mixtures Physical Review ·W. L. McMillan	1969	17
20	Theory of Superconductor—Normal-Metal Interfaces Physical Review ·W. L. McMillan	1968	206

About W. L. McMillan

W. L. McMillan is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 59 papers that have together received 12.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (17 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (16 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (13 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (12 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (9 papers), Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (9 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (7 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (7.0k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (5.0k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (4.5k citations). W. L. McMillan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include J. M. Rowell, J. M. Mochel, Griff L. Bilbro, R. N. Bhatt, Kuo‐Chung Chu, Philip W. Anderson, W. L. Feldmann, Ho-Fai Cheung, R. J. Meyer and Brian W. Dodson. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Physical review. B, Solid state.

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