W. van Megen

9.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

W. van Megen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, W. van Megen has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Materials Chemistry, 65 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 22 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in W. van Megen's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (86 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (62 papers) and Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials (21 papers). W. van Megen is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (86 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (62 papers) and Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials (21 papers). W. van Megen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany. W. van Megen's co-authors include P. N. Pusey, Ian K. Snook, S. M. Underwood, Stephen R. Williams, Gary Bryant, T. C. Mortensen, Bruce J. Ackerson, Jürgen Müller, Paul D. Bartlett and Stuart Henderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

W. van Megen

109 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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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.

Phase behaviour of concentrated suspensions of nearly hard colloidal spheres

1986 1.7k citations W. van Megen et al. profile →
Dynamic light scattering by non-ergodic media

1989 502 citations W. van Megen et al. profile →
Observation of a glass transition in suspensions of spherical colloidal particles

1987 445 citations W. van Megen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Structure of crystals of hard colloidal spheres

1989 408 citations W. van Megen, Bruce J. Ackerson 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
W. van Megen Australia	39	6.1k	2.7k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	110	7.9k
P. Tartaglia Italy	47	6.5k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	632 0.6×	196	8.4k
Jean-Pierre Hansen France	38	4.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	124	7.6k
Bruce J. Ackerson United States	41	3.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	955 0.8×	902 0.8×	114	5.9k
P. Tarazona Spain	44	4.4k 0.7×	3.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	707 0.6×	554 0.5×	156	7.8k
Christos N. Likos Germany	50	6.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	2.5k 2.0×	1.4k 1.2×	253	9.4k
D. Levesque France	49	3.1k 0.5×	2.8k 1.0×	3.0k 2.1×	565 0.5×	799 0.7×	127	7.3k
G. P. Johari Canada	54	11.2k 1.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	449	14.8k
Sow‐Hsin Chen United States	42	4.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	1.9k 1.5×	707 0.6×	160	7.6k
Yaakov Rosenfeld Israel	33	4.0k 0.6×	3.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	643 0.5×	692 0.6×	108	6.3k
Andrew B. Schofield United Kingdom	39	6.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	424 0.4×	94	8.1k

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Megen, W. van & Hans Joachim Schöpe. (2020). Entropic Identification of the First Order Freezing Transition of a Suspension of Hard Sphere Particles. Physical Review Letters. 124(20). 205701–205701. 1 indexed citations

Martinez, Vincent A., Emanuela Zaccarelli, Eduardo Sanz, Chantal Valeriani, & W. van Megen. (2014). Exposing a dynamical signature of the freezing transition through the sound propagation gap. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5503–5503. 8 indexed citations

Megen, W. van, Vincent A. Martinez, & Gary Bryant. (2009). Arrest of Flow and Emergence of Activated Processes at the Glass Transition of a Suspension of Particles with Hard Spherelike Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 102(16). 168301–168301. 21 indexed citations

Martinez, Vincent A., Gary Bryant, & W. van Megen. (2008). Slow Dynamics and Aging of a Colloidal Hard Sphere Glass. Physical Review Letters. 101(13). 135702–135702. 38 indexed citations

Megen, W. van. (2007). Comparison of dynamic light scattering measurements and mode-coupling theory for the tagged particle dynamics of a hard-sphere suspension. Physical Review E. 76(6). 61401–61401. 14 indexed citations

Schöpe, Hans Joachim, Gary Bryant, & W. van Megen. (2006). Small changes in particle-size distribution dramatically delay and enhance nucleation in hard sphere colloidal suspensions. Physical Review E. 74(6). 60401–60401. 31 indexed citations

Megen, W. van. (2006). Random-walk analysis of displacement statistics of particles in concentrated suspensions of hard spheres. Physical Review E. 73(1). 11401–11401. 8 indexed citations

Megen, W. van. (2006). Dynamical perspective of the freezing transition of a suspension of hard spheres from the velocity autocorrelation function. Physical Review E. 73(2). 20503–20503. 14 indexed citations

Williams, Stephen R., Peter McGlynn, Gary Bryant, Ian K. Snook, & W. van Megen. (2006). Dynamical signatures of freezing: Stable fluids, metastable fluids, and crystals. Physical Review E. 74(3). 31204–31204. 10 indexed citations

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Martı́n, S. Garcı́a, Gary Bryant, & W. van Megen. (2005). Crystallization kinetics of polydisperse colloidal hard spheres. II. Binary mixtures. Physical Review E. 71(2). 21404–21404. 35 indexed citations

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Megen, W. van, T. C. Mortensen, & Gary Bryant. (2005). Change in relaxation scenario at the order-disorder transition of a colloidal fluid of hard spheres seen from the Gaussian limit of the self-intermediate scattering function. Physical Review E. 72(3). 31402–31402. 20 indexed citations

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Martı́n, S. Garcı́a, Gary Bryant, & W. van Megen. (2003). Crystallization kinetics of polydisperse colloidal hard spheres: Experimental evidence for local fractionation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(6). 61405–61405. 50 indexed citations

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Bryant, Gary, et al.. (2003). Observation of a Smecticlike Crystalline Structure in Polydisperse Colloids. Physical Review Letters. 90(25). 255702–255702. 22 indexed citations

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Williams, Stephen R., Ian K. Snook, & W. van Megen. (2001). Molecular dynamics study of the stability of the hard sphere glass. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(2). 21506–21506. 74 indexed citations

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Williams, Stephen R. & W. van Megen. (2001). Motions in binary mixtures of hard colloidal spheres: Melting of the glass. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(4). 41502–41502. 73 indexed citations

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Ackerson, Bruce J., et al.. (1999). Crystallization by settling in suspensions of hard spheres. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(6). 6903–6913. 45 indexed citations

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Megen, W. van & S. M. Underwood. (1994). The glass transition in colloidal hard spheres. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 6(23A). A181–A186. 13 indexed citations

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Snook, Ian K. & W. van Megen. (1984). A simple model for the interpretation of static structure factors of ion-exchanged latex suspensions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 102(2). 446–452. 4 indexed citations

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Tricot, Yves M., D. Neil Furlong, W. H. F. Sasse, et al.. (1984). Dihexadecylphosphate vesicle dispersions—preparation, physical properties, and interactions with cationic components used in the solar photolysis of water. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 97(2). 380–391. 22 indexed citations

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Megen, W. van & Ian K. Snook. (1978). Statistical mechanical approach to phase transitions in colloids. Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. 65. 92–92. 28 indexed citations

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