Ward Lopes

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ward Lopes is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Lopes has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Ward Lopes's work include Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (6 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (5 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (5 papers). Ward Lopes is often cited by papers focused on Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (6 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (5 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (5 papers). Ward Lopes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Ward Lopes's co-authors include Heinrich M. Jaeger, David Luebke, Terry L. Morkved, S. J. Sibener, Jong‐in Hahm, Peter Shirley, Kaan Akşit, Robert W. Zehner, Lawrence R. Sita and Jonghyun Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ward Lopes

17 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Hierarchical self-assembly of metal nanostructures on diblock copolymer scaffolds

2001 750 citations Ward Lopes, Heinrich M. Jaeger Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ward Lopes United States	11	879	387	285	284	267	18	1.5k
Friedrich‐Karl Bruder Germany	18	413 0.5×	142 0.4×	156 0.5×	252 0.9×	112 0.4×	46	1.2k
Sheng Xu China	20	585 0.7×	35 0.1×	180 0.6×	83 0.3×	60 0.2×	83	1.2k
Ruidong Zhu United States	18	787 0.9×	21 0.1×	161 0.6×	118 0.4×	34 0.1×	35	1.4k
Ping Xu China	22	585 0.7×	62 0.2×	348 1.2×	72 0.3×	101 0.4×	88	1.7k
Karthik Kumar United States	15	364 0.4×	125 0.3×	1.6k 5.4×	66 0.2×	304 1.1×	30	2.5k
Yi‐Fen Lan Taiwan	18	363 0.4×	38 0.1×	188 0.7×	93 0.3×	11 0.0×	45	1.1k
Seppo Honkanen Finland	30	681 0.8×	29 0.1×	593 2.1×	87 0.3×	403 1.5×	235	3.2k
Yan‐Hao Yu China	20	265 0.3×	35 0.1×	1.0k 3.5×	34 0.1×	264 1.0×	68	1.6k
Ray Jia Hong Ng Singapore	17	295 0.3×	46 0.1×	577 2.0×	45 0.2×	70 0.3×	27	1.2k
Chia‐Rong Lee Taiwan	22	488 0.6×	58 0.1×	255 0.9×	104 0.4×	38 0.1×	79	1.6k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Kim, Jonghyun, Manu Gopakumar, Suyeon Choi, et al.. (2022). Holographic Glasses for Virtual Reality. 1–9. 22 indexed citations

Pharr, Matt, et al.. (2020). Practical Product Sampling by Fitting and Composing Warps. Computer Graphics Forum. 39(4). 149–158. 5 indexed citations

Kim, Jonghyun, Youngmo Jeong, Michael Stengel, et al.. (2019). Foveated AR. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 38(4). 1–15. 115 indexed citations

Kim, Jonghyun, Michael Stengel, Josef Spjut, et al.. (2019). Matching prescription & visual acuity. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

Akşit, Kaan, Ward Lopes, Jonghyun Kim, Peter Shirley, & David Luebke. (2017). Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 36(6). 1–13. 105 indexed citations

Cox, Rónadh, et al.. (2017). Quantitative roundness analysis of coastal boulder deposits. Marine Geology. 396. 114–141. 29 indexed citations

Shi, Liang, Fu‐Chung Huang, Ward Lopes, Wojciech Matusik, & David Luebke. (2017). Near-eye light field holographic rendering with spherical waves for wide field of view interactive 3D computer graphics. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 36(6). 1–17. 86 indexed citations

Akşit, Kaan, Ward Lopes, Jonghyun Kim, et al.. (2017). Varifocal virtuality. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 1–2. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Ruobing, Eli Rothenberg, Gilbert O. Fruhwirth, et al.. (2011). Two-Photon 3D FIONA of Individual Quantum Dots in an Aqueous Environment. Nano Letters. 11(10). 4074–4078. 37 indexed citations

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Yufa, Nataliya A., Stephanie L. Fronk, Sandra J. Rosenthal, et al.. (2010). Self-assembled monolayer-modified block copolymers for chemical surface nanopatterning. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 125(3). 382–385. 2 indexed citations

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Lopes, Ward. (2009). Laser Tweezers and Holographic Optical Trapping. Optics and Photonics News. 20(7). 30–30.

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Lopes, Ward. (2002). Nonequilibrium self-assembly of metals on diblock copolymer templates. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(3). 31606–31606. 72 indexed citations

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Lopes, Ward & Heinrich M. Jaeger. (2001). Hierarchical self-assembly of metal nanostructures on diblock copolymer scaffolds. Nature. 414(6865). 735–738. 750 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zehner, Robert W., Ward Lopes, Terry L. Morkved, Heinrich M. Jaeger, & Lawrence R. Sita. (1998). Selective Decoration of a Phase-Separated Diblock Copolymer with Thiol-Passivated Gold Nanocrystals. Langmuir. 14(2). 241–244. 121 indexed citations

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Hahm, Jong‐in, Ward Lopes, Heinrich M. Jaeger, & S. J. Sibener. (1998). Defect evolution in ultrathin films of polystyrene-block-polymethylmethacrylate diblock copolymers observed by atomic force microscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 109(23). 10111–10114. 82 indexed citations

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Morkved, Terry L., Ward Lopes, Jong‐in Hahm, S. J. Sibener, & Heinrich M. Jaeger. (1998). Silicon nitride membrane substrates for the investigation of local structure in polymer thin films. Polymer. 39(16). 3871–3875. 70 indexed citations

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Zehner, Robert W., Ward Lopes, Terry L. Morkved, Heinrich M. Jaeger, & Lawrence R. Sita. (1998). %Selective Decoration of a Phase-Separated Diblock Copolymer with Thiol-Passivated Gold Nanocrystals. Langmuir. 14(7). 1942–1942. 3 indexed citations

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Lopes, Ward, et al.. (1993). Intensity autocorrelation measurements of an AlGaAs diode laser. Optics Letters. 18(10). 820–820. 3 indexed citations

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