William R. Heffner

562 total citations
18 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

William R. Heffner is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Heffner has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Materials Chemistry, 7 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in William R. Heffner's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (7 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (4 papers) and Glass properties and applications (4 papers). William R. Heffner is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (7 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (4 papers) and Glass properties and applications (4 papers). William R. Heffner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Germany. William R. Heffner's co-authors include Dwight W. Berreman, Frank S. Bates, Pierre Wiltzius, Himanshu Jain, Rishi Raj, S. Meiboom, M. Sammon, R. Golovchak, O. Shpotyuk and Yan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

William R. Heffner

17 papers receiving 410 citations

Peers

William R. Heffner
Yuan Shen United Kingdom
В. Ф. Шабанов Russia
Ch. Gähwiller Switzerland
M. P. Smayev Russia
А. Л. Толстик Belarus
D. H. Smith United States
L. Lejček Czechia
V. F. Kitaeva Russia
D Stoenescu France
M. Hareng France
Yuan Shen United Kingdom
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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Heffner, William R., et al.. (2017). AC electric field‐induced softening of alkali silicate glasses. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 101(6). 2277–2286. 7 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R.. (2015). A Differential Thermal Analysis Apparatus for Exploring the Glass Transition. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 36–39. 1 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R., et al.. (2015). Electric field-induced softening of alkali silicate glasses. Applied Physics Letters. 107(18). 50 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R., et al.. (2014). Home-built Apparatus for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Glass and Polymer Materials. MRS Proceedings. 1657. 1 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R. & Himanshu Jain. (2014). Low-Cost, Experimental Curriculum in Materials Science Using Candy Glass Part 2: Home-Built Apparatuses. MRS Proceedings. 1657. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2013). Influence of Bi on topological self-organization in arsenic and germanium selenide networks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1(40). 6677–6677. 19 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R. & Himanshu Jain. (2009). Building a Low Cost, Hands-on Learning Curriculum on Glass Science and Engineering using Candy Glass. MRS Proceedings. 1233. 1 indexed citations
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Kovalskiy, A., Jiří Čech, William R. Heffner, et al.. (2009). Chalcogenide glass thin film resists for grayscale lithography. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7273. 72734A–72734A. 6 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R. & A. Robertson. (2002). Wafer level optoelectronic testing for DFB laser diodes. 435–438. 3 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R. & Matthew A. Marcus. (1988). Power law behavior of conductivity in the AOT/dichloroethane system. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 124(2). 617–623. 4 indexed citations
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Wiltzius, Pierre, Frank S. Bates, & William R. Heffner. (1988). Spinodal decomposition in isotopic polymer mixtures. Physical Review Letters. 60(15). 1538–1541. 70 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R., Dwight W. Berreman, G. Butler, & Michael J. Marcus. (1985). A wedge cell characterization method for the bistable cholesteric twist cell. Journal of Applied Physics. 57(10). 4507–4513.
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Heffner, William R.. (1985). Anisotropic Domain Growth in the Bistable Cholesteric Twist Cell. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 130(3-4). 305–319. 1 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R. & Dwight W. Berreman. (1982). Switching characteristics of a bistable cholesteric twist cell. Journal of Applied Physics. 53(12). 8599–8606. 20 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R., et al.. (1982). The Dielectric Constant of a Cy Anophenyl-Thiobenzoate. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 72(9-10). 263–269. 3 indexed citations
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Berreman, Dwight W. & William R. Heffner. (1981). New bistable liquid-crystal twist cell. Journal of Applied Physics. 52(4). 3032–3039. 120 indexed citations
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Berreman, Dwight W. & William R. Heffner. (1980). New bistable cholesteric liquid-crystal display. Applied Physics Letters. 37(1). 109–111. 106 indexed citations
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Heffner, William R., Dwight W. Berreman, M. Sammon, & S. Meiboom. (1980). Liquid crystal alignment on surfactant treated obliquely evaporated surfaces. Applied Physics Letters. 36(2). 144–146. 37 indexed citations

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