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Thomas A. Witten, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
1982-1989 Physics Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory, Annandale, NJ, United States 
 1989- Physics University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Area:
soft matter, polymers, crumpling, granular forces
Website:
https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/thomas-witten/
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Year Citation  Score
2020 Witten TA, Diamant H. A review of shaped colloidal particles in fluids: anisotropy and chirality. Reports On Progress in Physics. Physical Society (Great Britain). 83: 116601. PMID 33135667 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/Abb5C4  0.319
2018 Moths B, Witten TA. Engineering single-polymer micelle shape using nonuniform spontaneous surface curvature. Physical Review. E. 97: 032505. PMID 29776184 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.97.032505  0.311
2017 Lenz M, Witten TA. Geometrical frustration yields fiber formation in self-assembly. Nature Physics. 13: 110-1104. PMID 29109755 DOI: 10.1038/Nphys4184  0.619
2016 Qin J, Krapf NW, Witten TA. Singular electrostatic energy of nanoparticle clusters. Physical Review. E. 93: 022603. PMID 26986373 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.93.022603  0.711
2015 Herbst DC, Witten TA, Tsai TH, Bryan Coughlin E, Maes AM, Herring AM. Water uptake profile in a model ion-exchange membrane: conditions for water-rich channels. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 142: 114906. PMID 25796265 DOI: 10.1063/1.4914512  0.718
2015 Efrati E, Pocivavsek L, Meza R, Lee KY, Witten TA. Confined disclinations: exterior versus material constraints in developable thin elastic sheets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 91: 022404. PMID 25768515 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.91.022404  0.338
2013 Moths B, Witten TA. Full alignment of colloidal objects by programed forcing. Physical Review Letters. 110: 028301. PMID 23383944 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.110.028301  0.301
2013 Brau F, Damman P, Diamant H, Witten TA. Wrinkle to fold transition: Influence of the substrate response Soft Matter. 9: 8177-8186. DOI: 10.1039/C3Sm50655J  0.305
2009 Witten TA. Spontaneous free-boundary structure in crumpled membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 113: 3738-42. PMID 19673132 DOI: 10.1021/Jp807548S  0.302
2009 Krapf NW, Witten TA, Keim NC. Chiral sedimentation of extended objects in viscous media. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 79: 056307. PMID 19518562 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.79.056307  0.728
2009 Witten TA. Robust fadeout profile of an evaporation stain Epl. 86. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/86/64002  0.302
2008 Pocivavsek L, Frey SL, Krishan K, Gavrilov K, Ruchala P, Waring AJ, Walther FJ, Dennin M, Witten TA, Lee KY. Lateral stress relaxation and collapse in lipid monolayers. Soft Matter. 4: 2019-2029. PMID 19657472 DOI: 10.1039/B804611E  0.306
2008 Romero V, Witten TA, Cerda E. Multiple coiling of an elastic sheet in a tube Proceedings of the Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 464: 2847-2866. DOI: 10.1098/Rspa.2007.0372  0.338
2008 Romero V, Cerda E, Witten TA, Liang T. Force focusing in confined fibres and sheets Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 41. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/13/132003  0.308
2007 Zhang Q, Witten TA. Microscopic wrinkles on supported surfactant monolayers. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 76: 041608. PMID 17995005 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.76.041608  0.432
2006 Zheng R, Witten TA. Feasibility of large free-standing liquid films in space. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 74: 051602. PMID 17279919 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.74.051602  0.422
2006 Gopal A, Belyi VA, Diamant H, Witten TA, Lee KY. Microscopic folds and macroscopic jerks in compressed lipid monolayers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 110: 10220-3. PMID 16722719 DOI: 10.1021/Jp0618983  0.562
2006 Liang T, Witten TA. Spontaneous curvature cancellation in forced thin sheets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 73: 046604. PMID 16711939 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.73.046604  0.476
2006 Bigioni TP, Lin XM, Nguyen TT, Corwin EI, Witten TA, Jaeger HM. Kinetically driven self assembly of highly ordered nanoparticle monolayers. Nature Materials. 5: 265-70. PMID 16547519 DOI: 10.1038/Nmat1611  0.33
2005 Nguyen TT, Gopal A, Lee KY, Witten TA. Surface charge relaxation and the pearling instability of charged surfactant tubes. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 72: 051930. PMID 16383668 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.72.051930  0.31
2005 Wyart M, Silbert LE, Nagel SR, Witten TA. Effects of compression on the vibrational modes of marginally jammed solids. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 72: 051306. PMID 16383602 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.72.051306  0.519
2005 Zheng R, Popov YO, Witten TA. Deposit growth in the wetting of an angular region with uniform evaporation. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 72: 046303. PMID 16383529 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.72.046303  0.755
2005 Huang JR, Zou LN, Witten TA. Confined multilamellae prefer cylindrical morphology. A theory of myelin formation. The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter. 18: 279-85. PMID 16231071 DOI: 10.1140/Epje/E2005-00035-8  0.474
2005 Liang T, Witten TA. Crescent singularities in crumpled sheets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 71: 016612. PMID 15697752 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.71.016612  0.451
2005 Wyart M, Nagel SR, Witten TA. Geometric origin of excess low-frequency vibrational modes in weakly connected amorphous solids Europhysics Letters. 72: 486-492. DOI: 10.1209/Epl/I2005-10245-5  0.493
2004 Gopinathan A, Witten TA. Defect formation and kinetics of atomic terrace merging. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 70: 041603. PMID 15600417 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.70.041603  0.55
2004 Belyi VA, Witten TA. Spreading of block copolymer films and domain alignment at moving terrace steps. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 120: 5476-85. PMID 15267422 DOI: 10.1063/1.1647521  0.601
2003 Popov YO, Witten TA. Characteristic angles in the wetting of an angular region: deposit growth. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 68: 036306. PMID 14524889 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.68.036306  0.731
2002 Raviv U, Klein J, Witten TA. The polymer mat: arrested rebound of a compressed polymer layer. The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter. 9: 405-12; discussion 4. PMID 15011084 DOI: 10.1140/Epje/I2002-10053-9  0.335
2002 Gopinathan A, Witten TA, Venkataramani SC. Trapping of vibrational energy in crumpled sheets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 65: 036613. PMID 11909291 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.65.036613  0.525
2002 Matan K, Williams RB, Witten TA, Nagel SR. Crumpling a thin sheet. Physical Review Letters. 88: 076101. PMID 11863915 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.88.076101  0.514
2002 DiDonna BA, Witten TA, Venkataramani SC, Kramer EM. Singularities, structures, and scaling in deformed m-dimensional elastic manifolds. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 65: 016603. PMID 11800807 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.65.016603  0.317
2002 Huang JR, Witten TA. Universal ratios of characteristic lengths in semidilute polymer solutions Macromolecules. 35: 10225-10232. DOI: 10.1021/Ma020792C  0.507
2001 DiDonna BA, Witten TA. Anomalous strength of membranes with elastic ridges. Physical Review Letters. 87: 206105. PMID 11690492 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.87.206105  0.301
2001 Popov YO, Witten TA. Characteristic angles in the wetting of an angular region: Surface shape European Physical Journal E. 6: 211-220. DOI: 10.1007/S101890170003  0.725
2000 Tkachenko AV, Witten TA. Stress in frictionless granular material: adaptive network simulations Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 62: 2510-6. PMID 11088731 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.62.2510  0.311
2000 Deegan RD, Bakajin O, Dupont TF, Huber G, Nagel SR, Witten TA. Contact line deposits in an evaporating drop Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 62: 756-65. PMID 11088531 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.62.756  0.765
2000 Diamant H, Witten TA, Gopal A, Lee KYC. Unstable topography of biphasic surfactant monolayers Europhysics Letters. 52: 171-177. DOI: 10.1209/Epl/I2000-00419-1  0.313
1999 Tkachenko AV, Witten TA. Stress propagation through frictionless granular material. Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 60: 687-96. PMID 11969809 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.60.687  0.32
1999 Eiser E, Klein J, Witten TA, Fetters LJ. Shear of telechelic brushes Physical Review Letters. 82: 5076-5079. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.82.5076  0.34
1997 Lobkovsky AE, Witten TA. Properties of ridges in elastic membranes Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 55: 1577-1589. DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.55.1577  0.301
1997 Deegan RD, Bakajin O, Dupont TF, Huber G, Nagel SR, Witten TA. Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid drops Nature. 389: 827-829. DOI: 10.1038/39827  0.735
1997 Yaman K, Pincus P, Solis F, Witten TA. Polymers in curved boxes Macromolecules. 30: 1173-1178. DOI: 10.1021/Ma961088X  0.319
1996 Coppersmith SN, Liu C, Majumdar S, Narayan O, Witten TA. Model for force fluctuations in bead packs. Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 53: 4673-4685. PMID 9964795 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.53.4673  0.305
1996 Ben-Naim E, Grest GS, Witten TA, Baljon AR. Individual entanglements in a simulated polymer melt. Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 53: 1816-1822. PMID 9964443 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.53.1816  0.319
1995 Liu CH, Nagel SR, Schecter DA, Coppersmith SN, Majumdar S, Narayan O, Witten TA. Force fluctuations in bead packs. Science (New York, N.Y.). 269: 513-5. PMID 17842361 DOI: 10.1126/Science.269.5223.513  0.528
1995 Baljon ARC, Grest GS, Witten TA. Simulations of induced orientation in stretched polymer melts Macromolecules. 28: 1835-1840. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00110A017  0.306
1994 Witten TA, Pincus PA. Interacting rigid polyelectrolytes Journal De Physique Ii. 4: 1103-1105. DOI: 10.1051/Jp2:1994189  0.31
1994 Li H, Witten TA. Polymers grafted to convex surfaces: a variational approach Macromolecules. 27: 449-457. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00080A019  0.309
1993 Witten TA, Li H. Asymptotic shape of a fullerene ball Epl. 23: 51-55. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/23/1/009  0.32
1993 Morse DC, Witten TA. Droplet elasticity in weakly compressed emulsions Epl. 22: 505-510. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/22/7/012  0.311
1993 Pickett GT, Witten TA, Nagel SR. Equilibrium surface orientation of lamellae Macromolecules. 26: 3194-3199. DOI: 10.1021/ma00064a033  0.449
1992 Milner ST, Witten TA. Bridging attraction by telechelic polymers Macromolecules. 25: 5495-5503. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00046A057  0.326
1992 Pickett GT, Witten TA. End-grafted polymer melt with nematic interaction Macromolecules. 25: 4569-4574. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00044A017  0.658
1991 Adam M, Fetters LJ, Graessley WW, Witten TA. Concentration dependence of static and dynamic properties for polymeric stars in a good solvent Macromolecules. 24: 2434-2440. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00009A047  0.314
1990 Jaeger HM, Heng Liu C, Nagel SR, Witten TA. Friction in granular flows Epl. 11: 619-624. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/11/7/007  0.53
1990 Gee ML, Tong P, Israelachvili JN, Witten TA. Comparison of light scattering of colloidal dispersions with direct force measurements between analogous macroscopic surfaces The Journal of Chemical Physics. 93: 6057-6064. DOI: 10.1063/1.459493  0.354
1989 Witten TA, Milner ST. Two-Component Grafted Polymer Layers Mrs Proceedings. 177. DOI: 10.1557/Proc-177-37  0.313
1989 Grest GS, Kremer K, Milner ST, Witten TA. Relaxation of self-entangled many-arm star polymers Macromolecules. 22: 1904-1910. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00194A065  0.306
1989 Milner ST, Witten TA, Cates ME. Effects of polydispersity in the end-grafted polymer brush Macromolecules. 22: 853-861. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00192A057  0.324
1988 Milner ST, Witten TA, Cates ME. A parabolic density profile for grafted polymers Epl. 5: 413-418. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/5/5/006  0.319
1987 Grest GS, Kremer K, Witten TA. Structure of many-arm star polymers: A molecular dynamics simulation Macromolecules. 20: 1376-1383. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00172A035  0.303
1987 Bug ALR, Cates ME, Safran SA, Witten TA. Theory of size distribution of associating polymer aggregates. I. Spherical aggregates The Journal of Chemical Physics. 87: 1824-1833.  0.498
1985 Witten TA, Cohen MH. Cross-linking in shear-thickening ionomers Macromolecules. 18: 1915-1918. DOI: 10.1021/Ma00152A019  0.325
1982 Witten TA, Prentis JJ. The interpenetration of two chain polymers in a good solvent The Journal of Chemical Physics. 77: 4247-4253. DOI: 10.1063/1.444336  0.316
1981 Grest GS, Nagel SR, Rahman A, Witten TA. Density of states and the velocity autocorrelation function derived from quench studies The Journal of Chemical Physics. 74: 3532-3534. DOI: 10.1063/1.441508  0.512
1976 Schäfer L, Witten TA. Renormalized field theory of polymer solutions. I. Scaling laws The Journal of Chemical Physics. 66: 2121-2130. DOI: 10.1063/1.434175  0.312
1975 Nagel SR, Witten TA. Local-field effects on inelastic electron scattering Physical Review B. 11: 1623-1635. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.11.1623  0.434
1975 Witten TA, Nagel SR. Argand diagrams of dielectric response Solid State Communications. 16: 185-188. DOI: 10.1016/0038-1098(75)90571-2  0.427
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