Richard A. Vaia

Synthesis and properties of two-dimensional nanostructures by direct intercalation of polymer melts in layered silicates

Richard A. Vaia, H. A. Ishii, Emmanuel P. Giannelis · Chemistry of Materials · 1993 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Altmetric Attention Score, Nanostructured Polymer +20

Accurate Simulation of Surfaces and Interfaces of Face-Centered Cubic Metals Using 12−6 and 9−6 Lennard-Jones Potentials

Hendrik Heinz, Richard A. Vaia, Barry L. Farmer et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · 2008 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Accurate Simulation, Material Simulation +18

Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites—stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers

Hilmar Koerner, Gary E. Price, Nathan Pearce et al. · Nature Materials · 2004 · 1K citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Polymer Science +7

Polymer Melt Intercalation in Organically-Modified Layered Silicates:  Model Predictions and Experiment

Richard A. Vaia, Emmanuel P. Giannelis · Macromolecules · 1997 · 997 citations

Engineering, Responsive Polymers, Polymer Nanocomposites +20

Structure and Dynamics of Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Richard A. Vaia, Emmanuel P. Giannelis · Chemistry of Materials · 1996 · 892 citations

Engineering, Polymer Nanotechnology, Nanostructured Polymer +17