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Alamgir Karim publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alamgir Karim sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 505 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Alamgir Karim D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alamgir Karim sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering research on polymer thin films and interfaces, polymer brushes, blend film phase separation, thin film dewetting, pattern formation in block copolymer films, and the application of combinatoric measurement methods to complex polymer physics

Overview

Alamgir Karim is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their primary research fields include Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions also in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics of their work encompass Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Dielectric materials and actuators, Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Membrane Separation Technologies, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials.

Alamgir Karim has published numerous papers in various academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Heterogeneous Bimetallic Phosphide Ni2P-Fe2P as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Water/Seawater Splitting (2020), Advanced Functional Materials
  • Polymer-based triboelectric nanogenerators: Materials, characterization, and applications (2023), Progress in Polymer Science
  • Facile synthesis of nanoparticle-stacked tungsten-doped nickel iron layered double hydroxide nanosheets for boosting oxygen evolution reaction (2020), Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nanoscale Strategies to Enhance the Energy Storage Capacity of Polymeric Dielectric Capacitors: Review of Recent Advances (2021), Polymer Reviews
  • Advanced triboelectric nanogenerators based on low-dimension carbon materials: A review (2022), Carbon

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Maninderjeet Singh, Jack F. Douglas, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Nihar Pradhan, and Wenjie Wu.

The most common publication venues for Alamgir Karim's work are:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Nano
  • Macromolecules
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Alamgir Karim has also contributed to book publications, particularly with the publisher World Scientific. One recurrent book title is "Soft Matter and Biomaterials on the Nanoscale" published multiple times in 2020.

The scientist has received recognition in the form of awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2004. The APS fellowship citation highlights pioneering research on polymer thin films and interfaces, polymer brushes, blend film phase separation, thin film dewetting, pattern formation in block copolymer films, and the application of combinatoric measurement methods to complex polymer physics.

Best Publications

  • A buckling-based metrology for measuring the elastic moduli of polymeric thin films

    Christopher M. Stafford;Christopher Harrison;Kathryn L. Beers;Alamgir Karim

  • Interaction of Gold Nanoparticles with Common Human Blood Proteins

    Silvia H. De Paoli Lacerda;Jung Jin Park;Curt Meuse;Denis Pristinski

  • Spinodal Dewetting of Thin Polymer Films

    R H. Xie;Alamgir Karim;Jack F. Douglas;Charles C. Han

  • Heterogeneous Bimetallic Phosphide Ni2P-Fe2P as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Water/Seawater Splitting

    Libo Wu;Libo Wu;Luo Yu;Fanghao Zhang;Brian McElhenny

  • Sinusoidal phase grating created by a tunably buckled surface

    Christopher Harrison;Christopher M. Stafford;Wenhua Zhang;Alamgir Karim

  • The Critical Role of Solvent Evaporation on the Roughness of Spin-Cast Polymer Films

    Kenneth E. Strawhecker;Sanat K. Kumar;Jack F. Douglas;Alamgir Karim

  • Mapping Polymer Heterogeneity Using Atomic Force Microscopy Phase Imaging and Nanoscale Indentation

    D T. Raghavan;Xiaohong Gu;Tinh Nguyen;Mark R. VanLandingham

  • Dimensional crossover in the phase separation kinetics of thin polymer blend films.

    L. Sung;A. Karim;J. F. Douglas;C. C. Han

  • Suppression of Dewetting in Nanoparticle-Filled Polymer Films

    Kathleen A. Barnes;Alamgir Karim;Jack F. Douglas;Alan I. Nakatani

  • Neutron reflectivity study of the density profile of a model end-grafted polymer brush: Influence of solvent quality

    A. Karim;S. K. Satija;J. F. Douglas;J. F. Ankner

  • Phase-Separation-Induced Surface Patterns in Thin Polymer Blend Films

    A. Karim;T. M. Slawecki;S. K. Kumar;J. F. Douglas

  • High-Throughput Measurement of Polymer Blend Phase Behavior

    J C. Meredith;Alamgir Karim;Eric J. Amis

  • Orientational order in block copolymer films zone annealed below the order--disorder transition temperature.

    Brian C Berry;August W Bosse;Jack F Douglas;Ronald L Jones

  • Pattern-Directed Dewetting of Ultrathin Polymer Films

    Amit Sehgal;Vincent Ferreiro;Jack F. Douglas;Eric J. Amis

  • Combinatorial characterization of cell interactions with polymer surfaces

    J. Carson Meredith;J. Carson Meredith;Joe-L. Sormana;Benjamin G. Keselowsky;Andrés J. García

  • Phase separation of ultrathin polymer-blend films on patterned substrates

    A. Karim;J. F. Douglas;B. P. Lee;S. C. Glotzer

  • Combinatorial study of surface pattern formation in thin block copolymer films.

    Archie P. Smith;Jack F. Douglas;J. Carson Meredith;Eric J. Amis

  • Influence of Layered Silicates on the Phase-Separated Morphology of PS−PVME Blends

    Koray Yurekli;Alamgir Karim;Eric J. Amis;Ramanan Krishnamoorti

  • Influence of graphene oxide on mechanical, morphological, barrier, and electrical properties of polymer membranes

    Ali Ammar;Abdullah M. Al-Enizi;Mariam Al Ali AlMaadeed;Alamgir Karim

  • The form of the enriched surface layer in polymer blends

    R. A. L. Jones;R. A. L. Jones;L. J. Norton;E. J. Kramer;R. J. Composto

  • Dynamic Thermal Field-Induced Gradient Soft-Shear for Highly Oriented Block Copolymer Thin Films

    Gurpreet Singh;Kevin G. Yager;Brian Berry;Ho-Cheol Kim

  • Polymer Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films

    Alamgir Karim;Sanat Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack F. Douglas
Jack F. Douglas National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric J. Amis
Eric J. Amis University of Akron
Christopher M. Stafford
Christopher M. Stafford National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kevin G. Yager
Kevin G. Yager Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sushil K. Satija
Sushil K. Satija National Institute of Standards and Technology
Christopher L. Soles
Christopher L. Soles National Institute of Standards and Technology
Charles C. Han
Charles C. Han Shenzhen University
Michael R. Bockstaller
Michael R. Bockstaller Carnegie Mellon University
Xiong Gong
Xiong Gong University of Akron
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi King Saud University

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