2026 Alamgir Karim: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	71	4263	4130	1147	1082	505	17371

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

1585
Citations
Interaction of Gold Nanoparticles with Common Human Blood Proteins

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

1354
Citations
Spinodal Dewetting of Thin Polymer Films

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

752
Citations
Heterogeneous Bimetallic Phosphide Ni2P-Fe2P as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Water/Seawater Splitting

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

634
Citations
Sinusoidal phase grating created by a tunably buckled surface

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

362
Citations
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

340
Citations
Mapping Polymer Heterogeneity Using Atomic Force Microscopy Phase Imaging and Nanoscale Indentation

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

312
Citations
Dimensional crossover in the phase separation kinetics of thin polymer blend films.

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

265
Citations
Suppression of Dewetting in Nanoparticle-Filled Polymer Films

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

255
Citations
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

254
Citations
Phase-Separation-Induced Surface Patterns in Thin Polymer Blend Films

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

253
Citations
High-Throughput Measurement of Polymer Blend Phase Behavior

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

245
Citations
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

243
Citations
Pattern-Directed Dewetting of Ultrathin Polymer Films

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

219
Citations
Combinatorial characterization of cell interactions with polymer surfaces

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

209
Citations
Phase separation of ultrathin polymer-blend films on patterned substrates

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

203
Citations
Combinatorial study of surface pattern formation in thin block copolymer films.

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

176
Citations
Influence of Layered Silicates on the Phase-Separated Morphology of PS−PVME Blends

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

166
Citations
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

162
Citations
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

159
Citations
Dynamic Thermal Field-Induced Gradient Soft-Shear for Highly Oriented Block Copolymer Thin Films

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

158
Citations
Polymer Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films

Alamgir Karim;Sanat Kumar

134
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