2026 Alexander Star: 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	72	3996	3869	1077	1014	187	21149

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Materials Science

3996

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1077

1014

187

21149

Overview

Alexander Star is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bioengineering, and Molecular Biology.

The main research topics covered by Alexander Star involve Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications, and Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications.

Alexander Star has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Analytical Chemistry
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ACS Sensors

Their recent papers include:

Luminescence "Turn-On" Detection of Gossypol Using Ln³⁺-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks and Ln³⁺ Salts, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antigens Using High-Purity Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Field-Effect Transistors, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Machine learning-assisted calibration of Hg2+ sensors based on carbon nanotube field-effect transistors, 2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Breath Acetone Sensing Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Titanium Dioxide Hybrids Enabled by a Custom-Built Dehumidifier, 2021, ACS Sensors
Size Discrimination of Carbohydrates via Conductive Carbon Nanotube@Metal Organic Framework Composites, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors in Alexander Star's research collaborations include Wenting Shao, Zidao Zeng, Nathaniel L. Rosi, Xiaoyun He, and Zhengru Liu.

Best Publications

Preparation and Properties of Polymer-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Alexander Star;J. Fraser Stoddart;David Steuerman;Mike Diehl

1346
Citations
Electronic Detection of Specific Protein Binding Using Nanotube FET Devices

Alexander Star;Jean-Christophe P. Gabriel;Keith Bradley;George Gruner

1027
Citations
Carbon nanotube gas and vapor sensors.

Douglas R. Kauffman;Alexander Star

990
Citations
Label-free detection of DNA hybridization using carbon nanotube network field-effect transistors

Alexander Star;Eugene Tu;Joseph Niemann;Jean-Christophe P. Gabriel

879
Citations
Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation

Valerian E. Kagan;Nagarjun V. Konduru;Weihong Feng;Brett L. Allen

872
Citations
Starched carbon nanotubes.

Alexander Star;David W. Steuerman;James R. Heath;J. Fraser Stoddart

776
Citations
Gas sensor array based on metal-decorated carbon nanotubes.

Alexander Star;Vikram Joshi;Sergei Skarupo;David Thomas

719
Citations
Electrocatalytic activity of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube cups.

Yifan Tang;Brett L. Allen;Douglas R. Kauffman;Alexander Star

611
Citations
Biodegradation of single-walled carbon nanotubes through enzymatic catalysis.

Brett L. Allen;Padmakar D. Kichambare;Pingping Gou;Irina I. Vlasova

480
Citations
The Enzymatic Oxidation of Graphene Oxide

Gregg P. Kotchey;Brett L. Allen;Harindra Vedala;Naveena Yanamala

449
Citations
Biological interactions of carbon-based nanomaterials: From coronation to degradation

Kunal Bhattacharya;Sourav P. Mukherjee;Audrey Gallud;Seth C. Burkert

436
Citations
Noncovalent Side-Wall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Alexander Star;Yi Liu;Kevin Grant;Ludek Ridvan

397
Citations
Nanotube optoelectronic memory devices

Alexander Star

380
Citations
Mechanistic investigations of horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed degradation of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Brett L. Allen;Gregg P. Kotchey;Yanan Chen;Naveena V. K. Yanamala

362
Citations
Interactions between Conjugated Polymers and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

David W. Steuerman;Alexander Star;Riccardo Narizzano;Hyeon Choi

345
Citations
Interaction of Aromatic Compounds with Carbon Nanotubes: Correlation to the Hammett Parameter of the Substituent and Measured Carbon Nanotube FET Response

Alexander Star;Tzong-Ru Han;Jean-Christophe P. Gabriel;Keith Bradley

294
Citations
Charge transfer from ammonia physisorbed on nanotubes.

Keith Bradley;Jean-Christophe P. Gabriel;Mikhail Briman;Alexander Star

262
Citations
Enzymatic Degradation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Yong Zhao;Brett L. Allen;Alexander Star

236
Citations
Chemical sensitivity of graphene edges decorated with metal nanoparticles.

Harindra Vedala;Dan C. Sorescu;Gregg P. Kotchey;Alexander Star;Alexander Star

228
Citations
Sensitivity control for nanotube sensors

Keith Bradley;Philip G. Collins;Jean-Christophe P. Gabriel;George Gruner

227
Citations