2026 Ali Dhinojwala: 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	59	7423	7176	1844	1710	320	11639

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Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Development of surface sensitive techniques to study polymeric surfaces and interfaces to understand properties such as adhesion, friction, and wetting

Overview

Ali Dhinojwala is affiliated with the University of Akron in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Cell Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics including Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, melanin and skin pigmentation, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Silk-based biomaterials and applications, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Notable recent publications by Dhinojwala include:

Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Design principles for creating synthetic underwater adhesives, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
Bioinspired Melanin-Based Optically Active Materials, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
Lower Critical Solution Temperature-Driven Self-Coacervation of Nonionic Polyester Underwater Adhesives, 2020, ACS Nano
Selenomelanin: An Abiotic Selenium Analogue of Pheomelanin, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Dhinojwala has frequently published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Science Advances, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Collaborative work has been common in their career, with frequent coauthors including Saranshu Singla, Matthew D. Shawkey, Anvay Patil, Nathan C. Gianneschi, and Peter H. Niewiarowski.

Among their recognitions, Dhinojwala was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2010 for contributions to the development of surface sensitive techniques aimed at studying polymeric surfaces and interfaces to understand properties such as adhesion, friction, and wetting.

Best Publications

Carbon nanotube-based synthetic gecko tapes

Liehui Ge;Sunny Sethi;Lijie Ci;Pulickel M. Ajayan

581
Citations
Dynamics of Ice Nucleation on Water Repellent Surfaces

Azar Alizadeh;Masako Yamada;Ri Li;Wen Shang

511
Citations
Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Betul Yurdumakan;Nachiket R. Raravikar;Pulickel M. Ajayan;Ali Dhinojwala

417
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Molecular Structure of Polystyrene at Air/Polymer and Solid/Polymer Interfaces

K. S. Gautam;Alexander D. Schwab;Ali Dhinojwala;D. Zhang

380
Citations
Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis.

Wei Cao;Xuhao Zhou;Naneki C McCallum;Ziying Hu

358
Citations
Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles

Ming Xiao;Yiwen Li;Michael C. Allen;Dimitri D. Deheyn

303
Citations
Gecko-inspired carbon nanotube-based self-cleaning adhesives.

Sunny Sethi;Liehui Ge;Lijie Ci;P. M. Ajayan

295
Citations
Bioinspired bright noniridescent photonic melanin supraballs.

Ming Xiao;Ziying Hu;Ziying Hu;Zhao Wang;Yiwen Li

249
Citations
Rotational reorientation dynamics of disperse red 1 in polystyrene: α ‐relaxation dynamics probed by second harmonic generation and dielectric relaxation

Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

219
Citations
Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity

Ingi Agnarsson;Ali Dhinojwala;Vasav Sahni;Todd A. Blackledge

185
Citations
Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness.

Vasav Sahni;Todd A. Blackledge;Ali Dhinojwala

180
Citations
Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater

Alyssa Y. Stark;Ila Badge;Nicholas A. Wucinich;Timothy W. Sullivan

167
Citations
Translation-Rotation Paradox for Diffusion in Glass-Forming Polymers: The Role of the Temperature Dependence of the Relaxation Time Distribution

David B. Hall;Ali Dhinojwala;John M. Torkelson

163
Citations
Design principles for creating synthetic underwater adhesives.

Amal Narayanan;Ali Dhinojwala;Abraham Joy

157
Citations
Superhydrophobic conductive carbon nanotube coatings for steel.

Sunny Sethi;Ali Dhinojwala

147
Citations
Sticky Gecko Feet: the Role of Temperature and Humidity

Peter H. Niewiarowski;Stephanie Lopez;Liehui Ge;Emily Hagan

142
Citations
How Super is Supercontraction? Persistent Versus Cyclic Responses to Humidity in Spider Dragline Silk

Todd A Blackledge;Cecilia Boutry;Shing Chung Josh Wong;Avinash Baji

135
Citations
Temperature dependent droplet impact dynamics on flat and textured surfaces

Azar Alizadeh;Vaibhav Bahadur;Sheng Zhong;Wen Shang

132
Citations
Rotational reorientation dynamics of nonlinear optical chromophores in rubbery and glassy polymers: .alpha.-relaxation dynamics probed by second harmonic generation and dielectric relaxation

Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

128
Citations
Surface Dynamics in Rubbed Polymer Thin Films Probed with Optical Birefringence Measurements

Alexander D. Schwab;Dena Mae G. Agra;Jae-Hoon Kim;Satyendra Kumar

126
Citations
Synthetic Gecko Foot-hairs from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Ali Dhinojwala

2
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