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Andreas A. Polycarpou

Andreas A. Polycarpou

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
50
Citations
9326
World Ranking
1176
National Ranking
475

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Edwin F. Church Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2019 - ASME Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2018 - Mayo D. Hersey Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Andreas A. Polycarpou is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and materials science, with a notable emphasis on mechanics of materials, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of tribology and wear analysis, metal and thin film mechanics, advanced battery technologies, lubricants and their additives, diamond and carbon-based materials, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, as well as advanced battery materials and technologies.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Tribology International
  • Wear
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Friction
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Notable recent papers include:

  • Development of Fluorine-Free Tantalum Carbide MXene Hybrid Structure as a Biocompatible Material for Supercapacitor Electrodes (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Configuration-dependent stretchable all-solid-state supercapacitors and hybrid supercapacitors (2023, Carbon Energy)
  • Multifunctional Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Sulfur Battery (2022, ACS Nano)
  • Zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors with ultrahigh areal and gravimetric energy densities and long cycling life (2022, Journal of Energy Chemistry)
  • Recent advances in electrochemically-efficient materials for zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors (2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Ahmad Amiri
  • Kian Bashandeh
  • Vasilis Tsigkis
  • Md Saifur Rahman
  • Pixiang Lan

The scientist has also published a book titled The Zinc-Sulfur Battery in 2024 through Springer Nature.

Recognition includes several awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, such as the ASME Medal and Edwin F. Church Medal in 2019, the Mayo D. Hersey Award in 2018, and fellowship status awarded in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Friction characteristics of microtextured surfaces under mixed and hydrodynamic lubrication

    Ashwin Ramesh;Wasim Akram;Surya P. Mishra;Andrew H. Cannon

  • Measurement and Modeling of Normal Contact Stiffness and Contact Damping at the Meso Scale

    Xi Shi;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Adhesive contact based on the Lennard-Jones potential: a correction to the value of the equilibrium distance as used in the potential

    Ning Yu;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Modeling the effect of skewness and kurtosis on the static friction coefficient of rough surfaces

    Noureddine Tayebi;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Wear of conventional pearlitic and improved bainitic rail steels

    Ki Myung Lee;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Contact of rough surfaces with asymmetric distribution of asperity heights

    Ning Yu;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Analytical Approximations in Modeling Contacting Rough Surfaces

    Andreas A. Polycarpou;Izhak Etsion

  • Configuration‐dependent stretchable all‐solid‐state supercapacitors and hybrid supercapacitors

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  • Detailed surface roughness characterization of engineering surfaces undergoing tribological testing leading to scuffing

    Allison Y. Suh;Andreas A. Polycarpou;Thomas F. Conry

  • Tribology review of blended bulk polymers and their coatings for high-load bearing applications

    Emerson Escobar Nunez;Reza Gheisari;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Development of Fluorine-Free Tantalum Carbide MXene Hybrid Structure as a Biocompatible Material for Supercapacitor Electrodes

    Alireza Rafieerad;Ahmad Amiri;Glen Lester Sequiera;Weiang Yan

  • Physics-based modeling for fretting behavior of nominally flat rough surfaces

    M. Eriten;A.A. Polycarpou;L.A. Bergman

  • Tribological studies of unpolished laser surface textures under starved lubrication conditions for use in air-conditioning and refrigeration compressors

    Surya P. Mishra;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Tip-radius effect in finite element modeling of sub-50 nm shallow nanoindentation

    Ning Yu;Andreas A. Polycarpou;Thomas F. Conry

  • Event timing and shape analysis of vibration bursts from power circuit breakers

    A.A. Polycarpou;A. Soom;V. Swarnakar;R.A. Valtin

  • Mechanical property measurements of thin-film carbon overcoat on recording media towards 1Tbit∕in2

    Ki Myung Lee;Chang-Dong Yeo;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • The effect of surface roughness on the transfer of polymer films under unlubricated testing conditions

    Emerson Escobar Nunez;Andreas A. Polycarpou

  • Physics-based modeling for partial slip behavior of spherical contacts

    M. Eriten;A.A. Polycarpou;L.A. Bergman

  • Effects of substrate on determination of hardness of thin films by nanoscratch and nanoindentation techniques

    Noureddine Tayebi;Andreas A. Polycarpou;Thomas F. Conry

  • Effect of the actual environment present in hermetic compressors on the tribological behaviour of a Si-rich multifunctional DLC coating

    J.D.B. De Mello;R. Binder;N.G. Demas;A.A. Polycarpou

  • Adhesive contact modeling for sub-5-nm ultralow flying magnetic storage head-disk interfaces including roughness effects

    Allison Y. Suh;Andreas A. Polycarpou

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyriaki Polychronopoulou
Kyriaki Polychronopoulou Khalifa University
Lawrence A. Bergman
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John R. Abelson
John R. Abelson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
James Economy
James Economy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hong Liang
Hong Liang Texas A&M University
Jaime C. Grunlan
Jaime C. Grunlan Texas A&M University
Pascal Bellon
Pascal Bellon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Izhak Etsion
Izhak Etsion Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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