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Athanasios B. Bourlinos

Athanasios B. Bourlinos

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
52
Citations
20724
World Ranking
9385
National Ranking
25

Athanasios B. Bourlinos 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 Athanasios B. Bourlinos sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 153 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Athanasios B. Bourlinos 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 Athanasios B. Bourlinos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Athanasios B. Bourlinos is affiliated with the University of Ioannina in Greece and has an active research profile primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work extensively covers topics related to materials chemistry with significant contributions to biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, organic chemistry, and sustainability studies.

Their research spans several specialized areas, notably:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

The scientist has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, with frequent contributions to venues such as the Journal of Nanotechnology Research, Nanomaterials, Molecules, Preprints.org, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Advanced Cr(VI) sorption properties of activated carbon produced via pyrolysis of the "Posidonia oceanica" seagrass, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Nanocarbon from Rocket Fuel Waste: The Case of Furfuryl Alcohol-Fuming Nitric Acid Hypergolic Pair, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Self-Targeting of Carbon Dots into the Cell Nucleus: Diverse Mechanisms of Toxicity in NIH/3T3 and L929 Cells, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Synthesis of 2D Germanane (GeH): a New, Fast, and Facile Approach, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Graphite from Spontaneous Ignition of In Situ Derived Acetylene and Chlorine at Ambient Conditions, 2020, Molecules

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, indicating active research partnerships. These collaborators are:

  • Nikolaos Chalmpes
  • Michael A. Karakassides
  • Dimitrios Gournis
  • Constantinos E. Salmas
  • Dimitrios Moschovas

Athanasios B. Bourlinos has contributed mostly to research focused on materials chemistry, which constitutes the largest share of their publications. The scope of their work integrates various engineering disciplines along with environmental considerations, especially in pollutant adsorption and recycling techniques, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to materials science.

Best Publications

  • Functionalization of Graphene: Covalent and Non-Covalent Approaches, Derivatives and Applications

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Michal Otyepka;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Vimlesh Chandra

  • Noncovalent Functionalization of Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Energy Materials, Biosensing, Catalytic, and Biomedical Applications

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Jitendra N. Tiwari;K. Christian Kemp;Jason A. Perman

  • Graphite Oxide: Chemical Reduction to Graphite and Surface Modification with Primary Aliphatic Amines and Amino Acids

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Dimitrios Gournis;Dimitrios Petridis;Tamás Szabó

  • Surface functionalized carbogenic quantum dots.

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Andreas Stassinopoulos;Demetrios Anglos;Radek Zboril

  • Photoluminescent Carbogenic Dots

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Andreas Stassinopoulos;Demetrios Anglos;Radek Zboril

  • Liquid‐Phase Exfoliation of Graphite Towards Solubilized Graphenes

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Vasilios Georgakilas;Radek Zboril;Theodore A. Steriotis

  • Low-temperature water-gas shift reaction over Au/CeO2 catalysts

    D Andreeva;V Idakiev;T Tabakova;L Ilieva

  • Graphene Fluoride: A Stable Stoichiometric Graphene Derivative and its Chemical Conversion to Graphene

    Radek Zbořil;František Karlický;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Theodore A. Steriotis

  • Toxicity of carbon dots – Effect of surface functionalization on the cell viability, reactive oxygen species generation and cell cycle

    Marketa Havrdova;Katerina Hola;Josef Skopalik;Katerina Tomankova

  • Aqueous-phase exfoliation of graphite in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone for the production of water-soluble graphenes

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Vasilios Georgakilas;Radek Zboril;Theodore A. Steriotis

  • Green and simple route toward boron doped carbon dots with significantly enhanced non-linear optical properties

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Georgios Trivizas;Michael A. Karakassides;Maria Baikousi

  • Surface-Functionalized Nanoparticles with Liquid-Like Behavior†

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Rafael Herrera;Nikolaos Chalkias;David D. Jiang

  • Organic functionalisation of graphenes

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Radek Zboril;Theodore A. Steriotis

  • Photoluminescence effects of graphitic core size and surface functional groups in carbon dots: COO− induced red-shift emission

    Katerina Hola;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Ondrej Kozak;Karel Berka

  • Multipurpose organically modified carbon nanotubes: from functionalization to nanotube composites.

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Athanasios Bourlinos;Dimitrios Gournis;Theodoros Tsoufis

  • A Liquid Derivative of 12-Tungstophosphoric Acid with Unusually High Conductivity

    Athanasios B Bourlinos;Kannan Raman;Rafael Herrera;Qiang Zhang

  • Gd(III)-doped carbon dots as a dual fluorescent-MRI probe

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Aristides Bakandritsos;Antonios Kouloumpis;Dimitrios Gournis

  • Luminescent Surface Quaternized Carbon Dots

    Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Athanasios B. Bourlinos;Radek Zbořil;Jan Petr;Aristides Bakandritsos

  • Functionalized Nanostructures with Liquid‐Like Behavior: Expanding the Gallery of Available Nanostructures

    A. B. Bourlinos;S. Ray Chowdhury;R. Herrera;D. D. Jiang

  • Cyanographene and Graphene Acid: Emerging Derivatives Enabling High-Yield and Selective Functionalization of Graphene

    Aristides Bakandritsos;Martin Pykal;Piotr Błoński;Petr Jakubec

  • Surface Functionalized Carbogenic Quantum Dots

    A.B. Bourlinos;A. Stassinopoulos;A. Anglos;S.H. Anastasiadis

Frequent Co-Authors

Radek Zboril
Radek Zboril Palacký University, Olomouc
Emmanuel P. Giannelis
Emmanuel P. Giannelis Cornell University
Vasilios Georgakilas
Vasilios Georgakilas University of Patras
Michael A. Karakassides
Michael A. Karakassides University of Ioannina
Dimitrios Gournis
Dimitrios Gournis Technical University of Crete
Aristides Bakandritsos
Aristides Bakandritsos Technical University of Ostrava
Stelios Couris
Stelios Couris University of Patras
Michal Otyepka
Michal Otyepka Palacký University, Olomouc
Christos Trapalis
Christos Trapalis National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos
Dimitrios Niarchos
Dimitrios Niarchos Argonne National Laboratory

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