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D-Index
82
Citations
30531
World Ranking
2438
National Ranking
66

Beng Kang Tay 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 Beng Kang Tay sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 569 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Beng Kang Tay 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 Beng Kang Tay sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Beng Kang Tay is a researcher affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering as subfields.

Their research addresses topics such as:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials

They have authored several papers, including:

  • Engineering grain boundaries at the 2D limit for the hydrogen evolution reaction, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Flexible Ferroelectric Devices: Status and Applications, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Hardware-Friendly Stochastic and Adaptive Learning in Memristor Convolutional Neural Networks, 2021, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • Direct growth of single-metal-atom chains, 2022, Nature Synthesis
  • Extendable piezo/ferroelectricity in nonstoichiometric 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Micromachines
  • Nanotechnology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Collaborations are notable with frequent co-authors including Xingli Wang, Philippe Coquet, Zheng Liu, Guangchao Zhao, and Mingqiang Huang.

Best Publications

  • From bulk to monolayer MoS2: evolution of Raman scattering

    Hong Li;Qing Zhang;Chin Chong Ray Yap;Beng Kang Tay

  • Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers.

    Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Xingli Wang;Gang Shi

  • Chemical vapor deposition growth of crystalline monolayer MoSe2.

    Xingli Wang;Yongji Gong;Gang Shi;Wai Leong Chow

  • Photoluminescence study of ZnO films prepared by thermal oxidation of Zn metallic films in air.

    Y. G. Wang;Shu Ping Lau;H. W. Lee;Siu Fung Yu

  • Highly Sensitive Detection of Polarized Light Using Anisotropic 2D ReS2

    Fucai Liu;Shoujun Zheng;Xuexia He;Apoorva Chaturvedi

  • Electronic Properties of Bulk and Monolayer TMDs: Theoretical Study Within DFT Framework (GVJ-2e Method)

    Julia Gusakova;Xingli Wang;Li Lynn Shiau;Anna Krivosheeva

  • All metal nitrides solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors

    Changrong Zhu;Peihua Yang;Dongliang Chao;Xingli Wang

  • Properties of carbon ion deposited tetrahedral amorphous carbon films as a function of ion energy

    Shi Xu;B. K. Tay;H. S. Tan;Li Zhong

  • High Mobility 2D Palladium Diselenide Field-Effect Transistors with Tunable Ambipolar Characteristics.

    Wai Leong Chow;Wai Leong Chow;Peng Yu;Fucai Liu;Jinhua Hong

  • MoS2/TiO2 Edge-On Heterostructure for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Haiyong He;Junhao Lin;Junhao Lin;Wei Fu;Xingli Wang

  • Comprehensive study of ZnO films prepared by filtered cathodic vacuum arc at room temperature

    Y. G. Wang;S. P. Lau;H. W. Lee;S. F. Yu

  • Correlation between the Melting Point of a Nanosolid and the Cohesive Energy of a Surface Atom

    Chang Q. Sun;and Y. Wang;B. K. Tay;S. Li

  • Polycrystalline ZnO thin films on Si (1 0 0) deposited by filtered cathodic vacuum arc

    X.L Xu;S.P Lau;J.S Chen;G.Y Chen

  • NO2 gas sensing with polyaniline nanofibers synthesized by a facile aqueous/organic interfacial polymerization

    X.B. Yan;Z.J. Han;Y. Yang;B.K. Tay

  • High-Performance Microsupercapacitors Based on Two-Dimensional Graphene/Manganese Dioxide/Silver Nanowire Ternary Hybrid Film

    Wenwen Liu;Congxiang Lu;Xingli Wang;Roland Yingjie Tay

  • Ultrasensitive 2D Bi2O2Se Phototransistors on Silicon Substrates

    Qundong Fu;Chao Zhu;Xiaoxu Zhao;Xingli Wang

  • Engineering grain boundaries at the 2D limit for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Yongmin He;Peng-Yi Tang;Peng-Yi Tang;Zhili Hu;Zhili Hu;Qiyuang He

  • In situ fabrication of three-dimensional, ultrathin graphite/carbon nanotube/NiO composite as binder-free electrode for high-performance energy storage

    Wenwen Liu;Congxiang Lu;Xingli Wang;Kun Liang

  • Mechanical properties and Raman spectra of tetrahedral amorphous carbon films with high sp3 fraction deposited using a filtered cathodic arc

    Shi Xu;D. Flynn;B. K. Tay;S. Prawer

  • Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of carbon-based materials prepared by screen printing

    Li-Li Wang;Li-Li Wang;Beng-Kang Tay;Kye-Yak See;Zhuo Sun

  • Bond-order?bond-length?bond-strength (bond-OLS) correlation mechanism for the shape-and-size dependence of a nanosolid

    Chang Q Sun;Chang Q Sun;B K Tay;X T Zeng;S Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu Ping Lau
Shu Ping Lau Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Zhili Sun
Zhili Sun University of Surrey
Chang Q. Sun
Chang Q. Sun Nanyang Technological University
Xiao Wei Sun
Xiao Wei Sun Southern University of Science and Technology
Xuetao Shi
Xuetao Shi South China University of Technology
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu Nanyang Technological University
Jingsheng Chen
Jingsheng Chen National University of Singapore
Zhao Jun Han
Zhao Jun Han University of New South Wales
Erjia Liu
Erjia Liu Nanyang Technological University
William I. Milne
William I. Milne University of Cambridge

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