2026 Boaz Pokroy: 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	44	12086	11686	55	55	179	7032

Overview

Boaz Pokroy is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions across multiple subfields including materials chemistry, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Cephalopods and Marine Biology

Boaz Pokroy's frequent collaborators include Iryna Polishchuk, Alexander Katsman, Arad Lang, Lotan Portal, and Giuseppe Falini. Their work consistently appears in journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, arXiv (Cornell University), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Crystal Growth & Design, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Selected recent publications demonstrate a diverse approach to scientific investigation, including:

"Additives Control the Stability of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate via Two Different Mechanisms: Surface Adsorption versus Bulk Incorporation," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
"Biofabrication of Nanocellulose-Mycelium Hybrid Materials," 2020, Advanced Sustainable Systems
"Molecular and skeletal fingerprints of scleractinian coral biomineralization: From the sea surface to mesophotic depths," 2020, Acta Biomaterialia
"High-Mg calcite nanoparticles within a low-Mg calcite matrix: A widespread phenomenon in biomineralization," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Self-assembled fatty acid crystalline coatings display superhydrophobic antimicrobial properties," 2022, Materials Today Bio

Their research contributions address complex phenomena ranging from biomineralization processes and biofabrication techniques to advanced surface coatings with superhydrophobic and antimicrobial characteristics. The interdisciplinary scope involves integrating materials chemistry with biological systems and engineering applications.

Boaz Pokroy's publication record includes 66 papers in materials science and 46 in engineering, reflecting a substantial body of work. Their research has appeared multiple times in highly regarded venues, including six papers in Advanced Functional Materials and five papers in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

Self-organization of a mesoscale bristle into ordered, hierarchical helical assemblies.

Boaz Pokroy;Sung H. Kang;L. Mahadevan;Joanna Aizenberg

481
Citations
Bacterial biofilm shows persistent resistance to liquid wetting and gas penetration

Alexander K. Epstein;Boaz Pokroy;Agnese Seminara;Joanna Aizenberg

415
Citations
An artificial biomineral formed by incorporation of copolymer micelles in calcite crystals

Yi-Yeoun Kim;Kathirvel Ganesan;Pengcheng Yang;Alexander N. Kulak

293
Citations
Tuning hardness in calcite by incorporation of amino acids.

Yi Yeoun Kim;Joseph D. Carloni;Beatrice Demarchi;David Sparks

261
Citations
A hydrated crystalline calcium carbonate phase: Calcium carbonate hemihydrate

Zhaoyong Zou;Wouter J. E. M. Habraken;Galina Matveeva;Anders C. S. Jensen

239
Citations
Fabrication of Bioinspired Actuated Nanostructures with Arbitrary Geometry and Stiffness

Boaz Pokroy;Alexander K. Epstein;Maria C. M. Persson-Gulda;Joanna Aizenberg

235
Citations
Anisotropic lattice distortions in biogenic calcite induced by intra-crystalline organic molecules.

Boaz Pokroy;Andrew N. Fitch;Frederic Marin;Moshe Kapon

226
Citations
Anisotropic lattice distortions in biogenic aragonite.

Boaz Pokroy;John P. Quintana;El'ad N. Caspi;Alex Berner

225
Citations
Vaterite crystals contain two interspersed crystal structures.

Lee Kabalah-Amitai;Boaz Mayzel;Yaron Kauffmann;Andrew N. Fitch

191
Citations
Anisotropic lattice distortions in the mollusk-made aragonite: A widespread phenomenon

Boaz Pokroy;Andrew N. Fitch;Peter L. Lee;John P. Quintana

158
Citations
Screening the Incorporation of Amino Acids into an Inorganic Crystalline Host: the Case of Calcite

Shirly Borukhin;Leonid Bloch;Tzvia Radlauer;Adrian H. Hill

153
Citations
Biogenic Guanine Crystals from the Skin of Fish May Be Designed to Enhance Light Reflectance

Avital Levy-Lior;Boaz Pokroy;Berta Levavi-Sivan;Leslie Leiserowitz

149
Citations
The Microstructure of Biogenic Calcite: A View by High‐Resolution Synchrotron Powder Diffraction

Boaz Pokroy;Andy N. Fitch;Emil Zolotoyabko

148
Citations
Coherently aligned nanoparticles within a biogenic single crystal: A biological prestressing strategy

Iryna Polishchuk;Avigail Aronhime Bracha;Leonid Bloch;Davide Levy

136
Citations
Powder diffraction and crystal structure prediction identify four new coumarin polymorphs

Alexander G. Shtukenberg;Qiang Zhu;Qiang Zhu;Damien J. Carter;Leslie Vogt

130
Citations
“Guanigma”: The Revised Structure of Biogenic Anhydrous Guanine

Anna Hirsch;Dvir Gur;Iryna Polishchuk;Davide Levy

126
Citations
On the structure of aragonite.

El'ad N. Caspi;Boaz Pokroy;Peter L. Lee;John P. Quintana

122
Citations
Atomic Structure of Biogenic Aragonite

B. Pokroy;J. S. Fieramosca;R. B. Von Dreele;A. N. Fitch

120
Citations
Electrochemical behaviour of stainless steels in media containing iron-oxidizing bacteria (IOB) by corrosion process modeling

J. Starosvetsky;D. Starosvetsky;B. Pokroy;T. Hilel

105
Citations
Microstructure of natural plywood-like ceramics: a study by high-resolution electron microscopy and energy-variable X-ray diffraction

Boaz Pokroy;Emil Zolotoyabko

93
Citations