2026 Brian C. Benicewicz: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	66	5289	5117	1384	1297	299	17609
Chemistry	65	7584	6879	2221	1837	281	17283

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

5289

5117

1384

1297

299

17609

Chemistry

7584

6879

2221

1837

281

17283

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

17609

World Ranking

5289

National Ranking

1384

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

17283

World Ranking

7584

National Ranking

2221

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Brian C. Benicewicz is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research focuses on engineering and materials science, with a notable specialization in electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's primary research topics include fuel cells and related materials, polymer nanocomposites and properties, membrane separation and gas transport, membrane-based ion separation techniques, polymer crystallization and properties, membrane separation technologies, and advanced battery materials and technologies.

Among recent publications are the following papers:

Designing exceptional gas-separation polymer membranes using machine learning, 2020, Science Advances
Tuning Selectivities in Gas Separation Membranes Based on Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, 2020, ACS Nano
Electrochemical Hydrogen Separation from Reformate Using High-Temperature Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Membranes: The Role of Chemistry, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Compatibilizing Immiscible Polymer Blends with Sparsely Grafted Nanoparticles, 2020, Macromolecules
Rational design and demonstration of a high-performance flexible Zn/V2O5 battery with thin-film electrodes and para-polybenzimidazole electrolyte membrane, 2020, Energy Storage Materials

Frequent co-authors include:

Sanat K. Kumar
Laura Murdock
Kris Likit-anurak
Eric Ruzicka
Sirivatch Shimpalee

Brian C. Benicewicz has published extensively in several venues, with multiple contributions in:

Macromolecules
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
ACS Nano
ACS Macro Letters

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles

Pinar Akcora;Hongjun Liu;Sanat K. Kumar;Joseph Moll

1181
Citations
Quantitative equivalence between polymer nanocomposites and thin polymer films

Amitabh Bansal;Amitabh Bansal;Hoichang Yang;Hoichang Yang;Chunzhao Li;Kilwon Cho

871
Citations
Nanocomposites with Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles

Sanat K. Kumar;Nicolas Jouault;Brian Benicewicz;Tony Neely

854
Citations
High-Temperature Polybenzimidazole Fuel Cell Membranes via a Sol-Gel Process

Lixiang Xiao;Haifeng Zhang;Eugene Scanlon;L. S. Ramanathan

664
Citations
50th Anniversary Perspective: Are Polymer Nanocomposites Practical for Applications?

Sanat K. Kumar;Brian C. Benicewicz;Richard A. Vaia;Karen I. Winey

646
Citations
Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymer Brushes Grafted onto Silica Nanoparticles via Surface Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization

Chunzhao Li;Brian C. Benicewicz

453
Citations
Synthesis and Characterization of Pyridine-Based Polybenzimidazoles for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Applications

L. Xiao;H. Zhang;T. Jana;E. Scanlon

386
Citations
A Versatile Method To Prepare RAFT Agent Anchored Substrates and the Preparation of PMMA Grafted Nanoparticles

Chunzhao Li;Junwon Han;Chang Y. Ryu;Brian C. Benicewicz

383
Citations
Durability Studies of PBI‐based High Temperature PEMFCs

S. Yu;L. Xiao;B. C. Benicewicz;B. C. Benicewicz

363
Citations
Designed interfaces in polymer nanocomposites : A fundamental viewpoint

Linda S. Schadler;Sanat K. Kumar;Brian C. Benicewicz;Sarah L. Lewis

343
Citations
Conformational Transitions of Spherical Polymer Brushes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory

Douglas Dukes;Yu Li;Sarah Lewis;Brian Benicewicz

342
Citations
TiO2 nanocomposites with high refractive index and transparency

Peng Tao;Yu Li;Atri Rungta;Anand Viswanath

333
Citations
Inorganic nanoparticles engineered to attack bacteria

Kristen P. Miller;Lei Wang;Brian C. Benicewicz;Alan W. Decho

300
Citations
Polybenzimidazole/Acid Complexes as High-Temperature Membranes

Jordan Mader;Lixiang Xiao;Thomas J. Schmidt;Brian C. Benicewicz

293
Citations
Mechanical properties of Al2O3/polymethylmethacrylate nanocomposites

Benjamin J. Ash;Diana F. Rogers;Christopher J. Wiegand;Linda S. Schadler

290
Citations
“Gel-like” Mechanical Reinforcement in Polymer Nanocomposite Melts

Pinar Akcora;Sanat K. Kumar;Joseph Moll;Sarah Lewis

272
Citations
Controlling the thermomechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites by tailoring the polymer–particle interface

Amitabh Bansal;Hoichang Yang;Chunzhao Li;Brian C. Benicewicz

259
Citations
Sulfonated Polybenzimidazoles for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells

Jordan A. Mader;Brian C. Benicewicz

253
Citations
Designing exceptional gas-separation polymer membranes using machine learning.

J. Wesley Barnett;Connor R. Bilchak;Yiwen Wang;Brian C. Benicewicz

250
Citations
Mechanical Reinforcement in Polymer Melts Filled with Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles

Joseph F. Moll;Pinar Akcora;Atri Rungta;Shushan Gong

238
Citations
Synthesis and Properties of Functionalized Polybenzimidazoles for High-Temperature PEMFCs

Seonghan Yu;Brian C. Benicewicz

219
Citations