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Carla Bittencourt

Carla Bittencourt

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
58
Citations
10195
World Ranking
7799
National Ranking
90

Carla Bittencourt 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 Carla Bittencourt sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 292 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carla Bittencourt 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 Carla Bittencourt sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Carla Bittencourt is affiliated with the University of Mons in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research spans over 116 publications in materials science and 91 in engineering, reflecting a substantial focus on these disciplines.

Bittencourt's main subfields of study include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioengineering

The principal research topics explored are:

  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • ZnO Doping and Properties
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Bittencourt has contributed to multiple recent papers, including the following:

  • "Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Ecofriendly Routes: Adsorbent for Copper Removal From Wastewater" (2020), published in Frontiers in Chemistry
  • "CVD growth of self-assembled 2D and 1D WS2 nanomaterials for the ultrasensitive detection of NO2" (2020), published in Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Regenerated cellulose/chitosan composite aerogel with highly efficient adsorption for anionic dyes" (2023), published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Vertically Aligned WSe2 Nanosheets" (2020), published in Applied Sciences
  • "Behavior of epoxy resin filled with nano-SiO2 treated with a Eugenol epoxy silane" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Frequent publication venues where Bittencourt has contributed significantly include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials
  • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
  • Nanomaterials
  • Molecules

Collaborations with other researchers form an important part of Bittencourt's scholarly activity, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Fauze Jacó Anaissi
  • Wenjiang Li
  • Julia de O. Primo
  • Eduard Llobet
  • Selene Acosta

Best Publications

  • Radio-frequency plasma functionalization of carbon nanotubes surface O2, NH3, and CF4 treatments

    Alexandre Felten;C. Bittencourt;Jean-Jacques Pireaux;G. Van Lier

  • Au nanoparticle-functionalised WO3 nanoneedles and their application in high sensitivity gas sensor devices

    Stella Vallejos;Toni Stoycheva;Polona Umek;Cristina Navio

  • Influence of the annealing and operating temperatures on the gas-sensing properties of rf sputtered WO3 thin-film sensors

    M. Stankova;X. Vilanova;E. Llobet;J. Calderer

  • Single‐Step Deposition of Au‐ and Pt‐Nanoparticle‐Functionalized Tungsten Oxide Nanoneedles Synthesized Via Aerosol‐Assisted CVD, and Used for Fabrication of Selective Gas Microsensor Arrays

    Stella Vallejos;Polona Umek;Toni Stoycheva;Fatima Annanouch

  • Oxygen functionalisation of MWNT and their use as gas sensitive thick-film layers

    R. Ionescu;E.H. Espinosa;E. Sotter;E. Llobet

  • Aerosol-Assisted CVD-Grown WO3 Nanoneedles Decorated with Copper Oxide Nanoparticles for the Selective and Humidity-Resilient Detection of H2S

    Fatima E Annanouch;Zouhair Haddi;Stella Vallejos;Polona Umek

  • Biobased Epoxy Resin with Low Electrical Permissivity and Flame Retardancy: From Environmental Friendly High-Throughput Synthesis to Properties

    Cheng Li;Hong Fan;Tariq Aziz;Carla Bittencourt

  • Exfoliated semiconducting pure 2H-MoS2 and 2H-WS2 assisted by chlorosulfonic acid

    Georgia Pagona;Carla Bittencourt;Raul Arenal;Nikos Tagmatarchis

  • WO3 films modified with functionalised multi-wall carbon nanotubes: Morphological, compositional and gas response studies

    C. Bittencourt;A. Felten;E.H. Espinosa;R. Ionescu

  • The Kirkendall effect and nanoscience: hollow nanospheres and nanotubes.

    Abdel Aziz El Mel;Ryusuke Nakamura;Carla Bittencourt

  • Ultrasonication Induces Oxygenated Species and Defects onto Exfoliated Graphene

    Theodosis Skaltsas;Xiaoxing Ke;Carla Bittencourt;Nikos Tagmatarchis

  • Hybrid metal oxide and multiwall carbon nanotube films for low temperature gas sensing

    E.H. Espinosa;R. Ionescu;B. Chambon;G. Bedis

  • Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Ecofriendly Routes: Adsorbent for Copper Removal From Wastewater.

    Julia de O. Primo;Carla Bittencourt;Selene Acosta;Ayrton Sierra-Castillo

  • Metal-decorated multi-wall carbon nanotubes for low temperature gas sensing

    E.H. Espinosa;R. Ionescu;C. Bittencourt;A. Felten

  • Nanoscale spectroscopy with polarized X-rays by NEXAFS-TXM

    Peter Guttmann;Carla Bittencourt;Stefan Rehbein;Polona Umek

  • Gold clusters on oxygen plasma functionalized carbon nanotubes: XPS and TEM studies

    A Felten;C Bittencourt;J J Pireaux

  • Low-energy yield spectroscopy as a novel technique for determining band offsets: Application to the c-Si(100)/a-Si:H-heterostructure.

    M Sebastiani;L Di Gaspare;Giovanni Capellini;C Bittencourt

  • Selective organic functionalization of graphene bulk or graphene edges.

    Mildred Quintana;Alejandro Montellano;Antonio Esau del Rio Castillo;Gustaaf Van Tendeloo

  • Decorating carbon nanotubes with nickel nanoparticles

    C. Bittencourt;Alexandre Felten;Jacques Ghijsen;Jean-Jacques Pireaux

  • Aerosol-Assisted CVD-Grown PdO Nanoparticle-Decorated Tungsten Oxide Nanoneedles Extremely Sensitive and Selective to Hydrogen.

    Fatima E. Annanouch;Z. Haddi;M. Ling;F. Di Maggio

Frequent Co-Authors

Rony Snyders
Rony Snyders University of Mons
Eduard Llobet
Eduard Llobet Rovira i Virgili University
Alexandre Felten
Alexandre Felten University of Namur
Christopher P. Ewels
Christopher P. Ewels Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-François Colomer
Jean-François Colomer University of Namur
Xiaoxing Ke
Xiaoxing Ke Beijing University of Technology
Xavier Correig
Xavier Correig Rovira i Virgili University
Jean-Jacques Pireaux
Jean-Jacques Pireaux University of Namur
Nikos Tagmatarchis
Nikos Tagmatarchis Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute
G. Van Tendeloo
G. Van Tendeloo University of Antwerp

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