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Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
12670
World Ranking
7922
National Ranking
1965

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
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World Ranking
11023
National Ranking
3014

Chinedum O. Osuji 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 Chinedum O. Osuji sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 249 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chinedum O. Osuji 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 Chinedum O. Osuji sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For insightful determination of the structure and functional properties of soft materials and especially the selfassembly and processing of polymers by the novel application of external fields such as chemical surface forces, magnetic fields and periodic pressure gradients
  • 2015 - John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society For fundamental insights into block copolymer self-assembly under applied fields.

Overview

Chinedum O. Osuji is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with notable contributions to Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work has focused on several main research topics including:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Micro and Nano Robotics

Frequent co-authors in their publications consist of Russell J. Composto, Tae-Lim Choi, Craig J. Hawker, Herman Mark, and Takuzo Aida, each having collaborated on multiple projects.

Their research is often published in scientific journals such as:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Macromolecules
  • Soft Matter
  • ACS Nano
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Selected recent publications of Chinedum O. Osuji include:

  • Shaping and Locomotion of Soft Robots Using Filament Actuators Made from Liquid Crystal Elastomer-Carbon Nanotube Composites, 2020, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • Relating Selectivity and Separation Performance of Lamellar Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Membranes to Nanosheet Stacking Behavior, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Sustainable manufacturing of sensors onto soft systems using self-coagulating conductive Pickering emulsions, 2020, Science Robotics
  • Rapid Fabrication by Lyotropic Self-Assembly of Thin Nanofiltration Membranes with Uniform 1 Nanometer Pores, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks, 2022, Nature Materials

Chinedum O. Osuji has been recognized with awards such as the Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018, noted for contributions to understanding the structure and functional properties of soft materials, and the John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society in 2015, awarded for fundamental insights into block copolymer self-assembly under applied fields.

Best Publications

  • Materials for next-generation desalination and water purification membranes

    Jay R. Werber;Chinedum O. Osuji;Menachem Elimelech

  • Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales

    Vinodkumar Saranathan;Chinedum O. Osuji;Simon G. J. Mochrie;Heeso Noh

  • Directed self-assembly of block copolymers: a tutorial review of strategies for enabling nanotechnology with soft matter

    Hanqiong Hu;Manesh Gopinadhan;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • Omniphobic Membrane for Robust Membrane Distillation

    Shihong Lin;Siamak Nejati;Chanhee Boo;Yunxia Hu

  • High Performance Nanofiltration Membrane for Effective Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Substances at High Water Recovery

    Chanhee Boo;Yunkun Wang;Yunkun Wang;Ines Zucker;Youngwoo Choo

  • Enhanced antibacterial activity through the controlled alignment of graphene oxide nanosheets.

    Xinglin Lu;Xunda Feng;Jay R Werber;Chiheng Chu

  • Antifouling ultrafiltration membranes via post-fabrication grafting of biocidal nanomaterials.

    Meagan S. Mauter;Yue Wang;Kaetochi C. Okemgbo;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • Anisotropic ionic conductivity in block copolymer membranes by magnetic field alignment.

    Pawel W. Majewski;Manesh Gopinadhan;Woo-Sik Jang;Jodie L. Lutkenhaus

  • Scalable Fabrication of Polymer Membranes with Vertically Aligned 1 nm Pores by Magnetic Field Directed Self-Assembly

    Xunda Feng;Marissa E. Tousley;Matthew G. Cowan;Brian R. Wiesenauer

  • Hybrid pressure retarded osmosis-membrane distillation system for power generation from low-grade heat: thermodynamic analysis and energy efficiency.

    Shihong Lin;Ngai Yin Yip;Tzahi Y. Cath;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • Temperature-Dependent Photonic Bandgap in a Self-Assembled Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymer

    C. Osuji;C.-Y. Chao;I. Bita;C.K. Ober

  • Alignment of Self-Assembled Hierarchical Microstructure in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers Using High Magnetic Fields

    Chinedum Osuji;Paulo J. Ferreira;Guoping Mao;Christopher K. Ober

  • Engineering flat sheet microporous PVDF films for membrane distillation

    Siamak Nejati;Chanhee Boo;Chinedum O. Osuji;Menachem Elimelech

  • Magnetic field alignment of block copolymers and polymer nanocomposites: Scalable microstructure control in functional soft materials

    Pawel W. Majewski;Manesh Gopinadhan;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • Production of amorphous nanoparticles by supersonic spray-drying with a microfluidic nebulator

    Esther Amstad;Manesh Gopinadhan;Christian Holtze;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • New insights on fumed colloidal rheology—shear thickening and vorticity-aligned structures in flocculating dispersions

    Ajay Singh Negi;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • Rheology of cellulose nanofibrils in the presence of surfactants

    Nawal Quennouz;Sara M. Hashmi;Hong Sung Choi;Jin Woong Kim

  • Stimuli-responsive smart gels realized via modular protein design.

    Tijana Z. Grove;Chinedum O. Osuji;Jason D. Forster;Eric R. Dufresne

  • Shaping and Locomotion of Soft Robots Using Filament Actuators Made from Liquid Crystal Elastomer–Carbon Nanotube Composites

    Jiaqi Liu;Yuchong Gao;Haihuan Wang;Ryan Poling-Skutvik

  • Directed Assembly of Hybrid Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites.

    Shanju Zhang;Candice I. Pelligra;Xunda Feng;Chinedum O. Osuji

  • Shear thickening and scaling of the elastic modulus in a fractal colloidal system with attractive interactions

    Chinedum O. Osuji;Chanjoong Kim;David A. Weitz

  • Post-fabrication modification of electrospun nanofiber mats with polymer coating for membrane distillation applications

    Evyatar Shaulsky;Siamak Nejati;Siamak Nejati;Chanhee Boo;François Perreault;François Perreault

Frequent Co-Authors

Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Kevin G. Yager
Kevin G. Yager Brookhaven National Laboratory
Padma Gopalan
Padma Gopalan University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jan Schroers
Jan Schroers Yale University
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Edwin L. Thomas
Edwin L. Thomas Texas A&M University
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Lisa D. Pfefferle
Lisa D. Pfefferle Yale University
André D. Taylor
André D. Taylor New York University

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