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Christopher M. Sorensen

Christopher M. Sorensen

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
17856
World Ranking
4617
National Ranking
1224

Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
18984
World Ranking
4965
National Ranking
1551

Christopher M. Sorensen 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 Christopher M. Sorensen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 287 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher M. Sorensen 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 Christopher M. Sorensen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% 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

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Christopher M. Sorensen is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their research activity spans multiple fields including engineering, environmental science, and materials science, with a notable focus on several subfields such as global and planetary change, biomedical engineering, atmospheric science, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics encompass atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, graphene research and applications, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, and optical polarization and ellipsometry.

Christopher M. Sorensen has produced a number of recent papers, demonstrating diverse interests and contributions. Selected publications include:

  • Additive manufacturing of continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composite with graphene enhanced interlayer bond toward ultra-high mechanical properties, 2021, published in Polymer Composites
  • Graphene Aerosol Gel Ink for Printing Micro-Supercapacitors, 2021, published in ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Transforming scalable synthesis of graphene aerosol gel material toward highly flexible and wide-temperature tolerant printed micro-supercapacitors, 2024, published in APL Energy
  • Synthesis of turbostratic nanoscale graphene via chamber detonation of oxygen/acetylene mixtures, 2021, published in Nano Select
  • Radiative properties of soot fractal superaggregates including backscattering and depolarization, 2020, published in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Frequent co-authors in their work include Justin B. Maughan, Hans Moosmüller, Shusil Sigdel, Matthew J. Berg, and Prakash Gautam, indicating established collaborative research relationships.

The scientist's publications occur frequently in venues such as the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Optics Communications, and arXiv (Cornell University), highlighting a consistent presence in journals related to spectroscopy, energy materials, optics, and preprint scientific literature.

Christopher M. Sorensen is also recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Light Scattering by Fractal Aggregates: A Review

    C. M. Sorensen

  • Size-dependent magnetic properties of MnFe 2 O 4 fine particles synthesized by coprecipitation

    J. P. Chen;C. M. Sorensen;K. J. Klabunde;G. C. Hadjipanayis

  • Magnetic properties of ultrafine iron particles.

    S. Gangopadhyay;G. C. Hadjipanayis;B. Dale;C. M. Sorensen

  • Formation of Long-Range-Ordered Nanocrystal Superlattices on Silicon Nitride Substrates

    Xiao-Min Lin;Heinrich M. Jaeger;Christopher M. Sorensen;Kenneth J. Klabunde

  • Chemistry of Borohydride Reduction of Iron(II) and Iron(III) Ions in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Media. Formation of Nanoscale Fe, FeB, and Fe2B Powders

    George N. Glavee;Kenneth J. Klabunde;Christopher M. Sorensen;George C. Hadjipanayis

  • Size-dependent Curie temperature in nanoscale MnFe2O4 particles.

    ZX Tang;CM Sorensen;KJ Klabunde;GC Hadjipanayis

  • The Mobility of Fractal Aggregates: A Review

    C. M. Sorensen

  • Enhanced magnetization of nanoscale colloidal cobalt particles.

    J. P. Chen;C. M. Sorensen;K. J. Klabunde;G. C. Hadjipanayis

  • Digestive-Ripening Agents for Gold Nanoparticles: Alternatives to Thiols

    B. L. V. Prasad;Savka I. Stoeva;Christopher M. Sorensen;Kenneth J. Klabunde

  • Synthesis of spherical silver nanoparticles by digestive ripening, stabilization with various agents, and their 3-D and 2-D superlattice formation.

    Alexander B. Smetana;Kenneth J. Klabunde;Christopher M. Sorensen

  • Borohydride reduction of cobalt ions in water. Chemistry leading to nanoscale metal, boride, or borate particles

    George N. Glavee;Kenneth J. Klabunde;Christopher M. Sorensen;George C. Hadjipanayis

  • Structural phase behavior in II–VI semiconductor nanoparticles

    R. J. Bandaranayake;G. W. Wen;J. Y. Lin;H. X. Jiang

  • The density of supercooled water. II. Bulk samples cooled to the homogeneous nucleation limit

    D. E. Hare;C. M. Sorensen

  • Light-scattering measurements of monomer size, monomers per aggregate, and fractal dimension for soot aggregates in flames.

    C M Sorensen;J Cai;N Lu

  • Gram-scale synthesis of monodisperse gold colloids by the solvated metal atom dispersion method and digestive ripening and their organization into two- and three-dimensional structures.

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  • Face-Centered Cubic and Hexagonal Closed-Packed Nanocrystal Superlattices of Gold Nanoparticles Prepared by Different Methods†

    Savka I. Stoeva;B. L. V. Prasad;Sitharaman Uma;Peter K. Stoimenov

  • The Effect of Overlap between Monomers on the Determination of Fractal Cluster Morphology

    C. Oh;C.M. Sorensen

  • Biocidal activity of nanocrystalline silver powders and particles.

    Alexander B. Smetana;Kenneth J. Klabunde;George R. Marchin;Christopher M. Sorensen

  • Digestive Ripening, Nanophase Segregation and Superlattice Formation in Gold Nanocrystal Colloids

    X.M. Lin;C.M. Sorensen;K.J. Klabunde

  • Borohydride reductions of metal ions. A new understanding of the chemistry leading to nanoscale particles of metals, borides, and metal borates

    George N. Glavee;Kenneth J. Klabunde;Christopher M. Sorensen;George C. Hadjapanayis

  • Borohydride Reduction of Nickel and Copper Ions in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Media. Controllable Chemistry Leading to Nanoscale Metal and Metal Boride Particles

    George N. Glavee;Kenneth J. Klabunde;Christopher M. Sorensen;George C. Hadjipanayis

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth J. Klabunde
Kenneth J. Klabunde Kansas State University
George C. Hadjipanayis
George C. Hadjipanayis University of Delaware
Hans Moosmüller
Hans Moosmüller Desert Research Institute
Fernando Bresme
Fernando Bresme Imperial College London
Jingyu Lin
Jingyu Lin Texas Tech University
Lucio Isa
Lucio Isa ETH Zurich
Hao Yan
Hao Yan Arizona State University
Hongxing Jiang
Hongxing Jiang Texas Tech University
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Peter Schurtenberger
Peter Schurtenberger Lund University

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