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D-Index
87
Citations
25803
World Ranking
1974
National Ranking
592

David B. Geohegan 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 David B. Geohegan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 442 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David B. Geohegan 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 David B. Geohegan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work in understanding and controlling nonequilibrium growth processes of thin films and nanomaterials through realtime laser spectroscopy, imaging, and plasma diagnostic investigations

Overview

David B. Geohegan is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and has a research focus in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's research centers around several main topics:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

David B. Geohegan has collaborated frequently with a consistent group of co-authors, including Alexander A. Puretzky, Kai Xiao, Yiling Yu, Christopher M. Rouleau, and Gerd Duscher. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of work in high-impact scientific venues.

Common publication venues for their research include:

  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Selected recent papers by David B. Geohegan include:

  • Low Energy Implantation into Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers to Form Janus Structures, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Excitonic Dynamics in Janus MoSSe and WSSe Monolayers, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Enhancement of van der Waals Interlayer Coupling through Polar Janus MoSSe, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Two-Dimensional Palladium Diselenide with Strong In-Plane Optical Anisotropy and High Mobility Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Controllable Thin-Film Approaches for Doping and Alloying Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers, 2021, Advanced Science

David B. Geohegan was awarded the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) distinction in 2010 with the citation recognizing pioneering work in understanding and controlling nonequilibrium growth processes of thin films and nanomaterials through realtime laser spectroscopy, imaging, and plasma diagnostic investigations.

Best Publications

  • Highly Responsive Ultrathin GaS Nanosheet Photodetectors on Rigid and Flexible Substrates

    PingAn Hu;Lifeng Wang;Mina Yoon;Jia Zhang

  • Synthesis of Novel Thin-Film Materials by Pulsed Laser Deposition

    Douglas H. Lowndes;D. B. Geohegan;A. A. Puretzky;D. P. Norton

  • PdSe2: Pentagonal Two-Dimensional Layers with High Air Stability for Electronics.

    Akinola D. Oyedele;Shize Yang;Liangbo Liang;Alexander A. Puretzky

  • Nonlinear Fano-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces.

    Yuanmu Yang;Wenyi Wang;Abdelaziz Boulesbaa;Ivan I. Kravchenko

  • Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications

    Rahul Rao;Cary L. Pint;Ahmad E. Islam;Robert S. Weatherup

  • Fast intensified‐CCD photography of YBa2Cu3O7−x laser ablation in vacuum and ambient oxygen

    David B. Geohegan

  • Calcium as the superior coating metal in functionalization of carbon fullerenes for high-capacity hydrogen storage.

    Mina Yoon;Mina Yoon;Shenyuan Yang;Shenyuan Yang;Christian Hicke;Enge Wang

  • Time-resolved imaging of gas phase nanoparticle synthesis by laser ablation

    David B. Geohegan;Alex A. Puretzky;Gerd Duscher;Stephen J. Pennycook

  • In situ measurements and modeling of carbon nanotube array growth kinetics during chemical vapor deposition

    Alexander A Puretzky;Alexander A Puretzky;David B Geohegan;Stephen Jesse;Ilia N Ivanov;Ilia N Ivanov

  • Anisotropic Electron-Photon and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Black Phosphorus

    Xi Ling;Shengxi Huang;Eddwi H. Hasdeo;Liangbo Liang

  • Equally Efficient Interlayer Exciton Relaxation and Improved Absorption in Epitaxial and Nonepitaxial MoS2/WS2 Heterostructures

    Yifei Yu;Shi Hu;Liqin Su;Lujun Huang

  • Efficient Interlayer Relaxation and Transition of Excitons in Epitaxial and Non-epitaxial MoS2/WS2 Heterostructures

    Yifei Yu;Shi Hu;Liqin Su;Lujun Huang

  • High-Performance Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells by Using a Combination of Ultrasonic Spray-Coating and Low Thermal Budget Photonic Curing

    Sanjib Das;Bin Yang;Gong Gu;Pooran C. Joshi

  • Interlayer Coupling in Twisted WSe2/WS2 Bilayer Heterostructures Revealed by Optical Spectroscopy

    Kai Wang;Bing Huang;Bing Huang;Mengkun Tian;Frank Ceballos

  • Controlled Vapor Phase Growth of Single Crystalline, Two-Dimensional GaSe Crystals with High Photoresponse

    Xufan Li;Ming Wei Lin;Alexander A. Puretzky;Juan C. Idrobo

  • Two-dimensional GaSe/MoSe2 misfit bilayer heterojunctions by van der Waals epitaxy

    Xufan Li;Ming-Wei Lin;Junhao Lin;Bing Huang

  • Perovskite Solar Cells with Near 100% Internal Quantum Efficiency Based on Large Single Crystalline Grains and Vertical Bulk Heterojunctions

    Bin Yang;Ondrej Dyck;Jonathan Poplawsky;Jong Keum

  • Ultrathin nanosheets of CrSiTe3: a semiconducting two-dimensional ferromagnetic material

    Ming Wei Lin;Houlong L. Zhuang;Jiaqiang Yan;Jiaqiang Yan;Thomas Zac Ward

  • A roadmap for electronic grade 2D materials

    Natalie Briggs;Shruti Subramanian;Zhong Lin;Xufan Li;Xufan Li

  • Dynamics of laser ablation plume penetration through low pressure background gases

    David B. Geohegan;Alexander A. Puretzky

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander A. Puretzky
Alexander A. Puretzky Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kai Xiao
Kai Xiao Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christopher M. Rouleau
Christopher M. Rouleau Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ilia N. Ivanov
Ilia N. Ivanov Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gyula Eres
Gyula Eres Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gerd Duscher
Gerd Duscher University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Mina Yoon
Mina Yoon Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Douglas H. Lowndes
Douglas H. Lowndes Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Liangbo Liang
Liangbo Liang Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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