2026 David J. Dunstan: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	52	9623	9293	384	365	293	9034

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Overview

David J. Dunstan is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

Mechanical properties of graphene (2021, Applied Physics Reviews)
Colossal Reversible Barocaloric Effects in Layered Hybrid Perovskite (C₁₀H₂₁NH₃)₂MnCl₄ under Low Pressure Near Room Temperature (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
Reversible barocaloric effects over a large temperature span in fullerite C₆₀ (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
On energetic and dissipative gradient effects within higher-order strain gradient plasticity: Size effect, passivation effect, and Bauschinger effect (2021, International Journal of Plasticity)
Mechanical reinforcement from two-dimensional nanofillers: model, bulk and hybrid polymer nanocomposites (2024, Nanoscale)

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

Graphene research and applications
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Microstructure and mechanical properties
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Advancements in Battery Materials
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Frequent collaborators in their work are:

Yiwei Sun
Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou
C. J. Humphreys
Ming Dong
Alan J. Drew

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Nanoscale
Scientific Reports
Applied Physics Reviews

Best Publications

Plastic relaxation and relaxed buffer layers for semiconductor epitaxy

R. Beanland;D.J. Dunstan;P.J. Goodhew

263
Citations
Carbon nanotubes : from molecular to macroscopic sensors

Jonathan R. Wood;Qing Zhao;Mark D. Frogley;Erwin R. Meurs;Erwin R. Meurs

254
Citations
Strain and strain relaxation in semiconductors

D. J Dunstan

254
Citations
Grain size dependence of the strength of metals: The Hall–Petch effect does not scale as the inverse square root of grain size

D.J. Dunstan;A.J. Bushby

243
Citations
Technology of diamond anvil high-pressure cells: I. Principles, design and construction

D J Dunstan;I L Spain

210
Citations
The Hall-Petch effect as a manifestation of the general size effect.

Y. Li;A. J. Bushby;D. J. Dunstan

209
Citations
Toward a further understanding of size effects in the torsion of thin metal wires: An experimental and theoretical assessment

Dabiao Liu;Yuming He;David J. Dunstan;Bo Zhang

202
Citations
Thermal quenching of the photoluminescence of InGaAs/GaAs and InGaAs/AlGaAs strained-layer quantum wells

J. D. Lambkin;D. J. Dunstan;K. P. Homewood;L. K. Howard

199
Citations
Raman scattering studies on single-crystalline bulk AlN under high pressures

M. Kuball;J. M. Hayes;A. D. Prins;N. W. Van Uden

176
Citations
Photoluminescence in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

D. J. Dunstan;F. Boulitrop

169
Citations
Materials mechanical size effects: a review

T. T. Zhu;A. J. Bushby;D. J. Dunstan

169
Citations
Spider dragline silk as torsional actuator driven by humidity.

Dabiao Liu;Dabiao Liu;Anna Tarakanova;Claire C. Hsu;Miao Yu

163
Citations
Theory of the gasket in diamond anvil high‐pressure cells

D. J. Dunstan

160
Citations
Geometrical theory of critical thickness and relaxation in strained‐layer growth

D. J. Dunstan;S. Young;R. H. Dixon

153
Citations
The scaling exponent in the size effect of small scale plastic deformation

D.J. Dunstan;A.J. Bushby

150
Citations
Mechanical Response of Carbon Nanotubes under Molecular and Macroscopic Pressures

J.R. Wood;M.D. Frogley;E.R. Meurs;A.D. Prins

147
Citations
The technology of diamond anvil high-pressure cells. II: Operation and use

I L Spain;D J Dunstan

143
Citations
Mechanical properties of graphene

Y Sun;D Papageorgiou;C Humphreys;D Dunstan

139
Citations
Plastic relaxation of InGaAs grown on GaAs

D. J. Dunstan;P. Kidd;L. K. Howard;R. H. Dixon

136
Citations
Size effect in the initiation of plasticity for ceramics in nanoindentation

T.T. Zhu;A.J. Bushby;D.J. Dunstan

130
Citations
Anomalous plasticity in the cyclic torsion of micron scale metallic wires.

Dabiao Liu;Yuming He;D. J. Dunstan;Bo Zhang

119
Citations
Elastic limit and strain hardening of thin wires in torsion.

D. J. Dunstan;B. Ehrler;R. Bossis;S. Joly

114
Citations