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D-Index
76
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35439
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3209
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Deji Akinwande 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 Deji Akinwande sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 408 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deji Akinwande 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 Deji Akinwande sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to wafer-scale graphene synthesis and application to flexible devices
  • 2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the physical study and development of scalable uniform monolayer graphene synthesis on waferscale substrates, and the realization of GHz flexible and wearable twodimensional devices, circuits and systems

Overview

Deji Akinwande is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a strong focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work includes investigations in several subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Polymers and Plastics. The central themes of their research reflect an emphasis on advanced memory and neural computing, 2D materials and applications, MXene and MAX phase materials, graphene research and applications, ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices, perovskite materials and applications, as well as neuroscience and neural engineering.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ACS Nano
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • npj 2D Materials and Applications
  • Nano Letters

Their recent published papers span a variety of influential topics and venues:

  • "Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors", 2023, ACS Nano
  • "Memristive technologies for data storage, computation, encryption, and radio-frequency communication", 2022, Science
  • "2D materials for future heterogeneous electronics", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Insulators for 2D nanoelectronics: the gap to bridge", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Wafer-scale integration of two-dimensional materials in high-density memristive crossbar arrays for artificial neural networks", 2020, Nature Electronics

Among frequent collaborators are scientists who have coauthored multiple works with Deji Akinwande, including:

  • Dmitry Kireev
  • Ruijing Ge
  • Jack C. Lee
  • Syed Rizwan
  • Yuqian Gu

Deji Akinwande has received recognition through awards such as the IEEE Fellow in 2021 for contributions to wafer-scale graphene synthesis and its application to flexible devices.

They were also named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2017, cited for contributions related to scalable uniform monolayer graphene synthesis on wafer-scale substrates and the realization of gigahertz flexible and wearable two-dimensional devices, circuits, and systems.

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

    Ganesh R. Bhimanapati;Zhenqiu Lin;Vincent Meunier;Vincent Meunier;Yeonwoong Jung

  • Recent Development of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Their Applications

    Wonbong Choi;Nitin Choudhary;Gang Hee Han;Juhong Park

  • Two-dimensional flexible nanoelectronics.

    Deji Akinwande;Nicholas Petrone;James Hone

  • Silicene field-effect transistors operating at room temperature

    Li Tao;Eugenio Cinquanta;Daniele Chiappe;Carlo Grazianetti

  • Graphene and two-dimensional materials for silicon technology.

    Deji Akinwande;Cedric Huyghebaert;Ching-Hua Wang;Martha I. Serna

  • A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond

    Deji Akinwande;Christopher J. Brennan;J. Scott Bunch;Philip Egberts

  • Buckled two-dimensional Xene sheets

    Alessandro Molle;Joshua Goldberger;Michel Houssa;Yong Xu

  • Graphene Electronic Tattoo Sensors

    Shideh Kabiri Ameri;Rebecca Ho;Hongwoo Jang;Li Tao;Li Tao

  • Pressure-induced semiconducting to metallic transition in multilayered molybdenum disulphide

    Avinash P. Nayak;Swastibrata Bhattacharyya;Jie Zhu;Jin Liu

  • Recommended Methods to Study Resistive Switching Devices

    Mario Lanza;H.-S. Philip Wong;Eric Pop;Daniele Ielmini

  • 2D materials for future heterogeneous electronics

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  • High-performance, highly bendable MoS2 transistors with high-K dielectrics for flexible low-power systems

    Hsiao Yu Chang;Shixuan Yang;Jongho Lee;Li Tao

  • Atomristor: Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in Atomic Sheets of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides.

    Ruijing Ge;Xiaohan Wu;Myungsoo Kim;Jianping Shi

  • Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Device Physics

    H. S. Philip Wong;Deji Akinwande

  • Insulators for 2D nanoelectronics: the gap to bridge.

    Yury Yu. Illarionov;Theresia Knobloch;Markus Jech;Mario Lanza

  • Flexible black phosphorus ambipolar transistors, circuits and AM demodulator

    Weinan Zhu;Maruthi N. Yogeesh;Shixuan Yang;Sandra H. Aldave;Sandra H. Aldave

  • Enhancement of the Electrical Properties of Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition via Controlling the Effects of Polymer Residue

    Ji Won Suk;Wi Hyoung Lee;Wi Hyoung Lee;Jongho Lee;Harry Chou

  • Toward Air-Stable Multilayer Phosphorene Thin-Films and Transistors

    Joon-Seok Kim;Yingnan Liu;Weinan Zhu;Seohee Kim

  • Wafer-scale integration of two-dimensional materials in high-density memristive crossbar arrays for artificial neural networks

    Shaochuan Chen;Shaochuan Chen;Mohammad Reza Mahmoodi;Yuanyuan Shi;Chandreswar Mahata

  • Silicene, silicene derivatives, and their device applications.

    Alessandro Molle;Carlo Grazianetti;Li Tao;Deepyanti Taneja

  • Pressure-dependent optical and vibrational properties of monolayer molybdenum disulfide.

    Avinash P. Nayak;Tribhuwan Pandey;Damien Voiry;Jin Liu

  • Recent Progress on Stability and Passivation of Black Phosphorus.

    Yohannes Abate;Deji Akinwande;Sampath Gamage;Han Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjay K. Banerjee
Sanjay K. Banerjee The University of Texas at Austin
Rodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Ananth Dodabalapur
Ananth Dodabalapur The University of Texas at Austin
Jung-Fu Lin
Jung-Fu Lin The University of Texas at Austin
H.-S. Philip Wong
H.-S. Philip Wong Stanford University
Seth R. Bank
Seth R. Bank The University of Texas at Austin
Jack C. Lee
Jack C. Lee The University of Texas at Austin
Pai-Yen Chen
Pai-Yen Chen University of Illinois at Chicago
Wi Hyoung Lee
Wi Hyoung Lee Konkuk University
Yufeng Hao
Yufeng Hao Nanjing University

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