2026 Douglas H. Adamson: 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	47	10967	10596	2573	2390	172	23717

Overview

Douglas H. Adamson is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research activity centers largely on materials science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry and biomedical engineering subfields.

Their publication record highlights work on topics including graphene research and applications, polymer surface interaction studies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and advancements in battery materials.

Recent scientific contributions include the following papers:

Synthesis of graphene oxide: Effect of sonication during oxidation (2024) published in Carbon
Controlled radical polymerization of hydrophilic and zwitterionic brush-like polymers from silk fibroin surfaces (2020) published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Surface-Initiated Passing-through Zwitterionic Polymer Brushes for Salt-Selective and Antifouling Materials (2020) published in Macromolecules
Interface-exfoliated graphene-based conductive screen-printing inks: low-loading, low-cost, and additive-free (2020) published in Scientific Reports
PolyHIPE foams from pristine graphene: Strong, porous, and electrically conductive materials templated by a 2D surfactant (2020) published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Frequent co-authors in Adamson's work include Shawn P. Ward, Sean T. McDermott, Prabodha G. Abeykoon, Chinthani D. Liyanage, and Harish Kumar. These collaborations indicate ongoing active research partnerships within their scientific network.

The scientist's publications appear predominantly in certain venues, reflecting the focus of their work:

Carbon
Macromolecules
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Langmuir

The main domains of study for Douglas H. Adamson encompass materials science and engineering. Within these domains, the subfield concentration includes materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, electrical and electronic engineering, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

Best Publications

Functionalized Single Graphene Sheets Derived from Splitting Graphite Oxide

Hannes C. Schniepp;Je-Luen Li;Michael J. Mcallister;Hiroaki Sai

4358
Citations
Single Sheet Functionalized Graphene by Oxidation and Thermal Expansion of Graphite

Michael J McAllister;Je-Luen Li;Douglas H Adamson;Hannes C Schniepp

4338
Citations
Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites

T. Ramanathan;A. A. Abdala;A. A. Abdala;S. Stankovich;D. A. Dikin

3989
Citations
Block copolymer lithography: Periodic arrays of ~1011 holes in 1 square centimeter

Miri Park;Christopher Harrison;Paul M. Chaikin;Richard Alan Register

2604
Citations
Methods of graphite exfoliation

Minzhen Cai;Daniel Thorpe;Douglas H. Adamson;Hannes C. Schniepp

616
Citations
Mechanisms of ordering in striped patterns

Christopher Harrison;Douglas H. Adamson;Zhengdong Cheng;John M. Sebastian

428
Citations
Macroscopic Orientation of Block Copolymer Cylinders in Single‐Layer Films by Shearing

Dan E. Angelescu;Judith H. Waller;Douglas H. Adamson;Paru Deshpande

415
Citations
Dense arrays of ordered GaAs nanostructures by selective area growth on substrates patterned by block copolymer lithography

R. R. Li;P. D. Dapkus;M. E. Thompson;W. G. Jeong

358
Citations
Thermal overload device containing a polymer composition containing thermally exfoliated graphite oxide and method of making the same

Robert K. Prud'homme;Ilhan A. Aksay

317
Citations
Method of nanoscale patterning and products made thereby

Christopher Harrison;Miri Park;Richard Register;Douglas Adamson

291
Citations
Large area dense nanoscale patterning of arbitrary surfaces

Miri Park;Miri Park;P. M. Chaikin;Richard Alan Register;Douglas H. Adamson

251
Citations
Large scale thermal exfoliation and functionalization of boron nitride.

Zhenhua Cui;Andrew J. Oyer;A. Jaeton Glover;Hannes C. Schniepp

251
Citations
Dynamics of pattern coarsening in a two-dimensional smectic system.

Christopher Harrison;Zhengdong Cheng;Srinivasan Sethuraman;David A. Huse

237
Citations
Conductive thin films of pristine graphene by solvent interface trapping.

Steven J. Woltornist;Andrew J. Oyer;Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo;Andrey V. Dobrynin

221
Citations
Lithography with a mask of block copolymer microstructures

Christopher Harrison;Miri Park;Paul M. Chaikin;Richard Alan Register

209
Citations
Chain Orientation in Block Copolymers Exhibiting Cylindrically Confined Crystallization

Daniel J. Quiram;Richard A. Register;Gary R. Marchand;Douglas H. Adamson

204
Citations
Dynamics of Structure Formation in Crystallizable Block Copolymers

Pratima Rangarajan;Richard A. Register;Douglas H. Adamson;Lewis J. Fetters

200
Citations
Functional graphene-polymer nanocomposites for gas barrier applications

Robert K. Prud'homme;Christopher D. O'neil;Bulent Ozbas;Ilhan A. Aksay

194
Citations
Functional graphene-rubber nanocomposites

Robert K. Prud'homme;Bulent Ozbas;Iihan A. Aksay;Richard A. Register

193
Citations
Pattern coarsening in a 2D hexagonal system

C. Harrison;D. E. Angelescu;M. Trawick;Zhengdong Cheng

155
Citations