2026 Hemamala I. Karunadasa: 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	55	8429	8143	2070	1918	258	21743

Hemamala I. Karunadasa 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 Hemamala I. Karunadasa sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 258 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hemamala I. Karunadasa 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 Hemamala I. Karunadasa sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% 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

2015 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Hemamala I. Karunadasa is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in the field of Materials Science. Their research primarily covers Materials Chemistry, with significant contributions also to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
2D Materials and Applications
Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds

Among their recent publications are:

Preserving a robust CsPbI3 perovskite phase via pressure-directed octahedral tilt, 2021, Nature Communications
Doubling the Stakes: The Promise of Halide Double Perovskites, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Directed assembly of layered perovskite heterostructures as single crystals, 2021, Nature
Carrier Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 μm Despite Trap-Limited Transport in Halide Double Perovskites, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
Single Ensemble Non-exponential Photoluminescent Population Decays from a Broadband White-Light-Emitting Perovskite, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Jeffrey B. Neaton
Kurt P. Lindquist
Bridget A. Connor
Linn Leppert
Marina R. Filip

Their work has appeared in several notable publication venues with multiple contributions, such as:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie
Chemical Science

In recognition of their contributions, Hemamala I. Karunadasa was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2015.

Best Publications

A Layered Hybrid Perovskite Solar-Cell Absorber with Enhanced Moisture Stability

Ian C. Smith;Eric T. Hoke;Diego Solis-Ibarra;Michael D. McGehee

2388
Citations
Reversible photo-induced trap formation in mixed-halide hybrid perovskites for photovoltaics

Eric T. Hoke;Daniel J. Slotcavage;Emma R. Dohner;Andrea R. Bowring

2276
Citations
A Bismuth-Halide Double Perovskite with Long Carrier Recombination Lifetime for Photovoltaic Applications

Adam H. Slavney;Te Hu;Aaron M. Lindenberg;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

2078
Citations
A Molecular MoS2 Edge Site Mimic for Catalytic Hydrogen Generation

Hemamala I. Karunadasa;Hemamala I. Karunadasa;Elizabeth Montalvo;Yujie Sun;Yujie Sun;Marcin Majda

1293
Citations
Intrinsic white-light emission from layered hybrid perovskites.

Emma R. Dohner;Adam Jaffe;Liam R. Bradshaw;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

1081
Citations
White-Light Emission from Layered Halide Perovskites.

Matthew D. Smith;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

1036
Citations
Self-assembly of broadband white-light emitters.

Emma R. Dohner;Eric T. Hoke;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

771
Citations
A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water

Hemamala I. Karunadasa;Christopher J. Chang;Christopher J. Chang;Jeffrey R. Long;Jeffrey R. Long

752
Citations
Tuning the Luminescence of Layered Halide Perovskites.

Matthew D. Smith;Bridget A. Connor;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

734
Citations
A Layered Hybrid Perovskite Solar‐Cell Absorber with Enhanced Moisture Stability

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689
Citations
Light-Induced Phase Segregation in Halide-Perovskite Absorbers

Daniel J. Slotcavage;Hemamala I. Karunadasa;Michael D. McGehee

683
Citations
Structural origins of broadband emission from layered Pb–Br hybrid perovskites

Matthew D. Smith;Adam Jaffe;Emma R. Dohner;Aaron M. Lindenberg

547
Citations
Mechanism for Broadband White-Light Emission from Two-Dimensional (110) Hybrid Perovskites

Te Hu;Te Hu;Matthew D. Smith;Emma R. Dohner;Meng-Ju Sher

541
Citations
High-Pressure Single-Crystal Structures of 3D Lead-Halide Hybrid Perovskites and Pressure Effects on their Electronic and Optical Properties

Adam Jaffe;Yu Lin;Christine M. Beavers;Johannes Voss

456
Citations
Layered Halide Double Perovskites: Dimensional Reduction of Cs2AgBiBr6

Bridget A. Connor;Linn Leppert;Matthew D. Smith;Jeffrey B. Neaton;Jeffrey B. Neaton

355
Citations
Defect-Induced Band-Edge Reconstruction of a Bismuth-Halide Double Perovskite for Visible-Light Absorption

Adam H. Slavney;Linn Leppert;Linn Leppert;Davide Bartesaghi;Aryeh Gold-Parker;Aryeh Gold-Parker

343
Citations
Chemical Approaches to Addressing the Instability and Toxicity of Lead–Halide Perovskite Absorbers

Adam H. Slavney;Rebecca W. Smaha;Ian C. Smith;Adam Jaffe

338
Citations
CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite single crystals: surface photophysics and their interaction with the environment

G. Grancini;V. D'Innocenzo;V. D'Innocenzo;E. R. Dohner;Nunzio Maria Di Martino;Nunzio Maria Di Martino

232
Citations
Pressure-Induced Conductivity and Yellow-to-Black Piezochromism in a Layered Cu–Cl Hybrid Perovskite

Adam Jaffe;Yu Lin;Wendy L. Mao;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

230
Citations
Pressure-Induced Metallization of the Halide Perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3

Adam Jaffe;Yu Lin;Wendy L. Mao;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

201
Citations
Light-induced picosecond rotational disordering of the inorganic sublattice in hybrid perovskites

Xiaoxi Wu;Liang Z. Tan;Xiaozhe Shen;Te Hu

200
Citations
Low-temperature spin freezing in the Dy 2 Ti 2 O 7 spin ice

J. Snyder;B. G. Ueland;J. S. Slusky;H. Karunadasa

180
Citations