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Saudi Arabia
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
93
Citations
30694
World Ranking
1466
National Ranking
14

Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
30541
World Ranking
1798
National Ranking
17

Ingo Pinnau 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 Ingo Pinnau sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 273 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ingo Pinnau 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 Ingo Pinnau sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Ingo Pinnau is affiliated with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and materials science, with particular attention to mechanical engineering and materials chemistry as subfields.

The scientist's main research topics include membrane separation and gas transport, membrane separation technologies, graphene research and applications, covalent organic framework applications, muon and positron interactions and applications, synthesis and properties of polymers, and metal-organic frameworks: synthesis and applications.

Ingo Pinnau has contributed extensively to scientific literature with notable recent papers such as:

  • Efficient and simultaneous capture of iodine and methyl iodide achieved by a covalent organic framework, 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • Ionic Functionalization of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks to Achieve an Exceptionally High Iodine-Capture Capacity, 2021, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Hydrocarbon ladder polymers with ultrahigh permselectivity for membrane gas separations, 2022, published in Science
  • Finely Tuned Submicroporous Thin-Film Molecular Sieve Membranes for Highly Efficient Fluid Separations, 2020, published in Advanced Materials
  • Defect Engineering in Metal-Organic Frameworks Towards Advanced Mixed Matrix Membranes for Efficient Propylene/Propane Separation, 2021, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their research has been published frequently in renowned venues such as:

  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Science

Ingo Pinnau collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Yingge Wang
  • Yu Han
  • Bader S. Ghanem
  • Wojciech Ogieglo
  • Zain Ali

Best Publications

  • Gas sorption, diffusion, and permeation in poly(dimethylsiloxane)

    T. C. Merkel;V. I. Bondar;K. Nagai;Benny D Freeman

  • Ultrapermeable, Reverse-Selective Nanocomposite Membranes

    T. C. Merkel;B. D. Freeman;R. J. Spontak;Z. He

  • Materials science of membranes for gas and vapor separation

    Yuri Yampolskii;Ingo Pinnau;Benny D. Freeman

  • Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] and related polymers: Synthesis, properties and functions

    Kazukiyo Nagai;Toshio Masuda;Tsutomu Nakagawa;Benny D. Freeman

  • Polysulfone/silica nanoparticle mixed-matrix membranes for gas separation

    Juhyeon Ahn;Juhyeon Ahn;Wook-Jin Chung;Ingo Pinnau;Michael D. Guiver

  • Gas transport properties of poly(ether-b-amide) segmented block copolymers

    V. I. Bondar;B. D. Freeman;I. Pinnau

  • Transport of Gases and Vapors in Glassy and Rubbery Polymers

    Scott Matteucci;Yuri Yampolskii;Benny D. Freeman;Ingo Pinnau

  • Fine-Tuned Intrinsically Ultramicroporous Polymers Redefine the Permeability/Selectivity Upper Bounds of Membrane-Based Air and Hydrogen Separations

    Raja Swaidan;Bader Ghanem;Ingo Pinnau

  • High-performance polyamide thin-film-nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes containing hydrophobic zeolitic imidazolate framework-8

    Jintang Duan;Yichang Pan;Federico Pacheco;Eric Litwiller

  • Efficient and simultaneous capture of iodine and methyl iodide achieved by a covalent organic framework

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  • Fouling of reverse osmosis membranes by biopolymers in wastewater secondary effluent: Role of membrane surface properties and initial permeate flux

    Qilin Li;Zhihua Xu;Ingo Pinnau

  • Ultra-microporous triptycene-based polyimide membranes for high-performance gas separation.

    Bader S. Ghanem;Raja Swaidan;Eric Litwiller;Ingo Pinnau

  • Sorption, Transport, and Structural Evidence for Enhanced Free Volume in Poly(4-methyl-2-pentyne)/Fumed Silica Nanocomposite Membranes

    T. C. Merkel;Benny D Freeman;R. J. Spontak;Z. He

  • Gas and vapor transport properties of amorphous perfluorinated copolymer membranes based on 2,2-bistrifluoromethyl-4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxole/tetrafluoroethylene

    Ingo Pinnau;Lora G. Toy

  • Unravelling surface and interfacial structures of a metal–organic framework by transmission electron microscopy

    Yihan Zhu;Jim Ciston;Bin Zheng;Xiaohe Miao

  • Gas sorption and characterization of poly(ether‐b‐amide) segmented block copolymers

    V. I. Bondar;Benny D Freeman;I. Pinnau

  • Effects of polyether–polyamide block copolymer coating on performance and fouling of reverse osmosis membranes

    Jennifer S. Louie;Ingo Pinnau;Isabelle Ciobanu;Kenneth P. Ishida

  • Physical Aging, Plasticization and Their Effects on Gas Permeation in "Rigid" Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity

    Raja Swaidan;Bader Ghanem;Eric Litwiller;Ingo Pinnau

  • Transport of organic vapors through poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)

    I Pinnau;Lora Toy

  • Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity Containing Trifluoromethyl and Phenylsulfone Groups as Materials for Membrane Gas Separation

    Naiying Du;Gilles P. Robertson;Jingshe Song;Ingo Pinnau

  • Effect of Nanoparticles on Gas Sorption and Transport in Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)

    Timothy C. Merkel;Zhenjie He;Ingo Pinnau;Benny D. Freeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Bader Ghanem
Bader Ghanem King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Benny D. Freeman
Benny D. Freeman The University of Texas at Austin
Yu Han
Yu Han King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Richard W. Baker
Richard W. Baker Saudi Aramco (United States)
Johannes G. Wijmans
Johannes G. Wijmans University of Twente
Michael D. Guiver
Michael D. Guiver Tianjin University
William J. Koros
William J. Koros Georgia Institute of Technology
Gilles P. Robertson
Gilles P. Robertson National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Kazukiyo Nagai
Kazukiyo Nagai Meiji University
Youssef Belmabkhout
Youssef Belmabkhout Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

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