2026 James W. Evans: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

James W. Evans publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

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50 publications 1,163+

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James W. Evans D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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40 D-Index 165+

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Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development and application of models of the nonequilibrium processes of epitaxy, chemisorption and catalytic reactions at surfaces

Overview

James W. Evans is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

Graphene research and applications
Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Machine Learning in Materials Science

Recent papers contributed by James W. Evans include:

"Mild and Selective Hydrogenation of Nitrate to Ammonia in the Absence of Noble Metals" (2020), published in ACS Catalysis
"Sierpiński Structure and Electronic Topology in Bi Thin Films on InSb(111)B Surfaces" (2021), published in Physical Review Letters
"Strain-Enhanced Metallic Intermixing in Shape-Controlled Multilayered Core-Shell Nanostructures: Toward Shaped Intermetallics" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Thermodynamic Preference for Atom Adsorption on versus Intercalation into Multilayer Graphene" (2020), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
"Adsorption, intercalation, diffusion, and adhesion of Cu at the 2H−MoS2 (0001) surface from first-principles calculations" (2020), published in Physical Review Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Evans include Yong Han, Michael C. Tringides, Da-Jiang Liu, King C. Lai, and P. A. Thiel.

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

The Journal of Chemical Physics
SSRN Electronic Journal
Physical Review E
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

James W. Evans received the honor of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2002. The citation recognized their development and application of models of nonequilibrium processes related to epitaxy, chemisorption, and catalytic reactions at surfaces.

Best Publications

Electrochemical measurement of transference numbers in polymer electrolytes

James Evans;Colin A. Vincent;Peter G. Bruce

2101
Citations
Morphological evolution during epitaxial thin film growth: Formation of 2D islands and 3D mounds

J.W. Evans;P.A. Thiel;M.C. Bartelt;M.C. Bartelt

946
Citations
Scaling analysis of diffusion-mediated island growth in surface adsorption processes.

M. C. Bartelt;James W. Evans

526
Citations
Conductivity and transference number measurements on polymer electrolytes

Peter G. Bruce;James Evans;Colin A. Vincent

417
Citations
Diffusion of Large Two-Dimensional Ag Clusters on Ag(100)

J.-M. Wen;S.-L. Chang;Joseph W. Burnett;James W. Evans

397
Citations
Low-temperature epitaxial growth of thin metal films

James W. Evans;D. E. Sanders;Patricia A. Thiel;Andrew E. DePristo

295
Citations
Coarsening mechanisms in a metal film: From cluster diffusion to vacancy ripening

J.-M. Wen;James W. Evans;M. C. Bartelt;Joseph W. Burnett

250
Citations
Fluctuation-Induced Transitions in a Bistable Surface Reaction: Catalytic CO Oxidation on a Pt Field Emitter Tip

Yu Suchorski;J. Beben;E. W. James;James W. Evans

198
Citations
Organic solar cells and fully printed super-capacitors optimized for indoor light energy harvesting

Balthazar P. Lechêne;Martin Cowell;Adrien Pierre;James W. Evans

189
Citations
Nucleation and growth of square islands during deposition: Sizes, coalescence, separations and correlations

M.C. Bartelt;J.W. Evans

174
Citations
Growth morphology and properties of metals on graphene

Xiaojie Liu;Yong Han;Yong Han;James W. Evans;James W. Evans;Albert K. Engstfeld

164
Citations
Exact island-size distributions for submonolayer deposition: Influence of correlations between island size and separation

M. C. Bartelt;James W. Evans

159
Citations
Transition to Multilayer Kinetic Roughening for Metal (100) Homoepitaxy

M. C. Bartelt;James W. Evans

140
Citations
Kinetic phase transitions in catalytic reaction models

James W. Evans

129
Citations
Characterizing kinetics near a first-order catalytic-poisoning transition.

James W. Evans;M. S. Miesch

127
Citations
Anisotropy in nucleation and growth of two-dimensional islands during homoepitaxy on "hex" reconstructed Au(100).

S. Günther;E. Kopatzki;M. C. Bartelt;James W. Evans

127
Citations
Factors mediating smoothness in epitaxial thin-film growth

James W. Evans

115
Citations
Coarsening of Two-Dimensional Nanoclusters on Metal Surfaces

Patricia A. Thiel;Mingmin Shen;Da-Jiang Liu;James W. Evans

113
Citations
Corrosion of Aluminum Current Collectors in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Electrolytes Containing LiPF6

Xueyuan Zhang;Bryon Winget;Marca Doeff;James W. Evans;James W. Evans

108
Citations
Fluctuations and critical phenomena in catalytic CO oxidation on nanoscale Pt facets

Yu. Suchorski;J. Beben;R. Imbihl;E. W. James

104
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cai-Zhuang Wang Iowa State University

Li Huang Southern University of Science and Technology

Andreas K. Schmid Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Thomas A. Lograsso Ames Laboratory

Talat S. Rahman University of Central Florida

Mark Asta University of California, Berkeley

Klaus Kern Max Planck Society

Kai-Ming Ho Iowa State University

Alan I. Goldman Iowa State University

Jin-Feng Jia Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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James W. Evans

James W. Evans publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

James W. Evans D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

Research.com Recognitions

Overview

Best Publications

Electrochemical measurement of transference numbers in polymer electrolytes

Morphological evolution during epitaxial thin film growth: Formation of 2D islands and 3D mounds

Scaling analysis of diffusion-mediated island growth in surface adsorption processes.

Conductivity and transference number measurements on polymer electrolytes

Diffusion of Large Two-Dimensional Ag Clusters on Ag(100)

Low-temperature epitaxial growth of thin metal films

Coarsening mechanisms in a metal film: From cluster diffusion to vacancy ripening

Fluctuation-Induced Transitions in a Bistable Surface Reaction: Catalytic CO Oxidation on a Pt Field Emitter Tip

Organic solar cells and fully printed super-capacitors optimized for indoor light energy harvesting

Nucleation and growth of square islands during deposition: Sizes, coalescence, separations and correlations

Growth morphology and properties of metals on graphene

Exact island-size distributions for submonolayer deposition: Influence of correlations between island size and separation

Transition to Multilayer Kinetic Roughening for Metal (100) Homoepitaxy

Kinetic phase transitions in catalytic reaction models

Characterizing kinetics near a first-order catalytic-poisoning transition.

Anisotropy in nucleation and growth of two-dimensional islands during homoepitaxy on "hex" reconstructed Au(100).

Factors mediating smoothness in epitaxial thin-film growth

Coarsening of Two-Dimensional Nanoclusters on Metal Surfaces

Corrosion of Aluminum Current Collectors in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Electrolytes Containing LiPF6

Fluctuations and critical phenomena in catalytic CO oxidation on nanoscale Pt facets

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