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Materials Science

D-Index
66
Citations
20246
World Ranking
5250
National Ranking
1373

Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
20073
World Ranking
7175
National Ranking
2135

Jayant Kumar 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 Jayant Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 576 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jayant Kumar 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 Jayant Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jayant Kumar is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biomaterials.

Their work encompasses a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Flame retardant materials and properties
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Jayant Kumar has contributed to numerous publications with a concentration in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Progress in Organic Coatings
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Nanotechnology: Current applications and future scope in food", 2020, Food Frontiers
  • "Bio-Based Flame-Retardant Coatings Based on the Synergistic Combination of Tannic Acid and Phytic Acid for Nylon-Cotton Blends", 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Antioxidant Activity of Synthetic Polymers of Phenolic Compounds", 2020, Polymers
  • "A Bio-derived Char Forming Flame Retardant Additive for Nylon 6 Based on Crosslinked Tannic Acid", 2020, Thermochimica Acta
  • "Designing Supertough and Ultrastretchable Liquid Metal-Embedded Natural Rubber Composites for Soft-Matter Engineering", 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Jayant Kumar frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Ramaswamy Nagarajan
  • Ravi Mosurkal
  • Zhiyu Xia
  • Sourabh Kulkarni
  • Shiran Yu

Best Publications

  • Laser‐induced holographic surface relief gratings on nonlinear optical polymer films

    D. Y. Kim;S. K. Tripathy;Lian Li;J. Kumar

  • Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Highly Sensitive Optical Sensors

    Xianyan Wang;Christopher Drew;Soo-Hyoung Lee;Kris J. Senecal

  • Surface relief structures on azo polymer films

    Nirmal K. Viswanathan;Dong Yu Kim;Shaoping Bian;John Williams

  • Enzymatically Synthesized Conducting Polyaniline

    Wei Liu;Jayant Kumar;Sukant Tripathy;Kris J. Senecal

  • Gradient force: The mechanism for surface relief grating formation in azobenzene functionalized polymers

    Jayant Kumar;Lian Li;Xin Li Jiang;Dong-Yu Kim

  • Electrostatic Assembly of Conjugated Polymer Thin Layers on Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Biosensors

    Xianyan Wang;Young-Gi Kim;Christopher Drew;Bon-Cheol Ku

  • Polarized Laser Induced Holographic Surface Relief Gratings on Polymer Films.

    D. Y. Kim;Lian Li;X. L. Jiang;V. Shivshankar

  • Photoinduced surface deformations on azobenzene polymer films

    Shaoping Bian;John M. Williams;Dong Yu Kim;Lian Li

  • Handbook of polyelectrolytes and their applications

    Sukant K. Tripathy;Jayant Kumar;Hari Singh Nalwa

  • The Role of Template in the Enzymatic Synthesis of Conducting Polyaniline

    Wei Liu;Ashok L. Cholli;Ramaswamy Nagarajan;Jayant Kumar

  • Biologically Derived Conducting and Water Soluble Polyaniline

    Lynne A. Samuelson;Althea Anagnostopoulos;K. Shridhara Alva;Jayant Kumar

  • Unraveling the mechanism of thermal and thermo-oxidative degradation of tannic acid

    Zhiyu Xia;Ankita Singh;Weeradech Kiratitanavit;Ravi Mosurkal

  • Polarization dependent recordings of surface relief gratings on azobenzene containing polymer films

    X. L. Jiang;L. Li;J. Kumar;D. Y. Kim

  • Single laser beam-induced surface deformation on azobenzene polymer films

    S. Bian;L. Li;J. Kumar;D. Y. Kim

  • Photofabrication of Surface Relief Grating on Films of Azobenzene Polymer with Different Dye Functionalization

    Takashi Fukuda;Hiro Matsuda;Takao Shiraga;Tatsumi Kimura

  • Oriented Bacteriorhodopsin/Polycation Multilayers by Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembly

    Jin-An He;Lynne Samuelson;Lian Li;Jayant Kumar

  • Techniques for characterization of charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors

    Akshay Kokil;Ke Yang;Jayant Kumar

  • Metal Oxide-Coated Polymer Nanofibers

    Christopher Drew;Xin Liu;David Ziegler;Xianyan Wang

  • Epoxy-Based Nonlinear Optical Polymers from Post Azo Coupling Reaction

    Xiaogong Wang;Jayant Kumar;Sukant K. Tripathy;Lian Li

  • Efficient Light Harvesting Polymers for Nanocrystalline TiO2Photovoltaic Cells

    Young-Gi Kim;John Walker;Lynne A. Samuelson;Jayant Kumar

  • A Detailed Investigation of the Polarization-Dependent Surface-Relief-Grating Formation Process on Azo Polymer Films

    Nirmal K. Viswanathan;Srinivasan Balasubramanian;Lian Li;Sukant K. Tripathy

Frequent Co-Authors

Sukant K. Tripathy
Sukant K. Tripathy University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lynne A. Samuelson
Lynne A. Samuelson United States Department of the Army
Dong-Yu Kim
Dong-Yu Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Ru-Jong Jeng
Ru-Jong Jeng National Taiwan University
Virinder S. Parmar
Virinder S. Parmar City University of New York
Xiaogong Wang
Xiaogong Wang Tsinghua University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Zhongping Chen
Zhongping Chen University of California, Irvine
Soo-Hyoung Lee
Soo-Hyoung Lee Jeonbuk National University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University

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