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Materials Science

D-Index
64
Citations
18152
World Ranking
5802
National Ranking
1492

Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
16624
World Ranking
9564
National Ranking
2690

Lewis J. Rothberg 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 Lewis J. Rothberg sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 222 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lewis J. Rothberg 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 Lewis J. Rothberg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 1996 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work furthering applications and manufacturing approaches of organic electronics through fundamental understanding of organic photophysics and transport

Overview

Lewis J. Rothberg is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States and has contributed to multiple research areas within engineering, particularly focusing on electrical and electronic engineering. Their work spans subfields including materials chemistry, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and biomedical engineering.

The primary research topics addressed by Rothberg include:

  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

Rothberg's publications have appeared in a range of scientific venues, which include:

  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • ACS Photonics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters

Some notable papers authored by or including Rothberg in recent years are:

  • Reduction of non-specific adsorption in label-free assays via reversible surface blocking with amphiphilic sugars, 2022, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Label-Free Immunoassay Using Droplet-Based Brewster's Angle Straddle Interferometry, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Low Onset Stimulated Emission in Electrically Pumped Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, 2022, ACS Photonics
  • Complications in the Interpretation of F8T2 Spectra in Terms of Morphology, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Noncrystallizable Charge-Transporting Hosts for Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Decreased Emitter Aggregation, 2020, physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters

Frequent collaborators in Rothberg's research include:

  • Alexander A. Shestopalov
  • Fakhraddin Akbari Dourbash
  • Mitchell C. Nelson
  • Martin Wieczorek
  • Liwei Wang

Rothberg was recognized with the honor of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1996 for pioneering work relating to the applications and manufacturing approaches in organic electronics, particularly through fundamental studies in organic photophysics and charge transport mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Colorimetric detection of DNA sequences based on electrostatic interactions with unmodified gold nanoparticles

    Huixiang Li;Lewis Rothberg

  • New Phases of C60 Synthesized at High Pressure

    Y. Iwasa;T. Arima;R. M. Fleming;T. Siegrist

  • Electronic structure and photoexcited-carrier dynamics in nanometer-size CdSe clusters.

    M. G. Bawendi;W. L. Wilson;L. Rothberg;P. J. Carroll

  • Label-Free Colorimetric Detection of Specific Sequences in Genomic DNA Amplified by the Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Huixiang Li;Lewis J Rothberg

  • Defect quenching of conjugated polymer luminescence.

    M. Yan;L. J. Rothberg;F. Papadimitrakopoulos;M. E. Galvin

  • Status of and prospects for organic electroluminescence

    Lewis J. Rothberg;Andrew J. Lovinger

  • Interchain Excitations in Conjugated Polymers.

    M. Yan;L. J. Rothberg;E. W. Kwock;T. M. Miller

  • Spatially indirect excitons as primary photoexcitations in conjugated polymers.

    M. Yan;L. J. Rothberg;F. Papadimitrakopoulos;M. E. Galvin

  • Design and Application of Electron-Transporting Organic Materials

    Marko Strukelj;Fotis Papadimitrakopoulos;Timothy M. Miller;Lewis J. Rothberg

  • Aggregation Quenching of Luminescence in Electroluminescent Conjugated Polymers

    Rachel Jakubiak;Christopher J. Collison;Wai Chou Wan;Lewis J. Rothberg

  • Photophysics of phenylenevinylene polymers

    L.J. Rothberg;M. Yan;F. Papadimitrakopoulos;M.E. Galvin

  • Physics and applications of organic microcavity light emitting diodes

    Ananth Dodabalapur;L. J. Rothberg;L. J. Rothberg;R. H. Jordan;R. H. Jordan;T. M. Miller

  • Single chain spectroscopy of conformational dependence of conjugated polymer photophysics.

    Thomas R Huser;Ming Yan;Lewis J. Rothberg

  • Intrinsic Transport Properties and Performance Limits of Organic Field-Effect Transistors

    L. Torsi;A. Dodabalapur;L. J. Rothberg;A. W. P. Fung

  • DNA sequence detection using selective fluorescence quenching of tagged oligonucleotide probes by gold nanoparticles.

    Huixiang Li;Lewis J. Rothberg

  • A photoelectron spectroscopy study on the indium tin oxide treatment by acids and bases

    F. Nüesch;L. J. Rothberg;E. W. Forsythe;Quoc Toan Le

  • Conformational Effects on the Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers: A Two Species Model for MEH−PPV Spectroscopy and Dynamics

    Christopher J. Collison;Lewis J. Rothberg;Varaporn Treemaneekarn;Yi Li

  • Color variation with electroluminescent organic semiconductors in multimode resonant cavities

    A. Dodabalapur;L. J. Rothberg;T. M. Miller

  • Porous Silicon Microcavities for Biosensing Applications

    S. Chan;P.M. Fauchet;Y. Li;L.J. Rothberg

  • Microcavity effects in organic semiconductors

    A. Dodabalapur;L. J. Rothberg;T. M. Miller;E. W. Kwock

Frequent Co-Authors

Ananth Dodabalapur
Ananth Dodabalapur The University of Texas at Austin
Todd D. Krauss
Todd D. Krauss University of Rochester
Yongli Gao
Yongli Gao University of Rochester
Howard E. Katz
Howard E. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Veronica Vaida
Veronica Vaida University of Colorado Boulder
Robert R. Alfano
Robert R. Alfano City College of New York
Ching Wan Tang
Ching Wan Tang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Philippe M. Fauchet
Philippe M. Fauchet Vanderbilt University
Robert C. Haddon
Robert C. Haddon University of California, Riverside
Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus Columbia University

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