2026 Marcos A. Pimenta: 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	79	2753	2661	7	5	294	40913

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Brazil Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Brazil Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Brazil Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Brazil Leader Award
2014 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Marcos A. Pimenta is affiliated with Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a notable emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. The scientific work extends into subfields such as atomic and molecular physics, optics, electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, as well as biomedical engineering.

The research topics covered by Marcos A. Pimenta include:

2D Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Topological Materials and Phenomena

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers that address various aspects of Raman spectroscopy and 2D materials. Significant publications include:

Polarized Raman spectroscopy in low-symmetry 2D materials: angle-resolved experiments and complex number tensor elements, 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Resonance Raman spectroscopy in semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenides: basic properties and perspectives, 2020, 2D Materials
Origin of the complex Raman tensor elements in single-layer triclinic ReSe ₂, 2020, 2D Materials
Resonance Raman enhancement by the intralayer and interlayer electron-phonon processes in twisted bilayer graphene, 2021, Scientific Reports
Raman Spectroscopy of Twisted Bilayer Graphene, 2021, C - Journal of Carbon Research

Marcos A. Pimenta frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

A. Righi
Cristiano Fantini
Geovani C. Resende
Bruno R. Carvalho
Mauricio Terrones

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in select venues with multiple contributions, such as:

2D Materials
arXiv (Cornell University)
Small
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Carbon

Among distinctions, Marcos A. Pimenta was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

Raman spectroscopy in graphene

L.M. Malard;M.A. Pimenta;G. Dresselhaus;M.S. Dresselhaus

6964
Citations
Studying Disorder in Graphite-Based Systems by Raman Spectroscopy

M. A. Pimenta;G. Dresselhaus;M. S. Dresselhaus;L. G. Cançado

5202
Citations
General equation for the determination of the crystallite size La of nanographite by Raman spectroscopy

L. G. Cançado;K. Takai;T. Enoki;M. Endo

2875
Citations
Characterizing carbon nanotube samples with resonance Raman scattering

A Jorio;M A Pimenta;A G Souza Filho;R Saito

1329
Citations
Origin of dispersive effects of the Raman D band in carbon materials

M. J. Matthews;M. A. Pimenta;G. Dresselhaus;M. S. Dresselhaus

1216
Citations
Defect engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

Zhong Lin;Bruno R Carvalho;Bruno R Carvalho;Ethan Kahn;Ruitao Lv

1050
Citations
Optical Transition Energies for Carbon Nanotubes from Resonant Raman Spectroscopy: Environment and Temperature Effects

C. Fantini;A. Jorio;M. Souza;M. S. Strano

858
Citations
Effect of disorder on Raman scattering of single-layer Mo S 2

Sandro Mignuzzi;Sandro Mignuzzi;Andrew J. Pollard;Nicola Bonini;Barry Brennan

813
Citations
Probing phonon dispersion relations of graphite by double resonance Raman scattering.

R. Saito;A. Jorio;A. G. Souza Filho;A. G. Souza Filho;G. Dresselhaus

768
Citations
Influence of the atomic structure on the Raman spectra of graphite edges

L. G. Cançado;M. A. Pimenta;B. R. A. Neves;M. S. S. Dantas

760
Citations
Local Polar Fluctuations in Lead Halide Perovskite Crystals.

Omer Yaffe;Yinsheng Guo;Liang Z. Tan;David A. Egger

698
Citations
G-band resonant Raman study of 62 isolated single-wall carbon nanotubes

A. Jorio;A. Jorio;A. G. Souza Filho;A. G. Souza Filho;G. Dresselhaus;M. S. Dresselhaus

684
Citations
Raman modes of metallic carbon nanotubes

M. A. Pimenta;A. Marucci;S. A. Empedocles;M. G. Bawendi

577
Citations
New First Order Raman-active Modes in Few Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

H. Terrones;E. Del Corro;S. Feng;J. M. Poumirol

553
Citations
Measuring the degree of stacking order in graphite by Raman spectroscopy

L.G. Cançado;L.G. Cançado;K. Takai;T. Enoki;M. Endo

502
Citations
Bulk morphology and diameter distribution of single-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized by catalytic decomposition of hydrocarbons

H.M. Cheng;H.M. Cheng;F. Li;X. Sun;S.D.M. Brown

470
Citations
Probing the electronic structure of bilayer graphene by Raman scattering

L. M. Malard;J. Nilsson;D. C. Elias;J. C. Brant

444
Citations
Polarized raman study of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes

A. M. Rao;A. Jorio;M. A. Pimenta;M. S. S. Dantas

438
Citations
Third and fourth optical transitions in semiconducting carbon nanotubes.

Paulo T. Araujo;Stephen K. Doorn;Svetlana Kilina;Sergei Tretiak

384
Citations
Unusual angular dependence of the Raman response in black phosphorus.

Henrique B. Ribeiro;Marcos A. Pimenta;Christiano J. S. de Matos;Roberto Luiz Moreira

375
Citations
Inhomogeneous optical absorption around the K point in graphite and carbon nanotubes

A. Grüneis;Riichiro Saito;Ge G. Samsonidze;T. Kimura

365
Citations