2026 Mauricio Terrones: 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	150	160	153	70	65	895	96345

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For numerous contributions related to the synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoribbons, doped graphene, doped nanotubes, doublewalled nanotubes, and dichalcogenide monolayers, and the understanding of defects in these systems using spectroscopic techniques
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Mauricio Terrones is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their primary fields of study focus on Materials Science and Engineering, with notable subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics that define their research work include:

2D Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Advancements in Battery Materials
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

Carbon
arXiv (Cornell University)
ACS Nano
Advanced Materials
Small

Mauricio Terrones has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including:

Tianyi Zhang
Kazunori Fujisawa
Yanqing Wang
Zhuohang Yu
Yu Lei

Recent papers authored by or involving Terrones demonstrate a focus on novel material synthesis and characterization techniques. These publications include:

Wafer-Scale Epitaxial Growth of Unidirectional WS₂ Monolayers on Sapphire (2021), published in ACS Nano
Recent Advances in 2D Material Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (2023), published in ACS Nano
Single-atom doping of MoS₂ with manganese enables ultrasensitive detection of dopamine: Experimental and computational approach (2020), published in Science Advances
Graphene and Beyond: Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials Synthesis, Properties, and Devices (2022), published in ACS Nanoscience Au
Surface modification methods and mechanisms in carbon nanotubes dispersion (2023), published in Carbon

Their body of work includes 317 publications related to Materials Science and 183 publications in Engineering, with significant contributions in Materials Chemistry (268 publications) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (130 publications).

Mauricio Terrones has been recognized through several professional fellowships, including:

Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2017 for contributions related to the synthesis and understanding of carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoribbons, doped graphene, doped nanotubes, doublewalled nanotubes, and dichalcogenide monolayers using spectroscopic techniques
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011
Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2006

Best Publications

Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene

Sheneve Z. Butler;Shawna M. Hollen;Linyou Cao;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

5325
Citations
Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

Ganesh R. Bhimanapati;Zhenqiu Lin;Vincent Meunier;Vincent Meunier;Yeonwoong Jung

2760
Citations
Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers.

Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Xingli Wang;Gang Shi

2431
Citations
Extraordinary room-temperature photoluminescence in triangular WS2 monolayers.

Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Nestor Perea-López;Ana Laura Elías;Ayse Berkdemir

1818
Citations
Identification of individual and few layers of WS2 using Raman Spectroscopy

Ayse Berkdemir;Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Andrés R. Botello-Méndez;Néstor Perea-López

1726
Citations
Extraordinary room-temperature photoluminescence in WS2 monolayers

Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Nestor Perea-López;Ana Laura Elías;Ayse Berkdemir

1618
Citations
Science and Technology of the Twenty-First Century: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes

Mauricio Terrones

1612
Citations
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Beyond: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Single- and Few-Layer Nanosheets

Ruitao Lv;Joshua A. Robinson;Raymond E. Schaak;Du Sun

1471
Citations
Evaluating the characteristics of multiwall carbon nanotubes

John H. Lehman;Mauricio Terrones;Mauricio Terrones;Elisabeth Mansfield;Katherine E. Hurst

1349
Citations
Controlled production of aligned-nanotube bundles

M. Terrones;N. Grobert;J. Olivares;J. P. Zhang

1124
Citations
Graphene and graphite nanoribbons: Morphology, properties, synthesis, defects and applications

Mauricio Terrones;Andrés R. Botello-Méndez;Jessica Campos-Delgado;Florentino López-Urías

1121
Citations
Defect engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

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

1050
Citations
Three-dimensionally bonded spongy graphene material with super compressive elasticity and near-zero Poisson’s ratio

Yingpeng Wu;Ningbo Yi;Lu Huang;Tengfei Zhang

937
Citations
Identification of electron donor states in N-doped carbon nanotubes

R Czerw;Mauricio Terrones;Jean-Christophe Charlier;X Blase

926
Citations
Molecular Junctions by Joining Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

M. Terrones;F. Banhart;N. Grobert;Jean-Christophe Charlier

920
Citations
Identification of Electron Donor States in N-doped Carbon Nanotubes

R. Czerw;M. Terrones;J. C. Charlier;X. Blase

882
Citations
Controlled formation of sharp zigzag and armchair edges in graphitic nanoribbons.

Xiaoting Jia;Mario Hofmann;Vincent Meunier;Bobby G. Sumpter

817
Citations
Effect of defects on the intrinsic strength and stiffness of graphene

Ardavan Zandiatashbar;Gwan Hyoung Lee;Sung Joo An;Sunwoo Lee

778
Citations
Fast and Efficient Preparation of Exfoliated 2H MoS2 Nanosheets by Sonication-Assisted Lithium Intercalation and Infrared Laser-Induced 1T to 2H Phase Reversion

Xiaobin Fan;Pengtao Xu;Dekai Zhou;Yifan Sun

754
Citations
Ultrahigh humidity sensitivity of graphene oxide

Hengchang Bi;Kuibo Yin;Xiao Xie;Jing Ji

739
Citations
Nitrogen-doped graphene: beyond single substitution and enhanced molecular sensing

Ruitao Lv;Qing Li;Andrés R. Botello-Méndez;Takuya Hayashi

734
Citations
Structure and electronic properties of MoS2 nanotubes

Gotthard Seifert;Humberto Terrones;Humberto Terrones;Mauricio Terrones;Gerd Jungnickel

729
Citations