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Materials Science

D-Index
150
Citations
96345
World Ranking
160
National Ranking
70

Mauricio Terrones 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 Mauricio Terrones sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 895 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mauricio Terrones 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 Mauricio Terrones sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 150 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 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

  • Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

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

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

    Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Xingli Wang;Gang Shi

  • Extraordinary room-temperature photoluminescence in triangular WS2 monolayers.

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

  • 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

  • Extraordinary room-temperature photoluminescence in WS2 monolayers

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

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

    Mauricio Terrones

  • 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

  • Evaluating the characteristics of multiwall carbon nanotubes

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

  • Controlled production of aligned-nanotube bundles

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

  • Graphene and graphite nanoribbons: Morphology, properties, synthesis, defects and applications

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

  • Defect engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

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

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

    Yingpeng Wu;Ningbo Yi;Lu Huang;Tengfei Zhang

  • Identification of electron donor states in N-doped carbon nanotubes

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

  • Molecular Junctions by Joining Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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

  • Identification of Electron Donor States in N-doped Carbon Nanotubes

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

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

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

  • Effect of defects on the intrinsic strength and stiffness of graphene

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

  • 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

  • Ultrahigh humidity sensitivity of graphene oxide

    Hengchang Bi;Kuibo Yin;Xiao Xie;Jing Ji

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

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

  • Structure and electronic properties of MoS2 nanotubes

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Humberto Terrones
Humberto Terrones Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Morinobu Endo
Morinobu Endo Shinshu University
Ana Laura Elías
Ana Laura Elías Binghamton University
Takuya Hayashi
Takuya Hayashi Shinshu University
Yoong Ahm Kim
Yoong Ahm Kim Chonnam National University
Nicole Grobert
Nicole Grobert University of Oxford
Vincent Meunier
Vincent Meunier Pennsylvania State University
Harold W. Kroto
Harold W. Kroto Florida State University
Simin Feng
Simin Feng Tsinghua University

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