2026 Meir Lahav: 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	58	7700	7443	34	34	198	11926
Chemistry	62	8729	7920	60	56	252	15867

Overview

Meir Lahav is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and focuses on research within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering.

Their work encompasses several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The research topics that characterize their scientific contributions include:

Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials
Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies

Lahav has authored publications in several frequently targeted academic venues, such as:

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Crystal Growth & Design
Materials

Recent published papers showcasing the scope of their work include:

Surface Piezoelectricity and Pyroelectricity in Centrosymmetric Materials: A Case of α-Glycine, 2020, Materials
Chemical Nature of Heterogeneous Electrofreezing of Supercooled Water Revealed on Polar (Pyroelectric) Surfaces, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
Heterogeneous Electrofreezing of Super-Cooled Water on Surfaces of Pyroelectric Crystals is Triggered by Trigonal Planar Ions, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Electro-Freezing of Supercooled Water Is Induced by Hydrated Al³⁺ and Mg²⁺ Ions: Experimental and Theoretical Studies, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Heterogeneous Electrofreezing Triggered by CO₂ on Pyroelectric Crystals: Qualitatively Different Icing on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

David Ehre
Igor Lubomirsky
Leah Javitt
Isabelle Weissbuch
Sofia Curland

Best Publications

G-CSF induces stem cell mobilization by decreasing bone marrow SDF-1 and up-regulating CXCR4

Isabelle Petit;Martine Szyper-Kravitz;Arnon Nagler;Meir Lahav

1772
Citations
Principles and applications of grazing incidence X-ray and neutron scattering from ordered molecular monolayers at the air-water interface

Jens Als-Nielsen;Didier Jacquemain;Kristian Kjaer;Franck Leveiller

895
Citations
Induction of the chemokine stromal-derived factor-1 following DNA damage improves human stem cell function

Tanya Ponomaryov;Amnon Peled;Isabelle Petit;Russell S. Taichman

708
Citations
Molecular recognition at crystal interfaces

I. Weissbuch;L. Addadi;M. Lahav;L. Leiserowitz

577
Citations
Toward Stereochemical Control, Monitoring, and Understanding of Crystal Nucleation

Isabelle Weissbuch;Meir Lahav;Leslie Leiserowitz

470
Citations
Understanding and control of nucleation, growth, habit, dissolution and structure of two‐ and three‐dimensional crystals using `tailor‐made' auxiliaries

I. Weissbuch;R. Popovitz-Biro;M. Lahav;L. Leiserowitz

460
Citations
Growth and Dissolution of Organic Crystals with “Tailor‐Made” Inhibitors—Implications in Stereochemistry and Materials Science

Lia Addadi;Ziva Berkovitch-Yellin;Isabelle Weissbuch;Jan van Mil

383
Citations
Crystalline architectures as templates of relevance to the origins of homochirality.

Isabelle Weissbuch;Meir Lahav

350
Citations
Crystal morphology engineering by "tailor-made" inhibitors; a new probe to fine intermolecular interactions

Ziva Berkovitch-Yellin;J. Van Mil;L. Addadi;M. Idelson

307
Citations
Water freezes differently on positively and negatively charged surfaces of pyroelectric materials.

David Ehre;Etay Lavert;Meir Lahav;Igor Lubomirsky

297
Citations
Ice nucleation by alcohols arranged in monolayers at the surface of water drops.

Michal Gavish;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Meir Lahav;Leslie Leiserowitz

295
Citations
Solvent Effect on Crystal Polymorphism: Why Addition of Methanol or Ethanol to Aqueous Solutions Induces the Precipitation of the Least Stable β Form of Glycine

Isabelle Weissbuch;Vladimir Yu. Torbeev;Leslie Leiserowitz;Meir Lahav

293
Citations
The effect of solvent on crystal growth and morphology

Meir Lahav;Leslie Leiserowitz

289
Citations
Transfer of structural information from Langmuir monolayers to three-dimensional growing crystals

Ehud M. Landau;Moshe Levanon;Leslie Leiserowitz;Meir Lahav

251
Citations
Two-Dimensional Crystallography of Amphiphilic Molecules at the Air–Water Interface

Didier Jacquemain;Sharon Grayer Wolf;Franck Leveiller;Moshe Deutsch

237
Citations
Design and characterization of crystalline thin film architectures at the air-liquid interface: simplicity to complexity.

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218
Citations
Chiral amplification of oligopeptides in two-dimensional crystalline self-assemblies on water.

Helmut Zepik;Edna Shavit;Mao Tang;Torben R. Jensen

207
Citations
Tailor-made and charge-transfer auxiliaries for the control of the crystal polymorphism of glycine

Isabelle Weissbuch;Leslie Leisorowitz;Meir Lahav

202
Citations
Impact of Molecular Order in Langmuir-Blodgett Films on Catalysis

Karl Töllner;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Meir Lahav;David Milstein

158
Citations
Control of polymorphism by ‘tailor‐made’ polymeric crystallization auxiliaries. Preferential precipitation of a metastable polar form for second harmonic generation

Eugen Staab;Lia Addadi;Leslie Leiserowitz;Meir Lahav

156
Citations
Correction: Corrigendum: Origin and structure of polar domains in doped molecular crystals

E. Meirzadeh;I. Azuri;Y. Qi;D. Ehre

152
Citations