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Michael S. Freund

Michael S. Freund

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
7173
World Ranking
17471
National Ranking
469

Michael S. Freund publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Freund sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 143 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Michael S. Freund D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Freund sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael S. Freund is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and contributes principally to the field of Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, and Automotive Engineering.

The main research topics addressed by Freund include:

  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Freund's recent publications demonstrate a focus on membrane technologies, sensor materials, and electrochemical processes. Notable papers include:

  • "Recent Advances in Bipolar Membrane Design and Applications," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "A Review on Advanced Sensing Materials for Agricultural Gas Sensors," 2021, Sensors
  • "Investigation of Water Oxidation at IrO2 Electrodes in Nafion-Based Membrane Electrode Assemblies Using Impedance Spectroscopy and Distribution of Relaxation Times Analysis," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Investigation of Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reactions at Porous Pt/C Electrodes in Nafion-Based Membrane Electrode Assemblies Using Impedance Spectroscopy and Distribution of Relaxation Times Analysis," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Capacitive polymer sensors: Factors influencing performance and design principles," 2023, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

Freund frequently publishes in venues including ECS Meeting Abstracts, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ACS Sensors, Chemistry of Materials, and Sensors.

Their regular collaborators include:

  • Patrick K. Giesbrecht
  • Mohamed F. Hassan
  • Kamal El-Sankary
  • Dalton Martini Colombo
  • Rene Dorsch

Best Publications

  • A chemically diverse conducting polymer-based "electronic nose".

    Michael S. Freund;Nathan S. Lewis

  • Polythiophene: From Fundamental Perspectives to Applications

    Thaneshwor P. Kaloni;Patrick K. Giesbrecht;Georg Schreckenbach;Michael S. Freund

  • Sensor arrays for detecting analytes in fluids

    Nathan S. Lewis;Michael S. Freund

  • Potentiometric Saccharide Detection Based on the pKa Changes of Poly(aniline boronic acid)

    Eiichi Shoji;Michael S. Freund

  • Potentiometric Sensors Based on the Inductive Effect on the pK_a of Poly(aniline): A Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensor

    Eiichi Shoji;Michael S. Freund

  • Electron Transfer Dynamics in Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Solar Cells Sensitized with Ruthenium or Osmium Polypyridyl Complexes

    Darius Kuciauskas;Michael S. Freund;Harry B. Gray;Jay R. Winkler

  • Self-Doped Conducting Polymers

    Michael S. Freund;Bhavana A. Deore

  • Reaction of Pyrrole and Chlorauric Acid A New Route to Composite Colloids

    Matthew C. Henry;Chen-Chan Hsueh;Brian P. Timko;Michael S. Freund

  • Use of an array of polymeric sensors of varying thickness for detecting analytes in fluids

    Nathan S. Lewis;Erik J. Severin;Michael Freund;Adam J. Matzger

  • Air Oxidation of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Polycrystalline Gold: The Role of the Gold Substrate

    Mong-Tung Lee;Chen-Chan Hsueh;Michael S. Freund;Gregory S. Ferguson

  • Recent Advances in Bipolar Membrane Design and Applications

    Patrick Kendall Giesbrecht;Michael S. Freund

  • Large Enhancement and Tunable Band Gap in Silicene by Small Organic Molecule Adsorption

    Thaneshwor P. Kaloni;Georg Schreckenbach;Michael S. Freund

  • XPS spectra of uranyl minerals and synthetic uranyl compounds. I: The U 4f spectrum

    M. Schindler;F.C. Hawthorne;M.S. Freund;P.C. Burns

  • Porous conducting polymer/heteropolyoxometalate hybrid material for electrochemical supercapacitor applications.

    Graeme M. Suppes;Bhavana A. Deore;Michael S. Freund

  • Mechanism of the carbon catalyzed reduction of nitrobenzene by hydrazine

    John W. Larsen;Michael Freund;Kwang Y. Kim;Matthew Sidovar

  • Effect of electrode substrate on the morphology and selectivity of overoxidized polypyrrole films.

    Allan. Witkowski;Michael S. Freund;Anna. Brajter-Toth

  • Use of bipolar membranes for maintaining steady-state pH gradients in membrane-supported, solar-driven water splitting.

    Michael B. McDonald;Shane Ardo;Nathan S. Lewis;Michael S. Freund

  • XPS spectra of uranyl minerals and synthetic uranyl compounds. II: The O 1s spectrum

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  • A switchable self-doped polyaniline: interconversion between self-doped and non-self-doped forms.

    Bhavana A. Deore;Insun Yu;Michael S. Freund

  • Graphene Oxide as a Water Dissociation Catalyst in the Bipolar Membrane Interfacial Layer

    Michael B McDonald;Michael S Freund

  • Spatiotemporal and geometric optimization of sensor arrays for detecting analytes in fluids

    Nathan S. Lewis;Michael S. Freund;Shawn S. Briglin;Phillip Tokumaru

  • New Approach for the Controlled Cross-Linking of Polyaniline: Synthesis and Characterization

    Gang Liu;Michael S. Freund

  • Development of carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor for grain quality monitoring

    S. Neethirajan;M.S. Freund;D.S. Jayas;C. Shafai

  • A Polypyrrole/Phosphomolybdic Acid ∣ Poly ( 3 , 4-ethylenedioxythiophene ) /Phosphotungstic Acid Asymmetric Supercapacitor

    Graeme M. Suppes;Colin G. Cameron;Michael S. Freund

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
Georg Schreckenbach
Georg Schreckenbach University of Manitoba
Digvir S. Jayas
Digvir S. Jayas University of Manitoba
Adam J. Matzger
Adam J. Matzger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Douglas A. Buchanan
Douglas A. Buchanan University of Manitoba
Udo Schwingenschlögl
Udo Schwingenschlögl King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Suresh Neethirajan
Suresh Neethirajan Dalhousie University
Frank C. Hawthorne
Frank C. Hawthorne University of Manitoba
Peter C. Burns
Peter C. Burns University of Notre Dame
Steven Holdcroft
Steven Holdcroft Simon Fraser University

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