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Moungi G. Bawendi

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D-Index
181
Citations
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World Ranking
588
National Ranking
373

Materials Science

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Citations
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59
National Ranking
29

Chemistry

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Moungi G. Bawendi 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 Moungi G. Bawendi sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 623 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Moungi G. Bawendi 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 Moungi G. Bawendi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 180 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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 Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Moungi G. Bawendi is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research broadly focuses on engineering and materials science, with particular attention to electrical and electronic engineering and materials chemistry. They have contributed extensively across these fields, with notable subfields including atomic and molecular physics, optics, biomedical engineering, and polymers and plastics.

Their work covers various scientific topics, emphasizing quantum dots synthesis and properties, perovskite materials and applications, and chalcogenide semiconductor thin films. Additional areas of study include conducting polymers and applications, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials.

Moungi G. Bawendi has published research in several scientific venues, frequently appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Joule.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Moungi G. Bawendi include:

  • Efficient perovskite solar cells via improved carrier management, 2021, Nature
  • How machine learning can help select capping layers to suppress perovskite degradation, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A data fusion approach to optimize compositional stability of halide perovskites, 2021, Matter
  • Consensus statement: Standardized reporting of power-producing luminescent solar concentrator performance, 2022, Joule
  • Perovskite solar cells, 2025, Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Frequent collaborators with Moungi G. Bawendi include Vladimir Bulović, Tara Šverko, Hendrik Utzat, David B. Berkinsky, and Shaun Tan.

Over the course of their career, the scientist has received several recognitions: they became a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1994, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004, and were inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites

    C.B. Murray;David J. Norris;M.G. Bawendi

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Nanocrystals and Close-Packed Nanocrystal Assemblies

    C B Murray;C R Kagan;M G Bawendi

  • (CdSe)ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots - Synthesis and Characterization of a Size Series of Highly Luminescent Nanocrystallites

    B. O. Dabbousi;‡ J. Rodriguez-Viejo;F. V. Mikulec;J. R. Heine

  • Renal clearance of quantum dots.

    Hak Soo Choi;Wenhao Liu;Preeti Misra;Eiichi Tanaka

  • Optical gain and stimulated emission in nanocrystal quantum dots.

    V. I. Klimov;A. A. Mikhailovsky;Su Xu;A. Malko

  • Electroluminescence from single monolayers of nanocrystals in molecular organic devices

    Seth Coe;Wing-Keung Woo;Moungi Bawendi;Vladimir Bulović

  • Self-organization of CdSe nanocrystallites into three-dimensional quantum dot superlattices

    C. B. Murray;C. R. Kagan;M. G. Bawendi

  • Emergence of colloidal quantum-dot light-emitting technologies

    Yasuhiro Shirasaki;Geoffrey J. Supran;Moungi G. Bawendi;Vladimir Bulović

  • Near-infrared fluorescent type II quantum dots for sentinel lymph node mapping

    Sungjee Kim;Yong Taik Lim;Yong Taik Lim;Edward G Soltesz;Alec M De Grand

  • Efficient perovskite solar cells via improved carrier management

    Jason J. Yoo;Gabkyung Seo;Matthew R. Chua;Tae Gwan Park

  • Fluorescence intermittency in single cadmium selenide nanocrystals

    M. Nirmal;B. O. Dabbousi;M. G. Bawendi;J. J. Macklin

  • Self-Assembly of CdSe−ZnS Quantum Dot Bioconjugates Using an Engineered Recombinant Protein

    Hedi Mattoussi;J. Matthew Mauro;Ellen R. Goldman;George P. Anderson

  • Improved performance and stability in quantum dot solar cells through band alignment engineering

    Chia-Hao M. Chuang;Patrick R. Brown;Vladimir Bulović;Moungi G. Bawendi

  • Band-edge exciton in quantum dots of semiconductors with a degenerate valence band: Dark and bright exciton states

    Alexander L. Efros;M. Rosen;M. Kuno;M. Nirmal

  • Type-II Quantum Dots: CdTe/CdSe(Core/Shell) and CdSe/ZnTe(Core/Shell) Heterostructures

    Sungjee Kim;Brent Fisher;Hans-Jürgen Eisler;Moungi Bawendi

  • The Quantum Mechanics of Larger Semiconductor Clusters ("Quantum Dots")

    Moungi G. Bawendi;Michael L. Steigerwald;Louis E. Brus

  • Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between quantum dot donors and dye-labeled protein acceptors.

    Aaron R. Clapp;Igor L. Medintz;J. Matthew Mauro;Brent R. Fisher

  • Compact high-quality CdSe–CdS core–shell nanocrystals with narrow emission linewidths and suppressed blinking

    Ou Chen;Jing Zhao;Vikash P. Chauhan;Jian Cui

  • MEASUREMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE SIZE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL SPECTRUM IN CDSE QUANTUM DOTS

    D. J. Norris;M. G. Bawendi

  • Electroluminescence from CdSe quantum‐dot/polymer composites

    B. O. Dabbousi;M. G. Bawendi;O. Onitsuka;M. F. Rubner

Frequent Co-Authors

Rakesh K. Jain
Rakesh K. Jain Harvard University
Daniel G. Nocera
Daniel G. Nocera Harvard University
Dai Fukumura
Dai Fukumura Harvard University
Ou Chen
Ou Chen Brown University
Christopher B. Murray
Christopher B. Murray University of Pennsylvania
John V. Frangioni
John V. Frangioni Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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