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D-Index
106
Citations
48276
World Ranking
938
National Ranking
374

Myung-Hwan Whangbo 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 Myung-Hwan Whangbo sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 924 publications — 98th percentile

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

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

Myung-Hwan Whangbo 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 Myung-Hwan Whangbo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Myung-Hwan Whangbo is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, focusing primarily on electronic, optical, and magnetic materials as well as condensed matter physics and materials chemistry.

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in respected scientific journals. Notable papers are:

  • Material research from the viewpoint of functional motifs, 2022, National Science Review
  • Enhancing the Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Reaction of BiVO4 Photoanode by Employing Carbon Spheres as Electron Reservoirs, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Spin Hamiltonians in Magnets: Theories and Computations, 2021, Molecules
  • Magneto-Optical Kerr Switching Properties of (CrI3)2 and (CrBr3/CrI3) Bilayers, 2020, ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • Second harmonic generation responses of KH2PO4: importance of K and breaking down of Kleinman symmetry, 2020, RSC Advances

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in their field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Hyun-Joo Koo (45 co-publications)
  • Shuiquan Deng (15 co-publications)
  • A. N. Vasiliev (14 co-publications)
  • Reinhard K. Kremer (12 co-publications)
  • Xiyue Cheng (11 co-publications)

Myung-Hwan Whangbo has contributed extensively to various publication venues. The most frequent among these are:

  • Inorganic Chemistry (14 publications)
  • Physical Review B (7 publications)
  • Chemistry of Materials (6 publications)
  • Molecules (5 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (5 publications)

Their main fields of study center on:

  • Materials Science (119 publications)
  • Physics and Astronomy (63 publications)

Subfields of study include:

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (72 publications)
  • Condensed Matter Physics (51 publications)
  • Materials Chemistry (45 publications)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering (12 publications)
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (10 publications)

The core topics of their research work cover:

  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (74 publications)
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (48 publications)
  • Crystal Structures and Properties (36 publications)
  • Multiferroics and related materials (26 publications)
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (18 publications)
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (16 publications)
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (12 publications)

Best Publications

  • Orbital Interactions in Chemistry

    Thomas A. Albright;Jeremy K. Burdett;Myung-Hwan Whangbo

  • Ag@AgCl: A Highly Efficient and Stable Photocatalyst Active under Visible Light

    Peng Wang;Baibiao Huang;Xiaoyan Qin;Xiaoyang Zhang

  • Phase imaging and stiffness in tapping-mode atomic force microscopy

    S.N. Magonov;V. Elings;M.-H. Whangbo

  • The band structure of the tetracyanoplatinate chain

    Myung-Hwan Whangbo;Roald Hoffmann

  • Plasmonic photocatalysts: harvesting visible light with noble metal nanoparticles

    Peng Wang;Baibiao Huang;Ying Dai;Myung-Hwan Whangbo

  • Mechanism of Phosphorescence Appropriate for the Long-Lasting Phosphors Eu2+-Doped SrAl2O4 with Codopants Dy3+ and B3+

    F. Clabau;X. Rocquefelte;Stéphane Jobic;Philippe Deniard

  • Facile in situ synthesis of visible-light plasmonic photocatalysts M@TiO2 (M = Au, Pt, Ag) and evaluation of their photocatalytic oxidation of benzene to phenol

    Zhaoke Zheng;Baibiao Huang;Xiaoyan Qin;Xiaoyang Zhang

  • Conjugated One and Two Dimensional Polymers

    Myung-hwan Whangbo;Roald Hoffmann;Robert Burns Woodward

  • Highly Efficient Visible-Light Plasmonic Photocatalyst Ag@AgBr

    Peng Wang;Baibiao Huang;Xiaoyang Zhang;Xiaoyan Qin

  • Orbital Interactions in Chemistry: Albright/Orbital Interactions in Chemistry

    Thomas A. Albright;Jeremy K. Burdett;Myung-Hwan Whangbo

  • Magnetic properties and energy-mapping analysis

    Hongjun Xiang;Changhoon Lee;Hyun-Joo Koo;Xingao Gong

  • From semiconductor-semiconductor transition (42 K) to the highest-Tc organic superconductor, κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl (Tc = 12.5 K)

    J.M. Williams;A.M. Kini;H.H. Wang;K.D. Carlson

  • Organic superconductors--new benchmarks.

    Jack M. Williams;Arthur J. Schultz;Urs Geiser;K. Douglas Carlson

  • Composite of CH3NH3PbI3 with Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Highly Efficient and Stable Visible-Light Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution in Aqueous HI Solution

    Yaqiang Wu;Peng Wang;Xianglin Zhu;Qianqian Zhang

  • Symmetric vs. asymmetric linear M-X-M linkages in molecules, polymers, and extended networks.

    Ralph A. Wheeler;Myung Hwan. Whangbo;Timothy. Hughbanks;Roald. Hoffmann

  • Factors Affecting the Height and Phase Images in Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy. Study of Phase-Separated Polymer Blends of Poly(ethene-co-styrene) and Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)

    G. Bar;Y. Thomann;and R. Brandsch;H.-J. Cantow

  • Surface analysis with STM and AFM

    Sergei N. Magonov;Myung-Hwan. Whangbo

  • Predicting the spin-lattice order of frustrated systems from first principles

    H. J. Xiang;E. J. Kan;Su-Huai Wei;M.-H. Whangbo

  • Conceptual aspects of structure-property correlations and electronic instabilities, with applications to low-dimensional transition-metal oxides

    Enric. Canadell;Myung Hwan. Whangbo

  • Ag/AgBr/WO3·H2O: Visible-Light Photocatalyst for Bacteria Destruction

    Peng Wang;Baibiao Huang;Xiaoyan Qin;Xiaoyang Zhang

  • Surface analysis with STM and AFM : experimental and theoretical aspects of image analysis

    Sergei N. Magonov;Myung-Hwan Whangbo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying Dai
Ying Dai Shandong University
Baibiao Huang
Baibiao Huang Shandong University
Jack M. Williams
Jack M. Williams Argonne National Laboratory
Hongjun Xiang
Hongjun Xiang Fudan University
Enric Canadell
Enric Canadell Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Xiaoyang Zhang
Xiaoyang Zhang Shandong University
Zeyan Wang
Zeyan Wang Shandong University
Xiaoyan Qin
Xiaoyan Qin Shandong University
Jeremy K. Burdett
Jeremy K. Burdett University of Chicago
Stéphane Jobic
Stéphane Jobic University of Nantes

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