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Nicholas Leventis 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 Nicholas Leventis sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 280 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas Leventis 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 Nicholas Leventis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nicholas Leventis is a researcher affiliated with Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States. Their work predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Engineering with focused subfields including Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research centers extensively on aerogels and thermal insulation, covering topics such as silicone and siloxane chemistry, polymer composites and self-healing, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Nicholas Leventis include:

  • Polyurea Aerogels: Synthesis, Material Properties, and Applications (2022, Polymers)
  • Meta-Aerogels: Auxetic Shape-Memory Polyurethane Aerogels (2021, ACS Applied Polymer Materials)
  • Preparation of Carbon Aerogels from Polymer-Cross-Linked Xerogel Powders without Supercritical Fluid Drying and Their Application in Highly Selective CO2 Adsorption (2022, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Polybenzodiazine Aerogels: All-Nitrogen Analogues of PolybenzoxazinesSynthesis, Characterization, and High-Yield Conversion to Nanoporous Carbons (2023, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Synthesis of aerogel foams through a pressurized sol-gel method (2020, Polymer)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Leventis include Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Rushi U. Soni, A. B. M. Shaheen ud Doulah, Vaibhav A. Edlabadkar, and Hongbing Lu.

Leventis has contributed regularly to several academic journals with multiple publications in venues such as Polymers, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Soft Matter.

Best Publications

  • Nanoengineering Strong Silica Aerogels

    Nicholas Leventis;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis;Guohui Zhang;Abdel-Monem M. Rawashdeh

  • Cross-linking Amine-Modified Silica Aerogels with Epoxies: Mechanically Strong Lightweight Porous Materials

    Mary Ann B. Meador;Eve F. Fabrizio;Faysal Ilhan;Amala Dass

  • Chemical, Physical, and Mechanical Characterization of Isocyanate Cross-linked Amine-Modified Silica Aerogels

    Atul Katti;Nilesh Shimpi;Samit Roy;Hongbing Lu

  • Three Dimensional Core-shell Superstructures: Mechanically Strong Aerogels

    Nicholas Leventis

  • Isocyanate-Crosslinked Silica Aerogel Monoliths: Preparation and Characterization

    Guohui Zhang;Amala Dass;Abdel-Monem M. Rawashdeh;Jeffery Thomas

  • Time-Efficient Acid-Catalyzed Synthesis of Resorcinol−Formaldehyde Aerogels

    Sudhir Mulik;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis;Nicholas Leventis

  • Structure−Property Relationships in Porous 3D Nanostructures as a Function of Preparation Conditions: Isocyanate Cross-Linked Silica Aerogels

    Mary Ann B. Meador;Lynn A. Capadona;Linda Mccorkle;Demetrios S. Papadopoulos

  • Multifunctional Polyurea Aerogels from Isocyanates and Water. a Structure-property Case Study

    Nicholas Leventis;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis;Naveen Chandrasekaran;Sudhir Mulik

  • Click Synthesis of Monolithic Silicon Carbide Aerogels from Polyacrylonitrile-Coated 3D Silica Networks

    Nicholas Leventis;Anand Sadekar;Naveen Chandrasekaran;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis

  • Flexible, low-density polymer crosslinked silica aerogels

    Lynn A. Capadona;Mary Ann B. Meador;Antonella Alunni;Eve F. Fabrizio

  • Durable Modification of Silica Aerogel Monoliths with Fluorescent 2,7-Diazapyrenium Moieties. Sensing Oxygen near the Speed of Open-Air Diffusion

    Nicholas Leventis;Ian A. Elder;Debra R. Rolison;Michele L. Anderson

  • Hydrophobic monolithic aerogels by nanocasting polystyrene on amine-modified silica

    Faysal Ilhan;Eve F. Fabrizio;Linda McCorkle;Daniel A. Scheiman

  • One-step room-temperature synthesis of fibrous polyimide aerogels from anhydrides and isocyanates and conversion to isomorphic carbons

    Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar;Zachary Larimore;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis;Joseph T. Mang

  • Fractal Multiscale Nanoporous Polyurethanes: Flexible to Extremely Rigid Aerogels from Multifunctional Small Molecules

    Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar;Patrick M. McCarver;Huiyang Luo;Hongbing Lu

  • Polyimide Aerogels by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)

    Nicholas Leventis;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis;Dhairyashil P. Mohite;Zachary J. Larimore

  • Cross-Linking 3D Assemblies of Nanoparticles into Mechanically Strong Aerogels by Surface-Initiated Free-Radical Polymerization

    Sudhir Mulik;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis;Gitogo Churu;Hongbing Lu

  • One-Pot Synthesis of Interpenetrating Inorganic/Organic Networks of CuO/Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Aerogels: Nanostructured Energetic Materials

    Nicholas Leventis;Naveen Chandrasekaran;Anand G. Sadekar;Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis

  • Apparatus for conducting a plurality of simultaneous measurements of electrochemiluminescent phenomena

    Nicholas Leventis;Susan E. Morris

  • Electrochemistry with Stationary Disk and Ring-disk Millielectrodes in Magnetic Fields

    Nicholas Leventis;Muguo Chen;Xuerong Gao;Maria T. Canalas

  • Polybenzoxazine Aerogels. 1. High-yield Room-temperature Acid-catalyzed Synthesis of Robust Monoliths, Oxidative Aromatization, and Conversion to Microporous Carbons

    Shruti Mahadik-Khanolkar;Suraj Donthula;Lia Sotiriou-Leventis;Nicholas Leventis

  • Magnetohydrodynamic Electrochemistry in the Field of Nd-Fe-B Magnets. Theory, Experiment, and Application in Self-powered Flow Delivery Systems

    Nicholas Leventis;Xuerong Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongbing Lu
Hongbing Lu The University of Texas at Dallas
Amala Dass
Amala Dass University of Mississippi
Mary Ann B. Meador
Mary Ann B. Meador Glenn Research Center
Peter J. Wagner
Peter J. Wagner Michigan State University
Genda Chen
Genda Chen Missouri University of Science and Technology
Debra R. Rolison
Debra R. Rolison United States Naval Research Laboratory
Yongjun Zhang
Yongjun Zhang Nankai University
Jinguo Wang
Jinguo Wang The University of Texas at Dallas
Daniel T. Britt
Daniel T. Britt University of Central Florida

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