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Nitin P. Padture

Nitin P. Padture

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
100
Citations
42806
World Ranking
1041
National Ranking
341

Nitin P. Padture 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 Nitin P. Padture sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 305 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nitin P. Padture 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 Nitin P. Padture sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Nitin P. Padture is a researcher affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their scholarly work spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Ceramics and Composites, and Aerospace Engineering. The primary focus of their research revolves around advanced materials, notably perovskite solar cells and conducting polymers.

The scientist's body of work includes papers on various topics such as perovskite materials and applications, conducting polymers and their applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and high-temperature coating behaviors.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Interfacial toughening with self-assembled monolayers enhances perovskite solar cell reliability (2021, Science)
  • Co-deposition of hole-selective contact and absorber for improving the processability of perovskite solar cells (2023, Nature Energy)
  • Interpenetrating interfaces for efficient perovskite solar cells with high operational stability and mechanical robustness (2021, Nature Communications)
  • A machine learning approach to fracture mechanics problems (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • Flexible perovskite solar cells with simultaneously improved efficiency, operational stability, and mechanical reliability (2021, Joule)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nitin P. Padture include:

  • Zhenghong Dai
  • Min Chen
  • Brian W. Sheldon
  • Mingyu Hu
  • Yuanyuan Zhou

Common venues for their publications are:

  • Scripta Materialia
  • Acta Materialia
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Nature Energy
  • Nature Communications

The research profile of Nitin P. Padture is marked by extensive work on perovskite materials and their applications in solar energy conversion, with additional interests in material durability, mechanical robustness, and computational approaches such as machine learning related to fracture mechanics problems.

In recognition of their contributions to science and engineering, Nitin P. Padture was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Thermal Barrier Coatings for Gas-Turbine Engine Applications

    Nitin P. Padture;Maurice Gell;Eric H. Jordan

  • Ceramic materials for thermal barrier coatings

    X.Q. Cao;R. Vassen;D. Stoever

  • Advanced structural ceramics in aerospace propulsion.

    Nitin P. Padture

  • Thermal-barrier coatings for more efficient gas-turbine engines

    David R. Clarke;Matthias Oechsner;Nitin P. Padture

  • Low‐Thermal‐Conductivity Rare‐Earth Zirconates for Potential Thermal‐Barrier‐Coating Applications

    Jie Wu;Xuezheng Wei;Nitin P. Padture;Paul G. Klemens

  • Thermal conductivity of dense and porous yttria-stabilized zirconia

    K. W. Schlichting;N. P. Padture;P. G. Klemens

  • Highly stable and efficient all-inorganic lead-free perovskite solar cells with native-oxide passivation.

    Min Chen;Ming Gang Ju;Hector F. Garces;Alexander D. Carl

  • In situ-toughened silicon carbide

    Nitin P. Padture

  • Synthetic Approaches for Halide Perovskite Thin Films.

    Wiley A Dunlap-Shohl;Yuanyuan Zhou;Nitin P Padture;David B Mitzi

  • Cesium Titanium(IV) Bromide Thin Films Based Stable Lead-free Perovskite Solar Cells

    Min Chen;Ming Gang Ju;Alexander D. Carl;Yingxia Zong

  • Failure modes in plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings

    K.W Schlichting;N.P Padture;E.H Jordan;M Gell

  • Interfacial toughening with self-assembled monolayers enhances perovskite solar cell reliability

    Zhenghong Dai;Srinivas K. Yadavalli;Min Chen;Ali Abbaspourtamijani

  • Contact-damage-resistant ceramic/single-wall carbon nanotubes and ceramic/graphite composites

    Xiaotong Wang;Nitin P. Padture;Hidehiko Tanaka

  • Direct Observation of Ferroelectric Domains in Solution-Processed CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films.

    Yasemin Kutes;Linghan Ye;Yuanyuan Zhou;Shuping Pang

  • Room-temperature crystallization of hybrid-perovskite thin films via solvent–solvent extraction for high-performance solar cells

    Yuanyuan Zhou;Mengjin Yang;Wenwen Wu;Alexander L. Vasiliev

  • Methylamine-Gas-Induced Defect-Healing Behavior of CH3NH3PbI3 Thin Films for Perovskite Solar Cells

    Zhongmin Zhou;Zaiwei Wang;Yuanyuan Zhou;Shuping Pang

  • Earth-Abundant Nontoxic Titanium(IV)-based Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite Halides with Tunable 1.0 to 1.8 eV Bandgaps for Photovoltaic Applications

    Ming Gang Ju;Min Chen;Yuanyuan Zhou;Hector F. Garces

  • Making Ceramics "Ductile"

    Brian R. Lawn;Nitin P. Padture;Hongda Cait;Fernando Guiberteau

  • Microstructures of Organometal Trihalide Perovskites for Solar Cells: Their Evolution from Solutions and Characterization.

    Yuanyuan Zhou;Onkar S. Game;Shuping Pang;Nitin P. Padture

  • Square‐Centimeter Solution‐Processed Planar CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 15%

    Mengjin Yang;Yuanyuan Zhou;Yining Zeng;Chun-Sheng Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuanyuan Zhou
Yuanyuan Zhou Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Maurice Gell
Maurice Gell University of Connecticut
Brian R. Lawn
Brian R. Lawn National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric H. Jordan
Eric H. Jordan University of Connecticut
Xiao Cheng Zeng
Xiao Cheng Zeng City University of Hong Kong
Fernando Guiberteau
Fernando Guiberteau University of Extremadura
Kai Zhu
Kai Zhu National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mengjin Yang
Mengjin Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shuping Pang
Shuping Pang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sanjay Sampath
Sanjay Sampath Stony Brook University

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