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Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
24622
World Ranking
4348
National Ranking
1163

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
24336
World Ranking
5435
National Ranking
1679

Peter A. Dowben 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 Peter A. Dowben sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 768 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter A. Dowben 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 Peter A. Dowben sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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

  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his significant experimental contributions to surface magnetism, spin polarization in complex magnetic systems, and metaltononmetal transitions in reduced dimensionality

Overview

Peter A. Dowben is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a substantial number of publications spanning several specialized subfields. These include materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and condensed matter physics.

Their key areas of study include magnetism in coordination complexes, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, 2D materials and applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, multiferroics and related materials, magnetic properties of thin films, and magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials.

Among recent published works are the following papers:

  • Voltage controlled Néel vector rotation in zero magnetic field, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Nonvolatile Voltage Controlled Molecular Spin-State Switching for Memory Applications, 2021, Magnetochemistry
  • Quantitative Study of the Energy Changes in Voltage-Controlled Spin Crossover Molecular Thin Films, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Magneto-electric antiferromagnetic spin-orbit logic devices, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • Site selective adsorption of the spin crossover complex Fe(phen)2(NCS) on Au(111), 2020, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Klaus Rademann, Bernd Abel, Leipzig Bigall, Rostock Maier, and G. Ertl.

Peter A. Dowben has contributed extensively to several scientific journals and publication venues. Notable venues with recurring publications are:

  • Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • Preprints.org
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Magnetochemistry

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2004. This fellowship was awarded for significant experimental contributions to surface magnetism, spin polarization in complex magnetic systems, and metal-to-nonmetal transitions in reduced dimensionality.

Best Publications

  • Low trap-state density and long carrier diffusion in organolead trihalide perovskite single crystals

    Dong Shi;Valerio Adinolfi;Riccardo Comin;Mingjian Yuan

  • Robust isothermal electric control of exchange bias at room temperature

    Xi He;Yi Wang;Ning Wu;Anthony N. Caruso

  • Robust isothermal electric switching of interface magnetization: A route to voltage-controlled spintronics

    Xi He;Yi Wang;Ning Wu;Anthony Caruso

  • Large-scale solution synthesis of narrow graphene nanoribbons

    Timothy H. Vo;Mikhail Shekhirev;Donna A. Kunkel;Martha D. Morton

  • Experimental evidence for the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in La 0.65 Ca 0.35 Mn O 3

    P. Dai;Jiandi Zhang;H. A. Mook;S. H. Liou

  • Molecular adsorption on graphene

    Lingmei Kong;Axel Enders;Talat S Rahman;Peter A Dowben

  • Surface Segregation phenomena

    Allen Miller;Peter A. Dowben

  • Electronic, magnetic and transport properties of rare-earth monopnictides

    Chun Gang Duan;Renat F Sabirianov;Renat F Sabirianov;W. N. Mei;W. N. Mei;P. A. Dowben

  • Surface segregation and restructuring of colossal-magnetoresistant manganese perovskites La 0.65 Sr 0.35 MnO 3

    H. Dulli;H. Dulli;P. A. Dowben;Sy-Hwang Liou;E. W. Plummer;E. W. Plummer

  • Characterization of boron carbide thin films fabricated by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition from boranes

    Sunwoo Lee;John Mazurowski;G. Ramseyer;Peter A. Dowben

  • Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers

    Sumit Beniwal;James Hooper;Daniel P. Miller;Paulo S. Costa

  • Strain induced half-metal to semiconductor transition in GdN

    Chun Gang Duan;R. F. Sabiryanov;Jianjun Liu;W. N. Mei

  • A class of boron-rich solid-state neutron detectors

    B. W. Robertson;Shireen Adenwalla;A. Harken;P. Welsch

  • Deposition of boron-containing films from decaborane

    James T. Spencer;Peter A. Dowben;Yoon G. Kim

  • Are half-metallic ferromagnets half metals? (invited)

    Peter A. Dowben;Ralph Skomski

  • The surface composition and spin polarization of NiMnSb epitaxial thin films

    D. Ristoiu;J.P. Nozières;C.N. Borca;T. Komesu

  • Two-dimensional ferroelectrics

    L.M. Blinov;Vladimir M. Fridkin;Sergei P. Palto;A.V. Bune

  • Characterization of the native Cr2O3 oxide surface of CrO2

    Ruihua Cheng;B. Xu;C.N. Borca;Andrei Sokolov

  • Electric modulation of magnetization at the BaTiO3/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 interfaces

    H. Lu;Thomas A. George;Yong Wang;Ihor Ketsman

  • Phase transition in the surface structure in copolymer films of vinylidene fluoride (70%) with trifluoroethylene (30%)

    Jaewu Choi;C. N. Borca;P. A. Dowben;A. Bune

  • Two-dimensional ferroelectrics

    V. M. Fridkin;Stephen Ducharme;A. V. Bune;S. P. Palto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Xiao
Jie Xiao University of Washington
Ralph Skomski
Ralph Skomski University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Stephen Ducharme
Stephen Ducharme University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Evgeny Y. Tsymbal University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Bo Xu
Bo Xu Yanshan University
Pierre Braunstein
Pierre Braunstein University of Strasbourg
Talat S. Rahman
Talat S. Rahman University of Central Florida
Alexander Sinitskii
Alexander Sinitskii University of Nebraska–Lincoln
E. W. Plummer
E. W. Plummer Louisiana State University
Eckart Rühl
Eckart Rühl Freie Universität Berlin

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