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Rachel A. Caruso

Rachel A. Caruso

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Materials Science
Australia
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
71
Citations
23616
World Ranking
4178
National Ranking
138

Rachel A. Caruso 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 Rachel A. Caruso sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 184 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rachel A. Caruso 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 Rachel A. Caruso sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Rachel A. Caruso is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and specializes in the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Energy. Their research covers several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics primarily centered on materials and their applications. Key research themes include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Caruso's recent publications reflect active involvement in these areas. Selected papers include:

  • "Machine Learning for Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst Design and Discovery," 2022, published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Metal-organic frameworks for chemical sensing devices," 2021, published in Materials Horizons
  • "Developing sustainable, high-performance perovskites in photocatalysis: design strategies and applications," 2021, published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Hierarchically Porous WO3/CdWO4 Fiber-in-Tube Nanostructures Featuring Readily Accessible Active Sites and Enhanced Photocatalytic Effectiveness for Antibiotic Degradation in Water," 2021, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "The influence of ruthenium substitution in LaCoO3 towards bi-functional electrocatalytic activity for rechargeable Zn-air batteries," 2020, published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dehong Chen
  • Haoxin Mai
  • Xiaoming Wen
  • Tu C. Le
  • Xuying Li

The scientist has a notable presence in several publication venues, with multiple articles published in:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Solar RRL

This profile highlights a research focus on the intersection of materials chemistry and energy-related applications, with substantive contributions to photocatalysis, sensor technologies, and electrocatalysis. The integration of machine learning into material design is also a recurring element in their work.

Best Publications

  • Nanoengineering of Inorganic and Hybrid Hollow Spheres by Colloidal Templating

    Frank Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso;Helmuth Möhwald

  • Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Beads with High Surface Areas and Controllable Pore Sizes: A Superior Candidate for High‐Performance Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Dehong Chen;Fuzhi Huang;Yibing Cheng;Rachel Anne Caruso

  • Magnetic Nanocomposite Particles and Hollow Spheres Constructed by a Sequential Layering Approach

    Frank Caruso;Marina Spasova;Andrei Susha;Michael Giersig

  • Multilayered Titania, Silica, and Laponite Nanoparticle Coatings on Polystyrene Colloidal Templates and Resulting Inorganic Hollow Spheres

    Rachel A. Caruso;and Andrei Susha;Frank Caruso

  • Sol−Gel Nanocoating: An Approach to the Preparation of Structured Materials

    Rachel A. Caruso;Markus Antonietti

  • Gas-assisted preparation of lead iodide perovskite films consisting of a monolayer of single crystalline grains for high efficiency planar solar cells

    Fuzhi Huang;Yasmina Dkhissi;Wenchao Huang;Manda Xiao

  • Hollow spheres from layered precursor deposition on sacrificial colloidal core particles

    Frank Caruso

  • Finite-size and pressure effects on the Raman spectrum of nanocrystalline anatase Ti O 2

    Varghese Swamy;Alexei Kuznetsov;Leonid S. Dubrovinsky;Rachel A. Caruso

  • Titanium dioxide tubes from sol-gel coating of electrospun polymer fibers.

    Rachel A. Caruso;Jan H. Schattka;Andreas Greiner

  • Dye-sensitized solar cells employing a single film of mesoporous TiO2 beads achieve power conversion efficiencies over 10%.

    Frédéric Sauvage;Dehong Chen;Pascal Comte;Fuzhi Huang

  • Synthesis of Monodisperse Mesoporous Titania Beads with Controllable Diameter, High Surface Areas, and Variable Pore Diameters (14−23 nm)

    Dehong Chen;Lu Cao;Fuzhi Huang;Paolo Imperia

  • Dual‐Function Scattering Layer of Submicrometer‐Sized Mesoporous TiO2 Beads for High‐Efficiency Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Fuzhi Huang;Dehong Chen;Xiao Li Zhang;Rachel A. Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso

  • Production of Hollow Microspheres from Nanostructured Composite Particles

    Frank Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso;Helmuth Möhwald

  • Template Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of Porous Metal Oxide Spheres Formed by Nanoparticle Infiltration

    Dmitry G. Shchukin;Rachel A. Caruso

  • Metal–organic frameworks for chemical sensing devices

    Joseph F. Olorunyomi;Joseph F. Olorunyomi;Shu Teng Geh;Shu Teng Geh;Rachel A. Caruso;Cara M. Doherty

  • Encapsulation for improving the lifetime of flexible perovskite solar cells

    Hasitha C Weerasinghe;Yasmina Dkhissi;Andrew D Scully;Rachel Anne Caruso;Rachel Anne Caruso

  • Synthesis of macroporous titania and inorganic composite materials from coated colloidal spheres - A novel route to tune pore morphology.

    Dayang Wang;Rachel A. Caruso;Frank Caruso

  • Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Spherical Titania Nanostructures and Their Applications

    Dehong Chen;Rachel A. Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso

  • Hierarchically Porous Monolithic LiFePO4/Carbon Composite Electrode Materials for High Power Lithium Ion Batteries

    Cara M. Doherty;Cara M. Doherty;Rachel A. Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso;Bernd M. Smarsly;Philipp Adelhelm

  • Sonochemical Formation of Gold Sols

    Rachel A. Caruso;Muthupandian Ashokkumar;Franz Grieser

  • Chemical Bonding and Physical Trapping of Sulfur in Mesoporous Magneli Ti4O7 Microspheres for High- Performance Li-S Battery

    Hao Wei;Erwin F. Rodriguez;Adam S. Best;Anthony F. Hollenkamp

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi-Bing Cheng
Yi-Bing Cheng Wuhan University of Technology
Fuzhi Huang
Fuzhi Huang Wuhan University of Technology
Wu-Qiang Wu
Wu-Qiang Wu University of Queensland
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Udo Bach
Udo Bach Monash University
Calum J. Drummond
Calum J. Drummond RMIT University
Frank Caruso
Frank Caruso University of Melbourne
Dmitry G. Shchukin
Dmitry G. Shchukin University of Liverpool
Thorsten Ressler
Thorsten Ressler Technical University of Berlin
Leone Spiccia
Leone Spiccia Monash University

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