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Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
82
Citations
26031
World Ranking
2453
National Ranking
142

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski 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 Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 773 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski 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 Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For international leadership of aberration-corrected electron microscopy for characterization of nanoscale particulate. For seminal and highly innovative development of electron holography to permit mapping of magnetic fields and electrostatic potentials.

Overview

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and has an extensive body of work primarily in materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Their research focuses significantly on advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, with numerous contributions intersecting the fields of atomic and molecular physics, optics, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist has published prolifically, contributing to topics including magnetic properties of thin films, electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques, and magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials. Other main topics in their work are advanced X-ray imaging techniques, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, and multiferroics and related materials.

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Multiferroics and related materials

Their recent papers include several influential publications such as:

  • "Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production", 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • "Direct observation of altermagnetic band splitting in CrSb thin films", 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Towards data-driven next-generation transmission electron microscopy", 2020, Nature Materials
  • "A High Conductivity 1D π-d Conjugated Metal-Organic Framework with Efficient Polysulfide Trapping-Diffusion-Catalysis in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries", 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Progress on Emerging Ferroelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting, Storage and Conversion", 2022, Advanced Energy Materials

Frequent co-authors include:

  • András Kovács
  • Amir H. Tavabi
  • Vincenzo Grillo
  • Stefano Frabboni
  • Peng-Han Lu

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed regularly include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), arXiv (Cornell University), Microscopy and Microanalysis, Ultramicroscopy, and Nature Communications.

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Ultramicroscopy
  • Nature Communications

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski received recognition as a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America in 2015 for leadership in the development of aberration-corrected electron microscopy and electron holography techniques for mapping nanoscale magnetic fields and electrostatic potentials.

Best Publications

  • Electron tomography and holography in materials science

    Paul A. Midgley;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

  • In situ Observations of Catalyst Dynamics during Surface-Bound Carbon Nanotube Nucleation

    Stephan Hofmann;Renu Sharma;Caterina Ducati;Gaohui Du

  • Large-scale synthesis of single-crystalline iron oxide magnetic nanorings.

    Chun-Jiang Jia;Ling-Dong Sun Sun;Feng Luo;Xiao-Dong Han

  • Magnetic Microstructure of Magnetotactic Bacteria by Electron Holography

    Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Martha R. McCartney;Richard B. Frankel;Dennis A. Bazylinski

  • Discrete Atom Imaging of One-Dimensional Crystals Formed Within Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Rüdiger R. Meyer;Jeremy Sloan;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Angus I. Kirkland

  • High-yield synthesis and optical properties of g-C3N4

    Yanwen Yuan;Lulu Zhang;Jun Xing;M. Iqbal Bakti Utama

  • Gold-catalyzed growth of silicon nanowires by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

    S. Hofmann;C. Ducati;R. J. Neill;S. Piscanec

  • Experimental observation of chiral magnetic bobbers in B20-type FeGe.

    Fengshan Zheng;Filipp N. Rybakov;Filipp N. Rybakov;Filipp N. Rybakov;Aleksandr B. Borisov;Aleksandr B. Borisov;Dongsheng Song

  • Ledge-flow-controlled catalyst interface dynamics during Si nanowire growth

    Stephan Hofmann;Renu Sharma;Christoph T. Wirth;Felipe Cervantes-Sodi

  • Rh-Doped Pt-Ni Octahedral Nanoparticles: Understanding the Correlation between Elemental Distribution, Oxygen Reduction Reaction, and Shape Stability.

    Vera Beermann;Martin Gocyla;Elena Willinger;Stefan Rudi

  • A High Conductivity 1D π–d Conjugated Metal–Organic Framework with Efficient Polysulfide Trapping‐Diffusion‐Catalysis in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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  • The size distribution, imaging and obstructing properties of C60 and higher fullerenes formed within arc-grown single walled carbon nanotubes

    Jeremy Sloan;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;John L. Hutchison;Karl S. Coleman

  • Acid-Promoter-Free Ethylene Methoxycarbonylation over Ru-Clusters/Ceria: The Catalysis of Interfacial Lewis Acid–Base Pair

    Jinghua An;Jinghua An;Yehong Wang;Jianmin Lu;Jian Zhang

  • Controlling the Orientation, Edge Geometry, and Thickness of Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene

    Adrian T. Murdock;Antal Koos;T. Ben Britton;Lothar Houben

  • Two layer 4:4 co-ordinated KI crystals grown within single walled carbon nanotubes

    J. Sloan;M.C. Novotny;S.R. Bailey;G. Brown

  • Towards data-driven next-generation transmission electron microscopy.

    Steven R. Spurgeon;Colin Ophus;Lewys Jones;Amanda Petford-Long

  • Direct Imaging of a Zero-Field Target Skyrmion and Its Polarity Switch in a Chiral Magnetic Nanodisk.

    Fengshan Zheng;Hang Li;Shasha Wang;Shasha Wang;Dongsheng Song

  • Direct imaging of nanoscale magnetic interactions in minerals

    Richard J. Harrison;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Andrew Putnis

  • Quantitative electron holography of biased semiconductor devices.

    Twitchett Ac;Dunin-Borkowski Re;Midgley Pa

  • Resolution and aberration correction in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

    Niels de Jonge;Niels de Jonge;Lothar Houben;Lothar Houben;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Frances M. Ross;Frances M. Ross

  • Quantitative electron holography of biased semiconductor devices

    A C Twitchett;R E Dunin-Borkowski;R F Broom;P A Midgley

  • Experimental observation of magnetic bobbers for a new concept of magnetic solid-state memory

    Fengshan Zheng;Filipp N. Rybakov;Aleksandr B. Borisov;Dongsheng Song

  • Flux closure in self-assembled cobalt nanoparticle rings.

    Steven L. Tripp;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Alexander Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Midgley
Paul A. Midgley University of Cambridge
Marc Heggen
Marc Heggen Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jakob Birkedal Wagner
Jakob Birkedal Wagner Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Willum Hansen
Thomas Willum Hansen Technical University of Denmark
Richard J. Harrison
Richard J. Harrison University of Cambridge
Joachim Mayer
Joachim Mayer RWTH Aachen University
Peter Strasser
Peter Strasser Technical University of Berlin
Martha R. McCartney
Martha R. McCartney Arizona State University
Lothar Houben
Lothar Houben Weizmann Institute of Science
Mihály Pósfai
Mihály Pósfai University of Pannonia

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