2026 Reshef Tenne: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	92	1500	1440	7	7	583	37191

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2005 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For realizing that nanoclusters of layered compound materials (e.g., MoS2, WS2) can be made to fold into hollow cage structures, in analogy to graphitic carbon. These structures, known as 'inorganic fullerenes,' constitute a materials class with exciting new properties.

Overview

Reshef Tenne is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans multiple aspects of materials science and engineering, with a significant focus on nanomaterials and their applications.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of expertise encompass:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Polymers and Plastics

The primary research topics covered by Reshef Tenne include:

2D Materials and Applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Graphene research and applications
Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Iron-based superconductors research
Conducting polymers and applications

Frequent publication venues where the scientist's work appears are:

Small
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Chemistry of Materials
Advanced Materials Interfaces
Nature Communications

Notable recent papers by Reshef Tenne include:

Mesoscopic sliding ferroelectricity enabled photovoltaic random access memory for material-level artificial vision system, 2022, Nature Communications
MoS₂ and WS₂ Nanotubes: Synthesis, Structural Elucidation, and Optical Characterization, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Magnetic Field-Induced Through-Plane Alignment of the Proton Highway in a Proton Exchange Membrane, 2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials
Nanotubes from Ternary WS_2(1-x)Se_2x Alloys: Stoichiometry Modulated Tunable Optical Properties, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Improved Electrochemical Performance of NTs-WS₂@C Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Batteries, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Reshef Tenne collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

Alla Zak
M. B. Sreedhara
Iddo Pinkas
Vojtěch Kundrát
Lothar Houben

Throughout their career, the scientist has been recognized with awards such as:

Member of Academia Europaea, 2011
Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2008
MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 2005: For realizing that nanoclusters of layered compound materials (e.g., MoS₂, WS₂) can be made to fold into hollow cage structures, known as 'inorganic fullerenes,' constituting a materials class with novel properties

Best Publications

Polyhedral and cylindrical structures of tungsten disulphide

R. Tenne;L. Margulis;M. Genut;G. Hodes

2621
Citations
High-Rate, Gas-Phase Growth of MoS2 Nested Inorganic Fullerenes and Nanotubes

Y. Feldman;E. Wasserman;D. J. Srolovitz;R. Tenne

1535
Citations
Stress-induced fragmentation of multiwall carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix

H. D. Wagner;O. Lourie;Y. Feldman;R. Tenne

1291
Citations
Inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like nanoparticles

R. Tenne

1135
Citations
Hollow nanoparticles of WS2 as potential solid-state lubricants

L. Rapoport;Yu. Bilik;Y. Feldman;M. Homyonfer

1115
Citations
NESTED FULLERENE-LIKE STRUCTURES

L. Margulis;G. Salitra;R. Tenne;M. Talianker

844
Citations
Polymer-assisted fabrication of nanoparticles and nanocomposites

B.A. Rozenberg;R. Tenne

734
Citations
Raman and resonance Raman investigation of MoS 2 nanoparticles

Gitti L. Frey;Reshef Tenne;Manyalibo J. Matthews;M. S. Dresselhaus

604
Citations
New Route for Stabilization of 1T-WS2 and MoS2 Phases

Andrey N. Enyashin;Lena Yadgarov;Lothar Houben;Igor Popov

539
Citations
Applications of WS2(MoS2) inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like nanoparticles for solid lubrication and for structural nanocomposites

L. Rapoport;N. Fleischer;R. Tenne

480
Citations
Bulk Synthesis of Inorganic Fullerene-like MS2 (M = Mo, W) from the Respective Trioxides and the Reaction Mechanism

Y. Feldman;G. L. Frey;M. Homyonfer;V. Lyakhovitskaya

464
Citations
Tribological properties of WS2 nanoparticles under mixed lubrication

L. Rapoport;V. Leshchinsky;I. Lapsker;Yu. Volovik

455
Citations
Cage structures and nanotubes of NiCl 2

Y. Rosenfeld Hacohen;E. Grunbaum;R. Tenne;J. Sloan

398
Citations
Mechanisms of ultra-low friction by hollow inorganic fullerene-like MoS2 nanoparticles

L. Cizaire;B. Vacher;T. Le Mogne;J.M. Martin

392
Citations
Nanoparticles of Layered Compounds with Hollow Cage Structures (Inorganic Fullerene-Like Structures)†

R. Tenne;and M. Homyonfer;Y. Feldman

388
Citations
Inorganic fullerene-like material as additives to lubricants: structure–function relationship

L Rapoport;Y Feldman;M Homyonfer;H Cohen

388
Citations
Optical-absorption spectra of inorganic fullerenelike M S 2 ( M = Mo , W)

G. L. Frey;S. Elani;M. Homyonfer;Y. Feldman

367
Citations
Enhanced intrinsic photovoltaic effect in tungsten disulfide nanotubes.

Y. J. Zhang;Y. J. Zhang;T. Ideue;M. Onga;F. Qin

353
Citations
Advances in the Synthesis of Inorganic Nanotubes and Fullerene‐Like Nanoparticles

Reshef Tenne

346
Citations
Growth of WS2 Nanotubes Phases

A. Rothschild;and J. Sloan;R. Tenne

343
Citations
Fullerene‐like WS2 Nanoparticles: Superior Lubricants for Harsh Conditions

Lev Rapoport;Niles Fleischer;Reshef Tenne

322
Citations