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Materials Science

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131
Citations
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World Ranking
318
National Ranking
127

Chemistry

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Richard B. Kaner 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 Richard B. Kaner sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 588 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard B. Kaner 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 Richard B. Kaner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 131 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For the discovery of efficient methods to synthesize water dispersible conducting polymer nanofibers and their applications in sensors, actuators, molecular memory devices, catalysis, and the novel process of flash welding”
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society Los Angeles
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard B. Kaner is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a focus on several specialized subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's main research topics include supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advanced battery technologies research, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and applications, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advancements in battery materials, and membrane separation technologies.

Frequent coauthors associated with their work are:

  • Maher F. El-Kady
  • Cheng-Wei Lin
  • Ailun Huang
  • Mackenzie Anderson
  • Xueying Chang

Richard B. Kaner has published extensively in prominent venues including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemistry of Materials, and Advanced Energy Materials.

Recent publications by Richard B. Kaner include:

  • Trilayer Metal-Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Self-healing flexible/stretchable energy storage devices, 2021, Materials Today
  • Low-temperature liquid platinum catalyst, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Assembly of Nanofluidic MXene Fibers with Enhanced Ionic Transport and Capacitive Charge Storage by Flake Orientation, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Unique surface patterns emerging during solidification of liquid metal alloys, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology

Over the course of their career, Richard B. Kaner has been recognized with several awards including the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in 2015, which was awarded for discoveries related to water dispersible conducting polymer nanofibers and related applications. In addition, the scientist is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2011), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000), a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1996), and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1993).

Best Publications

  • Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets

    Dan Li;Marc B. Müller;Scott Gilje;Richard B. Kaner

  • Honeycomb Carbon: A Review of Graphene

    Matthew J. Allen;Vincent C. Tung;Richard B. Kaner

  • Laser Scribing of High-Performance and Flexible Graphene-Based Electrochemical Capacitors

    Maher F. El-Kady;Maher F. El-Kady;Veronica Strong;Sergey Dubin;Richard B. Kaner

  • Design and Mechanisms of Asymmetric Supercapacitors.

    Yuanlong Shao;Maher F. El-Kady;Jingyu Sun;Yaogang Li

  • High-throughput solution processing of large-scale graphene

    Vincent C. Tung;Matthew J. Allen;Yang Yang;Richard B. Kaner

  • A Chemical Route to Graphene for Device Applications

    Scott Gilje;Song Han;Minsheng Wang;Kang L. Wang

  • Polyaniline nanofibers: facile synthesis and chemical sensors.

    Jiaxing Huang;Shabnam Virji;Bruce H. Weiller;Richard B. Kaner

  • Scalable fabrication of high-power graphene micro-supercapacitors for flexible and on-chip energy storage

    Maher F. El-Kady;Richard B. Kaner

  • Graphene-based materials

    Dan Li;Ling Qiu

  • Practical chemical sensors from chemically derived graphene

    Jesse D. Fowler;Matthew J. Allen;Vincent C. Tung;Yang Yang

  • A general chemical route to polyaniline nanofibers.

    Jiaxing Huang;Richard B. Kaner

  • Nanostructured Tungsten Oxide – Properties, Synthesis, and Applications

    Haidong Zheng;Jian Zhen Ou;Michael S. Strano;Richard B. Kaner

  • Polyaniline Nanofiber Gas Sensors: Examination of Response Mechanisms

    Shabnam Virji;Jiaxing Huang;Richard B. Kaner;Bruce H. Weiller

  • Graphene for batteries, supercapacitors and beyond

    Maher F. El-Kady;Maher F. El-Kady;Yuanlong Shao;Yuanlong Shao;Richard B. Kaner

  • Graphene-based materials for flexible supercapacitors

    Yuanlong Shao;Maher F. El-Kady;Maher F. El-Kady;Lisa J. Wang;Qinghong Zhang

  • Towards establishing standard performance metrics for batteries, supercapacitors and beyond.

    Abolhassan Noori;Maher F. El-Kady;Mohammad S. Rahmanifar;Richard B. Kaner

  • Low-temperature solution processing of graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid materials for high-performance transparent conductors.

    Vincent C. Tung;Li Min Chen;Matthew J. Allen;Jonathan K. Wassei

  • Polyaniline nanofibers: a unique polymer nanostructure for versatile applications.

    Dan Li;Jiaxing Huang;Richard B. Kaner

  • Polyaniline nanofiber/gold nanoparticle nonvolatile memory

    Ricky J. Tseng;Jiaxing Huang;Jianyong Ouyang;Richard B. Kaner

  • Nanofiber Formation in the Chemical Polymerization of Aniline: A Mechanistic Study†

    Jiaxing Huang;Richard B. Kaner

Frequent Co-Authors

Maher F. El-Kady
Maher F. El-Kady University of California, Los Angeles
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh University of Sydney
Mir Fazlollah Mousavi
Mir Fazlollah Mousavi Tarbiat Modares University
Sarah H. Tolbert
Sarah H. Tolbert University of California, Los Angeles
Eric M.V. Hoek
Eric M.V. Hoek University of California, Los Angeles
Jiaxing Huang
Jiaxing Huang Northwestern University
Wojtek Wlodarski
Wojtek Wlodarski RMIT University
Robert L. Whetten
Robert L. Whetten Northern Arizona University
Yuanlong Shao
Yuanlong Shao Soochow University
Jian Zhen Ou
Jian Zhen Ou RMIT University

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