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Richard L. Brutchey 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 L. Brutchey sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 151 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard L. Brutchey 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 L. Brutchey sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard L. Brutchey is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications, Machine Learning in Materials Science, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, and Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brutchey include Noah Malmstadt, Zhaohong Sun, Kristopher M. Koskela, Bryce A. Tappan, and Lanja R. Karadaghi.

Key venues in which Brutchey has published include Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Nano, and Nano Letters.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the range and focus of their research:

  • Surface Termination of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots Determined by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • An Exceptionally Mild and Scalable Solution-Phase Synthesis of Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles for Thermocatalytic CO2 Hydrogenation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Surface Chemistry and Structure of Colloidal Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Leveraging phosphate group in Pd/PdO decorated nickel phosphate microflowers via pulsed laser for robust hydrogen production in hydrazine-assisted electrolyzer, 2024, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Self-optimizing parallel millifluidic reactor for scaling nanoparticle synthesis, 2020, Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • On the crystal structure of colloidally prepared CsPbBr3 quantum dots.

    Patrick Cottingham;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Solution-phase synthesis of SnSe nanocrystals for use in solar cells.

    Matthew A Franzman;Cody W Schlenker;Mark E Thompson;Richard L Brutchey

  • Efficient Singlet Fission Discovered in a Disordered Acene Film

    Sean T. Roberts;R. Eric McAnally;Joseph N. Mastron;David H. Webber

  • Tin and germanium monochalcogenide IV–VI semiconductor nanocrystals for use in solar cells

    Priscilla D. Antunez;Jannise J. Buckley;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Silicatein and the translation of its molecular mechanism of biosilicification into low temperature nanomaterial synthesis.

    Richard L. Brutchey;Daniel E. Morse

  • Alkahest for V2VI3 chalcogenides: dissolution of nine bulk semiconductors in a diamine-dithiol solvent mixture.

    David H. Webber;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Synthesis of Metastable Wurtzite CuInSe2 Nanocrystals

    Michelle E. Norako;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Surface Termination of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots Determined by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

    Yunhua Chen;Yunhua Chen;Sara R. Smock;Anne H. Flintgruber;Frédéric A. Perras

  • Quantifying the Thermodynamics of Ligand Binding to CsPbBr 3 Quantum Dots.

    Sara R. Smock;Travis J. Williams;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Two-Phase Microfluidic Droplet Flows of Ionic Liquids for the Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles

    Laura L. Lazarus;Carson T. Riche;Brandon C. Marin;Malancha Gupta

  • Facile dissolution of selenium and tellurium in a thiol–amine solvent mixture under ambient conditions

    David H. Webber;Jannise J. Buckley;Priscilla D. Antunez;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Synthesis and characterization of wurtzite-phase copper tin selenide nanocrystals.

    Michelle E. Norako;Matthew J. Greaney;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Growth Kinetics of Monodisperse Cu−In−S Nanocrystals Using a Dialkyl Disulfide Sulfur Source

    Michelle E. Norako;Matthew A. Franzman;Richard L. Brutchey

  • Improving open circuit potential in hybrid P3HT:CdSe bulk heterojunction solar cells via colloidal tert-butylthiol ligand exchange.

    Matthew J. Greaney;Saptaparna Das;David H. Webber;Stephen E. Bradforth

  • Ligand Exchange on Colloidal CdSe Nanocrystals Using Thermally Labile tert-Butylthiol for Improved Photocurrent in Nanocrystal Films

    David H Webber;Richard L Brutchey

  • Template‐Free, Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Crystalline Barium Titanate Nanoparticles under Bio‐Inspired Conditions

    Richard L. Brutchey;Daniel E. Morse

  • Diorganyl dichalcogenides as useful synthons for colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals.

    Richard L. Brutchey

  • Nickel oxide particles catalyze photochemical hydrogen evolution from water--nanoscaling promotes p-type character and minority carrier extraction.

    Benjamin A. Nail;Jorie M. Fields;Jing Zhao;Jiarui Wang

  • The Surface Chemistry and Structure of Colloidal Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Sara R. Smock;Yunhua Chen;Yunhua Chen;Aaron J. Rossini;Aaron J. Rossini;Richard L. Brutchey

  • An Exceptionally Mild and Scalable Solution-Phase Synthesis of Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles for Thermocatalytic CO2 Hydrogenation.

    Frederick G. Baddour;Emily J. Roberts;Anh T. To;Lu Wang

  • Activated Boron Nitride Derived from Activated Carbon

    Wei-Qiang Han;R. Brutchey;T. D. Tilley;A. Zettl

  • Solution processing of chalcogenide materials using thiol–amine “alkahest” solvent systems

    Carrie L. McCarthy;Richard L. Brutchey

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Bradforth
Stephen E. Bradforth University of Southern California
Hilmar Koerner
Hilmar Koerner United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Aaron J. Rossini
Aaron J. Rossini Iowa State University
Mark E. Thompson
Mark E. Thompson University of Southern California
T. Don Tilley
T. Don Tilley University of California, Berkeley
Susan M. Kauzlarich
Susan M. Kauzlarich University of California, Davis
Joe C. Campbell
Joe C. Campbell University of Virginia
Richard A. Vaia
Richard A. Vaia United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology

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