2026 Robert J. Young: 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	107	777	742	30	29	644	50249

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Robert J. Young is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with particular attention to materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, and mechanical engineering as subfields.

The scientist's body of work includes research topics such as:

Graphene research and applications
2D materials and applications
MXene and MAX phase materials
Advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials
Carbon nanotubes in composites
Polymer nanocomposites and properties
Graphene and nanomaterials applications

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Ian A. Kinloch, Zheling Li, Mufeng Liu, Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou, and Mark A. Bissett.

The main publication venues for this researcher are:

Composites Science and Technology
2D Materials
arXiv (Cornell University)
Nanoscale
Advanced Functional Materials

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert J. Young are:

"Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres" (2023) published in Progress in Materials Science
"Mechanisms of mechanical reinforcement by graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites" (2020) published in Nanoscale
"Mechanisms of Liquid-Phase Exfoliation for the Production of Graphene" (2020) published in ACS Nano
"Self-assembly of a layered two-dimensional molecularly woven fabric" (2020) published in Nature
"Strain engineering in monolayer WS₂ and WS₂ nanocomposites" (2020) published in 2D Materials

Robert J. Young was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Best Publications

Introduction to Polymers

R. J. Young;Chan I. Chung

3177
Citations
Mechanical properties of graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites

Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert J. Young

2579
Citations
Fracture Behaviour of Polymers

A. J. Kinloch;Robert J. Young

2110
Citations
The mechanics of graphene nanocomposites: A review

Robert J. Young;Ian A. Kinloch;Lei Gong;Kostya S. Novoselov

1463
Citations
A semiconductor source of triggered entangled photon pairs

R. M. Stevenson;R. J. Young;R. J. Young;P. Atkinson;K. Cooper

1183
Citations
Composites with carbon nanotubes and graphene: An outlook

Ian A. Kinloch;Jonghwan Suhr;Jun Lou;Robert J. Young

1001
Citations
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF CARBON MATERIALS AND THEIR COMPOSITES: GRAPHENE, NANOTUBES AND FIBRES

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938
Citations
The real graphene oxide revealed: stripping the oxidative debris from the graphene-like sheets

Jonathan P. Rourke;Priyanka A. Pandey;Joseph J. Moore;Matthew Bates

845
Citations
Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites

Conor S. Boland;Umar Khan;Gavin Ryan;Sebastian Barwich

820
Citations
Graphene Oxide: Structural Analysis and Application as a Highly Transparent Support for Electron Microscopy

Neil R. Wilson;Priyanka A. Pandey;Richard Beanland;Robert J. Young

772
Citations
Interfacial stress transfer in a graphene monolayer nanocomposite

Lei Gong;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert J. Young;Ibtsam Riaz

743
Citations
Raman-scattering measurements and first-principles calculations of strain-induced phonon shifts in monolayer MoS2

C. Rice;R. J. Young;R. Zan;U. Bangert

712
Citations
Crack propagation in a glass particle-filled epoxy resin

J. Spanoudakis;R. J. Young

637
Citations
Investigation into the deformation of carbon nanotubes and their composites through the use of Raman spectroscopy

C.A. Cooper;R.J. Young;M. Halsall

634
Citations
Deformation mechanisms in crystalline polymers

P. B. Bowden;R. J. Young

633
Citations
Collapse of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes is Diameter Dependent

James A. Elliott;Jan K. W. Sandler;Alan H. Windle;Robert J. Young

457
Citations
Crack propagation in a glass particle-filled epoxy resin: Part 1 Effect of particle volume fraction and size

J. Spanoudakis;R. J. Young

427
Citations
Graphene/elastomer nanocomposites

Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert J. Young

415
Citations
Mechanisms of mechanical reinforcement by graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites

Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou;Zheling Li;Mufeng Liu;Ian A. Kinloch

371
Citations
Electrical percolation in graphene-polymer composites

Alexander James Marsden;Dimitrios Papageorgiou;Cristina Valles;A Liscio

364
Citations
The Young's modulus of a microcrystalline cellulose

S.J. Eichhorn;R.J. Young

350
Citations
Improved fidelity of triggered entangled photons from single quantum dots

Robert J Young;R Mark Stevenson;Paola Atkinson;Ken Cooper

339
Citations
Optimizing the Reinforcement of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites by Graphene

Lei Gong;Robert J. Young;Ian A. Kinloch;Ibtsam Riaz

332
Citations
The fracture of hybrid-particulate composites

A. J. Kinloch;D. L. Maxwell;R. J. Young

331
Citations