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Roland Kawakami 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 Roland Kawakami sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 309 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roland Kawakami 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 Roland Kawakami sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering advances in understanding the magnetic properties of graphene, including mechanisms of spin lifetime and spin transport, and the role of adatoms in magnetic moment formation

Overview

Roland Kawakami is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on physics and materials science, with significant contributions to atomic and molecular physics, optics, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, condensed matter physics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics of their work cover magnetic properties of thin films, topological materials and phenomena, 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, and advanced condensed matter physics.

Kawakami has published numerous papers in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nano Letters

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Van der Waals heterostructures for spintronics and opto-spintronics, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • The 2020 magnetism roadmap, 2020, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Magneto-Optical Detection of the Orbital Hall Effect in Chromium, 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, and Electronic Structure of Magnetic Topological Insulator MnBi2Se4, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Momentum-Resolved Exciton Coupling and Valley Polarization Dynamics in Monolayer WS2, 2023, Physical Review Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Shuyu Cheng
  • Jay Gupta
  • David W. McComb
  • Igor Lyalin
  • Ziling Li

In recognition of their work, Roland Kawakami was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2015. The citation noted pioneering advances in understanding the magnetic properties of graphene, including mechanisms of spin lifetime and spin transport, and the role of adatoms in magnetic moment formation.

Best Publications

  • Graphene Spintronics

    Wei Han;Roland K. Kawakami;Martin Gmitra;Jaroslav Fabian

  • Room Temperature Intrinsic Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial Manganese Selenide Films in the Monolayer Limit

    Dante J O'Hara;Tiancong Zhu;Amanda H Trout;Adam S Ahmed

  • Tunneling spin injection into single layer graphene.

    Wei Han;K. Pi;K. M. McCreary;Yan Li

  • Giant Planar Hall Effect in Epitaxial (Ga,Mn)As Devices

    H. X. Tang;R. K. Kawakami;D. D. Awschalom;M. L. Roukes

  • Van der Waals heterostructures for spintronics and opto-spintronics.

    Juan F. Sierra;Jaroslav Fabian;Roland K. Kawakami;Stephan Roche;Stephan Roche

  • Spin relaxation in single-layer and bilayer graphene

    Wei Han;R. K. Kawakami

  • Control of Schottky Barriers in Single Layer MoS2 Transistors with Ferromagnetic Contacts

    Jen-Ru Chen;Patrick M. Odenthal;Adrian G. Swartz;George Charles Floyd

  • 2-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with tunable direct band gaps: MoS₂(₁-x) Se₂x monolayers.

    John Mann;Quan Ma;Patrick M. Odenthal;Miguel Isarraraz

  • Electronic doping and scattering by transition metals on graphene

    K. Pi;K. M. McCreary;W. Bao;Wei Han

  • Magnetic moment formation in graphene detected by scattering of pure spin currents.

    Kathleen M. McCreary;Adrian G. Swartz;Wei Han;Jaroslav Fabian

  • Symmetry-Induced Magnetic Anisotropy in Fe Films Grown on Stepped Ag(001).

    R. K. Kawakami;Ernesto J. Escorcia-Aparicio;Z. Q. Qiu;Z. Q. Qiu

  • Observing Atomic Collapse Resonances in Artificial Nuclei on Graphene

    Yang Wang;Dillon Wong;Dillon Wong;Andrey V. Shytov;Victor W. Brar;Victor W. Brar

  • Impurity band conduction in a high temperature ferromagnetic semiconductor.

    K. S. Burch;D. B. Shrekenhamer;E. J. Singley;J. Stephens

  • Opto-Valleytronic Spin Injection in Monolayer MoS2/Few-Layer Graphene Hybrid Spin Valves

    Yunqiu Kelly Luo;Jinsong Xu;Tiancong Zhu;Guanzhong Wu

  • (Ga,Mn)As as a digital ferromagnetic heterostructure

    R. K. Kawakami;E. Johnston-Halperin;L. F. Chen;M. Hanson

  • The 2020 magnetism roadmap

    Elena Yu Vedmedenko;Roland Kenji Kawakami;Denis D. Sheka;Pietro Gambardella

  • Manipulation of spin transport in graphene by surface chemical doping.

    K. Pi;Wei Han;K. M. McCreary;A. G. Swartz

  • Integration of the ferromagnetic insulator EuO onto graphene.

    Adrian G Swartz;Patrick M Odenthal;Yufeng Hao;Rodney S Ruoff

  • Ferromagnetic Imprinting of Nuclear Spins in Semiconductors

    R. K. Kawakami;Y. Kato;M. Hanson;I. Malajovich

  • Spin-polarized Zener tunneling in (Ga,Mn)As

    E. Johnston-Halperin;D. Lofgreen;R. K. Kawakami;D. K. Young

  • Opto-Valleytronic Spin Injection in Monolayer MoS 2 /Few-Layer Graphene Hybrid Spin Valves

    Yunqiu Luo;Jinsong Xu;Tiancong Zhu;Guanzhong Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

David D. Awschalom
David D. Awschalom Argonne National Laboratory
David W. McComb
David W. McComb The Ohio State University
Jing Shi
Jing Shi University of California, Riverside
Eli Rotenberg
Eli Rotenberg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wenzhong Bao
Wenzhong Bao Fudan University
Aaron Bostwick
Aaron Bostwick Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chun Ning Lau
Chun Ning Lau The Ohio State University
Mohit Randeria
Mohit Randeria The Ohio State University
Kang L. Wang
Kang L. Wang University of California, Los Angeles
Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley

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