2026 Ronit Popovitz-Biro: 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	66	5479	5300	23	23	225	12199

Overview

Ronit Popovitz-Biro is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of Materials Science, with particular attention to Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics covered in their work include:

2D Materials and Applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
Iron-based superconductors research
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Recent publications by Ronit Popovitz-Biro span several journals and topics. These include:

"Cathodoluminescence in single and multiwall WS2 nanotubes: Evidence for quantum confinement and strain effect," 2020, Applied Physics Reviews
"YS-TaS₂ and Y_xLa_1-xS-TaS₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Nanotubes: A Family of Misfit Layered Compounds," 2020, ACS Nano
"Electrical Properties of LaS-TaS₂ Misfit Layered Compound Nanotubes," 2021, Israel Journal of Chemistry
"CCDC 2266998: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Ronit Popovitz-Biro include:

Reshef Tenne
Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri
Sudarson Sekhar Sinha
Saptarshi Ghosh
Volker Brüser

Their research has been published in notable venues such as:

Applied Physics Reviews
ACS Nano
Israel Journal of Chemistry
The Cambridge Structural Database

Best Publications

Understanding and control of nucleation, growth, habit, dissolution and structure of two‐ and three‐dimensional crystals using `tailor‐made' auxiliaries

I. Weissbuch;R. Popovitz-Biro;M. Lahav;L. Leiserowitz

460
Citations
Tribological properties of WS2 nanoparticles under mixed lubrication

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

455
Citations
Guided Growth of Millimeter-Long Horizontal Nanowires with Controlled Orientations

David Tsivion;Mark Schvartzman;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Palle von Huth

298
Citations
Ice nucleation by alcohols arranged in monolayers at the surface of water drops.

Michal Gavish;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Meir Lahav;Leslie Leiserowitz

295
Citations
Structural Phase Control in Self-Catalyzed Growth of GaAs Nanowires on Silicon (111)

Peter Krogstrup;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Erik Johnson;Morten Hannibal Madsen

263
Citations
A key role for green rust in the Precambrian oceans and the genesis of iron formations

I. Halevy;M. Alesker;E. M. Schuster;R. Popovitz-Biro

258
Citations
Carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen coupling reactions catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles derived from a palladium substituted Keggin-type polyoxometalate.

Vladimir Kogan;Zeev Aizenshtat;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Ronny Neumann

256
Citations
Induced freezing of supercooled water into ice by self-assembled crystalline monolayers of amphiphilic alcohols at the air-water interface

R. Popovitz-Biro;J. L. Wang;J. Majewski;E. Shavit

229
Citations
Friction mechanism of individual multilayered nanoparticles

Ofer Tevet;Palle Von-Huth;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Rita Rosentsveig

228
Citations
Investigations of Nonstoichiometric Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticles

G.L. Frey;A. Rothschild;J. Sloan;R. Rosentsveig

220
Citations
Method for suppression of stacking faults in Wurtzite III-V nanowires.

Hadas Shtrikman;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Andrey Kretinin;Lothar Houben

220
Citations
Alkali Metal Intercalated Fullerene-Like MS2 (M = W, Mo) Nanoparticles and Their Properties

Alla Zak;Yishay Feldman;Vera Lyakhovitskaya;Gregory Leitus

213
Citations
New reactor for production of tungsten disulfide hollow onion-like (inorganic fullerene-like) nanoparticles

Y. Feldman;A. Zak;R. Popovitz-Biro;R. Tenne

203
Citations
Synthesis of SnS2/SnS fullerene-like nanoparticles: a superlattice with polyhedral shape.

Sung You Hong;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Yehiam Prior;Reshef Tenne

175
Citations
Stacking-Faults-Free Zinc Blende GaAs Nanowires

Hadas Shtrikman;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Andrey Kretinin;Moty Heiblum

163
Citations
Tunable porous nanoallotropes prepared by post-assembly etching of binary nanoparticle superlattices

Thumu Udayabhaskararao;Thomas Altantzis;Lothar Houben;Lothar Houben;Marc Coronado-Puchau

160
Citations
Impact of Molecular Order in Langmuir-Blodgett Films on Catalysis

Karl Töllner;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Meir Lahav;David Milstein

158
Citations
Synthesis of fullerene-like MoS2nanoparticles and their tribological behavior

R. Rosentsveig;A. Margolin;A. Gorodnev;R. Popovitz-Biro

147
Citations
Superior tribological properties of powder materials with solid lubricant nanoparticles

L Rapoport;V Leshchinsky;M Lvovsky;I Lapsker

145
Citations
Surface-Guided CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanowires on Flat and Faceted Sapphire with Size-Dependent Photoluminescence and Fast Photoconductive Response.

Eitan Oksenberg;Ella Sanders;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Lothar Houben

138
Citations
Coordination-based gold nanoparticle layers.

Meni Wanunu;† Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Hagai Cohen;and Alexander Vaskevich

133
Citations