2026 Roya Maboudian: 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	77	3119	3013	874	822	356	22126

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Research.com Recognitions

2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to surface coatings and structural materials for microelectromechanical systems
1996 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Roya Maboudian is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering and Materials Science.

The main fields of study include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Key subfields of study in their body of work are:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Civil and Structural Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Bioengineering

Research topics predominantly focus on advanced materials and sensor technologies:

Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Concrete and Cement Materials Research
ZnO doping and properties
Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Aerogels and thermal insulation
Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Roya Maboudian's frequent publication venues include:

Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
SSRN Electronic Journal
ACS Sensors
Cement and Concrete Research
Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Maboudian are:

"Facile synthesis of ZnO-SnO2 hetero-structured nanowires for high-performance NO2 sensing application" (2021) published in Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
"Mutanofactin promotes adhesion and biofilm formation of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans" (2021) published in Nature Chemical Biology
"Pd Nanoclusters Confined in ZIF-8 Matrixes for Fluorescent Detection of Glucose and Cholesterol" (2021) published in ACS Applied Nano Materials
"Reconstructing hydrophobic ZIF-8 crystal into hydrophilic hierarchically-porous nanoflowers as catalyst carrier for nonenzymatic glucose sensing" (2020) published in Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
"Synthesis and gas sensing properties of NiO/ZnO heterostructured nanowires" (2021) published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

Carlo Carraro
Zhou Li
Aifei Pan
Yaprak Özbakır
David W. Gardner

Roya Maboudian has been recognized with awards such as the IEEE Fellow designation in 2021, awarded for contributions to surface coatings and structural materials for microelectromechanical systems. They also received the Hellman Fellowship in 1996.

Best Publications

Strong interlayer coupling in van der Waals heterostructures built from single-layer chalcogenides

Hui Fang;Corsin Battaglia;Carlo Carraro;Slavomir Nemsak

1208
Citations
Critical Review: Adhesion in surface micromechanical structures

Roya Maboudian;Roger T. Howe

1094
Citations
Hole Selective MoOx Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

Corsin Battaglia;Xingtian Yin;Xingtian Yin;Xingtian Yin;Maxwell Zheng;Maxwell Zheng;Ian D. Sharp

608
Citations
Alkyltrichlorosilane-based self-assembled monolayer films for stiction reduction in silicon micromachines

U. Srinivasan;M.R. Houston;R.T. Howe;R. Maboudian

598
Citations
Self-assembled monolayers as anti-stiction coatings for MEMS: characteristics and recent developments

Roya Maboudian;W.Robert Ashurst;Carlo Carraro

524
Citations
High Surface Area MoS2/Graphene Hybrid Aerogel for Ultrasensitive NO2 Detection

Hu Long;Hu Long;Anna Harley-Trochimczyk;Thang Pham;Zirong Tang

470
Citations
Surface processes in MEMS technology

Roya Maboudian

396
Citations
Evidence of structural strain in epitaxial graphene layers on 6H-SiC(0001).

Nicola Ferralis;Roya Maboudian;Carlo Carraro

379
Citations
Tribological Challenges in Micromechanical Systems

Roya Maboudian;W. Robert Ashurst;Carlo Carraro

332
Citations
Metal-catalyzed crystallization of amorphous carbon to graphene

Maxwell Zheng;Kuniharu Takei;Benjamin Hsia;Hui Fang

325
Citations
Thermal behavior of alkyl monolayers on silicon surfaces

M. M. Sung;G. J. Kluth;O. W. Yauw;R. Maboudian

304
Citations
Facile fabrication of flexible all solid-state micro-supercapacitor by direct laser writing of porous carbon in polyimide

Jung Bin In;Ben Hsia;Jae-Hyuck Yoo;Seungmin Hyun

291
Citations
Hole Selective MoO x Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

Corsin Battaglia;Xingtian Yin;Maxwell Zheng;Ian D. Sharp

290
Citations
Silver dendrites from galvanic displacement on commercial aluminum foil as an effective SERS substrate.

Albert Gutés;Carlo Carraro;Roya Maboudian

271
Citations
Air-Stable n-Doping of WSe2 by Anion Vacancy Formation with Mild Plasma Treatment

Mahmut Tosun;Leslie Chan;Matin Amani;Tania Roy

267
Citations
Surface chemistry and tribology of MEMS.

Roya Maboudian;Carlo Carraro

253
Citations
Dichlorodimethylsilane as an anti-stiction monolayer for MEMS: a comparison to the octadecyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayer

W.R. Ashurst;C. Yau;C. Carraro;R. Maboudian

237
Citations
Highly flexible, all solid-state micro-supercapacitors from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Ben Hsia;Julian Marschewski;Julian Marschewski;Shuang Wang;Shuang Wang;Jung Bin In

232
Citations
High friction from a stiff polymer using microfiber arrays.

Carmel Majidi;Richard Groff;Yohei Maeno;Bryan Edward Schubert

232
Citations
Thermal Behavior of Alkylsiloxane Self-Assembled Monolayers on the Oxidized Si(100) Surface

G. Jonathan Kluth;Myung Mo Sung;Roya Maboudian

231
Citations