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Materials Science

D-Index
91
Citations
37365
World Ranking
1579
National Ranking
492

Chemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
38011
World Ranking
1943
National Ranking
711

Physics

D-Index
91
Citations
37462
World Ranking
2150
National Ranking
1098

Sergei Tretiak 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 Sergei Tretiak sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 521 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sergei Tretiak 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 Sergei Tretiak sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to the theoretical chemistry of excited state dynamics in nanoscale materials and nonlinear optical response of molecular systems

Overview

Sergei Tretiak is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Within these fields, Tretiak has contributed extensively to subfields such as materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their scientific work frequently addresses topics including spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, perovskite materials and applications, machine learning in materials science, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, advanced chemical physics studies, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and quantum computing algorithms and architecture.

Tretiak has published numerous papers in various well-regarded venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Nano

Some of Tretiak's notable recent papers are:

  • Non-adiabatic Excited-State Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Applications for Modeling Photophysics in Extended Molecular Materials, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • The ANI-1ccx and ANI-1x data sets, coupled-cluster and density functional theory properties for molecules, 2020, Scientific Data
  • A sensitive and robust thin-film x-ray detector using 2D layered perovskite diodes, 2020, Science Advances
  • Polarons in Halide Perovskites: A Perspective, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties, 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Tretiak's research career, with frequent coauthors including Sebastian Fernández-Alberti, Nicholas Lubbers, Yu Zhang, Victor M. Freixas, and Benjamin Nebgen.

Sergei Tretiak has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014 with a citation for seminal contributions to the theoretical chemistry of excited state dynamics in nanoscale materials and nonlinear optical response of molecular systems.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency solution-processed perovskite solar cells with millimeter-scale grains

    Wanyi Nie;Hsinhan Tsai;Reza Asadpour;Jean Christophe Blancon

  • High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites

    Jean Christophe Robert Blancon;Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Costas C. Stoumpos

  • Spectrally resolved dynamics of energy transfer in quantum-dot assemblies: towards engineered energy flows in artificial materials.

    S. A. Crooker;J. A. Hollingsworth;S. Tretiak;V. I. Klimov

  • Light-activated photocurrent degradation and self-healing in perovskite solar cells

    Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Amanda J. Neukirch;Kannatassen Appavoo

  • Scaling law for excitons in 2D perovskite quantum wells.

    J.-C. Blancon;A. V. Stier;H. Tsai;H. Tsai;W. Nie

  • Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Reza Asadpour;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Approaching coupled cluster accuracy with a general-purpose neural network potential through transfer learning.

    Justin S. Smith;Justin S. Smith;Benjamin T. Nebgen;Roman Zubatyuk;Roman Zubatyuk;Nicholas Lubbers

  • Density Matrix Analysis and Simulation of Electronic Excitations in Conjugated and Aggregated Molecules

    Sergei Tretiak;Shaul Mukamel

  • Enhanced two-photon absorption of organic chromophores: theoretical and experimental assessments ∗∗

    Francesca Terenziani;Claudine Katan;Ekaterina Badaeva;Sergei Tretiak

  • Type-II core/shell CdS/ZnSe nanocrystals: synthesis, electronic structures, and spectroscopic properties.

    Sergei A. Ivanov;Andrei Piryatinski;Jagjit Nanda;Sergei Tretiak

  • Advances and Promises of Layered Halide Hybrid Perovskite Semiconductors.

    Laurent Pedesseau;Daniel Sapori;Boubacar Traore;Roberto Robles

  • Effects of (Multi)branching of Dipolar Chromophores on Photophysical Properties and Two-Photon Absorption

    Claudine Katan;Francesca Terenziani;Olivier Mongin;Martinus H. V. Werts

  • Conformational dynamics of photoexcited conjugated molecules.

    S. Tretiak;A. Saxena;R. L. Martin;A. R. Bishop

  • Non-adiabatic Excited-State Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Applications for Modeling Photophysics in Extended Molecular Materials.

    Tammie R Nelson;Alexander J White;Josiah A Bjorgaard;Andrew E Sifain;Andrew E Sifain

  • Electronic coherence and collective optical excitations of conjugated molecules

    Shaul Mukamel;Sergei Tretiak;Thomas Wagersreiter;Vladimir Chernyak

  • Third and fourth optical transitions in semiconducting carbon nanotubes.

    Paulo T. Araujo;Stephen K. Doorn;Svetlana Kilina;Sergei Tretiak

  • Dependence of Spurious Charge-Transfer Excited States on Orbital Exchange in TDDFT: Large Molecules and Clusters

    Rudolph Magyar;S Tretiak

  • Effect of surface ligands on optical and electronic spectra of semiconductor nanoclusters.

    Svetlana Kilina;Sergei Ivanov;Sergei Tretiak

  • Stable Light-Emitting Diodes Using Phase-Pure Ruddlesden-Popper Layered Perovskites.

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge-states in layered 2D perovskites for high-efficiency optoelectronic devices

    Jean-Christophe Blancon;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Andreas Stier

Frequent Co-Authors

Hsinhan Tsai
Hsinhan Tsai University of California, Berkeley
Aditya D. Mohite
Aditya D. Mohite Rice University
Jacky Even
Jacky Even University of Rennes
Wanyi Nie
Wanyi Nie Los Alamos National Laboratory
Claudine Katan
Claudine Katan University of Rennes
Svetlana Kilina
Svetlana Kilina North Dakota State University
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Shaul Mukamel
Shaul Mukamel University of California, Irvine
Constantinos C. Stoumpos
Constantinos C. Stoumpos University of Crete
Stephen K. Doorn
Stephen K. Doorn Los Alamos National Laboratory

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