2026 Seth B. Darling: 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	73	3871	3746	1054	992	198	18194

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Materials Science

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Overview

Seth B. Darling is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on engineering and environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields including water science and technology, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and materials chemistry.

The main topics of research conducted by Seth B. Darling revolve around membrane separation technologies, membrane-based ion separation techniques, and solar-powered water purification methods. Additional focus areas include semiconductor materials and devices, membrane separation and gas transport, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, and nanopore and nanochannel transport studies.

Seth B. Darling has made contributions to numerous peer-reviewed journals with frequent publications in venues such as:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Advanced Materials
Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Materials Interfaces
ACS Nano

Among the recent published papers are:

"Sharpening Nanofiltration: Strategies for Enhanced Membrane Selectivity," published in 2020 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Porous Janus materials with unique asymmetries and functionality," published in 2021 in Materials Today
"Solar-driven evaporators for water treatment: challenges and opportunities," published in 2020 in Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
"Covalent Organic Frameworks for Water Treatment," published in 2020 in Advanced Materials Interfaces
"Versatile coating with multifunctional performance for solar steam generation," published in 2020 in Nano Energy

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research approach. Frequent coauthors include:

Jeffrey W. Elam
Zijing Xia
Anil U. Mane
Xiaobin Yang
Hao-Cheng Yang

Best Publications

Directing the self-assembly of block copolymers

Seth B. Darling

1223
Citations
Membrane materials for water purification: design, development, and application

Anna Lee;Jeffrey W. Elam;Seth B. Darling;Seth B. Darling

777
Citations
Perovskite photovoltaics: life-cycle assessment of energy and environmental impacts

Jian Gong;Seth B. Darling;Seth B. Darling;Fengqi You

643
Citations
The case for organic photovoltaics

Seth B. Darling;Seth B. Darling;Fengqi You

633
Citations
Additives for morphology control in high-efficiency organic solar cells

Hsueh Chung Liao;Chun Chih Ho;Chih Yu Chang;Meng Huan Jao

594
Citations
Hierarchical nanomorphologies promote exciton dissociation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells.

Wei Chen;Tao Xu;Feng He;Wei Wang

512
Citations
Morphology characterization in organic and hybrid solar cells

Wei Chen;Maxim P. Nikiforov;Seth B. Darling;Seth B. Darling

442
Citations
Guiding Polymers to Perfection: Macroscopic Alignment of Nanoscale Domains

Deepak Sundrani;S. B. Darling;S. J. Sibener

392
Citations
Sharpening Nanofiltration: Strategies for Enhanced Membrane Selectivity.

Huiru Zhang;Qiming He;Qiming He;Jianquan Luo;Yinhua Wan

385
Citations
Sequential Infiltration Synthesis for Advanced Lithography

Seth B. Darling;Jeffrey W. Elam;Yu-Chih Tseng;Qing Peng

358
Citations
Mussel-Inspired Surface Engineering for Water-Remediation Materials

Zhenxing Wang;Hao Cheng Yang;Fang He;Shaoqin Peng

351
Citations
Dopamine: Just the Right Medicine for Membranes

Hao Cheng Yang;Ruben Z. Waldman;Ming Bang Wu;Jingwei Hou;Jingwei Hou

346
Citations
Vacuum-Deposited Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiencies by Judicious Molecular Design and Device Optimization

Yi-Hong Chen;Li-Yen Lin;Chih-Wei Lu;Francis Lin

341
Citations
Janus Membranes: Creating Asymmetry for Energy Efficiency.

Hao‐Cheng Yang;Yunsong Xie;Jingwei Hou;Anthony K. Cheetham

337
Citations
Nanoscopic Patterned Materials with Tunable Dimensions via Atomic Layer Deposition on Block Copolymers

Qing Peng;Yu-Chih Tseng;Seth B. Darling;Jeffrey W. Elam

335
Citations
Photocatalytic Nanofiltration Membranes with Self‐Cleaning Property for Wastewater Treatment

Yan Lv;Chao Zhang;Ai He;Shang-Jin Yang

318
Citations
A Route to Nanoscopic Materials via Sequential Infiltration Synthesis on Block Copolymer Templates

Qing Peng;Yu-Chih Tseng;Seth B. Darling;Jeffrey W. Elam

311
Citations
Block copolymers for photovoltaics

Seth B. Darling

292
Citations
Hierarchical assembly and compliance of aligned nanoscale polymer cylinders in confinement.

Deepak Sundrani;S B Darling;S J Sibener

254
Citations
Enhanced Block Copolymer Lithography Using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis

Yu-Chih Tseng;Qing Peng;Leonidas E. Ocola;Jeffrey W. Elam

229
Citations
Ordered nanoscale domains by infiltration of block copolymers

Seth B. Darling;Jeffrey W. Elam;Yu-Chih Tseng;Qing Peng

225
Citations