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Materials Science

D-Index
74
Citations
20155
World Ranking
3622
National Ranking
996

Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
20366
World Ranking
4659
National Ranking
1467

Stephan Irle 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 Stephan Irle 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.

Stephan Irle 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 Stephan Irle sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephan Irle is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States, where the research focuses primarily on materials science. This scientist's scholarly contributions span various intersecting fields, notably materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and molecular biology. The subfield distribution indicates a strong emphasis on materials chemistry supported by significant work in related physical sciences and biology.

The research topics associated with Stephan Irle cover several advanced and specialized areas including:

  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research

Publication records show contributions to high-impact journals and technical information venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Carbon
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Stephan Irle has coauthored multiple papers with a set of frequent collaborators, indicating active research partnerships. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Van-Quan Vuong
  • Massimiliano Lupo Pasini
  • Pilsun Yoo
  • Kshitij Mehta
  • Gang Seob Jung

Several recent papers illustrate the broader scope of Stephan Irle's research landscape. These include:

  • "Recent developments in the general atomic and molecular electronic structure system," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "DFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Supercomputer-Based Ensemble Docking Drug Discovery Pipeline with Application to Covid-19," 2020, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • "Design of tough adhesive from commodity thermoplastics through dynamic crosslinking," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Boosting electrosynthesis of ammonia on surface-engineered MXene Ti3C2," 2020, Nano Energy

Recognition for scientific contributions includes the designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in the general atomic and molecular electronic structure system.

    Giuseppe M.J. Barca;Colleen Bertoni;Laura Carrington;Dipayan Datta

  • DFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations

    B. Hourahine;B. Aradi;V. Blum;F. Bonafé

  • Conjugated organic framework with three-dimensionally ordered stable structure and delocalized π clouds

    Jia Guo;Yanhong Xu;Shangbin Jin;Long Chen;Long Chen

  • In Operando X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Studies of Polyoxometalate Molecular Cluster Batteries: Polyoxometalates as Electron Sponges

    Heng Wang;Shun Hamanaka;Yoshio Nishimoto;Stephan Irle

  • Locking Covalent Organic Frameworks with Hydrogen Bonds: General and Remarkable Effects on Crystalline Structure, Physical Properties, and Photochemical Activity

    Xiong Chen;Matthew Addicoat;Enquan Jin;Lipeng Zhai

  • High‐Rate Charge‐Carrier Transport in Porphyrin Covalent Organic Frameworks: Switching from Hole to Electron to Ambipolar Conduction

    Xiao Feng;Lili Liu;Yoshihito Honsho;Akinori Saeki

  • An n-Channel Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework

    Xuesong Ding;Long Chen;Yoshihito Honsho;Xiao Feng

  • Catalytic covalent organic frameworks via pore surface engineering

    Hong Xu;Xiong Chen;Jia Gao;Jianbin Lin

  • Rational design of crystalline supermicroporous covalent organic frameworks with triangular topologies

    Sasanka Dalapati;Matthew Addicoat;Shangbin Jin;Tsuneaki Sakurai

  • Control of Crystallinity and Porosity of Covalent Organic Frameworks by Managing Interlayer Interactions Based on Self-Complementary π-Electronic Force

    Xiong Chen;Matthew Addicoat;Stephan Irle;Atsushi Nagai

  • Charge Dynamics in A Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Framework with Periodically Ordered Bicontinuous Heterojunctions

    Shangbin Jin;Xuesong Ding;Xiao Feng;Mustafa Supur

  • Creation of Superheterojunction Polymers via Direct Polycondensation: Segregated and Bicontinuous Donor-Acceptor π-Columnar Arrays in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Long-Lived Charge Separation.

    Shangbin Jin;Mustafa Supur;Matthew Addicoat;Ko Furukawa

  • An ambipolar conducting covalent organic framework with self-sorted and periodic electron donor-acceptor ordering.

    Xiao Feng;Long Chen;Yoshihito Honsho;Oraphan Saengsawang;Oraphan Saengsawang

  • The C60 Formation Puzzle “Solved”: QM/MD Simulations Reveal the Shrinking Hot Giant Road of the Dynamic Fullerene Self-Assembly Mechanism

    Stephan Irle;Guishan Zheng;Zhi Wang;Keiji Morokuma

  • Combined experimental and theoretical studies on the photophysical properties of cycloparaphenylenes

    Yasutomo Segawa;Aiko Fukazawa;Sanae Matsuura;Haruka Omachi

  • Parameter Calibration of Transition-Metal Elements for the Spin-Polarized Self-Consistent-Charge Density-Functional Tight-Binding (DFTB) Method: Sc, Ti, Fe, Co, and Ni.

    Guishan Zheng;Guishan Zheng;Henryk A. Witek;Petia Bobadova-Parvanova;Stephan Irle;Stephan Irle

  • Light-Emitting Covalent Organic Frameworks: Fluorescence Improving via Pinpoint Surgery and Selective Switch-On Sensing of Anions.

    Zhongping Li;Ning Huang;Ka Hung Lee;Yu Feng

  • Detector for optically detecting at least one object

    Ingmar Bruder;Felix Eickemeyer;Peter Erk;Rüdiger Sens

  • A π-conjugated system with flexibility and rigidity that shows environment-dependent RGB luminescence.

    Chunxue Yuan;Shohei Saito;Cristopher Camacho;Stephan Irle

  • Sensitivity of ammonia interaction with single-walled carbon nanotube bundles to the presence of defect sites and functionalities.

    Xue Feng;Xue Feng;Stephen Irle;Henryk A. Witek;Keiji Morokuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
Donglin Jiang
Donglin Jiang National University of Singapore
Matthew Addicoat
Matthew Addicoat Nottingham Trent University
Shigehiro Yamaguchi
Shigehiro Yamaguchi Nagoya University
Steve A. Kay
Steve A. Kay University of Southern California
Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University
Xiao Feng
Xiao Feng Beijing Institute of Technology
Shohei Saito
Shohei Saito Kyoto University
Zhijian Wu
Zhijian Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shu Seki
Shu Seki Kyoto University

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