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Talat S. Rahman 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 Talat S. Rahman sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 559 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Talat S. Rahman 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 Talat S. Rahman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For theoretical studies of surface dynamics

Overview

Talat S. Rahman is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with an emphasis on materials chemistry and atomic and molecular physics, optics, and several applied engineering fields.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Fine-tuned local coordination environment of Pt single atoms on ceria controls catalytic reactivity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Ultrafast Electron Correlations and Memory Effects at Work: Femtosecond Demagnetization in Ni, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • CO Oxidation Mechanisms on CoOx-Pt Thin Films, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Mechanically Enhanced Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide over Defect Hexagonal Boron Nitride, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Electron thermalization and relaxation in laser-heated nickel by few-femtosecond core-level transient absorption spectroscopy, 2021, Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Duy Le (47 collaborations)
  • Volodymyr Turkowski (19 collaborations)
  • Naseem Ud Din (12 collaborations)
  • Tao Jiang (12 collaborations)
  • Michael Shatruk (10 collaborations)

Talat S. Rahman's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (12 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (9 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (8 publications)
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B (6 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (4 publications)

The main fields of study covered by Rahman's research include:

  • Materials Science (105 publications)

The prominent subfields of study include:

  • Materials Chemistry (85 publications)
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (32 publications)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering (20 publications)
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (18 publications)
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (13 publications)

The main research topics attended by Rahman involve:

  • 2D Materials and Applications (42 publications)
  • Graphene research and applications (26 publications)
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (24 publications)
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes (18 publications)
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials (18 publications)
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena (18 publications)
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (16 publications)

Talat S. Rahman has received several awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998, with the latter recognizing theoretical studies of surface dynamics.

Best Publications

  • 2-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with tunable direct band gaps: MoS₂(₁-x) Se₂x monolayers.

    John Mann;Quan Ma;Patrick M. Odenthal;Miguel Isarraraz

  • Complete CO oxidation over Cu2O nanoparticles supported on silica gel.

    Brian White;Ming Yin;Andrew Hall;Duy Le

  • Single-Layer MoS2 with Sulfur Vacancies: Structure and Catalytic Application

    Duy Le;Takat B. Rawal;Talat S. Rahman

  • Magnetic excitations in layered media: Spin waves and the light-scattering spectrum

    R. E. Camley;Talat S. Rahman;D. L. Mills

  • Molecular adsorption on graphene

    Lingmei Kong;Axel Enders;Talat S Rahman;Peter A Dowben

  • Surface phonon dispersion of Ni(100) measured by inelastic electron scattering

    S. Lehwald;J. M. Szeftel;H. Ibach;T. S. Rahman

  • Vibrational Properties of Metallic Nanocrystals

    Abdelkader Kara;Talat S. Rahman

  • The Quantum Magnetism of Individual Manganese-12-Acetate Molecular Magnets Anchored at Surfaces

    Steffen Kahle;Zhitao Deng;Nikola Malinowski;Charlène Tonnoir

  • A surface coordination network based on substrate-derived metal adatoms with local charge excess.

    Greg Pawin;Kin L. Wong;Kin L. Wong;Daeho Kim;Dezheng Sun

  • Self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo method: Application to Cu(111)

    Oleg Trushin;Altaf Karim;Abdelkader Kara;Talat S. Rahman

  • Controlled argon beam-induced desulfurization of monolayer molybdenum disulfide

    Quan Ma;Patrick M Odenthal;John Mann;Duy Le

  • Vacancies and impurities in aluminum and magnesium

    N Chetty;M Weinert;TS Rahman;JW Davenport

  • Physisorption of nucleobases on graphene: a comparative van der Waals study.

    Duy Le;Abdelkader Kara;Elsebeth Schröder;Per Hyldgaard

  • Spin-orbit coupling in the band structure of monolayer WSe2.

    Duy Le;Alexei Barinov;Edwin Preciado;Miguel Isarraraz

  • Theory of depolarization of fluorescence in molecular pairs

    Talat S. Rahman;Robert S. Knox;Vasudev M. Kenkre

  • On the dynamics of the associative desorption of H2

    John Harris;Stephen Holloway;Talat S. Rahman;Kai Yang

  • Postgrowth Tuning of the Bandgap of Single-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide Films by Sulfur/Selenium Exchange

    Quan Ma;Miguel Isarraraz;Chen S. Wang;Edwin Preciado

  • Dispersion of Adsorbate Vibrational Modes—the c ( 2 × 2 ) Oxygen Overlayer on Ni(100)

    J.M. Szeftel;S. Lehwald;H. Ibach;T.S. Rahman

  • Advances in nanomagnetism via X-ray techniques

    G. Srajer;L.H. Lewis;S.D. Bader;A.J. Epstein

  • Role of Lattice Vibrations in Adatom Diffusion

    Ulrike Kürpick;Abdelkader Kara;Talat. S. Rahman

  • A tight-binding model for MoS2 monolayers.

    E Ridolfi;D Le;T S Rahman;E R Mucciolo

  • Surface phonons and the c (2×2) oxygen overlayer on Ni(100): Theory and experiment

    Talat S. Rahman;D. L. Mills;J. E. Black;J. M. Szeftel

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdelkader Kara
Abdelkader Kara University of Central Florida
Harald Ibach
Harald Ibach Forschungszentrum Jülich
Peter A. Dowben
Peter A. Dowben University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Tapio Ala-Nissila
Tapio Ala-Nissila Aalto University
Klaus Kern
Klaus Kern Max Planck Society
Stephen R. Leone
Stephen R. Leone University of California, Berkeley
Karl-Heinz Ernst
Karl-Heinz Ernst Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
George Comsa
George Comsa University of Bonn
Peter H. Beton
Peter H. Beton University of Nottingham
Sudipta Seal
Sudipta Seal University of Central Florida

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