2026 Talat S. Rahman: 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	59	7421	7174	1843	1709	559	11658
Chemistry	58	10675	9645	2943	2421	532	11318

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 CoO_x-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

433
Citations
Complete CO oxidation over Cu2O nanoparticles supported on silica gel.

Brian White;Ming Yin;Andrew Hall;Duy Le

344
Citations
Single-Layer MoS2 with Sulfur Vacancies: Structure and Catalytic Application

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

316
Citations
Magnetic excitations in layered media: Spin waves and the light-scattering spectrum

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

310
Citations
Molecular adsorption on graphene

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

293
Citations
Surface phonon dispersion of Ni(100) measured by inelastic electron scattering

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

254
Citations
Vibrational Properties of Metallic Nanocrystals

Abdelkader Kara;Talat S. Rahman

229
Citations
The Quantum Magnetism of Individual Manganese-12-Acetate Molecular Magnets Anchored at Surfaces

Steffen Kahle;Zhitao Deng;Nikola Malinowski;Charlène Tonnoir

195
Citations
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

160
Citations
Self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo method: Application to Cu(111)

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

158
Citations
Controlled argon beam-induced desulfurization of monolayer molybdenum disulfide

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

156
Citations
Vacancies and impurities in aluminum and magnesium

N Chetty;M Weinert;TS Rahman;JW Davenport

153
Citations
Physisorption of nucleobases on graphene: a comparative van der Waals study.

Duy Le;Abdelkader Kara;Elsebeth Schröder;Per Hyldgaard

140
Citations
Spin-orbit coupling in the band structure of monolayer WSe2.

Duy Le;Alexei Barinov;Edwin Preciado;Miguel Isarraraz

139
Citations
Theory of depolarization of fluorescence in molecular pairs

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

137
Citations
On the dynamics of the associative desorption of H2

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

136
Citations
Postgrowth Tuning of the Bandgap of Single-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide Films by Sulfur/Selenium Exchange

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

136
Citations
Dispersion of Adsorbate Vibrational Modes—the c ( 2 × 2 ) Oxygen Overlayer on Ni(100)

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

135
Citations
Advances in nanomagnetism via X-ray techniques

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

131
Citations
Role of Lattice Vibrations in Adatom Diffusion

Ulrike Kürpick;Abdelkader Kara;Talat. S. Rahman

125
Citations
A tight-binding model for MoS2 monolayers.

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

124
Citations
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

120
Citations