2026 Timothy S. Fisher: 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	67	5077	4913	1334	1251	481	17467

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Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Timothy S. Fisher is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research includes significant contributions to Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with focused attention on graphene research and applications, thermal properties of materials, and heat transfer and optimization. Other areas of study include heat transfer and supercritical fluids, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, thermodynamic and exergetic analyses of power and cooling systems, and thermal radiation and cooling technologies.

Timothy S. Fisher has authored papers published in various venues with notable frequency in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Heat Transfer
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Prominent recent papers include:

"Plasma-Made Graphene Nanostructures with Molecularly Dispersed F and Na Sites for Solar Desalination of Oil-Contaminated Seawater with Complete In-Water and In-Air Oil Rejection" (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
"Solar-Thermal Production of Graphitic Carbon and Hydrogen via Methane Decomposition" (2022, Energy & Fuels)
"In Situ Shape Control of Thermoplasmonic Gold Nanostars on Oxide Substrates for Hyperthermia-Mediated Cell Detachment" (2020, ACS Central Science)
"Continuous solar-thermal methane pyrolysis for hydrogen and graphite production by roll-to-roll processing" (2023, Applied Energy)
"Atomistic simulation of phonon and magnon thermal transport across the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition" (2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Mostafa Abuseada
Abdalla Alghfeli
R. Mitchell Spearrin
Kaiyuan Jin
I. Catton

Among professional recognitions, Timothy S. Fisher received the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2018 and was named a Fellow of the same society in 2011.

Best Publications

Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation

Xiang Xu;Xiang Xu;Qiangqiang Zhang;Menglong Hao;Menglong Hao;Yuan Hu

690
Citations
Enhancement of thermal interface materials with carbon nanotube arrays

Jun Xu;Timothy S. Fisher

605
Citations
Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy

Jason Baxter;Zhixi Bian;Gang Chen;David Danielson

502
Citations
Effects of carbon nanotube arrays on nucleate pool boiling

Sebastine Ujereh;Timothy Fisher;Issam Mudawar

403
Citations
A Review of Graphene‐Based Electrochemical Microsupercapacitors

Guoping Xiong;Chuizhou Meng;Ronald G. Reifenberger;Pedro P. Irazoqui

400
Citations
The Atomistic Green's Function Method: An Efficient Simulation Approach for Nanoscale Phonon Transport

W. Zhang;Timothy Fisher;N. Mingo

348
Citations
Photoacoustic characterization of carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces

Baratunde A. Cola;Jun Xu;Changrui Cheng;Xianfan Xu

340
Citations
Graphene-based hybrid materials and devices for biosensing.

Mayra S. Artiles;Chandra Sekhar Rout;Timothy S. Fisher

331
Citations
3-Omega Measurements of Vertically Oriented Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon

X. Jack Hu;Antonio A. Padilla;Jun Xu;Timothy S. Fisher

328
Citations
Effects of carbon nanotube coating on flow boiling in a micro-channel

Vikash Khanikar;Issam Mudawar;Timothy Fisher

295
Citations
Nanostructuring Platinum Nanoparticles on Multilayered Graphene Petal Nanosheets for Electrochemical Biosensing

Jonathan C. Claussen;Anurag Kumar;David B. Jaroch;M. Haseeb Khawaja

286
Citations
Simulation of Interfacial Phonon Transport in Si–Ge Heterostructures Using an Atomistic Green’s Function Method

W Zhang;Timothy Fisher;N. Mingo

286
Citations
Electrochemical biosensor of nanocube-augmented carbon nanotube networks.

Jonathan C. Claussen;Aaron D. Franklin;Aeraj ul Haque;D. Marshall Porterfield

278
Citations
Ionic winds for locally enhanced cooling

David B. Go;Suresh V. Garimella;Timothy S. Fisher;Rajiv K. Mongia

260
Citations
A Review of Heat Transfer Issues in Hydrogen Storage Technologies

Jinsong Zhang;Timothy S. Fisher;P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran;Jay P. Gore

258
Citations
Kinetics of Ru-catalyzed sodium borohydride hydrolysis

J.S. Zhang;W.N. Delgass;T.S. Fisher;J.P. Gore

242
Citations
Increased real contact in thermal interfaces: A carbon nanotube/foil material

Baratunde A. Cola;Xianfan Xu;Timothy S. Fisher

228
Citations
Hyperbolically Patterned 3D Graphene Metamaterial with Negative Poisson's Ratio and Superelasticity

Qiangqiang Zhang;Xiang Xu;Dong Lin;Wenli Chen

228
Citations
MnO2-coated graphitic petals for supercapacitor electrodes

Guoping Xiong;K.P.S.S. Hembram;R.G. Reifenberger;Timothy S. Fisher

221
Citations
Mechanically robust honeycomb graphene aerogel multifunctional polymer composites

Qiangqiang Zhang;Xiang Xu;Hui Li;Guoping Xiong

221
Citations
Enhancement of external forced convection by ionic wind

David B. Go;Raul A. Maturana;Timothy S. Fisher;Suresh V. Garimella

215
Citations