2026 Vera Bocharova: 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	46	11518	11132	2694	2504	148	6935

Overview

Vera Bocharova is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including:

Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Conducting Polymers and Applications
Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
Advancements in Battery Materials

Some of the recent papers associated with or related to their work include:

Perspectives for Polymer Electrolytes: A View from Fundamentals of Ionic Conductivity, 2020, Macromolecules
Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Functional Fillers for Solid Electrolytes in Lithium Metal Batteries, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Highly Recyclable and Tough Elastic Vitrimers from a Defined Polydimethylsiloxane Network, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Strong Reduction in Amplitude of the Interfacial Segmental Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites, 2020, Macromolecules
Unravelling the Influence of Surface Modification on the Ultimate Performance of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent coauthors working closely with Vera Bocharova include:

Alexei P. Sokolov
Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev
Benjamin Doughty
Robert L. Sacci
Anne-Caroline Genix

Key venues where Vera Bocharova has published multiple works are:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Macromolecules
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
SSRN Electronic Journal
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

Implanted Biofuel Cell Operating in a Living Snail

Lenka Halámková;Jan Halámek;Vera Bocharova;Alon Szczupak

555
Citations
Perspectives for Polymer Electrolytes: A View from Fundamentals of Ionic Conductivity

V. Bocharova;A. P. Sokolov;A. P. Sokolov

462
Citations
Dynamics at the Polymer/Nanoparticle Interface in Poly(2-vinylpyridine)/Silica Nanocomposites

Adam P. Holt;Philip J. Griffin;Vera Bocharova;Alexander L. Agapov

372
Citations
Living battery – biofuel cells operating in vivo in clams

Alon Szczupak;Jan Halámek;Lenka Halámková;Vera Bocharova

301
Citations
Controlling Interfacial Dynamics: Covalent Bonding versus Physical Adsorption in Polymer Nanocomposites

Adam P. Holt;Vera Bocharova;Shiwang Cheng;Alexander M. Kisliuk

194
Citations
Unraveling the Mechanism of Nanoscale Mechanical Reinforcement in Glassy Polymer Nanocomposites.

Shiwang Cheng;Vera Bocharova;Alex Belianinov;Shaomin Xiong

188
Citations
Unexpected Molecular Weight Effect in Polymer Nanocomposites.

Shiwang Cheng;Adam P. Holt;Huiqun Wang;Fei Fan

181
Citations
"Hairy" poly(3-hexylthiophene) particles prepared via surface-initiated Kumada catalyst-transfer polycondensation.

Volodymyr Senkovskyy;Roman Tkachov;Tetyana Beryozkina;Hartmut Komber

177
Citations
Interfacial Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites: Role of Chain Rigidity and Dynamic Heterogeneity Length Scale

Shiwang Cheng;Shiwang Cheng;Bobby Carroll;Bobby Carroll;Wei Lu;Wei Lu;Fei Fan;Fei Fan

157
Citations
Focus: Structure and dynamics of the interfacial layer in polymer nanocomposites with attractive interactions.

Shiwang Cheng;Bobby Carroll;Vera Bocharova;Jan-Michael Carrillo

157
Citations
Fundamental Limitations of Ionic Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquids

Eric W. Stacy;Catalin P. Gainaru;Mallory Gobet;Zaneta Wojnarowska;Zaneta Wojnarowska

154
Citations
Electrochemically Controlled Drug-Mimicking Protein Release from Iron-Alginate Thin-Films Associated with an Electrode

Zhiyuan Jin;Güray Güven;Vera Bocharova;Jan Halámek

145
Citations
Mechanism of Conductivity Relaxation in Liquid and Polymeric Electrolytes: Direct Link between Conductivity and Diffusivity

Catalin P. Gainaru;Catalin P. Gainaru;Eric W. Stacy;Vera Bocharova;Mallory Gobet

139
Citations
Surface Modification of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by Poly(2-vinylpyridine): Dispersion, Selective Deposition, and Decoration of the Nanotubes

Xudong Lou;Christophe Detrembleur;Christophe Pagnoulle;Robert Jérôme

134
Citations
Synthesis of a Bifunctional Initiator for Controlled Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation/Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization and Preparation of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)−Polystyrene Block Copolymer Therefrom

Elisabeth Kaul;Volodymyr Senkovskyy;Roman Tkachov;Vera Bocharova

130
Citations
Influence of the Bound Polymer Layer on Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Melts

Philip J. Griffin;Vera Bocharova;L. Robert Middleton;Russell J. Composto

115
Citations
Effect of Chain Rigidity on the Decoupling of Ion Motion from Segmental Relaxation in Polymerized Ionic Liquids: Ambient and Elevated Pressure Studies

Zaneta Wojnarowska;Hongbo Feng;Yao Fu;Shiwang Cheng

115
Citations
Multiplexing of injury codes for the parallel operation of enzyme logic gates

Jan Halámek;Joshua Ray Windmiller;Jian Zhou;Min-Chieh Chuang

105
Citations
Grafting of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) from Poly(4-bromostyrene) Films by Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation: Revealing of the Composite Films Structure

Natalya Khanduyeva;Volodymyr Senkovskyy;Tetyana Beryozkina;Vera Bocharova

94
Citations
Influence of Chain Rigidity and Dielectric Constant on the Glass Transition Temperature in Polymerized Ionic Liquids.

Vera Bocharova;Zaneta Wojnarowska;Zaneta Wojnarowska;Peng-Fei Cao;Yao Fu

92
Citations
Multi-enzyme logic network architectures for assessing injuries: digital processing of biomarkers

Jan Halámek;Vera Bocharova;Soujanya Chinnapareddy;Joshua Ray Windmiller

88
Citations