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Vinayak P. Dravid 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 Vinayak P. Dravid sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 1,011 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vinayak P. Dravid 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 Vinayak P. Dravid sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 133 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to the materials physics of functional materials through the use of state of the art electron microscopy techniques
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For outstanding contributions and leadership in the nanoscale characterization of materials by electron microscopy and scanned probe microscopy.
  • 1996 - Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America

Overview

Vinayak P. Dravid is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Dravid has contributed significantly to topics such as:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among recent published papers are:

  • "Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal" (2021, Nature Materials)
  • "Efficient, stable silicon tandem cells enabled by anion-engineered wide-bandgap perovskites" (2020, Science)
  • "Suppressed phase segregation for triple-junction perovskite solar cells" (2023, Nature)
  • "Extraordinary role of Zn in enhancing thermoelectric performance of Ga-doped n-type PbTe" (2021, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • "Constrained C2 adsorbate orientation enables CO-to-acetate electroreduction" (2023, Nature)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dravid include:

  • Roberto dos Reis
  • Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
  • Xiaobing Hu
  • Stephanie M. Ribet
  • Yukun Liu

Vinayak P. Dravid has received several awards recognizing their contributions, such as:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2010 - For seminal contributions to the materials physics of functional materials using advanced electron microscopy techniques
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2010
  • Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, 2009 - For contributions and leadership in nanoscale characterization of materials by electron microscopy and scanned probe microscopy
  • Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America, 1996

Best Publications

  • Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

    Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Yongsheng Zhang;Hui Sun

  • High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

    Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Ivan D. Blum;Ivan D. Blum;Chun I. Wu

  • Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

    Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao;Gangjian Tan;Shiqiang Hao;Jiaqing He

  • Sensing behavior of atomically thin-layered MoS2 transistors

    Dattatray J. Late;Yi Kai Huang;Bin Liu;Jagaran Acharya;Jagaran Acharya

  • Hysteresis in single-layer MoS2 field effect transistors.

    Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;Vinayak P. Dravid

  • Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

    Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Qichun Zhang;Guoyu Wang

  • The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics

    Li Dong Zhao;Vinayak P. Dravid;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Interaction of Fatty Acid Monolayers with Cobalt Nanoparticles

    Nianqiang Wu;Lei Fu;Ming Su;Mohammed Aslam

  • Grain-boundary effects on the magnetoresistance properties of perovskite manganite films

    A. Gupta;G. Q. Gong;Gang Xiao;P. R. Duncombe

  • All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance

    L. D. Zhao;H. J. Wu;S. Q. Hao;C. I. Wu

  • Chemically Exfoliated MoS2 as Near-Infrared Photothermal Agents

    Stanley S. Chou;Bryan Kaehr;Bryan Kaehr;Jaemyung Kim;Brian M. Foley

  • GaS and GaSe ultrathin layer transistors.

    Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;Jiajun Luo;Aiming Yan

  • High Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type SnTe via a Synergistic Band Engineering and Nanostructuring Approach

    Gangjian Tan;Li Dong Zhao;Fengyuan Shi;Jeff W. Doak

  • Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe-SrTe.

    Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao

  • Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal.

    Chongjian Zhou;Yong Kyu Lee;Yuan Yu;Sejin Byun

  • Conductive 2D metal-organic framework for high-performance cathodes in aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries.

    Kwan Woo Nam;Sarah S. Park;Roberto dos Reis;Vinayak P. Dravid

  • Ligand Conjugation of Chemically Exfoliated MoS2

    Stanley S. Chou;Mrinmoy De;Jaemyung Kim;Segi Byun

  • LARGE MAGNETOTUNNELING EFFECT AT LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS IN MICROMETER-SCALE EPITAXIAL LA0.67SR0.33MNO3 TUNNEL JUNCTIONS

    Yu Lu;X. W. Li;G. Q. Gong;Gang Xiao

  • Rapid Characterization of Ultrathin Layers of Chalcogenides on SiO2/Si Substrates

    Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;C. N. R. Rao

  • Efficient, stable silicon tandem cells enabled by anion-engineered wide-bandgap perovskites

    Daehan Kim;Hee Joon Jung;Ik Jae Park;Bryon W. Larson

  • High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures

    Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Jiaqing He;Hao Li

  • High performance bulk thermoelectrics via a panoscopic approach

    Jiaqing He;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis;Vinayak P. Dravid

Frequent Co-Authors

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Jinsong Wu
Jinsong Wu Wuhan University of Technology
Chris Wolverton
Chris Wolverton Northwestern University
Jiaqing He
Jiaqing He Southern University of Science and Technology
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University
Ctirad Uher
Ctirad Uher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Li-Dong Zhao
Li-Dong Zhao Beihang University
Gangjian Tan
Gangjian Tan Wuhan University of Technology
Robert P. H. Chang
Robert P. H. Chang Northwestern University

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