Werner J. Blau

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
• 2001 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Best Publications

• Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites

  Jonathan N. Coleman;Umar Khan;Werner J. Blau;Yurii K. Gun’ko

  5156
  Citations

• Silver Nanowire Networks as Flexible, Transparent, Conducting Films: Extremely High DC to Optical Conductivity Ratios

  Sukanta De;Thomas M. Higgins;Philip E. Lyons;Evelyn M. Doherty

  1884
  Citations

• Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics

  Damien Hanlon;Claudia Backes;Evie Doherty;Clotilde S Cucinotta

  1139
  Citations

• Ultrafast Saturable Absorption of Two-Dimensional MoS2 Nanosheets

  Kangpeng Wang;Jun Wang;Jintai Fan;Mustafa Lotya

  1098
  Citations

• Experimental observation of scaling laws for alternating current and direct current conductivity in polymer-carbon nanotube composite thin films

  B. E. Kilbride;J. N. Coleman;J. Fraysse;P. Fournet

  979
  Citations

• Nonlinear Optical Properties of Porphyrins

  M. O. Senge;M. Fazekas;E. G. A. Notaras;W. J. Blau

  931
  Citations

• Identification of electron donor states in N-doped carbon nanotubes

  R Czerw;Mauricio Terrones;Jean-Christophe Charlier;X Blase

  926
  Citations

• A Composite from Poly(m‐phenylenevinylene‐co‐2,5‐dioctoxy‐p‐phenylenevinylene) and Carbon Nanotubes: A Novel Material for Molecular Optoelectronics

  Seamus A. Curran;Pulickel M. Ajayan;Werner J. Blau;David L. Carroll

  885
  Citations

• Identification of Electron Donor States in N-doped Carbon Nanotubes

  R. Czerw;M. Terrones;J. C. Charlier;X. Blase

  882
  Citations

• Morphological and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-reinforced semicrystalline and amorphous polymer composites

  M. Cadek;J. N. Coleman;V. Barron;K. Hedicke

  858
  Citations

• High Performance Nanotube‐Reinforced Plastics: Understanding the Mechanism of Strength Increase

  J. N. Coleman;M. Cadek;R. Blake;V. Nicolosi

  740
  Citations

• Reinforcement of polymers with carbon nanotubes: The role of nanotube surface area

  M. Cadek;J. N. Coleman;K. P. Ryan;V. Nicolosi

  626
  Citations

• Broadband Nonlinear Optical Response of Graphene Dispersions

  Jun Wang;Yenny Hernandez;Mustafa Lotya;Jonathan N. Coleman

  605
  Citations

• Percolation-dominated conductivity in a conjugated-polymer-carbon-nanotube composite

  J. N. Coleman;S. Curran;A. B. Dalton;A. P. Davey

  598
  Citations

• Resonance Raman and infrared spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes

  J. Kastner;T. Pichler;H. Kuzmany;S. Curran

  505
  Citations

• Production of Highly Monolayer Enriched Dispersions of Liquid-Exfoliated Nanosheets by Liquid Cascade Centrifugation

  Claudia Backes;Beata M. Szydłowska;Andrew Harvey;Shengjun Yuan

  483
  Citations

• Towards Solutions of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Common Solvents

  Shane D. Bergin;Valeria Nicolosi;Philip V. Streich;Silvia Giordani

  446
  Citations

• Debundling of Single-Walled Nanotubes by Dilution: Observation of Large Populations of Individual Nanotubes in Amide Solvent Dispersions

  Silvia Giordani;Shane D. Bergin;Valeria Nicolosi;Sergei Lebedkin

  439
  Citations

• Molecular Engineering of Peripherally And Axially Modified Phthalocyanines for Optical Limiting and Nonlinear Optics

  Sean M. O'flaherty;Stephanie V. Hold;Michael J. Cook;Tomas Torres

  430
  Citations

• A comparative study of melt spun polyamide-12 fibres reinforced with carbon nanotubes and nanofibres

  J.K.W Sandler;S Pegel;M Cadek;F Gojny

  423
  Citations