Pulickel M. Ajayan

167.7k total citations · 74 hit papers
1.1k papers, 139.5k citations indexed

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Pulickel M. Ajayan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pulickel M. Ajayan has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 139.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 774 papers in Materials Chemistry, 433 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 261 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pulickel M. Ajayan's work include Graphene research and applications (334 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (241 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (197 papers). Pulickel M. Ajayan is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (334 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (241 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (197 papers). Pulickel M. Ajayan collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Pulickel M. Ajayan's co-authors include Róbert Vajtai, Jun Lou, Zheng Liu, Lijie Ci, Yongji Gong, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Sina Najmaei, Thomas W. Ebbesen, Li Song and Boris I. Yakobson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Pulickel M. Ajayan

1.1k papers receiving 136.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells
    2016 2.9k citations Jun Lou, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  2. Large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes
    1992 2.4k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  3. Exfoliated Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Under Visible Light
    2013 2.3k citations Lulu Ma, Róbert Vajtai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Large Scale Growth and Characterization of Atomic Hexagonal Boron Nitride Layers
    2010 2.3k citations Jun Lou, Boris I. Yakobson et al. Nano Letters profile →
  5. New insights into the structure and reduction of graphite oxide
    2009 2.2k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  6. Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers
    2012 2.1k citations Zheng Liu, Guanhui Gao et al. Nano Letters profile →
  7. Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers
    2014 1.9k citations Róbert Vajtai, Boris I. Yakobson et al. profile →
  8. Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains
    2010 1.9k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  9. Intrinsic Structural Defects in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide
    2013 1.8k citations Zheng Liu, Jun Lou et al. Nano Letters profile →
  10. Vapour phase growth and grain boundary structure of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers
    2013 1.6k citations Zheng Liu, Boris I. Yakobson et al. profile →
  11. Large‐Area Vapor‐Phase Growth and Characterization of MoS2 Atomic Layers on a SiO2 Substrate
    2012 1.5k citations Zheng Liu, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Small profile →
  12. Synthesis Of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Films For Lithium Battery Application
    2010 1.5k citations Hemtej Gullapalli, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  13. Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation
    2015 1.5k citations Juncai Dong, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  14. Load transfer in carbon nanotube epoxy composites
    1998 1.3k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  15. Direct laser writing of micro-supercapacitors on hydrated graphite oxide films
    2011 1.3k citations Zheng Liu, Róbert Vajtai et al. profile →
  16. Capillarity-induced filling of carbon nanotubes
    1993 1.2k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  17. Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Formed by Cutting a Polymer Resin—Nanotube Composite
    1994 1.2k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  18. Black Phosphorus–Monolayer MoS2 van der Waals Heterojunction p–n Diode
    2014 1.1k citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jun Lou et al. profile →
  19. Defects Engineered Monolayer MoS2 for Improved Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    2016 1.1k citations Róbert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  20. Ultrathin Planar Graphene Supercapacitors
    2011 1.1k citations Kaushik Balakrishnan, Róbert Vajtai et al. Nano Letters profile →
  21. Atomically dispersed platinum supported on curved carbon supports for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
    2019 1.0k citations Daobin Liu, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  22. Wetting transparency of graphene
    2012 960 citations Hemtej Gullapalli, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  23. Flexible energy storage devices based on nanocomposite paper
    2007 931 citations Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Róbert Vajtai et al. profile →
  24. Reliability and current carrying capacity of carbon nanotubes
    2001 924 citations Róbert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  25. Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites
    2017 918 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  26. Room-temperature ferroelectricity in CuInP2S6 ultrathin flakes
    2016 911 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, Zheng Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  27. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Pseudocapacitance Properties of MnO2 Nanostructures
    2005 891 citations Róbert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  28. Coaxial MnO2/Carbon Nanotube Array Electrodes for High-Performance Lithium Batteries
    2009 890 citations Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  29. Catalytic performance of Pt nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for methanol electro-oxidation
    2009 877 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  30. Direct Ink Writing: A 3D Printing Technology for Diverse Materials
    2022 867 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  31. Silver-nanoparticle-embedded antimicrobial paints based on vegetable oil
    2008 839 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  32. Application of Carbon Nanotubes as Supports in Heterogeneous Catalysis
    1994 837 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  33. Composites with carbon nanotubes and graphene: An outlook
    2018 803 citations Jun Lou, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  34. A subthermionic tunnel field-effect transistor with an atomically thin channel
    2015 792 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  35. In-plane heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride with controlled domain sizes
    2013 776 citations Zheng Liu, Lulu Ma et al. profile →
  36. A materials perspective on Li-ion batteries at extreme temperatures
    2017 760 citations Hemtej Gullapalli, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  37. High Efficiency Photocatalytic Water Splitting Using 2D α‐Fe2O3/g‐C3N4 Z‐Scheme Catalysts
    2017 744 citations Xiaojie She, Jingjie Wu et al. profile →
  38. Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Crystalline Monolayer MoSe2
    2014 713 citations Róbert Vajtai, Jun Lou et al. profile →
  39. Deep eutectic solvents for cathode recycling of Li-ion batteries
    2019 705 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  40. Doping Graphitic and Carbon Nanotube Structures with Boron and Nitrogen
    1994 668 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  41. Direct Synthesis of Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Strands
    2002 637 citations Róbert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  42. Nanotube composites
    2007 637 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  43. Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
    2018 637 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  44. Carbon nanotube electrode for oxidation of dopamine
    1996 620 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  45. Fracture toughness of graphene
    2014 606 citations Lulu Ma, Zheng Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  46. Ultrathin high-temperature oxidation-resistant coatings of hexagonal boron nitride
    2013 596 citations Zheng Liu, Lulu Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
  47. Super-stretchable, Transparent Carbon Nanotube-Based Capacitive Strain Sensors for Human Motion Detection
    2013 589 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  48. Graphene-Antenna Sandwich Photodetector
    2012 588 citations Zheng Liu, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  49. Achieving Highly Efficient, Selective, and Stable CO2 Reduction on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes
    2015 587 citations Jingjie Wu, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary et al. profile →
  50. Gated Tunability and Hybridization of Localized Plasmons in Nanostructured Graphene
    2013 579 citations Zheng Liu, Lulu Ma et al. profile →
  51. A metal-free electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction to multi-carbon hydrocarbons and oxygenates
    2016 571 citations Jingjie Wu, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary et al. Nature Communications profile →
  52. Carbon onions as nanoscopic pressure cells for diamond formation
    1996 568 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  53. Graphene-Based Standalone Solar Energy Converter for Water Desalination and Purification
    2018 562 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  54. Carbon nanotubes as removable templates for metal oxide nanocomposites and nanostructures
    1995 553 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  55. Charge-transfer-based Gas Sensing Using Atomic-layer MoS2
    2015 553 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  56. Evolution of the Electronic Band Structure and Efficient Photo-Detection in Atomic Layers of InSe
    2014 550 citations Jun Lou, Róbert Vajtai et al. profile →
  57. Active Tunable Absorption Enhancement with Graphene Nanodisk Arrays
    2013 546 citations Zheng Liu, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  58. Strategies for Dendrite‐Free Anode in Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Ion Batteries
    2020 531 citations Ziyi Cao, Xiang Zhang et al. profile →
  59. Second harmonic microscopy of monolayer MoS2
    2013 529 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jun Lou et al. profile →
  60. Emerging Applications of Elemental 2D Materials
    2019 525 citations Nicholas R. Glavin, Rahul Rao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  61. Plasmonic Hot Electron Induced Structural Phase Transition in a MoS2 Monolayer
    2014 524 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jun Lou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  62. Full-color fluorescent carbon quantum dots
    2020 497 citations Róbert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  63. Strain and structure heterogeneity in MoS2 atomic layers grown by chemical vapour deposition
    2014 495 citations Zheng Liu, A. Glen Birdwell et al. Nature Communications profile →
  64. Two-Step Growth of Two-Dimensional WSe2/MoSe2 Heterostructures
    2015 493 citations Xiang Zhang, Jun Lou et al. Nano Letters profile →
  65. Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Two-Dimensional Materials by Directly Probing and Matching Surface Tension Components
    2015 482 citations Jianfeng Shen, Jingjie Wu et al. Nano Letters profile →
  66. Hybrid Nanostructures for Energy Storage Applications
    2012 469 citations Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  67. Highly Sensitive Detection of Polarized Light Using Anisotropic 2D ReS2
    2016 461 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, Zheng Liu et al. profile →
  68. Band Gap Engineering and Layer-by-Layer Mapping of Selenium-Doped Molybdenum Disulfide
    2013 453 citations Zheng Liu, Róbert Vajtai et al. Nano Letters profile →
  69. Chemical Vapor Deposition of Thin Crystals of Layered Semiconductor SnS2 for Fast Photodetection Application
    2014 439 citations Pei Dong, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  70. Two-dimensional van der Waals materials
    2016 413 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  71. Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production: a solution looking for a problem?
    2021 382 citations Tareq A. Al‐Attas, Soumyabrata Roy et al. profile →
  72. Optoelectronic crystal of artificial atoms in strain-textured molybdenum disulphide
    2015 370 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  73. Covalent Organic Frameworks for Batteries
    2021 248 citations Yifan Zhu, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  74. Hard carbon anode for lithium-, sodium-, and potassium-ion batteries: Advancement and future perspective
    2024 69 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pulickel M. Ajayan United States 185 90.4k 61.0k 28.6k 28.0k 25.9k 1.1k 139.5k
Hua Zhang China 190 86.2k 1.0× 69.7k 1.1× 30.5k 1.1× 38.7k 1.4× 33.5k 1.3× 1.9k 159.1k
Xinliang Feng Germany 169 58.4k 0.6× 59.8k 1.0× 19.8k 0.7× 33.3k 1.2× 28.5k 1.1× 1.2k 114.0k
Hongjie Dai United States 163 93.4k 1.0× 55.5k 0.9× 51.0k 1.8× 25.3k 0.9× 16.7k 0.6× 444 149.4k
Hui–Ming Cheng China 183 83.5k 0.9× 82.4k 1.4× 23.5k 0.8× 40.2k 1.4× 43.5k 1.7× 1.2k 154.1k
James M. Tour United States 150 52.4k 0.6× 49.1k 0.8× 30.2k 1.1× 11.7k 0.4× 17.8k 0.7× 802 102.2k
Rodney S. Ruoff United States 160 127.4k 1.4× 73.1k 1.2× 65.4k 2.3× 17.2k 0.6× 47.8k 1.8× 604 189.9k
Lei Jiang China 196 45.6k 0.5× 53.3k 0.9× 76.6k 2.7× 22.2k 0.8× 12.2k 0.5× 2.4k 178.3k
Paul K. Chu Hong Kong 138 50.7k 0.6× 35.3k 0.6× 34.5k 1.2× 16.2k 0.6× 12.4k 0.5× 2.7k 107.4k
Younan Xia United States 213 83.1k 0.9× 46.2k 0.8× 66.0k 2.3× 33.2k 1.2× 55.6k 2.1× 999 174.1k
Shu‐Hong Yu China 175 45.3k 0.5× 44.9k 0.7× 23.0k 0.8× 35.7k 1.3× 23.2k 0.9× 990 106.5k

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All Works

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Nayak, Saroj K., et al.. (2025). rGO‐Aluminium Substrates as Broad‐Spectrum Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Functional Materials. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(5). 3 indexed citations
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Puthirath, Anand B., Abdulaziz S. R. Bati, Bin Chen, et al.. (2024). Solution-processed tungsten diselenide as an inorganic hole transport material for moisture-stable perovskite solar cells in the n-i-p architecture. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 282. 113313–113313. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yifan, Qing Ai, Qiyi Fang, et al.. (2024). Photoinduced synthesis of polymer-coated covalent organic framework microspheres for highly efficient lithium recovery. Nano Energy. 130. 110111–110111. 7 indexed citations
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Baydin, Andrey, et al.. (2024). Graphene Terahertz Devices for Sensing and Communication. Small. 21(28). e2401151–e2401151. 18 indexed citations
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Kannan, Harikishan, et al.. (2023). Graphitic nanostructure integrated NiO composites for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 71. 108015–108015. 17 indexed citations
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Biswas, Abhijit, Frank Lee, Chenxi Li, et al.. (2023). Unidirectional domain growth of hexagonal boron nitride thin films. Applied Materials Today. 30. 101734–101734. 10 indexed citations
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Mondal, Biswajit, Arijit Jana, Akhil S. Nair, et al.. (2023). Structure and Electrocatalytic Performance of Cocrystallized Ternary Molybdenum Oxosulfide Clusters for Efficient Water Splitting. ACS Materials Letters. 5(12). 3306–3315. 6 indexed citations
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Al‐Attas, Tareq A., Shariful Kibria Nabil, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, et al.. (2022). Permselective MOF-Based Gas Diffusion Electrode for Direct Conversion of CO2 from Quasi Flue Gas. ACS Energy Letters. 8(1). 107–115. 43 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaodong, Xuanyang Li, Jian Tan, et al.. (2022). Interface engineering with zincophilic MXene for regulated deposition of dendrite-free Zn metal anode. Energy storage materials. 50. 243–251. 129 indexed citations
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Bae, Soungmin, Kana Matsumoto, Hannes Raebiger, et al.. (2022). K-point longitudinal acoustic phonons are responsible for ultrafast intervalley scattering in monolayer MoSe2. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4279–4279. 24 indexed citations
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Sarma, Prasad V., Ritesh Kumar, Guanhui Gao, et al.. (2022). Growth of highly crystalline ultrathin two-dimensional selenene. 2D Materials. 9(4). 45004–45004. 18 indexed citations
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Sassi, Lucas M., Aravind Krishnamoorthy, Jordan A. Hachtel, et al.. (2022). Low temperature CVD growth of WSe 2 enabled by moisture-assisted defects in the precursor powder. 2D Materials. 9(4). 45026–45026. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zengyao, Jiyi Chen, Erhong Song, et al.. (2021). Manipulation on active electronic states of metastable phase β-NiMoO4 for large current density hydrogen evolution. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5960–5960. 154 indexed citations
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She, Xiaojie, Xingwang Zhu, Jinman Yang, et al.. (2021). Grain-boundary surface terminations incorporating oxygen vacancies for selectively boosting CO2 photoreduction activity. Nano Energy. 84. 105869–105869. 66 indexed citations
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Rai, D.K., Manickam Gurusaran, Volker S. Urban, et al.. (2019). Structural determination of Enzyme-Graphene Nanocomposite Sensor Material. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15519–15519. 3 indexed citations
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Glavin, Nicholas R., Rahul Rao, Vikas Varshney, et al.. (2019). Emerging Applications of Elemental 2D Materials. Advanced Materials. 32(7). e1904302–e1904302. 525 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Linqiu, Ming‐Fu Lin, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Phonon-Suppressed Auger Scattering of Charge Carriers in Defective Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Nano Letters. 19(9). 6078–6086. 47 indexed citations
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Apte, Amey, Elisabeth Bianco, Aravind Krishnamoorthy, et al.. (2018). Polytypism in ultrathin tellurium. 2D Materials. 6(1). 15013–15013. 83 indexed citations
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Apte, Amey, Aravind Krishnamoorthy, Jordan A. Hachtel, et al.. (2018). Telluride-Based Atomically Thin Layers of Ternary Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys. Chemistry of Materials. 30(20). 7262–7268. 38 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Kaushik, et al.. (2017). Strain sensing skin-like film using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on PDMS and reduced graphene oxide. 4(2). 107–113. 1 indexed citations

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