Rahul Rao

7.2k citations

131 papers · 4.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 1%
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Graphene research and applications
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials
- Machine Learning in Materials Science
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 5%

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 101
- Graphene research and applications 46
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites 35
- 2D Materials and Applications 30
- Thermal properties of materials 9
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials 8
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices 8
Structural Biology 2

Co-authors: Apparao M. Rao Mauricio Terrones Benji Maruyama Ethan Kahn Humberto Terrones M. A. Pimenta Bruno R. Carvalho Ruitao Lv
Journals: Carbon (12 papers)2D Materials (6 papers)Physical review. B. (5 papers)ACS Nano (5 papers)Scientific Reports (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Brazil

In The Last Decade

Rahul Rao

125 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories log scale

Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin–orbit torques in WTe2 2022 · 140 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature Materials
2019 Advanced Materials
2016 2D Materials

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Rahul Rao

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Rahul Rao's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Rahul Rao with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Rahul Rao more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Rahul Rao

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rahul Rao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rahul Rao. The network helps show where Rahul Rao may publish in the future.

Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rahul Rao, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with Rahul Rao Line = papers co-authored together Rahul Rao links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Chiral Phonons and Anomalous Excitation-Energy-Dependent Raman Intensities in Layered AgCrP ₂ Se ₆ ACS Nano ·Rahul Rao, Jie Jiang, Ruth Pachter, R. A. Chobanov, Goode Et, Martı́n Muñoz, แววตา ขอจ่วนเตี๋ย, Emmanuel Rowe, Ryan Selhorst, Irena Cvijanović, Angela R. Hight Walker, Michael A. Susner	2025	0
2	Unconventional unidirectional magnetoresistance in heterostructures of a topological semimetal and a ferromagnet Nature Materials ·John V. Klemencic, 张崇林, 幸次森戸, Menglin Zhu, O. Bezuhla, Rahul Rao, Jiahan Li, James H. Edgar, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jinwoo Hwang, Ran Cheng, Jyoti Katoch, Simranjeet Singh	2025	1
3	Fabrication of SERS Substrates Using Silver-Coated Gold Nanostars for Chemical Sensing: A Multiobjective Bayesian Optimization Approach ACS Applied Nano Materials ·Irena Cvijanović, Ch. Karunakaran, 正哉藤村, V. V. Novitsky, Drake Austin, Abigail G. Doyle, Luke A. Baldwin, Pietro Strobbia, Rahul Rao	2025	2
4	JWST is most in-demand telescope ever — leaving many astronomers in the cold Nature ·Rahul Rao	2024	1
5	Graphene exfoliation using multidomain peptides Journal of Materials Chemistry B ·Weihong Zhuang, Sabine Nabecker, Joseph M. Slocik, Rahul Rao, Marc R. Knecht, Tiffany R. Walsh	2024	4
6	Thermal properties of carbon-based materials Materials Chemistry and Physics ·M. Soler, Karla H. Ibarra-Cortes, 培君丛, Rahul Rao, Apparao M. Rao	2024	1
7	Role of Strain on Ferroelectricity in Ultrathin CuInP₂S₆ Chemistry of Materials ·Ryan Selhorst, 智行大久保, Jie Jiang, Benjamin S. Conner, Jonathan T. Goldstein, Irena Cvijanović, Emmanuel Rowe, Masa Ishigami, Ruth Pachter, Michael A. Susner, Rahul Rao	2024	3
8	Improved understanding of carbon nanotube growth via autonomous jump regression targeting of catalyst activity Carbon ·Xiangsheng Mei, Chiwoo Park, 裕二大浦, Jennifer Carpena‐Núñez, Z. Dobrzanski, Stéphane Gorsse, Rahul Rao, Benji Maruyama	2024	5
9	Covalent organic framework crystallization using a continuous flow packed-bed reactor CrystEngComm ·Mahfuza Gapparova, John H. Dunlap, Ly D. Tran, Sarvalingam Barath Kumar, Drake Austin, Svetlana Svetlana, Adetuga Jagun, Rahul Rao, Luke A. Baldwin, Nicholas R. Glavin	2023	1
10	Oriented Covalent Organic Framework Film Synthesis from Azomethine Compounds Advanced Materials Interfaces ·Ly D. Tran, Brian J. Ree, Aleksey Ruditskiy, Rahul Tamrakar, Ryan Selhorst, Biddut K. Sarker, Mahfuza Gapparova, Quantrill Nsm, Lawrence F. Drummy, Michael F. Durstock, Rahul Rao, Hilmar Koerner, Nicholas R. Glavin, Luke A. Baldwin	2023	7
11	Patterned graphene: Analysis of the electronic structure and electron transport by first principles computational modeling Applied Surface Science ·Jie Jiang, Ruth Pachter, Ryan Selhorst, Michael A. Susner, Benji Maruyama, Rahul Rao	2022	4
12	Microwave Facilitated Covalent Organic Framework/Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Rahul Tamrakar, David C. Moore, Gwangwoo Kim, Ly D. Tran, Quantrill Nsm, Christine Nguyen, Qiyi Fang, Kwan‐Ho Kim, A R Midgley, Y. Waterston, Rahul Rao, Jun Lou, Deep Jariwala, Luke A. Baldwin, Nicholas R. Glavin	2022	12
13	Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin–orbit torques in WTe2 Nature Materials ·John V. Klemencic, Yue-fa Song, Hantao Zhang, Menglin Zhu, Kōnstantinos G. Gardikas, O. Bezuhla, Daniel Weber, Rahul Rao, Jiahan Li, James H. Edgar, Joshua E. Goldberger, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, Jinwoo Hwang, Ran Cheng, Jyoti Katoch, Simranjeet Singh Hit paper breakdown →	2022	140
14	Electron-beam chemistry in graphene - Effect of environmental SEM parameters on patterning and defect engineering Vacuum ·Ryan Selhorst, Michael A. Susner, Yue-fa Song, John V. Klemencic, Jennifer Carpena‐Núñez, Ahmad E. Islam, Jyoti Katoch, Benji Maruyama, Rahul Rao	2022	5
15	Reversibly Tailoring Optical Constants of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide MoS₂ Films: Impact of Dopant-Induced Screening from Chemical Adsorbates and Mild Film Degradation ACS Photonics ·石原達己, Jiram Torres-Ruiz, Riccardo Torsi, Ali M. Jawaid, Rahul Rao, Paula Beatriz de Souza, Joshua A. Robinson, Nicholas R. Glavin, Richard A. Vaia, W. Joshua Kennedy, Jonathan P. Vernon	2021	12
16	DRIVER ATTENTION ALERT Johan Tärnell, Rahul Rao, Yun Sun, Ch. A. Loehnis, 紀男亀井	2021	1
17	Pressure-driven phase transformations and phase segregation in ferrielectric CuInP2S6−In4/3P2S6 self-assembled heterostructures Physical review. B. ·Rahul Rao, Benjamin S. Conner, Ryan Selhorst, Michael A. Susner	2021	19
18	Identification of Parameters Controlling Peptide-Driven Graphene Exfoliation in Aqueous Media Langmuir ·José Antonio Medina-Vázquez, Xiaojie Yao, Rahul Rao, Joseph M. Slocik, Rajesh R. Naik, Tiffany R. Walsh, Marc R. Knecht	2021	11
19	Molecular-Level Insights into Biologically Driven Graphite Exfoliation for the Generation of Graphene in Aqueous Media The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·José Antonio Medina-Vázquez, Akin Budi, Joseph M. Slocik, Rahul Rao, Rajesh R. Naik, Tiffany R. Walsh, Marc R. Knecht	2020	22
20	Emerging Applications of Elemental 2D Materials Advanced Materials ·Nicholas R. Glavin, Rahul Rao, Vikas Varshney, Elisabeth Bianco, Amey Apte, Ajit K. Roy, Emilie Ringe, Pulickel M. Ajayan Hit paper breakdown →	2019	525

About Rahul Rao

Rahul Rao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Structural Biology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 131 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Graphene research and applications (46 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (35 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (30 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (13 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (10 papers), Thermal properties of materials (9 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (3.7k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (687 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.7k citations), Structural Biology (37 citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (420 citations). Rahul Rao has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Apparao M. Rao, Mauricio Terrones, Benji Maruyama, Ethan Kahn, Humberto Terrones, M. A. Pimenta, Bruno R. Carvalho, Ruitao Lv, Zhong Lin and Benji Maruyama. Their work appears in journals such as Carbon, 2D Materials, Physical review. B., ACS Nano and Scientific Reports.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact