Umar Khan

26.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
58 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Umar Khan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Umar Khan has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Materials Chemistry, 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 16 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Umar Khan's work include Graphene research and applications (28 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (21 papers) and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (14 papers). Umar Khan is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (28 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (21 papers) and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (14 papers). Umar Khan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Pakistan and United States. Umar Khan's co-authors include Jonathan N. Coleman, Yurii K. Gun’ko, Arlene O’Neill, Werner J. Blau, Sukanta De, Mustafa Lotya, Peter May, Paul J. King, Conor S. Boland and Claudia Backes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Umar Khan

56 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

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

2006 3.2k citations Jonathan N. Coleman, Umar Khan et al. Carbon profile →
Mechanical Reinforcement of Polymers Using Carbon Nanotubes

2006 1.3k citations Jonathan N. Coleman, Umar Khan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Large‐Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

2011 998 citations Ronan J. Smith, Paul J. King et al. Advanced Materials profile →
High‐Concentration Solvent Exfoliation of Graphene

2010 863 citations Umar Khan, Arlene O’Neill et al. Small profile →
High-Concentration, Surfactant-Stabilized Graphene Dispersions

2010 860 citations Mustafa Lotya, Paul J. King et al. ACS Nano profile →
Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites

2016 702 citations Conor S. Boland, Umar Khan et al. profile →
Sensitive, High-Strain, High-Rate Bodily Motion Sensors Based on Graphene–Rubber Composites

2014 668 citations Conor S. Boland, Umar Khan et al. ACS Nano profile →
Preparation of High Concentration Dispersions of Exfoliated MoS₂ with Increased Flake Size

2012 506 citations Arlene O’Neill, Umar Khan et al. profile →
Graphene Dispersion and Exfoliation in Low Boiling Point Solvents

2011 437 citations Arlene O’Neill, Umar Khan et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umar Khan

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Advancing Extracorporeal Life Support in the South-West Asian and African Continent 2025 ·ASAIO Journal ·Umar Khan, Bassam Atallah, Guillaume Alinier	0
2	CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF TTHE DISEASES AND THEIR OUTCOME IN ADMITTED CASES OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN A PERIPHERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL IN ABBOTTABAD 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Umar Khan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
3	Low cost, high performance ultrafiltration membranes from glass fiber-PTFE–graphene composites 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Umar Khan, (unknown), Conor S. Boland, Jonathan N. Coleman	8
4	A comparison of catabolic pathways induced in primary macrophages by pristine single walled carbon nanotubes and pristine graphene 2016 ·RSC Advances ·Jennifer McIntyre, Navin Kumar Verma, Ronan J. Smith, (unknown), Hannah C. Nerl, Niall McEvoy, Nina C. Berner, I.T. McGovern, Umar Khan, Philip E. Lyons, Luke O’Neill, Valeria Nicolosi, Georg S. Duesberg, Hugh J. Byrne, Jonathan N. Coleman, Yuri Volkov	14
5	Boron nitride nanosheets as barrier enhancing fillers in melt processed composites 2015 ·Nanoscale ·Shaobo Xie, Oana M. Istrate, Peter May, Sebastian Barwich, Alan P. Bell, Umar Khan, Jonathan N. Coleman	58
6	Sensitive, High-Strain, High-Rate Bodily Motion Sensors Based on Graphene–Rubber Composites breakdown → 2014 ·ACS Nano ·Conor S. Boland, Umar Khan, Claudia Backes, Arlene O’Neill, Joseph L. McCauley, (unknown), Ravi Shanker, Yang Liu, Izabela Jurewicz, Alan Β. Dalton, Jonathan N. Coleman	668
7	Enhancing the mechanical properties of BN nanosheet–polymer composites by uniaxial drawing 2014 ·Nanoscale ·Rahim Jan, Peter May, Alan P. Bell, Amir Habib, Umar Khan, Jonathan N. Coleman	85
8	Flexible, transparent dielectric capacitors with nanostructured electrodes 2012 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Sophie Sorel, Umar Khan, Jonathan N. Coleman	37
9	Polymer Grafting to Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Effect of Chain Length on Solubility, Graft Density and Mechanical Properties of Macroscopic Structures 2012 ·Small ·(unknown), Umar Khan, Jonathan N. Coleman, Alex Adronov	45
10	Polymer reinforcement using liquid-exfoliated boron nitride nanosheets 2012 ·Nanoscale ·Umar Khan, Peter May, Arlene O’Neill, Alan P. Bell, (unknown), (unknown), J. Edward Semple, Jonathan N. Coleman	178
11	Observation of mechanical percolation in functionalized graphene oxide/elastomer composites 2012 ·Carbon ·Khalid Nawaz, Umar Khan, Noaman Ul‐Haq, Peter May, Arlene O’Neill, Jonathan N. Coleman	57
12	Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Composites from Elastomeric to Rigid Thermoplastic by Controlled Addition of Carbon Nanotubes 2011 ·Small ·Umar Khan, Peter May, Arlene O’Neill, Juan J. Vilatela, Alan H. Windle, Jonathan N. Coleman	34
13	Approaching the theoretical limit for reinforcing polymers with graphene 2011 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Peter May, Umar Khan, Arlene O’Neill, Jonathan N. Coleman	157
14	Large‐Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions breakdown → 2011 ·Advanced Materials ·Ronan J. Smith, Paul J. King, Mustafa Lotya, Christian Wirtz, Umar Khan, Sukanta De, Arlene O’Neill, Georg S. Duesberg, Jaime C. Grunlan, Gregory P. Moriarty, Jun Chen, Jiazhao Wang, Andrew I. Minett, Valeria Nicolosi, Jonathan N. Coleman	998
15	High‐Concentration Solvent Exfoliation of Graphene breakdown → 2010 ·Small ·Umar Khan, Arlene O’Neill, Mustafa Lotya, Sukanta De, Jonathan N. Coleman	863
16	Inverting Polyurethanes Synthesis: Effects on Nano/Micro-Structure and Mechanical Properties 2010 ·Soft Materials ·(unknown), L. Rueda, Raquel Fernández, Umar Khan, Jonathan N. Coleman, Iñaki Mondragòn, Arantxa Eceiza	27
17	High Quality Dispersions of Functionalized Single Walled Nanotubes at High Concentration 2008 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Valeria Nicolosi, Shane D. Bergin, Umar Khan, Philip E. Lyons, Jonathan N. Coleman	51
18	Strong, Tough, Electrospun Polymer–Nanotube Composite Membranes with Extremely Low Density 2008 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·David Blond, (unknown), (unknown), Fiona M. Blighe, Umar Khan, (unknown), Leslie Carpenter, Joseph L. McCauley, Werner J. Blau, Jonathan N. Coleman	55
19	The effect of solvent choice on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites 2007 ·Composites Science and Technology ·Umar Khan, Kevin Ryan, Werner J. Blau, Jonathan N. Coleman	57
20	Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites breakdown → 2006 ·Carbon ·Jonathan N. Coleman, Umar Khan, Werner J. Blau, Yurii K. Gun’ko	3226

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