Igor Bargatin

Igor Bargatin

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 25

North America-United States

About Igor Bargatin

Igor Bargatin, With an exceptional h-index of 25 and a recent h-index of 19 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Pennsylvania, specializes in the field of Interstellar light sails, Photophoretic Levitation, Thermionic Energy Converters, Mechanical metamaterials, MEMS/NEMS.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Lightweight photophoretic flyers with germanium coatings as selective absorbers

Ultralight robust plate materials

Knudsen Pump-and Solar Buoyancy-Based Propulsion for Atmospheric and Martian Exploration

Photophoretic Light-flyers with Germanium Coatings as Selective Absorbers

Small gap device system and method of fabrication

Numerical and experimental study on the addition of surface roughness to micro-propellers

Minimizing the Ground Effect for Photophoretically Levitating Disks

3D photophoretic aircraft made from ultralight porous materials can carry kg-scale payloads in the mesosphere

Igor Bargatin Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Citations(all)

3148

Citations(since 2020)

1318

Cited By

2366

hIndex(all)

25

hIndex(since 2020)

19

i10Index(all)

37

i10Index(since 2020)

29

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University of Pennsylvania

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Igor Bargatin Skills & Research Interests

Interstellar light sails

Photophoretic Levitation

Thermionic Energy Converters

Mechanical metamaterials

MEMS/NEMS

Top articles of Igor Bargatin

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Lightweight photophoretic flyers with germanium coatings as selective absorbers

Physical Review Applied

Zhipeng Lu

Gulzhan Aldan

Danielle Levin

Matthew F Campbell

Igor Bargatin

2024/4/9

Ultralight robust plate materials

2022/5/19

Knudsen Pump-and Solar Buoyancy-Based Propulsion for Atmospheric and Martian Exploration

Thomas Celenza

Andy Eskenazi

Zhipeng Lu

Audrey Mann

Lorenzo Yao-Bate

...

2024

Photophoretic Light-flyers with Germanium Coatings as Selective Absorbers

arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19382

Zhipeng Lu

Gulzhan Aldan

Danielle Levin

Matthew F Campbell

Igor Bargatin

2023/5/30

Small gap device system and method of fabrication

2023/12/28

Numerical and experimental study on the addition of surface roughness to micro-propellers

Physics of Fluids

Justin P Cooke

Matthew F Campbell

Edward B Steager

Igor Bargatin

Mark H Yim

...

2023/11/1

Minimizing the Ground Effect for Photophoretically Levitating Disks

Physical Review Applied

Zhipeng Lu

Miranda Stern

Jinqiao Li

David Candia

Lorenzo Yao-Bate

...

2023/4/3

3D photophoretic aircraft made from ultralight porous materials can carry kg-scale payloads in the mesosphere

arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.04281

Thomas Celenza

Andy Eskenazi

Igor Bargatin

2023/1/11

Multiscale photonic emissivity engineering for relativistic lightsail thermal regulation

Nano letters

John Brewer

Matthew F Campbell

Pawan Kumar

Sachin Kulkarni

Deep Jariwala

...

2022/1/11

Systems and methods for photophoretic propulsion for flight

2022/12/1

Simulation and fabrication of 3D structures for photophoretic levitation

Thomas Celenza

Andy Eskenazi

Zhipeng Lu

Leah Tesfa

Lorenzo Yao-Bate

...

2022/10/3

Moving Towards Data-Driven Departmental DEI

Dustyn Roberts

Robert Carpick

Igor Bargatin

2022/8/23

Method For Tuning Work Function Using Surface Photo Voltage and Producing Ultra-Low-Work-Function Surfaces, and Devices Operational Therewith

2022/3/24

Controlled Light-Driven Levitation of Macroscopic Plates

Mohsen Azadi

George Popov

Zhipeng Lu

Andy Eskenazi

Avery Bang

...

2021/4/14

Ultrathin hollow plates and their applications

2021/6/8

Controlled levitation of nanostructured thin films for sun-powered near-space flight

Science Advances

Mohsen Azadi

George A Popov

Zhipeng Lu

Andy G Eskenazi

Avery Ji Won Bang

...

2021/2/12

Progress toward high power output in thermionic energy converters

Matthew F Campbell

Thomas J Celenza

Felix Schmitt

Jared W Schwede

Igor Bargatin

2021/5

Relativistic light sails need to billow

Nano Letters

Matthew F Campbell

John Brewer

Deep Jariwala

Aaswath P Raman

Igor Bargatin

2022/1/5

Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Addition of Surface Roughness on Micro-Scale Propeller Performance

APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts

Justin Cooke

Matthew Campbell

Edward Steager

Igor Bargatin

Mark Yim

...

2021

Demonstration of Atmospheric-Pressure Radiometer with Metamaterial Vanes

Zhipeng Lu

Mohsen Azadi

George Popov

Christopher Stanczak

Pratik Ponnarassery

...

2021/4/14

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Co-Authors

H-index: 78
Roya MABOUDIAN

Roya MABOUDIAN

University of California, Berkeley

H-index: 72
piero pianetta

piero pianetta

Stanford University

H-index: 31
Gaurav Bahl

Gaurav Bahl

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 23
Johannes Voss

Johannes Voss

Stanford University

H-index: 20
Lin Zhao

Lin Zhao

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 19
Joel Jean

Joel Jean

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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