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

Small gap device system and method of fabrication

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

Photophoretic Light-flyers with Germanium Coatings as Selective Absorbers

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

Email

University Profile Page

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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

Lightweight photophoretic flyers with germanium coatings as selective absorbers

Physical Review Applied

2024/4/9

Zhipeng Lu
Zhipeng Lu

H-Index: 13

Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin

H-Index: 16

Ultralight robust plate materials

2022/5/19

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

2024

Zhipeng Lu
Zhipeng Lu

H-Index: 13

Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin

H-Index: 16

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

2023/11/1

Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin

H-Index: 16

Photophoretic Light-flyers with Germanium Coatings as Selective Absorbers

arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19382

2023/5/30

Zhipeng Lu
Zhipeng Lu

H-Index: 13

Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin

H-Index: 16

Minimizing the Ground Effect for Photophoretically Levitating Disks

Physical Review Applied

2023/4/3

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

arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.04281

2023/1/11

Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin

H-Index: 16

Systems and methods for photophoretic propulsion for flight

2022/12/1

Simulation and fabrication of 3D structures for photophoretic levitation

2022/10/3

Moving Towards Data-Driven Departmental DEI

2022/8/23

Dustyn Roberts
Dustyn Roberts

H-Index: 7

Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin

H-Index: 16

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

2022/3/24

Multiscale photonic emissivity engineering for relativistic lightsail thermal regulation

Nano letters

2022/1/11

Controlled Light-Driven Levitation of Macroscopic Plates

2021/4/14

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

Science Advances

2021/2/12

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

APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts

2021

Relativistic light sails need to billow

Nano Letters

2022/1/5

Hollow atomic force microscopy cantilevers with nanoscale wall thicknesses

Small

2021/12

Out-of-plane deflection of plate-like metastructures in tension due to corrugation asymmetry

International Journal of Solids and Structures

2021/11/1

Carbon fiber–aluminum sandwich for micro-aerial vehicles and miniature robots

MRS Advances

2021/8

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