Ray Baughman received a B.S. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University and a Ph.D. in the Materials Science area from Harvard University. Upon graduation he went to Allied Chemical, which later became AlliedSignal and then Honeywell. In August 2001, he became the Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry and Director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute at the University of Texas in Dallas. Ray is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, the Academia Europaea, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; a foreign member of the European Academy of Sciences; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the National Academy of Inventors, and the American Physical Society; an Academician of The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; and is on editorial or advisory boards of Science and other journals. Ray has 106 issued US patents and 487 refereed publications, with over 81,400 citations and a Web of Science H-index of 126. He has received the Chemical Pioneer Award of the American Institute of Chemists (1995), the Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering (1996), the New Materials Innovation Prize of the Avantex International Forum for Innovative Textiles (2005), Nano 50 Awards from Nanotech Briefs Magazine for Carbon Nanotube Sheets and Yarns (2006) and for Fuel Powered Artificial Muscles (2007), the NanoVic Prize from Australia (2006), the Scientific American Magazine 50 recognition for outstanding technological leadership (2006), the CSIRO Metal for Research Achievement (2006), the Chancellor’s Entrepreneurship and Invention Award (2007), the 21 for the 21st Century award (2007), the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award of Carnegie Mellon University (2007), the Kapitza Metal of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2007), the Graffin Lectureship of the American Carbon Society (2010), the Tech Titans Award in Education (2011), Time Magazine recognition in 50 Best Inventions of the Year (2011), the SGL Carbon Award of the American Carbon Society (2013), the Tech Titans Technology Inventors Award (2015), the 2015 Inventor Award for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems, and the R&D 100 Gold Award for Market Disruptor Product (2015). He was listed 30th in the Top 100 Material Scientists of the Decade (2000-2010) and the Top 1% Most Cited in Cross-Fields in 2018.

Nanoscale Self-Assembly Nanomaterials Processing Electronics/Optics/Magnetics Nanoscale Devices Photonic Crystals Electrochemical Devices Highly Conducting Organic Polymers Carbon Nanotubes Artificial Muscles Ferroelectrics New Forms of Carbon Auxetic Materials Solid-State Synthesis Nano-Bio Interface

Mandrel-free fabrication of giant spring-index and stroke muscles for diverse applications 2025 - Journal Article Large stroke radially-oriented MXene composite fiber tensile artificial muscles 2025 - Journal Article Fast Large-Stroke Sheath-Driven Electrothermal Artificial Muscles with High Power Densities 2022 - Journal Article Improved thermoacoustic sound projectors by vibration mode modification 2022 - Journal Article More Powerful Twistron Carbon Nanotube Yarn Mechanical Energy Harvesters 2022 - Journal Article Simulation of surface asperities on a carbon fiber using molecular dynamics and fourier series decomposition to predict interfacial shear strength in polymer matrix composites 2022 - Journal Article The strongest and toughest predicted materials: Linear atomic chains without a Peierls instability 2022 - Journal Article Understanding the low frequency response of carbon nanotube thermoacoustic projectors 2021 - Journal Article Using ultra-thin interlaminar carbon nanotube sheets to enhance the mechanical and electrical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites 2021 - Journal Article Unipolar stroke, electroosmotic pump carbon nanotube yarn muscles 2021 - Journal Article Understanding the low frequency response of carbon nanotube thermoacoustic projectors 2021 - Journal Article The Power of Fiber Twist 2021 - Journal Article Fast sheath-driven electrothermal artificial muscles with high power densities 2021 - Other The Interfacial Shear Strength of Carbon Nanotube Sheet Modified Carbon Fiber Composites 2021 - Conference Paper Bounds on the in-plane Poisson's ratios and the in-plane linear and area compressibilities for sheet crystals 2021 - Journal Article Humidity- And Water-Responsive Torsional and Contractile Lotus Fiber Yarn Artificial Muscles 2021 - Journal Article Humidity- And Water-Responsive Torsional and Contractile Lotus Fiber Yarn Artificial Muscles 2021 - Journal Article Bounds on the in-plane Poisson's ratios and the in-plane linear and area compressibilities for sheet crystals 2021 - Journal Article Programmable and Thermally Hardening Composite Yarn Actuators with a Wide Range of Operating Temperature 2020 - Journal Article Predicted Confinement-Enhanced Stability and Extraordinary Mechanical Properties for Carbon Nanotube Wrapped Chains of Linear Carbon 2020 - Journal Article Electrical energy harvesting from ferritin biscrolled carbon nanotube yarn 2020 - Journal Article Bidirectional Core Sandwich Structure of Reduced Graphene Oxide and Spinnable Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness 2020 - Journal Article Additive Functionalization and Embroidery for Manufacturing Wearable and Washable Textile Supercapacitors 2020 - Journal Article Shaping nanomaterials by short electrical pulses 2020 - Journal Article Self-Powered, Electrochemical Carbon Nanotube Pressure Sensors for Wave Monitoring 2020 - Journal Article Zeolite-templated Carbon Network: A Beta Zeolite Case Study 2020 - Journal Article Zeolite-templated 3D printed carbon nanotube networks with enhanced mechanical properties 2020 - Other Wearable Energy Generating and Storing Textile Based on Carbon Nanotube Yarns 2020 - Journal Article Vaccine time–temperature indicators for present and future viral threats 2020 - Journal Article Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets 2020 - Journal Article Two-Ply Carbon Nanotube Fiber-Typed Enzymatic Biofuel Cell Implanted in Mice 2020 - Journal Article Three-dimensional carbon nanotube networks from beta zeolite templates: Thermal stability and mechanical properties 2020 - Journal Article Controllable Preparation of Ordered and Hierarchically Buckled Structures for Inflatable Tumor Ablation, Volumetric Strain Sensor, and Communication via Inflatable Antenna 2019 - Journal Article Sheath-run artificial muscles 2019 - Journal Article Torsional refrigeration by twisted, coiled, and supercoiled fibers 2019 - Journal Article Three-dimensional carbon nanotube networks from beta zeolite templates: Thermal stability and mechanical properties 2019 - Other Silver nanowires on carbon nanotube aerogel sheets for flexible, transparent electrodes 2019 - Other Silver Nanowires on Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Sheets for Flexible, Transparent Electrodes 2019 - Journal Article Orthogonal pattern of spinnable multiwall carbon nanotubes for electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness 2019 - Journal Article Modeling the Compressive Buckling Strain as a Function of the Nanocomposite Interphase Thickness in a Carbon Nanotube Sheet Wrapped Carbon Fiber Composite 2019 - Journal Article