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Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures

Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 11.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the fabrication, properties, and diverse applications of porous alumina membranes. It covers topics such as template synthesis, electrodeposition, nanostructures, surface engineering, self-ordering behavior, and the use of porous alumina in biosensors.

  • Porous Alumina
  • Template Synthesis
  • Nanoporous Membranes
  • Electrodeposition
  • Nanostructures
  • Anodic Oxide Films
  • Nanotubes
  • Surface Engineering
  • Self-Ordering Behavior
  • Biosensors
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-20%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (488 and 137 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 488 works
  2. 2 United States 137 works
  3. 3 Japan 102 works
  4. 4 India 81 works
  5. 5 Russia 72 works
  6. 6 Germany 67 works
  7. 7 South Korea 57 works
  8. 8 France 52 works
  9. 9 Brazil 32 works
  10. 10 Poland 30 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 43.6%United States: 12.3%Japan: 9.1%India: 7.3%6 others listed: 27.7%44%largest
China488 · 43.6%United States137 · 12.3%Japan102 · 9.1%India81 · 7.3%6 others listed310 · 27.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central South UniversityChina 14 works
  2. 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 13 works
  3. 3 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 11 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 11 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityJapan 10 works
  6. 6 Hokkaido UniversityJapan 8 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 8 works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 7 works
  9. 9 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 7 works
  10. 10 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures include Bruce Dunn, S. Schultz and Paul K. Chu.

  1. 1 Bruce Dunn United States 4.1k citations
  2. 2 S. Schultz United States 4k citations
  3. 3 Paul K. Chu Hong Kong 3.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures research done?

The largest centres of Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 73 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 37 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 35 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 31 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 27 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 22 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 22 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 19 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 19 works
  10. 10 Paris France 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Central South University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 9.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Science and Technology Beijing: 13, 21.8%Nanjing University of Science and Technology: 11, 8.3%Central South University: 14, 15.0%Hokkaido University: 8, 4.1%Tokyo Metropolitan University: 10, 0.0%University of Scienc…Central South Univer…Nanjing University o…Hokkaido University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 76.821.8%10.3×13 -8.4%
2 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 57.38.3%8.4×11 +153.8%
3 Central South UniversityChina 54.315.0%5.3×14 -57.9%
4 Hokkaido UniversityJapan 44.34.1%12.3×8 +9.7%
5 Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityJapan 41.60.0%37.6×10 -7.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.