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Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Copper-based nanomaterials and applications is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the formation, synthesis, and properties of nanocrystals and nanostructures, particularly focusing on CuO and Cu2O materials. It delves into the mechanisms such as the Kirkendall effect, diffusion processes, and template synthesis, while also investigating their applications in gas sensors, photocatalysis, solar cells, and other electronic devices.

  • Nanocrystals
  • CuO
  • Cu2O
  • Formation
  • Synthesis
  • Characterization
  • Hollow Nanoparticles
  • Kirkendall Effect
  • Nanostructures
  • Photocatalytic
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Which countries lead Copper-based nanomaterials and applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.9k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.9k works
  2. 2 India 1.5k works
  3. 3 United States 383 works
  4. 4 South Korea 355 works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia 321 works
  6. 6 Japan 243 works
  7. 7 Iran 227 works
  8. 8 Iraq 197 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 191 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 171 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: 51.6%India: 20.5%United States: 5.1%South Korea: 4.8%6 others listed: 18.1%52%largest
China3,855 · 51.6%India1,529 · 20.5%United States383 · 5.1%South Korea355 · 4.8%6 others listed1,351 · 18.1%

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

Which institutions lead Copper-based nanomaterials and applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Copper-based nanomaterials and applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and King Saud University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 215 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 81 works
  3. 3 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 60 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 55 works
  5. 5 Jiangsu UniversityChina 54 works
  6. 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 50 works
  7. 7 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 45 works
  8. 8 Jilin UniversityChina 42 works
  9. 9 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 40 works
  10. 10 Fuzhou UniversityChina 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Copper-based nanomaterials and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Copper-based nanomaterials and applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Georg Kresse.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  4. 4 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  7. 7 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  8. 8 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  9. 9 Lei Jiang China 214k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Copper-based nanomaterials and applications?

The most cited paper in Copper-based nanomaterials and applications is "A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light" (Xinchen Wang, Kazuhiko Maeda, Arne Thomas et al., 2008), with 12,584 citations. Next come "A comprehensive review of ZnO materials and devices" (11,461) and "Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, Modifications, and Applications" (10,667).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light Xinchen Wang, Kazuhiko Maeda, Arne Thomas et al. · Nature Materials 9 Nov 2008 12,584
2 A comprehensive review of ZnO materials and devices Ümit Özgür, Ya. I. Alivov, C. Liu et al. · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Aug 2005 11,461
3 Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, Modifications, and Applications Xiaobo Chen, Samuel S. Mao · Chemical Reviews Review 23 Jun 2007 10,667
4 Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting Akihiko Kudo, Yugo Miseki · Chemical Society Reviews Review 19 Nov 2008 10,601
5 The surface science of titanium dioxide Ulrike Diebold · Surface Science Reports 2003 7,918
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Where is Copper-based nanomaterials and applications research done?

The largest centres of Copper-based nanomaterials and applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 421 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 194 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 175 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 170 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 150 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 146 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 125 works
  8. 8 QingdaoChina 110 works
  9. 9 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 109 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 108 works
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Where is the best place to study Copper-based nanomaterials and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, China University of Geosciences and Shoolini 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%20%40%mean 24.55%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China University of …Shoolini UniversityJiangsu University o…King Saud University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 71.913.8%7.0×60 +97.2%
2China University of GeosciencesChina 70.045.5%4.6×18 +19.9%
3Shoolini UniversityIndia 67.531.0%20.0×10 +71.9%
4Jiangsu University of Science and TechnologyChina 67.028.7%7.6×20 +44.9%
5Islamia University of BahawalpurPakistan 66.227.9%10.1×14 +231.3%
6Nanchang Hangkong UniversityChina 65.034.0%15.4×16 +148.4%
7Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 63.210.9%22.6×45 +31.4%
8Jiangsu UniversityChina 62.014.0%7.6×54 +3.1%
9Fuzhou UniversityChina 60.518.4%8.0×39 -17.0%
10Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 60.021.3%4.5×32 -5.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Copper-based nanomaterials and applications, country by country

Is Copper-based nanomaterials and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Copper-based nanomaterials and applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.045% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Copper-based nanomaterials and applications over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Copper-based nanomaterials and applications9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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