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Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 21.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, properties, and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles, particularly gold nanoparticles. It covers a wide range of topics including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, nanomedicine, biosensing, photothermal therapy, nanofabrication, and the development of nanoscale optical devices for various biomedical applications.

  • Plasmonic Nanoparticles
  • Gold Nanoparticles
  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  • Nanomedicine
  • Biosensing
  • Photothermal Therapy
  • Nanofabrication
  • Nanoscale Optical Devices
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Molecular Sensing
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.8k and 816 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.8k works
  2. 2 India 816 works
  3. 3 United States 734 works
  4. 4 South Korea 295 works
  5. 5 Japan 272 works
  6. 6 Russia 257 works
  7. 7 France 228 works
  8. 8 Germany 211 works
  9. 9 Italy 193 works
  10. 10 Iran 187 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: 46.4%India: 13.7%United States: 12.3%South Korea: 5.0%6 others listed: 22.6%46%largest
China2,763 · 46.4%India816 · 13.7%United States734 · 12.3%South Korea295 · 5.0%6 others listed1,348 · 22.6%

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

Which institutions lead Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Who are the leading researchers in Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Kenji Watanabe and David R. Smith.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
  2. 2 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
  3. 3 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
  4. 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
  5. 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
  6. 6 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  7. 7 Chad A. Mirkin United States 4.6k citations
  8. 8 C. N. R. Rao India 3.9k citations

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

Where is Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 340 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 200 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 156 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 131 works
  5. 5 Hefei China 129 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 115 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 110 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 107 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 99 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 96 works
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Where is the best place to study Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Anhui University, China Jiliang University and Shandong Normal 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 20.63%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Anhui University: 37, 17.3%China Jiliang University: 19, 18.4%Shandong Normal University: 18, 16.6%Jiangsu University: 26, 41.7%Jiangnan University: 26, 29.6%Jilin Normal University: 9, 16.1%Fujian Normal University: 16, 21.6%ITMO University: 15, 2.2%Indian Institute of Technology Delhi: 26, 14.6%Fuzhou University: 18, 28.2%Jiangsu UniversityChina Jiliang Univer…Anhui UniversityShandong Normal Univ…
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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 Anhui UniversityChina 68.617.3%10.1×37 +295.3%
2 China Jiliang UniversityChina 62.018.4%10.9×19 +352.1%
3 Shandong Normal UniversityChina 58.416.6%9.1×18 +258.3%
4 Jiangsu UniversityChina 56.041.7%4.3×26 +1.1%
5 Jiangnan UniversityChina 53.529.6%5.4×26 +59.2%
6 Jilin Normal UniversityChina 52.916.1%19.6×9 +556.6%
7 Fujian Normal UniversityChina 52.321.6%9.0×16 +49.0%
8 ITMO UniversityRussia 49.82.2%10.8×15 +267.8%
9 Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndia 49.614.6%6.3×26 +135.1%
10 Fuzhou UniversityChina 49.228.2%4.0×18 +128.6%

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 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis 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.

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.