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 China 2.8k works
- 2 India 816 works
- 3 United States 734 works
- 4 South Korea 295 works
- 5 Japan 272 works
- 6 Russia 257 works
- 7 France 228 works
- 8 Germany 211 works
- 9 Italy 193 works
- 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.
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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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 41 works
- 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 39 works
- 4 Anhui UniversityChina 37 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 34 works
- 6 Xiamen UniversityChina 32 works
- 7 Nanjing UniversityChina 32 works
- 8 Jilin UniversityChina 31 works
- 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
- 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 28 works
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 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 3 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
- 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 6 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
- 7 Chad A. Mirkin United States 4.6k citations
- 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).
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anhui UniversityChina | 68.6 | 17.3% | 10.1× | 37 | +295.3% |
| 2 | China Jiliang UniversityChina | 62.0 | 18.4% | 10.9× | 19 | +352.1% |
| 3 | Shandong Normal UniversityChina | 58.4 | 16.6% | 9.1× | 18 | +258.3% |
| 4 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 56.0 | 41.7% | 4.3× | 26 | +1.1% |
| 5 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 53.5 | 29.6% | 5.4× | 26 | +59.2% |
| 6 | Jilin Normal UniversityChina | 52.9 | 16.1% | 19.6× | 9 | +556.6% |
| 7 | Fujian Normal UniversityChina | 52.3 | 21.6% | 9.0× | 16 | +49.0% |
| 8 | ITMO UniversityRussia | 49.8 | 2.2% | 10.8× | 15 | +267.8% |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndia | 49.6 | 14.6% | 6.3× | 26 | +135.1% |
| 10 | Fuzhou UniversityChina | 49.2 | 28.2% | 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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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.