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Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the structural and functional study of noble metal nanoclusters, particularly their atomically precise nature, fluorescent properties, thiolate protection, catalytic applications, crystal structures, biomedical uses, ligand effects, size tunability, and stability.

  • Noble Metal Nanoclusters
  • Atomically Precise
  • Fluorescent
  • Thiolate-Protected
  • Catalysis
  • Crystal Structure
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Ligand Effects
  • Size-Tunable
  • Stability
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
65% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Which countries lead Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4k and 740 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4k works
  2. 2 India 740 works
  3. 3 United States 418 works
  4. 4 Japan 196 works
  5. 5 South Korea 191 works
  6. 6 Russia 143 works
  7. 7 Iran 137 works
  8. 8 France 134 works
  9. 9 Germany 132 works
  10. 10 Spain 110 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: 64.7%India: 11.9%United States: 6.7%Japan: 3.1%6 others listed: 13.6%65%largest
China4,040 · 64.7%India740 · 11.9%United States418 · 6.7%Japan196 · 3.1%6 others listed847 · 13.6%

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

Which institutions lead Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications research, followed by Jilin University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 270 works
  2. 2 Jilin UniversityChina 85 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 73 works
  4. 4 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 71 works
  5. 5 Anhui UniversityChina 65 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 63 works
  7. 7 Shandong UniversityChina 59 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 43 works
  9. 9 Southwest UniversityChina 42 works
  10. 10 Nanjing UniversityChina 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Yury G. Gogotsi.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  4. 4 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  8. 8 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  9. 9 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  10. 10 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k 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 Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications?

The most cited paper in Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications is "Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology" (Marie‐Christine Daniel, Didier Astruc, 2003), with 12,420 citations. Next come "Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Biological Labels" (8,633) and "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles" (6,504).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology Marie‐Christine Daniel, Didier Astruc · Chemical Reviews Review 20 Dec 2003 12,420
2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Biological Labels Marcel P. Bruchez, Mario M. Moronne, Peter Gin et al. · Science 25 Sep 1998 8,633
3 Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Yugang Sun, Younan Xia · Science 12 Dec 2002 6,504
4 Quantum dot bioconjugates for imaging, labelling and sensing Igor L. Medintz, H. Tetsuo Uyeda, Ellen R. Goldman et al. · Nature Materials Jun 2005 6,217
5 Shape‐Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: Simple Chemistry Meets Complex Physics? Younan Xia, Yujie Xiong, Byungkwon Lim et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Open access 3 Dec 2008 5,695
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Where is Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Hefei (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qufu and Kaifeng.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 483 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 196 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 190 works
  4. 4 HefeiChina 162 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 144 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 134 works
  7. 7 JinanChina 132 works
  8. 8 ChangchunChina 130 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 114 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 111 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. QufuCN · 22.9 works17×
  2. KaifengCN · 33.3 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhengzhou University, Anhui University and University of Macau 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 19.63%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of MacauZhengzhou UniversityAnhui UniversityJilin 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
1Zhengzhou UniversityChina 74.922.4%9.2×71 +40.9%
2Anhui UniversityChina 62.011.9%22.5×65 +42.9%
3University of MacauChina 61.832.3%4.3×9 +76.5%
4Jilin UniversityChina 61.29.2%11.6×85 +8.1%
5Fuzhou UniversityChina 60.215.4%11.3×40 +53.4%
6South China Agricultural UniversityChina 59.726.7%5.2×12 +28.2%
7Shandong UniversityChina 59.413.1%7.0×59 +64.9%
8University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58.817.8%5.3×40 +36.7%
9Tsinghua UniversityChina 57.917.1%2.9×43 +15.9%
10Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 55.530.4%4.7×12 -47.0%

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 Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, country by country

Is Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Nanocluster 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Nanocluster Synthesis 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%Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications9.6% 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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