Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1957. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of emerging transparent electrodes for flexible electronics. It covers topics such as inkjet printing, nanowire networks, conductive inks, evaporating drops, graphene, metal nanowires, and stretchable conductors.
- Transparent Electrodes
- Inkjet Printing
- Nanowire Networks
- Flexible Electronics
- Conductive Inks
- Evaporating Drops
- Graphene
- Metal Nanowires
- Printed Electronics
- Stretchable Conductors
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1957
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +19% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 429 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.2k works
- 2 United States 429 works
- 3 South Korea 274 works
- 4 India 218 works
- 5 Japan 150 works
- 6 Germany 128 works
- 7 United Kingdom 98 works
- 8 France 96 works
- 9 Russia 82 works
- 10 Italy 62 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34 works
- 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 28 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 23 works
- 4 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 21 works
- 5 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 21 works
- 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 19 works
- 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 18 works
- 8 Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia 18 works
- 9 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea 17 works
- 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies include Wei Huang, George M. Whitesides and Lei Jiang.
- 1 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 2 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
- 3 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
- 4 Zhenan Bao United States 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Daejeon.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- DaejeonKR · 36.8 works6.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Sungkyunkwan University, Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 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 | Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea | 59.3 | 21.8% | 9.6× | 17 | +64.6% |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia | 58.7 | 9.2% | 11.8× | 18 | +500.0% |
| 3 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 58.5 | 32.5% | 9.1× | 14 | +8.5% |
| 4 | Qingdao UniversityChina | 57.6 | 43.1% | 5.0× | 9 | +208.9% |
| 5 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 52.3 | 17.0% | 5.2× | 28 | +141.5% |
| 6 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 51.7 | 34.0% | 5.1× | 10 | +35.4% |
| 7 | Chung-Ang UniversitySouth Korea | 51.6 | 11.9% | 9.8× | 9 | +624.1% |
| 8 | Donghua UniversityChina | 48.2 | 20.2% | 9.2× | 11 | +45.2% |
| 9 | Dalian University of TechnologyChina | 47.6 | 15.4% | 5.2× | 16 | +224.1% |
| 10 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 45.2 | 23.7% | 4.1× | 21 | +60.2% |
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 Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies.
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.