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Nanoporous metals and alloys

Nanoporous metals and alloys is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 6.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evolution, fabrication, characterization, and diverse applications of nanoporous metals, particularly emphasizing dealloying as a key technique. The research covers areas such as catalysis, surface chemistry, electrochemical applications, mechanical properties, plasmonic metamaterials, and energy storage. It also explores the use of nanoporous metals in biosensor applications.

  • Nanoporous Metals
  • Dealloying
  • Catalysis
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Electrochemical Applications
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Fabrication Strategies
  • Plasmonic Metamaterials
  • Energy Storage
  • Biosensor Applications
Research works
6.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
695
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nanoporous metals and alloys

Which countries lead Nanoporous metals and alloys research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (619 and 120 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 619 works
  2. 2 United States 120 works
  3. 3 India 102 works
  4. 4 Japan 67 works
  5. 5 Germany 65 works
  6. 6 South Korea 57 works
  7. 7 Russia 38 works
  8. 8 France 32 works
  9. 9 Iran 27 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 24 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: 53.8%United States: 10.4%India: 8.9%Japan: 5.9%6 others listed: 21.1%54%largest
China619 · 53.8%United States120 · 10.4%India102 · 8.9%Japan67 · 5.9%6 others listed243 · 21.1%

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

Which institutions lead Nanoporous metals and alloys research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanoporous metals and alloys research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 15 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 14 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 12 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 11 works
  7. 7 Shandong UniversityChina 11 works
  8. 8 Central South UniversityChina 10 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 10 works
  10. 10 Tohoku UniversityJapan 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nanoporous metals and alloys?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanoporous metals and alloys include Zhong Lin Wang, Wei Huang and Yi Ping Cui.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  7. 7 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
  8. 8 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  9. 9 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  10. 10 William A. Goddard United States 182k 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 Nanoporous metals and alloys?

The most cited paper in Nanoporous metals and alloys is "Ordered Metal Nanohole Arrays Made by a Two-Step Replication of Honeycomb Structures of Anodic Alumina" (Hideki Masuda, Kenji Fukuda, 1995), with 5,196 citations. Next come "Lattice-strain control of the activity in dealloyed core–shell fuel cell catalysts" (2,985) and "Non-crystalline Structure in Solidified Gold–Silicon Alloys" (2,821).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ordered Metal Nanohole Arrays Made by a Two-Step Replication of Honeycomb Structures of Anodic Alumina Hideki Masuda, Kenji Fukuda · Science 9 Jun 1995 5,196
2 Lattice-strain control of the activity in dealloyed core–shell fuel cell catalysts Peter Strasser, Shirlaine Koh, Toyli Anniyev et al. · Nature Chemistry 25 Apr 2010 2,985
3 Non-crystalline Structure in Solidified Gold–Silicon Alloys William Klement, R. H. Willens, Pol Duwez · Nature Sep 1960 2,821
4 Evolution of nanoporosity in dealloying Jonah Erlebacher, Michael J. Aziz, Alain Karma et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2001 2,753
5 Topological design and additive manufacturing of porous metals for bone scaffolds and orthopaedic implants: A review Xiaojian Wang, Shanqing Xu, Shiwei Zhou et al. · Biomaterials Open access 5 Jan 2016 2,137
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Nanoporous metals and alloys research done?

The largest centres of Nanoporous metals and alloys research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tianjin and Jinan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 73 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 41 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 33 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 31 works
  5. 5 TianjinChina 30 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 29 works
  7. 7 JinanChina 21 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 18 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 17 works
  10. 10 HarbinChina 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TianjinCN · 30.0 works4.5×
  2. JinanCN · 21.0 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanoporous metals and alloys than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nanoporous metals and alloys?

Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shandong University and Tianjin 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%10%20%mean 10.43%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tianjin UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong U…Shandong UniversityHarbin Institute of …
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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
1Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 73.512.9%3.7×14 +53.2%
2Shandong UniversityChina 68.212.9%6.4×11 -14.9%
3Tianjin UniversityChina 64.214.8%6.4×10 +20.4%
4Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 53.810.9%5.4×11 +75.2%
5Tohoku UniversityJapan 53.710.8%11.8×10 -27.5%
6Northeastern UniversityChina 44.99.1%8.9×10 +9.4%
7Hebei University of TechnologyChina 43.614.2%17.6×9 -1.0%
8Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 35.27.3%3.7×8 +126.2%
9Central South UniversityChina 35.16.9%4.1×10 +47.3%
10Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 20.04.5%11.3×8 +114.2%

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 Nanoporous metals and alloys, country by country

Is Nanoporous metals and alloys research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Nanoporous metals and alloys.

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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 Nanoporous metals and alloys as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Nanoporous metals and alloys0.0062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanoporous metals and alloys 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%Nanoporous metals and alloys10.3% 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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