Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

Nanowire Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1955. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and applications of nanowire nanosensors, particularly in biomedical detection and energy conversion. It covers a wide range of topics including semiconductor nanowires, electronics, photovoltaic devices, biosensors, and solar cells.

Nanowire
Nanosensors
Semiconductor
Electronics
Photovoltaic
Biosensors
Solar Cells
Optoelectronic Devices
Biomedical Detection
Energy Conversion

Research works: 36k
In the world top 10%: 3.6k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -8%
Largest producer: China

Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

Which countries lead Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.7k and 703 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 1.7k works
2 India 703 works
3 United States 616 works
4 South Korea 303 works
5 Japan 229 works
6 Germany 209 works
7 Russia 173 works
8 France 168 works
9 Taiwan 112 works
10 United Kingdom 108 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.

China1,650 · 38.6%India703 · 16.4%United States616 · 14.4%South Korea303 · 7.1%6 others listed1,000 · 23.4%

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

Which institutions lead Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 180 works
2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 78 works
3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 62 works
4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 43 works
5 Peking UniversityChina 42 works
6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 37 works
7 Soochow UniversityChina 28 works
8 Fudan UniversityChina 27 works
9 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 26 works
10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nanowire Synthesis and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Kostya S. Novoselov.

1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
3 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
4 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
5 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
6 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
8 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
9 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
10 Xiaogang Wang China 260k 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 Nanowire Synthesis and Applications?

The most cited paper in Nanowire Synthesis and Applications is "Single-layer MoS2 transistors" (Branimir Radisavljevic, Aleksandra Rađenović, Jacopo Brivio et al., 2011), with 14,985 citations. Next come "Emerging Photoluminescence in Monolayer MoS 2" (9,511) and "Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers" (8,926).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Single-layer MoS2 transistors Branimir Radisavljevic, Aleksandra Rađenović, Jacopo Brivio et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Open access	30 Jan 2011	14,985
2	Emerging Photoluminescence in Monolayer MoS 2 Andrea Splendiani, Liang Sun, Yuanbo Zhang et al. · Nano Letters	15 Mar 2010	9,511
3	Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers Michael H. Huang, Samuel S. Mao, H. Feick et al. · Science	8 Jun 2001	8,926
4	Silicon quantum wire array fabrication by electrochemical and chemical dissolution of wafers Leigh Canham · Applied Physics Letters	3 Sep 1990	7,986
5	Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Zinc Oxide Nanowire Arrays Zhong Lin Wang, Jinhui Song · Science	13 Apr 2006	7,914

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Where is Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Grenoble and Hsinchu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 338 works
2 SeoulSouth Korea 139 works
3 ShanghaiChina 128 works
4 NanjingChina 101 works
5 GuangzhouChina 85 works
6 New DelhiIndia 79 works
7 Xi'anChina 76 works
8 Saint PetersburgRussia 69 works
9 WuhanChina 66 works
10 TokyoJapan 65 works

Where it is the local speciality

GrenobleFR · 21.7 works8.2×
HsinchuTW · 34.7 works7.6×

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Peking University, Zhejiang University and Soochow 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Peking UniversityChina	67.1	19.4%	4.3×	42	+25.4%
2	Zhejiang UniversityChina	61.9	14.3%	3.3×	43	+67.8%
3	Soochow UniversityChina	56.4	12.6%	6.0×	28	+16.4%
4	Harvard UniversityUnited States	56.0	33.9%	0.9×	14	-19.8%
5	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	53.4	15.6%	4.7×	37	-14.4%
6	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina	52.1	20.0%	2.4×	21	+29.3%
7	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States	49.3	36.6%	2.3×	12	-22.4%
8	Shandong UniversityChina	48.2	16.4%	3.2×	20	+29.6%
9	Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea	47.7	19.7%	6.1×	20	-11.5%
10	South China University of TechnologyChina	46.3	15.1%	3.2×	17	+57.6%
11	Fudan UniversityChina	46.2	13.9%	3.6×	27	-8.8%
12	Xiamen UniversityChina	44.7	19.8%	3.6×	15	+29.6%
13	University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina	44.4	16.2%	3.6×	19	+10.5%
14	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	44.4	10.6%	3.2×	18	+78.9%
15	Guangdong University of TechnologyChina	44.1	16.0%	5.1×	14	+196.8%
16	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina	43.8	9.9%	6.0×	15	+101.7%
17	Nankai UniversityChina	42.9	24.6%	3.4×	11	+66.9%
18	Xiangtan UniversityChina	42.2	16.4%	9.6×	11	+316.0%
19	Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina	42.1	12.9%	3.0×	17	+158.5%
20	Delhi Technological UniversityIndia	41.9	7.5%	13.9×	18	+134.6%
21	South China Normal UniversityChina	41.7	14.3%	7.2×	12	+99.2%
22	SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia	41.2	7.1%	3.9×	19	+150.6%
23	St Petersburg UniversityRussia	41.0	0.2%	10.0×	23	+84.5%
24	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina	40.9	11.2%	2.4×	24	+0.8%
25	Hunan UniversityChina	40.4	21.3%	3.7×	12	+5.5%
26	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	40.3	12.2%	1.6×	22	+7.9%
27	Nanjing UniversityChina	40.3	9.5%	4.9×	22	-2.4%
28	Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands	40.3	3.8%	6.7×	12	+40.7%
29	Tianjin UniversityChina	40.1	19.1%	2.3×	13	+26.9%
30	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	39.9	14.8%	2.5×	20	+1.6%
31	Tsinghua UniversityChina	39.8	15.3%	1.9×	20	-10.0%
32	Stanford UniversityUnited States	39.8	22.8%	1.7×	12	-37.1%
33	Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea	39.7	5.5%	12.4×	13	+13.2%
34	Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea	39.2	13.5%	11.2×	8	-0.6%
35	Southeast UniversityChina	38.7	8.5%	2.4×	17	+57.6%
36	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia	38.5	16.3%	7.0×	9	-27.0%
37	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	38.0	13.7%	3.2×	12	-5.0%
38	Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina	38.0	16.5%	5.2×	11	+190.6%
39	Lund UniversitySweden	37.8	0.0%	6.3×	17	-46.9%
40	Wuhan UniversityChina	37.5	16.4%	2.1×	14	+5.9%
41	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan	36.6	6.8%	11.0×	21	-23.0%
42	Technical University of DenmarkDenmark	36.6	8.0%	4.2×	10	+0.1%
43	Sichuan UniversityChina	35.8	21.7%	1.0×	11	+34.6%
44	Zhengzhou UniversityChina	35.5	26.8%	1.9×	11	-16.6%
45	National Institute Of Technology SilcharIndia	35.1	5.7%	16.9×	13	+12.3%
46	University of Technology - IraqIraq	35.1	3.8%	11.1×	12	+31.5%
47	National Institute of Technology RaipurIndia	33.1	1.5%	19.0×	13	+97.1%
48	National University of SingaporeSingapore	32.7	17.6%	1.9×	11	-47.0%
49	Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurIndia	31.5	3.8%	15.4×	12	+13.6%
50	Jaypee Institute of Information TechnologyIndia	31.5	5.2%	18.6×	10	+125.1%
51	École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland	31.4	10.5%	5.1×	10	-45.8%
52	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	31.0	30.5%	1.5×	8	-43.3%
53	UNSW SydneyAustralia	25.6	13.9%	1.9×	8	-12.1%
54	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	20.3	4.7%	1.5×	9	-20.5%
55	TU WienAustria	16.7	1.0%	5.6×	8	-19.6%

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 Nanowire Synthesis and Applications, country by country

Is Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012.

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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 Nanowire Synthesis and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

Fractional works of Nanowire 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.

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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Which countries lead Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Nanowire Synthesis and Applications?

What are the most cited papers in Nanowire Synthesis and Applications?

Where is Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

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

Is Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion