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. 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 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 fractional, since 1955
- In the world top 10%
- 6.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -17% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 633 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 India 633 works
- 3 United States 568 works
- 4 South Korea 272 works
- 5 Japan 206 works
- 6 Germany 194 works
- 7 Russia 164 works
- 8 France 154 works
- 9 United Kingdom 101 works
- 10 Taiwan 101 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 Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
- 3 Peking UniversityChina 33 works
- 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 31 works
- 5 Soochow UniversityChina 23 works
- 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
- 7 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 22 works
- 8 Fudan UniversityChina 20 works
- 9 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan 19 works
- 10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nanowire Synthesis and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications include J. Furthmüller, Zhong Lin Wang and Kenji Watanabe.
- 1 J. Furthmüller Germany 14k citations
- 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 5 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 6 A. C. Gossard United States 4.2k citations
- 7 M. S. Dresselhaus United States 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GrenobleFR · 20.4 works8.2×
- HsinchuTW · 31.4 works7.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanowire Synthesis and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nanowire Synthesis and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Institute Of Technology Silchar and Delhi Technological 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 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 51.3 | 17.3% | 4.1× | 33 | +277.6% |
| 2 | National Institute Of Technology SilcharIndia | 50.5 | 8.8% | 15.5× | 13 | +195.0% |
| 3 | Delhi Technological UniversityIndia | 47.8 | 14.1% | 13.2× | 18 | — |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing JabalpurIndia | 45.0 | 2.4% | 39.8× | 10 | +663.6% |
| 5 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 44.5 | 50.4% | 2.4× | 11 | +23.7% |
| 6 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurIndia | 43.0 | 12.4% | 14.4× | 11 | — |
| 7 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia | 42.5 | 0.8% | 9.4× | 22 | +51.2% |
| 8 | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan | 42.3 | 7.8% | 9.8× | 19 | -47.4% |
| 9 | Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea | 41.5 | 22.9% | 6.5× | 17 | -37.4% |
| 10 | Peking UniversityChina | 41.0 | 20.6% | 4.3× | 33 | -29.0% |
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 Nanowire Synthesis and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Nanowire Synthesis and Applications.
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.