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Quasicrystal Structures and Properties

Quasicrystal Structures and Properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the structure, properties, and applications of quasicrystals, including their formation, stability, atomic structure, and potential uses in photonics and plasmonics. It also explores the role of aperiodic order in science and technology, as well as the mathematical and theoretical aspects of quasicrystal structures.

  • Quasicrystals
  • Nanoparticle Superlattices
  • Aperiodic Order
  • Mesoscopic Tiling
  • Dynamical Systems
  • Photonics Applications
  • Crystal Structures
  • Elasticity Theory
  • Thermodynamic Modeling
  • Metallic Alloys
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Quasicrystal Structures and Properties research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (248 and 138 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 248 works
  2. 2 United States 138 works
  3. 3 Japan 87 works
  4. 4 Russia 70 works
  5. 5 Germany 60 works
  6. 6 France 54 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 43 works
  8. 8 India 37 works
  9. 9 Poland 34 works
  10. 10 Italy 28 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: 31.0%United States: 17.2%Japan: 10.9%Russia: 8.8%6 others listed: 32.1%31%largest
China248 · 31.0%United States138 · 17.2%Japan87 · 10.9%Russia70 · 8.8%6 others listed256 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Quasicrystal Structures and Properties research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tohoku University publishes the most Quasicrystal Structures and Properties research, followed by China Agricultural University and Central South University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tohoku UniversityJapan 14 works
  2. 2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 10 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 9 works
  4. 4 AGH University of KrakowPoland 9 works
  5. 5 The University of TokyoJapan 8 works
  6. 6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 8 works
  7. 7 Inner Mongolia Normal UniversityChina 7 works
  8. 8 Tokyo University of ScienceJapan 7 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 7 works
  10. 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Quasicrystal Structures and Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Quasicrystal Structures and Properties include J. Häfner and Akihisa Inoue.

  1. 1 J. Häfner Austria 11k citations
  2. 2 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Quasicrystal Structures and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Quasicrystal Structures and Properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan) and Hohhot (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tokyo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 47 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 31 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 30 works
  4. 4 Hohhot China 18 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 16 works
  6. 6 Sendai Japan 15 works
  7. 7 Krakow Poland 14 works
  8. 8 Paris France 14 works
  9. 9 Changsha China 13 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TokyoJP · 29.6 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Quasicrystal Structures and Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Quasicrystal Structures and Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Tohoku University, Northwestern Polytechnical University and AGH University of Krakow 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%5%10%15%mean 6.21667%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tohoku University: 14, 0.9%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 8, 13.3%AGH University of Krakow: 8, 0.0%China Agricultural University: 10, 1.7%Central South University: 9, 13.1%The University of Tokyo: 8, 8.3%Northwestern Polytec…China Agricultural U…Tohoku UniversityAGH University of Kr…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Tohoku UniversityJapan 67.60.9%21.4×14 +75.0%
2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 53.813.3%6.9×8 +79.4%
3 AGH University of KrakowPoland 47.20.0%21.2×8 +46.5%
4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 40.11.7%17.1×10 -20.3%
5 Central South UniversityChina 34.713.1%5.2×9 -25.4%
6 The University of TokyoJapan 31.98.3%6.7×8 -39.1%

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 Quasicrystal Structures and Properties research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006.

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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.

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.