Semiconductor materials and devices
Semiconductor materials and devices is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 146k research works in it since 1950. 16.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, particularly in the context of high-k dielectrics, gate oxides, and semiconductor devices. It covers topics such as thin film growth, dielectric breakdown mechanisms, metal gate transistors, interface engineering, and the impact of negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) degradation on device performance.
- Atomic Layer Deposition
- High-k Dielectrics
- Gate Oxides
- Semiconductor Devices
- Nanoelectronics
- Thin Film Growth
- Dielectric Breakdown
- Metal Gate Transistors
- Interface Engineering
- NBTI Degradation
- Research works
- 146k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 24k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Semiconductor materials and devices research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.2k and 2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.2k works
- 2 United States 2k works
- 3 India 1.5k works
- 4 South Korea 1.2k works
- 5 Japan 888 works
- 6 Germany 683 works
- 7 Taiwan 516 works
- 8 France 513 works
- 9 Russia 349 works
- 10 United Kingdom 279 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 Semiconductor materials and devices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Semiconductor materials and devices research, followed by Samsung (South Korea) and Xidian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 168 works
- 2 Samsung (South Korea) South Korea 132 works
- 3 Xidian University China 125 works
- 4 IMEC Belgium 122 works
- 5 Peking University China 121 works
- 6 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan 114 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 94 works
- 8 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 90 works
- 9 Zhejiang University China 85 works
- 10 Tsinghua University China 80 works
Who are the leading researchers in Semiconductor materials and devices?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Semiconductor materials and devices include Georg Kresse, J. Furthmüller and Michaël Grätzel.
- 1 Georg Kresse 24k citations
- 2 J. Furthmüller 14k citations
- 3 Michaël Grätzel 13k citations
- 4 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
- 5 Zhong Lin Wang 11k citations
- 6 W. Taylor 8.2k citations
- 7 David Vanderbilt 7.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Semiconductor materials and devices research done?
The largest centres of Semiconductor materials and devices 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 Santa Clara.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Santa ClaraUS · 82.8 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Semiconductor materials and devices than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Semiconductor materials and devices?
Among universities, judged by research, Anyang University, Xidian University and Hanyang 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 | Anyang University South Korea | 57.5 | 23.5% | 12.4× | 11 | +152.6% |
| 2 | Xidian University China | 57.4 | 9.5% | 11.8× | 125 | +66.3% |
| 3 | Hanyang University South Korea | 55.4 | 16.8% | 12.8× | 76 | -11.1% |
| 4 | Delhi Technological University India | 55.1 | 6.7% | 10.1× | 40 | +892.1% |
| 5 | National Institute Of Technology Silchar India | 52.1 | 4.7% | 15.9× | 38 | +170.0% |
| 6 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur India | 52.0 | 8.0% | 9.7× | 22 | +622.0% |
| 7 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar India | 51.3 | 5.6% | 12.2× | 24 | +1110.0% |
| 8 | Jaypee Institute of Information Technology India | 50.6 | 5.1% | 12.7× | 22 | +328.6% |
| 9 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 50.5 | 12.8% | 3.9× | 94 | +239.6% |
| 10 | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan | 49.7 | 6.4% | 19.6× | 114 | -35.6% |
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 Semiconductor materials and devices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
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.