Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 14.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, properties, and applications of porous silicon nanoparticles and nanostructures. It covers topics such as drug delivery, bioimaging, optical properties, luminescence, and biocompatibility of porous silicon. The research also explores the use of silicon quantum dots and electroluminescence in various biomedical and optoelectronic applications.
- Porous Silicon
- Nanoparticles
- Luminescent
- Drug Delivery
- Optical Properties
- Bioimaging
- Photoluminescence
- Silicon Quantum Dots
- Biocompatible
- Electroluminescence
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -33% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence research?
By volume, China and Russia publish the most (409 and 192 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 409 works
- 2 Russia 192 works
- 3 United States 176 works
- 4 Japan 138 works
- 5 India 108 works
- 6 Germany 98 works
- 7 South Korea 96 works
- 8 France 82 works
- 9 Iraq 65 works
- 10 Türkiye 50 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 Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Technology - Iraq publishes the most Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence research, followed by Zhejiang University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Technology - IraqIraq 23 works
- 2 Zhejiang UniversityChina 16 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 14 works
- 4 Ioffe InstituteRussia 13 works
- 5 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea 13 works
- 6 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 11 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
- 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
- 9 Nagoya UniversityJapan 10 works
- 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence include J. Furthmüller, Takashi Taniguchi and M. Cardona.
- 1 J. Furthmüller Germany 14k citations
- 2 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 3 M. Cardona Germany 4.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence research done?
The largest centres of Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Seoul (South Korea) and Baghdad (Iraq). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baghdad, Novosibirsk and Tashkent.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 79 works
- 2 Moscow Russia 62 works
- 3 Seoul South Korea 58 works
- 4 Baghdad Iraq 46 works
- 5 Tokyo Japan 35 works
- 6 Saint Petersburg Russia 35 works
- 7 Shanghai China 30 works
- 8 Novosibirsk Russia 24 works
- 9 Kyiv Ukraine 23 works
- 10 Nanjing China 22 works
Where it is the local speciality
- BaghdadIQ · 45.6 works11×
- NovosibirskRU · 24.4 works10×
- TashkentUZ · 21.9 works8.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence?
Among universities, judged by research, Sungkyunkwan University, University of Technology - Iraq and University of Baghdad 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 | Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea | 68.3 | 15.0% | 11.8× | 13 | -29.3% |
| 2 | University of Technology - IraqIraq | 68.0 | 7.9% | 50.5× | 23 | +14.4% |
| 3 | University of BaghdadIraq | 52.3 | 10.5% | 6.6× | 9 | +124.9% |
| 4 | Nagoya UniversityJapan | 39.8 | 1.7% | 10.4× | 10 | +23.4% |
| 5 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 36.5 | 10.8% | 3.0× | 10 | +37.6% |
| 6 | Soochow UniversityChina | 35.4 | 10.1% | 5.3× | 8 | +4.4% |
| 7 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 30.2 | 0.0% | 6.6× | 11 | -2.8% |
| 8 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 29.9 | 4.5% | 4.0× | 16 | -41.7% |
| 9 | Peking UniversityChina | 22.0 | 7.9% | 2.9× | 9 | -42.7% |
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 Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.