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An
interview with:
The Most-Cited Papers in Materials Science, 1996-2006 |
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his
month, in-cites presents a listing of the top 20 papers which,
as of the third bimonthly update of Essential
Science Indicators
(January 1, 1996-June 30, 2006), attracted the highest total
citations in the field of Materials Science. These papers are
the top 20 out of a pool of 3,401 papers comprising the top 1%
as determined by citation
threshold calculations for this field.
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The Materials Science category deals with journals covering the
admixtures of matter or the basic materials from which products are
constructed, including:
paper and wood products
polymers
textiles
composites
coatings & films
biomaterials
metals and alloys
metallurgy
application of chemistry to materials design and testing
superconductors and semiconductors
ferroelectrics
dielectrics
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top 20 papers in Materials Science are as follows: |
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| #1 |
Citations: 2,429
Title: EFFICIENCY OF AB-INITIO TOTAL ENERGY CALCULATIONS FOR METALS AND SEMICONDUCTORS USING A PLANE-WAVE BASIS SET
Authors: KRESSE G; FURTHMULLER J
Source: COMPUT MATER SCI 6 (1): 15-50 JUL 1996
Addresses: VIENNA TECH UNIV, INST THEORET PHYS, A-1040 VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
UNIV JENA, INST FESTKORPERTHEORIE & THEORET OPT, D-07743 JENA, GERMANY. |
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| #2 |
Citations: 941
Title: SYNTHESIS OF LARGE ARRAYS OF WELL-ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES ON GLASS
Authors: REN ZF; HUANG ZP; XU JW; WANG JH; BUSH P; SIEGAL MP; PROVENCIO PN
Source: SCIENCE 282 (5391): 1105-1107 NOV 6 1998
Addresses: SUNY Buffalo, Mat Synth Lab, Dept Phys, Nat Sci Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA.
SUNY Buffalo, Mat Synth Lab, Dept Phys, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA.
SUNY Buffalo, Mat Synth Lab, Dept Chem, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA.
SUNY Buffalo, Ctr Adv Photon & Elect Mat, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA.
SUNY Buffalo, Instrumentat Ctr, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA.
Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA. |
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| #3 |
Citations: 915
Title: NANOBEAM MECHANICS: ELASTICITY, STRENGTH, AND TOUGHNESS OF NANORODS AND NANOTUBES
Authors: WONG EW; SHEEHAN PE; LIEBER CM
Source: SCIENCE 277 (5334): 1971-1975 SEP 26 1997
Addresses: HARVARD UNIV, DEPT CHEM, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138.
HARVARD UNIV, DIV ENGN & APPL SCI, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138. |
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| #4 |
Citations: 908
Title: POLYMER LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES
Authors: GIANNELIS EP
Source: ADVAN MATER 8 (1): 29-& JAN 1996
Addresses: CORNELL UNIV, DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN, ITHACA, NY 14853. |
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| #5 |
Citations: 897
Title: ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATIONS
Authors: XIA YN; YANG PD; SUN YG; WU YY; MAYERS B; GATES B; YIN YD; KIM F; YAN YQ
Source: ADVAN MATER 15 (5): 353-389 MAR 4 2003
Addresses: Univ Washington, Dept Chem, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Chem, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. |
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| #6 |
Citations: 884
Title: POLYMER-LAYERED SILICATE
NANOCOMPOSITES: PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF A NEW CLASS OF MATERIALS
Authors: ALEXANDRE M; DUBOIS P
Source: MAT SCI ENG R 28 (1-2): 1-63 JUN 15 2000
Addresses: Univ Mons, Lab Polymer & Composite Mat, 20 Pl
Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
Univ Mons, Lab Polymer & Composite Mat, B-7000 Mons, Belgium. |
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| #7 |
Citations: 747
Title: BULK NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FROM SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION
Authors: VALIEV RZ; ISLAMGALIEV RK; ALEXANDROV IV
Source: PROG MATER SCI 45 (2): 103-189 2000
Addresses: Ufa State Aviat Tech Univ, Inst Phys Adv Mat, 12 K Marx St, Ufa 450000, Russia.
Ufa State Aviat Tech Univ, Inst Phys Adv Mat, Ufa 450000, Russia. |
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| #8 |
Citations: 718
Title: STABILIZATION OF METALLIC SUPERCOOLED LIQUID AND BULK AMORPHOUS ALLOYS
Authors: INOUE A
Source: ACTA MATER 48 (1): 279-306 JAN 1 2000
Addresses: Tohoku Univ, Mat Res Inst, Sendai, Miyagi 9808577, Japan. |
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| #9 |
Citations: 709
Title: ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS FOR LARGE AREA ELECTRONICS
Authors: DIMITRAKOPOULOS CD; MALENFANT PRL
Source: ADVAN MATER 14 (2): 99-+ JAN 16 2002
Addresses: IBM Corp, Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, Box 218, Yorktown
Hts, NY 10598 USA.
IBM Corp, Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 USA. |
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| #10 |
Citations: 660
Title: SYNTHESIS OF GALLIUM NITRIDE NANORODS THROUGH A CARBON
NANOTUBE-CONFINED REACTION
Authors: HAN WQ; FAN SS; LI QQ; HU YD
Source: SCIENCE 277 (5330): 1287-1289 AUG 29 1997
Addresses: TSING HUA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BEIJING 100084, PEOPLES R CHINA.
TSING HUA UNIV, CTR ATOM & MOL SCI, BEIJING 100084, PEOPLES R CHINA. |
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| #11 |
Citations: 623
Title: SURFACTANT CONTROL OF PHASES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF MESOPOROUS SILICA-BASED MATERIALS
Authors: HUO QS; MARGOLESE DI; STUCKY GD
Source: CHEM MATER 8 (5): 1147-1160 MAY 1996
Addresses: UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, DEPT CHEM, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106.
UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, DEPT MAT, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106. |
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| #12 |
Citations: 617
Title: PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS
Authors: BRABEC CJ; SARICIFTCI NS; HUMMELEN JC
Source: ADV FUNCT MATER 11 (1): 15-26 FEB 2001
Addresses: Johannes Kepler Univ, Linzer Inst Organ Solarzellen, Altenbergerstr 69, A-4040
Linz, Austria.
Johannes Kepler Univ, Linzer Inst Organ Solarzellen, A-4040
Linz, Austria.
Univ Groningen, NL-9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands. |
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| #13 |
Citations: 557
Title: CATALYTIC GROWTH OF ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES BY VAPOR TRANSPORT
Authors: HUANG MH; WU YY; FEICK H; TRAN N; WEBER E; YANG PD
Source: ADVAN MATER 13 (2): 113-116 JAN 16 2001
Addresses: Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Chem, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Dept Mat Sci &
Engn, Div Sci Mat, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. |
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| #14 |
Citations: 538
Title: SYNTHESIS OF MACROPOROUS MINERALS WITH HIGHLY ORDERED THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS OF SPHEROIDAL VOIDS
Authors: HOLLAND BT; BLANFORD CF; STEIN A
Source: SCIENCE 281 (5376): 538-540 JUL 24 1998
Addresses: Univ Minnesota, Dept Chem, 207 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.
Univ Minnesota, Dept Chem, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. |
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| #15 |
Citations: 523
Title: ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS
Authors: HOROWITZ G
Source: ADVAN MATER 10 (5): 365-377 MAR 23 1998
Addresses: CNRS, Mat Mol Lab, 2 Rue Henry Dunant, F-94320
Thiais, France.
CNRS, Mat Mol Lab, F-94320 Thiais, France. |
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| #16 |
Citations: 521
Title: NANOENGINEERING OF PARTICLE SURFACES
Authors: CARUSO F
Source: ADVAN MATER 13 (1): 11-+ JAN 5 2001
Addresses: Max Planck Inst Colloids & Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany. |
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| #17 |
Citations: 501
Title: CONTINUOUS FORMATION OF SUPPORTED CUBIC AND HEXAGONAL MESOPOROUS FILMS BY SOL GEL DIP-COATING
Authors: LU YF; GANGULI R; DREWIEN CA; ANDERSON MT; BRINKER CJ; GONG
WL; GUO YX; SOYEZ H; DUNN B; HUANG MH; ZINK JI
Source: NATURE 389 (6649): 364-368 SEP 25 1997
Addresses: SANDIA NATL LABS, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106 USA.
UNIV NEW MEXICO, NSF, CTR MICROENGINEERED MAT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106 USA.
UNIV NEW MEXICO, DEPT EARTH & PLANETARY SCI, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106 USA.
UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT MAT SCI, LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 USA.
UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT CHEM, LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 USA. |
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| #18 |
Citations: 494
Title: MONODISPERSED COLLOIDAL SPHERES: OLD MATERIALS WITH NEW APPLICATIONS
Authors: XIA YN; GATES B; YIN YD; LU Y
Source: ADVAN MATER 12 (10): 693-713 MAY 17 2000
Addresses: Univ Washington, Dept Chem, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
Univ Washington, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA. |
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| #19 |
Citations: 491
Title: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MONODISPERSE NANOCRYSTALS AND CLOSE-PACKED NANOCRYSTAL ASSEMBLIES
Authors: MURRAY CB; KAGAN CR; BAWENDI MG
Source: ANNU REV MATER SCI 30: 545-610 2000
Addresses: IBM Corp, Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA.
IBM Corp, Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA.
MIT, Dept Chem, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. |
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| #20 |
Citations: 462
Title: SOFT LITHOGRAPHY
Authors: XIA YN; WHITESIDES GM
Source: ANNU REV MATER SCI 28: 153-184 1998
Addresses: Harvard Univ, Dept Chem & Chem Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. |
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SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators
from the September 1, 2006 update update covering a ten-year plus
six-month period, January 1996-June 30, 2006. |
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