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in-cites, November 2006
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top20-mat-sci.html

Papers

             
An interview with:
The Most-Cited Papers in Materials Science, 1996-2006
           

This 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.

The Materials Science category deals with journals covering the admixtures of matter or the basic materials from which products are constructed, including:

  • ceramics
  • 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

The top 20 papers in Materials Science are as follows:

#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.
#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.


SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from the September 1, 2006 update update covering a ten-year plus six-month period, January 1996-June 30, 2006.End of interview

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