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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
117
Citations
58358
World Ranking
544
National Ranking
6

Albert Polman publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert Polman sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 485 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Albert Polman D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert Polman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2017 - OSA Fellows Albert  Polman FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Netherlands “for novel fundamental insights in the behavior of light at the nanoscale, leading to improved light management strategies in solar cells and the development of deep-subwavelength cathodoluminescence microscopy” (Engineering and Science Research)
  • 2014 - Innovation in Materials Characterization Award, Materials Research Society For the development, application and commercialization of Angle-Resolved Cathodoluminescence Imaging Spectroscopy (ARCIS) as a new tool for optical imaging at the nanoscale, with applications in nanophotonics and materials science in general.
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2009 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Albert Polman is affiliated with the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in the Netherlands. Their research spans several fields with a strong focus on engineering and materials science, particularly targeting advancements in atomic and molecular physics, optics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, Polman's work further specializes in subfields such as:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Materials Chemistry

The range of research topics frequently addressed in their work includes:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Solar Cell Performance Optimization
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies

Albert Polman has published extensively in several specialty venues, with frequent publications in:

  • ACS Photonics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Photonics

Recent papers include:

  • Photovoltaics Reaching for the Shockley-Queisser Limit, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces, 2024, ACS Photonics
  • Dual-Polarization Analog 2D Image Processing with Nonlocal Metasurfaces, 2020, ACS Photonics
  • Solving Integral Equations in Free Space with Inverse-Designed Ultrathin Optical Metagratings, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Photonics for Photovoltaics: Advances and Opportunities, 2020, ACS Photonics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Polman include:

  • Andrea Cordaro
  • Stefan W. Tabernig
  • Andrea Alù
  • Sophie Meuret
  • Esther Alarcón-Lladó

Albert Polman has received recognition in their field with several awards, including:

  • OSA Fellows, 2017, for insights in nanoscale light behavior and techniques enhancing solar cell light management and cathodoluminescence microscopy
  • Innovation in Materials Characterization Award, Materials Research Society, 2014, for developing Angle-Resolved Cathodoluminescence Imaging Spectroscopy as a nanoscale optical imaging tool
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2010
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009

Best Publications

  • Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

    Harry A. Atwater;Albert Polman

  • Photovoltaic materials: Present efficiencies and future challenges

    Albert Polman;Mark Knight;Erik C. Garnett;Bruno Ehrler

  • Plasmonic solar cells

    Kylie Catchpole;Albert Polman

  • Erbium implanted thin film photonic materials

    A. Polman

  • Plasmon slot waveguides: Towards chip-scale propagation with subwavelength-scale localization

    J. A. Dionne;L. A. Sweatlock;H. A. Atwater;A. Polman

  • Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics

    Albert Polman;Harry A. Atwater

  • Design principles for particle plasmon enhanced solar cells

    K. R. Catchpole;A. Polman

  • Broadband omnidirectional antireflection coating based on subwavelength surface Mie resonators

    P. Spinelli;M.A. Verschuuren;A. Polman

  • Light trapping in ultrathin plasmonic solar cells.

    Vivian E. Ferry;Marc A. Verschuuren;Hongbo B. T. Li;Ewold Verhagen

  • Tunable light trapping for solar cells using localized surface plasmons

    Fiona Beck;A Polman;K. R Catchpole

  • Nanophotonics: shrinking light-based technology.

    A. Femius Koenderink;Andrea Alù;Andrea Alù;Albert Polman

  • Transparent Conducting Silver Nanowire Networks

    Jorik van de Groep;Pierpaolo Spinelli;Albert Polman

  • Planar metal plasmon waveguides: frequency-dependent dispersion, propagation, localization, and loss beyond the free electron model

    J. A. Dionne;L. A. Sweatlock;H. A. Atwater;A. Polman

  • Experimental realization of an epsilon-near-zero metamaterial at visible wavelengths

    Ruben Maas;James Parsons;Nader Engheta;Albert Polman

  • Defect‐related versus excitonic visible light emission from ion beam synthesized Si nanocrystals in SiO2

    K. S. Min;K. V. Shcheglov;C. M. Yang;Harry A. Atwater

  • Evolution of light-induced vapor generation at a liquid-immersed metallic nanoparticle

    Zheyu Fang;Yu-Rong Zhen;Oara Neumann;Albert Polman

  • Room‐temperature electroluminescence from Er‐doped crystalline Si

    G. Franzò;F. Priolo;S. Coffa;A. Polman

  • Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells

    P Spinelli;V E Ferry;J van de Groep;M van Lare

  • Rare-earth doped polymers for planar optical amplifiers

    L.H. Slooff;A. van Blaaderen;A. Polman;G.A. Hebbink

  • Designing dielectric resonators on substrates: Combining magnetic and electric resonances

    J. van de Groep;A. Polman

  • Plasmonic Solar Cells

    Albert Polman

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry A. Atwater
Harry A. Atwater California Institute of Technology
Andrea Alù
Andrea Alù City University of New York
F. Javier García de Abajo
F. Javier García de Abajo Institute of Photonic Sciences
Mark L. Brongersma
Mark L. Brongersma Stanford University
Ruud E. I. Schropp
Ruud E. I. Schropp Jinan University
MK Meint Smit
MK Meint Smit Eindhoven University of Technology
Giorgia Franzò
Giorgia Franzò National Research Council (CNR)
Kylie R. Catchpole
Kylie R. Catchpole Australian National University
Jennifer A. Dionne
Jennifer A. Dionne Stanford University
Willem L. Vos
Willem L. Vos University of Twente

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