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75
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29946
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3367
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1598

Chetan Nayak publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chetan Nayak sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 272 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Chetan Nayak D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the study of nonAbelian anyons in condensed matter systems and their applications to topological quantum computing
  • 2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Chetan Nayak is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their research spans several areas within engineering, particularly focusing on electrical and electronic engineering as well as biomedical engineering. Their work covers innovative techniques and technologies in microfluidics and catalysis, nanomaterials, and electrowetting.

The main topics of Nayak's research include:

  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies

Their publication record features contributions in the field of engineering, including:

  • Engineering (3 publications)

In terms of subfields, their work is categorized under:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2 publications)
  • Biomedical Engineering (1 publication)

A notable recent paper authored by Nayak is titled "Simulation of droplet generation in microfluidic T-junction device for micro-encapsulation process," published in 2023 in the AIP conference proceedings.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research projects include:

  • H. Pradeep
  • Ankit Sinha
  • K. N. Chiranth
  • Vikas A. Kumari

The AIP conference proceedings is a frequent venue for their publications.

Chetan Nayak has been recognized by professional organizations with honors such as:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 2011 for the study of nonAbelian anyons in condensed matter systems and their applications to topological quantum computing
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, awarded in 2000

Best Publications

  • Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation

    Chetan Nayak;Steven H. Simon;Ady Stern;Michael Freedman

  • Hidden order in the cuprates

    Sudip Chakravarty;R. B. Laughlin;Dirk K. Morr;Chetan Nayak

  • Floquet Time Crystals.

    Dominic V. Else;Bela Bauer;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak

  • Topologically protected qubits from a possible non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall state.

    Sankar Das Sarma;Michael Freedman;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak

  • Majorana Zero Modes and Topological Quantum Computation

    Sankar Das Sarma;Sankar Das Sarma;Michael Freedman;Chetan Nayak

  • Scalable designs for quasiparticle-poisoning-protected topological quantum computation with Majorana zero modes

    Torsten Karzig;Christina Knapp;Roman M. Lutchyn;Parsa Bonderson

  • 2n-quasihole states realize 2n−1-dimensional spinor braiding statistics in paired quantum Hall states

    Chetan Nayak;Frank Wilczek

  • Area laws in a many-body localized state and its implications for topological order

    Bela Bauer;Chetan Nayak

  • Universal Topological Quantum Computation from a Superconductor-Abelian Quantum Hall Heterostructure

    Roger S. K. Mong;David J. Clarke;Jason Alicea;Netanel H. Lindner;Netanel H. Lindner

  • Particle-hole symmetry and the nu=5/2 quantum Hall state.

    Sung Sik Lee;Shinsei Ryu;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak;Matthew P.A. Fisher

  • Prethermal Phases of Matter Protected by Time-Translation Symmetry

    Dominic V. Else;Bela Bauer;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak

  • Proposal to stabilize and detect half-quantum vortices in strontium ruthenate thin films: Non-Abelian braiding statistics of vortices in a p x + i p y superconductor

    Sankar Das Sarma;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak;Sumanta Tewari

  • Solving strongly correlated electron models on a quantum computer

    Dave Wecker;Matthew B. Hastings;Nathan Wiebe;Bryan K. Clark;Bryan K. Clark

  • Measurement-only topological quantum computation

    Michael Freedman;Chetan Nayak;Parsa Bonderson

  • Two-dimensional epitaxial superconductor-semiconductor heterostructures: A platform for topological superconducting networks

    J. Shabani;J. Shabani;M. Kjaergaard;H. J. Suominen;Younghyun Kim

  • Quantum computation using vortices and majorana zero modes of a px + ipy superfluid of fermionic cold atoms.

    Sumanta Tewari;S. Das Sarma;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak;Chuanwei Zhang

  • $2n$ Quasihole States Realize $2^{n-1}$-Dimensional Spinor Braiding Statistics in Paired Quantum Hall States

    Chetan Nayak;Frank Wilczek

  • Non-Fermi liquid fixed point in 2 + 1 dimensions

    Chetan Nayak;Frank Wilczek

  • A class of P,T-invariant topological phases of interacting electrons

    Michael Freedman;Chetan Nayak;Chetan Nayak;Kirill Shtengel;Kevin Walker

  • A Chern-Simons effective field theory for the Pfaffian quantum Hall state

    Eduardo Fradkin;Chetan Nayak;Alexei Tsvelik;Frank Wilczek

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Freedman
Michael H. Freedman University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthew P. A. Fisher
Matthew P. A. Fisher University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthias Troyer
Matthias Troyer Microsoft (United States)
S. Das Sarma
S. Das Sarma University of Maryland, College Park
Charles Marcus
Charles Marcus University of Copenhagen
Peter Krogstrup
Peter Krogstrup University of Copenhagen
Eduardo Fradkin
Eduardo Fradkin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shamit Kachru
Shamit Kachru Stanford University
Eugene Demler
Eugene Demler Harvard University

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