2026 Colin Nuckolls: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	100	1052	1005	349	323	406	37067
Chemistry	100	1274	1131	489	400	406	36866

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Colin Nuckolls is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes primarily in materials science. Their research spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, organic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The topics central to Nuckolls's work cover a range of areas related to materials and chemical sciences. These topics include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, molecular junctions and nanostructures, 2D materials and applications, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, graphene research and applications, and inorganic chemistry and materials.

Nuckolls has been published extensively, with frequent appearances in several scientific venues. Notable publication outlets include The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, Chemical Science, and Angewandte Chemie.

Their research collaborations have involved frequent co-authorship with several scientists, including Michael L. Steigerwald, Xavier Roy, Daniel W. Paley, Anouck M. Champsaur, and Amymarie K. Bartholomew.

Among recent papers are:

Magnetic Order and Symmetry in the 2D Semiconductor CrSBr, 2021, Nano Letters
A few-layer covalent network of fullerenes, 2023, Nature
Superatoms in materials science, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
High-performance organic pseudocapacitors via molecular contortion, 2021, Nature Materials
Coupling between magnetic order and charge transport in a two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor, 2022, Nature Materials

Nuckolls has been recognized by major scientific organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020 and received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2004.

Best Publications

Atomically thin p–n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces

Chul Ho Lee;Chul Ho Lee;Gwan Hyoung Lee;Arend M. Van Der Zande;Wenchao Chen

2424
Citations
Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on molecular conformation

Latha Venkataraman;Jennifer E. Klare;Colin Nuckolls;Mark S. Hybertsen

1736
Citations
Flexible and Transparent MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors on Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Graphene Heterostructures

Gwan Hyoung Lee;Young Jun Yu;Young Jun Yu;Xu Cui;Nicholas Petrone

1240
Citations
Single-Molecule Circuits with Well-Defined Molecular Conductance

Latha Venkataraman;Jennifer E. Klare;Iris W. Tam;Colin Nuckolls

1048
Citations
Coulomb engineering of the bandgap and excitons in two-dimensional materials

Archana Raja;Andrey Chaves;Andrey Chaves;Jaeeun Yu;Ghidewon Arefe

783
Citations
Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

Timothy A. Su;Madhav Neupane;Michael L. Steigerwald;Latha Venkataraman

642
Citations
Covalently Bridging Gaps in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conducting Molecules

Xuefeng Guo;Joshua P. Small;Jennifer E. Klare;Yiliang Wang

621
Citations
Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

Yu Zhong;M. Tuan Trinh;Rongsheng Chen;Rongsheng Chen;Geoffrey E. Purdum

610
Citations
Efficient organic solar cells with helical perylene diimide electron acceptors.

Yu Zhong;M. Tuan Trinh;Rongsheng Chen;Rongsheng Chen;Wei Wang

477
Citations
Conductivity of a single DNA duplex bridging a carbon nanotube gap

Xuefeng Guo;Alon A. Gorodetsky;James Hone;Jacqueline K. Barton

472
Citations
Label-free single-molecule detection of DNA-hybridization kinetics with a carbon nanotube field-effect transistor

Sebastian Sorgenfrei;Chien-yang Chiu;Ruben L. Gonzalez;Young-Jun Yu

463
Citations
Contact Chemistry and Single-Molecule Conductance : A Comparison of Phosphines, Methyl Sulfides, and Amines

Young S Park;Adam C Whalley;Maria Kamenetska;Michael L Steigerwald

460
Citations
Photochemical reactivity of graphene.

Haitao Liu;Sunmin Ryu;Zheyuan Chen;Michael L. Steigerwald

442
Citations
Alcohol Vapor Sensors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors

Takao Someya;Joshua Small;Philip Kim;Colin Nuckolls

426
Citations
Contorted polycyclic aromatics.

Melissa Ball;Yu Zhong;Ying Wu;Christine Schenck

426
Citations
Electronics and Chemistry: Varying Single-Molecule Junction Conductance Using Chemical Substituents

Latha Venkataraman;Young S. Park;Adam C. Whalley;Colin Nuckolls

423
Citations
Energy Transfer from Individual Semiconductor Nanocrystals to Graphene

Zheyuan Chen;Stéphane Berciaud;Colin Nuckolls;Tony F. Heinz

388
Citations
Magnetic Order and Symmetry in the 2D Semiconductor CrSBr.

Kihong Lee;Avalon H Dismukes;Evan J Telford;Ren A Wiscons

383
Citations
Translocation of Single-Stranded DNA Through Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Haitao Liu;Jin He;Jinyao Tang;Hao Liu

380
Citations
Reversible Switching in Molecular Electronic Devices

Adam C. Whalley;Michael L. Steigerwald;Xuefeng Guo;Colin Nuckolls

369
Citations
Molecular Wires from Contorted Aromatic Compounds

Shengxiong Xiao;Matthew Myers;Qian Miao;Sébastien Sanaur

368
Citations