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Materials Science

D-Index
100
Citations
37067
World Ranking
1052
National Ranking
348

Chemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
36866
World Ranking
1274
National Ranking
488

Colin Nuckolls 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 Colin Nuckolls sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 406 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Colin Nuckolls 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 Colin Nuckolls sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 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

  • Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on molecular conformation

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

  • 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

  • Single-Molecule Circuits with Well-Defined Molecular Conductance

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

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

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

  • Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

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

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

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

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

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

  • Efficient organic solar cells with helical perylene diimide electron acceptors.

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

  • Conductivity of a single DNA duplex bridging a carbon nanotube gap

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Photochemical reactivity of graphene.

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

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

    Takao Someya;Joshua Small;Philip Kim;Colin Nuckolls

  • Contorted polycyclic aromatics.

    Melissa Ball;Yu Zhong;Ying Wu;Christine Schenck

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

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

  • Energy Transfer from Individual Semiconductor Nanocrystals to Graphene

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

  • Magnetic Order and Symmetry in the 2D Semiconductor CrSBr.

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

  • Translocation of Single-Stranded DNA Through Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Haitao Liu;Jin He;Jinyao Tang;Hao Liu

  • Reversible Switching in Molecular Electronic Devices

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

  • Molecular Wires from Contorted Aromatic Compounds

    Shengxiong Xiao;Matthew Myers;Qian Miao;Sébastien Sanaur

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Steigerwald
Michael L. Steigerwald Columbia University
Latha Venkataraman
Latha Venkataraman Columbia University
Philip Kim
Philip Kim Harvard University
Mark S. Hybertsen
Mark S. Hybertsen Brookhaven National Laboratory
James Hone
James Hone Columbia University
Xavier Roy
Xavier Roy Columbia University
Xiaoyang Zhu
Xiaoyang Zhu Columbia University
Tony F. Heinz
Tony F. Heinz Stanford University
Thomas J. Katz
Thomas J. Katz Columbia University
Xuefeng Guo
Xuefeng Guo Peking University

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