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David J. Norris

David J. Norris

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
80
Citations
49044
World Ranking
2647
National Ranking
44

David J. Norris 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 David J. Norris sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 301 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Norris 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 David J. Norris sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David J. Norris is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans several main fields, including Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to semiconductor materials and nanotechnology. Their main research themes include Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Photonic and Optical Devices, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, and Photonic Crystals and Applications.

David J. Norris has authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • Additive manufacturing of silica aerogels, 2020, published in Nature
  • Unraveling the Growth Mechanism of Magic-Sized Semiconductor Nanocrystals, 2021, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Understanding Discrete Growth in Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Nanoplatelets and Magic-Sized Clusters, 2021, published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Electrically tunable quantum confinement of neutral excitons, 2022, published in Nature
  • Trion Emission Dominates the Low-Temperature Photoluminescence of CdSe Nanoplatelets, 2020, published in Nano Letters

The venues where David J. Norris frequently publishes include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • Nano Letters
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • ACS Photonics

The scientist has collaborated with numerous coauthors repeatedly. Frequent collaborators include Nolan Lassaline, Aurelio A. Rossinelli, Robert C. Keitel, Raphael Brechbühler, and Aniket S. Mule.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites

    C.B. Murray;David J. Norris;M.G. Bawendi

  • In Vivo Imaging of Quantum Dots Encapsulated in Phospholipid Micelles

    Benoit Dubertret;Paris Skourides;David J. Norris;David J. Norris;Vincent Noireaux

  • On-chip natural assembly of silicon photonic bandgap crystals

    Yurii A. Vlasov;Xiang Zheng Bo;James Christopher Sturm;David J. Norris

  • Doping semiconductor nanocrystals

    Steven C. Erwin;Lijun Zu;Michael I. Haftel;Alexander L. Efros

  • Band-edge exciton in quantum dots of semiconductors with a degenerate valence band: Dark and bright exciton states

    Alexander L. Efros;M. Rosen;M. Kuno;M. Nirmal

  • MEASUREMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE SIZE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL SPECTRUM IN CDSE QUANTUM DOTS

    D. J. Norris;M. G. Bawendi

  • Photosensitization of ZnO nanowires with CdSe quantum dots for photovoltaic devices

    Kurtis S. Leschkies;Ramachandran Divakar;Joysurya Basu;Emil Enache-Pommer

  • Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Single CdSe Nanocrystallite Quantum Dots.

    S.A. Empedocles;David J. Norris;M.G. Bawendi

  • High-Quality Manganese-Doped ZnSe Nanocrystals

    David J. Norris;Nan Yao;Forrest T. Charnock;Thomas A. Kennedy

  • Hot-electron transfer from semiconductor nanocrystals.

    William A. Tisdale;Kenrick J. Williams;Kenrick J. Williams;Brooke A. Timp;David J. Norris

  • Bright triplet excitons in caesium lead halide perovskites

    Michael A. Becker;Michael A. Becker;Roman Vaxenburg;Georgian Nedelcu;Georgian Nedelcu;Peter C. Sercel

  • Ultrasmooth Patterned Metals for Plasmonics and Metamaterials

    Prashant Nagpal;Nathan C. Lindquist;Sang Hyun Oh;David J. Norris

  • Plasmonic Films Can Easily Be Better: Rules and Recipes

    Kevin M. McPeak;Sriharsha V. Jayanti;Stephan J. P. Kress;Stefan Meyer

  • Doped Nanocrystals

    Unknown

  • Size dependence of exciton fine structure in CdSe quantum dots

    D. J. Norris;Al. L. Efros;M. Rosen;M. G. Bawendi

  • Measurement of the size dependent hole spectrum in CdSe quantum dots

    David J. Norris;A. Sacra;C.B. Murray;M.G. Bawendi

  • Engineering metallic nanostructures for plasmonics and nanophotonics

    Nathan C. Lindquist;Prashant Nagpal;Kevin M. McPeak;David J. Norris

  • Synthesis of Photonic Crystals for Optical Wavelengths from Semiconductor Quantum Dots

    Yurii A. Vlasov;Nan Yao;David J. Norris

  • Opaline Photonic Crystals: How Does Self‐Assembly Work?

    David J. Norris;Erin G. Arlinghaus;Linli Meng;Ruth Heiny

  • Chemical Approaches to Three‐Dimensional Semiconductor Photonic Crystals

    D. J. Norris;Yurii A Vlasov

  • Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = S, Se, Te) semiconductor nanocrystallites

    C. B. Murray;D. J. Norris;M. G. Bawendi

Frequent Co-Authors

Eray S. Aydil
Eray S. Aydil New York University
Sang Hyun Oh
Sang Hyun Oh University of Minnesota
Moon Sung Kang
Moon Sung Kang Sogang University
Freddy T. Rabouw
Freddy T. Rabouw Utrecht University
Yurii A. Vlasov
Yurii A. Vlasov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andreas Stein
Andreas Stein University of Minnesota
Christopher B. Murray
Christopher B. Murray University of Pennsylvania
Xiaoyang Zhu
Xiaoyang Zhu Columbia University

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