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D-Index
45
Citations
15151
World Ranking
5331
National Ranking
47

Der-Hsien Lien publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Der-Hsien Lien sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 111 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Der-Hsien Lien D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Der-Hsien Lien sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Der-Hsien Lien is affiliated with National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and specializes in research within engineering and materials science. Their work mainly focuses on subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • ZnO Doping and Properties
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Semiconductor Materials and Devices
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

Several recent papers authored by or involving Der-Hsien Lien reflect the scope of their research:

  • Infrared Photodetectors Based on 2D Materials and Nanophotonics, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Actively variable-spectrum optoelectronics with black phosphorus, 2021, Nature
  • Evaporated SexTe1-x Thin Films with Tunable Bandgaps for Short-Wave Infrared Photodetectors, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Neutral Exciton Diffusion in Monolayer MoS2, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Substrate-Dependent Exciton Diffusion and Annihilation in Chemically Treated MoS2 and WS2, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Der-Hsien Lien frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

The scientist collaborates regularly with researchers such as Tanveer Ahmed, Ali Javey, Tsung-Te Chou, Hao-Chung Kuo, and Robert Tseng. These partnerships indicate a collaborative research environment with a focus on advanced engineering and materials science topics.

Best Publications

  • Fully integrated wearable sensor arrays for multiplexed in situ perspiration analysis

    Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Sam Emaminejad;Sam Emaminejad;Sam Emaminejad;Hnin Yin Yin Nyein;Hnin Yin Yin Nyein;Samyuktha Challa

  • Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS2

    Matin Amani;Der-Hsien Lien;Daisuke Kiriya;James Bullock

  • Few-Layer MoS2 with High Broadband Photogain and Fast Optical Switching for Use in Harsh Environments

    Dung Sheng Tsai;Keng Ku Liu;Der Hsien Lien;Meng Lin Tsai

  • Dual-gated MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals tunnel diodes and transistors.

    Tania Roy;Mahmut Tosun;Mahmut Tosun;Xi Cao;Hui Fang;Hui Fang

  • Enhancing sensitivity of a single ZnO micro-/nanowire photodetector by piezo-phototronic effect

    Qing Yang;Xin Guo;Wenhui Wang;Yan Zhang

  • Wearable Microsensor Array for Multiplexed Heavy Metal Monitoring of Body Fluids

    Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Hnin Y.Y. Nyein;Hnin Y.Y. Nyein;Ziba Shahpar;Hossain M. Fahad

  • Strain-Engineered Growth of Two-Dimensional Materials

    Geun Ho Ahn;Geun Ho Ahn;Matin Amani;Matin Amani;Haider Rasool;Haider Rasool;Haider Rasool;Der Hsien Lien;Der Hsien Lien

  • Infrared Photodetectors Based on 2D Materials and Nanophotonics

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  • Recombination Kinetics and Effects of Superacid Treatment in Sulfur- and Selenium-Based Transition Metal Dichalcogenides.

    Matin Amani;Matin Amani;Peyman Taheri;Rafik Addou;Geun Ho Ahn;Geun Ho Ahn

  • Methylxanthine Drug Monitoring with Wearable Sweat Sensors

    Li Chia Tai;Li Chia Tai;Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Minghan Chao;Minghan Chao;Mallika Bariya;Mallika Bariya

  • Evaporated tellurium thin films for p-type field-effect transistors and circuits

    Chunsong Zhao;Chaoliang Tan;Der-Hsien Lien;Der-Hsien Lien;Xiaohui Song

  • Actively variable-spectrum optoelectronics with black phosphorus.

    Hyungjin Kim;Hyungjin Kim;Shiekh Zia Uddin;Shiekh Zia Uddin;Der Hsien Lien;Der Hsien Lien;Matthew Yeh;Matthew Yeh

  • Single-InN-nanowire nanogenerator with upto 1 V output voltage.

    Chi-Te Huang;Jinhui Song;Chung-Min Tsai;Wei-Fan Lee

  • Large-area and bright pulsed electroluminescence in monolayer semiconductors

    Der-Hsien Lien;Der-Hsien Lien;Matin Amani;Matin Amani;Sujay B. Desai;Sujay B. Desai;Geun Ho Ahn;Geun Ho Ahn

  • Extremely reduced dielectric confinement in two-dimensional hybrid perovskites with large polar organics

    Bin Cheng;Ting You Li;Partha Maity;Pai Chun Wei

  • High Luminescence Efficiency in MoS2 Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Matin Amani;Matin Amani;Robert A. Burke;Xiang Ji;Peida Zhao;Peida Zhao

  • Probing surface band bending of surface-engineered metal oxide nanowires.

    Cheng-Ying Chen;Cheng-Ying Chen;Jose Ramon Duran Retamal;I-Wen Wu;Der-Hsien Lien

  • Engineering Light Outcoupling in 2D Materials

    Der Hsien Lien;Jeong Seuk Kang;Matin Amani;Kevin Chen

  • All-printed paper memory

    Jr-Hau He;Chun-ho Lin;Der-Hsien Lien

  • Monolithic 3D CMOS Using Layered Semiconductors

    Angada B. Sachid;Angada B. Sachid;Mahmut Tosun;Mahmut Tosun;Sujay B. Desai;Sujay B. Desai;Ching Yi Hsu

  • Highly Deformable Origami Paper Photodetector Arrays

    Chun Ho Lin;Dung Sheng Tsai;Tzu Chiao Wei;Der Hsien Lien

  • 4H–SiC Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Ultraviolet Photodetectors in Operation of 450 $^{\circ}\hbox{C}$

    Wei-Cheng Lien;Dung-Sheng Tsai;Der-Hsien Lien;D. G. Senesky

  • See-Through $\hbox{Ga}_{2}\hbox{O}_{3}$ Solar-Blind Photodetectors for Use in Harsh Environments

    Tzu-Chiao Wei;Dung-Sheng Tsai;Parvaneh Ravadgar;Jr-Jian Ke

  • MoS2 Heterojunctions by Thickness Modulation

    Mahmut Tosun;Mahmut Tosun;Deyi Fu;Deyi Fu;Sujay B. Desai;Sujay B. Desai;Changhyun Ko

  • Optical and electrical properties of two-dimensional palladium diselenide

    George Zhang;George Zhang;Matin Amani;Matin Amani;Apoorva Chaturvedi;Chaoliang Tan;Chaoliang Tan

  • Trilayered MoS $_{f 2}$ Metal –Semiconductor–Metal Photodetectors: Photogain and Radiation Resistance

    Dung-Sheng Tsai;Der-Hsien Lien;Meng-Lin Tsai;Sheng-Han Su

  • A supersensitive, ultrafast, and broadband light-harvesting scheme employing carbon nanotube/tio2 core-shell nanowire geometry

    Chia Yang Hsu;Der Hsien Lien;Jr Hau He

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali Javey
Ali Javey University of California, Berkeley
Jr-Hau He
Jr-Hau He City University of Hong Kong
Joel W. Ager
Joel W. Ager Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark Hettick
Mark Hettick University of California, Berkeley
Daryl C. Chrzan
Daryl C. Chrzan University of California, Berkeley
Yu-Lun Chueh
Yu-Lun Chueh National Tsing Hua University
Chun-Ho Lin
Chun-Ho Lin University of New South Wales
Dan Wang
Dan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Gao
Wei Gao California Institute of Technology
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch University of California, Berkeley

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