2026 Douglas Natelson: 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	58	7623	7371	1898	1759	276	13520

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For experiments in atomic and molecularscale junctions
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Douglas Natelson is a researcher affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields of study with a strong emphasis on Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science.

Their research delves into various specialized subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Core topics frequently addressed in their publications include:

Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Magnetic Properties of Thin Films
Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

Their recent papers showcase work primarily published in well-known scientific journals, including:

"Electrically Driven Hot-Carrier Generation and Above-Threshold Light Emission in Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions," 2020, Nano Letters
"Shot noise in a strange metal," 2023, Science
"Tuning Light Emission Crossovers in Atomic-Scale Aluminum Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions," 2022, Nano Letters
"Single Metal Photodetectors Using Plasmonically-Active Asymmetric Gold Nanostructures," 2020, ACS Nano
"Thousand-fold Increase in Plasmonic Light Emission via Combined Electronic and Optical Excitations," 2021, Nano Letters

Frequent collaboration occurs with the following co-authors:

Tanner J. Legvold
Liyang Chen
Yunxuan Zhu
Mahdiyeh Abbasi
Renjie Luo

Douglas Natelson has also contributed extensively to reputable publication venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nano Letters
Physical Review B
Applied Physics Letters
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their contributions to the scientific community have been recognized by several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2012, for experiments in atomic and molecular-scale junctions
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004

Best Publications

Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanocrystals

Cafer T. Yavuz;J. T. Mayo;William W. Yu;Arjun Prakash

1543
Citations
3-Dimensional graphene carbon nanotube carpet-based microsupercapacitors with high electrochemical performance.

Jian Lin;Chenguang Zhang;Zheng Yan;Yu Zhu

829
Citations
Electrostatic modification of novel materials

C. H. Ahn;A. Bhattacharya;M. Di Ventra;J. N. Eckstein

627
Citations
Optical rectification and field enhancement in a plasmonic nanogap

Daniel R. Ward;Falco Hüser;Fabian Pauly;Juan Carlos Cuevas

488
Citations
Graphene nanoribbon and nanostructured SnO2 composite anodes for lithium ion batteries.

Jian Lin;Zhiwei Peng;Changsheng Xiang;Gedeng Ruan

488
Citations
The Kondo effect in C60 single-molecule transistors

Lam H. Yu;Douglas Natelson

443
Citations
Inelastic electron tunneling via molecular vibrations in single-molecule transistors.

L H Yu;Z K Keane;Jacob W. Ciszek;L Cheng

417
Citations
Resistive switches and memories from silicon oxide.

Jun Yao;Zhengzong Sun;Lin Zhong;Douglas Natelson

401
Citations
Electromigrated nanoscale gaps for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Daniel R Ward;Nathaniel K Grady;Carly S Levin;Naomi J. Halas

392
Citations
Facile Synthesis of Single Crystal Vanadium Disulfide Nanosheets by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Jiangtan Yuan;Jingjie Wu;Will J. Hardy;Philip Loya

360
Citations
Simultaneous measurements of electronic conduction and Raman response in molecular junctions.

Daniel R. Ward;Naomi J. Halas;Jacob W. Ciszek;James M. Tour

354
Citations
Hydrogen stabilization of metallic vanadium dioxide in single-crystal nanobeams

Jiang Wei;Heng Ji;Wenhua Guo;Andriy H. Nevidomskyy

342
Citations
Vibrational and electronic heating in nanoscale junctions

Daniel R. Ward;David A. Corley;James M. Tour;Douglas Natelson

268
Citations
Controlling charge injection in organic field-effect transistors using self-assembled monolayers.

B H Hamadani;D A Corley;Jacob W. Ciszek;J M Tour

236
Citations
Strongly Correlated Materials

Emilia Morosan;Douglas Natelson;Andriy H. Nevidomskyy;Qimiao Si

235
Citations
Highly transparent nonvolatile resistive memory devices from silicon oxide and graphene

Jun Yao;Jian Lin;Yanhua Dai;Gedeng Ruan

211
Citations
In situ imaging of the conducting filament in a silicon oxide resistive switch

Jun Yao;Lin Zhong;Douglas Natelson;James M. Tour

204
Citations
Modulation of the Electrical Properties of VO2 Nanobeams Using an Ionic Liquid as a Gating Medium

Heng Ji;Jiang Wei;Douglas Natelson

197
Citations
Kondo resonances in molecular devices

Gavin David Scott;Douglas Natelson

190
Citations
Temperature-dependent contact resistances in high-quality polymer field-effect transistors

B. H. Hamadani;D. Natelson

186
Citations
Iron Oxide Nanoparticle and Graphene Nanoribbon Composite as an Anode Material for High‐Performance Li‐Ion Batteries

Jian Lin;Abdul-Rahman O. Raji;Kewang Nan;Zhiwei Peng

186
Citations