2026 Ekmel Ozbay: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2291	2181	3	3	894	33208

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Turkey Leader Award
2019 - OSA Fellows Ekmel Ozbay Bilkent Universitesi, Turkey For sustained and outstanding contributions to the fields of nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and metamaterials
2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ekmel Ozbay is affiliated with Bilkent University in Turkey. Their research spans several interconnected fields and subfields within science and engineering, primarily focusing on nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and metamaterials. Their main areas of study include engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy.

The subfields they contribute to are:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Biomedical Engineering

The core topics in their research portfolio cover:

Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Photonic and Optical Devices
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

They have published extensively in various scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

Optics Letters
Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Chemistry - A European Journal
Ferroelectrics
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Selected recent publications are:

How to Build Prussian Blue Based Water Oxidation Catalytic Assemblies: Common Trends and Strategies (2020), Chemistry - A European Journal
Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Au Plasmonic Nanoantennas Coupled with Prussian Blue Catalyst on BiVO₄ for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting (2020), ChemSusChem
Active Tuning from Narrowband to Broadband Absorbers Using a Sub-wavelength VO2 Embedded Layer (2021), Plasmonics
Mid-infrared adaptive thermal camouflage using a phase-change material coupled dielectric nanoantenna (2021), Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Epsilon-near-zero enhancement of near-field radiative heat transfer in BP/hBN and BP/α-MoO3 parallel-plate structures (2022), Applied Physics Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ekmel Ozbay are:

Amir Ghobadi
T. Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
Ferdi Karadaş
Amirullah M. Mamedov
Hodjat Hajian

The scientist has been recognized with the following awards:

OSA Fellows (2019) for sustained and outstanding contributions to nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and metamaterials
Member of Academia Europaea (2012)

Best Publications

Plasmonics: merging photonics and electronics at nanoscale dimensions.

Ekmel Ozbay

5514
Citations
Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals.

Ertugrul Cubukcu;Koray Aydin;Ekmel Ozbay;Stavroula Foteinopoulou

824
Citations
Subwavelength resolution in a two-dimensional photonic-crystal-based superlens.

E. Cubukcu;K. Aydin;Ekmel Özbay;S. Foteinopolou

545
Citations
Tight-binding description of the coupled defect modes in three-dimensional photonic crystals

Mehmet Bayindir;B. Temelkuran;E. Ozbay

531
Citations
Zeta potential : a surface electrical characteristic to probe the interaction of nanoparticles with normal and cancer human breast epithelial cells

Yu Zhang;Mo Yang;Nathaniel G. Portney;Daxiang Cui

528
Citations
Investigation of magnetic resonances for different split-ring resonator parameters and designs

Koray Aydin;Irfan Bulu;Kaan Guven;Maria Kafesaki

446
Citations
Measurement of a three-dimensional photonic band gap in a crystal structure made of dielectric rods.

E. Özbay;A. Abeyta;G. Tuttle;M. Tringides

420
Citations
Optically Implemented Broadband Blueshift Switch in the Terahertz Regime

Nian-Hai Shen;Maria Massaouti;Mutlu Gokkavas;Jean-Michel Manceau

370
Citations
Micromachined millimeter‐wave photonic band‐gap crystals

E. Özbay;E. Michel;G. Tuttle;R. Biswas

365
Citations
Equivalent-Circuit Models for the Design of Metamaterials Based on Artificial Magnetic Inclusions

F. Bilotti;A. Toscano;L. Vegni;K. Aydin

354
Citations
Photonic-crystal-based beam splitters

Mehmet Bayindir;B. Temelkuran;E. Ozbay

312
Citations
Chiral metamaterials: from optical activity and negative refractive index to asymmetric transmission

Zhaofeng Li;Mehmet Mutlu;Ekmel Ozbay

292
Citations
Transmission properties of composite metamaterials in free space

Mehmet Bayindir;K. Aydin;E. Ozbay;P. Markoš

290
Citations
Chiral metamaterials with negative refractive index based on four "U" split ring resonators

Zhaofeng Li;Rongkuo Zhao;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki

280
Citations
Determination of the effective constitutive parameters of bianisotropic metamaterials from reflection and transmission coefficients

Zhaofeng Li;Koray Aydin;Ekmel Ozbay

279
Citations
Subwavelength resolution with a negative-index metamaterial superlens

Koray Aydin;Irfan Bulu;Ekmel Ozbay

274
Citations
Propagation of photons by hopping: A waveguiding mechanism through localized coupled cavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals

Mehmet Bayindir;B. Temelkuran;E. Ozbay

251
Citations
Photonic crystal-based resonant antenna with a very high directivity

B. Temelkuran;Mehmet Bayindir;E. Ozbay;R. Biswas

247
Citations
Diodelike asymmetric transmission of linearly polarized waves using magnetoelectric coupling and electromagnetic wave tunneling.

Mehmet Mutlu;Ahmet E Akosman;Andriy E Serebryannikov;Ekmel Ozbay

236
Citations
Negative refraction and superlens behavior in a two-dimensional photonic crystal

R. Moussa;S. Foteinopoulou;L. Zhang;G. Tuttle

235
Citations