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140
Citations
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Harry A. Atwater 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 Harry A. Atwater sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 1,098 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harry A. Atwater 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 Harry A. Atwater sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 140 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2016 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to plasmonics and nanophotonics
  • 2016 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to plasmonics.
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

Harry A. Atwater is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple areas within engineering, with a concentrated focus on electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, history and philosophy of science, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces, 2024, ACS Photonics
  • Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • All-day fresh water harvesting by microstructured hydrogel membranes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Electro-optically Tunable Multifunctional Metasurfaces, 2020, ACS Nano
  • A direct coupled electrochemical system for capture and conversion of CO2 from oceanwater, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Atwater include:

  • Teri W. Odom
  • Cynthia J. Burrows
  • Shu Wang
  • Hyun Jae Kim
  • Gerald J. Meyer

Atwater has contributed papers published predominantly in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Photonics
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Main research topics covered by Atwater's work involve:

  • Academic Writing and Publishing
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

They have received several awards recognizing their contributions, including:

  • SPIE Fellow, 2019
  • David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society, 2016
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2016, with citation for pioneering contributions to plasmonics and nanophotonics
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2015, for contributions to plasmonics
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2011

Best Publications

  • Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

    Harry A. Atwater;Albert Polman

  • Local detection of electromagnetic energy transport below the diffraction limit in metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguides.

    Stefan A. Maier;Pieter G. Kik;Harry A. Atwater;Sheffer Meltzer

  • Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures

    Stefan A. Maier;Harry A. Atwater

  • Plasmonics—A Route to Nanoscale Optical Devices

    Stefan A. Maier;Mark L. Brongersma;Pieter G. Kik;Sheffer Meltzer

  • Broadband polarization-independent resonant light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers

    Koray Aydin;Vivian E. Ferry;Ryan M. Briggs;Harry A. Atwater

  • Low-Loss Plasmonic Metamaterials

    Alexandra Boltasseva;Harry A. Atwater

  • Enhanced absorption and carrier collection in Si wire arrays for photovoltaic applications

    Michael D. Kelzenberg;Shannon W. Boettcher;Jan A. Petykiewicz;Daniel B. Turner-Evans

  • Plasmon slot waveguides: Towards chip-scale propagation with subwavelength-scale localization

    J. A. Dionne;L. A. Sweatlock;H. A. Atwater;A. Polman

  • Comparison of the device physics principles of planar and radial p-n junction nanorod solar cells

    Brendan M. Kayes;Harry A. Atwater;Nathan S. Lewis

  • The promise of plasmonics.

    Harry A. Atwater

  • Electromagnetic energy transfer and switching in nanoparticle chain arrays below the diffraction limit

    Mark L. Brongersma;John W. Hartman;Harry A. Atwater

  • Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics

    Albert Polman;Harry A. Atwater

  • A comparative technoeconomic analysis of renewable hydrogen production using solar energy

    Matthew R. Shaner;Harry A. Atwater;Nathan S. Lewis;Eric W. McFarland

  • Plasmonic nanoparticle enhanced light absorption in GaAs solar cells

    Keisuke Nakayama;Katsuaki Tanabe;Harry A. Atwater

  • Enhanced absorption and carrier collection in Si wire arrays for photovoltaic applications (Nature Materials (2010) 9 (239-244))

    Michael D. Kelzenberg;Shannon W. Boettcher;Jan A. Petykiewicz;Daniel B. Turner-Evans

  • Plasmonic Nanostructure Design for Efficient Light Coupling into Solar Cells

    Vivian E. Ferry;Luke A. Sweatlock;Domenico Pacifici;Harry A. Atwater

  • Subwavelength integrated photonics.

    Pavel Cheben;Robert Halir;Jens H. Schmid;Harry A. Atwater

  • Design Considerations for Plasmonic Photovoltaics

    Vivian E. Ferry;Jeremy N. Munday;Harry A. Atwater

  • Theoretical predictions for hot-carrier generation from surface plasmon decay

    Ravishankar Sundararaman;Prineha Narang;Adam S. Jermyn;William A. Goddard

  • Plasmonic color filters for CMOS image sensor applications.

    Sozo Yokogawa;Sozo Yokogawa;Stanley P. Burgos;Harry A. Atwater

  • Light trapping in ultrathin plasmonic solar cells.

    Vivian E. Ferry;Marc A. Verschuuren;Hongbo B. T. Li;Ewold Verhagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
Shu Wang
Shu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles

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