2026 Igor Žutić: 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	46	11290	10908	2644	2455	219	20406

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the theory of spindependent transport, magnetism in semiconductor nanostructures, and novel spintronic devices

Overview

Igor Žutić is affiliated with the State University of New York in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Žutić include:

Topological Materials and Phenomena
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
2D Materials and Applications
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Graphene research and applications
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Magnetic properties of thin films

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Igor Žutić include:

"Phase Signature of Topological Transition in Josephson Junctions," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"Large Tunneling Magnetoresistance in van der Waals Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Heterojunctions," 2021, Advanced Materials
"Cubic spin-orbit coupling and anomalous Josephson effect in planar junctions," 2021, Physical Review B
"Large and tunable magnetoresistance in van der Waals ferromagnet/semiconductor junctions," 2023, Nature Communications
"Fusion of Majorana bound states with mini-gate control in two-dimensional systems," 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors working with Žutić include Tong Zhou, Chenghao Shen, Jong E. Han, Gaofeng Xu, and Alex Matos-Abiague.

The scientist often publishes in journals and venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Physical Review Letters
Applied Physics Letters
Nature Communications

Igor Žutić received the recognition of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2016, with citation noting contributions to the theory of spin-dependent transport, magnetism in semiconductor nanostructures, and novel spintronic devices.

Best Publications

Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications

Igor Žutić;Jaroslav Fabian;S. Das Sarma

13675
Citations
Semiconductor Spintronics

J. Fabian;A. Matos-Abiague;C. Ertler;P. Stano

977
Citations
New moves of the spintronics tango

Jairo Sinova;Igor Žutić

338
Citations
Spin-polarized transport in inhomogeneous magnetic semiconductors: theory of magnetic/nonmagnetic p-n junctions.

Igor Zutic;Jaroslav Fabian;S. Das Sarma

332
Citations
Ultrafast spin-lasers.

Markus Lindemann;Gaofeng Xu;Tobias Pusch;Rainer Michalzik

232
Citations
Roadmap for Emerging Materials for Spintronic Device Applications

Atsufumi Hirohata;Hiroaki Sukegawa;Hideto Yanagihara;Igor Zutic

212
Citations
Tailoring ferromagnetic chalcopyrites.

Steven C. Erwin;Igor Žutić

197
Citations
Spin Injection and Detection in Silicon

Igor Žutić;Igor Žutić;Jaroslav Fabian;Steven C. Erwin

180
Citations
Tunneling spectroscopy for ferromagnet/superconductor junctions

Igor Žutić;Oriol T. Valls

169
Citations
Spin-polarized tunneling in ferromagnet/unconventional superconductor junctions

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165
Citations
Magnetic Proximity Effects in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides: Converting Excitons.

Benedikt Scharf;Benedikt Scharf;Benedikt Scharf;Gaofeng Xu;Alex Matos-Abiague;Igor Žutić

156
Citations
Magnetic bipolar transistor

Jaroslav Fabian;Igor Žutić;S. Das Sarma

155
Citations
Spin injection through the depletion layer: A theory of spin-polarized p-n junctions and solar cells

Igor Žutić;Jaroslav Fabian;S. Das Sarma

144
Citations
Large Tunneling Magnetoresistance in van der Waals Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Heterojunctions.

Wenkai Zhu;Hailong Lin;Faguang Yan;Ce Hu

127
Citations
Theory of spin-polarized bipolar transport in magnetic p-n junctions

Jaroslav Fabian;Igor Žutić;S. Das Sarma

125
Citations
Effective gating and tunable magnetic proximity effects in two-dimensional heterostructures

Predrag Lazić;K. D. Belashchenko;Igor Žutić

110
Citations
Proposal for a spin-polarized solar battery

Igor Žutić;Jaroslav Fabian;S. Das Sarma

109
Citations
Determination of interface atomic structure and its impact on spin transport using Z-contrast microscopy and density-functional theory.

Thomas J. Zega;Aubrey T. Hanbicki;Steven C. Erwin;Igor Žutić;Igor Žutić

108
Citations
Spin modulation in semiconductor lasers

Jeongsu Lee;William Falls;Rafal Oszwałdowski;Igor Žutić

104
Citations
Phase-sensitive tests of the pairing state symmetry in Sr(2)RuO(4).

Igor Zutić;Igor Mazin

99
Citations
Spintronics: Taming spin currents

Igor Žutić;Hanan Dery

97
Citations
Spin-polarized transport and Andreev reflection in semiconductor/superconductor hybrid structures

Igor Žutić;S. Das Sarma

94
Citations
Spin-polarized transport across a La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 / YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 − x interface: Role of Andreev bound states

Z. Y. Chen;Amlan Biswas;Igor Žutić;T. Wu

91
Citations
Wireless Majorana Bound States: From Magnetic Tunability to Braiding

Geoffrey L. Fatin;Alex Matos-Abiague;Benedikt Scharf;Igor Žutić

91
Citations
Mapping between quantum dot and quantum well lasers: From conventional to spin lasers

Jeongsu Lee;Rafał Oszwałdowski;Christian Gøthgen;Igor Žutić

84
Citations