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Jason H. Hafner

Jason H. Hafner

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
34877
World Ranking
4532
National Ranking
1200

Jason H. Hafner 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 Jason H. Hafner sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 163 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jason H. Hafner 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 Jason H. Hafner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jason H. Hafner is a researcher affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these, Hafner has contributed to important subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Biophysics.

The main topics addressed in Hafner's research include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications.

Hafner has published work in various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Preprints.org, Biophysical Journal, Pharmaceutics, and Nano Convergence.

  • Effects of Surface Protein Adsorption on the Distribution and Retention of Intratumorally Administered Gold Nanoparticles (2021, Pharmaceutics)
  • Monodispersed mesoscopic star-shaped gold particles via silver-ion-assisted multi-directional growth for highly sensitive SERS-active substrates (2024, Nano Convergence)
  • The Raman Active Vibrations of Flavone and Quercetin: The Impact of Conformers and Hydrogen Bonding on Fingerprint Modes (2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A)
  • Improvements in Gold Nanorod Biocompatibility with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Stabilization (2021, Journal of Nanotheranostics)
  • Effects of Conformational Variation on Structural Insights from Solution-Phase Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)

Throughout their research career, Hafner has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Mathieu L. Simeral, Aobo Zhang, Rossana Terracciano, Danilo Demarchi, and Carly S. Filgueira.

Best Publications

  • Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors

    Kathryn M. Mayer;Jason H. Hafner

  • Nanotubes as nanoprobes in scanning probe microscopy

    Hongjie Dai;Jason H. Hafner;Andrew G. Rinzler;Daniel T. Colbert

  • Unraveling Nanotubes: Field Emission from an Atomic Wire

    A. G. Rinzler;J. H. Hafner;P. Nikolaev;P. Nordlander

  • Method for producing self-assembled objects comprising fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereof

    Richard E. Smalley;Daniel T. Colbert;Hongjie Dai;Jie Liu

  • Structural ( n, m) determination of isolated single-wall carbon nanotubes by resonant Raman scattering.

    A. Jorio;R. Saito;J. H. Hafner;C. M. Lieber

  • Optical properties of star-shaped gold nanoparticles.

    Colleen L. Nehl;Hongwei Liao;Jason H. Hafner

  • Fabry - Perot interference in a nanotube electron waveguide

    Wenjie Liang;Marc Bockrath;Dolores Bozovic;Jason H. Hafner

  • Plasmon resonances of a gold nanostar.

    Feng Hao;Colleen L. Nehl;Jason H. Hafner;Peter Nordlander

  • Catalytic growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes from metal particles

    Richard E. Smalley;Jason H. Hafner;Daniel T. Colbert;Ken Smith

  • G-band resonant Raman study of 62 isolated single-wall carbon nanotubes

    A. Jorio;A. Jorio;A. G. Souza Filho;A. G. Souza Filho;G. Dresselhaus;M. S. Dresselhaus

  • Growth of nanotubes for probe microscopy tips

    Jason H. Hafner;Chin Li Cheung;Charles M. Lieber

  • Method for fractionating single-wall carbon nanotubes

    Daniel T. Colbert;Hongjie Dai;Jason H. Hafner;Andrew G. Rinzler

  • Close Encounters between Two Nanoshells

    J. Britt Lassiter;Javier Aizpurua;Luis I. Hernandez;Daniel W. Brandl

  • Resonant electron scattering by defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Marc Bockrath;Wenjie Liang;Dolores Bozovic;Jason H. Hafner

  • Gold Nanorod Bioconjugates

    Hongwei Liao and;Jason H. Hafner

  • A Label-Free Immunoassay Based Upon Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanorods

    Kathryn M. Mayer;Seunghyun Lee;Hongwei Liao;Betty C. Rostro

  • Shape-dependent plasmon resonances of gold nanoparticles

    Colleen L. Nehl;Jason H. Hafner

  • Structural and functional imaging with carbon nanotube AFM probes.

    J. H. Hafner;Chin Li Cheung;A. T. Woolley;C. M. Lieber

  • High-yield assembly of individual single-walled carbon nanotube tips for scanning probe microscopies

    Jason H. Hafner;Chin Li "Barry" Cheung;Tjerk H. Oosterkamp;Charles M. Lieber

  • Biomedical applications of plasmon resonant metal nanoparticles

    Hongwei Liao;Colleen L Nehl;Jason H Hafner

  • Structural (n,m) determination of isolated single wall carbon nanotubes by resonant Raman scattering

    M. S. Dresselhaus;A. Jorio;G. Dresselhaus;M. Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Smalley
Richard E. Smalley Rice University
Andrew G. Rinzler
Andrew G. Rinzler University of Florida
Peter Nordlander
Peter Nordlander Rice University
Hongjie Dai
Hongjie Dai University of Hong Kong
Ado Jorio
Ado Jorio Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Riichiro Saito
Riichiro Saito Tohoku University
A. G. Souza Filho
A. G. Souza Filho Universidade Federal do Ceará
Jie Liu
Jie Liu Duke University
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles

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