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12433
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8820
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John T. L. Thong 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 John T. L. Thong sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 166 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John T. L. Thong 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 John T. L. Thong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John T. L. Thong is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to topics such as 2D Materials and Applications, Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Thermal Properties of Materials, Graphene Research and Applications, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, and Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling.

John T. L. Thong's publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • Low-Symmetry PdSe2 for High Performance Thermoelectric Applications, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Large enhancement of thermoelectric performance in MoS 2 / h -BN heterostructure due to vacancy-induced band hybridization, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Modification of thermal transport in few-layer MoS2 by atomic-level defect engineering, 2021, Nanoscale
  • Studying thermal transport in suspended monolayer molybdenum disulfide prepared by a nano-manipulator-assisted transfer method, 2020, Nanotechnology
  • Electromechanically Reconfigurable Terahertz Stereo Metasurfaces, 2024, Advanced Materials

Their frequent coauthors include Yunshan Zhao, Jing Wu, Gang Zhang, Dongzhi Chi, and Kedar Hippalgaonkar.

John T. L. Thong has published multiple times in several prominent venues, including:

  • Advanced Functional Materials (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Nanoscale (1 publication)
  • Advanced Materials (1 publication)
  • Nanotechnology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Length-dependent thermal conductivity in suspended single-layer graphene.

    Xiangfan Xu;Luiz F. C. Pereira;Yu Wang;Jing Wu

  • Probing layer number and stacking order of few-layer graphene by Raman spectroscopy.

    Yufeng Hao;Yingying Wang;Lei Wang;Zhenhua Ni

  • High Mobility, Printable, and Solution-Processed Graphene Electronics

    Shuai Wang;Priscilla Kailian Ang;Ziqian Wang;Ai Ling Lena Tang

  • Experimental demonstration of a bilayer thermal cloak

    Tiancheng Han;Xue Bai;Dongliang Gao;John T. L. Thong

  • Full control and manipulation of heat signatures: cloaking, camouflage and thermal metamaterials.

    Tiancheng Han;Xue Bai;John T. L. Thong;Baowen Li;Baowen Li

  • Large-scale synthesis and field emission properties of vertically oriented CuO nanowire films

    Y W Zhu;T Yu;F C Cheong;X J Xu

  • Simple fabrication of a ZnO nanowire photodetector with a fast photoresponse time

    J. B. K. Law;J. T. L. Thong

  • High-Throughput Synthesis of Graphene by Intercalation−Exfoliation of Graphite Oxide and Study of Ionic Screening in Graphene Transistor

    Priscilla Kailian Ang;Shuai Wang;Qiaoliang Bao;John T. L. Thong

  • Thermal transport in suspended and supported few-layer graphene.

    Ziqian Wang;Rongguo Xie;Cong Tinh Bui;Dan Liu

  • Controlled Growth and Field‐Emission Properties of Cobalt Oxide Nanowalls

    Ting Yu;Yanwu Zhu;Xiaojing Xu;Zexiang Shen

  • Multiwalled carbon nanotubes beaded with ZnO nanoparticles for ultrafast nonlinear optical switching

    Yanwu Zhu;Hendry Izaac Elim;Yong-Lim Foo;Ting Yu

  • Low-contact-resistance graphene devices with nickel-etched-graphene contacts.

    Wei Sun Leong;Hao Gong;John T. L. Thong

  • Invisible Sensors: Simultaneous Sensing and Camouflaging in Multiphysical Fields

    Tianzhi Yang;Tianzhi Yang;Xue Bai;Dongliang Gao;Linzhi Wu

  • Magnetism in MoS2 induced by proton irradiation

    S. Mathew;K. Gopinadhan;T. K. Chan;X. J. Yu

  • Low Resistance Metal Contacts to MoS2 Devices with Nickel-Etched-Graphene Electrodes

    Wei Sun Leong;Xin Luo;Yida Li;Khoong Hong Khoo

  • Magnetism in MoS2 induced by MeV proton irradiation

    S. Mathew;K. Gopinadhan;T. K. Chan;X. J. Yu

  • TMAH etching of silicon and the interaction of etching parameters

    J.T.L. Thong;W.K. Choi;C.W. Chong

  • Improving the NH(3) gas sensitivity of ZnO nanowire sensors by reducing the carrier concentration.

    J B K Law;J T L Thong

  • Properties and applications of cobalt-based material produced by electron-beam-induced deposition

    Y. M. Lau;P. C. Chee;J. T. L. Thong;V. Ng

  • An Electrically Tuned Solid-State Thermal Memory Based on Metal–Insulator Transition of Single-Crystalline VO2 Nanobeams

    Rongguo Xie;Cong Tinh Bui;Binni Varghese;Qingxin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Baowen Li
Baowen Li Southern University of Science and Technology
Chorng Haur Sow
Chorng Haur Sow National University of Singapore
Zexiang Shen
Zexiang Shen Nanyang Technological University
Jing Wu
Jing Wu Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Chwee Teck Lim
Chwee Teck Lim National University of Singapore
Yanwu Zhu
Yanwu Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Ting Yu
Ting Yu Nanyang Technological University
Cheng-Wei Qiu
Cheng-Wei Qiu National University of Singapore
Kian Ping Loh
Kian Ping Loh National University of Singapore
Francesco Stellacci
Francesco Stellacci École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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