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Materials Science

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47
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11536
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Chemistry

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Jonathan S. Owen 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 Jonathan S. Owen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 147 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonathan S. Owen 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 Jonathan S. Owen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% 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

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 2016 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Jonathan S. Owen is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans key fields in Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work engages multiple subfields including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Catalysis

The primary research topics include:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Recent published papers by Jonathan S. Owen demonstrate a focus on nanocrystal synthesis, semiconductor materials, and catalytic processes. Selected papers include:

  • Continuous Nucleation and Size Dependent Growth Kinetics of Indium Phosphide Nanocrystals, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Indefinite and bidirectional near-infrared nanocrystal photoswitching, 2023, Nature
  • Anthracene Diphosphate Ligands for CdSe Quantum Dots; Molecular Design for Efficient Upconversion, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Au/TiO2-Catalyzed Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on Morphologically Precise Anatase Nanoparticles, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Jonathan S. Owen often collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Ellie Bennett
  • Natalie Saenz
  • Leslie S. Hamachi
  • Matthew W. Greenberg
  • Brandon M. McMurtry

Publication venues where Owen's work appears frequently are:

  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nano Letters
  • Nature Photonics

In addition to journal publications, Jonathan S. Owen has authored a book titled The Barrandov Studios published by Amsterdam University Press in 2023.

The scientist has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2018
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2016

Best Publications

  • Trap states in lead iodide perovskites.

    Xiaoxi Wu;M. Tuan Trinh;Daniel Niesner;Haiming Zhu

  • Ligand exchange and the stoichiometry of metal chalcogenide nanocrystals: spectroscopic observation of facile metal-carboxylate displacement and binding.

    Nicholas C. Anderson;Mark P. Hendricks;Joshua J. Choi;Jonathan S. Owen

  • Local Polar Fluctuations in Lead Halide Perovskite Crystals.

    Omer Yaffe;Yinsheng Guo;Liang Z. Tan;David A. Egger

  • Mechanistic study of precursor evolution in colloidal group II-VI semiconductor nanocrystal synthesis.

    Haitao Liu;Jonathan S. Owen;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • A tunable library of substituted thiourea precursors to metal sulfide nanocrystals

    Mark P. Hendricks;Michael P. Campos;Gregory T. Cleveland;Ilan Jen-La Plante

  • Reaction Chemistry and Ligand Exchange at Cadmium−Selenide Nanocrystal Surfaces

    Jonathan S. Owen;Jungwon Park;Paul-Emile Trudeau;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • The coordination chemistry of nanocrystal surfaces

    Jonathan Owen

  • Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Vibrational Modes in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites

    Tobias Glaser;Christian Müller;Michael Sendner;Christian Krekeler

  • Chemical Synthesis and Luminescence Applications of Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots

    Jonathan Owen;Louis Brus

  • Structure of methylammonium lead iodide within mesoporous titanium dioxide: active material in high-performance perovskite solar cells.

    Joshua J. Choi;Xiaohao Yang;Zachariah M. Norman;Simon J. L. Billinge

  • Excitons in ultrathin organic-inorganic perovskite crystals

    Omer Yaffe;Alexey Chernikov;Zachariah M. Norman;Yu Zhong

  • On the Origin of Surface Traps in Colloidal II–VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals

    Arjan J. Houtepen;Zeger Hens;Jonathan S. Owen;Ivan Infante

  • Direct Observation of Dynamic Symmetry Breaking above Room Temperature in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite

    Alexander N. Beecher;Octavi E. Semonin;Jonathan M. Skelton;Jarvist M. Frost

  • Precursor Conversion Kinetics and the Nucleation of Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals

    Jonathan S. Owen;Emory M. Chan;Haitao Liu;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • Reproducible, high-throughput synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals for optimization in multidimensional parameter space.

    Emory M. Chan;Chenxu Xu;Alvin W. Mao;Gang Han

  • Atomic structures and gram scale synthesis of three tetrahedral quantum dots

    Alexander N. Beecher;Xiaohao Yang;Joshua H. Palmer;Alexandra L. LaGrassa

  • Conversion Reactions of Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanocrystal Precursors

    Raúl García-Rodríguez;Mark P. Hendricks;Brandi M. Cossairt;Haitao Liu

  • Soluble, Chloride-Terminated CdSe Nanocrystals: Ligand Exchange Monitored by 1H and 31P NMR Spectroscopy

    Nicholas C. Anderson;Jonathan S. Owen

  • CdSe Clusters: At the Interface of Small Molecules and Quantum Dots

    Brandi M. Cossairt;Jonathan S. Owen

  • Probing Solvent-Ligand Interactions in Colloidal Nanocrystals by the NMR Line Broadening

    Jonathan De Roo;Jonathan De Roo;Nuri Yazdani;Emile Drijvers;Alessandro Lauria

Frequent Co-Authors

Clark R. Landis
Clark R. Landis University of Wisconsin–Madison
Simon J. L. Billinge
Simon J. L. Billinge Columbia University
Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus Columbia University
Marcos A. Pimenta
Marcos A. Pimenta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Tony F. Heinz
Tony F. Heinz Stanford University
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Emory M. Chan
Emory M. Chan Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haitao Liu
Haitao Liu University of Pittsburgh
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Isabel Van Driessche
Isabel Van Driessche Ghent University

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