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D-Index
73
Citations
20263
World Ranking
3831
National Ranking
1217

Limin Tong 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 Limin Tong sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 358 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Limin Tong 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 Limin Tong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Limin Tong Zhejiang University, China For seminal work in optical nanofibers and significant contributions to nanophotonics.

Overview

Limin Tong is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China, specializing primarily in the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Materials Chemistry.

The principal research topics covered by Limin Tong include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Frequent publication venues for their work are diverse, with notable contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Light Science & Applications
  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Photonics Research

They have numerous frequent collaborators, including Pan Wang, Xin Guo, Lei Zhang, Ni Yao, and Wei Fang.

Selected recent papers by Limin Tong illustrate the breadth and focus of their research:

  • "High-performance silicon−graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm" (2020) published in Light Science & Applications
  • "A multifunctional skin-like wearable optical sensor based on an optical micro-/nanofibre" (2020) published in Nanoscale
  • "Optical Micro/Nanofiber-Enabled Compact Tactile Sensor for Hardness Discrimination" (2021) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Molecular Plasmonics with Metamaterials" (2022) published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Single optical microfiber enabled tactile sensor for simultaneous temperature and pressure measurement" (2022) published in Photonics Research

In 2015, Limin Tong was recognized as an OSA Fellow for seminal work in optical nanofibers and contributions to nanophotonics.

Best Publications

  • Subwavelength-diameter silica wires for low-loss optical waveguiding

    Eric Mazur;Limin Tong;Rafael Gattass

  • Single-mode guiding properties of subwavelength-diameter silica and silicon wire waveguides

    Limin Tong;Jingyi Lou;Eric Mazur

  • Ultrafast All-Optical Graphene Modulator

    Wei Li;Bigeng Chen;Chao Meng;Wei Fang

  • 2D Materials for Optical Modulation: Challenges and Opportunities.

    Shaoliang Yu;Xiaoqin Wu;Yipei Wang;Xin Guo

  • Single-nanowire spectrometers

    Zongyin Yang;Thomas Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

  • Direct coupling of plasmonic and photonic nanowires for hybrid nanophotonic components and circuits.

    Xin Guo;Min Qiu;Jiming Bao;Benjamin J. Wiley

  • Polymer single-nanowire optical sensors.

    Fuxing Gu;Lei Zhang;Xuefeng Yin;Limin Tong

  • Assembly of silica nanowires on silica aerogels for microphotonic devices

    Limin Tong;Jingyi Lou;Rafael R Gattass;Sailing He

  • Demonstration of optical microfiber knot resonators

    Xiaoshun Jiang;Limin Tong;Guillaume Vienne;Xin Guo

  • Modeling of silica nanowires for optical sensing

    Jingyi Lou;Limin Tong;Zhizhen Ye

  • Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale

    Pan Wang;Yipei Wang;Limin Tong

  • Microfiber Optical Sensors: A Review

    Jingyi Lou;Yipei Wang;Limin Tong

  • Single-nanowire single-mode laser.

    Yao Xiao;Chao Meng;Pan Wang;Yu Ye

  • Optical microfibers and nanofibers: A tutorial

    Limin Tong;Fei Zi;Xin Guo;Jingyi Lou

  • Photonic nanowires directly drawn from bulk glasses

    Limin Tong;Lili Hu;Junjie Zhang;Jianrong Qiu

  • High-performance silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm.

    Jingshu Guo;Jiang Li;Chaoyue Liu;Yanlong Yin

  • Photonic Nanowires: From Subwavelength Waveguides to Optical Sensors

    Xin Guo;Yibin Ying;Limin Tong

  • Mach-Zehnder interferometers assembled with optical microfibers or nanofibers

    Yuhang Li;Limin Tong

  • Polymer Nanofibers Embedded with Aligned Gold Nanorods: A New Platform for Plasmonic Studies and Optical Sensing

    Pan Wang;Lei Zhang;Lei Zhang;Younan Xia;Limin Tong

  • All-optical graphene modulator based on optical Kerr phase shift

    Shaoliang Yu;Xiaoqin Wu;Keren Chen;Bigeng Chen

  • Data for: Single-nanowire spectrometers

    Zongyin Yang;Tom Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

Frequent Co-Authors

Qing Yang
Qing Yang Zhejiang University
Qihuang Gong
Qihuang Gong Peking University
Min Qiu
Min Qiu Westlake University
Daoxin Dai
Daoxin Dai Zhejiang University
Lun Dai
Lun Dai Peking University
Philippe Grelu
Philippe Grelu University of Burgundy
Shisheng Lin
Shisheng Lin Zhejiang University
Jianrong Qiu
Jianrong Qiu Zhejiang University
Anlian Pan
Anlian Pan Hunan University
Cun-Zheng Ning
Cun-Zheng Ning Tsinghua University

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