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Mato Knez

Mato Knez

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
11308
World Ranking
9804
National Ranking
179

Mato Knez 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 Mato Knez sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 172 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mato Knez 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 Mato Knez sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mato Knez is affiliated with CIC nanoGUNE in Spain and has made contributions primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research includes significant work in the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The research topics covered by Mato Knez include:

  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Mato Knez has published papers in several scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Chemical Communications
  • Applied Surface Science

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Mato Knez include:

  • Recent Progress on Conductive Metal-Organic Framework Films, 2021, Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Vapor phase processing: a novel approach for fabricating functional hybrid materials, 2020, Nanotechnology
  • Omniphobic Etched Aluminum Surfaces with Anti-Icing Ability, 2020, Langmuir
  • Ultrathin Hybrid SiAlCOH Dielectric Films through Ring-Opening Molecular Layer Deposition of Cyclic Tetrasiloxane, 2021, Chemistry of Materials
  • Nanoconfined (Bio)Catalysts as Efficient Glucose-Responsive Nanoreactors, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mato Knez include:

  • Iva Šarić
  • Evgeny Modin
  • M. Petravić
  • Kristina Ashurbekova
  • Robert Peter

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Complex Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Mato Knez;Kornelius Nielsch;Kornelius Nielsch;Lauri Niinisto

  • Monocrystalline spinel nanotube fabrication based on the Kirkendall effect

    Hong Jin fan;Mato Knez;Roland Scholz;Kornelius Nielsch

  • Biotemplate Synthesis of 3-nm Nickel and Cobalt Nanowires

    Mato Knez;Alexander M. Bittner;Fabian Boes;Christina Wege

  • Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

    Seung-Mo Lee;Eckhard Pippel;Ulrich Gösele;Christian Dresbach

  • Structural analysis and mapping of individual protein complexes by infrared nanospectroscopy

    Iban Amenabar;Simon Poly;Wiwat Nuansing;Elmar H. Hubrich

  • Influence of surface diffusion on the formation of hollow nanostructures induced by the Kirkendall effect: the basic concept

    Hong Jin Fan;Mato Knez;Roland Scholz;Dietrich Hesse

  • Spatially Selective Nucleation of Metal Clusters on the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

    M. Knez;M. Sumser;A. M. Bittner;C. Wege

  • Ordered Iron Oxide Nanotube Arrays of Controlled Geometry and Tunable Magnetism by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Julien Bachmann;Jing Jing;Mato Knez;Sven Barth

  • Progress and future directions for atomic layer deposition and ALD-based chemistry

    Gregory N. Parsons;Steven M. George;Mato Knez

  • Atomic layer deposition on biological macromolecules: metal oxide coating of tobacco mosaic virus and ferritin.

    Mato Knez;Anan Kadri;Christina Wege;Ulrich Gösele

  • Ultrasensitive and label-free molecular-level detection enabled by light phase control in magnetoplasmonic nanoantennas

    Nicolo Maccaferri;Keith E. Gregorczyk;Thales V. A. G. de Oliveira;Mikko Kataja

  • Atomic layer deposition of nanostructured materials

    Nicola Pinna;Mato Knez

  • Reducing stress on cells with apoferritin-encapsulated platinum nanoparticles.

    Lianbing Zhang;Linda Laug;Wolfram Münchgesang;Eckhard Pippel

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Ultrasensitive and label-free molecular-level detection enabled by light phase control in magnetoplasmonic nanoantennas

    Nicolò Maccaferri;Keith E Gregorczyk;Thales V.A.G. de Oliveira;Mikko Kataja

  • Ferromagnetic nanotubes by atomic layer deposition in anodic alumina membranes

    M. Daub;M. Knez;U. Goesele;K. Nielsch

  • Hybrid nanomaterials through molecular and atomic layer deposition: Top down, bottom up, and in-between approaches to new materials

    Keith Gregorczyk;Mato Knez

  • Enhanced Catalytic Activity for Methanol Electro‐oxidation of Uniformly Dispersed Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles—Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Materials

    Xili Tong;Yong Qin;Xiangyun Guo;Oussama Moutanabbir

  • Atomic layer deposition of Al 2 O 3 and TiO 2 multilayers for applications as bandpass filters and antireflection coatings

    Adriana Szeghalmi;Michael Helgert;Robert Brunner;Frank Heyroth

  • Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Metal Nanoparticle Chains Encapsulated in Nanotubes Produced by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Yong Qin;Seung-Mo Lee;Anlian Pan;Ulrich Gösele

  • Atomic Layer Deposition of Nanostructured Materials: PINNA:ALD NANOMATERIALS O-BK

    Nicola Pinna;Mato Knez

  • Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Complex Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Mato Knez;Kornelius Nielsch;Lauri Niinistoe

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Gösele
Ulrich Gösele Max Planck Society
Yong Qin
Yong Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kornelius Nielsch
Kornelius Nielsch Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Eckhard Pippel
Eckhard Pippel Max Planck Society
Christina Wege
Christina Wege University of Stuttgart
Roland Scholz
Roland Scholz Max Planck Society
Holger Jeske
Holger Jeske University of Stuttgart
Margit Zacharias
Margit Zacharias University of Freiburg
Klaus Kern
Klaus Kern Max Planck Society
Dietrich Hesse
Dietrich Hesse Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics

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