2026 Mato Knez: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	51	9806	9468	179	177	172	11308

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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

1086
Citations
Monocrystalline spinel nanotube fabrication based on the Kirkendall effect

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

780
Citations
Biotemplate Synthesis of 3-nm Nickel and Cobalt Nanowires

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

500
Citations
Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

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

483
Citations
Structural analysis and mapping of individual protein complexes by infrared nanospectroscopy

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

451
Citations
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

435
Citations
Spatially Selective Nucleation of Metal Clusters on the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

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

302
Citations
Ordered Iron Oxide Nanotube Arrays of Controlled Geometry and Tunable Magnetism by Atomic Layer Deposition

Julien Bachmann;Jing Jing;Mato Knez;Sven Barth

300
Citations
Progress and future directions for atomic layer deposition and ALD-based chemistry

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

255
Citations
Atomic layer deposition on biological macromolecules: metal oxide coating of tobacco mosaic virus and ferritin.

Mato Knez;Anan Kadri;Christina Wege;Ulrich Gösele

255
Citations
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

244
Citations
Atomic layer deposition of nanostructured materials

Nicola Pinna;Mato Knez

239
Citations
Reducing stress on cells with apoferritin-encapsulated platinum nanoparticles.

Lianbing Zhang;Linda Laug;Wolfram Münchgesang;Eckhard Pippel

237
Citations
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

236
Citations
Ferromagnetic nanotubes by atomic layer deposition in anodic alumina membranes

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

223
Citations
Hybrid nanomaterials through molecular and atomic layer deposition: Top down, bottom up, and in-between approaches to new materials

Keith Gregorczyk;Mato Knez

203
Citations
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

171
Citations
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

163
Citations
Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Metal Nanoparticle Chains Encapsulated in Nanotubes Produced by Atomic Layer Deposition

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

151
Citations
Atomic Layer Deposition of Nanostructured Materials: PINNA:ALD NANOMATERIALS O-BK

Nicola Pinna;Mato Knez

103
Citations
Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Complex Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition

Mato Knez;Kornelius Nielsch;Lauri Niinistoe

0
Citations