2026 Naomi J. Halas: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	162	92	84	53	49	543	117550
Materials Science	165	96	92	42	38	529	122761

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2018 - Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society
2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2014 - Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society
2014 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For nanoscale engineering of optical resonances and lineshapes.
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 - SPIE Fellow
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - OSA Fellows For the development of nanoparticles with tunable optical properties and their applications to optical sensing and medicine.
2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of new types of nanoparticles with unique optical properties and applications, and groundbreaking studies of molecular modification of scanning probe microscope tip properties

Overview

Naomi J. Halas is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields, including materials science and engineering, with notable contributions to subfields such as electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their main research topics encompass:

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

Peter Nordlander
Aaron Bayles
Hossein Robatjazi
Oara Neumann
L. Yuan

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

Nano Letters
ACS Nano
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of their recent papers include:

Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts, 2020, Nature Energy
Earth-abundant photocatalyst for H ₂ generation from NH ₃ with light-emitting diode illumination, 2022, Science
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective, 2024, Chemical Society Reviews
Plasmon-driven carbon-fluorine (C(sp3)-F) bond activation with mechanistic insights into hot-carrier-mediated pathways, 2020, Nature Catalysis
Monolithic Metal Dimer-on-Film Structure: New Plasmonic Properties Introduced by the Underlying Metal, 2020, Nano Letters

Over the course of their career, they have received multiple awards and honors, including:

Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society, 2018
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2015
Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society, 2014
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2014, for nanoscale engineering of optical resonances and lineshapes
Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2013
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009
SPIE Fellow, 2007
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
OSA Fellow, 2004, for development of nanoparticles with tunable optical properties and their applications to optical sensing and medicine
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2001, for the development of new types of nanoparticles with unique optical properties and applications, and groundbreaking studies of molecular modification of scanning probe microscope tip properties

Best Publications

A hybridization model for the plasmon response of complex nanostructures.

E. Prodan;C. Radloff;N. J. Halas;P. Nordlander

4667
Citations
The Fano resonance in plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials

Boris Luk'yanchuk;Nikolay I. Zheludev;Stefan A. Maier;Naomi J. Halas

4440
Citations
Plasmon-induced hot carrier science and technology

Mark L. Brongersma;Naomi J. Halas;Peter Nordlander

3547
Citations
Plasmons in strongly coupled metallic nanostructures.

Naomi J. Halas;Surbhi Lal;Wei-Shun Chang;Stephan Link

3466
Citations
Nanoengineering of optical resonances

S.J Oldenburg;R.D Averitt;S.L Westcott;N.J Halas

3030
Citations
Nano-optics from sensing to waveguiding

Surbhi Lal;Stephan Link;Naomi J. Halas

2599
Citations
Photo-thermal tumor ablation in mice using near infrared-absorbing nanoparticles.

D.Patrick O'Neal;Leon R. Hirsch;Naomi J. Halas;J.Donald Payne

2393
Citations
IMMUNOTARGETED NANOSHELLS FOR INTEGRATED CANCER IMAGING AND THERAPY

Christopher Loo;Amanda Lowery;Naomi Halas;Jennifer West

2350
Citations
Photodetection with Active Optical Antennas

Mark W. Knight;Heidar Sobhani;Peter Nordlander;Naomi J. Halas

2270
Citations
Nanoshell-Enabled Photothermal Cancer Therapy: Impending Clinical Impact

Surbhi Lal;Susan E. Clare;Naomi J. Halas

1906
Citations
Hot Electrons Do the Impossible: Plasmon-Induced Dissociation of H2 on Au

Shaunak Mukherjee;Florian Libisch;Nicolas Large;Oara Neumann

1721
Citations
Self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticle clusters

Jonathan A. Fan;Chihhui Wu;Kui Bao;Jiming Bao

1687
Citations
Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

André M Gobin;Min Ho Lee;Naomi J Halas;William D James

1631
Citations
Nanoshell-enabled photonics-based imaging and therapy of cancer.

Christopher Loo;Alex Lin;Leon Hirsch;Min Ho Lee

1583
Citations
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering from individual au nanoparticles and nanoparticle dimer substrates.

Chad E Talley;Joseph B Jackson;Chris Oubre;Nathaniel K Grady

1396
Citations
Aluminum for Plasmonics

Mark W Knight;Nicholas S King;Lifei Liu;Henry O Everitt

1378
Citations
Solar Vapor Generation Enabled by Nanoparticles

Oara Neumann;Alexander S. Urban;Jared Day;Surbhi Lal

1376
Citations
Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine

Beatriz Pelaz;Christoph Alexiou;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla;Frauke Alves;Frauke Alves

1359
Citations
Symmetry breaking in plasmonic nanocavities: subradiant LSPR sensing and a tunable Fano resonance.

Feng Hao;Yannick Sonnefraud;Pol Van Dorpe;Stefan A. Maier

1199
Citations
Shape-Controlled Synthesis and Surface Plasmonic Properties of Metallic Nanostructures

Younan Xia;Naomi J. Halas

1190
Citations