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Narayan Pradhan 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 Narayan Pradhan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 198 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Narayan Pradhan 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 Narayan Pradhan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Narayan Pradhan is affiliated with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in India. Their research contributions primarily focus on materials science and engineering, with particular emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. They have published extensively across multiple subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's main topics of research cover:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Pradhan has published frequently in notable venues such as:

  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Among their recent papers are:

  • "State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Lead-Free Halide Perovskite Materials and Optoelectronic Devices: Progress and Prospective," 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Perovskite Nanocrystal Heterostructures: Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Applications," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "α-Halo Ketone for Polyhedral Perovskite Nanocrystals: Evolutions, Shape Conversions, Ligand Chemistry, and Self-Assembly," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction: Successes and Challenges," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Suman Bera
  • Sumit Kumar Dutta
  • Sanjib Shyamal
  • A. Patra
  • Souvik Banerjee

Their work integrates themes across synthesis, optical properties, and device applications of perovskite materials, particularly focusing on nanocrystals. The research also explores novel ligand chemistries and shape control mechanisms for nanocrystals, as well as photocatalytic applications related to carbon dioxide reduction.

With over one hundred publications in materials chemistry and nearly as many in electrical and electronic engineering, Narayan Pradhan's contributions span applied and theoretical aspects of materials science. The extensive number of citations on several papers underscores engagement with ongoing research in these dynamic fields.

Best Publications

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Amrita Dey;Junzhi Ye;Apurba De;Elke Debroye

  • Silver nanoparticle catalyzed reduction of aromatic nitro compounds

    Narayan Pradhan;Anjali Pal;Tarasankar Pal

  • An alternative of CdSe nanocrystal emitters : Pure and tunable impurity emissions in znse nanocrystals

    Narayan Pradhan;David Goorskey;Jason Thessing;Xiaogang Peng

  • Efficient and Color-Tunable Mn-Doped ZnSe Nanocrystal Emitters: Control of Optical Performance via Greener Synthetic Chemistry

    Narayan Pradhan;Xiaogang Peng

  • Catalytic Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds by Coinage Metal Nanoparticles

    Narayan Pradhan;and Anjali Pal;Tarasankar Pal

  • Efficient, stable, small, and water-soluble doped ZnSe nanocrystal emitters as non-cadmium biomedical labels.

    Narayan Pradhan;David M Battaglia;Yongcheng Liu;Xiaogang Peng

  • High Quality ZnSe and ZnS Nanocrystals Formed by Activating Zinc Carboxylate Precursors

    Lin Song Li;Narayan Pradhan;Yunjun Wang;Xiaogang Peng

  • Doping Mn2+ in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Successes and Challenges

    Amit K. Guria;Sumit K. Dutta;Samrat Das Adhikari;Narayan Pradhan

  • Developments of Metal Phosphides as Efficient OER Precatalysts.

    Anirban Dutta;Narayan Pradhan

  • Near‐Unity Photoluminescence Quantum Efficiency for All CsPbX 3 (X=Cl, Br, and I) Perovskite Nanocrystals: A Generic Synthesis Approach

    Anirban Dutta;Rakesh Kumar Behera;Poulami Pal;Sujoy Baitalik

  • Doping Cu in semiconductor nanocrystals: some old and some new physical insights.

    Bhupendra B. Srivastava;Santanu Jana;Narayan Pradhan

  • Formation of nearly monodisperse In2O3 nanodots and oriented-attached nanoflowers: hydrolysis and alcoholysis vs pyrolysis.

    Arun Narayanaswamy;Huifang Xu;Narayan Pradhan;Myeongseob Kim

  • Surface Ligand Dynamics in Growth of Nanocrystals

    Narayan Pradhan;Danielle Reifsnyder;Renguo Xie;Jose Aldana

  • Colloidal CdSe quantum wires by oriented attachment.

    Narayan Pradhan;Huifang Xu;Xiaogang Peng

  • Seed Mediated Formation of Bimetallic Nanoparticles by UV Irradiation: A Photochemical Approach for the Preparation of “Core−Shell” Type Structures

    Kaushik Mallik;Madhuri Mandal;Narayan Pradhan;Tarasankar Pal

  • Surface-Oxidized Dicobalt Phosphide Nanoneedles as a Nonprecious, Durable, and Efficient OER Catalyst

    Anirban Dutta;Aneeya K. Samantara;Sumit K. Dutta;Bikash Kumar Jena

  • Metal Semiconductor Heterostructures for Photocatalytic Conversion of Light Energy

    Sumit Kumar Dutta;Shyamal Kumar Mehetor;Narayan Pradhan

  • Advances in Light-Emitting Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals

    Narayan Pradhan;D. D. Sarma

  • Synthesis of high-quality metal sulfide nanoparticles from alkyl xanthate single precursors in alkylamine solvents

    Narayan Pradhan;and Beni Katz;Shlomo Efrima

  • Luminescence, Plasmonic, and Magnetic Properties of Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals.

    Narayan Pradhan;Samrat Das Adhikari;Angshuman Nag;D. D. Sarma

Frequent Co-Authors

D. D. Sarma
D. D. Sarma Indian Institute of Science
Xiaogang Peng
Xiaogang Peng Zhejiang University
Nikhil R. Jana
Nikhil R. Jana Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Tarasankar Pal
Tarasankar Pal Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Huifang Xu
Huifang Xu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anjali Pal
Anjali Pal Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Debabrata Pradhan
Debabrata Pradhan Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Angshuman Nag
Angshuman Nag Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
Bikash Kumar Jena
Bikash Kumar Jena Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame

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