2026 Oliver Aneurin Williams: 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	55	8690	8394	350	332	240	9464

Oliver Aneurin Williams 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 Oliver Aneurin Williams sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 240 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Oliver Aneurin Williams 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 Oliver Aneurin Williams sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Oliver Aneurin Williams is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering.

Their work extensively covers subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientific topics they have explored include:

Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Semiconductor materials and devices
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Oliver Aneurin Williams's recent publications illustrate the scope of their research interests:

"Crystalline Interlayers for Reducing the Effective Thermal Boundary Resistance in GaN-on-Diamond," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Long spin coherence times of nitrogen vacancy centers in milled nanodiamonds," 2022, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
"Thermal stress modelling of diamond on GaN/III-Nitride membranes," 2020, Carbon
"Surface zeta potential and diamond growth on gallium oxide single crystal," 2021, Carbon
"High-throughput nitrogen-vacancy center imaging for nanodiamond photophysical characterization and pH nanosensing," 2020, Nanoscale

The primary publication venues where their work appears with the higher volume of contributions include:

Carbon
arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Diamond and Related Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Soumen Mandal, Jerome A. Cuenca, Evan L. H. Thomas, Georgina M. Klemencic, and Martin Kuball.

Best Publications

Enhanced diamond nucleation on monodispersed nanocrystalline diamond

Oliver A. Williams;Olivier Douheret;Olivier Douheret;Michael Daenen;Michael Daenen;Ken Haenen;Ken Haenen

424
Citations
Size-dependent reactivity of diamond nanoparticles.

Oliver Aneurin Williams;Jakob Hees;Christel Dieker;Wolfgang Jager

418
Citations
Growth, electronic properties and applications of nanodiamond

Oliver Williams;Oliver Williams;Milos Nesladek;Milos Nesladek;Michael Daenen;S. Michaelson

378
Citations
Electronic and optical properties of boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond films

Wojciech Gajewski;Philipp Achatz;O. A. Williams;Ken Haenen

303
Citations
Nanocrystalline diamond

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273
Citations
Comparison of the growth and properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond and nanocrystalline diamond

Oliver Williams;Michael Daenen;Jan D'haen;Jan D'haen;Ken Haenen;Ken Haenen

227
Citations
Chemical mechanical polishing of thin film diamond

Evan L. H. Thomas;Geoffrey W. Nelson;Soumen Mandal;John S. Foord

200
Citations
Growth and Properties of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films

Oliver Aneurin Williams;M. Nesladek

175
Citations
Ordered growth of neurons on diamond

Christian G. Specht;Oliver A. Williams;Richard B. Jackman;Ralf Schoepfer

171
Citations
pH sensors based on hydrogenated diamond surfaces

Jose A. Garrido;Andreas Härtl;Stefan Kuch;Martin Stutzmann

162
Citations
Electrostatic self-assembly of diamond nanoparticles

Jakob Hees;Armin Kriele;Oliver Aneurin Williams;Oliver Aneurin Williams

160
Citations
Positive zeta potential of nanodiamonds

Laia Ginés;Soumen Mandal;Ashek-I-Ahmed;Chia-Liang Cheng

151
Citations
n-type conductivity in ultrananocrystalline diamond films

Oliver A. Williams;Stephane Curat;Jennifer E. Gerbi;Dieter M. Gruen

144
Citations
Optical properties of nanocrystalline diamond thin films

P. Achatz;J. A. Garrido;M. Stutzmann;Oliver Aneurin Williams

137
Citations
Super-High-Frequency SAW Resonators on AlN/Diamond

J. G. Rodriguez-Madrid;G. F. Iriarte;J. Pedros;O. A. Williams

129
Citations
Effect of nitrogen on the electronic properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond thin films grown on quartz and diamond substrates

P. Achatz;Oliver Aneurin Williams;P. Bruno;D. M. Gruen

126
Citations
High precision pressure sensors based on SAW devices in the GHz range

J.G. Rodríguez-Madrid;G.F. Iriarte;Oliver Aneurin Williams;F. Calle

120
Citations
High Young's modulus in ultra thin nanocrystalline diamond

Oliver Aneurin Williams;A. Kriele;J. Hees;M. Wolfer

119
Citations
Battery-like Supercapacitors from Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Coated Diamond: Design and Demonstrator

Siyu Yu;Nianjun Yang;Michael Vogel;Soumen Mandal

116
Citations
Hydrogen-induced transport properties of holes in diamond surface layers

C. E. Nebel;C. Sauerer;F. Ertl;M. Stutzmann

101
Citations
Seeding, growth and characterization of nanocrystalline diamond films on various substrates

Michael Daenen;Oliver Williams;Jan D'haen;Jan D'haen;Ken Haenen;Ken Haenen

100
Citations