2026 Peter Nordlander: 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	149	164	157	71	66	542	99518
Physics	145	336	323	197	189	535	93100

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2016 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For the development of microscopic theories for plasmonic materials including plasmon hybridization theory and quantum plasmonics that have resulted in a paradigm shift in the understanding, implementation and teaching of nanoscale plasmonics.
2014 - Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society
2013 - OSA Fellows For groundbreaking theoretical contributions to the field of plasmonics, providing understanding of interacting plasmonic systems, plasmonic coherent phenomena and quantum plasmonics.
2010 - SPIE Fellow
2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the chemical physics of atomsurface interactions, including the development of a manybody theoretical description of charge transfer processes in atomsurface scattering

Overview

Peter Nordlander is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and is active in research at the intersection of materials science and engineering. Their contributions span topics within electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The research focus includes key topics such as:

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nordlander cover developments in photocatalysis, plasmonics, and spectroscopy, including these notable works:

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

Frequent co-authors working with Nordlander include:

Naomi J. Halas
Alessandro Alabastri
Oara Neumann
Jingyi Zhou
Hossein Robatjazi

Peter Nordlander's work has been published in multiple venues, predominantly in:

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

The scientist has been recognized with several professional honors, including:

Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2016) for contributions to plasmonic materials theories
Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society (2014)
OSA Fellows (2013) for theoretical contributions in plasmonics
SPIE Fellow (2010)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2008)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2002) for pioneering contributions to chemical physics of atom-surface interactions

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
Unraveling Nanotubes: Field Emission from an Atomic Wire

A. G. Rinzler;J. H. Hafner;P. Nikolaev;P. Nordlander

2321
Citations
Photodetection with Active Optical Antennas

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

2270
Citations
Plasmon Hybridization in Nanoparticle Dimers

P. Nordlander;C. Oubre;E. Prodan;K. Li

2128
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
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
Bridging quantum and classical plasmonics with a quantum-corrected model

Ruben Esteban;Andrei G. Borisov;Peter Nordlander;Javier Aizpurua

1118
Citations
Plasmon resonances of a gold nanostar.

Feng Hao;Colleen L. Nehl;Jason H. Hafner;Peter Nordlander

1078
Citations
Quantifying hot carrier and thermal contributions in plasmonic photocatalysis

Linan Zhou;Dayne F. Swearer;Chao Zhang;Hossein Robatjazi

1058
Citations
Quantum description of the plasmon resonances of a nanoparticle dimer.

Jorge Zuloaga;Emil Prodan;Peter Nordlander

1029
Citations
Substrate-induced Fano resonances of a plasmonic nanocube: a route to increased-sensitivity localized surface plasmon resonance sensors revealed.

Shunping Zhang;Kui Bao;Naomi J. Halas;Naomi J. Halas;Hongxing Xu

1017
Citations
Nanorice: a hybrid plasmonic nanostructure.

Hui Wang;Daniel W. Brandl;Fei Le;Peter Nordlander

962
Citations
Metallic Nanoparticle Arrays: A Common Substrate for Both Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption

Fei Le;Daniel W. Brandl;Yaroslav A. Urzhumov;Hui Wang

952
Citations