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Silvija Gradečak

Silvija Gradečak

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
45
Citations
10447
World Ranking
11619
National Ranking
2709

Silvija Gradečak 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 Silvija Gradečak sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 152 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Silvija Gradečak 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 Silvija Gradečak sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Silvija Gradečak is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering, with significant work also spanning condensed matter physics, atomic and molecular physics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research interests include several specialized topics such as 2D materials and applications, semiconductor materials and devices, graphene research and applications, ZnO doping and properties, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, magnetic properties of thin films, and perovskite materials and applications.

Among the frequent publication venues where Silvija Gradečak's work appears are Nano Letters, Nature Communications, APL Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Nature Materials.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Field-free magnetization switching induced by the unconventional spin-orbit torque from WTe2, 2021, APL Materials
  • Tunable Optical Properties of Thin Films Controlled by the Interface Twist Angle, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Nanoscale Modification of WS2 Trion Emission by Its Local Electromagnetic Environment, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Strong and Localized Luminescence from Interface Bubbles Between Stacked hBN Multilayers, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Identifying Luminescent Boron Vacancies in h-BN Generated Using Controlled He+ Ion Irradiation, 2023, Nano Letters

Silvija Gradečak has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Stephen J. Pennycook, Hae Yeon Lee, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, and Govindo J. Syaranamual.

Best Publications

  • Core/multishell nanowire heterostructures as multicolor, high-efficiency light-emitting diodes.

    Fang Qian;Silvija Gradecak;Yat Li;Cheng-Yen Wen

  • Multi-quantum-well nanowire heterostructures for wavelength-controlled lasers.

    Fang Qian;Yat Li;Yat Li;Silvija Gradečak;Silvija Gradečak;Hong Gyu Park;Hong Gyu Park

  • Gallium Nitride-Based Nanowire Radial Heterostructures for Nanophotonics

    Fang Qian;Yat Li;Silvija Gradečak;Deli Wang

  • GaN nanowire lasers with low lasing thresholds

    Silvija Gradečak;Fang Qian;Yat Li;Hong Gyu Park

  • Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Solar Cell: Bridging Quantum Dots to Conjugated Polymer Nanowires

    Shenqiang Ren;Liang-Yi Chang;Sung-Keun Lim;Jing Zhao

  • Dopant-Free GaN/AlN/AlGaN Radial Nanowire Heterostructures as High Electron Mobility Transistors

    Yat Li;Jie Xiang;Fang Qian;Silvija Gradecak

  • ZnO Nanowire Arrays for Enhanced Photocurrent in PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells

    Joel Jean;Sehoon Chang;Patrick R. Brown;Jayce J. Cheng

  • General Synthesis of Manganese-Doped II -VI and III-V Semiconductor Nanowires

    Pavle V. Radovanovic;Carl J. Barrelet;Silvija Gradecak;Fang Qian

  • Flexible graphene electrode-based organic photovoltaics with record-high efficiency.

    Hyesung Park;Sehoon Chang;Xiang Zhou;Jing Kong

  • The dual role of coherent twin boundaries in hydrogen embrittlement

    Matteo Seita;John Paul Hanson;Silvija Gradecak;Michael J. Demkowicz

  • Graphene Cathode-Based ZnO Nanowire Hybrid Solar Cells

    Hyesung Park;Sehoon Chang;Joel Jean;Jayce J. Cheng

  • Toward efficient carbon nanotube/P3HT solar cells: active layer morphology, electrical, and optical properties.

    Shenqiang Ren;Marco Bernardi;Richard R. Lunt;Vladimir Bulovic

  • Diffusion-Mediated Synthesis of MoS2/WS2 Lateral Heterostructures

    Kevin Bogaert;Kevin Bogaert;Song Liu;Jordan Chesin;Denis Titow;Denis Titow

  • Visibly-Transparent Organic Solar Cells on Flexible Substrates with All-Graphene Electrodes

    Yi Song;Sehoon Chang;Silvija Gradecak;Jing Kong

  • Silicon-in-silica spheres via axial thermal gradient in-fibre capillary instabilities

    Alexander Gumennik;Lei Wei;Guillaume Lestoquoy;Alexander M. Stolyarov

  • Heterojunction photovoltaics using GaAs nanowires and conjugated polymers.

    Shenqiang Ren;Ni Zhao;Samuel C. Crawford;Michael Tambe

  • Progress in AlInN-GaN Bragg reflectors: Application to a microcavity light emitting diode

    J. Dorsaz;J. F. Carlin;Silvija Gradečak;M. Ilegems

  • Pressure-induced phase transformations during femtosecond-laser doping of silicon

    Matthew J. Smith;Yu-Ting Lin;Meng-Ju Sher;Mark T. Winkler

  • Interface engineering of graphene for universal applications as both anode and cathode in organic photovoltaics

    Hyesung Park;Sehoon Chang;Matthew Smith;Silvija Gradečak

  • Controlled modulation of diameter and composition along individual III-V nitride nanowires.

    Sung Keun Lim;Sam Crawford;Georg Haberfehlner;Silvija Gradečak

  • Bending of dislocations in GaN during epitaxial lateral overgrowth

    S. Gradečak;P. Stadelmann;V. Wagner;M. Ilegems

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Ilegems
Marc Ilegems École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fang Qian
Fang Qian Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Yat Li
Yat Li University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael J. Aziz
Michael J. Aziz Harvard University
Eric A. Stach
Eric A. Stach University of Pennsylvania

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