2026 Tapio Ala-Nissila: 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	65	5715	5529	23	20	376	13033

Overview

Tapio Ala-Nissila is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to various subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Machine Learning in Materials Science
Thermal properties of materials
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
Graphene research and applications
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Tapio Ala-Nissila are:

Zheyong Fan
Ping Qian
Maria Sammalkorpi
Yanzhou Wang
Alberto Scacchi

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequency in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Physical Review A

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tapio Ala-Nissila include:

"GPUMD: A package for constructing accurate machine-learned potentials and performing highly efficient atomistic simulations," 2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics
"General-purpose machine-learned potential for 16 elemental metals and their alloys," 2024, Nature Communications
"Structure and Pore Size Distribution in Nanoporous Carbon," 2022, Chemistry of Materials
"Spectral decomposition of thermal conductivity: Comparing velocity decomposition methods in homogeneous molecular dynamics simulations," 2021, Physical Review B
"Quantum-corrected thickness-dependent thermal conductivity in amorphous silicon predicted by machine learning molecular dynamics simulations," 2023, Physical Review B

Best Publications

Collective and single particle diffusion on surfaces

T. Ala-Nissila;R. Ferrando;S. C. Ying

636
Citations
Global transition path search for dislocation formation in Ge on Si(001)

Emile Maras;Oleg Trushin;Alexander Stukowski;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila

473
Citations
On-Chip Maxwell's Demon as an Information-Powered Refrigerator

Jonne Koski;Aki Kutvonen;Ivan Khaymovich;Ivan Khaymovich;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä

380
Citations
Coarse-graining polymers with the MARTINI force-field: polystyrene as a benchmark case

Giulia Rossi;Luca Monticelli;Luca Monticelli;Sakari R. Puisto;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

305
Citations
The hydrophobic effect and its role in cold denaturation.

Cristiano L. Dias;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Jirasak Wong-ekkabut;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

250
Citations
Thermodynamics of bcc metals in phase-field-crystal models

A. Jaatinen;C. V. Achim;K. R. Elder;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä

235
Citations
Polymer translocation: the first two decades and the recent diversification

Vladimir V. Palyulin;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Ralf Metzler;Ralf Metzler

228
Citations
Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation.

Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying;Aniket Bhattacharya

212
Citations
Homogeneous nonequilibrium molecular dynamics method for heat transport and spectral decomposition with many-body potentials

Zheyong Fan;Zheyong Fan;Haikuan Dong;Ari Harju;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila

202
Citations
Theory of classical surface diffusion

T. Ala-Nissila;T. Ala-Nissila;S.C. Ying;S.C. Ying;S.C. Ying

195
Citations
Physical tests for random numbers in simulations.

I. Vattulainen;T. Ala-Nissila;K. Kankaala

180
Citations
Sequence dependence of DNA translocation through a nanopore

Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying;Aniket Bhattacharya

170
Citations
Langevin dynamics simulations of polymer translocation through nanopores.

Ilkka Huopaniemi;Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying

169
Citations
Thermal conductivity decomposition in two-dimensional materials: Application to graphene

Zheyong Fan;Luiz Felipe C. Pereira;Petri Hirvonen;Mikko M. Ervasti

161
Citations
Distribution of entropy production in a single-electron box

J.V. Koski;T. Sagawa;O.-P. Saira;O.-P. Saira;Y. Yoon

149
Citations
Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: Slow-vs.-fast dynamics

Kaifu Luo;Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;See-Chen Ying;Ralf Metzler

146
Citations
Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: slow versus fast dynamics

Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying;Ralf Metzler

144
Citations
Microscopic Mechanism for Cold Denaturation

Cristiano L. Dias;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Mikko Karttunen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

144
Citations
Energetics and vibrational states for hydrogen on Pt(111).

Stefan C. Badescu;Stefan C. Badescu;Petri Salo;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;See-Chen Ying

143
Citations
Polymer translocation through a nanopore: A two-dimensional Monte Carlo study

Kaifu Luo;T. Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying

140
Citations
Influence of thermostatting on nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of heat conduction in solids

Zhen Li;Shiyun Xiong;Charles Sievers;Yue Hu

35
Citations
Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation

Tapio Ala-Nissila;Kaifu Luo;See-Chen Ying;Aniket Bhattacharya

3
Citations