2026 Vicki L. Colvin: 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	101	989	944	322	297	221	56202

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Vicki L. Colvin is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research intersects multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, notably:

Iron oxide chemistry and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Arsenic contamination and mitigation

A selection of recent papers showcases a range of interdisciplinary efforts:

Recent progress in transition metal selenide electrocatalysts for water splitting, 2020, Nanoscale
Lead-Free Halide Perovskites for Light Emission: Recent Advances and Perspectives, 2021, Advanced Science
Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine: Past, Present, and Future Trends, 2021, Pharmaceutics
Synthesis of Tungsten Disulfide and Molybdenum Disulfide Quantum Dots and Their Applications, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
Subsecond multichannel magnetic control of select neural circuits in freely moving flies, 2022, Nature Materials

Vicki L. Colvin frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

Zhen Xiao
Qingbo Zhang
William W. Yu
Jake Villanova
Linlin Zhang

Their publications appear regularly in scientific journals such as:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Nanoscale
Advanced Science

Throughout their career, Vicki L. Colvin has been recognized by several organizations, receiving fellowships from prestigious institutions including the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2012, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2000.

Best Publications

Light-emitting diodes made from cadmium selenide nanocrystals and a semiconducting polymer

V. L. Colvin;M. C. Schlamp;A. P. Alivisatos

5630
Citations
Cytotoxicity of Nanoparticles

Nastassja Lewinski;Vicki Colvin;Rebekah Drezek

3482
Citations
The potential environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials

Vicki L Colvin

2928
Citations
Single-Crystal Colloidal Multilayers of Controlled Thickness

P. Jiang;J. F. Bertone;K. S. Hwang;V. L. Colvin

2787
Citations
Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

Zong-ming Xiu;Qing-bo Zhang;Hema L. Puppala;Vicki L. Colvin

2412
Citations
Safe handling of nanotechnology

Andrew D. Maynard;Robert J. Aitken;Tilman Butz;Vicki Colvin

1884
Citations
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of CdSe Nanocrystals with Applications to Studies of the Nanocrystal Surface

J. E. Bowen Katari;V. L. Colvin;A. P. Alivisatos

1590
Citations
Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanocrystals

Cafer T. Yavuz;J. T. Mayo;William W. Yu;Arjun Prakash

1543
Citations
The Differential Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Fullerenes

Christie M. Sayes;John D. Fortner;Wenh Guo;Delina Lyon

1463
Citations
Functionalization density dependence of single-walled carbon nanotubes cytotoxicity in vitro

Christie M. Sayes;Feng Liang;Jared L. Hudson;Joe Mendez

1085
Citations
Correlating Nanoscale Titania Structure with Toxicity: A Cytotoxicity and Inflammatory Response Study with Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Human Lung Epithelial Cells

Christie M. Sayes;Rajeev Wahi;Preetha A. Kurian;Yunping Liu

1073
Citations
A Lost-Wax Approach to Monodisperse Colloids and Their Crystals

Peng Jiang;Jane F. Bertone;Vicki L. Colvin

1057
Citations
C60 in water: nanocrystal formation and microbial response.

J D Fortner;D Y Lyon;C M Sayes;A M Boyd

925
Citations
Nano-C60 cytotoxicity is due to lipid peroxidation.

Christie M. Sayes;Andre M. Gobin;Kevin D. Ausman;Joe Mendez

910
Citations
Semiconductor nanocrystals covalently bound to metal surfaces with self-assembled monolayers

V. L. Colvin;A. N. Goldstein;A. P. Alivisatos

830
Citations
Hydrogen desorption kinetics from monohydride and dihydride species on silicon surfaces.

P. Gupta;V. L. Colvin;S. M. George

771
Citations
Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of iron carboxylate salts

William W. Yu;Joshua C. Falkner;Cafer T. Yavuz;Vicki L. Colvin

683
Citations
Pulmonary instillation studies with nanoscale TiO2 rods and dots in rats: toxicity is not dependent upon particle size and surface area

David B. Warheit;Thomas R. Webb;Christie M. Sayes;Vicki L. Colvin

659
Citations
Forming biocompatible and nonaggregated nanocrystals in water using amphiphilic polymers

William W Yu;Emmanuel Chang;Joshua C Falkner;Junyan Zhang

651
Citations
The effect of nanocrystalline magnetite size on arsenic removal

JT Mayo;Cafer T Yavuz;S Yean;L Cong

624
Citations