2026 Yurii K. Gun'ko: 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	80	2651	2560	8	8	356	35351

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Yurii K. Gun'ko is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research is situated primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and related subfields.

The scientist's work spans a variety of specialized topics, including:

Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
2D Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Gun'ko has published extensively in journals such as:

Nanomaterials
Nanoscale
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Several recent papers demonstrate the thematic range and focus of their research. These include:

"Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation," published in 2020 in Nature Food
"Recent progress and future prospects in development of advanced materials for nanofiltration," published in 2020 in Materials Today Communications
"Ligand-induced chirality and optical activity in semiconductor nanocrystals: theory and applications," published in 2020 in Nanophotonics
"Solution-based "bottom-up" synthesis of group VI transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications," published in 2020 in Materials Advances
"Expanding the Horizons of Machine Learning in Nanomaterials to Chiral Nanostructures," published in 2024 in Advanced Materials

Frequent collaborators of Gun'ko include:

Finn Purcell-Milton
Lorenzo Branzi
Daniel K. Kehoe
Vera Kuznetsova
Garret Dee

Best Publications

High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite

Yenny Hernandez;Valeria Nicolosi;Mustafa Lotya;Fiona M Blighe

7519
Citations
Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites

Jonathan N. Coleman;Umar Khan;Werner J. Blau;Yurii K. Gun’ko

5156
Citations
Mechanical Reinforcement of Polymers Using Carbon Nanotubes

Jonathan N. Coleman;Umar Khan;Yurii K. Gun'ko

2068
Citations
Recent Advances in Research on Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites

Michele T. Byrne;Yurii K. Gun'ko

1138
Citations
High Performance Nanotube‐Reinforced Plastics: Understanding the Mechanism of Strength Increase

J. N. Coleman;M. Cadek;R. Blake;V. Nicolosi

740
Citations
Multifunctional Magnetic-fluorescent Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications

Serena A Corr;Yury P Rakovich;Yurii K Gun’ko

642
Citations
Theory of Photoinjection of Hot Plasmonic Carriers from Metal Nanostructures into Semiconductors and Surface Molecules

Alexander O. Govorov;Hui Zhang;Yurii K. Gun’ko

619
Citations
Oxygen radical functionalization of boron nitride nanosheets.

Toby Sainsbury;Amro Satti;Peter May;Zhiming Wang

584
Citations
Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation

Dunzhu Li;Yunhong Shi;Luming Yang;Liwen Xiao

515
Citations
Application of semiconductor quantum dots in bioimaging and biosensing.

I. V. Martynenko;I. V. Martynenko;A. P. Litvin;F. Purcell-Milton;A. V. Baranov

358
Citations
Photogeneration of hot plasmonic electrons with metal nanocrystals: Quantum description and potential applications

Alexander O. Govorov;Hui Zhang;Hilmi Volkan Demir;Hilmi Volkan Demir;Yurii K. Gun’ko

349
Citations
Recent Advances in the Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Support for Homogeneous Catalysts

Joseph Govan;Yurii K. Gun'ko

344
Citations
A Magnetic-Nanoparticle-Supported 4-N,N-Dialkylaminopyridine Catalyst: Excellent Reactivity Combined with Facile Catalyst Recovery and Recyclability†

Ciarán Ó Dálaigh;Serena A. Corr;Yurii Gun'ko;Stephen J. Connon

331
Citations
Nonfunctionalized nanocrystals can exploit a cell's active transport machinery delivering them to specific nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments.

Igor Nabiev;Siobhan Mitchell;Anthony Davies;Yvonne Williams

300
Citations
Chiral highly luminescent CdS quantum dots

Mícheál P. Moloney;Yurii K. Gun'ko;John M. Kelly

283
Citations
A Generic Organometallic Approach toward Ultra-Strong Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites

Rowan Blake;Yurii K. Gun'ko;Jonathan Coleman;Martin Cadek

280
Citations
Chiral nanoparticle assemblies: circular dichroism, plasmonic interactions, and exciton effects

Alexander O. Govorov;Yurii K. Gun'ko;Joseph M. Slocik;Valérie A. Gérard

273
Citations
Colloidal quantum dots for optoelectronics

A. P. Litvin;I. V. Martynenko;F. Purcell-Milton;A. V. Baranov

259
Citations
ZnO Nanostructures for Drug Delivery and Theranostic Applications.

Marina Martínez-Carmona;Yurii Gun’ko;María Vallet-Regí

249
Citations
Magnetic core-shell nanoparticles for drug delivery by nebulization

Navin Kumar Verma;Kieran Crosbie-Staunton;Amro Satti;Shane Gallagher

241
Citations
Carbon Nanomaterials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications: A Bright Future

Lorcan J. Brennan;Michele T. Byrne;Mazhar Bari;Yurii K. Gun'ko

238
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