Ali Javey

71.6k total citations · 42 hit papers
366 papers, 57.9k citations indexed

About

Ali Javey is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Javey has authored 366 papers receiving a total of 57.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 199 papers in Materials Chemistry and 169 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ali Javey's work include Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (89 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (82 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (56 papers). Ali Javey is often cited by papers focused on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (89 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (82 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (56 papers). Ali Javey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Korea. Ali Javey's co-authors include Hongjie Dai, Kuniharu Takei, Qian Wang, Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Jing Guo, Daisuke Kiriya, Wei Gao, Hiroki Ota, Toshitake Takahashi and Mark Lundstrom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ali Javey

356 papers receiving 56.8k citations

Hit Papers

Fully integrated wearable sensor ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2016 2003 2012 2016 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Fully integrated wearable sensor arrays for multiplexed in situ perspiration analysis
    2016 4.0k citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Der‐Hsien Lien et al. Nature profile →
  2. Ballistic carbon nanotube field-effect transistors
    2003 2.4k citations Ali Javey et al. Nature profile →
  3. High-Performance Single Layered WSe2 p-FETs with Chemically Doped Contacts
    2012 1.6k citations Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  4. MoS2transistors with 1-nanometer gate lengths
    2016 1.2k citations Sujay B. Desai, Surabhi R. Madhvapathy et al. Science profile →
  5. Wearable sweat sensors
    2018 1.2k citations Mallika Bariya, Hnin Yin Yin Nyein et al. profile →
  6. Nanowire active-matrix circuitry for low-voltage macroscale artificial skin
    2010 1.1k citations Ali Javey et al. profile →
  7. User-interactive electronic skin for instantaneous pressure visualization
    2013 1.0k citations Ali Javey et al. profile →
  8. Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS 2
    2015 1.0k citations Matin Amani, Der‐Hsien Lien et al. Science profile →
  9. Flexible Electronics toward Wearable Sensing
    2019 978 citations Ali Javey et al. profile →
  10. Strong interlayer coupling in van der Waals heterostructures built from single-layer chalcogenides
    2014 911 citations Slavomír Nemšák, Sujay B. Desai et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Three-dimensional nanopillar-array photovoltaics on low-cost and flexible substrates
    2009 859 citations Zhiyong Fan, Yu‐Lun Chueh et al. profile →
  12. Hysteresis Caused by Water Molecules in Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors
    2003 818 citations Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  13. High-κ dielectrics for advanced carbon-nanotube transistors and logic gates
    2002 782 citations Ali Javey et al. profile →
  14. Toward Large Arrays of Multiplex Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Sensors for Highly Sensitive and Selective Molecular Detection
    2003 767 citations Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  15. Autonomous sweat extraction and analysis applied to cystic fibrosis and glucose monitoring using a fully integrated wearable platform
    2017 668 citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Ali Javey et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. Degenerate n-Doping of Few-Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Potassium
    2013 646 citations Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  17. Air-Stable Surface Charge Transfer Doping of MoS2 by Benzyl Viologen
    2014 616 citations Ali Javey et al. profile →
  18. Strain-Induced Indirect to Direct Bandgap Transition in Multilayer WSe2
    2014 607 citations Sujay B. Desai, Joel W. Ager et al. Nano Letters profile →
  19. A biomimetic eye with a hemispherical perovskite nanowire array retina
    2020 603 citations Yuanjing Lin, Ali Javey et al. Nature profile →
  20. Field-Effect Transistors Built from All Two-Dimensional Material Components
    2014 577 citations Sujay B. Desai, Ali Javey et al. profile →
  21. Dual-Gated MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals Tunnel Diodes and Transistors
    2015 558 citations Der‐Hsien Lien, Yuze Chen et al. profile →
  22. A Wearable Electrochemical Platform for Noninvasive Simultaneous Monitoring of Ca2+ and pH
    2016 554 citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Li‐Chia Tai et al. profile →
  23. Temperature-adaptive radiative coating for all-season household thermal regulation
    2021 525 citations Hyung‐Jin Kim, Yoonsoo Rho et al. Science profile →
  24. Wearable Microfluidic Diaphragm Pressure Sensor for Health and Tactile Touch Monitoring
    2017 508 citations Li‐Chia Tai, Ali Javey et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  25. Polymer Functionalization for Air-Stable n-Type Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors
    2001 507 citations Ali Javey et al. profile →
  26. MoS2 P-type Transistors and Diodes Enabled by High Work Function MoOx Contacts
    2014 497 citations Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  27. Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Nanowires for Three-Dimensional, Multifunctional Electronics
    2007 492 citations Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  28. Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells
    2019 483 citations Thomas G. Allen, James Bullock et al. profile →
  29. Wafer-Scale Assembly of Highly Ordered Semiconductor Nanowire Arrays by Contact Printing
    2007 475 citations Zhiyong Fan, Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  30. Efficient silicon solar cells with dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts
    2016 473 citations James Bullock, Carolin M. Sutter‐Fella et al. profile →
  31. Polarization-resolved black phosphorus/molybdenum disulfide mid-wave infrared photodiodes with high detectivity at room temperature
    2018 471 citations James Bullock, Matin Amani et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  32. Hole Selective MoOx Contact for Silicon Solar Cells
    2014 470 citations Ian D. Sharp, Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  33. Optically- and Thermally-Responsive Programmable Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube-Hydrogel Polymer Composites
    2011 459 citations Ming C. Wu, Ali Javey et al. Nano Letters profile →
  34. Solution-Synthesized High-Mobility Tellurium Nanoflakes for Short-Wave Infrared Photodetectors
    2018 387 citations Matin Amani, Chaoliang Tan et al. profile →
  35. Printed Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Sensor Systems
    2016 376 citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Ali Javey et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  36. A Wearable Microfluidic Sensing Patch for Dynamic Sweat Secretion Analysis
    2018 355 citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Li‐Chia Tai et al. ACS Sensors profile →
  37. A wearable patch for continuous analysis of thermoregulatory sweat at rest
    2021 325 citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Mallika Bariya et al. Nature Communications profile →
  38. Roll-to-Roll Gravure Printed Electrochemical Sensors for Wearable and Medical Devices
    2018 319 citations Mallika Bariya, Hnin Yin Yin Nyein et al. profile →
  39. Electrical suppression of all nonradiative recombination pathways in monolayer semiconductors
    2019 310 citations Der‐Hsien Lien, Shiekh Zia Uddin et al. Science profile →
  40. Regional and correlative sweat analysis using high-throughput microfluidic sensing patches toward decoding sweat
    2019 303 citations Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, Mallika Bariya et al. profile →
  41. Actively variable-spectrum optoelectronics with black phosphorus
    2021 208 citations Hyung‐Jin Kim, Shiekh Zia Uddin et al. Nature profile →
  42. The challenges and promise of sweat sensing
    2024 103 citations Ali Javey et al. profile →

Peers

Ali Javey
Kourosh Kalantar‐Zadeh Australia
Jong‐Hyun Ahn South Korea
Jing Kong United States
Hongwei Zhu China
Ray H. Baughman United States
Feng Yan China
John A. Rogers United States
Jonathan N. Coleman Ireland
Chongwu Zhou United States
Yi Shi China
Kourosh Kalantar‐Zadeh Australia
Ali Javey
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Javey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shi, Yuping, Partha Pratim Roy, Naoki Higashitarumizu, et al.. (2025). Annihilation-limited long-range exciton transport in high-mobility conjugated copolymer films. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(17). e2413850122–e2413850122. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yuhang, et al.. (2025). Spectral kernel machines with electrically tunable photodetectors. Science. 390(6776). eady6571–eady6571.
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Higashitarumizu, Naoki, et al.. (2024). Unusually Strong Near‐Infrared Photoluminescence of Highly Transparent Bulk InSe Flakes. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(3). 5 indexed citations
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Li, Jingang, Naoki Higashitarumizu, Siyuan Dai, et al.. (2024). Transient Nanoscopy of Exciton Dynamics in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Advanced Materials. 36(21). e2311568–e2311568. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaowu, Jiachen Li, Joel W. Ager, et al.. (2024). Ion diffusion retarded by diverging chemical susceptibility. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5814–5814. 5 indexed citations
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Higashitarumizu, Naoki, et al.. (2024). Low Contact Resistance WSe2 p-Type Transistors with Highly Stable, CMOS-Compatible Dopants. Nano Letters. 24(43). 13528–13533. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Jae Ik, Naoki Higashitarumizu, Shu Wang, et al.. (2024). Multicolor Inks of Black Phosphorus for Midwave‐Infrared Optoelectronics. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2402922–e2402922. 9 indexed citations
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Higashitarumizu, Naoki, et al.. (2024). Black Phosphorus for Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics: Photophysics, Scalable Processing, and Device Applications. Nano Letters. 24(42). 13107–13117. 11 indexed citations
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Ahn, Geun Ho, et al.. (2022). Theory of liquid-mediated strain release in two-dimensional materials. Physical Review Materials. 6(5). 1 indexed citations
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Gupta, Niharika, Hyung‐Jin Kim, Nima Sefidmooye Azar, et al.. (2022). Bright Mid-Wave Infrared Resonant-Cavity Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Black Phosphorus. Nano Letters. 22(3). 1294–1301. 30 indexed citations
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Balendhran, Sivacarendran, Zakir Hussain, Vivek Raj Shrestha, et al.. (2021). Copper Tetracyanoquinodimethane (CuTCNQ): A Metal–Organic Semiconductor for Room-Temperature Visible to Long-Wave Infrared Photodetection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(32). 38544–38552. 14 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyung‐Jin, Shiekh Zia Uddin, Der‐Hsien Lien, et al.. (2021). Actively variable-spectrum optoelectronics with black phosphorus. Nature. 596(7871). 232–237. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tai, Li‐Chia, Christine Heera Ahn, Hnin Yin Yin Nyein, et al.. (2020). Nicotine Monitoring with a Wearable Sweat Band. ACS Sensors. 5(6). 1831–1837. 63 indexed citations
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Ji, Wenbo, Thomas G. Allen, Xinbo Yang, et al.. (2020). Polymeric Electron-Selective Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells with an Efficiency Exceeding 19%. ACS Energy Letters. 5(3). 897–902. 43 indexed citations
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Zhang, George, Matin Amani, Apoorva Chaturvedi, et al.. (2019). Optical and electrical properties of two-dimensional palladium diselenide. Applied Physics Letters. 114(25). 78 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jiangqi, Yuanjing Lin, J. Wu, et al.. (2019). A Fully Integrated and Self-Powered Smartwatch for Continuous Sweat Glucose Monitoring. ACS Sensors. 4(7). 1925–1933. 227 indexed citations
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Bullock, James, Matin Amani, Joy Cho, et al.. (2018). Polarization-resolved black phosphorus/molybdenum disulfide mid-wave infrared photodiodes with high detectivity at room temperature. Nature Photonics. 12(10). 601–607. 471 indexed citations breakdown →
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Conti, G., Slavomír Nemšák, Cheng‐Tai Kuo, et al.. (2018). Characterization of free-standing InAs quantum membranes by standing wave hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy. APL Materials. 6(5). 11 indexed citations
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Eggleston, Michael S., Sujay B. Desai, Seth A. Fortuna, et al.. (2018). Ultrafast Spontaneous Emission from a Slot-Antenna Coupled WSe2 Monolayer. ACS Photonics. 5(7). 2701–2705. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Yanbo, Jason K. Cooper, Wenjun Liu, et al.. (2016). Defective TiO2 with high photoconductive gain for efficient and stable planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12446–12446. 149 indexed citations

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