Babak Nikoobakht

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

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Babak Nikoobakht is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Babak Nikoobakht has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Babak Nikoobakht's work include ZnO doping and properties (14 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (13 papers) and Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (11 papers). Babak Nikoobakht is often cited by papers focused on ZnO doping and properties (14 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (13 papers) and Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (11 papers). Babak Nikoobakht collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Babak Nikoobakht's co-authors include Mostafa A. El‐Sayed, Stephan Link, Clemens Burda, Zhong Lin Wang, Mohamed Taha, Jianping Wang, Andrew A. Herzing, R. P. Gao, Stephan J. Stranick and Chris A. Michaels and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Babak Nikoobakht

36 papers receiving 8.6k citations

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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.

Preparation and Growth Mechanism of Gold Nanorods (NRs) Using Seed-Mediated Growth Method

2003 4.3k citations Babak Nikoobakht, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed Chemistry of Materials profile →
Evidence for Bilayer Assembly of Cationic Surfactants on the Surface of Gold Nanorods

2001 771 citations Babak Nikoobakht, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
Laser-Induced Shape Changes of Colloidal Gold Nanorods Using Femtosecond and Nanosecond Laser Pulses

2000 674 citations Stephan Link, Clemens Burda et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Babak Nikoobakht United States	23	5.9k	4.4k	4.0k	1.7k	1.3k	37	8.7k
Matthew Rycenga United States	32	4.8k 0.8×	4.3k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	42	7.8k
Jill E. Millstone United States	42	4.3k 0.7×	4.4k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	92	7.8k
Leslie Au United States	24	5.1k 0.9×	4.4k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	910 0.7×	33	8.9k
Matthew R. Jones United States	38	3.4k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	70	8.1k
Marek Grzelczak Spain	39	4.0k 0.7×	5.4k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	117	9.0k
Claire M. Cobley United States	29	5.2k 0.9×	5.3k 1.2×	4.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	48	10.2k
Ana Sánchez‐Iglesias Spain	37	3.2k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	729 0.6×	110	5.9k
Amanda J. Haes United States	36	5.4k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	5.5k 1.4×	3.4k 2.0×	1.5k 1.2×	75	9.4k
Andrea R. Tao United States	33	3.9k 0.7×	4.6k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	884 0.5×	2.1k 1.7×	71	8.2k
Alison M. Funston Australia	32	4.1k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	993 0.8×	79	6.3k

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Nikoobakht, Babak, Yuqin Zong, Amit Agrawal, et al.. (2023). Impact of fin aspect ratio on enhancement of external quantum efficiency in single AlGaN fin light-emitting diodes pixels. Applied Physics Letters. 122(26). 2 indexed citations

Nikoobakht, Babak, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, & J. Tersoff. (2023). Long Range and Collective Impact of Au Surface Adatoms on Nanofin Growth. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(45). 22112–22118. 1 indexed citations

Nikoobakht, Babak, Jonathan Lee, Amit Agrawal, Scott A. Wight, & M. S. Shur. (2022). ZnO Fin Optical Cavities. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(25). 10515–10523. 1 indexed citations

Zong, Yuqin, Amit Agrawal, Elias Garratt, et al.. (2021). Chip-Scale Droop-Free Fin Light-Emitting Diodes Using Facet-Selective Contacts. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(37). 44663–44672. 11 indexed citations

Nikoobakht, Babak, et al.. (2020). High-brightness lasing at submicrometer enabled by droop-free fin light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Science Advances. 6(33). eaba4346–eaba4346. 35 indexed citations

Garratt, Elias, Raúl D. Rodriguez, Angela R. Hight Walker, et al.. (2019). Defect Evolution of Ion-Exposed Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(4). 2496–2505. 6 indexed citations

Garratt, Elias, P. Prete, N. Lovergine, & Babak Nikoobakht. (2017). Observation and Impact of a “Surface Skin Effect” on Lateral Growth of Nanocrystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(27). 14845–14853. 8 indexed citations

Jahangir, Shafat, et al.. (2015). Structural and Optical Properties of Disc-in-Wire InGaN/GaN LEDs. Nano Letters. 15(3). 1535–1539. 28 indexed citations

Nikoobakht, Babak, Andrew A. Herzing, Shin Muramoto, & J. Tersoff. (2015). Vapor–Liquid–Solid Etch of Semiconductor Surface Channels by Running Gold Nanodroplets. Nano Letters. 15(12). 8360–8364. 10 indexed citations

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Nikoobakht, Babak & Andrew A. Herzing. (2014). Where is the required lattice match in horizontal growth of nanowires?. Nanoscale. 6(21). 12814–12821. 21 indexed citations

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Nikoobakht, Babak, Xudong Wang, Andrew A. Herzing, & Jian Shi. (2012). Scalable synthesis and device integration of self-registered one-dimensional zinc oxide nanostructures and related materials. Chemical Society Reviews. 42(1). 342–365. 79 indexed citations

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Eustis, Susie, Lawrence H. Robins, & Babak Nikoobakht. (2009). Patterns of Ensemble Variation of the Optical Properties of ZnO Nanowires Grown with Copper and Gold Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(6). 2277–2285. 9 indexed citations

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Nikoobakht, Babak. (2008). A Scalable Platform for Integrating Horizontal Nanochannels with Known Registries to Microchannels. Chemistry of Materials. 21(1). 27–32. 8 indexed citations

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Nikoobakht, Babak. (2007). Toward Industrial-Scale Fabrication of Nanowire-Based Devices. Chemistry of Materials. 19(22). 5279–5284. 45 indexed citations

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Levin, Igor, Albert V. Davydov, Babak Nikoobakht, Norman A. Sanford, & P. Mogilevsky. (2005). Growth habits and defects in ZnO nanowires grown on GaN/sapphire substrates. Applied Physics Letters. 87(10). 51 indexed citations

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Nikoobakht, Babak, Albert V. Davydov, & Stephan J. Stranick. (2004). Controlling the Growth Direction of ZnO Nanowires on c-Plane Sapphire. MRS Proceedings. 818. 9 indexed citations

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Nikoobakht, Babak, Chris A. Michaels, Stephan J. Stranick, & Mark D. Vaudin. (2004). Horizontal growth and in situ assembly of oriented zinc oxide nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 85(15). 3244–3246. 87 indexed citations

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Landes, Christy F., Stephan Link, Mona B. Mohamed, Babak Nikoobakht, & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (2002). Some properties of spherical and rod-shaped semiconductor and metal nanocrystals. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 74(9). 1675–1692. 40 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong Lin, R. P. Gao, Babak Nikoobakht, & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (2000). Surface Reconstruction of the Unstable {110} Surface in Gold Nanorods. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 104(23). 5417–5420. 204 indexed citations

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Link, Stephan, Clemens Burda, Babak Nikoobakht, & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (1999). How long does it take to melt a gold nanorod?. Chemical Physics Letters. 315(1-2). 12–18. 120 indexed citations

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