Alejandro Varas

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 983 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Varas is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Varas has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 983 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Varas's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (7 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (5 papers). Alejandro Varas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (7 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (5 papers). Alejandro Varas collaborates with scholars based in Chile, Spain and Germany. Alejandro Varas's co-authors include José Rogan, J. A. Valdivia, Ángel Rubio, B. A. Toledo, María de los Ángeles Cornejo, Vı́ctor Muñoz, P. García‐González, F. J. Garcı́a-Vidal, Ask Hjorth Larsen and Micael J. T. Oliveira and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Varas

24 papers receiving 943 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Real-space grids and the Octopus code as tools for the development of new simulation approaches for electronic systems
    2015 365 citations Xavier Andrade, David A. Strubbe et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Varas Chile 10 394 310 218 181 153 26 983
Emilio N. M. Cirillo Italy 17 75 0.2× 116 0.4× 150 0.7× 57 0.3× 68 0.4× 91 853
R. M. Velasco Mexico 15 286 0.7× 53 0.2× 372 1.7× 81 0.4× 262 1.7× 77 1.4k
Frank C. Andrews United States 10 136 0.3× 51 0.2× 209 1.0× 161 0.9× 255 1.7× 33 778
Ammon Aharony Israel 11 247 0.6× 30 0.1× 318 1.5× 11 0.1× 142 0.9× 16 1.3k
G. Berg Norway 17 138 0.4× 62 0.2× 375 1.7× 100 0.6× 233 1.5× 73 1.1k
Alexandre Dupuis Canada 26 299 0.8× 41 0.1× 157 0.7× 29 0.2× 308 2.0× 62 2.4k
Eng Leong Tan Singapore 24 1.2k 3.1× 67 0.2× 231 1.1× 41 0.2× 321 2.1× 209 2.5k
Ferenc Járai-Szabó Romania 8 132 0.3× 90 0.3× 51 0.2× 18 0.1× 48 0.3× 33 608

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Varas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Varas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Varas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Varas. Alejandro Varas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Varas, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Structural prediction and surface-induced short-range order in HfNbTaZr high-entropy alloy nanoparticles. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 163(1).
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Prada, Alejandro, et al.. (2024). Grain boundaries improve hydrogen storage in Palladium hollow nanoparticles. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 81. 805–811. 4 indexed citations
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Prada, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of hollow bimetallic nanoparticles from Ultrafast Laser Irradiation: An atomistic simulation study. Computational Materials Science. 230. 112516–112516. 4 indexed citations
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Valencia, Felipe J., et al.. (2022). Probing the Mechanical Properties of Porous Nanoshells by Nanoindentation. Nanomaterials. 12(12). 2000–2000. 4 indexed citations
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Valencia, Felipe J., et al.. (2021). Thermal Sensitivity on Eccentric Gold Hollow Nanoparticles: A Perspective from Atomistic Simulations. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 61(11). 5499–5507. 3 indexed citations
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Valencia, Felipe J., et al.. (2020). Thermal Stability of Hollow Porous Gold Nanoparticles: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 60(12). 6204–6210. 7 indexed citations
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Valencia, Felipe J., et al.. (2020). Understanding the Stability of Hollow Nanoparticles with Polycrystalline Shells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(18). 10143–10149. 12 indexed citations
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Varas, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). “Hay un tema que no hemos conversado†La cassata como organización académica generizada en las universidades chilenas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 56(1). 16–16. 3 indexed citations
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Varas, Alejandro, F. Aguilera‐Granja, José Rogan, & Miguel Kiwi. (2016). Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Fe x Co y Pd z (x + y + z ≤ 7) clusters: a density functional theory study. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 18(8). 11 indexed citations
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Varas, Alejandro, et al.. (2016). Un asunto menor, administrativo: la universidad y el management. 1(4). 2–5. 1 indexed citations
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Rogan, José, et al.. (2016). Diversity Characterization of Binary Clusters by Means of a Generalized Distance. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 230(5-7). 977–989. 3 indexed citations
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Andrade, Xavier, David A. Strubbe, Umberto De Giovannini, et al.. (2015). Real-space grids and the Octopus code as tools for the development of new simulation approaches for electronic systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(47). 31371–31396. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Varas, Alejandro, F. Aguilera‐Granja, José Rogan, & Miguel Kiwi. (2015). Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Fe Co Ni (x+y+z=13) clusters: A density-functional-theory study. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 394. 325–334. 30 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Francisco, Alejandro Varas, José Rogan, J. A. Valdivia, & Miguel Kiwi. (2015). Au13−nAgn clusters: a remarkably simple trend. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(45). 30492–30498. 21 indexed citations
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Varas, Alejandro, et al.. (2013). Performance of modified Lennard–Jones potential to seed ab initio calculations of small cadmium clusters. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1021. 249–255. 8 indexed citations
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Rogan, José, et al.. (2013). How relevant is the choice of classical potentials in finding minimal energy cluster conformations?. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1021. 155–163. 7 indexed citations
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Rogan, José, Alejandro Varas, J. A. Valdivia, & Miguel Kiwi. (2013). A strategy to find minimal energy nanocluster structures. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 34(29). 2548–2556. 13 indexed citations
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Varas, Alejandro, María de los Ángeles Cornejo, B. A. Toledo, et al.. (2009). Resonance, criticality, and emergence in city traffic investigated in cellular automaton models. Physical Review E. 80(5). 56108–56108. 20 indexed citations
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Varas, Alejandro, María de los Ángeles Cornejo, B. A. Toledo, et al.. (2007). Cellular automaton model for evacuation process with obstacles. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 382(2). 631–642. 310 indexed citations

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