Alex Summerfield

1.7k total citations
26 papers, 982 citations indexed

About

Alex Summerfield is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Summerfield has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 982 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alex Summerfield's work include Graphene research and applications (18 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (12 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (6 papers). Alex Summerfield is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (18 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (12 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (6 papers). Alex Summerfield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and France. Alex Summerfield's co-authors include Peter H. Beton, С. В. Новиков, Christopher J. Mellor, L. Eaves, C. T. Foxon, Pierre Valvin, Tin S. Cheng, T.S. Cheng, Andrei N. Khlobystov and Takashi Taniguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Alex Summerfield

25 papers receiving 968 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Summerfield United Kingdom 17 794 257 171 152 123 26 982
Martha Audiffred Mexico 8 1.3k 1.7× 435 1.7× 294 1.7× 143 0.9× 131 1.1× 8 1.5k
Søren Smidstrup Switzerland 9 653 0.8× 387 1.5× 267 1.6× 88 0.6× 94 0.8× 18 975
Matteo Jugovac Italy 18 563 0.7× 466 1.8× 266 1.6× 174 1.1× 147 1.2× 69 960
Claudia Struzzi Italy 18 675 0.9× 402 1.6× 217 1.3× 196 1.3× 88 0.7× 31 898
Giovanni Zamborlini Germany 17 564 0.7× 345 1.3× 274 1.6× 193 1.3× 109 0.9× 49 803
Igor Popov Germany 11 1.2k 1.5× 506 2.0× 144 0.8× 141 0.9× 149 1.2× 26 1.4k
Johann Lüder Taiwan 18 456 0.6× 389 1.5× 127 0.7× 135 0.9× 127 1.0× 42 800
Julian Gebhardt Germany 20 1.0k 1.3× 753 2.9× 285 1.7× 228 1.5× 175 1.4× 36 1.3k
Zakaria M. Abd El‐Fattah Egypt 17 711 0.9× 225 0.9× 336 2.0× 279 1.8× 106 0.9× 54 1.0k
Renato Batista dos Santos Brazil 14 521 0.7× 243 0.9× 81 0.5× 97 0.6× 108 0.9× 19 695

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Summerfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Summerfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Summerfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Summerfield 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 Alex Summerfield. Alex Summerfield is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Li, Yi, Yang Ming Fu, Jincheng Tong, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of the electrochemical hydrogenation of graphene. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10741–10741.
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Zhang, Rui, Zefei Wu, Alex Summerfield, et al.. (2024). In-plane staging in lithium-ion intercalation of bilayer graphene. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6933–6933. 5 indexed citations
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Weston, Astrid, V. V. Enaldiev, Xiao Li, et al.. (2024). Tunnel junctions based on interfacial two dimensional ferroelectrics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4449–4449. 20 indexed citations
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Makarovsky, O., R. Hill, Tin S. Cheng, et al.. (2024). High-temperature Brown-Zak oscillations in graphene/hBN moiré field effect transistor fabricated using molecular beam epitaxy. Communications Materials. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Cassabois, Guillaume, Giorgia Fugallo, Christine Elias, et al.. (2022). Exciton and Phonon Radiative Linewidths in Monolayer Boron Nitride. Physical Review X. 12(1). 10 indexed citations
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Zobelli, Alberto, Christine Elias, Pierre Valvin, et al.. (2021). Band gap measurements of monolayer h-BN and insights into carbon-related point defects. 2D Materials. 8(4). 44001–44001. 58 indexed citations
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Thomas, James, Jonathan Bradford, Tin S. Cheng, et al.. (2020). Step-flow growth of graphene-boron nitride lateral heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy. 2D Materials. 7(3). 35014–35014. 17 indexed citations
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Summerfield, Alex, Matteo Baldoni, Dmitry V. Kondratuk, et al.. (2019). Ordering, flexibility and frustration in arrays of porphyrin nanorings. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2932–2932. 18 indexed citations
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Korolkov, Vladimir V., Alex Summerfield, David B. Amabilino, et al.. (2019). Ultra-high resolution imaging of thin films and single strands of polythiophene using atomic force microscopy. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1537–1537. 51 indexed citations
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Elias, Christine, Pierre Valvin, Thomas Pelini, et al.. (2019). Direct band-gap crossover in epitaxial monolayer boron nitride. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2639–2639. 194 indexed citations
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Svatek, Simon A., Alex Summerfield, Anton S. Nizovtsev, et al.. (2019). Triplet Excitation and Electroluminescence from a Supramolecular Monolayer Embedded in a Boron Nitride Tunnel Barrier. Nano Letters. 20(1). 278–283. 14 indexed citations
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Mitra, Tamoghna, Florian Moreau, Alex Summerfield, et al.. (2018). Characterisation of redox states of metal–organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes. Chemical Science. 9(31). 6572–6579. 16 indexed citations
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Summerfield, Alex, T.S. Cheng, Andrew J. Davies, et al.. (2017). An atomic carbon source for high temperature molecular beam epitaxy of graphene. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6598–6598. 14 indexed citations
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Davies, Andrew J., Alex Summerfield, James Thomas, et al.. (2017). Lattice-Matched Epitaxial Graphene Grown on Boron Nitride. Nano Letters. 18(1). 498–504. 43 indexed citations
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Summerfield, Alex, Andrew J. Davies, Tin S. Cheng, et al.. (2016). Strain-Engineered Graphene Grown on Hexagonal Boron Nitride by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22440–22440. 48 indexed citations
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Cho, Yong-Jin, Alex Summerfield, Andrew J. Davies, et al.. (2016). Hexagonal Boron Nitride Tunnel Barriers Grown on Graphite by High Temperature Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34474–34474. 55 indexed citations
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Cheng, Tin S., Andrew J. Davies, Alex Summerfield, et al.. (2016). High temperature MBE of graphene on sapphire and hexagonal boron nitride flakes on sapphire. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 34(2). 17 indexed citations
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Summerfield, Alex, Izabela Cebula, Martin Schröder, & Peter H. Beton. (2015). Nucleation and Early Stages of Layer-by-Layer Growth of Metal Organic Frameworks on Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(41). 23544–23551. 54 indexed citations
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Korolkov, Vladimir V., Simon A. Svatek, Alex Summerfield, et al.. (2015). van der Waals-Induced Chromatic Shifts in Hydrogen-Bonded Two-Dimensional Porphyrin Arrays on Boron Nitride. ACS Nano. 9(10). 10347–10355. 42 indexed citations
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Yong, Chaw‐Keong, Patrick Parkinson, Dmitry V. Kondratuk, et al.. (2014). Ultrafast delocalization of excitation in synthetic light-harvesting nanorings. Chemical Science. 6(1). 181–189. 101 indexed citations

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