Barbara Brena

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Barbara Brena is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Brena has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Barbara Brena's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (34 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (30 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (18 papers). Barbara Brena is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (34 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (30 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (18 papers). Barbara Brena collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Italy and Germany. Barbara Brena's co-authors include M. Nyberg, Hirohito Ogasawara, Anders Nilsson, Dennis Nordlund, Lars G. M. Pettersson, Carla Puglia, Alexander Pelmenschikov, Yi Luo, Olle Eriksson and G. Paolucci and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Brena

89 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Structure and Bonding of Water on Pt(111)

2002 498 citations Barbara Brena, M. Nyberg et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Brena Sweden	28	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	579	447	89	2.7k
M. Nyberg Sweden	26	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	805 0.7×	521 0.9×	713 1.6×	34	2.8k
P. Jakob Germany	33	2.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.9×	1.5k 1.4×	555 1.0×	579 1.3×	98	3.7k
F. M. Leibsle United Kingdom	37	1.7k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	912 0.8×	540 0.9×	700 1.6×	94	3.5k
Joachim Bansmann Germany	31	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	531 0.5×	625 1.1×	378 0.8×	154	3.4k
L. Vattuone Italy	34	2.2k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	742 0.7×	465 0.8×	509 1.1×	136	3.5k
Kenta Amemiya Japan	32	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	358 0.6×	291 0.7×	232	3.5k
Sebastian Günther Germany	37	3.3k 2.2×	1.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.3×	693 1.2×	503 1.1×	134	4.7k
Mark T. Paffett United States	28	1.8k 1.2×	937 0.8×	877 0.8×	818 1.4×	239 0.5×	71	2.9k
Roger A. Bennett United Kingdom	33	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	703 0.6×	732 1.3×	322 0.7×	100	3.6k
Michael Trenary United States	36	2.7k 1.8×	2.1k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	491 0.8×	680 1.5×	198	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Brena

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Brena

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Zhang, Teng, Cesare Grazioli, Iulia Emilia Brumboiu, et al.. (2022). m-MTDATA on Au(111): Spectroscopic Evidence of Molecule–Substrate Interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(6). 3202–3210. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Teng, Iulia Emilia Brumboiu, Valeria Lanzilotto, et al.. (2022). Clarifying the Adsorption of Triphenylamine on Au(111): Filling the HOMO–LUMO Gap. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(3). 1635–1643. 14 indexed citations

Lindblad, Rebecka, Oscar Grånäs, Barbara Brena, et al.. (2022). X-ray induced fragmentation of protonated cystine. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu). 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Teng, Cesare Grazioli, Iulia Emilia Brumboiu, et al.. (2022). Evidence of hybridization states at the donor/acceptor interface: case of m-MTDATA/PPT. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 34(21). 214008–214008. 1 indexed citations

Brena, Barbara, et al.. (2020). g-C₃N₄/WTe₂ Hybrid Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1 indexed citations

Unger, I., Tiago A. Matias, Leandro R. Franco, et al.. (2019). X-ray Photoelectron Fingerprints of High-Valence Ruthenium–Oxo Complexes along the Oxidation Reaction Pathway in an Aqueous Environment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(24). 7636–7643. 6 indexed citations

Lanzilotto, Valeria, Teng Zhang, Matuš Stredansky, et al.. (2018). Spectroscopic Fingerprints of Intermolecular H‐Bonding Interactions in Carbon Nitride Model Compounds. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(53). 14198–14206. 24 indexed citations

Grazioli, Cesare, Teng Zhang, Johann Lüder, et al.. (2017). Electronic structure investigation of biphenylene films. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(5). 54705–54705. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Teng, Iulia Emilia Brumboiu, Valeria Lanzilotto, et al.. (2017). Conclusively Addressing the CoPc Electronic Structure: A Joint Gas-Phase and Solid-State Photoemission and Absorption Spectroscopy Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(47). 26372–26378. 22 indexed citations

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Brumboiu, Iulia Emilia, Soumyajyoti Haldar, Johann Lüder, et al.. (2016). Influence of Electron Correlation on the Electronic Structure and Magnetism of Transition-Metal Phthalocyanines. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 12(4). 1772–1785. 56 indexed citations

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Lüder, Johann, Monica de Simone, Marcello Coreno, et al.. (2015). The electronic characterization of biphenylene—Experimental and theoretical insights from core and valence level spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 142(7). 74305–74305. 27 indexed citations

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Herper, Heike C., Sumanta Bhandary, Olle Eriksson, Biplab Sanyal, & Barbara Brena. (2014). Fe phthalocyanine on Co(001): Influence of surface oxidation on structural and electronic properties. Physical Review B. 89(8). 23 indexed citations

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Lüder, Johann, Biplab Sanyal, Olle Eriksson, Carla Puglia, & Barbara Brena. (2014). Comparison of van der Waals corrected and sparse-matter density functionals for the metal-free phthalocyanine/gold interface. Physical Review B. 89(4). 39 indexed citations

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Brena, Barbara, Carla Puglia, Monica de Simone, et al.. (2011). Valence-band electronic structure of iron phthalocyanine: An experimental and theoretical photoelectron spectroscopy study. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 134(7). 74312–74312. 54 indexed citations

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Brena, Barbara & Yi Luo. (2006). Time-dependent DFT calculations of core electron shake-up states of metal-(free)-phthalocyanines. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 75(11). 1578–1581. 10 indexed citations

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Brena, Barbara, Katharina Nilson, John Åhlund, et al.. (2005). Electronic structure of a vapor-deposited metal-free phthalocyanine thin film. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 122(21). 214723–214723. 71 indexed citations

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Arvanitis, D., J. Hunter Dunn, Olof Karis, et al.. (2001). Magnetic X-ray circular dichroism on in situ grown 3d magnetic thin films on surfaces. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 8(2). 120–124. 4 indexed citations

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Rojas, Cristian, José Á. Martín‐Gago, E. Román, et al.. (1997). STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF THE Si/Cu(110) INTERFACE BY PHOTOELECTRON DIFFRACTION. Surface Review and Letters. 4(6). 1331–1335. 1 indexed citations

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Brena, Barbara, Giovanni Comelli, Laura Ursella, & G. Paolucci. (1997). Oxygen on Pd(110): substrate reconstruction and adsorbate geometry by tensor LEED. Surface Science. 375(2-3). 150–160. 32 indexed citations

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Locatelli, Andrea, Barbara Brena, Silvano Lizzit, et al.. (1994). Adsorption Site Determination by Means of Surface Core Level Shift High Energy Photoelectron Diffraction:Pd{110}(2×1)p2mg−CO. Physical Review Letters. 73(1). 90–93. 44 indexed citations

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