B.L. Kropman

930 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 747 citations indexed

About

B.L. Kropman is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, B.L. Kropman has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 747 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in B.L. Kropman's work include Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (6 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). B.L. Kropman is often cited by papers focused on Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (6 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). B.L. Kropman collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and United States. B.L. Kropman's co-authors include Dave H. A. Blank, Horst Rogalla, Gertjan Koster, Guus Rijnders, David N. Reinhoudt, Enrico G. Keim, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Frank C. J. M. van Veggel and R. J. Nemanich and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Applied Physics Letters and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

B.L. Kropman

8 papers receiving 736 citations

Hit Papers

Quasi-ideal strontium titanate crystal surfaces through f... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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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. Quasi-ideal strontium titanate crystal surfaces through formation of strontium hydroxide
    1998 601 citations Gertjan Koster, B.L. Kropman et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B.L. Kropman Netherlands 6 612 449 231 146 68 9 747
Kouichi Takase Japan 15 557 0.9× 324 0.7× 294 1.3× 148 1.0× 24 0.4× 76 770
R. Schönfelder Germany 13 523 0.9× 244 0.5× 273 1.2× 70 0.5× 54 0.8× 21 698
Satoshi Heguri Japan 12 370 0.6× 379 0.8× 242 1.0× 147 1.0× 60 0.9× 38 696
Long Cheng China 11 495 0.8× 278 0.6× 163 0.7× 142 1.0× 29 0.4× 33 652
Y. L. Xie China 9 346 0.6× 228 0.5× 197 0.9× 141 1.0× 95 1.4× 19 647
M. Granada Argentina 14 368 0.6× 411 0.9× 141 0.6× 265 1.8× 27 0.4× 38 768
Haeyoung Choi South Korea 16 570 0.9× 227 0.5× 277 1.2× 109 0.7× 25 0.4× 38 797
J. H. Zhang China 11 305 0.5× 294 0.7× 127 0.5× 93 0.6× 42 0.6× 26 572
Marco Caffio United Kingdom 14 465 0.8× 227 0.5× 273 1.2× 122 0.8× 25 0.4× 29 774
Chia‐Cheng Kang Taiwan 11 387 0.6× 170 0.4× 194 0.8× 28 0.2× 33 0.5× 11 524

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B.L. Kropman

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All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Kropman, B.L., Dave H. A. Blank, & Horst Rogalla. (2000). Binary Mixtures of Self-Assembled Monolayers on SrTiO3:  Experimental Evidence for Phase Segregation. Langmuir. 16(4). 1469–1472. 5 indexed citations
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Kropman, B.L., Dave H. A. Blank, & Horst Rogalla. (1998). Atomic force microscopic studies on the growth of self-assembled monolayers on SrTiO3-surfaces. Thin Solid Films. 327-329. 185–190. 10 indexed citations
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Koster, Gertjan, B.L. Kropman, Guus Rijnders, Dave H. A. Blank, & Horst Rogalla. (1998). Influence of the surface treatment on the homoepitaxial growth of SrTiO3. Materials Science and Engineering B. 56(2-3). 209–212. 29 indexed citations
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Koster, Gertjan, B.L. Kropman, Guus Rijnders, Dave H. A. Blank, & Horst Rogalla. (1998). Quasi-ideal strontium titanate crystal surfaces through formation of strontium hydroxide. Applied Physics Letters. 73(20). 2920–2922. 601 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kropman, B.L., Dave H. A. Blank, & Horst Rogalla. (1998). Spectroscopic characterisation of self-assembled monolayers of alkylsiloxanes on SrTiO3. Materials Science and Engineering C. 5(3-4). 163–166. 2 indexed citations
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Kropman, B.L., Dave H. A. Blank, & Horst Rogalla. (1997). Self-assembled monolayers of alkylsiloxanes on SrTiO3 substrates. Supramolecular Science. 4(1-2). 59–65. 5 indexed citations
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Huck, Wilhelm T. S., Frank C. J. M. van Veggel, B.L. Kropman, et al.. (1995). Large Self-Assembled Organopalladium Spheres. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(31). 8293–8294. 92 indexed citations
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Blank, Dave H. A., et al.. (1994). Selective epitaxial growth of sub-micron structures of YBaCuO by substrate modification. Physica C Superconductivity. 235-240. 645–646.
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Kropman, B.L., et al.. (1992). Surface and Interface Morphology of Small Islands of TiSi2 and ZrSi2 ON (001) Silicon. MRS Proceedings. 280. 3 indexed citations

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