Brian J. LeRoy

9.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
64 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Brian J. LeRoy is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian J. LeRoy has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Materials Chemistry, 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian J. LeRoy's work include Graphene research and applications (35 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (27 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (17 papers). Brian J. LeRoy is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (35 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (27 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (17 papers). Brian J. LeRoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Brian J. LeRoy's co-authors include Matthew Yankowitz, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Emanuel Tutuc, Daniel Cormode, Pilkyung Moon, Mikito Koshino and Benjamin Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian J. LeRoy

62 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter Butterfly in a van ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2013 2012 2016 2017 2019 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter Butterfly in a van der Waals Heterostructure
    2013 1.3k citations Benjamin Hunt, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi et al. Science profile →
  2. Emergence of superlattice Dirac points in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride
    2012 913 citations Matthew Yankowitz, Daniel Cormode et al. profile →
  3. van der Waals Heterostructures with High Accuracy Rotational Alignment
    2016 507 citations Matthew Yankowitz, Shengqiang Huang et al. Nano Letters profile →
  4. Tunable moiré bands and strong correlations in small-twist-angle bilayer graphene
    2017 394 citations Shengqiang Huang, Takashi Taniguchi et al. profile →
  5. van der Waals heterostructures combining graphene and hexagonal boron nitride
    2019 363 citations Matthew Yankowitz, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero et al. profile →

Peers

Brian J. LeRoy
Vitor M. Pereira Singapore
Matthew Yankowitz United States
Alexander S. Mayorov United Kingdom
Pilkyung Moon Japan
Edward McCann United Kingdom
Avik W. Ghosh United States
Abdelkarim Ouerghi France
Andrey Chaves Brazil
Henk W. Ch. Postma United States
Justin C. W. Song Singapore
Vitor M. Pereira Singapore
Brian J. LeRoy
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Countries citing papers authored by Brian J. LeRoy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian J. LeRoy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian J. LeRoy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian J. LeRoy 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 Brian J. LeRoy. Brian J. LeRoy 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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Köehler, Michael, David Mandrus, Takashi Taniguchi, et al.. (2025). Cryogenic Nano-Imaging of Excitons in a Monolayer Semiconductor. Nano Letters. 25(32). 12166–12172. 1 indexed citations
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Köehler, Michael, David Mandrus, Takashi Taniguchi, et al.. (2025). Imaging interlayer exciton superfluidity in a 2D semiconductor heterostructure. Science Advances. 11(1). eadr1772–eadr1772. 2 indexed citations
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Yumigeta, Kentaro, Z. Zeszut, Yao-Jen Chang, et al.. (2024). Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors with Long-Term Stability and Reliability. ACS Nano. 18(34). 22949–22957. 2 indexed citations
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Köehler, Michael, David Mandrus, Takashi Taniguchi, et al.. (2024). Ultra-broadband bright light emission from a one-dimensional inorganic van der Waals material. APL Materials. 12(1). 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Song, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2022). Phonon Lifetimes in Boron‐Isotope‐Enriched Graphene‐ Hexagonal Boron Nitride Devices. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 16(6). 5 indexed citations
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Köehler, Michael, David Mandrus, Takashi Taniguchi, et al.. (2022). Single-exciton trapping in an electrostatically defined two-dimensional semiconductor quantum dot. Physical review. B.. 106(20). 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Bin, et al.. (2020). Role of defects and phonons in bandgap dynamics of monolayer WS2 at high carrier densities. Journal of Physics Materials. 4(1). 15005–15005. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhiming, Yimeng Wang, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2019). Flat bands in small angle twisted bilayer WSe 2. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Shengqiang, et al.. (2017). Evolution of the electronic band structure of twisted bilayer graphene upon doping. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7611–7611. 7 indexed citations
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Yankowitz, Matthew, et al.. (2016). Local Spectroscopic Characterization of Spin and Layer Polarization in WSe$_2$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 6 indexed citations
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Yankowitz, Matthew, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pablo San-José, & Brian J. LeRoy. (2016). Pressure-induced commensurate stacking of graphene on boron nitride. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13168–13168. 136 indexed citations
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Roberts, Adam, R. Binder, N. H. Kwong, et al.. (2014). Optical Characterization of Electron-Phonon Interactions at the Saddle Point in Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 112(18). 187401–187401. 16 indexed citations
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Huang, Shengqiang, et al.. (2013). Gate dependent Raman spectroscopy of graphene on hexagonal boron nitride. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 25(50). 505304–505304. 9 indexed citations
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Hunt, Benjamin, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Andrea F. Young, et al.. (2013). Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter Butterfly in a van der Waals Heterostructure. Science. 340(6139). 1427–1430. 1267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deshpande, Aparna & Brian J. LeRoy. (2010). Smoothing the ripples. ChemPhysChem. 11(9). 1833–1835. 3 indexed citations
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LeRoy, Brian J., Katherine Aidala, R. M. Westervelt, et al.. (2005). Imaging Electron Interferometer. Physical Review Letters. 94(12). 126801–126801. 38 indexed citations
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Topinka, M. A., Brian J. LeRoy, R. M. Westervelt, K. D. Maranowski, & A. C. Gossard. (2002). Imaging coherent electron wave flow in a two-dimensional electron gas. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 12(1-4). 678–683. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Lin H., M. A. Topinka, Brian J. LeRoy, et al.. (2001). Charge-imaging field-effect transistor. Applied Physics Letters. 79(8). 1202–1204. 9 indexed citations
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LeRoy, Brian J.. (1993). Dislocations in Silicon Based Heterostructures. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 35-36. 263–280. 1 indexed citations
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Baruch, P., et al.. (1984). Analysis of photovoltaic solar generators by modulated light excitation of individual cells - Application to testing and detection of faulty cells. pvsp. 621–625. 1 indexed citations

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