Can Ataca

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Can Ataca is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Can Ataca has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Can Ataca's work include 2D Materials and Applications (29 papers), Graphene research and applications (15 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (10 papers). Can Ataca is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (29 papers), Graphene research and applications (15 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (10 papers). Can Ataca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and China. Can Ataca's co-authors include S. Çiraci, Hasan Şahin, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Sefaattin Tongay, Jingbo Li, Junqiao Wu, Jian Zhou, Ethem Aktürk, Tyler S. Matthews and Jonathan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Can Ataca

47 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

Stable, Single-Layer MX₂ Transition-Metal Oxides and Dichalcogenides in a Honeycomb-Like Structure

2012 1.2k citations Can Ataca, Hasan Şahin et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →
Thermally Driven Crossover from Indirect toward Direct Bandgap in 2D Semiconductors: MoSe₂ versus MoS₂

2012 1.2k citations Sefaattin Tongay, Jian Zhou et al. profile →
Defects activated photoluminescence in two-dimensional semiconductors: interplay between bound, charged and free excitons

2013 902 citations Sefaattin Tongay, Joonki Suh et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Broad-Range Modulation of Light Emission in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors by Molecular Physisorption Gating

2013 667 citations Sefaattin Tongay, Jian Zhou et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Can Ataca United States	29	6.4k	3.3k	734	647	581	49	6.9k
Zhe Luo China	10	7.1k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	826 1.1×	634 1.0×	579 1.0×	16	7.6k
Rafik Addou United States	41	6.9k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	792 1.1×	794 1.2×	535 0.9×	87	7.6k
Sajedeh Manzeli Switzerland	4	4.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	700 1.0×	557 0.9×	606 1.0×	4	5.0k
Joshua D. Wood United States	24	5.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	638 0.9×	648 1.0×	418 0.7×	46	6.3k
Jingsi Qiao China	23	6.1k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	798 1.1×	834 1.3×	553 1.0×	66	6.9k
Andrés R. Botello‐Méndez Belgium	29	4.3k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	729 1.0×	420 0.6×	618 1.1×	48	5.3k
Elton J. G. Santos United Kingdom	41	6.2k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	753 1.2×	704 1.2×	86	7.4k
M. Iqbal Bakti Utama United States	29	3.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	864 1.2×	556 0.9×	554 1.0×	50	4.1k
Sunmin Ryu South Korea	32	6.3k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	909 1.2×	599 0.9×	745 1.3×	81	7.3k
Ju Xu China	46	5.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	744 1.0×	911 1.4×	413 0.7×	101	6.3k

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Wines, Daniel, Anouar Benali, Paul R. C. Kent, et al.. (2025). Toward improved property prediction of 2D materials using many-body quantum Monte Carlo methods. Applied Physics Reviews. 12(3).

Wines, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Modeling Chemical Exfoliation of Non-van der Waals Chromium Sulfides by Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials and Monte Carlo Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(3). 1267–1283. 3 indexed citations

Wines, Daniel, et al.. (2023). A Quantum Monte Carlo Study of the Structural, Energetic, and Magnetic Properties of Two-Dimensional H and T Phase VSe₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(14). 3553–3560. 11 indexed citations

Kopaczek, Jan, Kentaro Yumigeta, Mohammed Sayyad, et al.. (2023). Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Surface Oxidation Process of Rare‐Earth Tritellurides. Advanced Electronic Materials. 9(5). 6 indexed citations

Wines, Daniel, Kayahan Saritas, & Can Ataca. (2022). Intrinsic Ferromagnetism of Two-Dimensional (2D) MnO₂ Revisited: A Many-Body Quantum Monte Carlo and DFT+U Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(13). 5813–5821. 9 indexed citations

Wines, Daniel, Bin Chen, Kentaro Yumigeta, et al.. (2021). Abnormal Phase Transition and Band Renormalization of Guanidinium-Based Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(37). 44964–44971. 15 indexed citations

Wines, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Electronic properties of bare and functionalized two-dimensional (2D) tellurene structures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(12). 6727–6737. 34 indexed citations

Ersan, Fatih & Can Ataca. (2020). Janus PtXnY2−n (X, Y = S, Se, Te; 0≤n≤2) Monolayers for Enhanced Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Physical Review Applied. 13(6). 64 indexed citations

Wines, Daniel, Fatih Ersan, & Can Ataca. (2020). Engineering the Electronic, Thermoelectric, and Excitonic Properties of Two-Dimensional Group-III Nitrides through Alloying for Optoelectronic Devices (B_1–xAl_xN, Al_1–xGa_xN, and Ga_1–xIn_xN). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(41). 46416–46428. 29 indexed citations

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Wines, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Effect of V substitution on structural, magnetic, transport and mechanical properties of the half-metal-type Heusler alloy Co 2 FeGe. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Wines, Daniel, Kayahan Saritas, & Can Ataca. (2020). A first-principles Quantum Monte Carlo study of two-dimensional (2D) GaSe. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 25 indexed citations

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Vatansever, Erol, Sevil Sarikurt, Fatih Ersan, et al.. (2019). Strain effects on electronic and magnetic properties of the monolayer α-RuCl3: A first-principles and Monte Carlo study. Journal of Applied Physics. 125(8). 34 indexed citations

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Hao, Hongxia, James Shee, Shiv Upadhyay, et al.. (2018). Accurate Predictions of Electron Binding Energies of Dipole-Bound Anions via Quantum Monte Carlo Methods. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(21). 6185–6190. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Shengxue, Cong Wang, Can Ataca, et al.. (2016). Self-Driven Photodetector and Ambipolar Transistor in Atomically Thin GaTe-MoS₂ p–n vdW Heterostructure. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(4). 2533–2539. 174 indexed citations

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Saritas, Kayahan, Can Ataca, & Jeffrey C. Grossman. (2015). Predicting Electronic Structure in Tricalcium Silicate Phases with Impurities Using First-Principles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(9). 5074–5079. 40 indexed citations

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Tongay, Sefaattin, Joonki Suh, Can Ataca, et al.. (2013). Defects activated photoluminescence in two-dimensional semiconductors: interplay between bound, charged and free excitons. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2657–2657. 902 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cahangirov, Seymur, Can Ataca, Mehmet Topsakal, Hasan Şahin, & S. Çiraci. (2012). Frictional Figures of Merit for Single Layered Nanostructures. Physical Review Letters. 108(12). 126103–126103. 123 indexed citations

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Ataca, Can & S. Çiraci. (2012). Dissociation of H2O at the vacancies of single-layer MoS2. Physical Review B. 85(19). 136 indexed citations

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Ataca, Can, Mehmet Topsakal, Ethem Aktürk, & S. Çiraci. (2011). A Comparative Study of Lattice Dynamics of Three- and Two-Dimensional MoS₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(33). 16354–16361. 297 indexed citations

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Şahin, Hasan, Can Ataca, & S. Çiraci. (2009). Magnetization of graphane by dehydrogenation. Applied Physics Letters. 95(22). 107 indexed citations

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