Efthimios Kaxiras

55.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
478 papers, 41.1k citations indexed

About

Efthimios Kaxiras is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Efthimios Kaxiras has authored 478 papers receiving a total of 41.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 307 papers in Materials Chemistry, 206 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 126 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Efthimios Kaxiras's work include Graphene research and applications (104 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (67 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (62 papers). Efthimios Kaxiras is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (104 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (67 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (62 papers). Efthimios Kaxiras collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Greece. Efthimios Kaxiras's co-authors include Shiang Fang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero, Valla Fatemi, Yuan Cao, Sheng Meng, John D. Joannopoulos, Karin M. Rabe and Andrew M. Rappe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Efthimios Kaxiras

469 papers receiving 40.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices

2018 5.7k citations Yuan Cao, Shiang Fang et al. profile →
Correlated insulator behaviour at half-filling in magic-angle graphene superlattices

2018 3.4k citations Yuan Cao, Shiang Fang et al. profile →
Optimized pseudopotentials

1990 2.1k citations Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
Surfactants in epitaxial growth

1989 956 citations Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
Hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions of nucleic acid base pairs: A density-functional-theory based treatment

2001 902 citations Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
Graphene/MoS₂ Hybrid Technology for Large-Scale Two-Dimensional Electronics

2014 556 citations Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
A QM/MM Implementation of the Self-Consistent Charge Density Functional Tight Binding (SCC-DFTB) Method

2000 519 citations Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
Concurrent coupling of length scales: Methodology and application

1999 459 citations Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
MoS₂Field-Effect Transistor with Sub-10 nm Channel Length

2016 427 citations Shiang Fang, Efthimios Kaxiras et al. profile →
Adsorption and Diffusion of Lithium on Layered Silicon for Li-Ion Storage

2013 408 citations Efthimios Kaxiras, Sheng Meng et al. profile →
Twofold van Hove singularity and origin of charge order in topological kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5

2022 251 citations Mingu Kang, Shiang Fang et al. Nature Physics profile →
Ultrafast high-endurance memory based on sliding ferroelectrics

2024 85 citations Kenji Yasuda, Xirui Wang et al. Science profile →

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Coupling of Nondegenerate Topological Modes in Nitrogen Core-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons 2025 ·ACS Nano ·Peter H. Jacobse, Michele Pizzochero, (unknown), Gabriela Borin Barin, (unknown), Zafer Mutlu, Kläus Müllen, Efthimios Kaxiras, Michael F. Crommie, Felix R. Fischer	1
2	Accurate and efficient localized basis sets for two-dimensional materials 2025 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), Michele Pizzochero, Javier Junquera, Efthimios Kaxiras	1
3	Moiré band structure engineering using a twisted boron nitride substrate 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Xirui Wang, (unknown), Samuel Aronson, Daniel Bennett, (unknown), Philip J. D. Crowley, Clément Collignon, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, R. C. Ashoori, Efthimios Kaxiras, Yang Zhang, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero, Kenji Yasuda	7
4	Alloy informatics through ab initio charge density profiles: Case study of hydrogen effects in face-centred cubic crystals 2024 ·Acta Materialia ·(unknown), Efthimios Kaxiras, Stefanos Papanikolaou	2
5	How to evict HP1 from H3: Using a complex salt bridge 2023 ·Biophysical Chemistry ·George Papamokos, Efthimios Kaxiras	0
6	HubbardNet: Efficient predictions of the Bose-Hubbard model spectrum with deep neural networks 2023 ·Physical Review Research ·Ziyan Zhu, Marios Mattheakis, Weiwei Pan, Efthimios Kaxiras	4
7	Topological nature of dislocation networks in two-dimensional moiré materials 2023 ·Physical review. B. ·Rebecca Engelke, Hyobin Yoo, Stephen Carr, (unknown), Paul Cazeaux, Richard D. Allen, Andrés M. Mier Valdivia, Mitchell Luskin, Efthimios Kaxiras, (unknown), Jung Hoon Han, Philip Kim	22
8	Operando electron microscopy investigation of polar domain dynamics in twisted van der Waals homobilayers 2023 ·Nature Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Rebecca Engelke, Stephen Carr, Hak Jun Kim, Daesung Park, Hoseok Heo, Hyun-Mi Kim, Seul‐Gi Kim, Hyeongkeun Kim, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Hongkun Park, Efthimios Kaxiras, Sang Mo Yang, Philip Kim, Hyobin Yoo	77
9	Charge order landscape and competition with superconductivity in kagome metals 2022 ·Nature Materials ·Mingu Kang, Shiang Fang, Jonggyu Yoo, Brenden R. Ortiz, Yuzki M. Oey, (unknown), Sae Hee Ryu, Jimin Kim, Chris Jozwiak, Aaron Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, Efthimios Kaxiras, J. G. Checkelsky, Stephen D. Wilson, Jae‐Hoon Park, Riccardo Comin	64
10	Quantum nanomagnets in on-surface metal-free porphyrin chains 2022 ·Nature Chemistry ·(unknown), Kaiyue Jiang, Can Li, Yufeng Liu, (unknown), Michele Pizzochero, Efthimios Kaxiras, Dandan Guan, Yaoyi Li, Hao Zheng, Canhua Liu, Jinfeng Jia, Mingpu Qin, Xiaodong Zhuang, Shiyong Wang	57
11	Gate-tunable Veselago interference in a bipolar graphene microcavity 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Wei Ren, (unknown), Ziyan Zhu, (unknown), (unknown), Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Efthimios Kaxiras, Mitchell Luskin, Ke Wang	7
12	Microscopic origin of the high thermoelectric figure of merit of n-doped SnSe 2021 ·Physical review. B. ·Anderson S. Chaves, Daniel T. Larson, Efthimios Kaxiras, Alex Antonelli	9
13	Observation of interband collective excitations in twisted bilayer graphene 2021 ·Nature Physics ·Niels C. H. Hesp, Iacopo Torre, Daniel Rodan‐Legrain, (unknown), Yuan Cao, Stephen Carr, Shiang Fang, Petr Stepanov, (unknown), Hanan Herzig Sheinfux, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Dmitri K. Efetov, Efthimios Kaxiras, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero, Marco Polini, Frank H. L. Koppens	69
14	Clean 2D superconductivity in a bulk van der Waals superlattice 2020 ·Science ·Aravind Devarakonda, Hisashi Inoue, Shiang Fang, (unknown), T. Suzuki, M. Kriener, Liang Fu, Efthimios Kaxiras, David C. Bell, J. G. Checkelsky	4
15	Role of Explicitly Included Solvents on Ultrafast Electron Injection and Recombination Dynamics at TiO₂/Dye Interfaces 2020 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Wei Ma, Yang Jiao, Haibo Li, Haizhong Guo, Efthimios Kaxiras, Sheng Meng	5
16	A neural network interatomic potential for molten NaCl 2020 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Qing‐Jie Li, Emine Küçükbenli, Stephen Lam, Boris Khaykovich, Efthimios Kaxiras, Ju Li	1
17	Modeling mechanical relaxation in incommensurate trilayer van der Waals heterostructures 2020 ·Physical review. B. ·Ziyan Zhu, Paul Cazeaux, Mitchell Luskin, Efthimios Kaxiras	46
18	Enhancement of interlayer exchange in an ultrathin two-dimensional magnet 2019 ·Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) ·Dahlia Klein, David MacNeill, Qian Song, Daniel T. Larson, Shiang Fang, Mingyu Xu, R. A. Ribeiro, P. C. Canfield, Efthimios Kaxiras, Riccardo Comin, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero	80
19	Effect of Frustrated Rotations on the Pre-Exponential Factor for Unimolecular Reactions on Surfaces: A Case Study of Alkoxy Dehydrogenation 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Wei Chen, Lixin Sun, Boris Kozinsky, C. M. Friend, Efthimios Kaxiras, Philippe Sautet, R. J. Madix	10
20	Nanoscale Imaging of Orbital Texture in Single-Layer FeSe/SrTiO$_3$ 2015 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Dennis Huang, (unknown), Shiang Fang, Can‐Li Song, Cui‐Zu Chang, Jagadeesh S. Moodera, Efthimios Kaxiras, Jennifer E. Hoffman	1

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