G. Le Lay

15.8k citations

242 papers · 13.5k · 5 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.1%
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Materials Chemistry top 0.2%
- Graphene research and applications
- 2D Materials and Applications
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 188
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena 127
- Topological Materials and Phenomena 45
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 43
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 41
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 35
Materials Chemistry 105
- Graphene research and applications 73
- 2D Materials and Applications 26

Co-authors: Paola De Padova (28 shared papers)B. Ealet (8 shared papers)M. E. Dávila (19 shared papers)Patrick Vogt (14 shared papers)Andrea Resta (10 shared papers)J. Ávila (15 shared papers)M. C. Asensio (12 shared papers)E. Frantzeskakis (1 shared paper)
Journals: Surface Science (44 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (25 papers)Applied Surface Science (24 papers)Surface Review and Letters (9 papers)Applied Physics Letters (8 papers)
Partner nations: France Italy Germany

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G. Le Lay

239 papers receiving 13.2k citations

G. Le Lay's Hit Papers

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Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene 2014 · 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 New Journal of Physics
2012 Physical Review Letters
2010 Applied Physics Letters
2010 Applied Physics Letters
1983 Surface Science

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1	Silicene: Compelling Experimental Evidence for Graphenelike Two-Dimensional Silicon Physical Review Letters ·Patrick Vogt, Paola De Padova, Claudio Quaresima, J. Ávila, E. Frantzeskakis, M. C. Asensio, Andrea Resta, B. Ealet, G. Le Lay Hit paper breakdown →	2012	3297
2	Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene New Journal of Physics ·M. E. Dávila, Lede Xian, Seymur Cahangirov, Ángel Rubio, G. Le Lay Hit paper breakdown →	2014	1335
3	Graphene-like silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110): A possible formation of silicene Applied Physics Letters ·B. Aufray, Abdelkader Kara, S. Vizzini, Hamid Oughaddou, Christel Léandri, B. Ealet, G. Le Lay Hit paper breakdown →	2010	830
4	Evidence of graphene-like electronic signature in silicene nanoribbons Applied Physics Letters ·Paola De Padova, Claudio Quaresima, C. Ottaviani, Polina M. Sheverdyaeva, Paolo Moras, C. Carbone, D. Topwal, Bruno Olivieri, Abdelkader Kara, Hamid Oughaddou, B. Aufray, G. Le Lay Hit paper breakdown →	2010	510
5	Physics and electronics of the noble-metal/elemental-semiconductor interface formation: A status report Surface Science ·G. Le Lay Hit paper breakdown →	1983	407
6	Few layer epitaxial germanene: a novel two-dimensional Dirac material Scientific Reports ·M. E. Dávila, G. Le Lay	2016	214
7	Graphene's Latest Cousin: Plumbene Epitaxial Growth on a “Nano WaterCube” Advanced Materials ·Junji Yuhara, Bangjie He, N. Matsunami, Masashi Nakatake, G. Le Lay	2019	190
8	Large area planar stanene epitaxially grown on Ag(1 1 1) 2D Materials ·Junji Yuhara, Yuya Fujii, Kazuki Nishino, Naoki Isobe, Masashi Nakatake, Lede Xian, Ángel Rubio, G. Le Lay	2017	182
9	Evidence of Dirac fermions in multilayer silicene Applied Physics Letters ·Paola De Padova, Patrick Vogt, Andrea Resta, J. Ávila, Ivy Razado-Colambo, C. Quaresima, C. Ottaviani, Bruno Olivieri, Thomas Bruhn, Toru Hirahara, Terufusa Shirai, Shuji Hasegawa, M. C. Asensio, G. Le Lay	2013	175
10	Physics and chemistry of silicene nano-ribbons Applied Surface Science ·G. Le Lay, B. Aufray, C. Léandri, Hamid Oughaddou, Jean-Paul Bibérian, Paola De Padova, M. E. Dávila, B. Ealet, A. Kara	2009	161
11	Physics of ultra-thin phthalocyanine films on semiconductors Progress in Surface Science ·Nicolas Papageorgiou, Eric Salomon, T. Angot, Jean-Marc Layet, L. Giovanelli, G. Le Lay	2004	151
12	Multilayer Silicene Nanoribbons Nano Letters ·Paola De Padova, Osamu Kubo, Bruno Olivieri, C. Quaresima, Tomonobu Nakayama, Masakazu Aono, G. Le Lay	2012	143
13	s p 2 -like hybridization of silicon valence orbitals in silicene nanoribbons Applied Physics Letters ·Paola De Padova, C. Quaresima, Bruno Olivieri, P. Perfetti, G. Le Lay	2011	141
14	Synthesis and electrical conductivity of multilayer silicene Applied Physics Letters ·Patrick Vogt, Pierre Capiod, Maxime Berthe, Andrea Resta, Paola De Padova, Thomas Bruhn, G. Le Lay, B. Grandidier	2014	135
15	Atomic Structures of Silicene Layers Grown on Ag(111): Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy Observations Scientific Reports ·Andrea Resta, Thomas Leoni, Clemens Barth, Alain Ranguis, C. Becker, Thomas Bruhn, Patrick Vogt, G. Le Lay	2013	135
16	Self-aligned silicon quantum wires on Ag(110) Surface Science ·C. Léandri, G. Le Lay, B. Aufray, C. Girardeaux, J. Ávila, M. E. Dávila, M. Carmen Asensio, C. Ottaviani, A. Cricenti	2004	128
17	24 h stability of thick multilayer silicene in air 2D Materials ·Paola De Padova, C. Ottaviani, C. Quaresima, Bruno Olivieri, P. Imperatori, Eric Salomon, T. Angot, Lucia G. Quagliano, Cláudia Romano, Alessandro Vona, Maurizio Muniz‐Miranda, Amanda Generosi, Barbara Paci, G. Le Lay	2014	125
18	High-resolution synchrotron-radiation core-level spectroscopy of decapped GaAs(100) surfaces Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·G. Le Lay, D. Mao, Antoine Kahn, Y. Hwu, G. Margaritondo	1991	125
19	Physics of Silicene Stripes Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism ·Abdelkader Kara, C. Léandri, M. E. Dávila, Paola De Padova, B. Ealet, Hamid Oughaddou, B. Aufray, G. Le Lay	2009	124
20	Germanene Epitaxial Growth by Segregation through Ag(111) Thin Films on Ge(111) ACS Nano ·Junji Yuhara, H. Shimazu, Kouichi Ito, Akio Ohta, Masaaki Araidai, Masashi Kurosawa, Masashi Nakatake, G. Le Lay	2018	117

About G. Le Lay

G. Le Lay is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 242 papers that have together received 13.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (127 papers), Graphene research and applications (73 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (48 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (45 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (43 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (41 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (35 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (7.8k citations), Materials Chemistry (10.3k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (853 citations), Structural Biology (98 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3.4k citations). G. Le Lay has collaborated with scholars based in France, Italy and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Paola De Padova, B. Ealet, M. E. Dávila, Patrick Vogt, Andrea Resta, J. Ávila, M. C. Asensio, E. Frantzeskakis, Ángel Rubio and Seymur Cahangirov. Their work appears in journals such as Surface Science, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Applied Surface Science, Surface Review and Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

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