Javier Méndez

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Javier Méndez is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier Méndez has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Javier Méndez's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (27 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (22 papers) and Graphene research and applications (20 papers). Javier Méndez is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (27 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (22 papers) and Graphene research and applications (20 papers). Javier Méndez collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Germany. Javier Méndez's co-authors include José Á. Martín‐Gago, A. M. Baró, José Ignacio Pascual, Julio Gómez‐Herrero, N. Garcı́a, María Francisca López, Vu Thien Binh, Nicoleta Nicoara, Uzi Landman and É. N. Bogachek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Javier Méndez

85 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Javier Méndez Spain	26	1.5k	1.5k	1.2k	775	288	89	3.0k
M. Canepa Italy	31	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	910 1.2×	126 0.4×	178	3.2k
Jun Yan United States	32	2.0k 1.3×	3.4k 2.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	146 0.5×	95	4.8k
Tohru Suemoto Japan	29	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	483 0.6×	74 0.3×	187	3.3k
D. K. Fork United States	36	2.0k 1.3×	2.9k 1.9×	649 0.5×	843 1.1×	72 0.3×	125	4.3k
Tino Hofmann United States	29	1.1k 0.7×	998 0.7×	866 0.7×	691 0.9×	34 0.1×	120	2.4k
P. J. Grunthaner United States	21	1.8k 1.2×	865 0.6×	860 0.7×	262 0.3×	146 0.5×	37	2.5k
Mark A. Hoffbauer United States	18	599 0.4×	982 0.7×	594 0.5×	340 0.4×	37 0.1×	70	1.8k
P. Soukiassian France	38	3.1k 2.1×	2.3k 1.5×	2.0k 1.7×	487 0.6×	39 0.1×	220	5.0k
G. Dufour France	27	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	716 0.6×	281 0.4×	27 0.1×	83	2.2k
Satoshi Tomita Japan	22	286 0.2×	803 0.5×	336 0.3×	364 0.5×	95 0.3×	76	1.5k

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Merino, Pablo, L. Martı́nez, Gonzalo Santoro, et al.. (2024). n-Alkanes formed by methyl-methylene addition as a source of meteoritic aliphatics. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 165–165.

Abad, J.-A., José I. Martínez, Paula Gómez, et al.. (2023). Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly Driven by Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Benzodi-7-azaindole Molecules on Au(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(24). 11591–11599. 6 indexed citations

Méndez, Javier, et al.. (2020). A Comparative Study of the ZnO Growth on Graphene and Graphene Oxide: The Role of the Initial Oxidation State of Carbon. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 41–41. 15 indexed citations

Campo, Adolfo del, et al.. (2020). Re-Oxidation of ZnO Clusters Grown on HOPG. Coatings. 10(4). 401–401. 7 indexed citations

Prieto, P., Yi‐Hsien Lu, Heath Kersell, et al.. (2019). In-situ study of the carbon gasification reaction of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite promoted by cobalt oxides and the novel nanostructures appeared after reaction. Carbon. 158. 588–597. 5 indexed citations

Méndez, Javier, R. J. O. Mossanek, M. Abbate, et al.. (2018). Ultra-thin CoO films grown on different oxide substrates: Size and support effects and chemical stability. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 758. 5–13. 3 indexed citations

Black, Andrés, Daniel Granados, Javier Méndez, et al.. (2018). Study of the Interface of the Early Stages of Growth under Quasi‐Equilibrium Conditions of ZnO on Graphene/Cu and Graphite. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 6(3). 7 indexed citations

Palacio, Irene, Gonzalo Otero‐Irurueta, José I. Martínez, et al.. (2017). Chemistry below graphene: Decoupling epitaxial graphene from metals by potential-controlled electrochemical oxidation. Carbon. 129. 837–846. 29 indexed citations

Palacio, Irene, José I. Martínez, Alexei Preobrajenski, et al.. (2017). Spectroscopic characterization of the on-surface induced (cyclo)dehydrogenation of a N-heteroaromatic compound on noble metal surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(33). 22454–22461. 4 indexed citations

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Martínez, José I., Pablo Merino, Gonzalo Otero‐Irurueta, et al.. (2016). Role of the Pinning Points in epitaxial Graphene Moiré Superstructures on the Pt(111) Surface. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 20354–20354. 18 indexed citations

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Levan, A. J., N. R. Tanvir, K. Wiersema, et al.. (2013). GRB 130603B: WHT optical afterglow candidate. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 14742. 1. 2 indexed citations

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Martínez, José I., Andrej Jančařík, Irena G. Stará̈, et al.. (2013). Sequential formation of N-doped nanohelicenes, nanographenes and nanodomes by surface-assisted chemical (cyclo)dehydrogenation of heteroaromatics. Chemical Communications. 50(13). 1555–1555. 23 indexed citations

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Hernández, J. I. Gónzalez, P. Ruiz‐Lapuente, H. M. Tabernero, et al.. (2012). No surviving evolved companions of the progenitor of SN 1006. Nature. 489(7417). 533–536. 56 indexed citations

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Méndez, Javier, María Francisca López, & José Á. Martín‐Gago. (2011). On-surface synthesis of cyclic organic molecules. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(9). 4578–4578. 141 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Lucı́a, et al.. (2010). Metal-organic extended 2D structures: Fe-PTCDA on Au(111). Nanotechnology. 21(30). 305703–305703. 19 indexed citations

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Otero, Gonzalo, Giulio Biddau, Taisuke Ozaki, et al.. (2010). Spontaneous Discrimination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Enantiomers on a Metal Surface. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(47). 13920–13924. 8 indexed citations

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Méndez, Javier, et al.. (2009). Remote sensing of atmospheric particles using LIDAR, Calipso satellite, & AERONET: algorithm development. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS archive. 8(1). 86–95. 4 indexed citations

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Méndez, Javier, et al.. (2008). Aerosol size distribution using Lidar data and a typical Lidar assembly. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS archive. 7(11). 1218–1227. 2 indexed citations

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Otero, Gonzalo, Giulio Biddau, Carlos Sánchez‐Sánchez, et al.. (2008). Fullerenes from aromatic precursors by surface-catalysed cyclodehydrogenation. Nature. 454(7206). 865–868. 256 indexed citations

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Otero, Gonzalo, Giulio Biddau, Carlos Sánchez‐Sánchez, et al.. (2008). Facile Synthesis of Fullerenes. Synfacts. 2008(12). 1283–1283. 1 indexed citations

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