L. Ley

29.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
362 papers, 24.1k citations indexed

About

L. Ley is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Ley has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 24.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Materials Chemistry, 211 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 132 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in L. Ley's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (106 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (87 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (72 papers). L. Ley is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (106 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (87 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (72 papers). L. Ley collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. L. Ley's co-authors include J. Ristein, S. P. Kowalczyk, M. Cardona, F. R. McFeely, H. Richter, R. A. Pollak, Thomas Seyller, D. A. Shirley, K. V. Emtsev and D. A. Shirley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

L. Ley

359 papers receiving 23.3k 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.

Towards wafer-size graphene layers by atmospheric pressure graphitization of silicon carbide

2009 2.1k citations K. V. Emtsev, L. Ley et al. profile →
The one phonon Raman spectrum in microcrystalline silicon

1981 2.0k citations L. Ley et al. Solid State Communications profile →
Origin of Surface Conductivity in Diamond

2000 789 citations Marc Riedel, J. Ristein et al. profile →
Interaction, growth, and ordering of epitaxial graphene on SiC{0001} surfaces: A comparative photoelectron spectroscopy study

2008 773 citations K. V. Emtsev, Florian Speck et al. profile →
Total valence-band densities of states of III-V and II-VI compounds from x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

1974 695 citations L. Ley et al. profile →
Photoemission in Solids I

1978 678 citations L. Ley et al. profile →
X-ray photoemission studies of diamond, graphite, and glassy carbon valence bands

1974 482 citations L. Ley et al. profile →
Infrared Spectrum and Structure of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon

1980 443 citations L. Ley et al. physica status solidi (b) profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Ley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of L. Ley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of L. Ley 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 L. Ley. L. Ley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comment on “Diamond (111) surface reconstruction and epitaxial graphene interface” 2025 ·Physical review. B. ·C. Goletti, F. Bechstedt, Gianlorenzo Bussetti, L. Ley, Margherita Marsili, Olivia Pulci, P. Chiaradia	0
2	High resolution core level spectroscopy of hydrogen-terminated (1 0 0) diamond 2016 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Alex K. Schenk, Kevin J. Rietwyk, Anton Tadich, Alastair Stacey, L. Ley, C. I. Pakes	18
3	Direct observation of phonon emission from hot electrons: spectral features in diamond secondary electron emission 2014 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Kane M. O’Donnell, Mark T. Edmonds, J. Ristein, Kevin J. Rietwyk, Anton Tadich, Lars Thomsen, C. I. Pakes, L. Ley	7
4	Photoelectron emission from lithiated diamond 2014 ·physica status solidi (a) ·Kane M. O’Donnell, T. Martin, Mark T. Edmonds, Anton Tadich, Lars Thomsen, J. Ristein, C. I. Pakes, Neil A. Fox, L. Ley	27
5	Growth, defects, and novel applications 2010 ·Wiley-VCH eBooks ·Peter Friedrichs, (unknown), L. Ley, Gerhard Pensl	3
6	Characteristics of solution gated field effect transistors on the basis of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide 2010 ·Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·J. Ristein, Wenying Zhang, Florian Speck, Markus Ostler, L. Ley, Thomas Seyller	47
7	Hydrogen-terminated diamond electrodes. II. Redox activity 2008 ·Physical Review E ·Wenying Zhang, J. Ristein, L. Ley	18
8	Hydrogen-terminated diamond electrodes. I. Charges, potentials, and energies 2008 ·Physical Review E ·J. Ristein, Wenying Zhang, L. Ley	24
9	Effect of an intermediate graphite layer on the electronic properties of metal/SiC contacts 2008 ·physica status solidi (b) ·Sergey A. Reshanov, K. V. Emtsev, Florian Speck, Kunyuan Gao, Thomas Seyller, Gerhard Pensl, L. Ley	29
10	Growth of cubic SiC single crystals by the physical vapor transport technique 2007 ·Journal of Crystal Growth ·(unknown), M. Krieger, Gerhard Pensl, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, (unknown), Martin Hundhausen, L. Ley, M. Nerding, H. P. Strunk	13
11	Nucleophilic−Alkylation−Reoxidation: A Functionalization Sequence for Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes 2006 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·R. Graupner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jonas Röhrl, Martin Hundhausen, L. Ley, Andreas Hirsch	87
12	Surface transfer doping of diamond 2004 ·Nature ·Paul Strobel, Marc Riedel, J. Ristein, L. Ley	247
13	Quantitative evaluation of biaxial strain in epitaxial 3C-SiC layers on Si(100) substrates by Raman spectroscopy 2002 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·S. Rohmfeld, Martin Hundhausen, L. Ley, Christian A. Zorman, Mehran Mehregany	73
14	Diamantsynthese aus der Gasphase: Werkstoff mit Zukunft 2001 ·Physik in unserer Zeit ·L. Ley	2
15	Influence of Stacking Disorder on the Raman Spectrum of 3C-SiC 1999 ·physica status solidi (b) ·S. Rohmfeld, Martin Hundhausen, L. Ley	28
16	Formation of the interface between c-Si(111) and diamond-like carbon studied with photoelectron spectroscopy 1998 ·Applied Surface Science ·J. Schäfer, J. Ristein, Seiichi Miyazaki, L. Ley	7
17	Growth of diamond on silicon during the bias pretreatment in chemical vapor deposition of polycrystalline diamond films 1996 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·(unknown), K. Janischowsky, S. Rohmfeld, J. Ristein, Martin Hundhausen, L. Ley	43
18	Effective correlation energies for defects in a-C:H from a comparison of photelectron yield and electron spin resonance experiments 1995 ·Diamond and Related Materials ·J. Ristein, J. Schäfer, L. Ley	80
19	Surface states and the intrinsic valence band tail in a-Si:H 1987 ·Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ·K. Winer, L. Ley	4
20	Photoelectron spectra of V3Si, a high Tc superconductor with a 15 structure 1976 ·Solid State Communications ·J.D. Riley, J. Azoulay, L. Ley	11

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