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

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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.

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

2009 2.1k citations K. V. Emtsev, Aaron Bostwick et al. Nature Materials profile →
The one phonon Raman spectrum in microcrystalline silicon

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

2000 789 citations Marc Riedel, J. Ristein et al. Physical Review Letters 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. Physical Review B profile →
Total valence-band densities of states of III-V and II-VI compounds from x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

1974 695 citations L. Ley, R. A. Pollak et al. Physical review. B, Solid state 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 F. R. McFeely, S. P. Kowalczyk et al. Physical review. B, Solid state profile →
Infrared Spectrum and Structure of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon

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

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
L. Ley	17.6k	11.9k	6.8k	3.5k	2.6k	362	24.1k
Miquel Salmerón	16.0k 0.9×	8.9k 0.7×	11.7k 1.7×	4.6k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	427	29.6k
F. J. Himpsel	7.3k 0.4×	6.3k 0.5×	9.0k 1.3×	2.0k 0.6×	3.4k 1.3×	257	17.2k
J. M. Gibson	9.0k 0.5×	6.0k 0.5×	5.2k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	283	15.1k
H. Ibach	8.5k 0.5×	5.8k 0.5×	13.5k 2.0×	2.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.4×	340	20.1k
Theodore E. Madey	9.9k 0.6×	5.0k 0.4×	8.5k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	347	18.4k
R. M. Tromp	6.7k 0.4×	8.9k 0.7×	11.1k 1.6×	3.9k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	235	18.6k
Sokrates T. Pantelides	21.6k 1.2×	20.0k 1.7×	7.6k 1.1×	3.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	663	35.6k
J. W. Mayer	6.7k 0.4×	12.2k 1.0×	7.8k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	822 0.3×	570	19.2k
P. A. Dowben	11.6k 0.7×	8.8k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	885 0.3×	660	18.5k
D.P. Woodruff	7.9k 0.4×	4.6k 0.4×	9.4k 1.4×	2.9k 0.8×	4.0k 1.5×	511	15.9k

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Goletti, C., F. Bechstedt, Gianlorenzo Bussetti, et al.. (2025). Comment on “Diamond (111) surface reconstruction and epitaxial graphene interface”. Physical review. B.. 111(11).

Schenk, Alex K., Kevin J. Rietwyk, Anton Tadich, et al.. (2016). High resolution core level spectroscopy of hydrogen-terminated (1 0 0) diamond. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 28(30). 305001–305001. 18 indexed citations

O’Donnell, Kane M., T. Martin, Mark T. Edmonds, et al.. (2014). Photoelectron emission from lithiated diamond. physica status solidi (a). 211(10). 2209–2222. 27 indexed citations

O’Donnell, Kane M., Mark T. Edmonds, J. Ristein, et al.. (2014). Direct observation of phonon emission from hot electrons: spectral features in diamond secondary electron emission. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(39). 395008–395008. 7 indexed citations

Friedrichs, Peter, et al.. (2010). Growth, defects, and novel applications. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Ristein, J., Wenying Zhang, Florian Speck, et al.. (2010). Characteristics of solution gated field effect transistors on the basis of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 43(34). 345303–345303. 47 indexed citations

Emtsev, K. V., Aaron Bostwick, K. Horn, et al.. (2009). Towards wafer-size graphene layers by atmospheric pressure graphitization of silicon carbide. Nature Materials. 8(3). 203–207. 2063 indexed citations breakdown →

Reshanov, Sergey A., K. V. Emtsev, Florian Speck, et al.. (2008). Effect of an intermediate graphite layer on the electronic properties of metal/SiC contacts. physica status solidi (b). 245(7). 1369–1377. 29 indexed citations

Ristein, J., Wenying Zhang, & L. Ley. (2008). Hydrogen-terminated diamond electrodes. I. Charges, potentials, and energies. Physical Review E. 78(4). 41602–41602. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenying, J. Ristein, & L. Ley. (2008). Hydrogen-terminated diamond electrodes. II. Redox activity. Physical Review E. 78(4). 41603–41603. 18 indexed citations

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Krieger, M., Gerhard Pensl, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, et al.. (2007). Growth of cubic SiC single crystals by the physical vapor transport technique. Journal of Crystal Growth. 308(2). 241–246. 13 indexed citations

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Strobel, Paul, Marc Riedel, J. Ristein, L. Ley, & Olga V. Boltalina. (2005). Surface transfer doping of diamond by fullerene. Diamond and Related Materials. 14(3-7). 451–458. 58 indexed citations

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Riedel, Marc, J. Ristein, & L. Ley. (2004). Recovery of surface conductivity of H-terminated diamond after thermal annealing in vacuum. Physical Review B. 69(12). 84 indexed citations

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Strobel, Paul, Marc Riedel, J. Ristein, & L. Ley. (2004). Surface transfer doping of diamond. Nature. 430(6998). 439–441. 247 indexed citations

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Ley, L.. (2001). Diamantsynthese aus der Gasphase: Werkstoff mit Zukunft. Physik in unserer Zeit. 32(5). 212–219. 2 indexed citations

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Rohmfeld, S., et al.. (2001). Isotope-Disorder-Induced Line Broadening of Phonons in the Raman Spectra of SiC. Physical Review Letters. 86(5). 826–829. 17 indexed citations

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Rohmfeld, S., Martin Hundhausen, & L. Ley. (1999). Influence of Stacking Disorder on the Raman Spectrum of 3C-SiC. physica status solidi (b). 215(1). 115–119. 28 indexed citations

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Pócsik, I., Martin Hundhausen, Margit Koós, & L. Ley. (1998). Origin of the D peak in the Raman spectrum of microcrystalline graphite. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 227-230. 1083–1086. 315 indexed citations

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Janischowsky, K., et al.. (1996). Growth of diamond on silicon during the bias pretreatment in chemical vapor deposition of polycrystalline diamond films. Journal of Applied Physics. 79(2). 768–775. 43 indexed citations

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Ley, L., S. P. Kowalczyk, F. R. McFeely, R. A. Pollak, & D. A. Shirley. (1973). X-Ray Photoemission from Zinc: Evidence for Extra-Atomic Relaxation via Semilocalized Excitons. Physical review. B, Solid state. 8(6). 2392–2402. 212 indexed citations

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