Leo Groß

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
210 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Leo Groß is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Groß has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 49 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Leo Groß's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (70 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (61 papers) and International Law and Human Rights (40 papers). Leo Groß is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (70 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (61 papers) and International Law and Human Rights (40 papers). Leo Groß collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Leo Groß's co-authors include Gerhard Meyer, Fabian Mohn, Nikolaj Moll, Bruno Schuler, Peter Liljeroth, Diego Peña, Niko Pavliček, Katharina Kaiser, Fabian Schulz and Oliver C. Mullins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Leo Groß

180 papers receiving 9.3k citations

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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.

The Chemical Structure of a Molecule Resolved by Atomic Force Microscopy

2009 1.4k citations Leo Groß, Fabian Mohn et al. Science profile →
Unraveling the Molecular Structures of Asphaltenes by Atomic Force Microscopy

2015 560 citations Bruno Schuler, Gerhard Meyer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
An sp-hybridized molecular carbon allotrope, cyclo[18]carbon

2019 464 citations Katharina Kaiser, Lorel M. Scriven et al. Science profile →
Bond-Order Discrimination by Atomic Force Microscopy

2012 414 citations Leo Groß, Fabian Mohn et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leo Groß Switzerland	49	4.8k	4.0k	2.9k	2.9k	1.3k	210	9.6k
Mark J. Stevens United States	52	2.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	5.8k 2.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	153	13.4k
Dieter Richter Germany	73	3.8k 0.8×	860 0.2×	11.6k 4.0×	3.1k 1.1×	4.5k 3.5×	653	21.7k
C. W. Chu United States	73	4.0k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	9.2k 3.2×	2.9k 1.0×	439 0.3×	637	28.8k
D. A. Shirley United States	58	8.2k 1.7×	3.6k 0.9×	6.6k 2.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	314	18.2k
Eric W. Kaler United States	56	2.2k 0.5×	921 0.2×	4.3k 1.5×	1.7k 0.6×	8.1k 6.2×	169	13.7k
Noboru Kitamura Japan	50	2.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	4.3k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	3.0k 2.3×	361	10.2k
Frans C. De Schryver Belgium	76	5.5k 1.2×	7.0k 1.8×	10.4k 3.6×	6.0k 2.1×	5.1k 3.9×	542	22.6k
Elias Vlieg Netherlands	51	3.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	4.9k 1.7×	1.8k 0.6×	929 0.7×	309	10.5k
G. D. Wígnall United States	55	743 0.2×	1.3k 0.3×	5.2k 1.8×	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.7×	216	11.6k
M. Fleischmann United Kingdom	55	2.2k 0.5×	5.5k 1.4×	4.5k 1.5×	3.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	293	17.7k

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Albrecht, Florian, et al.. (2025). Distance and Voltage Dependence of Orbital Density Imaging Using a CO-Functionalized Tip in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. ACS Nano. 19(2). 2641–2650. 1 indexed citations

Ortiz, Ricardo, Shantanu Mishra, Manuel Vilas‐Varela, et al.. (2025). A Route toward the On-Surface Synthesis of Organic Ferromagnetic Quantum Spin Chains. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(9). 7859–7867.

Mishra, Shantanu, Manuel Vilas‐Varela, Ricardo Ortiz, et al.. (2024). Bistability between π-diradical open-shell and closed-shell states in indeno[1,2-a]fluorene. Nature Chemistry. 16(5). 755–761. 25 indexed citations

Albrecht, Florian, Igor Rončević, Yueze Gao, et al.. (2024). The odd-number cyclo[13]carbon and its dimer, cyclo[26]carbon. Science. 384(6696). 677–682. 32 indexed citations

Albrecht, Florian, Shadi Fatayer, Iago Pozo, et al.. (2022). Selectivity in single-molecule reactions by tip-induced redox chemistry. Science. 377(6603). 298–301. 61 indexed citations

Albrecht, Florian, Shadi Fatayer, Fabian Schulz, et al.. (2020). Intramolecular Coupling of Terminal Alkynes by Atom Manipulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(51). 22989–22993. 20 indexed citations

Albrecht, Florian, Shadi Fatayer, Fabian Schulz, et al.. (2020). Intramolecular Coupling of Terminal Alkynes by Atom Manipulation. Angewandte Chemie. 132(51). 23189–23193. 2 indexed citations

Schulz, Fabian, Fátima García, Katharina Kaiser, et al.. (2019). Exploring a Route to Cyclic Acenes by On‐Surface Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(27). 9038–9042. 59 indexed citations

Schulz, Fabian, Fátima García, Katharina Kaiser, et al.. (2019). Exploring a Route to Cyclic Acenes by On‐Surface Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 131(27). 9136–9140. 21 indexed citations

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Pozo, Iago, Zsolt Majzik, Niko Pavliček, et al.. (2019). Revisiting Kekulene: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(39). 15488–15493. 58 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Katharina, Lorel M. Scriven, Fabian Schulz, et al.. (2019). An sp-hybridized molecular carbon allotrope, cyclo[18]carbon. Science. 365(6459). 1299–1301. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pavliček, Niko, Przemysław Gaweł, Zsolt Majzik, et al.. (2018). Polyyne formation via skeletal rearrangement induced by atomic manipulation. Nature Chemistry. 10(8). 853–858. 109 indexed citations

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Majzik, Zsolt, Niko Pavliček, Manuel Vilas‐Varela, et al.. (2018). Studying an antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbon adsorbed on different surfaces. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1198–1198. 44 indexed citations

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Fatayer, Shadi, Alysha I. Coppola, Fabian Schulz, et al.. (2018). Direct Visualization of Individual Aromatic Compound Structures in Low Molecular Weight Marine Dissolved Organic Carbon. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(11). 5590–5598. 26 indexed citations

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Groß, Leo, Bruno Schuler, Niko Pavliček, et al.. (2018). Atomic Force Microscopy for Molecular Structure Elucidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(15). 3888–3908. 140 indexed citations

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Schuler, Bruno, Shadi Fatayer, Gerhard Meyer, et al.. (2017). Heavy Oil Based Mixtures of Different Origins and Treatments Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy. Energy & Fuels. 31(7). 6856–6861. 206 indexed citations

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Schuler, Bruno, Yunlong Zhang, Sara Collazos, et al.. (2016). Characterizing aliphatic moieties in hydrocarbons with atomic force microscopy. Chemical Science. 8(3). 2315–2320. 103 indexed citations

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Groß, Leo, Fabian Mohn, Nikolaj Moll, et al.. (2012). Bond-Order Discrimination by Atomic Force Microscopy. Science. 337(6100). 1326–1329. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Groß, Leo, Fabian Mohn, Nikolaj Moll, Peter Liljeroth, & Gerhard Meyer. (2009). The Chemical Structure of a Molecule Resolved by Atomic Force Microscopy. Science. 325(5944). 1110–1114. 1366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Byrnes, Andrew, et al.. (1985). AJI volume 79 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. American Journal of International Law. 79(3). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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