Leonor Chico

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Leonor Chico is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonor Chico has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Materials Chemistry, 64 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leonor Chico's work include Graphene research and applications (67 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (42 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (26 papers). Leonor Chico is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (67 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (42 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (26 papers). Leonor Chico collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Chile and Poland. Leonor Chico's co-authors include Steven G. Louie, Marvin L. Cohen, Lorin X. Benedict, L. Brey, Vincent H. Crespi, Hernán Santos, M.C. Muñoz, M. P. López-Sancho, W. Jaskólski and M. Pacheco and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Leonor Chico

83 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Pure Carbon Nanoscale Devices: Nanotube Heterojunctions 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600
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.

  1. Pure Carbon Nanoscale Devices: Nanotube Heterojunctions
    1996 680 citations Leonor Chico et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonor Chico Spain 24 2.4k 1.3k 707 351 194 87 2.7k
U. Zeitler Netherlands 7 2.2k 0.9× 911 0.7× 915 1.3× 530 1.5× 110 0.6× 11 2.5k
Yuji Awano Japan 26 1.6k 0.7× 577 0.4× 1.0k 1.5× 380 1.1× 87 0.4× 111 2.2k
Ming‐Fa Lin Taiwan 23 1.6k 0.6× 700 0.5× 489 0.7× 273 0.8× 143 0.7× 106 1.8k
Amelia Barreiro Spain 15 1.2k 0.5× 555 0.4× 614 0.9× 332 0.9× 89 0.5× 22 1.5k
Pingo Mutombo Czechia 22 970 0.4× 760 0.6× 731 1.0× 624 1.8× 292 1.5× 84 1.6k
Khoong Hong Khoo Singapore 23 1.6k 0.7× 651 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 323 0.9× 310 1.6× 59 2.2k
Zhi-Quan Huang Taiwan 25 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 492 0.7× 184 0.5× 82 0.4× 68 2.2k
A. I. Chernov Russia 24 1.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 376 1.1× 218 1.1× 126 2.2k
M. Grobis United States 20 812 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 873 1.2× 316 0.9× 380 2.0× 47 1.7k
Jinbo Pan China 23 1.9k 0.8× 936 0.7× 932 1.3× 225 0.6× 52 0.3× 85 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonor Chico

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonor Chico

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Menéndez‐Proupin, Eduardo, et al.. (2024). Behavior of localized states in double twisted ABC trilayer graphene. Carbon. 222. 118952–118952. 3 indexed citations
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Domı́nguez-Adame, F., et al.. (2024). Impact of vacancies on twisted bilayer graphene quantum point contacts. Physical review. B.. 109(4).
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Correa, J.D., et al.. (2023). Higher-order obstructed atomic insulator phase in pentagonal monolayer PdSe2. 2D Materials. 11(1). 15015–15015. 3 indexed citations
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Vaquero, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Polarization-tuneable excitonic spectral features in the optoelectronic response of atomically thin ReS2. 2D Materials. 11(1). 15011–15011.
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Santos, Hernán, et al.. (2021). Charge-spin interconversion in graphene-based systems from density functional theory. Physical review. B.. 104(23). 5 indexed citations
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Morell, Eric Suárez, P. Vargas, Patricio Häberle, Samuel A. Hevia, & Leonor Chico. (2019). Edge states of moiré structures in graphite. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 12 indexed citations
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Costa, Marcio, et al.. (2019). Interface effects in hybrid hBN-graphene nanoribbons. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3508–3508. 17 indexed citations
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Chico, Leonor, et al.. (2019). Symmetry-protected metallic and topological phases in penta-materials. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12754–12754. 11 indexed citations
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Chico, Leonor, et al.. (2018). Tight-binding model for opto-electronic properties of penta-graphene nanostructures. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11070–11070. 30 indexed citations
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Chico, Leonor, et al.. (2017). Electric control of the bandgap in quantum wells with band-inverted junctions. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(47). 475301–475301. 6 indexed citations
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Merino, Pablo, et al.. (2017). Atomically-resolved edge states on surface-nanotemplated graphene explored at room temperature. Nanoscale. 9(11). 3905–3911. 2 indexed citations
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Rosales, Luis, et al.. (2016). Enhancement of thermoelectric efficiency by quantum interference effects in trilayer silicene flakes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(1). 15004–15004. 3 indexed citations
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Trallero‐Giner, C., et al.. (2015). Electron-phonon deformation potential interaction in core-shell Ge-Si and Si-Ge nanowires. Physical Review B. 91(7). 10 indexed citations
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Pérez‐Álvarez, R., et al.. (2015). Continuum model for low-frequency phonons of boron nitride nanotubes. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 74. 129–134. 4 indexed citations
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Jaskólski, W., et al.. (2013). Octagonal Defects at Carbon Nanotube Junctions. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2013(1). 658292–658292. 4 indexed citations
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Jaskólski, W., et al.. (2012). Octagonal defect lines in graphene structures. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 323. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Santos, Hernán, Leonor Chico, & L. Brey. (2009). Carbon Nanoelectronics: Unzipping Tubes into Graphene Ribbons. Physical Review Letters. 103(8). 86801–86801. 105 indexed citations
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Chico, Leonor, M. P. López-Sancho, & M.C. Muñoz. (2009). Curvature-induced anisotropic spin-orbit splitting in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B. 79(23). 56 indexed citations
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Ayuela, A., et al.. (2008). Friedel-like oscillations in carbon nanotube quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters. 93(13). 6 indexed citations
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Chico, Leonor, M. P. López-Sancho, & M.C. Muñoz. (1998). Carbon-Nanotube-Based Quantum Dot. Physical Review Letters. 81(6). 1278–1281. 142 indexed citations

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