Ll. Balcells

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
192 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Ll. Balcells is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ll. Balcells has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 94 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 80 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ll. Balcells's work include Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (94 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (65 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (47 papers). Ll. Balcells is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (94 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (65 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (47 papers). Ll. Balcells collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Greece. Ll. Balcells's co-authors include B. Martı́nez, J. Fontcuberta, X. Obradors, C. Monty, Manuel Bibès, A. Rouanet, J. Navarro, J. M. D. Coey, A. E. Berkowitz and S. València and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ll. Balcells

186 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Low Temperature Surface Spin-Glass Transition inγ-Fe2O3Nanoparticles

1998 710 citations B. Martı́nez, Ll. Balcells et al. profile →
Electronic Spin Alignment within Homologous NiS₂/NiSe₂ Heterostructures to Promote Sulfur Redox Kinetics in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries

2024 86 citations Chen Huang, Jing Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ll. Balcells	4.1k	3.5k	3.1k	1.3k	1.1k	192	7.7k
Shijie Xu	1.4k 0.3×	4.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	768 0.7×	262	7.1k
Michael Schmidt	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	678 0.2×	488 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	167	4.5k
J. P. Wilcoxon	1.6k 0.4×	4.3k 1.2×	271 0.1×	685 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	94	6.6k
Kiyotaka Nakajima	1.3k 0.3×	3.1k 0.9×	425 0.1×	586 0.4×	3.9k 3.6×	197	7.8k
Chunxiang Xu	2.4k 0.6×	7.3k 2.1×	529 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 2.0×	348	10.7k
H. Ōyanagi	1.5k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	395 0.4×	291	4.9k
Ming Luo	713 0.2×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	210 0.2×	1.9k 1.8×	96	5.3k
Gil Markovich	2.4k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	265 0.1×	1.7k 1.3×	2.1k 2.0×	121	7.0k
Yonggang Zhao	2.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	809 0.3×	805 0.6×	540 0.5×	164	4.3k
Gang Cao	8.4k 2.0×	2.9k 0.8×	9.1k 3.0×	1.0k 0.8×	236 0.2×	356	11.5k

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Balcells, Ll., et al.. (2025). Field‐Induced Phase Transitions in Cuprate Superconductors for Cryogenic in‐Memory Computing. Small. 21(14). e2411908–e2411908. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaoyue, Chenyang Huang, Guowen Sun, et al.. (2025). Metal Doping Activation of Anion-Mediated Electron Transfer in Catalytic Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(8). 7070–7082. 13 indexed citations

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Del‐Valle, Nuria, Alevtina Smekhova, N. Mestres, et al.. (2025). On-Chip Planar Metasurfaces for Magnetic Sensors with Greatly Enhanced Sensitivity. ACS Nano. 19(10). 10461–10475.

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Martínez-Boubeta, C., Ll. Balcells, Christina Virgiliou, et al.. (2025). Real-time Cr(VI) monitoring and remediation using Fe3O4 nanoparticles: Insights into Fe-Cr Spinels. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 77. 108496–108496.

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Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki, F. Pinakidou, Ting Zhou, et al.. (2024). Implementing magnetically-active Sn-based nanocomposites in hexavalent chromium removal from drinking water. Chemosphere. 361. 142529–142529.

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Yang, Linlin, Ren He, Marc Botifoll, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Oxygen Evolution and Zinc‐Air Battery Performance via Electronic Spin Modulation in Heterostructured Catalysts. Advanced Materials. 36(31). e2400572–e2400572. 51 indexed citations

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Cabero, Mariona, et al.. (2024). Tuning the superconducting performance of YBa2Cu3O7−δ films through field-induced oxygen doping. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 1939–1939. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Jing, Chen Huang, Oleg Usoltsev, et al.. (2024). Promoting Polysulfide Redox Reactions through Electronic Spin Manipulation. ACS Nano. 18(29). 19268–19282. 24 indexed citations

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Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki, et al.. (2024). Exploiting redox reaction mediated by Fe3O4 nanoparticles to control Cr(VI) presence in drinking water. Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering. 9(3). 287–297. 1 indexed citations

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Pomar, A., et al.. (2023). Impact of Twin's Landscape on the Magnetic Damping of La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃ Thin Films. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(7).

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Zhang, Chaoyue, Xuan Lu, Xu Han, et al.. (2023). Identifying the Role of the Cationic Geometric Configuration in Spinel Catalysts for Polysulfide Conversion in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(34). 18992–19004. 59 indexed citations

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Simeonidis, K., Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, C. Martínez-Boubeta, et al.. (2023). Tin Oxide Nanoparticles via Solar Vapor Deposition for Hexavalent Chromium Remediation. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(15). 13902–13911. 6 indexed citations

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Simeonidis, K., C. Martínez-Boubeta, Antonios Makridis, et al.. (2023). Solar-assisted approach for the synthesis of nanoadsorbents for biogas desulfurization using wastes. Materials Today Energy. 37. 101395–101395. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaoyue, Chaoqi Zhang, Jiang Long Pan, et al.. (2022). Spin Effect to Promote Reaction Kinetics and Overall Performance of Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries under External Magnetic Field. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(49). e202211570–e202211570. 131 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaoyue, Chaoqi Zhang, Jiang Long Pan, et al.. (2022). Spin Effect to Promote Reaction Kinetics and Overall Performance of Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries under External Magnetic Field. Angewandte Chemie. 134(49). 3 indexed citations

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Martin, S. Y., Ll. Balcells, N. Mestres, et al.. (2022). Tunable Perpendicular Magnetoresistive Sensor Driven by Shape and Substrate Induced Magnetic Anisotropy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 3 indexed citations

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Kermenidou, Marianthi, Ll. Balcells, C. Martínez-Boubeta, et al.. (2020). Magnetic nanoparticles: An indicator of health risks related to anthropogenic airborne particulate matter. Environmental Pollution. 271. 116309–116309. 11 indexed citations

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Frontera, Carlos, Hugo Aramberri, K. Bouzéhouane, et al.. (2018). Anisotropic sensor and memory device with a ferromagnetic tunnel barrier as the only magnetic element. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 861–861. 22 indexed citations

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Peña, Luis Fabián, Luis Garzón, Regina Galceran, et al.. (2014). Macroscopic evidence of nanoscale resistive switching in La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃micro-fabricated bridges. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(39). 395010–395010. 7 indexed citations

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Martínez-Boubeta, C., K. Simeonidis, David Serantes, et al.. (2012). Adjustable Hyperthermia Response of Self‐Assembled Ferromagnetic Fe‐MgO Core–Shell Nanoparticles by Tuning Dipole–Dipole Interactions. Advanced Functional Materials. 22(17). 3737–3744. 135 indexed citations

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