Matjaž Valant

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
225 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Matjaž Valant is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Matjaž Valant has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Materials Chemistry, 108 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 57 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Matjaž Valant's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (75 papers), Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (67 papers) and Multiferroics and related materials (37 papers). Matjaž Valant is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (75 papers), Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (67 papers) and Multiferroics and related materials (37 papers). Matjaž Valant collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, China and United Kingdom. Matjaž Valant's co-authors include Danilo Suvorov, Anna‐Karin Axelsson, Neil McN. Alford, Mattia Fanetti, Tina Škorjanc, Peter K. Davies, Dinesh Shetty, Florian Le Goupil, Boštjan Jančar and Marjeta Maček Kržmanc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Matjaž Valant

218 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electrocaloric materials for future solid-state refrigeration technologies

2012 592 citations Matjaž Valant profile →
Covalent Organic Polymers and Frameworks for Fluorescence-Based Sensors

2021 313 citations Tina Škorjanc, Dinesh Shetty et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matjaž Valant Slovenia	48	6.4k	4.0k	2.7k	1.2k	1.1k	225	7.7k
C. Shivakumara India	52	6.3k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	526 0.5×	197	7.6k
Valmor Roberto Mastelaro Brazil	49	5.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	293	8.1k
Truls Norby Norway	50	10.0k 1.6×	4.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	299	11.7k
L.S. Cavalcante Brazil	58	7.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 2.2×	754 0.7×	170	8.7k
Jing‐Tai Zhao China	41	4.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	427 0.4×	503 0.5×	305	6.0k
Stefan Adams Singapore	57	5.2k 0.8×	8.4k 2.1×	2.3k 0.8×	675 0.6×	380 0.3×	218	11.5k
O.M. Ntwaeaborwa South Africa	47	6.7k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	653 0.6×	283	7.6k
Nobuhiro Kumada Japan	37	3.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	954 0.8×	492 0.4×	306	5.3k
H.J.M. Bouwmeester Netherlands	52	7.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.5×	3.6k 1.3×	729 0.6×	681 0.6×	168	8.8k
A. Musinu Italy	42	4.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	941 0.9×	135	5.8k

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Liu, Yitong, Zeyu Fan, Ronghua Li, et al.. (2025). Lattice-Matched Ta₃N₅/Nb₅N₆ Interface Enables a Bulk Charge Separation Efficiency of Close to 100%. ACS Energy Letters. 10(4). 1911–1920.

Fanetti, Mattia, et al.. (2024). The interface between Pt and Bi2Se3: Instability and formation of a new ordered phase. Applied Surface Science Advances. 21. 100610–100610.

Gardonio, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Single crystal synthesis and surface electronic structure of Bi_1.993Cr_0.007Se₃. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(34). 13236–13241.

Valant, Matjaž, Sandra Gardonio, Saúl Estandía, et al.. (2024). Chemical Interactions at the Interface of Au on Bi₂Se₃ Topological Insulator. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(38). 16154–16160. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Chao, Zhi Liu, Huanxin Ju, et al.. (2024). Understanding the in-situ transformation of CuxO interlayers to increase the water splitting efficiency in NiO/n-Si photoanodes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6436–6436. 18 indexed citations

Mavrič, Andraž & Matjaž Valant. (2023). In Situ Techniques for Characterization of Layered Double Hydroxide-Based Oxygen Evolution Catalysts. Inorganics. 11(7). 296–296. 8 indexed citations

Škorjanc, Tina, Dinesh Shetty, Sushil Kumar, et al.. (2023). Nitroreductase-sensitive fluorescent covalent organic framework for tumor hypoxia imaging in cells. Chemical Communications. 59(38). 5753–5756. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaojian, Chao Feng, Zeyu Fan, et al.. (2023). Stable seawater oxidation with a self-healing oxygen-evolving catalyst. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(10). 3103–3111. 22 indexed citations

Wu, Qianbao, Ruiqi Ku, Liujiang Zhou, et al.. (2023). Self-adaptive amorphous CoOxCly electrocatalyst for sustainable chlorine evolution in acidic brine. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5356–5356. 51 indexed citations

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Wu, Qianbao, Junwu Liang, Chang Long, et al.. (2023). Non-covalent ligand-oxide interaction promotes oxygen evolution. Nature Communications. 14(1). 997–997. 62 indexed citations

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Valant, Matjaž, et al.. (2023). Spin glass behavior and dielectric properties of Sm2CuMnO6 perovskites. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 329. 124424–124424. 3 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jiexuan, Andraž Mavrič, Nadiia Pastukhova, et al.. (2022). Coevaporation of Doped Inorganic Carrier‐Selective Layers for High‐Performance Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 6(7). 9 indexed citations

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Valant, Matjaž, et al.. (2022). Processing helix–coil transition data: Account of chain length and solvent effects. Frontiers in Nanotechnology. 4. 1 indexed citations

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Valant, Matjaž, et al.. (2021). Implicit water model within the Zimm-Bragg approach to analyze experimental data for heat and cold denaturation of proteins. Communications Chemistry. 4(1). 57–57. 3 indexed citations

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Gardonio, Sandra, Mattia Fanetti, Paolo Moras, et al.. (2021). Electronic properties of phases in the quasi-binary Bi₂Se₃–Bi₂S₃ system. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(9). 3058–3064. 5 indexed citations

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Horky, Jelena, Bernhard Mingler, Mattia Fanetti, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Mg Alloys Processed by Warm HPT and Thermal Treatments. Materials. 14(21). 6399–6399. 7 indexed citations

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Gardonio, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Oxygen Vacancy-Related Cathodoluminescence Quenching and Polarons in CeO₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(37). 19929–19936. 24 indexed citations

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Valant, Matjaž, et al.. (2018). Chemical Instability of an Interface between Silver and Bi₂Se₃ Topological Insulator at Room Temperature. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(18). 9980–9984. 16 indexed citations

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Orsini, Valentina, A. di Bona, Sandra Gardonio, et al.. (2018). Ageing effects on electrical resistivity of Nb-doped TiO2 thin films deposited at a high rate by reactive DC magnetron sputtering. Applied Surface Science. 455. 267–275. 14 indexed citations

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Valant, Matjaž & Danilo Suvorov. (2004). New Generation of LTCC Materials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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