Mats Persson

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Mats Persson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mats Persson has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 75 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mats Persson's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (103 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (69 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (44 papers). Mats Persson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (103 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (69 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (44 papers). Mats Persson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Mats Persson's co-authors include Bret Jackson, Jascha Repp, Gerhard Meyer, Fredrik Olsson, B. N. J. Persson, Nicolás Lorente, W. Ho, Felix Hanke, B. Hellsing and Bengt I. Lundqvist and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Mats Persson

185 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Single-Molecule Dissociation by Tunneling Electrons

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mats Persson Sweden	57	6.8k	4.3k	2.9k	2.4k	793	187	9.5k
A.M. Bradshaw Germany	53	5.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	4.3k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	204	8.6k
Richard M. Osgood United States	42	3.0k 0.4×	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	292 0.4×	289	6.7k
F. Flóres Spain	52	7.2k 1.1×	4.5k 1.0×	4.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	368 0.5×	374	11.0k
Karina Morgenstern Germany	41	3.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	188	6.0k
Elsebeth Schröder Sweden	29	3.2k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	5.6k 1.9×	980 0.4×	304 0.4×	71	8.5k
Per Hyldgaard Sweden	37	3.2k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	3.8k 1.3×	817 0.3×	385 0.5×	103	6.5k
Bene Poelsema Netherlands	57	6.4k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	5.1k 1.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 2.3×	316	11.6k
Marco Bernasconi Italy	48	2.3k 0.3×	2.5k 0.6×	5.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	313 0.4×	213	8.0k
Peter J. Feibelman United States	57	8.9k 1.3×	3.2k 0.7×	6.2k 2.1×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 2.4×	210	13.7k
Wanda Andreoni Switzerland	52	3.6k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	5.4k 1.8×	765 0.3×	779 1.0×	164	9.8k

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Persson, Mats, et al.. (2023). Adsorbate motors for unidirectional translation and transport. Nature. 621(7977). 82–86. 12 indexed citations

Fatayer, Shadi, Florian Albrecht, Ivano Tavernelli, et al.. (2021). Probing Molecular Excited States by Atomic Force Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 126(17). 176801–176801. 17 indexed citations

Lin, Chenfang, et al.. (2019). Real-Space Observation of Quantum Tunneling by a Carbon Atom: Flipping Reaction of Formaldehyde on Cu(110). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(3). 645–649. 9 indexed citations

Persson, Mats. (2019). Electric potentials at the atomic scale. Nature Materials. 18(8). 773–774. 7 indexed citations

Liu, S., Kenta Motobayashi, Xunhua Zhao, et al.. (2018). Anharmonicity in a double hydrogen transfer reaction studied in a single porphycene molecule on a Cu(110) surface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(17). 12112–12119. 2 indexed citations

Fatayer, Shadi, Bruno Schuler, Wolfram Steurer, et al.. (2018). Reorganization energy upon charging a single molecule on an insulator measured by atomic force microscopy. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(5). 376–380. 80 indexed citations

Koch, Matthias, et al.. (2017). Direct Observation of Double Hydrogen Transfer via Quantum Tunneling in a Single Porphycene Molecule on a Ag(110) Surface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(36). 12681–12687. 46 indexed citations

Scivetti, Iván & Mats Persson. (2017). Frontier molecular orbitals of a single molecule adsorbed on thin insulating films supported by a metal substrate: electron and hole attachment energies. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(35). 355002–355002. 17 indexed citations

Warner, Ben, Fadi El Hallak, Henning Prüser, et al.. (2017). Controlling electronic access to the spin excitations of a single molecule in a tunnel junction. Nanoscale. 9(12). 4053–4057. 2 indexed citations

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Steurer, Wolfram, Jascha Repp, Leo Groß, et al.. (2015). Manipulation of the Charge State of Single Au Atoms on Insulating Multilayer Films. Physical Review Letters. 114(3). 36801–36801. 45 indexed citations

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Scivetti, Iván & Mats Persson. (2014). A simplified density functional theory method for investigating charged adsorbates on an ultrathin, insulating film supported by a metal substrate. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(13). 135003–135003. 7 indexed citations

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Kumagai, Takashi, Felix Hanke, Sylwester Gawinkowski, et al.. (2013). Controlling intramolecular hydrogen transfer in a porphycene molecule with single atoms or molecules located nearby. Nature Chemistry. 6(1). 41–46. 195 indexed citations

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Hanke, Felix, Matthew S. Dyer, Jonas Björk, & Mats Persson. (2012). Structure and stability of weakly chemisorbed ethene adsorbed on low-index Cu surfaces: performance of density functionals with van der Waals interactions. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(42). 424217–424217. 19 indexed citations

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Honkela, Maija L., Jonas Björk, & Mats Persson. (2012). Computational study of the adsorption and dissociation of phenol on Pt and Rh surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(16). 5849–5849. 75 indexed citations

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Unger, Eva, Ana Morandeira, Mats Persson, et al.. (2011). Contribution from a hole-conducting dye to the photocurrent in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(45). 20172–20172. 34 indexed citations

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Björk, Jonas, Manfred Matena, Matthew S. Dyer, et al.. (2010). STM fingerprint of molecule–adatom interactions in a self-assembled metal–organic surface coordination network on Cu(111). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(31). 8815–8815. 63 indexed citations

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Sloan, Peter, et al.. (2003). Mechanisms of Molecular Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope at Room Temperature: Chlorobenzene/Si(111)−(7×7). Physical Review Letters. 91(11). 118301–118301. 72 indexed citations

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Lorente, Nicolás & Mats Persson. (2000). Theoretical aspects of tunneling-current-induced bond excitation and breaking at surfaces. Faraday Discussions. 117(117). 277–290. 88 indexed citations

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Persson, Mats, Anders Nilsson, & Per Hartvig. (1988). PHARMACOKINETICS OF ALFENTANIL IN TOTAL I. V. ANAESTHESIA †. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 60(7). 755–761. 14 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Anders, Mats Persson, & Per Hartvig. (1988). Effects of the benzodiazepine antagonist flumazenil on postoperative performance following total intravenous anaesthesia with midazolam and alfentanil. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 32(6). 441–446. 26 indexed citations

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