Matthias Batzill

16.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
148 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

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Matthias Batzill is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Batzill has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Materials Chemistry, 64 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 48 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Matthias Batzill's work include Graphene research and applications (43 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (41 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (40 papers). Matthias Batzill is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (43 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (41 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (40 papers). Matthias Batzill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Finland. Matthias Batzill's co-authors include Ulrike Diebold, Junguang Tao, Tim Luttrell, Jayeeta Lahiri, Arjun Dahal, Horacio Coy Diaz, Ivan Oleynik, Erie H. Morales, Yujing Ma and Sadhu Kolekar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Batzill

145 papers receiving 13.4k 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.

The surface and materials science of tin oxide

2005 2.1k citations Matthias Batzill, Ulrike Diebold profile →
Strong room-temperature ferromagnetism in VSe2 monolayers on van der Waals substrates

2018 1.4k citations Manuel Bonilla, Sadhu Kolekar et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Why is anatase a better photocatalyst than rutile? - Model studies on epitaxial TiO2 films

2014 1.3k citations Tim Luttrell, Sandamali Halpegamage et al. Scientific Reports profile →
An extended defect in graphene as a metallic wire

2010 842 citations Matthias Batzill et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
The surface science of graphene: Metal interfaces, CVD synthesis, nanoribbons, chemical modifications, and defects

2012 670 citations Matthias Batzill profile →
Influence of Nitrogen Doping on the Defect Formation and Surface Properties ofTiO2Rutile and Anatase

2006 605 citations Matthias Batzill, Ulrike Diebold et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Graphene–nickel interfaces: a review

2014 369 citations Arjun Dahal, Matthias Batzill profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthias Batzill United States	48	11.2k	6.2k	3.5k	1.8k	1.6k	148	13.7k
Wolfram Jaegermann Germany	66	10.5k 0.9×	13.3k 2.2×	4.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	521	18.9k
David Grosso France	60	9.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	206	13.5k
Dieter Schmeißer Germany	44	4.0k 0.4×	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	311	8.6k
Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay India	57	9.9k 0.9×	6.7k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	696 0.4×	2.5k 1.6×	550	13.8k
Mahendra K. Sunkara United States	49	6.2k 0.6×	5.1k 0.8×	3.9k 1.1×	658 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	183	10.3k
Eric Garfunkel United States	59	6.6k 0.6×	8.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	186	12.8k
Woon‐Ming Lau China	61	5.7k 0.5×	7.2k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	797 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	334	11.9k
Ying‐Sheng Huang Taiwan	46	7.4k 0.7×	5.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	266	9.7k
Jun Xu China	63	8.0k 0.7×	6.1k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	709 0.4×	2.5k 1.6×	270	12.2k
Matt Law United States	47	18.1k 1.6×	13.8k 2.2×	4.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	3.9k 2.5×	86	22.7k

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Ghorbani‐Asl, Mahdi, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of 2D-NiPtTe ₂ by topotactical surface reaction of PtTe ₂ with Ni. Nanoscale Horizons. 11(1). 264–273.

Batzill, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Unraveling Mn intercalation and diffusion in NbSe 2 bilayers through DFTB simulations. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 175. 116355–116355.

Batzill, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Intercalation of Mn in a few layers of NbSe2 by molecular beam epitaxy. Surface Science. 754. 122695–122695. 3 indexed citations

Kosmala, Tomasz, Mahdi Ghorbani‐Asl, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, et al.. (2023). Catalytic Activity of Defect-Engineered Transition Me tal Dichalcogenides Mapped with Atomic-Scale Precision by Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. ACS Energy Letters. 8(2). 972–980. 30 indexed citations

Lasek, Kinga, et al.. (2023). Thermal- and air- stability of the compositional variants of van der Waals Pt-Telluride thin films probed by high resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Applied Surface Science. 644. 158785–158785. 2 indexed citations

Lisenkov, S., Kinga Lasek, Jing‐Feng Li, et al.. (2023). 2D Materials by Design: Intercalation of Cr or Mn between two VSe₂ van der Waals Layers. Nano Letters. 23(20). 9579–9586. 13 indexed citations

Lasek, Kinga, Paula Mariel Coelho, Pierluigi Gargiani, et al.. (2022). Van der Waals epitaxy growth of 2D ferromagnetic Cr(1+δ)Te2 nanolayers with concentration-tunable magnetic anisotropy. Applied Physics Reviews. 9(1). 34 indexed citations

Jimenez, Valery Ortiz, Vijaysankar Kalappattil, Tatiana Eggers, et al.. (2020). A magnetic sensor using a 2D van der Waals ferromagnetic material. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4789–4789. 36 indexed citations

Kolekar, Sadhu, Manuel Bonilla, Horacio Coy Diaz, et al.. (2018). Controlling the Charge Density Wave Transition in Monolayer TiSe ₂ : Substrate and Doping Effects. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 1(3). 26 indexed citations

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Halpegamage, Sandamali, Ding Pan, Xue‐Qing Gong, & Matthias Batzill. (2015). Ordered Fe(II)Ti(IV)O₃ Mixed Monolayer Oxide on Rutile TiO₂(011). ACS Nano. 9(8). 8627–8636. 15 indexed citations

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Addou, Rafik, Arjun Dahal, & Matthias Batzill. (2012). Growth of a two-dimensional dielectric monolayer on quasi-freestanding graphene. Nature Nanotechnology. 8(1). 41–45. 84 indexed citations

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Dahal, Arjun, Rafik Addou, Peter Sutter, & Matthias Batzill. (2012). Graphene monolayer rotation on Ni(111) facilitates bilayer graphene growth. Applied Physics Letters. 100(24). 40 indexed citations

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Batzill, Matthias. (2011). Fundamental aspects of surface engineering of transition metal oxide photocatalysts. Energy & Environmental Science. 4(9). 3275–3275. 255 indexed citations

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Luttrell, Tim, Weikun Li, Xue‐Qing Gong, & Matthias Batzill. (2009). New Directions for Atomic Steps: Step Alignment by Grazing Incident Ion Beams onTiO2(110). Physical Review Letters. 102(16). 166103–166103. 30 indexed citations

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Batzill, Matthias, et al.. (2008). Oxygen adsorption on Cu/ZnO (0001) --Zn.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Katsiev, Khabibulakh, Matthias Batzill, Ulrike Diebold, Alexander Urban, & Bernd Meyer. (2007). Growth of One-Dimensional Pd Nanowires on the Terraces of a ReducedSnO2(101)Surface. Physical Review Letters. 98(18). 186102–186102. 16 indexed citations

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Batzill, Matthias, et al.. (2006). 光電子放出における表面帯電を使用する固形状態ガス応答の特性づけ:SnO 2 (101)上の水吸着. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 18(8). 129–134. 1 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Taketoshi, Matthias Batzill, Shuchen Hsieh, & Bruce E. Koel. (2004). Fundamental studies of titanium oxide-Pt(100) interfaces II. Influence of oxidation and reduction reactions on the surface structure of TiOx films on Pt(100). Surface Science. 572(2-3). 146–161. 26 indexed citations

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Batzill, Matthias, Khabibulakh Katsiev, & Ulrike Diebold. (2003). Surface morphologies of SnO 2 ( 110 ). Surface Science. 529(3). 295–311. 61 indexed citations

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Batzill, Matthias, et al.. (2001). Tin-oxide overlayer formation by oxidation of Pt–Sn(111) surface alloys. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 19(4). 1953–1958. 24 indexed citations

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