Nicolas Heymans

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Heymans is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Heymans has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 16 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Heymans's work include Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (13 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (13 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (8 papers). Nicolas Heymans is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (13 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (13 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (8 papers). Nicolas Heymans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United States. Nicolas Heymans's co-authors include Guy De Weireld, Guillaume Maurin, Christian Serre, Youssef Belmabkhout, Sébastien Vaesen, K. Saláma, Karumbaiah N. Chappanda, Amandine Cadiau, Mohamed Eddaoudi and Aleksander Shkurenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Heymans

25 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Fluorinated MOF platform for selective removal and sensing of SO2 from flue gas and air

2019 362 citations Mohamed Rachid Tchalala, Prashant M. Bhatt et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Heymans Belgium	18	839	682	636	201	197	27	1.4k
Guangli Yu China	19	620 0.7×	755 1.1×	465 0.7×	179 0.9×	262 1.3×	36	1.3k
Paulo G. M. Mileo France	20	864 1.0×	745 1.1×	573 0.9×	169 0.8×	282 1.4×	33	1.6k
Jens Möllmer Germany	22	1.0k 1.2×	938 1.4×	670 1.1×	249 1.2×	199 1.0×	61	1.7k
Sasidhar Gumma India	21	1.1k 1.3×	817 1.2×	652 1.0×	374 1.9×	155 0.8×	36	1.6k
Tom Van Assche Belgium	18	1.1k 1.3×	842 1.2×	530 0.8×	236 1.2×	318 1.6×	47	1.6k
Alexander Nuhnen Germany	14	788 0.9×	702 1.0×	566 0.9×	119 0.6×	208 1.1×	19	1.2k
Miguel Palomino Spain	22	1.4k 1.7×	962 1.4×	786 1.2×	203 1.0×	181 0.9×	39	1.8k
Martijn F. de Lange Netherlands	13	819 1.0×	717 1.1×	713 1.1×	164 0.8×	86 0.4×	16	1.5k
Martin W. Smith United Kingdom	13	977 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	336 0.5×	209 1.0×	322 1.6×	26	1.5k
Yun‐Lei Peng China	21	1.4k 1.7×	1.3k 1.8×	542 0.9×	126 0.6×	159 0.8×	47	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Heymans

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Campbell, Matthew, Guy De Weireld, Richard Blom, et al.. (2025). Pilot-Scale Testing of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). SSRN Electronic Journal.

Heymans, Nicolas, Georges Mouchaham, Christian Serre, et al.. (2024). Lab-scale pilot for CO2 capture vacuum pressure swing adsorption: MIL-160(Al) vs zeolite 13X. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100224–100224. 18 indexed citations

Heymans, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Multi-objective optimization of a hybrid carbon capture plant combining a Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA) process with a Carbon Purification unit (CPU). Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152345–152345. 9 indexed citations

Heymans, Nicolas, et al.. (2021). MOF4AIR Project (H2020): Metal Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption Processes in Power Production and Energy Intensive Industries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Muschi, Mégane, Sabine Devautour‐Vinot, Damien Aureau, et al.. (2021). Metal–organic framework/graphene oxide composites for CO₂ capture by microwave swing adsorption. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(22). 13135–13142. 50 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Rita A., Nicolas Heymans, Renaud Cousin, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the performance of catalytic oxidation of VOCs by a mixed oxide at a semi‐pilot scale^†. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 99(1). 108–119. 2 indexed citations

Tchalala, Mohamed Rachid, Prashant M. Bhatt, Karumbaiah N. Chappanda, et al.. (2019). Fluorinated MOF platform for selective removal and sensing of SO2 from flue gas and air. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1328–1328. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Sujing, Helge Reinsch, Nicolas Heymans, et al.. (2019). Toward a Rational Design of Titanium Metal-Organic Frameworks. Matter. 2(2). 440–450. 78 indexed citations

Skrylnyk, Oleksandr, et al.. (2017). Energy Performances of Open Sorption Reactor with Ultra-Low Grade Heat Upgrading for Thermochemical Energy Storage Applications. Energy Procedia. 135. 304–316. 7 indexed citations

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Borges, Daiane Damasceno, Ravichandar Babarao, Nicolas Heymans, et al.. (2017). Gas Adsorption and Separation by the Al-Based Metal–Organic Framework MIL-160. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(48). 26822–26832. 58 indexed citations

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Permyakova, Anastasia, Sujing Wang, Emilie Courbon, et al.. (2017). Design of salt–metal organic framework composites for seasonal heat storage applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(25). 12889–12898. 152 indexed citations

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Billemont, Pierre, et al.. (2016). IAST predictions vs co-adsorption measurements for CO2 capture and separation on MIL-100 (Fe). Adsorption. 23(2-3). 225–237. 30 indexed citations

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Hamon, Lomig, Nicolas Heymans, Philip L. Llewellyn, et al.. (2012). Separation of CO2–CH4 mixtures in the mesoporous MIL-100(Cr) MOF: experimental and modelling approaches. Dalton Transactions. 41(14). 4052–4052. 80 indexed citations

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Llewellyn, Philip L., Sandrine Bourrelly, Christelle Vagner, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of MIL-47(V) for CO₂-Related Applications. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117(2). 962–970. 43 indexed citations

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Heymans, Nicolas, Sébastien Vaesen, & Guy De Weireld. (2011). A complete procedure for acidic gas separation by adsorption on MIL-53 (Al). Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 154. 93–99. 73 indexed citations

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Heymans, Nicolas, et al.. (2011). Experimental and theoretical study of the adsorption of pure molecules and binary systems containing methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Application to the syngas generation. Chemical Engineering Science. 66(17). 3850–3858. 50 indexed citations

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Fateeva, Alexandra, Sabine Devautour‐Vinot, Nicolas Heymans, et al.. (2011). Series of Porous 3-D Coordination Polymers Based on Iron(III) and Porphyrin Derivatives. Chemistry of Materials. 23(20). 4641–4651. 73 indexed citations

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Heymans, Nicolas, et al.. (2011). Thermodynamic study of LiNaKLSX zeolites with different Li exchange rate for N2/O2 separation process. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 143(2-3). 302–310. 36 indexed citations

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Laverge, Jelle, Nathan Van Den Bossche, Nicolas Heymans, & Arnold Janssens. (2010). Performance assessment of residential demand controlled exhaust ventilation strategies. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).

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Heymans, Nicolas, et al.. (2009). Adsorption Isotherms of Pure Gas and Binary Mixtures of Air Compounds on Faujasite Zeolite Adsorbents: Effect of Compensation Cation. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 55(1). 448–458. 34 indexed citations

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