O. Leenaerts

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

O. Leenaerts is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Leenaerts has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in O. Leenaerts's work include Graphene research and applications (23 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers). O. Leenaerts is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (23 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers). O. Leenaerts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Brazil and China. O. Leenaerts's co-authors include F. M. Peeters, B. Partoens, A. D. Hernández-Nieves, Hartwin Peelaers, Hasan Şahin, Yierpan Aierken, Chris Van Haesendonck, Alexander Volodin, Akhtar Hussain and Altaf Karim and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

O. Leenaerts

29 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Adsorption ofH2O,NH3, CO,NO2, and NO on graphene: A first... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Adsorption ofH2O,NH3, CO,NO2, and NO on graphene: A first-principles study
    2008 1.5k citations O. Leenaerts, B. Partoens et al. Physical Review B profile →

Peers

O. Leenaerts
Herman Schreuders Netherlands
William Mickelson United States
Lada V. Yashina Russia
Sharmila N. Shirodkar United States
Jan Ingo Flege Germany
Irene Suarez‐Martinez Australia
M. R. Correia Portugal
Jianbo Liang Japan
S. M. Shivaprasad India
Duanlin Que China
Herman Schreuders Netherlands
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. Leenaerts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aierken, Yierpan, O. Leenaerts, & F. M. Peeters. (2018). First-principles study of the stability and edge stress of nitrogen-decorated graphene nanoribbons. Physical review. B.. 97(23). 2 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., Sven Vercauteren, & B. Partoens. (2017). Band alignment of lateral two-dimensional heterostructures with a transverse dipole. Applied Physics Letters. 110(18). 5 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiangru, Linyang Li, O. Leenaerts, Xiong-Jun Liu, & F. M. Peeters. (2017). New group-V elemental bilayers: A tunable structure model with four-, six-, and eight-atom rings. Physical review. B.. 96(3). 17 indexed citations
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Volodin, Alexander, Chris Van Haesendonck, O. Leenaerts, B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2017). Stress dependence of the suspended graphene work function: Vacuum Kelvin probe force microscopy and density functional theory. Applied Physics Letters. 110(19). 8 indexed citations
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Li, Linyang, Xiangru Kong, O. Leenaerts, et al.. (2017). Carbon-rich carbon nitride monolayers with Dirac cones: Dumbbell C4N. Carbon. 118. 285–290. 48 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, F. M. Peeters, Alexander Volodin, & Chris Van Haesendonck. (2016). The work function of few-layer graphene. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(3). 35003–35003. 76 indexed citations
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Aierken, Yierpan, O. Leenaerts, & F. M. Peeters. (2016). A first-principles study of stable few-layer penta-silicene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(27). 18486–18492. 48 indexed citations
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Hussain, Akhtar, et al.. (2016). DFT Study of Synergistic Catalysis of the Water‐Gas‐Shift Reaction on Cu–Au Bimetallic Surfaces. ChemCatChem. 8(6). 1208–1217. 15 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., et al.. (2016). System-size dependent band alignment in lateral two-dimensional heterostructures. 2D Materials. 3(2). 25012–25012. 18 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., et al.. (2015). Structural Transitions in Monolayer MoS2by Lithium Adsorption. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(19). 10602–10609. 114 indexed citations
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Pizzochero, Michele, O. Leenaerts, B. Partoens, Rocco Martinazzo, & F. M. Peeters. (2015). Hydrogen adsorption on nitrogen and boron doped graphene. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 27(42). 425502–425502. 25 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., et al.. (2015). Ab-initio study of the segregation and electronic properties of neutral and charged B and P dopants in Si and Si/SiO2 nanowires. Journal of Applied Physics. 118(10). 4 indexed citations
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Ullah, Saif, et al.. (2015). Band-gap tuning of graphene by Be doping and Be, B co-doping: a DFT study. RSC Advances. 5(69). 55762–55773. 81 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2013). Tunable double Dirac cone spectrum in bilayer α-graphyne. Applied Physics Letters. 103(1). 63 indexed citations
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Zarenia, M., O. Leenaerts, B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2012). Substrate-induced chiral states in graphene. Physical Review B. 86(8). 39 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2009). Hydrogenation of bilayer graphene and the formation of bilayer graphane from first principles. Physical Review B. 80(24). 117 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2009). Water on graphene: Hydrophobicity and dipole moment using density functional theory. Physical Review B. 79(23). 302 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2008). Graphene: A perfect nanoballoon. Applied Physics Letters. 93(19). 309 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2008). Paramagnetic adsorbates on graphene: A charge transfer analysis. Applied Physics Letters. 92(24). 78 indexed citations
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Leenaerts, O., B. Partoens, & F. M. Peeters. (2008). Adsorption ofH2O,NH3, CO,NO2, and NO on graphene: A first-principles study. Physical Review B. 77(12). 1489 indexed citations breakdown →

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