Óscar Custance

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Óscar Custance is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Óscar Custance has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Óscar Custance's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (33 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (21 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (21 papers). Óscar Custance is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (33 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (21 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (21 papers). Óscar Custance collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Spain and Czechia. Óscar Custance's co-authors include Seizo Morita, Masayuki Abe, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Rúben Pérez, Pavel Jelı́nek, Pablo Jauralde Pou, Noriaki Oyabu, José M. Gómez‐Rodríguez, I. Brihuega and Stefan Torbrügge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Óscar Custance

50 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Chemical identification of individual surface atoms by atomic force microscopy

2007 522 citations Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Pablo Jauralde Pou et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Óscar Custance Japan	22	2.0k	1.1k	745	735	168	52	2.6k
Seizo Morita Japan	34	3.9k 1.9×	1.9k 1.8×	1.3k 1.8×	1.1k 1.5×	284 1.7×	169	4.6k
Eric R. Hemesath United States	21	820 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	873 1.2×	60 0.4×	32	2.0k
X. Wallart France	27	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.9×	729 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	21 0.1×	162	2.8k
K. Kern Switzerland	19	975 0.5×	883 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	1.0k 1.4×	12 0.1×	24	2.2k
B. Grandidier France	30	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	1.5k 2.1×	27 0.2×	127	2.8k
Masahiko Tomitori Japan	20	1.0k 0.5×	696 0.7×	401 0.5×	356 0.5×	57 0.3×	113	1.4k
Somnath Bhowmick India	24	440 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	376 0.5×	3.0k 4.1×	82 0.5×	81	3.4k
Susumu Shiraki Japan	20	607 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	325 0.4×	855 1.2×	35 0.2×	77	1.8k
Kuniyuki Kakushima Japan	27	589 0.3×	2.4k 2.3×	611 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	30 0.2×	378	3.0k
Ahmet Oral Türkiye	19	919 0.5×	448 0.4×	296 0.4×	286 0.4×	28 0.2×	70	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Óscar Custance

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Óscar Custance

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All Works

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Kariyado, Toshikaze, T. Murata, Kewei Sun, et al.. (2025). Spin States of Trioxotriangulene Controlled by Si–O Bond Formation and Dissociation on AuSi_x Surfaces. Nano Letters. 25(34). 13040–13046.

Abe, Masayuki, et al.. (2025). Exploring partially reduced CeO ₂ (111) surface at the atomic scale using scanning probe microscopy. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 26(1). 2528596–2528596.

Custance, Óscar, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Carlos Romero‐Muñiz, et al.. (2024). Structure and Defect Identification at Self-Assembled Islands of CO₂ Using Scanning Probe Microscopy. ACS Nano. 18(39). 26759–26769. 2 indexed citations

Kawai, Shigeki, Orlando J. Silveira, Tomohiko Nishiuchi, et al.. (2023). Local probe-induced structural isomerization in a one-dimensional molecular array. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7741–7741. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Kewei, Andrey Lyalin, Yusuke Ishigaki, et al.. (2023). On-Surface Synthesis of Multiple Cu Atom-Bridged Organometallic Oligomers. ACS Nano. 17(23). 24355–24362. 5 indexed citations

Diao, Zhuo, et al.. (2023). Automatic drift compensation for nanoscale imaging using feature point matching. Applied Physics Letters. 122(12). 9 indexed citations

Sagisaka, Keisuke, Óscar Custance, Nobuyuki Ishida, Tomonori Nakamura, & Yasuo Koide. (2022). Identification of a nitrogen vacancy in GaN by scanning probe microscopy. Physical review. B.. 106(11). 4 indexed citations

Kawai, Shigeki, Yujing Ma, Kewei Sun, et al.. (2022). Multiple molecular interactions between alkyl groups and dissociated bromine atoms on Ag(111). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(36). 22191–22197. 1 indexed citations

Abe, Masayuki, et al.. (2022). Reduction of noise induced by power supply lines using phase-locked loop. Review of Scientific Instruments. 93(11). 113704–113704. 2 indexed citations

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Diao, Zhuo, et al.. (2020). Automated extraction of the short-range part of the interaction in non-contact atomic force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 117(3). 2 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Tomoko K., Carlos Romero‐Muñiz, Oleksandr Stetsovych, et al.. (2020). Effect of Molecule–Substrate Interactions on the Adsorption of meso-Dibenzoporphycene Tautomers Studied by Scanning Probe Microscopy and First-Principles Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(49). 26759–26768. 8 indexed citations

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Todorović, Milica, Oleksandr Stetsovych, César Moreno, et al.. (2018). Pentacene/TiO₂Anatase Hybrid Interface Study by Scanning Probe Microscopy and First Principles Calculations. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(40). 34718–34726. 2 indexed citations

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Stetsovych, Oleksandr, Milica Todorović, Tomoko K. Shimizu, et al.. (2015). Atomic species identification at the (101) anatase surface by simultaneous scanning tunnelling and atomic force microscopy. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7265–7265. 45 indexed citations

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Sadewasser, Sascha, Pavel Jelı́nek, Chung-Kai Fang, et al.. (2009). New Insights on Atomic-Resolution Frequency-Modulation Kelvin-Probe Force-Microscopy Imaging of Semiconductors. Physical Review Letters. 103(26). 266103–266103. 120 indexed citations

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Brihuega, I., Óscar Custance, Miguel M. Ugeda, & José M. Gómez‐Rodríguez. (2007). Pb/Si(111)系の(√3×√3)←→(3×3)相転移における欠陥. Physical Review B. 75(15). 1–155411. 4 indexed citations

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Torbrügge, Stefan, Michael Reichling, Atsushi Ishiyama, Seizo Morita, & Óscar Custance. (2007). Evidence of Subsurface Oxygen Vacancy Ordering on ReducedCeO2(111). Physical Review Letters. 99(5). 56101–56101. 182 indexed citations

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Sugimoto, Yoshiaki, Pablo Jauralde Pou, Masayuki Abe, et al.. (2007). Chemical identification of individual surface atoms by atomic force microscopy. Nature. 446(7131). 64–67. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brihuega, I., Óscar Custance, Rúben Pérez, & José M. Gómez‐Rodríguez. (2005). Intrinsic Character of the(3×3)to(3×3)Phase Transition inPb/Si(111). Physical Review Letters. 94(4). 46101–46101. 45 indexed citations

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Brihuega, I., Óscar Custance, Miguel M. Ugeda, et al.. (2005). Direct Observation of a(3×3)Phase inα−Pb/Ge(111)at 10 K. Physical Review Letters. 95(20). 206102–206102. 16 indexed citations

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Sugimoto, Yoshiaki, et al.. (2005). Atom inlays performed at room temperature using atomic force microscopy. Nature Materials. 4(2). 156–159. 231 indexed citations

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