Per Eklund

23.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
325 papers, 19.4k citations indexed

About

Per Eklund is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Eklund has authored 325 papers receiving a total of 19.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 268 papers in Materials Chemistry, 101 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 97 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Per Eklund's work include MXene and MAX Phase Materials (116 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (100 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (49 papers). Per Eklund is often cited by papers focused on MXene and MAX Phase Materials (116 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (100 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (49 papers). Per Eklund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and China. Per Eklund's co-authors include Lars Hultman, Johanna Rosén, Jun Lu, Michel W. Barsoum, Joseph Halim, Per O. Å. Persson, Hans Högberg, Yury Gogotsi, Kevin M. Cook and Ulf Jansson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Per Eklund

314 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of select multi-layered transition metal carbides (MXenes)

2015 1.7k citations Joseph Halim, Kevin M. Cook et al. Applied Surface Science profile →
Transparent Conductive Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbide Epitaxial Thin Films

2014 1.4k citations Joseph Halim, Kevin M. Cook et al. profile →
A general Lewis acidic etching route for preparing MXenes with enhanced electrochemical performance in non-aqueous electrolyte

2020 1.3k citations Per O. Å. Persson, Per Eklund et al. profile →
Element Replacement Approach by Reaction with Lewis Acidic Molten Salts to Synthesize Nanolaminated MAX Phases and MXenes

2019 1.2k citations Johanna Rosén, Lars Hultman et al. profile →
The M+1AX phases: Materials science and thin-film processing

2009 973 citations Per Eklund, Lars Hultman et al. profile →
Effect of the Growth Temperature on the Diameter Distribution and Chirality of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

1998 676 citations Per Eklund et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
A Two‐Dimensional Zirconium Carbide by Selective Etching of Al₃C₃ from Nanolaminated Zr₃Al₃C₅

2016 502 citations Per Eklund et al. profile →
Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices

2018 471 citations Biplab Paul, Per Eklund et al. profile →
Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Two-Dimensional Hafnium Carbide

2017 445 citations Per Eklund et al. profile →
Chemical scissor–mediated structural editing of layered transition metal carbides

2023 347 citations Justinas Pališaitis, Per O. Å. Persson et al. profile →
Halogenated Ti₃C₂ MXenes with Electrochemically Active Terminals for High-Performance Zinc Ion Batteries

2021 308 citations Lars Hultman, Per Eklund et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Per Eklund Sweden	64	17.3k	6.4k	3.9k	2.5k	2.4k	325	19.4k
Elizabeth C. Dickey United States	54	12.8k 0.7×	6.1k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	4.9k 2.1×	256	18.6k
Jun Lu Sweden	51	21.2k 1.2×	9.1k 1.4×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	4.2k 1.8×	154	24.1k
Zhimei Sun China	72	15.8k 0.9×	6.6k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	943 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	360	18.5k
Grzegorz Greczyński Sweden	48	7.7k 0.4×	6.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.5×	4.3k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	213	13.7k
Fritz Aldinger Germany	68	11.1k 0.6×	3.1k 0.5×	6.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	504	16.5k
Scott X. Mao United States	67	8.5k 0.5×	10.8k 1.7×	6.0k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	202	20.0k
Yinmin Wang United States	47	9.2k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	9.2k 2.3×	2.2k 0.9×	3.4k 1.4×	116	17.5k
Zonghoon Lee South Korea	59	9.9k 0.6×	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	633 0.2×	2.6k 1.1×	235	13.9k
Beng Kang Tay Singapore	67	17.3k 1.0×	10.1k 1.6×	1.7k 0.4×	3.8k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	486	22.7k
Manling Sui China	57	7.2k 0.4×	6.1k 1.0×	4.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	635 0.3×	210	12.6k

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Magnuson, Martin, Per Eklund, & Craig Polley. (2025). Fermiology and Band Structure of Oxygen-Terminated Ti3C2Tx MXene. Physical Review Letters. 134(10). 106201–106201. 4 indexed citations

Fournier, Danièle, Fabien Giovannelli, Younès Ezzahri, et al.. (2025). Improving the thermoelectric performance of scandium nitride thin films by implanting helium ions. Communications Materials. 6(1).

Febvrier, Arnaud le, et al.. (2025). The effect of stress on thermoelectric properties of flexible Mg3Bi2 thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 127(13).

Vagin, Mikhail, Robert Boyd, Grzegorz Greczyński, et al.. (2025). Tailoring the Electrocatalytic Activity and Corrosion Resistance of CoCrFeNi and MnCrFeNi Thin Films by Anodization. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 9(3). 3 indexed citations

Eriksson, Fredrik, Martin Falk, Justinas Pališaitis, et al.. (2025). The Role of ¹¹B₄C Interlayers in Enhancing Fe/Si Multilayer Performance for Polarized Neutron Mirrors. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(16). 7921–7930.

Paul, Biplab, et al.. (2024). Unusual tilted growth and epitaxial relationship of NaCl B1-structured NiO and CrN on r-plane Al2O3. Journal of Applied Physics. 135(6). 3 indexed citations

Greczyński, Grzegorz, et al.. (2024). Molecularly-induced roughness and oxidation in cobalt/organodithiol/cobalt nanolayers synthesized by sputter-deposition and molecular sublimation. Dalton Transactions. 53(14). 6451–6458. 2 indexed citations

Tessier, Franck, et al.. (2024). Influence of Ammonia Annealing on Cr–N Thin Films and Their Thermoelectric Properties. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 7(15). 6785–6792. 1 indexed citations

Ghafoor, Naureen, Artur Glavic, Jochen Stahn, et al.. (2024). Reflective, polarizing, and magnetically soft amorphous neutron optics with ¹¹ B-enriched B ₄ C. Science Advances. 10(7). eadl0402–eadl0402. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaofu, Per Eklund, & Rui Shu. (2023). Superconductivity in (TaNb)1–x(ZrHfTi)xMoy high-entropy alloy films. Applied Physics Letters. 123(5). 6 indexed citations

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Hurand, Simon, et al.. (2023). Effect of induced defects on conduction mechanisms of noble-gas-implanted ScN thin films. Journal of Applied Physics. 134(5). 5 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yongbin, Rui Shu, Feng Jiang, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Mg₂Sn-Mg₃Sb₂ Nanocomposites by Tailoring Matrix/Inclusion Interface toward Energy Harvesting Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(7). 6133–6140. 12 indexed citations

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Hurand, Simon, Melike Yildizhan, Anna Elsukova, et al.. (2023). Single‐Phase Growth, Stabilization, and Electrical Properties of B Phase VO₂ Films Grown on Mica by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). 5 indexed citations

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Ramanath, Ganpati, Geetu Sharma, Johan G. Alauzun, et al.. (2023). Engineering inorganic interfaces using molecular nanolayers. Applied Physics Letters. 122(26). 6 indexed citations

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Shu, Rui, Xingyu Zhang, Jia Huang, et al.. (2023). Single photon detection performance of highly disordered NbTiN thin films. Journal of Physics Communications. 7(5). 55006–55006. 11 indexed citations

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Febvrier, Arnaud le, et al.. (2023). Effect of tilted closed-field magnetron design on the microstructure and mechanical properties of TiZrNbTaN coatings. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 41(4). 5 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yongbin, Rui Shu, Tao Feng, et al.. (2022). Epitaxial growth and thermoelectric properties of Mg3Bi2 thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering. Applied Physics Letters. 120(5). 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Ji, Rui Shu, Anna Elsukova, et al.. (2022). Structural stability under Xe-ion irradiation of TiZrNbTaV-based high-entropy alloy and nitride films. Surface and Coatings Technology. 454. 129198–129198. 6 indexed citations

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Febvrier, Arnaud le, Fabien Giovannelli, Babak Bakhit, et al.. (2022). p-type behavior of CrN thin films via control of point defects. Physical review. B.. 105(10). 10 indexed citations

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Halim, Joseph, Kevin M. Cook, Michael Naguib, et al.. (2015). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of select multi-layered transition metal carbides (MXenes). Applied Surface Science. 362. 406–417. 1700 indexed citations breakdown →

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