Román Fasel

23.5k citations

260 papers · 18.5k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 64

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 0.1%
- Graphene research and applications
- 2D Materials and Applications
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.2%
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 126
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena 45
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 42
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 39
Materials Chemistry 182
- Graphene research and applications 146
- 2D Materials and Applications 19

Co-authors: Pascal Ruffieux Kläus Müllen Xinliang Feng Carlo A. Pignedoli Jinming Cai Marco Bieri Oliver Gröning S. Blankenburg
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (32 papers)ACS Nano (15 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (15 papers)Surface Science (14 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (12 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Román Fasel

254 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Topological frustration induces unconventional magnetism in a nanographene 2019 · 291 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature Nanotechnology
2018 Nature
2016 Nature
2016 Advanced Materials
2014 Nature
2014 Nature Nanotechnology
2010 Nature
2010 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2009 Chemical Communications

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Román Fasel, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Tailoring π--d$\pi {\text{--}}d$ Magnetic Interactions in Metallated Porphyrin Nanotapes Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Roberto Robles, Shayan Edalatmanesh, Qiang Sun, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Luis M. Mateo, Giovanni Bottari, Tomás Torres⊗, Nicolás Lorente	2025	0
2	The role of precursor coverage in the synthesis and substrate transfer of graphene nanoribbons Nanoscale Advances ·Rimah Darawish, Oliver Braun, Kläus Müllen, Michel Calame, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Gabriela Borin Barin	2025	1
3	Tailoring Magnetism of Graphene Nanoflakes via Tip-Controlled Dehydrogenation Physical Review Letters ·Chenxiao Zhao, Qiang Huang, Leoš Valenta, Kristjan Eimre, Lin Yang, Aliaksandr V. Yakutovich, Wangwei Xu, Ji Ma, Xinliang Feng, Michal Jurı́ček, Román Fasel, Pascal Ruffieux, Carlo A. Pignedoli	2024	10
4	Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors with Long-Term Stability and Reliability ACS Nano ·Christina Dinh, Muhammed Yusufoğlu, Kentaro Yumigeta, Amogh Kinikar, Thomas Sweepe, Z. Zeszut, Yao-Jen Chang, Christian Copic, Shelby Janssen, Richard H. Holloway, Julian Battaglia, Aldiyar Kuntubek, Farhan Zahin, Yuxuan Lin, William G. Vandenberghe, Brian J. LeRoy, Kläus Müllen, Román Fasel, Gabriela Borin Barin, Zafer Mutlu	2024	2
5	Towards the Tetrabenzo-Fused Circumazulene via In-Solution and On-Surface Synthesis SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Fu‐Peng Wu, Wangwei Xu, Yubin Fu, Renxiang Liu, Lin Yang, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Ji Ma, Xinliang Feng	2024	2
6	On-Surface Synthesis of Anthracene-Fused Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons from 2,7-Dibromo-9,9′-bianthryl Reveals Unexpected Ring Rearrangements SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xiushang Xu, Amogh Kinikar, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Pascal Ruffieux, Kläus Müllen, Román Fasel, Akimitsu Narita	2024	4
7	Twisted bilayer zigzag-graphene nanoribbon junctions with tunable edge states Nature Communications ·Dongfei Wang, De‐Liang Bao, Qi Zheng, Chang‐Tian Wang, Shiyong Wang, Peng Fan, Shantanu Mishra, Tao Lei, Yao Xiao, Li Huang, Xinliang Feng, Kläus Müllen, Yuyang Zhang, Román Fasel, Pascal Ruffieux, Shixuan Du, Hong‐Jun Gao	2023	26
8	Contacting individual graphene nanoribbons using carbon nanotube electrodes Nature Electronics ·Jian Zhang, Qian Liu, Gabriela Borin Barin, Abdalghani Daaoub, Peipei Chen, Kläus Müllen, Sara Sangtarash, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Hatef Sadeghi, Jin Zhang, Michel Calame, Mickael L. Perrin	2023	26
9	Platinum contacts for 9-atom-wide armchair graphene nanoribbons Applied Physics Letters ·Chunwei Hsu, Michael Rohde, Gabriela Borin Barin, Guido Gandus, Daniele Passerone, Mathieu Luisier, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Herre S. J. van der Zant, Maria El Abbassi	2023	2
10	Edge Contacts to Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons ACS Nano ·Wenhao Huang, Oliver Braun, David I. Indolese, Gabriela Borin Barin, Guido Gandus, Michael Stiefel, Antonis Olziersky, Kläus Müllen, Mathieu Luisier, Daniele Passerone, Pascal Ruffieux, Christian Schönenberger, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Román Fasel, Jian Zhang, Michel Calame, Mickael L. Perrin	2023	13
11	Efficient photogeneration of nonacene on nanostructured graphene Nanoscale Horizons ·Cosme G. Ayani, Michele Pisarra, José I. Urgel, Juan J. Navarro, Cristina Dı́az, Hironobu Hayashi, Hiroko Yamada, F. Calleja, Rodolfo Miranda, Román Fasel, Fernando Martı́n, Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga	2021	10
12	Bottom‐up Fabrication and Atomic‐Scale Characterization of Triply Linked, Laterally π‐Extended Porphyrin Nanotapes** Angewandte Chemie ·Qiang Sun, Luis M. Mateo, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente, Pascal Ruffieux, Giovanni Bottari, Tomás Torres⊗, Román Fasel	2021	7
13	Reversible Dehalogenation in On‐Surface Aryl–Aryl Coupling Angewandte Chemie ·Samuel Stolz, Marco Di Giovannantonio, José I. Urgel, Qiang Sun, Amogh Kinikar, Gabriela Borin Barin, Max Bommert, Román Fasel, Roland Widmer	2020	4
14	Reaction Pathway toward Seven-Atom-Wide Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Formation and Identification of Intermediate Species on Au(111) The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Sebastian Thussing, Sebastian Flade, Kristjan Eimre, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Román Fasel, P. Jakob	2020	4
15	Reversible Dehalogenation in On‐Surface Aryl–Aryl Coupling Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Samuel Stolz, Marco Di Giovannantonio, José I. Urgel, Qiang Sun, Amogh Kinikar, Gabriela Borin Barin, Max Bommert, Román Fasel, Roland Widmer	2020	26
16	Structure-dependent electrical properties of graphene nanoribbon devices with graphene electrodes Carbon ·Leonardo Martini, Zongping Chen, Neeraj Mishra, Gabriela Borin Barin, Paolo Fantuzzi, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Xinliang Feng, Akimitsu Narita, Camilla Coletti, Kläus Müllen, Andrea Candini	2019	70
17	On-surface synthesis of polyazulene with 2,6-connectivity Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University) ·Qiang Sun, Ian Cheng‐Yi Hou, Kristjan Eimre, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Pascal Ruffieux, Akimitsu Narita, Román Fasel	2019	10
18	Heteroatom-Doped Perihexacene from a Double Helicene Precursor: On-Surface Synthesis and Properties Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xiaoye Wang, Thomas Dienel, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Gabriela Borin Barin, Neerav Kharche, Okan Deniz, José I. Urgel, Roland Widmer, Samuel Stolz, Luis Henrique de Lima, Matthias Muntwiler, Matteo Tommasini, Vincent Meunier, Pascal Ruffieux, Xinliang Feng, Román Fasel, Kläus Müllen, Akimitsu Narita	2017	71
19	On-Surface Cyclization of ortho-Dihalotetracenes to Four- and Six-Membered Rings Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Carlos Sánchez‐Sánchez, Adrien Nicolaı̈, F. Rossel, Jinming Cai, Junzhi Liu, Xinliang Feng, Kläus Müllen, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Vincent Meunier	2017	75
20	Optical Investigation of On‐Surface Synthesized Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons physica status solidi (b) ·Shen Zhao, Gabriela Borin Barin, Loïc Rondin, Christophe Raynaud, Andrew Fairbrother, Tim Dumslaff, Stéphane Campidelli, Kläus Müllen, Akimitsu Narita, Christophe Voisin, Pascal Ruffieux, Román Fasel, Jean‐Sébastien Lauret	2017	13

About Román Fasel

Román Fasel is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Structural Biology, having authored 260 papers that have together received 18.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Graphene research and applications (146 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (122 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (118 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (45 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (42 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (39 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (20 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (13.6k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (6.6k citations), Biomedical Engineering (7.9k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (8.2k citations) and Organic Chemistry (3.1k citations). Román Fasel has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Pascal Ruffieux, Kläus Müllen, Xinliang Feng, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Jinming Cai, Marco Bieri, Oliver Gröning, S. Blankenburg, Daniele Passerone and Leopold Talirz. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Surface Science and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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