Sylvain Clair

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Clair is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Clair has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Clair's work include Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (43 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (26 papers) and Graphene research and applications (17 papers). Sylvain Clair is often cited by papers focused on Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (43 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (26 papers) and Graphene research and applications (17 papers). Sylvain Clair collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Germany. Sylvain Clair's co-authors include Dimas G. de Oteyza, Mathieu Abel, L. Porte, Oualid Ourdjini, Stéphane Pons, Johannes V. Barth, Harald Brune, Klaus Kern, M. Mossoyan and Ari P. Seitsonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Clair

60 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Controlling a Chemical Coupling Reaction on a Surface: Tools and Strategies for On-Surface Synthesis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvain Clair France	22	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	940	235	62	2.6k
Knud Seufert Germany	28	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	113 0.5×	54	2.7k
Rico Gutzler Germany	27	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	836 0.9×	408 1.7×	54	2.9k
Albano Cossaro Italy	34	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	163 0.7×	131	3.7k
Nirmalya Ballav India	35	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.7×	616 0.7×	418 1.8×	137	3.7k
Wende Xiao China	24	710 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	946 0.8×	819 0.9×	59 0.3×	93	2.2k
K. Kern Switzerland	19	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	883 0.8×	975 1.0×	99 0.4×	24	2.2k
S. Blankenburg Germany	15	1.7k 1.0×	3.4k 2.3×	2.0k 1.8×	1.3k 1.4×	85 0.4×	23	4.2k
Josh Lipton‐Duffin Canada	27	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	688 0.7×	69 0.3×	62	2.3k
Jiawen Xiao China	26	812 0.5×	2.8k 1.9×	1.6k 1.4×	412 0.4×	230 1.0×	74	3.4k
Oded Rabin United States	21	995 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	659 0.6×	377 0.4×	91 0.4×	59	2.7k

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Chuzel, Olivier, Denis Hagebaum‐Reignier, Jean‐Luc Parrain, et al.. (2025). Competing pathways to aromaticity governed by amine dehydrogenation and metal–organic complexation in on-surface synthesis. Chemical Science. 16(7). 3198–3210.

Kalashnyk, Nataliya, et al.. (2023). Self-assembly of s-indacene-tetrone on Cu(111): molecular trapping and patterning of Cu adatoms. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(15). 10591–10598. 2 indexed citations

Vlaic, Sergio, Tommaso Gorni, Luca de’ Medici, et al.. (2023). Manipulation of the Magnetic State of a Porphyrin-Based Molecule on Gold: From Kondo to Quantum Nanomagnet via the Charge Fluctuation Regime. ACS Nano. 17(10). 9082–9089. 4 indexed citations

Pigot, Corentin, Marco Minissale, Eric Salomon, et al.. (2022). On-surface homocoupling reactivity of a chiral bifunctional bromoindanone molecule on Cu(111). New Journal of Chemistry. 46(47). 22869–22876. 3 indexed citations

Merlen, Alexandre, Sylvain Clair, Olivier Chuzel, et al.. (2022). Wrinkling and crumpling in twisted few and multilayer CVD graphene: High density of edge modes influencing Raman spectra. Carbon. 203. 650–660. 12 indexed citations

Rochefort, Alain, Carlos Sánchez‐Sánchez, José Á. Martín‐Gago, et al.. (2021). Role of the Structure and Reactivity of Cu and Ag Surfaces in the Formation of a 2D Metal–Hexahydroxytriphenylene Network. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(31). 17333–17341. 12 indexed citations

Kalashnyk, Nataliya, Xavier Bouju, Teodor Silviu Balaban, et al.. (2020). Edge-On Self-Assembly of Tetra-bromoanthracenyl-porphyrin on Silver Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(40). 22137–22142. 4 indexed citations

Cui, Daling, Yuan Fang, Oliver MacLean, et al.. (2019). Covalent organic frameworks from a monomer with reduced symmetry: polymorphism and Sierpiński triangles. Chemical Communications. 55(90). 13586–13589. 20 indexed citations

Kalashnyk, Nataliya, Frédéric Dumur, Didier Gigmès, & Sylvain Clair. (2018). Molecular adaptation in supramolecular self-assembly: brickwall-type phases of indacene-tetrone on silver surfaces. Chemical Communications. 54(61). 8510–8513. 7 indexed citations

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Patrone, Lionel, et al.. (2018). Spatially resolved acyl transfer on surface by organo-catalytic scanning probe nanolithography (o-cSPL). Chemical Science. 9(18). 4280–4284. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, Hong‐Guang, Xiaoqin Jiang, Irina A. Kühne, et al.. (2017). Microwave-Mediated Synthesis of Bulky Lanthanide Porphyrin–Phthalocyanine Triple-Deckers: Electrochemical and Magnetic Properties. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(9). 4864–4873. 20 indexed citations

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Kalashnyk, Nataliya, Jihun Oh, Jaehoon Jung, et al.. (2017). On-surface synthesis of aligned functional nanoribbons monitored by scanning tunnelling microscopy and vibrational spectroscopy. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14735–14735. 26 indexed citations

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Giovanelli, L., Mathieu Abel, Francesco Maccherozzi, et al.. (2014). Magnetic Coupling and Single-Ion Anisotropy in Surface-Supported Mn-Based Metal–Organic Networks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(22). 11738–11744. 36 indexed citations

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Giovanelli, L., Oualid Ourdjini, Mathieu Abel, et al.. (2014). Combined Photoemission Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Sequential Dehydrogenation of Hexahydroxytriphenylene on Ag(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(27). 14899–14904. 21 indexed citations

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Clair, Sylvain, Oualid Ourdjini, Mathieu Abel, & L. Porte. (2012). Two‐Dimensional Polymer as a Mask for Surface Nanopatterning. Advanced Materials. 24(9). 1252–1254. 16 indexed citations

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Clair, Sylvain, Oualid Ourdjini, Mathieu Abel, & L. Porte. (2011). Tip- or electron beam-induced surface polymerization. Chemical Communications. 47(28). 8028–8028. 43 indexed citations

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Gambardella, Pietro, Sebastian Stepanow, Alexandre Dmitriev, et al.. (2009). Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface. Nature Materials. 8(3). 189–193. 243 indexed citations

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Pawlak, Rémy, Sylvain Clair, Vincent Oison, et al.. (2009). Robust Supramolecular Network on Ag(111): Hydrogen‐Bond Enhancement through Partial Alcohol Dehydrogenation. ChemPhysChem. 10(7). 1032–1035. 31 indexed citations

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Clair, Sylvain, Fabio Variola, P. Jedrzejowski, et al.. (2008). Self-assembled monolayer of alkanephosphoric acid on nanotextured Ti. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 128(14). 144705–144705. 25 indexed citations

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Clair, Sylvain, et al.. (2007). Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Observations of Benzoic Acid Molecules Coadsorbed with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Au(111) surface. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 46(8S). 5572–5572. 9 indexed citations

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