Thomas Altantzis

7.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
83 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Altantzis is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Altantzis has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Thomas Altantzis's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (17 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (14 papers). Thomas Altantzis is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (17 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (14 papers). Thomas Altantzis collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Spain and Netherlands. Thomas Altantzis's co-authors include Sara Bals, Luis M. Liz‐Marzán, Ana Sánchez‐Iglesias, Ward van der Stam, Marek Grzelczak, Sandra Van Aert, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Daniël Vanmaekelbergh, Kees Joost Batenburg and Jaco J. Geuchies and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Altantzis

83 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

The ASTRA Toolbox: A platform for advanced algorithm development in electron tomography

2015 660 citations Thomas Altantzis, Sara Bals et al. Ultramicroscopy profile →
Highly Emissive Divalent-Ion-Doped Colloidal CsPb_1–xM_xBr₃ Perovskite Nanocrystals through Cation Exchange

2017 651 citations Ward van der Stam, Jaco J. Geuchies et al. profile →
High-Yield Seeded Growth of Monodisperse Pentatwinned Gold Nanoparticles through Thermally Induced Seed Twinning

2016 379 citations Naomi Winckelmans, Thomas Altantzis et al. profile →
Halide-guided active site exposure in bismuth electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion into formic acid

2023 189 citations Shuang Yang, Hongyu An et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Restructuring of titanium oxide overlayers over nickel nanoparticles during catalysis

2023 186 citations Matteo Monai, Kellie Jenkinson et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Altantzis Belgium	35	3.1k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	977	83	5.4k
Duncan T. L. Alexander Switzerland	33	2.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	703 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	108	5.7k
Christian Kisielowski United States	41	3.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	731 0.5×	928 0.7×	786 0.8×	143	5.7k
Min Hu China	37	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.8×	2.9k 2.3×	794 0.8×	210	6.1k
Utkur Mirsaidov Singapore	40	2.3k 0.7×	969 0.6×	670 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	913 0.9×	124	4.4k
Xiao‐Min Lin United States	38	3.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	100	6.6k
Kosei Ueno Japan	45	2.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.9×	3.3k 2.6×	1.5k 1.5×	190	6.8k
Jae-Young Kim South Korea	20	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	993 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	71	4.9k
Sadegh Yazdi United States	29	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	75	3.9k
Sang Ho Oh South Korea	44	3.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	720 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	173	6.2k
Christoph Langhammer Sweden	45	2.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.6×	3.7k 2.4×	3.5k 2.8×	1.0k 1.0×	151	8.2k

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Chen, Zhiyuan, Jia Song, Tibor Höltzl, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical restructuring of H₂O₂ activated copper selenide for CO₂ reduction. Nanoscale. 17(29). 17075–17085. 1 indexed citations

Monai, Matteo, Kellie Jenkinson, Angela E. M. Melcherts, et al.. (2023). Restructuring of titanium oxide overlayers over nickel nanoparticles during catalysis. Science. 380(6645). 644–651. 186 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Shuang, Hongyu An, Sven Arnouts, et al.. (2023). Halide-guided active site exposure in bismuth electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion into formic acid. Nature Catalysis. 6(9). 796–806. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Da, Ernest B. van der Wee, Daniele Zanaga, et al.. (2021). Quantitative 3D real-space analysis of Laves phase supraparticles. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3980–3980. 19 indexed citations

Daems, Nick, Jonas Hereijgers, Thomas Altantzis, et al.. (2020). Bifunctional Nickel–Nitrogen-Doped-Carbon-Supported Copper Electrocatalyst for CO₂ Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 6 indexed citations

Kirkwood, Nicholas, Annick De Backer, Thomas Altantzis, et al.. (2019). Locating and Controlling the Zn Content in In(Zn)P Quantum Dots. Chemistry of Materials. 32(1). 557–565. 53 indexed citations

Gasparotto, Alberto, Chiara Maccato, C. Sada, et al.. (2019). Controlled Surface Modification of ZnO Nanostructures with Amorphous TiO₂ for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 3(9). 23 indexed citations

Ramachandran, Ranjith K., Matthias Filez, Eduardo Solano, et al.. (2019). Chemical and Structural Configuration of Pt-Doped Metal Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. Chemistry of Materials. 31(23). 9673–9683. 9 indexed citations

Gasparotto, Alberto, Chiara Maccato, Giorgio Carraro, et al.. (2019). Surface Functionalization of Grown-on-Tip ZnO Nanopyramids: From Fabrication to Light-Triggered Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(17). 15881–15890. 7 indexed citations

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Peters, Joep L., Thomas Altantzis, Iván Lobato, et al.. (2018). Mono- and Multilayer Silicene-Type Honeycomb Lattices by Oriented Attachment of PbSe Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Analysis of the Disorder. Chemistry of Materials. 30(14). 4831–4837. 34 indexed citations

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Barreca, Davide, Giorgio Carraro, Chiara Maccato, et al.. (2018). Controlled Growth of Supported ZnO Inverted Nanopyramids with Downward Pointing Tips. Crystal Growth & Design. 18(4). 2579–2587. 10 indexed citations

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Barreca, Davide, Alberto Gasparotto, Thomas Altantzis, et al.. (2018). Insights into the Plasma-Assisted Fabrication and Nanoscopic Investigation of Tailored MnO₂ Nanomaterials. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(23). 14564–14573. 13 indexed citations

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Bos, Karel H. W. van den, Thomas Altantzis, Annick De Backer, Sandra Van Aert, & Sara Bals. (2018). Recent breakthroughs in scanning transmission electron microscopy of small species. Advances in Physics X. 3(1). 1480420–1480420. 8 indexed citations

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Barreca, Davide, Alberto Gasparotto, Giorgio Carraro, et al.. (2018). Multi-functional MnO₂ nanomaterials for photo-activated applications by a plasma-assisted fabrication route. Nanoscale. 11(1). 98–108. 32 indexed citations

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Sree, Sreeprasanth Pulinthanathu, Jolien Dendooven, Ranjith K. Ramachandran, et al.. (2017). 3D porous nanostructured platinum prepared using atomic layer deposition. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(36). 19007–19016. 12 indexed citations

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Backer, Annick De, Lewys Jones, Iván Lobato, et al.. (2017). Three-dimensional atomic models from a single projection using Z-contrast imaging: verification by electron tomography and opportunities. Nanoscale. 9(25). 8791–8798. 34 indexed citations

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Altantzis, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Depth sectioning combined with atom-counting in HAADF STEM to retrieve the 3D atomic structure. Ultramicroscopy. 177. 36–42. 13 indexed citations

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Pelaz, Beatriz, Wolfgang J. Parak, Jan Dieckhoff, et al.. (2016). Homogeneous Protein Analysis by Magnetic Core–Shell Nanorod Probes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(14). 8893–8899. 18 indexed citations

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Altantzis, Thomas, et al.. (2013). A protecting group approach toward synthesis of Au–silica Janus nanostars. Chemical Communications. 50(1). 79–81. 28 indexed citations

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Mourdikoudis, Stefanos, Mariana Chirea, Thomas Altantzis, et al.. (2013). Dimethylformamide-mediated synthesis of water-soluble platinum nanodendrites for ethanol oxidation electrocatalysis. Nanoscale. 5(11). 4776–4776. 49 indexed citations

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