Ueli Heiz

12.8k citations

219 papers · 11.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Catalysis top 0.2%
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Materials Chemistry top 0.2%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Papers in

Catalysis 57
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions 47
Materials Chemistry 164
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 115
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications 30

Co-authors: Stéphane Abbet Uzi Landman Wolf‐Dieter Schneider Hannu Häkkinen A. Sánchez Bokwon Yoon Anke S. Wörz Ken Judai
Journals: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (23 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (19 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (15 papers)ACS Catalysis (13 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (9 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Ueli Heiz

214 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Charging Effects on Bonding and Catalyzed Oxidation of CO on Au ₈ Clusters on MgO 2005 · 1.3k citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2005 Science
2003 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
1999 The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

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1	Steering Pt Cluster Dimensionality via the Surface Oxidation State of CeO ₂ (111) Thin Films ACS Catalysis ·Johanna Reich, Mina Soltanmohammadi, Vedran Vonk, Sebastian Kaiser, Ueli Heiz, Andreas Stierle, Friedrich Esch, Barbara A. J. Lechner	2025	0
2	From molecules to materials: SHG-CD microscopy of structured chiral films Applied Surface Science ·Johannes Pittrich, Kevin Liang, Lukas Dörringer, Reinhard Kienberger, Ueli Heiz, Aras Kartouzian, Hristo Iglev	2024	3
3	A re-useable microreactor for dynamic and sensitive photocatalytic measurements: Exemplified by the photoconversion of ethanol on Pt-loaded titania P25 Review of Scientific Instruments ·Clara C. Aletsee, Degenhart Hochfilzer, Anika Kwiatkowski, Markus Becherer, Jakob Kibsgaard, Ib Chorkendorff, Martin Tschurl, Ueli Heiz	2023	3
4	Enabling real-time detection of photocatalytic reactions by a re-useable micro-reactor Measurement Science and Technology ·Degenhart Hochfilzer, Clara C. Aletsee, Kevin Krempl, Thomas Pedersen, Alexander Krabbe, Martin Tschurl, Ole Hansen, Peter C. K. Vesborg, Jakob Kibsgaard, Ueli Heiz, Ib Chorkendorff	2023	0
5	Oxidation at the sub-nanoscale: oxygen adsorption on graphene-supported size-selected Ag clusters Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Federico Loi, Monica Pozzo, Luca Sbuelz, Luca Bignardi, Paolo Lacovig, Ezequiel Tosi, Silvano Lizzit, Aras Kartouzian, Ueli Heiz, Dario Alfè, Alessandro Baraldi	2022	8
6	Tuning Strong Metal–Support Interaction Kinetics on Pt-Loaded TiO₂(110) by Choosing the Pressure: A Combined Ultrahigh Vacuum/Near-Ambient Pressure XPS Study The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Philip Petzoldt, Moritz Eder, Sonia Mackewicz, Monika Blum, Tim Kratky, Sebastian Günther, Martin Tschurl, Ueli Heiz, Barbara A. J. Lechner	2022	27
7	Large-area SHG-CD probe intrinsic chirality in polycrystalline films Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·Florian Ristow, Kevin Liang, Johannes Pittrich, Jakob Scheffel, Natalie Fehn, Reinhard Kienberger, Ueli Heiz, Aras Kartouzian, Hristo Iglev	2022	9
8	Towards Size‐Controlled Deposition of Palladium Nanoparticles from Polyoxometalate Precursors: An Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study ChemElectroChem ·Nicolas Bock, A. De Clercq, Lukas Seidl, Tim Kratky, Tian Ma, Sebastian Günther, Ulrich Kortz, Ueli Heiz, Friedrich Esch	2021	8
9	Cluster Catalysis with Lattice Oxygen: Tracing Oxygen Transport from a Magnetite (001) Support onto Small Pt Clusters ACS Catalysis ·Sebastian Kaiser, Farahnaz Maleki, Ke Zhang, W. Harbich, Ueli Heiz, Sergio Tosoni, Barbara A. J. Lechner, Gianfranco Pacchioni, Friedrich Esch	2021	24
10	Nonvolatile Memristive Switching in Self-assembled Nanoparticle Dimers ACS Applied Electronic Materials ·Maximilian Speckbacher, Matthias Jakob, Markus Döblinger, Jonathan G. C. Veinot, Aras Kartouzian, Ueli Heiz, Marc Tornow	2020	3
11	Nickel clusters on TiO₂(110): thermal chemistry and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of methanol Catalysis Science & Technology ·Moritz Eder, Carla Courtois, Tim Kratky, Sebastian Günther, Martin Tschurl, Ueli Heiz	2020	11
12	Ensemble Effects in the Temperature‐Dependent Photoluminescence of Silicon Nanocrystals Chemistry - A European Journal ·Matthias Jakob, Morteza Javadi, Jonathan G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum, Aras Kartouzian, Ueli Heiz	2019	9
13	Plasmonic support-mediated activation of 1 nm platinum clusters for catalysis Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Sarah Wieghold, Lea Nienhaus, Fabian Knoller, Florian F. Schweinberger, James J. Shepherd, Joseph W. Lyding, Ueli Heiz, Martin Gruebele, Friedrich Esch	2017	16
14	The effect of particle proximity on the oxygen reduction rate of size-selected platinum clusters Nature Materials ·Markus Nesselberger, Melanie Röefzaad, R. Fayçal Hamou, P. Ulrich Biedermann, Florian F. Schweinberger, Sebastian Kunz, Katrin Schloegl, Gustav K. H. Wiberg, Sean Ashton, Ueli Heiz, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer, Matthias Arenz	2013	339
15	Fresh-wood bending: linking the mechanical and growth properties of a Norway spruce stem Tree Physiology ·Torsten Lundström, Ueli Heiz, Markus Stoffel, Veronika Stöckli	2007	32
16	Probing of Charging and Reactivity of Supported Gold Nanoclusters: Bonding of CO to Gold Octamers Adsorbed on Magnesia Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Bokwon Yoon, Hannu H akkinen, Uzi Landman, A. W orz, Jean-Marie Antonietti, Stéphane Abbet, K. Judai, Ueli Heiz	2005	1
17	Gold Atoms and Dimers on Amorphous SiO₂: Calculation of Optical Properties and Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy Measurements The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Annalisa Del Vitto, Gianfranco Pacchioni, Kok Hwa Lim, Notker Rösch, Jean-Marie Antonietti, Marcin Michalski, Ueli Heiz, Harold Jones	2005	42
18	Structural, Electronic, and Impurity‐Doping Effects in Nanoscale Chemistry: Supported Gold Nanoclusters Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hannu Häkkinen, Stéphane Abbet, A. Sánchez, Ueli Heiz, Uzi Landman Hit paper breakdown →	2003	506
19	CO Oxidation on a Single Pd Atom Supported on Magnesia Physical Review Letters ·Stéphane Abbet, Ueli Heiz, Hannu Häkkinen, Uzi Landman	2001	157
20	Highlights from recent literature Gold bulletin ·A. Sánchez, Stéphane Abbet, Ueli Heiz, Wolf‐Dieter Schneider, Hannu Haekkinen, Rosalind C. Barnett, Uzi Landman, A.J. Teague, Jsj van Deventer, C. Swaminathan	2000	1

About Ueli Heiz

Ueli Heiz is a scholar working on Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Atmospheric Science, having authored 219 papers that have together received 11.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (115 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (74 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (47 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (30 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (30 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Catalysis (2.7k citations), Materials Chemistry (8.8k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2.7k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.0k citations) and Atmospheric Science (1.3k citations). Ueli Heiz has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Stéphane Abbet, Uzi Landman, Wolf‐Dieter Schneider, Hannu Häkkinen, A. Sánchez, Bokwon Yoon, Anke S. Wörz, Ken Judai, Martin Tschurl and Jean-Marie Antonietti. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

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