Walt A. de Heer

56.6k total citations · 20 hit papers
162 papers, 44.8k citations indexed

About

Walt A. de Heer is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Walt A. de Heer has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 44.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Materials Chemistry, 96 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walt A. de Heer's work include Graphene research and applications (97 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (63 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (34 papers). Walt A. de Heer is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (97 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (63 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (34 papers). Walt A. de Heer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Walt A. de Heer's co-authors include Ray H. Baughman, Anvar Zakhidov, A. Châtelain, D. Ugarte, Claire Berger, Phillip N. First, E. H. Conrad, Zhong Lin Wang, P. Poncharal and Xuebin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walt A. de Heer

159 papers receiving 43.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

2002 8.4k citations Walt A. de Heer et al. profile →
Electronic Confinement and Coherence in Patterned Epitaxial Graphene

2006 4.6k citations Claire Berger, Zhimin Song et al. profile →
Ultrathin Epitaxial Graphite: 2D Electron Gas Properties and a Route toward Graphene-based Nanoelectronics

2004 2.8k citations Claire Berger, Zhimin Song et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source

1995 2.6k citations Walt A. de Heer, A. Châtelain et al. profile →
The physics of simple metal clusters: experimental aspects and simple models

1993 2.4k citations Walt A. de Heer profile →
Substrate-induced bandgap opening in epitaxial graphene

2007 1.9k citations Phillip N. First, Walt A. de Heer et al. profile →
Electronic Shell Structure and Abundances of Sodium Clusters

1984 1.8k citations Walt A. de Heer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Carbon Nanotube Quantum Resistors

1998 1.6k citations Walt A. de Heer et al. profile →
Electrostatic Deflections and Electromechanical Resonances of Carbon Nanotubes

1999 1.5k citations D. Ugarte, Walt A. de Heer et al. profile →
Magnetism from the Atom to the Bulk in Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Clusters

1994 859 citations A. Châtelain, Walt A. de Heer et al. profile →
Epitaxial graphene

2007 697 citations Walt A. de Heer, Claire Berger et al. Solid State Communications profile →
Chemical Modification of Epitaxial Graphene: Spontaneous Grafting of Aryl Groups

2009 675 citations Elena Bekyarova, Mikhail E. Itkis et al. profile →
The growth and morphology of epitaxial multilayer graphene

2008 673 citations Joanna Hass, Walt A. de Heer et al. profile →
Why Multilayer Graphene on4H−SiC(0001¯)Behaves Like a Single Sheet of Graphene

2008 661 citations Joanna Hass, M. Sprinkle et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Field emission from single-wall carbon nanotube films

1998 578 citations Walt A. de Heer, A. Châtelain et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Approaching the Dirac Point in High-Mobility Multilayer Epitaxial Graphene

2008 504 citations M. Sprinkle, Claire Berger et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Nanocapillarity and Chemistry in Carbon Nanotubes

1996 462 citations D. Ugarte, A. Châtelain et al. profile →
Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

2014 457 citations Jens Baringhaus, Ming Ruan et al. profile →
Landau Level Spectroscopy of Ultrathin Graphite Layers

2006 443 citations M. L. Sadowski, M. Potemski et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Ultrahigh-mobility semiconducting epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide

2024 89 citations Kaimin Zhang, Lei Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walt A. de Heer United States	69	34.9k	15.1k	12.4k	10.1k	5.2k	162	44.8k
Klaus Kern Germany	93	17.1k 0.5×	16.1k 1.1×	12.8k 1.0×	9.4k 0.9×	4.9k 0.9×	608	35.9k
Christof Wöll Germany	101	24.1k 0.7×	7.5k 0.5×	14.4k 1.2×	7.7k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	661	38.7k
Yves J. Chabal United States	96	20.4k 0.6×	8.1k 0.5×	17.6k 1.4×	6.7k 0.7×	4.2k 0.8×	477	34.7k
Louis E. Brus United States	102	34.7k 1.0×	9.4k 0.6×	20.1k 1.6×	10.0k 1.0×	8.5k 1.6×	261	45.5k
Xiao Cheng Zeng United States	108	33.3k 1.0×	6.8k 0.4×	18.0k 1.4×	6.2k 0.6×	5.3k 1.0×	931	50.9k
Phaedon Avouris United States	122	48.7k 1.4×	24.7k 1.6×	30.3k 2.4×	23.6k 2.3×	7.9k 1.5×	439	71.2k
Alex Zettl United States	118	50.4k 1.4×	17.9k 1.2×	19.6k 1.6×	16.2k 1.6×	9.9k 1.9×	608	69.2k
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Japan	86	29.9k 0.9×	9.6k 0.6×	10.7k 0.9×	3.2k 0.3×	5.9k 1.1×	1.3k	40.8k
David Tománek United States	72	26.0k 0.7×	6.4k 0.4×	7.7k 0.6×	4.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	257	30.8k
Shengbai Zhang United States	112	40.9k 1.2×	26.4k 1.8×	21.2k 1.7×	4.2k 0.4×	10.0k 1.9×	737	60.6k

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Zamudio‐Bayer, Vicente, Konstantin Hirsch, Lei Ma, et al.. (2023). Magnetic nanodoping: Atomic control of spin states in cobalt doped silver clusters. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 5 indexed citations

Prudkovskiy, Vladimir, Kaimin Zhang, Yue Hu, et al.. (2022). An epitaxial graphene platform for zero-energy edge state nanoelectronics. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7814–7814. 13 indexed citations

Prudkovskiy, Vladimir, et al.. (2020). Non-Invasive Nanoscale Potentiometry and Ballistic Transport in Epigraphene Nanoribbons. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3786–3790. 7 indexed citations

Hankinson, John, et al.. (2020). 1/f Noise in epitaxial sidewall graphene nanoribbons. Applied Physics Letters. 117(8). 3 indexed citations

Patriarche, G., Suresh Sundaram, Youssef El Gmili, et al.. (2016). Nanoselective area growth of GaN by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy on 4H-SiC using epitaxial graphene as a mask. Applied Physics Letters. 108(10). 20 indexed citations

Tegenkamp, Christoph, Jens Baringhaus, Frederik Edler, Claire Berger, & Walt A. de Heer. (2014). Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 2 indexed citations

Hankinson, John, et al.. (2013). Local tuning of graphene thickness on 4H-SiC C-face using decomposing silicon nitride masks. arXiv (Cornell University).

Ruan, Ming, Yike Hu, Rui Dong, et al.. (2012). Epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide: Introduction to structured graphene. MRS Bulletin. 37(12). 1138–1147. 49 indexed citations

Hong, Jeongmin, Elena Bekyarova, Ping Liang, et al.. (2012). Room-temperature Magnetic Ordering in Functionalized Graphene. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 624–624. 68 indexed citations

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Itkis, Mikhail E., Feihu Wang, Palanisamy Ramesh, et al.. (2011). Enhanced photosensitivity of electro-oxidized epitaxial graphene. Applied Physics Letters. 98(9). 17 indexed citations

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Dijk, C. N. van, Th. Rasing, A. Kirilyuk, et al.. (2010). The effect of oxygen doping on the magnetism of Tb and Pr clusters. Journal of Applied Physics. 107(9). 11 indexed citations

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Li, Xuebin, Xiaosong Wu, Mike Sprinkle, et al.. (2009). Top‐ and side‐gated epitaxial graphene field effect transistors. physica status solidi (a). 207(2). 286–290. 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaosong, Mike Sprinkle, Xuebin Li, et al.. (2008). Epitaxial-Graphene/Graphene-Oxide Junction: An Essential Step towards Epitaxial Graphene Electronics. Physical Review Letters. 101(2). 26801–26801. 260 indexed citations

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Feng, Ruicheng, et al.. (2007). 表面X線回折により決定した多層グラフェン/4H‐SiC(000-1)系の構造特性. Physical Review B. 75(21). 1–214109. 27 indexed citations

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Heer, Walt A. de, Claire Berger, Xiaosong Wu, et al.. (2007). Epitaxial graphene. Solid State Communications. 143(1-2). 92–100. 697 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heer, Walt A. de, Claire Berger, E. H. Conrad, et al.. (2007). Pionics: the Emerging Science and Technology of Graphene-based Nanoelectronics. 312. 199–202. 26 indexed citations

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Berger, Claire, Zhimin Song, Tianbo Li, et al.. (2004). Ultrathin Epitaxial Graphite: 2D Electron Gas Properties and a Route toward Graphene-based Nanoelectronics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(52). 19912–19916. 2753 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heer, Walt A. de. (1999). Recent developments in carbon nanotubes. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 4(4). 355–359. 16 indexed citations

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Bacsa, Wolfgang, Walt A. de Heer, D. Ugarte, & A. Châtelain. (1993). Raman spectroscopy of closed-shell carbon particles. Chemical Physics Letters. 211(4-5). 346–352. 91 indexed citations

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Heer, Walt A. de, Paolo Milani, & A. Châtelain. (1990). Magnetic Properties of Small Iron Clusters in a Molecular Beam. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 169(1). 63–72. 1 indexed citations

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