Walter A. de Heer

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Walter 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, Walter A. de Heer has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walter A. de Heer's work include Graphene research and applications (20 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (8 papers). Walter A. de Heer is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (20 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (8 papers). Walter A. de Heer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Czechia. Walter A. de Heer's co-authors include Claire Berger, M. Sprinkle, Elisa Riedo, M. Potemski, John Hankinson, M. Orlita, Zhong Lin Wang, H. Schneider, William P. King and Suenne Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Walter A. de Heer

29 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoscale Tunable Reduction of Graphene Oxide for Graphen... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Nanoscale Tunable Reduction of Graphene Oxide for Graphene Electronics
    2010 607 citations Claire Berger, Walter A. de Heer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter A. de Heer United States 19 2.1k 1.0k 876 807 312 29 2.7k
William S. Whitney United States 7 1.9k 0.9× 761 0.7× 1000 1.1× 712 0.9× 215 0.7× 9 2.5k
Carlos Ruiz‐Vargas United States 9 3.1k 1.5× 783 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 276 0.9× 13 3.6k
A. N. Obraztsov Russia 29 2.7k 1.3× 690 0.7× 946 1.1× 791 1.0× 233 0.7× 200 3.2k
Slava V. Rotkin United States 22 2.4k 1.2× 981 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 142 0.5× 81 3.0k
Kirill S. Napolskii Russia 28 1.6k 0.8× 980 0.9× 762 0.9× 472 0.6× 341 1.1× 166 2.5k
P. Castrucci Italy 26 1.7k 0.8× 830 0.8× 898 1.0× 778 1.0× 220 0.7× 156 2.5k
Cary Y. Yang United States 28 1.4k 0.7× 614 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 427 0.5× 351 1.1× 147 2.7k
Rafael Roldán Spain 32 3.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 915 1.1× 526 1.7× 49 4.3k
Yu. N. Parkhomenko Russia 21 1.0k 0.5× 402 0.4× 553 0.6× 436 0.5× 356 1.1× 143 1.6k
Mingsong Wang China 27 1.2k 0.6× 641 0.6× 969 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 784 2.5× 72 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wendler, Florian, Martin Mittendorff, Samuel Brem, et al.. (2017). Symmetry-Breaking Supercollisions in Landau-Quantized Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 119(6). 67405–67405. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Yang, Tengfei Cao, Filippo Cellini, et al.. (2017). Ultrahard carbon film from epitaxial two-layer graphene. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(2). 133–138. 188 indexed citations
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Celis, Arlensiú, Maya Narayanan Nair, A. Taleb‐Ibrahimi, et al.. (2016). Graphene nanoribbons: fabrication, properties and devices. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 49(14). 143001–143001. 172 indexed citations
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Mitrofanov, Oleg, Wenlong Yu, Robert J. Thompson, et al.. (2015). Terahertz near-field imaging of surface plasmon waves in graphene structures. Solid State Communications. 224. 47–52. 14 indexed citations
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Tan, Liang Z., M. Orlita, M. Potemski, et al.. (2015). SU(4) symmetry breaking revealed by magneto-optical spectroscopy in epitaxial graphene. Physical Review B. 91(23). 2 indexed citations
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Mittendorff, Martin, M. Orlita, M. Potemski, et al.. (2014). Intraband carrier dynamics in Landau-quantized multilayer epitaxial graphene. New Journal of Physics. 16(12). 123021–123021. 16 indexed citations
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Mittendorff, Martin, Florian Wendler, Ermin Malić, et al.. (2014). Carrier dynamics in Landau-quantized graphene featuring strong Auger scattering. Nature Physics. 11(1). 75–81. 67 indexed citations
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Winnerl, Stephan, Martin Mittendorff, H. Schneider, et al.. (2013). Time-resolved spectroscopy on epitaxial graphene in the infrared spectral range: relaxation dynamics and saturation behavior. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 25(5). 54202–54202. 67 indexed citations
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Mani, R. G., John Hankinson, Claire Berger, & Walter A. de Heer. (2012). Observation of resistively detected hole spin resonance and zero-field pseudo-spin splitting in epitaxial graphene. Nature Communications. 3(1). 996–996. 56 indexed citations
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Orlita, M., Liang Z. Tan, M. Potemski, et al.. (2012). Resonant Excitation of GrapheneK-Phonon and Intra-Landau-Level Excitons in Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters. 108(24). 247401–247401. 9 indexed citations
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Thiele, Stefan, et al.. (2012). Nanoscale Radiative Heat Flow due to Surface Plasmons in Graphene and Doped Silicon. Physical Review Letters. 109(26). 264301–264301. 86 indexed citations
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Winnerl, Stephan, M. Orlita, Paulina Płochocka, et al.. (2011). Carrier Relaxation in Epitaxial Graphene Photoexcited Near the Dirac Point. Physical Review Letters. 107(23). 237401–237401. 248 indexed citations
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Orlita, M., C. Faugeras, R. Grill, et al.. (2011). Carrier Scattering from Dynamical Magnetoconductivity in Quasineutral Epitaxial Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 107(21). 216603–216603. 52 indexed citations
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Sprinkle, M., M. Ruan, Yisheng Hu, et al.. (2010). Scalable templated growth of graphene nanoribbons on SiC. Nature Nanotechnology. 5(10). 727–731. 347 indexed citations
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Orlita, M., C. Faugeras, G. Martínez, et al.. (2009). Magneto-transmission of multi-layer epitaxial graphene and bulk graphite: A comparison. Solid State Communications. 149(27-28). 1128–1131. 7 indexed citations
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Płochocka, Paulina, C. Faugeras, M. Orlita, et al.. (2008). High-Energy Limit of Massless Dirac Fermions in Multilayer Graphene using Magneto-Optical Transmission Spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters. 100(8). 87401–87401. 101 indexed citations
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Yin, Shuangye, Ramiro Moro, Xiaoshan Xu, & Walter A. de Heer. (2007). Magnetic Enhancement in Cobalt-Manganese Alloy Clusters. Physical Review Letters. 98(11). 113401–113401. 69 indexed citations
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Sadowski, M. L., G. Martinez, M. Potemski, Claire Berger, & Walter A. de Heer. (2007). Infrared Magnetospectroscopy of Two-dimensional Electrons in Epitaxial Graphene. AIP conference proceedings. 893. 619–620. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhong Lin, P. Poncharal, & Walter A. de Heer. (2000). Nanomeasurements in Transmission Electron Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 6(3). 224–230. 10 indexed citations
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Gao, Ruiping, et al.. (2000). Nanomechanics of Individual Carbon Nanotubes from Pyrolytically Grown Arrays. Physical Review Letters. 85(3). 622–625. 126 indexed citations

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