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Materials Science

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159
Citations
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National Ranking
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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London for his revolutionary discovery of graphene, and elucidation of its remarkable properties
  • 2010 - Nobel Prize for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2007 - Nevill Mott Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Andre K. Geim is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields, notably Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy. Within these main fields, their work focuses extensively on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientific topics covered by their research are diverse. Key areas include Graphene research and applications, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, 2D Materials and Applications, Advancements in Battery Materials, Topological Materials and Phenomena, and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena.

Recent publications reflect ongoing study in two-dimensional materials and nanoscale phenomena. Notable papers include:

  • Interfacial ferroelectricity in marginally twisted 2D semiconductors, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Charge-polarized interfacial superlattices in marginally twisted hexagonal boron nitride, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Long-term memory and synapse-like dynamics in two-dimensional nanofluidic channels, 2023, Science
  • Highly efficient and selective extraction of gold by reduced graphene oxide, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Water friction in nanofluidic channels made from two-dimensional crystals, 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Vladimir I. Fal'ko, I. V. Grigorieva, Alexey I. Berdyugin, Kenji Watanabe, and Takashi Taniguchi. Publication venues with multiple contributions comprise Nature Communications, arXiv (Cornell University), Nano Letters, Nature, and Advanced Materials.

Several distinctions have been awarded throughout their career. These include a Nobel Prize in 2010 awarded for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene, the Hughes Medal from the Royal Society of London in the same year for work related to graphene, membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2012), election to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011), Fellowship of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom (2007), the Nevill Mott Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics (2007), and Foreign Membership in the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films

    Kostya S. Novoselov;Andre K. Geim;Sergey V. Morozov;Da Jiang

  • The rise of graphene

    Andre K. Geim;Kostya S. Novoselov

  • The electronic properties of graphene

    A. H. Castro Neto;F. Guinea;N. M. R. Peres;K. S. Novoselov

  • Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene

    K. S. Novoselov;A. K. Geim;S. V. Morozov;D. Jiang

  • Raman spectrum of graphene and graphene layers.

    A. C. Ferrari;J. C. Meyer;V. Scardaci;C. Casiraghi

  • Graphene: Status and Prospects

    A. K. Geim

  • Two-dimensional atomic crystals

    K. S. Novoselov;D. Jiang;F. Schedin;T. J. Booth

  • Van der Waals heterostructures

    Andre K Geim;I.V. Grigorieva

  • Fine Structure Constant Defines Visual Transparency of Graphene

    R. R. Nair;P. Blake;P. Blake;A. N. Grigorenko;K. S. Novoselov

  • Detection of Individual Gas Molecules Absorbed on Graphene

    F. Schedin;A. K. Geim;S. V. Morozov;D. Jiang

  • Detection of individual gas molecules adsorbed on graphene

    F. Schedin;A. K. Geim;S. V. Morozov;E. W. Hill

  • The structure of suspended graphene sheets

    Jannik C. Meyer;A. K. Geim;M. I. Katsnelson;K. S. Novoselov

  • Chiral tunnelling and the Klein paradox in graphene

    M. I. Katsnelson;K. S. Novoselov;A. K. Geim

  • Control of graphene's properties by reversible hydrogenation: Evidence for graphane

    D. C. Elias;R. R. Nair;T. M. G. Mohiuddin;S. V. Morozov

  • Giant intrinsic carrier mobilities in graphene and its bilayer

    S. V. Morozov;K. S. Novoselov;M. I. Katsnelson;F. Schedin

  • Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor

    A. Das;S. Pisana;B. Chakraborty;S. Piscanec

  • Room-Temperature Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene

    K. S. Novoselov;Z. Jiang;Y. Zhang;S. V. Morozov

  • Unimpeded permeation of water through helium-leak-tight graphene-based membranes.

    R. R. Nair;H. A. Wu;H. A. Wu;P. N. Jayaram;I. V. Grigorieva

  • Field-effect tunneling transistor based on vertical graphene heterostructures.

    L. Britnell;R. V. Gorbachev;R. Jalil;B. D. Belle

  • Strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films.

    Líam Britnell;R. M. Ribeiro;R. M. Ribeiro;A. Eckmann;R. Jalil

  • Detection of Individual Gas Molecules Absorbed on Graphene

    Andre Geim;Kostya Novoselov;Fred Schedin;Sergey Morozov

Frequent Co-Authors

Kostya S. Novoselov
Kostya S. Novoselov National University of Singapore
Irina V. Grigorieva
Irina V. Grigorieva University of Manchester
Laurence Eaves
Laurence Eaves University of Nottingham
Artem Mishchenko
Artem Mishchenko University of Manchester
Roman Gorbachev
Roman Gorbachev University of Manchester
Rahul Nair
Rahul Nair University of Manchester
Sergey V. Morozov
Sergey V. Morozov Russian Academy of Sciences
Mikhail I. Katsnelson
Mikhail I. Katsnelson Radboud University
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi
Takashi Taniguchi National Institute for Materials Science

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