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Materials Science
Germany
2022

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Materials Science

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132
Citations
67050
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311
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Physics

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145
Citations
86721
World Ranking
337
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his original contributions to the theory and the computational modeling of the electronic properties of solids, clusters and nanostructures, especially their response to external electromagnetic fields

Overview

Angel Rubio is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Angel Rubio has been actively publishing across a range of scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review B
  • Nature Communications
  • Physical Review Research

Selected recent papers exemplify the scope and impact of their work:

  • Correlated electronic phases in twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Polariton panorama, 2020, Nanophotonics
  • Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system, 2021, Global Food Security
  • Engineering quantum materials with chiral optical cavities, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Relevance of the Quadratic Diamagnetic and Self-Polarization Terms in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics, 2020, Communities in ADDI (Universidad del Pais Vasco)

Their frequent co-authors reflect established collaborations within the scientific community and include:

  • Michael Ruggenthaler
  • Umberto De Giovannini
  • Hannes Hübener
  • Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean
  • Shunsuke Sato

In addition to journal articles, Angel Rubio has contributed to book publications, including the 2023 Springer Science+Business Media title Sketches of Physics.

The scientist has received several recognitions over their career:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2016)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2004) - cited for original contributions to theory and computational modeling of electronic properties of solids, clusters, and nanostructures, especially their response to external electromagnetic fields

Best Publications

  • Electronic excitations: density-functional versus many-body Green's-function approaches

    Giovanni Onida;Lucia Reining;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio

  • THEORY OF GRAPHITIC BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES

    Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio;Jennifer L. Corkill;Jennifer L. Corkill;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites: Strength and Weakness

    Pulickel M. Ajayan;Linda S. Schadler;Cindy Giannaris;Angel Rubio

  • Stability and Band Gap Constancy of Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    X. Blase;A. Rubio;S. G. Louie;M. L. Cohen

  • Elastic Properties of C and B x C y N z Composite Nanotubes

    E. Hernández;C. Goze;P. Bernier;A. Rubio

  • Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene

    M E Dávila;L Xian;S Cahangirov;Angel Rubio

  • AB INITIO STRUCTURAL, ELASTIC, AND VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES

    Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Emilio Artacho;José M. Soler;Angel Rubio

  • High-pressure phases of group-IV, III–V, and II–VI compounds

    A. Mujica;Angel Rubio;A. Muñoz;R. J. Needs

  • Maximized electron interactions at the magic angle in twisted bilayer graphene

    Alexander Kerelsky;Leo J. McGilly;Dante M. Kennes;Lede Xian

  • Correlated electronic phases in twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides

    Lei Wang;Lei Wang;En-Min Shih;Augusto Ghiotto;Lede Xian

  • octopus: a first-principles tool for excited electron-ion dynamics.

    Miguel A. L. Marques;Alberto Castro;Alberto Castro;Alberto Castro;George F. Bertsch;Angel Rubio

  • Octopus: a tool for the application of time-dependent density functional theory

    Alberto Castro;H. Appel;Micael J. T. Oliveira;Carlo Andrea Rozzi

  • Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

    Miguel A. L. Marques;Carsten A. Ullrich;Fernando Nogueira;Angel Rubio

  • Fundamentals of time-dependent density functional theory

    Miguel A.L. Marques;Neepa T. Maitra;Fernando M.S. Nogueira;Eberhard K.U. Gross

  • Dielectric screening in two-dimensional insulators: Implications for excitonic and impurity states in graphane

    Pierluigi Cudazzo;Ilya V. Tokatly;Ilya V. Tokatly;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio

  • Quasiparticle band structure of bulk hexagonal boron nitride and related systems

    X. Blase;X. Blase;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio;Steven G. Louie;Steven G. Louie;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Improved Charge Transfer at Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

    Pichumani J. Britto;Kalathur S. V. Santhanam;Angel Rubio;Julio A. Alonso

  • Propagators for the time-dependent Kohn–Sham equations

    Alberto Castro;Miguel A. L. Marques;Angel Rubio

  • The doping of carbon nanotubes with nitrogen and their potential applications

    Paola Ayala;Raul Arenal;M. Rümmeli;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio

  • Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions

    Dimas G. De Oteyza;Dimas G. De Oteyza;Patrick Gorman;Yen Chia Chen;Yen Chia Chen;Sebastian Wickenburg;Sebastian Wickenburg

  • Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory 706

    Miguel A.L. Marques;Carsten A. Ullrich;Fernando Nogueira;Angel Rubio

Frequent Co-Authors

J. A. Alonso
J. A. Alonso University of Valladolid
Steven G. Louie
Steven G. Louie University of California, Berkeley
Ludger Wirtz
Ludger Wirtz University of Luxembourg
Marvin L. Cohen
Marvin L. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Pichler
Thomas Pichler University of Vienna
Matthias Scheffler
Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Kristian Sommer Thygesen
Kristian Sommer Thygesen Technical University of Denmark
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Franz X. Kärtner
Franz X. Kärtner Universität Hamburg
Pedro M. Echenique
Pedro M. Echenique Donostia International Physics Center

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