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Bjørk Hammer

Bjørk Hammer

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Chemistry
Denmark
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
64450
World Ranking
1745
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Bjørk Hammer is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and focuses their research primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work extensively covers the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Additional research interests include Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research topics reflect a strong emphasis on the intersection of computation and materials science, including:

  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis

Bjørk Hammer has published numerous papers, with some of the recent notable works including:

  • Efficient Global Structure Optimization with a Machine-Learned Surrogate Model, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • The mechanism of Mg2+conduction in ammine magnesium borohydride promoted by a neutral molecule, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Global optimization of atomic structure enhanced by machine learning, 2022, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Atomistic structure learning algorithm with surrogate energy model relaxation, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Atomistic Global Optimization X: A Python package for optimization of atomistic structures, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

They frequently collaborate with several coauthors, with the most frequent being:

  • Mads-Peter Verner Christiansen
  • Malthe Kjær Bisbo
  • Nikolaj Rønne
  • Zeyuan Tang
  • Wilke Dononelli

Their work has been published notably in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • Improved adsorption energetics within density-functional theory using revised Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof functionals

    Bjørk Hammer;Lars Bruno Hansen;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Theoretical surface science and catalysis—calculations and concepts

    Bjørk Hammer;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • The Atomic Simulation Environment - A Python library for working with atoms

    Ask Hjorth Larsen;Ask Hjorth Larsen;Jens Jørgen Mortensen;Jakob Blomqvist;Ivano E. Castelli

  • Why gold is the noblest of all the metals

    B. Hammer;J. K. Norskov

  • Electronic factors determining the reactivity of metal surfaces

    B. Hammer;J.K. Nørskov

  • Effect of Strain on the Reactivity of Metal Surfaces

    Manos Mavrikakis;Bjørk Hammer;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Electronic structure calculations with GPAW: a real-space implementation of the projector augmented-wave method

    J. Enkovaara;Carsten Rostgaard;Jens Jørgen Mortensen;Jingzhe Chen

  • Bandgap opening in graphene induced by patterned hydrogen adsorption

    Richard Balog;Bjarke Jørgensen;Louis Nilsson;Mie Andersen

  • CO Chemisorption at Metal Surfaces and Overlayers

    B. Hammer;Y. Morikawa;J. K. Nørskov

  • Universality in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    J.K. Nørskov;T. Bligaard;A. Logadottir;S. Bahn

  • Surface electronic structure and reactivity of transition and noble metals

    Andrei Ruban;Bjørk Hammer;Per Stoltze;Hans Lomholt Skriver

  • Design of a Surface Alloy Catalyst for Steam Reforming

    F. Besenbacher;I. Chorkendorff;B. S. Clausen;B. Hammer

  • The Role of Interstitial Sites in the Ti3d Defect State in the Band Gap of Titania

    Stefan Wendt;Stefan Wendt;Phillip T. Sprunger;Phillip T. Sprunger;Estephania Lira;Estephania Lira;Georg K. H. Madsen;Georg K. H. Madsen

  • The CO/Pt(111) puzzle

    Peter J. Feibelman;B. Hammer;J. K. Norskov;F. Wagner

  • The Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi relation and the volcano plot for ammonia synthesis over transition metal catalysts

    Ashildur Logadottir;Thomas Holm Rod;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;Bjørk Hammer

  • Oxygen vacancies on TiO2(110) and their interaction with H2O and O2: A combined high-resolution STM and DFT study

    Stefan Wendt;Renald Schaub;Jesper Matthiesen;Ebbe K Vestergaard

  • Chiral recognition in dimerization of adsorbed cysteine observed by scanning tunnelling microscopy.

    Angelika Kühnle;Trolle R. Linderoth;Bjoerk Hammer;Flemming Besenbacher

  • Active role of oxide support during CO oxidation at Au/MgO.

    L. M. Molina;B. Hammer

  • Structure sensitivity in adsorption: CO interaction with stepped and reconstructed Pt surfaces

    Bjørk Hammer;Ole Holm Nielsen;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Enhanced bonding of gold nanoparticles on oxidized TiO2(110).

    D. Matthey;J. G. Wang;S. Wendt;J. Matthiesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Erik Lægsgaard
Erik Lægsgaard Aarhus University
Ivan Stensgaard
Ivan Stensgaard Aarhus University
Jeppe V. Lauritsen
Jeppe V. Lauritsen Aarhus University
Karsten Wedel Jacobsen
Karsten Wedel Jacobsen Technical University of Denmark
Kurt V. Gothelf
Kurt V. Gothelf Aarhus University
Wei-Xue Li
Wei-Xue Li University of Science and Technology of China
Peter Kratzer
Peter Kratzer University of Duisburg-Essen
Edvin Lundgren
Edvin Lundgren Lund University

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