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Christos D. Malliakas

Christos D. Malliakas

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Materials Science

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63
Citations
26595
World Ranking
6034
National Ranking
1540

Chemistry

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65
Citations
27217
World Ranking
7528
National Ranking
2203

Overview

Christos D. Malliakas is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States, specializing primarily in Materials Science. Their work encompasses various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Malliakas has an extensive publication record, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Science
  • Chemistry of Materials

Significant recent papers authored by Malliakas and collaborators are:

  • "Amidination of ligands for chemical and field-effect passivation stabilizes perovskite solar cells" (2024, Science)
  • "Alternative Organic Spacers for More Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Containing Ruddlesden-Popper Phases" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Tailoring Hydrophobicity and Pore Environment in Physisorbents for Improved Carbon Dioxide Capture under High Humidity" (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Tuning Crystallinity and Stacking of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks through Side-Chain Interactions" (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Nonequilibrium dynamics of spontaneous symmetry breaking into a hidden state of charge-density wave" (2021, Nature Communications)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Duck Young Chung, Vinayak P. Dravid, Rebecca McClain, and Xiuquan Zhou. These collaborations reflect the interdisciplinary and multi-institutional nature of their research.

Best Publications

  • Semiconducting tin and lead iodide perovskites with organic cations: phase transitions, high mobilities, and near-infrared photoluminescent properties.

    Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Christos D. Malliakas;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • De novo synthesis of a metal–organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities

    Omar K. Farha;A. Özgür Yazaydın;Ibrahim Eryazici;Christos D. Malliakas

  • Crystal Growth of the Perovskite Semiconductor CsPbBr3: A New Material for High-Energy Radiation Detection

    Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Christos D. Malliakas;John A. Peters;Zhifu Liu

  • CsSnI3: Semiconductor or Metal? High Electrical Conductivity and Strong Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from a Single Material. High Hole Mobility and Phase-Transitions

    In Chung;Jung Hwan Song;Jino Im;John Androulakis

  • Design of active and stable Co-Mo-Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Jakub Staszak-Jirkovský;Christos D. Malliakas;Christos D. Malliakas;Pietro P. Lopes;Nemanja Danilovic

  • Unconventional superconductivity in Ba 0.6 K 0.4 Fe 2 As 2 from inelastic neutron scattering

    A. D. Christianson;E. A. Goremychkin;E. A. Goremychkin;R. Osborn;S. Rosenkranz

  • Air-stable molecular semiconducting iodosalts for solar cell applications: Cs2SnI6 as a hole conductor.

    Byunghong Lee;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Nanjia Zhou;Feng Hao

  • Resonant Spin Excitation in the High Temperature Superconductor Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2

    Andrew D Christianson;E. A. Goremychkin;R. Osborn;Stephen Rosenkranz

  • Direct evidence for dominant bond-directional interactions in a honeycomb lattice iridate Na2IrO3

    Sae Hwan Chun;Jong-Woo Kim;Jungho Kim;H. Zheng

  • Entropically Stabilized Local Dipole Formation in Lead Chalcogenides

    Emil S. Božin;Christos D. Malliakas;Petros Souvatzis;Thomas Proffen

  • Control over Catenation in Metal−Organic Frameworks via Rational Design of the Organic Building Block

    Omar K. Farha;Christos D. Malliakas;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Bottom-up construction of a superstructure in a porous uranium-organic crystal

    Peng Li;Nicolaas A. Vermeulen;Christos D. Malliakas;Diego A. Gómez-Gualdrón

  • Turn-On Luminescence Sensing and Real-Time Detection of Traces of Water in Organic Solvents by a Flexible Metal-Organic Framework

    Antigoni Douvali;Athanassios C. Tsipis;Svetlana V. Eliseeva;Stéphane Petoud

  • Remnant PbI2, an unforeseen necessity in high-efficiency hybrid perovskite-based solar cells?a)

    Duyen H. Cao;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Christos D. Malliakas;Michael J. Katz

  • Selective Removal of Cs+, Sr2+, and Ni2+ by K2xMgxSn3–xS6 (x = 0.5–1) (KMS-2) Relevant to Nuclear Waste Remediation

    Joshua L. Mertz;Zohreh Hassanzadeh Fard;Christos D. Malliakas;Manolis J. Manos;Manolis J. Manos

  • Structure–Band Gap Relationships in Hexagonal Polytypes and Low-Dimensional Structures of Hybrid Tin Iodide Perovskites

    Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Lingling Mao;Christos D. Malliakas;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Chalcogenide Aerogels as Sorbents for Radioactive Iodine

    Kota S. Subrahmanyam;Debajit Sarma;Christos Malliakas;Kyriaki Polychronopoulou

  • Selective bifunctional modification of a non-catenated metal-organic framework material via "click" chemistry.

    Tendai Gadzikwa;Omar K. Farha;Christos D. Malliakas;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Role of Organic Counterion in Lead- and Tin-Based Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Iodide Perovskites and Application in Planar Solar Cells

    Lingling Mao;Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Lin Ma

  • K2xSn4−xS8−x (x = 0.65–1): a new metal sulfide for rapid and selective removal of Cs+, Sr2+ and UO22+ ions

    Debajit Sarma;Christos D. Malliakas;K. S. Subrahmanyam;Saiful M. Islam

  • Soluble semiconductors AAsSe2 (A = Li, Na) with a direct-band-gap and strong second harmonic generation: a combined experimental and theoretical study.

    Tarun K Bera;Joon I Jang;Jung-Hwan Song;Christos D Malliakas

Frequent Co-Authors

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Duck Young Chung
Duck Young Chung Argonne National Laboratory
James A. Ibers
James A. Ibers Northwestern University
Simon J. L. Billinge
Simon J. L. Billinge Columbia University
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
Arthur J Freeman
Arthur J Freeman Northwestern University
Bruce W Wessels
Bruce W Wessels Northwestern University
Constantinos C. Stoumpos
Constantinos C. Stoumpos University of Crete
Sebastian C. Peter
Sebastian C. Peter Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

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