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Damien Laage

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
8703
World Ranking
16709
National Ranking
733

Damien Laage publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damien Laage sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 97 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Damien Laage D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damien Laage sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Damien Laage is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and has contributed extensively to research in physics, chemistry, and molecular biology. Their work spans several interrelated fields, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding molecular and chemical phenomena.

They have published significantly in the areas of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 36, 27, and 24 publications in these fields, respectively. Their research further specializes within subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

Their main research topics focus on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Quantum and superfluid helium dynamics, Enzyme Structure and Function, and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality.

Damien Laage's recent publications demonstrate engagement with complex chemical and physical behaviors of water and interfaces, with papers including:

  • Dissecting the hydrogen bond network of water: Charge transfer and nuclear quantum effects (2024), published in Science
  • How the Acidity of Water Droplets and Films Is Controlled by the Air-Water Interface (2023), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Acids at the Edge: Why Nitric and Formic Acid Dissociations at Air-Water Interfaces Depend on Depth and on Interface Specific Area (2022), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Confined Water's Dielectric Constant Reduction Is Due to the Surrounding Low Dielectric Media and Not to Interfacial Molecular Ordering (2021), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Water Structure, Dynamics, and Sum-Frequency Generation Spectra at Electrified Graphene Interfaces (2020), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Miguel de la Puente
  • Guillaume Stirnemann
  • Axel Gomez
  • Ward H. Thompson
  • Zeke A. Piskulich

Damien Laage has contributed to several publication venues, with the highest number of articles appearing in:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Faraday Discussions
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • A molecular jump mechanism of water reorientation.

    Damien Laage;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • Water Dynamics in the Hydration Shells of Biomolecules

    Damien Laage;Thomas Elsaesser;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • On the molecular mechanism of water reorientation.

    Damien Laage;James T. Hynes

  • Reorientation and allied dynamics in water and aqueous solutions.

    Damien Laage;Guillaume Stirnemann;Fabio Sterpone;Rossend Rey

  • Why Water Reorientation Slows without Iceberg Formation around Hydrophobic Solutes

    Damien Laage;Guillaume Stirnemann;James T. Hynes

  • Reorientional dynamics of water molecules in anionic hydration shells.

    Damien Laage;James T. Hynes

  • Water Dynamics in Protein Hydration Shells: The Molecular Origins of the Dynamical Perturbation

    AoifeC. Fogarty;Damien Laage

  • Mechanisms of Acceleration and Retardation of Water Dynamics by Ions

    Guillaume Stirnemann;Erik Wernersson;Pavel Jungwirth;Damien Laage

  • Characterization of the Local Structure in Liquid Water by Various Order Parameters.

    Elise Duboué-Dijon;Damien Laage

  • Magnitude and molecular origin of water slowdown next to a protein.

    Fabio Sterpone;Guillaume Stirnemann;Damien Laage

  • On the residence time for water in a solute hydration shell: application to aqueous halide solutions.

    Damien Laage;James T. Hynes

  • Water Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics around Amino Acids: The Key Role of Hydrophilic Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor Groups

    Fabio Sterpone;Guillaume Stirnemann;James T. Hynes;Damien Laage

  • Do more strongly hydrogen-bonded water molecules reorient more slowly ?

    Damien Laage;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • Biomolecular hydration dynamics: a jump model perspective

    Aoife C. Fogarty;Elise Duboué-Dijon;Fabio Sterpone;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • Dynamical Disorder in the DNA Hydration Shell.

    Elise Duboué-Dijon;Elise Duboué-Dijon;Aoife C. Fogarty;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes;Damien Laage;Damien Laage

  • Water Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in Aqueous Solutions of Amphiphiles

    Guillaume Stirnemann;James T. Hynes;Damien Laage

  • Water reorientation, hydrogen-bond dynamics and 2D-IR spectroscopy next to an extended hydrophobic surface

    Guillaume Stirnemann;Peter J. Rossky;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes;Damien Laage

  • Water Jump Reorientation: From Theoretical Prediction to Experimental Observation

    Damien Laage;Guillaume Stirnemann;Fabio Sterpone;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • Confined Water's Dielectric Constant Reduction Is Due to the Surrounding Low Dielectric Media and Not to Interfacial Molecular Ordering.

    Jean-François Olivieri;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes;Damien Laage

  • Dissecting the hydrogen bond network of water: Charge transfer and nuclear quantum effects

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  • Dynamics of water in concentrated solutions of amphiphiles: key roles of local structure and aggregation.

    Guillaume Stirnemann;Fabio Sterpone;Damien Laage

  • Reinterpretation of the Liquid Water Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering Spectra Based on a Nondiffusive Jump Reorientation Mechanism

    Damien Laage

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Hynes
James T. Hynes University of Colorado Boulder
Thomas Elsaesser
Thomas Elsaesser Max Planck Society
Carlo Adamo
Carlo Adamo Institut Universitaire de France
Pavel Jungwirth
Pavel Jungwirth Czech Academy of Sciences
Peter J. Rossky
Peter J. Rossky Rice University
Mireille Blanchard-Desce
Mireille Blanchard-Desce University of Bordeaux
Iñaki Tuñón
Iñaki Tuñón University of Valencia
François-Xavier Coudert
François-Xavier Coudert Chimie ParisTech
Anne Boutin
Anne Boutin École Normale Supérieure
Pablo G. Debenedetti
Pablo G. Debenedetti Princeton University

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