2026 Daniel Sánchez-Portal: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	62	6329	6118	99	97	224	33905

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the development and use of electronic structure methods, especially SIESTA and its timedependent version, which has enabled the simulation of systems of unprecedented complexity

Overview

Daniel Sánchez-Portal is affiliated with the University of the Basque Country in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering, with subfields focused on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Graphene research and applications, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, 2D Materials and Applications, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Recent publications highlight their focus on graphene nanoribbons and related phenomena. Selected papers include:

Probing the Magnetism of Topological End States in 5-Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons, 2020, ACS Nano
Magnetism of Topological Boundary States Induced by Boron Substitution in Graphene Nanoribbons, 2020, Physical Review Letters
Addressing Electron Spins Embedded in Metallic Graphene Nanoribbons, 2022, ACS Nano
Band Depopulation of Graphene Nanoribbons Induced by Chemical Gating with Amino Groups, 2020, ACS Nano
Catalytic Oxidation of CO on a Curved Pt(111) Surface: Simultaneous Ignition at All Facets through a Transient CO-O Complex, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Sánchez-Portal has published frequently in venues such as ACS Nano, arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, and Physical Review Letters.

ACS Nano
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors in Sánchez-Portal's publications include Thomas Frederiksen, Aran García-Lekue, Sofía Sanz, Pedro Brandimarte, and G. Giedke.

Thomas Frederiksen
Aran García-Lekue
Sofía Sanz
Pedro Brandimarte
G. Giedke

In recognition of contributions to the development and use of electronic structure methods, particularly the SIESTA approach and its time-dependent variant, Daniel Sánchez-Portal was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2015.

Best Publications

The SIESTA method for ab initio order-N materials simulation

José M Soler;Emilio Artacho;Julian D Gale;Alberto García

14281
Citations
Density-functional method for very large systems with LCAO basis sets

Daniel Sánchez‐Portal;Pablo Ordejón;Emilio Artacho;José M. Soler

2012
Citations
LINEAR-SCALING AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS FOR LARGE AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS

E. Artacho;D. Sánchez-Portal;P. Ordejón;A. García

1361
Citations
Numerical atomic orbitals for linear-scaling calculations

Javier Junquera;Óscar Paz;Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Emilio Artacho

1351
Citations
AB INITIO STRUCTURAL, ELASTIC, AND VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES

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

1249
Citations
The SIESTA method; developments and applicability.

Emilio Artacho;Emilio Artacho;E Anglada;O Diéguez;J D Gale

837
Citations
Siesta: Recent developments and applications

Alberto García;Nick Rübner Papior;Arsalan Akhtar;Emilio Artacho

788
Citations
Projection of plane-wave calculations into atomic orbitals

Daniel Sanchez-Portal;Emilio Artacho;Jose M Soler

485
Citations
Lowest Energy Structures of Gold Nanoclusters

I. L. Garzón;K. Michaelian;M. R. Beltrán;A. Posada-Amarillas

447
Citations
Direct observation of electron dynamics in the attosecond domain

A. Föhlisch;P. Feulner;F. Hennies;A. Fink

421
Citations
Atomistic near-field nanoplasmonics: reaching atomic-scale resolution in nanooptics.

Marc Barbry;P. Koval;Federico Marchesin;Ruben Esteban

354
Citations
Stiff Monatomic Gold Wires with a Spinning Zigzag Geometry

Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Emilio Artacho;Javier Junquera;Pablo Ordejón

325
Citations
Electronic Excitations in Metals and at Metal Surfaces

Eugene V. Chulkov;Andrei G. Borisov;J. P. Gauyacq;Daniel Sánchez-Portal

314
Citations
First-principles study of substitutional metal impurities in graphene: structural, electronic and magnetic properties

Elton Jose Gomes Santos;Elton Jose Gomes Santos;Andrés Ayuela;Daniel Sánchez-Portal

311
Citations
Analysis of atomic orbital basis sets from the projection of plane-wave results

Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Emilio Artacho;José M Soler

284
Citations
Ab initio calculations of the optical properties of 4-Å-diameter single-walled nanotubes

M. Machón;Stephanie Reich;C. Thomsen;Daniel Sánchez-Portal

276
Citations
Atomic-Scale Lightning Rod Effect in Plasmonic Picocavities: a Classical View to a Quantum Effect

Mattin Urbieta;Marc Barbry;Yao Zhang;Peter Koval

249
Citations
Calculation of the optical response of atomic clusters using time-dependent density functional theory and local orbitals

Argyrios Tsolakidis;Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Richard M. Martin

246
Citations
ELECTRONIC STATES IN A FINITE CARBON NANOTUBE : A ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM BOX

Angel Rubio;Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Emilio Artacho;Pablo Ordejón

236
Citations
Magnetism of substitutional Co impurities in graphene: Realization of single π vacancies

Elton Jose Gomes Santos;Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Andrés Ayuela

234
Citations
Metallic bonding and cluster structure

José M. Soler;José M. Soler;Marcela R. Beltrán;Karo Michaelian;Ignacio L. Garzón;Ignacio L. Garzón

224
Citations