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Frank M. F. de Groot

Frank M. F. de Groot

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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
33912
World Ranking
2043
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Frank M. F. de Groot is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly in Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on various subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Radiation, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work extensively covers topics related to X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography. Other areas of study include Iron oxide chemistry and applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Physical Review B, arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Communications, The Cambridge Structural Database, and ACS Catalysis. These venues reflect the broad scientific impact and interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Notable recent papers from Frank M. F. de Groot include:

  • "Oxygen K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectra" (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Rational strain engineering of single-atom ruthenium on nanoporous MoS2 for highly efficient hydrogen evolution" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Dynamic active-site generation of atomic iridium stabilized on nanoporous metal phosphides for water oxidation" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "2p x-ray absorption spectroscopy of 3d transition metal systems" (2021, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena)
  • "Electronic parameters in cobalt-based perovskite-type oxides as descriptors for chemocatalytic reactions" (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in their research activities include Hebatalla Elnaggar, Ru-Pan Wang, Masoud Lazemi, M. W. Haverkort, and Atsushi Hariki, indicating a network of interdisciplinary partnerships contributing to their scientific outputs.

Best Publications

  • In situ XPS analysis of various iron oxide films grown by NO2-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy

    Tatsuo Fujii;F. M F De Groot;G. A. Sawatzky;F. C. Voogt

  • OXYGEN 1S X-RAY-ABSORPTION EDGES OF TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES

    F.M.F. De Groot;Marco Grioni;John C. Fuggle;Jacques Ghijsen

  • Core level spectroscopy of solids

    Frank de Groot;Akio Kotani

  • 2P X-RAY ABSORPTION OF 3D TRANSITION-METAL COMPOUNDS - AN ATOMIC MULTIPLET DESCRIPTION INCLUDING THE CRYSTAL-FIELD

    F. M. F. de Groot;J. C. Fuggle;B. T. Thole;G. A. Sawatzky

  • High-Resolution X-ray Emission and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    F.M.F. de Groot

  • Multiplet effects in X-ray spectroscopy

    Frank de Groot

  • The CTM4XAS program for EELS and XAS spectral shape analysis of transition metal L edges

    Eli Stavitski;Frank M.F. de Groot

  • Controlled-valence properties of La1-xSrxFeO3 and La1-xSrxMnO3 studied by soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy.

    M. Abbate;F. M. F. de Groot;J. C. Fuggle;A. Fujimori

  • X-ray absorption and dichroism of transition metals and their compounds

    F.M.F. de Groot

  • L2,3 x-ray-absorption edges of d0 compounds: K+, Ca2+, Sc3+, and Ti4+ in Oh (octahedral) symmetry.

    F. M. F. de Groot;J. C. Fuggle;B. T. Thole;G. A. Sawatzky

  • Single platinum atoms embedded in nanoporous cobalt selenide as electrocatalyst for accelerating hydrogen evolution reaction

    Kang Jiang;Boyang Liu;Min Luo;Shoucong Ning

  • Oxygen K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectra

    Federica Frati;Myrtille O. J. Y. Hunault;Frank M. F. de Groot

  • Electronic structure of CoO, Li-doped CoO, and LiCoO2

    J. van Elp;J. L. Wieland;H. Eskes;P. Kuiper

  • Nanoscale chemical imaging of a working catalyst by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy

    Emiel de Smit;Ingmar Swart;J. Fredrik Creemer;Gerard H. Hoveling

  • X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy

    Grant S. Henderson;Frank M.F. de Groot;Benjamin J.A. Moulton

  • Rational strain engineering of single-atom ruthenium on nanoporous MoS2 for highly efficient hydrogen evolution.

    Kang Jiang;Min Luo;Zhixiao Liu;Ming Peng

  • The 1s x-ray absorption pre-edge structures in transition metal oxides

    Frank de Groot;Gyoergy Vanko;Pieter Glatzel

  • Probing the 3d Spin Momentum with X-ray Emission Spectroscopy: The Case of Molecular-Spin Transitions

    György Vankó;Thomas Neisius;Gábor Molnár;Franz Renz

  • Oxygen 1s x-ray absorption of tetravalent titanium oxides: A comparison with single-particle calculations.

    F. M. F. de Groot;J. Faber;J. J. M. Michiels;M. T. Czyżyk

  • Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface

    Pietro Gambardella;Pietro Gambardella;Pietro Gambardella;Sebastian Stepanow;Sebastian Stepanow;Alexandre Dmitriev;Alexandre Dmitriev;Jan Honolka

  • Evolution of the spectral function in Mott-Hubbard systems with d1 configuration.

    A. Fujimori;I. Hase;H. Namatame;Y. Fujishima

  • Effects of manganese oxide promoter on the CO and H2 adsorption properties of titania-supported cobalt Fischer–Tropsch catalysts

    Fernando Morales;Emiel de Smit;Frank M. F. de Groot;Tom Visser

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University
Pieter Glatzel
Pieter Glatzel European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Henny W. Zandbergen
Henny W. Zandbergen Delft University of Technology
Florian Meirer
Florian Meirer Utrecht University
Axel Knop-Gericke
Axel Knop-Gericke Max Planck Society
Odile Stéphan
Odile Stéphan University of Paris-Saclay
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
André Fielicke
André Fielicke Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Andries Meijerink
Andries Meijerink Utrecht University
Dennis Nordlund
Dennis Nordlund SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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