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Harald Brune publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harald Brune sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 273 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Harald Brune D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to understanding of nucleation, epitaxial growth, and the selfassembly of nanostructure superlattices

Overview

Harald Brune is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research activity spans key areas within materials science and physics and astronomy, focusing especially on atomic and molecular physics, optics, and materials chemistry.

Their recent work includes several publications in notable scientific journals. These are:

  • Engineering atomic-scale magnetic fields by dysprosium single atom magnets (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Molecular motor crossing the frontier of classical to quantum tunneling motion (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Unconventional Spin Relaxation Involving Localized Vibrational Modes in Ho Single-Atom Magnets (2020, Physical Review Letters)
  • Correlation between Electronic Configuration and Magnetic Stability in Dysprosium Single Atom Magnets (2021, Nano Letters)
  • Measuring the Intra-Atomic Exchange Energy in Rare-Earth Adatoms (2020, Physical Review X)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harald Brune include:

  • S. Rusponi
  • Fabio Donati
  • Marina Pivetta
  • Aparajita Singha
  • A. Barla

They often publish in venues that reflect their interdisciplinary work, including:

  • ACS Nano
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Harald Brune's research encompasses a broad range of topics, many centered around magnetic phenomena and quantum effects at the nanoscale. These include:

  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

The subfields making up the core of their expertise are:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Spectroscopy

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, Harald Brune was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011. The citation highlighted their work on the understanding of nucleation, epitaxial growth, and self-assembly of nanostructure superlattices.

Best Publications

  • Scanning tunneling microscopy observations on the reconstructed Au(111) surface: Atomic structure, long-range superstructure, rotational domains, and surface defects

    Johannes V. Barth;Harald Brune;Gerhard Ertl;R. J. Behm

  • Microscopic view of epitaxial metal growth: nucleation and aggregation

    Harald Brune

  • Giant Magnetic Anisotropy of Single Cobalt Atoms and Nanoparticles

    P. Gambardella;S. Rusponi;M. Veronese;S. S. Dhesi

  • Self-organized growth of nanostructure arrays on strain-relief patterns

    Harald Brune;Marcella Giovannini;Karsten Bromann;Klaus Kern

  • Building one- and two-dimensional nanostructures by diffusion-controlled aggregation at surfaces

    Holger Röder;Elmar Hahn;Harald Brune;Jean-Pierre Bucher

  • The role of magnetic anisotropy in the Kondo effect

    Alexander Otte;Markus Ternes;Kirsten von Bergmann;Sebastian Loth

  • Controlled deposition of size-selected silver nanoclusters

    Karsten Bromann;Christian Félix;Harald Brune;Wolfgang Harbich

  • Interaction potential and hopping dynamics governing sliding friction

    Elisa Riedo;Enrico Gnecco;R. Bennewitz;E. Meyer

  • Interaction of oxygen with Al(111) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

    H. Brune;J. Wintterlin;J. Trost;G. Ertl

  • Reaching the magnetic anisotropy limit of a 3d metal atom

    Ileana G. Rau;Susanne Baumann;Susanne Baumann;Stefano Rusponi;Fabio Donati

  • Surface migration of ``hot'' adatoms in the course of dissociative chemisorption of oxygen on Al(111)

    H Brune;J Wintterlin;RJ Behm;G Ertl

  • Metal−Organic Honeycomb Nanomeshes with Tunable Cavity Size

    U. Schlickum;R. Decker;F. Klappenberger;G. Zoppellaro

  • Long-range adsorbate interactions mediated by a two-dimensional electron gas

    N. Knorr;N. Knorr;H. Brune;M. Epple;A. Hirstein

  • Magnetic remanence in single atoms

    F. Donati;S. Rusponi;S. Stepanow;C. Wäckerlin

  • Kinetics of capillary condensation in nanoscopic sliding friction.

    Elisa Riedo;Francis Lévy;Harald Brune

  • Atomic-resolution imaging of close-packed metal surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy.

    J. Wintterlin;J. Wiechers;H. Brune;T. Gritsch

  • 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

  • Effect of Strain on Surface-Diffusion and Nucleation

    Harald Brune;Karsten Bromann;Holger Röder;Klaus Kern

  • Mechanism of the Transition from Fractal to Dendritic Growth of Surface Aggregates

    Harald Brune;Christoph Romainczyk;Holger Röder;Klaus Kern

  • Radial elasticity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

    Ismael Palaci;Ismael Palaci;Stephan Fedrigo;Harald Brune;Christian Klinke;Christian Klinke

  • One-dimensional metal chains on Pt vicinal surfaces

    P. Gambardella;M. Blanc;H. Brune;K. Kuhnke

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Kern
Klaus Kern Max Planck Society
Johannes V. Barth
Johannes V. Barth Technical University of Munich
Mario Ruben
Mario Ruben Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Florian Klappenberger
Florian Klappenberger Technical University of Munich
R. J. Behm
R. J. Behm University of Ulm
Elisa Riedo
Elisa Riedo New York University
Svetlana Klyatskaya
Svetlana Klyatskaya Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
John A. Venables
John A. Venables Arizona State University
Joost Wintterlin
Joost Wintterlin Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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