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Herre S. J. van der Zant

Herre S. J. van der Zant

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
100
Citations
46032
World Ranking
1038
National Ranking
15

Herre S. J. van der Zant 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 Herre S. J. van der Zant sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 455 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Herre S. J. van der Zant 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 Herre S. J. van der Zant sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Herre S. J. van der Zant is a researcher affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their scholarly work spans multiple disciplines with significant involvement in materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy. The researcher's contributions notably extend across various subfields, including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their publication record includes studies addressing advanced topics such as molecular junctions and nanostructures, graphene research and applications, 2D materials and applications, mechanical and optical resonators, quantum and electron transport phenomena, advanced MEMS and NEMS technologies, as well as advanced thermoelectric materials and devices.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Magnetic and electronic phase transitions probed by nanomechanical resonators, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Sensitive capacitive pressure sensors based on graphene membrane arrays, 2020, Microsystems & Nanoengineering
  • Tuning nonlinear damping in graphene nanoresonators by parametric-direct internal resonance, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Complete mapping of the thermoelectric properties of a single molecule, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • MoS2-on-paper optoelectronics: drawing photodetectors with van der Waals semiconductors beyond graphite, 2020, Nanoscale

Herre S. J. van der Zant collaborates frequently with other researchers, with frequent coauthors including Peter G. Steeneken, Makars Šiškins, Samuel Mañas-Valero, Eugenio Coronado, and Martin Lee.

Their work is disseminated widely, with publications appearing repeatedly in well-known journals and platforms. The most common publication venues for van der Zant include arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nano Letters, Nature Communications, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Best Publications

  • Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

    Andrea C. Ferrari;Francesco Bonaccorso;Francesco Bonaccorso;Vladimir Fal'ko;Konstantin S. Novoselov

  • Deterministic transfer of two-dimensional materials by all-dry viscoelastic stamping

    Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Michele Buscema;Rianda Molenaar;Vibhor Singh

  • Isolation and characterization of few-layer black phosphorus

    Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Leonardo Vicarelli;Elsa Prada;Joshua O Island

  • Fast and Broadband Photoresponse of Few-Layer Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors

    Michele Buscema;Dirk J. Groenendijk;Sofya I. Blanter;Gary A. Steele

  • Local strain engineering in atomically thin MoS2.

    Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Rafael Roldán;Emmanuele Cappelluti;Michele Buscema

  • Elastic Properties of Freely Suspended MoS2 Nanosheets

    Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Menno Poot;Gary A. Steele;Herre S. J. van der Zant

  • Photocurrent generation with two-dimensional van der Waals semiconductors.

    Michele Buscema;Joshua O. Island;Dirk J. Groenendijk;Sofya I. Blanter

  • Environmental instability of few-layer black phosphorus

    Joshua O Island;Gary A Steele;Herre S J van der Zant;Andres Castellanos-Gomez

  • Photovoltaic effect in few-layer black phosphorus PN junctions defined by local electrostatic gating.

    Michele Buscema;Dirk J. Groenendijk;Gary A. Steele;Herre S.J. van der Zant

  • Laser-Thinning of MoS2: On Demand Generation of a Single-Layer Semiconductor

    A. Castellanos-Gomez;M. Barkelid;A. M. Goossens;V. E. Calado

  • Large and Tunable Photothermoelectric Effect in Single-Layer MoS2

    Michele Buscema;Maria Barkelid;Val Zwiller;Herre S J van der Zant

  • Large and tunable photo-thermoelectric effect in single-layer MoS2

    Michele Buscema;Maria Barkelid;Val Zwiller;Herre S. J. van der Zant

  • Laser-thinning of MoS2: on demand generation of a single-layer semiconductor

    Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Maria Barkelid;Stijn M. Goossens;Victor E. Calado

  • The effect of the substrate on the Raman and photoluminescence emission of single-layer MoS2

    Michele Buscema;Gary A. Steele;Herre S. J. van der Zant;Andres Castellanos-Gomez

  • Mechanical systems in the quantum regime

    Menno Poot;Herre S.J. van der Zant

  • Quantum phase transitions and vortex dynamics in superconducting networks

    Rosario Fazio;Herre van der Zant

  • Electron transport through single Mn12 molecular magnets.

    H. B. Heersche;Z. De Groot;J. A. Folk;H. S. J. Van Der Zant

  • Single-photon emission from localized excitons in an atomically thin semiconductor

    Philipp Tonndorf;Robert Schmidt;Robert Schneider;Johannes Kern

  • Strong coupling between single-electron tunneling and nanomechanical motion.

    G. A. Steele;A. K. Hüttel;B. Witkamp;M. Poot

  • Orbital Kondo effect in carbon nanotubes

    Pablo Jarillo-Herrero;Jing Kong;Jing Kong;Herre S J van der Zant;Cees Dekker

  • Carbon nanotubes as ultrahigh quality factor mechanical resonators.

    Andreas K. Hüttel;Gary A. Steele;Benoit Witkamp;Menno Poot

Frequent Co-Authors

Andres Castellanos-Gomez
Andres Castellanos-Gomez Spanish National Research Council
Nicolás Agraït
Nicolás Agraït Autonomous University of Madrid
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
Eugenio Coronado
Eugenio Coronado University of Valencia
Cees Dekker
Cees Dekker Delft University of Technology
Thomas Bjørnholm
Thomas Bjørnholm Villum Foundation
Ferdinand C. Grozema
Ferdinand C. Grozema Delft University of Technology
Leo P. Kouwenhoven
Leo P. Kouwenhoven Delft University of Technology
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science

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