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Materials Science
Sweden
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
125
Citations
90747
World Ranking
403
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Lars Hultman is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden with extensive contributions to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research encompasses a broad array of topics, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, alongside significant work in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their specialization includes areas such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials, as well as Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research. Additional topics include Semiconductor Materials and Devices, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, and techniques related to Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lars Hultman are:

  • Grzegorz Greczyński
  • Justinas Pališaitis
  • I. Petrov
  • Per O. Å. Persson
  • Johanna Rosén

Key publication venues where Lars Hultman's work frequently appears include:

  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Vacuum
  • Acta Materialia
  • Materials & Design

Among their notable papers are:

  • A general Lewis acidic etching route for preparing MXenes with enhanced electrochemical performance in non-aqueous electrolyte, 2020, Nature Materials
  • A step-by-step guide to perform x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, 2022, Journal of Applied Physics
  • Compromising Science by Ignorant Instrument Calibration-Need to Revisit Half a Century of Published XPS Data, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The same chemical state of carbon gives rise to two peaks in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Chemical scissor-mediated structural editing of layered transition metal carbides, 2023, Science

Best Publications

  • Two‐Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti 3 AlC 2

    Michael Naguib;Murat Kurtoglu;Volker Presser;Jun Lu

  • Two-dimensional transition metal carbides.

    Michael Naguib;Olha Mashtalir;Joshua Carle;Volker Presser

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Towards reliable binding energy referencing

    Grzegorz Greczynski;Lars Hultman

  • Microstructural evolution during film growth

    I. Petrov;P.B. Barna;Lars Hultman;J.E. Greene

  • New Two-Dimensional Niobium and Vanadium Carbides as Promising Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

    Michael Naguib;Joseph Halim;Joseph Halim;Jun Lu;Kevin M. Cook

  • Two-Dimensional, Ordered, Double Transition Metals Carbides (MXenes)

    Babak Anasori;Yu Xie;Majid Beidaghi;Jun Lu

  • Transparent Conductive Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbide Epitaxial Thin Films

    Joseph Halim;Maria R. Lukatskaya;Kevin M. Cook;Jun Lu

  • A general Lewis acidic etching route for preparing MXenes with enhanced electrochemical performance in non-aqueous electrolyte

    Youbing Li;Hui Shao;Hui Shao;Zifeng Lin;Jun Lu

  • Reliable determination of chemical state in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy based on sample-work-function referencing to adventitious carbon: Resolving the myth of apparent constant binding energy of the C 1s peak

    Grzegorz Greczynski;Lars Hultman

  • Element Replacement Approach by Reaction with Lewis Acidic Molten Salts to Synthesize Nanolaminated MAX Phases and MXenes

    Mian Li;Jun Lu;Kan Luo;Youbing Li

  • The Mn+1AXn phases: Materials science and thin-film processing

    Per Eklund;Manfred Beckers;Ulf Jansson;Hans Högberg

  • Microstructural design of hard coatings

    Paul H. Mayrhofer;Christian Mitterer;Lars Hultman;Helmut Clemens

  • C 1s Peak of Adventitious Carbon Aligns to the Vacuum Level: Dire Consequences for Material's Bonding Assignment by Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

    Grzegorz Greczynski;Lars Hultman

  • A step-by-step guide to perform x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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  • Thermal stability of nitride thin films

    Lars Hultman

  • Two-dimensional Mo1.33C MXene with divacancy ordering prepared from parent 3D laminate with in-plane chemical ordering.

    Quanzheng Tao;Martin Dahlqvist;Jun Lu;Sankalp Kota

  • Self-organized nanostructures in the Ti–Al–N system

    Paul H. Mayrhofer;Anders Hörling;Lennart Karlsson;Jacob Sjölén

  • Mechanical properties and machining performance of Ti1−xAlxN-coated cutting tools

    Anders Hörling;Lars Hultman;Magnus Odén;Jacob Sjölén

  • Compromising Science by Ignorant Instrument Calibration-Need to Revisit Half a Century of Published XPS Data.

    Grzegorz Greczynski;Lars Hultman

  • The same chemical state of carbon gives rise to two peaks in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

    Grzegorz Greczynski;Lars Hultman

  • Two-dimensional, ordered, double transition metals carbides (MXenes)

    Paul Kent;Babak Anasori;Yu Xie;Majid Beidaghi

  • A general Lewis acidic etching route for preparing MXenes with enhanced electrochemical performance in non-aqueous electrolyte

    Youbing Li;Hui Shao;Zifeng Lin;Jun Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Lu
Jun Lu Zhejiang University
Jens Birch
Jens Birch Linköping University
Joseph E Greene
Joseph E Greene University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ivan Petrov
Ivan Petrov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Per Persson
Per Persson Linköping University
Per Eklund
Per Eklund Uppsala University
Grzegorz Greczynski
Grzegorz Greczynski Linköping University
Jens Jensen
Jens Jensen Linköping University
J.-E. Sundgren
J.-E. Sundgren Chalmers University of Technology
Johanna Rosen
Johanna Rosen Linköping University

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