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Lucas V. Besteiro

Lucas V. Besteiro

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
43
Citations
8024
World Ranking
12265
National Ranking
246

Lucas V. Besteiro 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 Lucas V. Besteiro sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 127 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lucas V. Besteiro 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 Lucas V. Besteiro sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lucas V. Besteiro is affiliated with Universidade de Vigo in Spain and has an extensive research record primarily in materials science and engineering. Their work spans various subfields including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their main research topics cover the synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, copper-based nanomaterials, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advanced nanomaterials in catalysis.

Besteiro has published research in multiple scientific journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • ACS Photonics

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexander O. Govorov
  • Miguel A. Correa-Duarte
  • Artur Movsesyan
  • Zhiming M. Wang
  • Zhiming Wang

Recent publications by Lucas V. Besteiro include:

  • "Challenges in Plasmonic Catalysis," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Synthesis of mesoscale ordered two-dimensional π-conjugated polymers with semiconducting properties," 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Intensifying Heat Using MOF-Isolated Graphene for Solar-Driven Seawater Desalination at 98% Solar-to-Thermal Efficiency," 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Silver nanoparticle enhanced metal-organic matrix with interface-engineering for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Efficiency of Hot-Electron Generation in Plasmonic Nanocrystals with Complex Shapes: Surface-Induced Scattering, Hot Spots, and Interband Transitions," 2020, ACS Photonics

The combination of publication venues, research areas, and collaborative partnerships indicates a multidisciplinary approach in exploring nanomaterials and their applications in energy, catalysis and photonics. The breadth of topics reflects ongoing contributions to both fundamental and applied aspects within the broad field of advanced materials science.

Best Publications

  • Circularly polarized light detection with hot electrons in chiral plasmonic metamaterials.

    Wei Li;Zachary J. Coppens;Lucas V. Besteiro;Wenyi Wang

  • Broadband Metamaterial Absorbers

    Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Lucas V. Besteiro;Lucas V. Besteiro;Yongjun Huang;Jiang Wu

  • Applications of Plasmon-Enhanced Nanocatalysis to Organic Transformations.

    Alexandra Gellé;Tony Jin;Luis de la Garza;Gareth D Price

  • What’s so Hot about Electrons in Metal Nanoparticles?

    Gregory V. Hartland;Lucas V. Besteiro;Paul Johns;Alexander O. Govorov

  • Broadband Hot Electron Collection for Solar Water Splitting with Plasmonic Titanium Nitride

    Alberto Naldoni;Urcan Guler;Zhuoxian Wang;Marcello Marelli

  • Challenges in Plasmonic Catalysis.

    Emiliano Cortés;Lucas V. Besteiro;Alessandro Alabastri;Andrea Baldi

  • Anomalous ultrafast dynamics of hot plasmonic electrons in nanostructures with hot spots

    Hayk Harutyunyan;Alex B. F. Martinson;Daniel Rosenmann;Larousse Khosravi Khorashad

  • Understanding Hot-Electron Generation and Plasmon Relaxation in Metal Nanocrystals: Quantum and Classical Mechanisms

    Lucas Vazquez Besteiro;Lucas Vazquez Besteiro;Xiang-Tian Kong;Xiang-Tian Kong;Zhiming Wang;Gregory V Hartland

  • Synthesis of mesoscale ordered two-dimensional π-conjugated polymers with semiconducting properties

    G. Galeotti;G. Galeotti;F. De Marchi;E. Hamzehpoor;O. MacLean

  • Silver nanoparticle enhanced metal-organic matrix with interface-engineering for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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  • Intensifying Heat Using MOF-Isolated Graphene for Solar-Driven Seawater Desalination at 98% Solar-to-Thermal Efficiency

    Xuemei Han;Lucas V. Besteiro;Lucas V. Besteiro;Charlynn Sher Lin Koh;Hiang Kwee Lee

  • The fast and the furious: Ultrafast hot electrons in plasmonic metastructures. Size and structure matter

    Lucas V. Besteiro;Lucas V. Besteiro;Peng Yu;Zhiming Wang;Alexander W. Holleitner

  • Amplified Generation of Hot Electrons and Quantum Surface Effects in Nanoparticle Dimers with Plasmonic Hot Spots

    Lucas V. Besteiro;Alexander O. Govorov

  • Hotspot-mediated non-dissipative and ultrafast plasmon passage

    Eva-Maria Roller;Lucas V. Besteiro;Claudia Pupp;Larousse Khosravi Khorashad

  • Chiroplasmonic DNA-based nanostructures

    Alessandro Cecconello;Lucas V. Besteiro;Alexander O. Govorov;Itamar Willner

  • Circular Dichroism of Chiral Molecules in DNA-Assembled Plasmonic Hotspots.

    Luisa M Kneer;Eva-Maria Roller;Lucas V Besteiro;Robert Schreiber

  • Electronic Structure of the Plasmons in Metal Nanocrystals: Fundamental Limitations for the Energy Efficiency of Hot Electron Generation

    Le Chang;Lucas V. Besteiro;Lucas V. Besteiro;Jiachen Sun;Eva Yazmin Santiago

  • Plasmonic Chirality and Circular Dichroism in Bioassembled and Nonbiological Systems: Theoretical Background and Recent Progress.

    Xiang-Tian Kong;Xiang-Tian Kong;Lucas V Besteiro;Lucas V Besteiro;Zhiming Wang;Alexander O Govorov

  • Spectrally Resolved Ultrafast Exciton Transfer in Mixed Perovskite Quantum Wells

    Andrew H Proppe;Madeline H Elkins;Oleksandr Voznyy;Ryan D Pensack

  • Chiral Plasmonic Nanocrystals for Generation of Hot Electrons: Toward Polarization-Sensitive Photochemistry.

    Tianji Liu;Tianji Liu;Lucas V Besteiro;Lucas V Besteiro;Tim Liedl;Miguel A Correa-Duarte

  • Localization of Excess Temperature Using Plasmonic Hot Spots in Metal Nanostructures: Combining Nano-Optical Antennas with the Fano Effect

    Larousse Khosravi Khorashad;Lucas V. Besteiro;Zhiming Wang;Jason Valentine

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander O. Govorov
Alexander O. Govorov Ohio University
Zhiming Wang
Zhiming Wang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Federico Rosei
Federico Rosei Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Tim Liedl
Tim Liedl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Fiorenzo Vetrone
Fiorenzo Vetrone Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Miguel A. Correa-Duarte
Miguel A. Correa-Duarte Universidade de Vigo
James R. Chelikowsky
James R. Chelikowsky The University of Texas at Austin
Roberto Morandotti
Roberto Morandotti Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Gregory V. Hartland
Gregory V. Hartland University of Notre Dame
Gary P. Wiederrecht
Gary P. Wiederrecht Argonne National Laboratory

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