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Luis Bañares

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9445
World Ranking
11822
National Ranking
443

Luis Bañares publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luis Bañares sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 278 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Luis Bañares D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luis Bañares is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain and has contributed to multiple research areas primarily within Physics and Chemistry. Their work spans 52 publications in Physics and Astronomy and 33 in Chemistry, with a notable focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, reflected in 50 publications in this subfield. Additional subfields include Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's core research topics cover several specialized areas, including Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies. Other topics explored are Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Their recent published papers illustrate a focus on chemical physics and nanomaterials, including:

  • Contribution of resonance energy transfer to the luminescence quenching of upconversion nanoparticles with graphene oxide (2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
  • Controlled Alloying of Au@Ag Core-Shell Nanorods Induced by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation (2021, Advanced Optical Materials)
  • Formation of Hollow Gold Nanocrystals by Nanosecond Laser Irradiation (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)
  • Conical intersection and coherent vibrational dynamics in alkyl iodides captured by attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • Femtochemistry under scrutiny: Clocking state-resolved channels in the photodissociation of CH3I in the A-band (2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics)

Frequent coauthors with whom Luis Bañares has collaborated include Sonia Marggi Poullain, Alexandre Zanchet, Jesús González-Vázquez, A. Garcı́a-Vela, and María E. Corrales.

Their publications are often featured in established scientific venues, with the highest number of papers in The Journal of Chemical Physics (11 publications). Other frequent venues are Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (10 publications), The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (4 publications), Nanophotonics (2 publications), and Advanced Functional Materials (2 publications).

Best Publications

  • Femtosecond laser reshaping yields gold nanorods with ultranarrow surface plasmon resonances.

    Guillermo González-Rubio;Pablo Díaz-Núñez;Antonio Rivera;Alejandro Prada

  • Quantum mechanical and quasi-classical trajectory study of the C(1D)+H2 reaction dynamics

    L. Bañares;F. J. Aoiz;P. Honvault;B. Bussery-Honvault

  • Femtosecond real‐time probing of reactions. IX. Hydrogen‐atom transfer

    J. L. Herek;S. Pedersen;L. Bañares;A. H. Zewail

  • Recent results from quasiclassical trajectory computations of elementary chemical reactions

    F. J. Aoiz;Luis Bañares;Victor J. Herrero

  • Control of ultrafast molecular photodissociation by laser-field-induced potentials

    M. E. Corrales;J. González-Vázquez;G. Balerdi;I. R. Solá

  • Femtosecond Real-Time Probing of Reactions. 20. Dynamics of Twisting, Alignment, and IVR in the trans-Stilbene Isomerization Reaction

    J. S. Baskin;L. Bañares;S. Pedersen;A. H. Zewail

  • The H+H2 reactive system. Progress in the study of the dynamics of the simplest reaction

    F. J. Aoiz;L. BaÑares;V. J. Herrero

  • Classical dynamics for the F + H2 → HF + H reaction on a new ab initio potential energy surface. A direct comparison with experiment

    F.J. Aoiz;L. Bañares;V.J. Herrero;V. Sáez Rábanos

  • A unified quantal and classical description of the stereodynamics of elementary chemical reactions: State-resolved k–k′–j′ vector correlation for the H+D2(v=0, j=0) reaction

    Marcelo P. de Miranda;F. J. Aoiz;Luis Bañares;V. Sáez Rábanos

  • The ultrafast photodissociation of Fe(CO)5 in the gas phase

    L. Bañares;T. Baumert;M. Bergt;B. Kiefer

  • The F+HD --> DF(HF)+H(D) reaction revisited: Quasiclassical trajectory study on an ab initio potential energy surface and comparison with molecular beam experiments

    F. J. Aoiz;L. Bañares;V. J. Herrero;V. Sáez Rábanos

  • Dynamics of the Simplest Chlorine Atom Reaction: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

    M. Alagia;N. Balucani;L. Cartechini;P. Casavecchia

  • Femtosecond Laser-Controlled Tip-to-Tip Assembly and Welding of Gold Nanorods

    Guillermo González-Rubio;Jesús González-Izquierdo;Luis Bañares;Gloria Tardajos

  • Femtosecond vibrational transition‐state dynamics in a chemical reaction

    S. Pedersen;L. Bañares;A. H. Zewail

  • The photodissociation of CH 3 I in the red edge of the A-band: Comparison between slice imaging experiments and multisurface wave packet calculations

    L. Rubio-Lago;A. García-Vela;A. Arregui;G. A. Amaral

  • Quantum effects in the differential cross Ssctions for the insertion reaction N(2D) + H2.

    Nadia Balucani;Laura Cartechini;Giovanni Capozza;Enrico Segoloni

  • Spin–orbit effects in quantum mechanical rate constant calculations for the F+H2→HF+H reaction

    F. J. Aoiz;L. Bañares;J. F. Castillo

  • Quantum mechanical and quasiclassical simulations of molecular beam experiments for the F+H2→HF+H reaction on two ab initio potential energy surfaces

    J. F. Castillo;B. Hartke;H.-J. Werner;F. J. Aoiz

  • Experimental and theoretical differential cross sections for the N(2D) + H2 reaction.

    Nadia Balucani;Piergiorgio Casavecchia;Luis Banares;F. Javier Aoiz

  • Adaptive control of molecular alignment

    C. Horn;M. Wollenhaupt;M. Krug;T. Baumert

Frequent Co-Authors

F. J. Aoiz
F. J. Aoiz Complutense University of Madrid
Nadia Balucani
Nadia Balucani University of Perugia
Hans-Joachim Werner
Hans-Joachim Werner University of Stuttgart
Mark Brouard
Mark Brouard University of Oxford
Piergiorgio Casavecchia
Piergiorgio Casavecchia University of Perugia
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Ahmed H. Zewail
Ahmed H. Zewail California Institute of Technology
Andrew E. Pomerantz
Andrew E. Pomerantz Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)
Luis M. Liz-Marzán
Luis M. Liz-Marzán CIC biomaGUNE
Sara Bals
Sara Bals University of Antwerp

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