2026 Mattanjah S. de Vries: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	51	13767	12398	3574	2928	130	17097

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mattanjah S. de Vries is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on Physics and Astronomy as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their main fields of study include:

Physics and Astronomy
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, they have contributed to subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Spectroscopy

Key research topics covered in their work include:

DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
Origins and Evolution of Life
Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Frequent publication venues for Mattanjah S. de Vries's work are:

Photochemistry and Photobiology
The Astrophysical Journal
Applied Physics Letters
Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Applied Physics Express

Notable recent papers include:

Low-temperature Formation of Carbonaceous Dust Grains from PAHs (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
Demonstration of yellow (568 nm) stimulated emission from optically pumped InGaN/GaN multi-quantum wells (2022), Applied Physics Letters
Revealing the Structure and Noncovalent Interactions of Isolated Molecules by Laser-Desorption/Ionization-Loss Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy and Quantum Calculations (2021), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
A compact and cost-effective laser desorption source for molecular beam generation: comparison with simulations (2021), Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
New light on the use of Theobroma cacao by Late Classic Maya (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Nathan Svadlenak
Trevor Cohen
Ann Williams
Michael Haggmark
Steven P. DenBaars

Mattanjah S. de Vries was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls

Donald S. Bethune;C. H. Klang;M.S. de Vries;G. Gorman

6291
Citations
Atoms in carbon cages: the structure and properties of endohedral fullerenes

D. S. Bethune;R. D. Johnson;J. R. Salem;M. S. de Vries

925
Citations
Bond lengths in free molecules of buckminsterfullerene, c60, from gas-phase electron diffraction.

Kenneth Hedberg;Lise Hedberg;Donald S. Bethune;C. A. Brown

885
Citations
Vibrational Raman and infrared spectra of chromatographically separated C60 and C70 fullerene clusters

Donald S. Bethune;Gerard Meijer;Wade C. Tang;Hal J. Rosen

880
Citations
Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of lanthanum-containing C 82

Robert D. Johnson;Mattanjah S. de Vries;Jesse Salem;Donald S. Bethune

609
Citations
Gas-phase spectroscopy of biomolecular building blocks.

Mattanjah S. de Vries;Pavel Hobza

439
Citations
Scandium Clusters in Fullerene Cages

Costantino S. Yannoni;Mark Hoinkis;Mattanjah S. de Vries;Donald S. Bethune

325
Citations
Pairing of isolated nucleic-acid bases in the absence of the DNA backbone

Eyal Nir;Karl Kleinermanns;Mattanjah S. de Vries;Mattanjah S. de Vries

323
Citations
Imaging C 60 clusters on a surface using a scanning tunnelling microscope

R. J. Wilson;G. Meijer;D. S. Bethune;R. D. Johnson

311
Citations
Photochemical selectivity in guanine-cytosine base-pair structures.

Ali Abo-Riziq;Louis Grace;Eyal Nir;Martin Kabelac

288
Citations
Laser Desorption Jet-Cooling of Organic Molecules Cooling Characteristics and Detection Sensitivity

G. Meijer;M. S. de Vries;H. E. Hunziker;H. R. Wendt

233
Citations
On the Photochemistry of Purine Nucleobases

Eyal Nir;Karl Kleinermanns;Louis Grace;Mattanjah S. de Vries

233
Citations
Excited state dynamics of DNA bases

Karl Kleinermanns;Dana Nachtigallová;Mattanjah S. de Vries

230
Citations
Structure and IR Spectrum of Phenylalanyl–Glycyl–Glycine Tripetide in the Gas-Phase: IR/UV Experiments, Ab Initio Quantum Chemical Calculations, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations

D. Řeha;H. Valdés;J. Vondrášek;P. Hobza

187
Citations
Guanine tautomerism revealed by UV–UV and IR–UV hole burning spectroscopy

Unknown

170
Citations
Pairing of the nucleobase guanine studied by IR–UV double-resonance spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

Eyal Nir;Christoph Janzen;Petra Imhof;Karl Kleinermanns

165
Citations
REMPI spectroscopy of cytosine

Unknown

163
Citations
Pairing of the nucleobases guanine and cytosine in the gas phase studied by IR–UV double-resonance spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

E. Nir;Ch. Janzen;P. Imhof;K. Kleinermanns

162
Citations
IR–UV double-resonance spectroscopy of the nucleobase adenine

Chr. Plützer;E. Nir;M. S. de Vries;K. Kleinermanns

157
Citations
REMPI Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Guanine

Eyal Nir;Louis Grace;and Beth Brauer;Mattanjah S. de Vries

155
Citations
Gap reduction and the collapse of solid C60 to a new phase of carbon under pressure.

Fred Moshary;Nancy H. Chen;Isaac F. Silvera;Charles A. Brown

148
Citations
Preparation and structure of crystals of the metallofullerene Sc2@C84

R. Beyers;C.-H. Kiang;C.-H. Kiang;R. D. Johnson;J. R. Salem

146
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Hobza Czech Academy of Sciences

Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

Donald S. Bethune IBM (United States)

Karl Kleinermanns Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Richard M. Martin University of Bristol

Jos Oomens Radboud University

Richard M. Martin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

David A. Leigh University of Manchester

Andrzej L. Sobolewski Polish Academy of Sciences

Hans Lischka Texas Tech University

External Links

Personal website of Mattanjah S. de Vries

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