2026 Michael F. Crommie: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	102	940	896	309	285	381	54329
Physics	103	1469	1392	772	719	384	54591

Research.com Recognitions

1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael F. Crommie is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their work encompasses a range of scientific topics, including:

Graphene research and applications
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
2D Materials and Applications
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Michael F. Crommie has authored numerous publications featured in several recurring academic venues. These include:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 28 publications
Nano Letters with 13 publications
Nature Physics with 7 publications
Nature Communications with 7 publications
Journal of the American Chemical Society with 6 publications

Recent selected papers by Michael F. Crommie comprise:

"Imaging two-dimensional generalized Wigner crystals," 2021, Nature
"Strong correlations and orbital texture in single-layer 1T-TaSe2," 2020, Nature Physics
"Inducing metallicity in graphene nanoribbons via zero-mode superlattices," 2020, Science
"Evidence for quantum spin liquid behaviour in single-layer 1T-TaSe2 from scanning tunnelling microscopy," 2021, Nature Physics
"Bottom-up Assembly of Nanoporous Graphene with Emergent Electronic States," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Feng Wang, Alex Zettl, and Steven G. Louie, with coauthor counts reaching as high as 56 for some.

Michael F. Crommie has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an award conferred in 1997.

Best Publications

Direct observation of a widely tunable bandgap in bilayer graphene

Yuanbo Zhang;Tsung-Ta Tang;Tsung-Ta Tang;Caglar Girit;Zhao Hao

4378
Citations
Confinement of electrons to quantum corrals on a metal surface.

M. F. Crommie;C. P. Lutz;D. M. Eigler

2374
Citations
Giant bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor

Miguel M. Ugeda;Aaron J. Bradley;Su-Fei Shi;Felipe H. da Jornada

2000
Citations
Strain-Induced Pseudo–Magnetic Fields Greater Than 300 Tesla in Graphene Nanobubbles

N. Levy;S. A. Burke;K. L. Meaker;M. Panlasigui

1944
Citations
Gate-Variable Optical Transitions in Graphene

Feng Wang;Yuanbo Zhang;Chuanshan Tian;Caglar Girit

1889
Citations
Imaging standing waves in a two-dimensional electron gas

M. F. Crommie;C. P. Lutz;D. M. Eigler

1655
Citations
Observation of giant bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor

Miguel M. Ugeda;Aaron J. Bradley;Su-Fei Shi;Felipe H. da Jornada

1612
Citations
Graphene at the edge: stability and dynamics.

Çağlar Ö. Girit;Çağlar Ö. Girit;Çağlar Ö. Girit;Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell

1458
Citations
Direct Imaging of Lattice Atoms and Topological Defects in Graphene Membranes

Jannik C. Meyer;C. Kisielowski;R. Erni;Marta D. Rossell

1451
Citations
Tunneling into a single magnetic atom: spectroscopic evidence of the kondo resonance

Vidya Madhavan;W. Chen;T. Jamneala;M. F. Crommie

1261
Citations
High-resolution EM of colloidal nanocrystal growth using graphene liquid cells

Jong Min Yuk;Jong Min Yuk;Jong Min Yuk;Jungwon Park;Jungwon Park;Peter Ercius;Kwanpyo Kim;Kwanpyo Kim

1218
Citations
Origin of spatial charge inhomogeneity in graphene

Yuanbo Zhang;Victor W. Brar;Victor W. Brar;Caglar Girit;Caglar Girit;Alex Zettl;Alex Zettl

923
Citations
Quantum spin Hall state in monolayer 1T'-WTe2

Shujie Tang;Chaofan Zhang;Chaofan Zhang;Dillon Wong;Zahra Pedramrazi

852
Citations
Spatially resolving edge states of chiral graphene nanoribbons

Chenggang Tao;Chenggang Tao;Liying Jiao;Oleg V. Yazyev;Oleg V. Yazyev;Yen-Chia Chen;Yen-Chia Chen

808
Citations
Characterization of collective ground states in single-layer NbSe 2

Miguel M. Ugeda;Miguel M. Ugeda;Aaron J. Bradley;Yi Zhang;Yi Zhang;Yi Zhang;Seita Onishi

807
Citations
Graphene as a Long-Term Metal Oxidation Barrier: Worse Than Nothing

Maria Schriver;William Regan;William Regan;Will J Gannett;Will J Gannett;Anna M Zaniewski;Anna M Zaniewski

803
Citations
Local Electronic Properties of Graphene on a BN Substrate via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Régis Decker;Yang Wang;Victor W. Brar;Victor W. Brar;William Regan

756
Citations
Grain Boundary Mapping in Polycrystalline Graphene

Kwanpyo Kim;Zonghoon Lee;Zonghoon Lee;William Regan;C. Kisielowski

748
Citations
Raman spectroscopy study of rotated double-layer graphene: misorientation-angle dependence of electronic structure.

Kwanpyo Kim;Kwanpyo Kim;Sinisa Coh;Sinisa Coh;Liang Z. Tan;Liang Z. Tan;William Regan;William Regan

675
Citations
Controlling inelastic light scattering quantum pathways in graphene

Chi-Fan Chen;Cheol-Hwan Park;Bryan W. Boudouris;Bryan W. Boudouris;Jason Horng

657
Citations
Optical detection of Mott and generalized Wigner crystal states in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices

Emma C. Regan;Danqing Wang;Chenhao Jin;M. Iqbal Bakti Utama

359
Citations
Giant bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor

Aaron Bradley;Miguel M. Ugeda;Su-Fei Shi;Felipe H. da Jornada

2
Citations