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Michael F. Crommie 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 Michael F. Crommie sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 381 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael F. Crommie 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 Michael F. Crommie sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Confinement of electrons to quantum corrals on a metal surface.

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Gate-Variable Optical Transitions in Graphene

    Feng Wang;Yuanbo Zhang;Chuanshan Tian;Caglar Girit

  • Imaging standing waves in a two-dimensional electron gas

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Direct Imaging of Lattice Atoms and Topological Defects in Graphene Membranes

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Origin of spatial charge inhomogeneity in graphene

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

  • Quantum spin Hall state in monolayer 1T'-WTe2

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Grain Boundary Mapping in Polycrystalline Graphene

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

  • 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

  • Controlling inelastic light scattering quantum pathways in graphene

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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley
Steven G. Louie
Steven G. Louie University of California, Berkeley
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Marvin L. Cohen
Marvin L. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Takashi Taniguchi
Takashi Taniguchi National Institute for Materials Science
Zhi-Xun Shen
Zhi-Xun Shen Stanford University
Yayu Wang
Yayu Wang Tsinghua University
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley
Jiong Lu
Jiong Lu National University of Singapore

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