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Mikhail I. Katsnelson

Mikhail I. Katsnelson

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Physics
Netherlands
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
134
Citations
146566
World Ranking
477
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2013 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council

Overview

Mikhail I. Katsnelson is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research spans fields primarily within Physics and Astronomy, as well as Materials Science. Subfields where they have substantial publication records include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics such as Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, 2D Materials and Applications, Graphene research and applications, Topological Materials and Phenomena, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, and Magnetic properties of thin films.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Katsnelson include:

  • А. Н. Руденко
  • Malte Rösner
  • Swagata Acharya
  • Dimitar Pashov
  • Mark van Schilfgaarde

The scientist has published extensively across several venues. Prominent venues for their publications are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • npj Computational Materials

Selected recent papers by Mikhail I. Katsnelson include:

  • "Magnetic Two-Dimensional Chromium Trihalides: A Theoretical Perspective" (2020) published in Nano Letters
  • "Generalization properties of neural network approximations to frustrated magnet ground states" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Toward a theory of evolution as multilevel learning" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Large-area, periodic, and tunable intrinsic pseudo-magnetic fields in low-angle twisted bilayer graphene" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Relativistic exchange interactions in CrX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) monolayers" (2020) published in Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Katsnelson has also contributed to book publications, including the title The Physics of Graphene (2020) published by Cambridge University Press.

Awards and recognitions received by the scientist include membership in Academia Europaea since 2013 and the Spinoza Prize awarded by the Dutch Research Council in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene

    K. S. Novoselov;A. K. Geim;S. V. Morozov;D. Jiang

  • Detection of individual gas molecules adsorbed on graphene

    F. Schedin;A. K. Geim;S. V. Morozov;E. W. Hill

  • The structure of suspended graphene sheets

    Jannik C. Meyer;A. K. Geim;M. I. Katsnelson;K. S. Novoselov

  • Chiral tunnelling and the Klein paradox in graphene

    M. I. Katsnelson;K. S. Novoselov;A. K. Geim

  • Control of graphene's properties by reversible hydrogenation: Evidence for graphane

    D. C. Elias;R. R. Nair;T. M. G. Mohiuddin;S. V. Morozov

  • Giant intrinsic carrier mobilities in graphene and its bilayer

    S. V. Morozov;K. S. Novoselov;M. I. Katsnelson;F. Schedin

  • Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

    Andrea C. Ferrari;Francesco Bonaccorso;Francesco Bonaccorso;Vladimir Fal'ko;Konstantin S. Novoselov

  • Field-effect tunneling transistor based on vertical graphene heterostructures.

    L. Britnell;R. V. Gorbachev;R. Jalil;B. D. Belle

  • Chaotic Dirac billiard in graphene quantum dots.

    L. A. Ponomarenko;F. Schedin;M. I. Katsnelson;R. Yang

  • Unconventional quantum Hall effect and Berry’s phase of 2π in bilayer graphene

    K. S. Novoselov;Edward McCann;S. V. Morozov;Vladimir I. Fal’ko

  • Graphene: Carbon in Two Dimensions

    Mikhail I. Katsnelson

  • Energy gaps and a zero-field quantum Hall effect in graphene by strain engineering

    F. Guinea;M. I. Katsnelson;A. K. Geim

  • Local spin density functional approach to the theory of exchange interactions in ferromagnetic metals and alloys

    A.I. Liechtenstein;M.I. Katsnelson;V.P. Antropov;V.A. Gubanov

  • Intrinsic ripples in graphene

    A. Fasolino;J. H. Los;M. I. Katsnelson

  • Molecular doping of graphene

    T. O. Wehling;K. S. Novoselov;S. V. Morozov;E. E. Vdovin

  • Fluorographene: Two Dimensional Counterpart of Teflon

    R. R. Nair;W. C. Ren;R. Jalil;I. Riaz

  • Strong suppression of weak localization in graphene.

    S. V. Morozov;K. S. Novoselov;M. I. Katsnelson;F. Schedin

  • Half-metallic ferromagnets: From band structure to many-body effects

    M. I. Katsnelson;V. Yu. Irkhin;L. Chioncel;A. I. Lichtenstein

  • Electron Tunneling through Ultrathin Boron Nitride Crystalline Barriers

    Liam Britnell;Roman V. Gorbachev;Rashid Jalil;Branson D. Belle

  • Hydrogen on graphene: Electronic structure, total energy, structural distortions and magnetism from first-principles calculations

    D. W. Boukhvalov;M. I. Katsnelson;A. I. Lichtenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander I. Lichtenstein
Alexander I. Lichtenstein Universität Hamburg
Olle Eriksson
Olle Eriksson Uppsala University
Annalisa Fasolino
Annalisa Fasolino Radboud University
Tim O. Wehling
Tim O. Wehling Universität Hamburg
Andre K. Geim
Andre K. Geim University of Manchester
Francisco Guinea
Francisco Guinea IMDEA Nanoscience Institute
Kostya S. Novoselov
Kostya S. Novoselov National University of Singapore
Danil W. Boukhvalov
Danil W. Boukhvalov Nanjing Forestry University
Marco Polini
Marco Polini University of Pisa
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health

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