2026 Nicolás Agraït: 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	55	8458	8171	149	147	145	16136

Overview

Nicolás Agraït is a researcher affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The research topics Nicolás Agraït explores include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, Nanowire Synthesis and Applications, Graphene Research and Applications, and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics.

They have published extensively in several renowned scientific venues, with multiple publications in The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, ACS Omega, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Among their recent papers are the following:

A Peierls Transition in Long Polymethine Molecular Wires: Evolution of Molecular Geometry and Single-Molecule Conductance (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
Molecular Structure-(Thermo)electric Property Relationships in Single-Molecule Junctions and Comparisons with Single- and Multiple-Parameter Models (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
Thermoelectric Enhancement in Single Organic Radical Molecules (2022, Nano Letters)
Microheater Actuators as a Versatile Platform for Strain Engineering in 2D Materials (2020, Nano Letters)
Single-molecule conductance of dibenzopentalenes: antiaromaticity and quantum interference (2020, Chemical Communications)

Nicolás Agraït frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Among their most common coauthors are Colin J. Lambert, Juan Hurtado-Gallego, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger, Sara Sangtarash, and Simon J. Higgins, with numerous joint publications contributing to their research areas.

Best Publications

Quantum properties of atomic-sized conductors

Nicolás Agraı̈t;Alfredo Levy Yeyati;Jan M. van Ruitenbeek

1987
Citations
Formation and manipulation of a metallic wire of single gold atoms

A. I. Yanson;G. Rubio Bollinger;H. E. van den Brom;N. Agraït

1232
Citations
Elastic Properties of Freely Suspended MoS2 Nanosheets

Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Menno Poot;Gary A. Steele;Herre S. J. van der Zant

1202
Citations
The signature of chemical valence in the electrical conduction through a single-atom contact

Elke Scheer;Nicolás Agraït;Juan Carlos Cuevas;Alfredo Levy Yeyati

857
Citations
Atomic-sized metallic contacts: Mechanical properties and electronic transport.

Rubio G;Agraït N;Vieira S

768
Citations
Conductance steps and quantization in atomic-size contacts

N. Agraït;J. G. Rodrigo;S. Vieira

587
Citations
Mechanical Properties and Formation Mechanisms of a Wire of Single Gold Atoms

G. Rubio-Bollinger;Sune Rastad Bahn;N. Agrait;Karsten Wedel Jacobsen

538
Citations
Enhanced superconductivity in atomically thin TaS2.

Efrén Navarro-Moratalla;Efrén Navarro-Moratalla;Joshua O. Island;Samuel Mañas-Valero;Elena Pinilla-Cienfuegos;Elena Pinilla-Cienfuegos

420
Citations
Optical identification of atomically thin dichalcogenide crystals

A Castellanos-Gomez;N Agraït;G Rubio-Bollinger

401
Citations
Measurement of interfacial shear (friction) with an ultrahigh vacuum atomic force microscope

Robert W Carpick;N. Agraït;D. F Ogletree;Miguel Salmeron

395
Citations
Plastic Deformation of Nanometer-Scale Gold Connective Necks.

N. Agraït;G. Rubio;S. Vieira

379
Citations
Variation of the Interfacial Shear Strength and Adhesion of a Nanometer-Sized Contact

R. W. Carpick;N. Agraït;D. F. Ogletree;M. Salmeron

367
Citations
Onset of energy dissipation in ballistic atomic wires.

Nicolás Agraït;Carlos Untiedt;Gabino Rubio-Bollinger;Sebastián Vieira

334
Citations
Strong Modulation of Optical Properties in Black Phosphorus through Strain-Engineered Rippling

Jorge Quereda;Pablo San-Jose;Vincenzo Parente;Luis Vaquero-Garzon

263
Citations
Engineering the Thermopower of C60 Molecular Junctions

Charalambos Evangeli;Katalin Gillemot;Edmund Leary;M. Teresa González

221
Citations
Mechanical properties of freely suspended semiconducting graphene-like layers based on MoS2

Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Menno Poot;Menno Poot;Gary A. Steele;Herre S. J. van der Zant

221
Citations
Evolution of Conducting Channels in Metallic Atomic Contacts under Elastic Deformation

J. C. Cuevas;A. Levy Yeyati;A. Martín-Rodero;G. Rubio Bollinger

210
Citations
Calibration of the length of a chain of single gold atoms

C. Untiedt;A. I. Yanson;R. Grande;G. Rubio-Bollinger

209
Citations
Spatially resolved optical absorption spectroscopy of single- and few-layer MoS2 by hyperspectral imaging

Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Jorge Quereda;Herko P van der Meulen;Nicolás Agraït;Nicolás Agraït

200
Citations
Incorporating single molecules into electrical circuits. The role of the chemical anchoring group.

Edmund Leary;Edmund Leary;Andrea La Rosa;M. Teresa González;Gabino Rubio-Bollinger

196
Citations
Electric-Field Screening in Atomically Thin Layers of MoS2: the Role of Interlayer Coupling

Andres Castellanos-Gomez;Emmanuele Cappelluti;Rafael Roldán;Nicolás Agraït;Nicolás Agraït

171
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