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49
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9347
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10497
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581

Chemistry

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Niklas Nilius 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 Niklas Nilius sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 203 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Niklas Nilius 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 Niklas Nilius sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Niklas Nilius is affiliated with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a concentration on materials chemistry. The subfields in which they work include electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as polymers and plastics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to oxide materials and their properties. Key topics of their research include:

  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Nilius has contributed to various peer-reviewed articles. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Nanopyramidal Reconstruction of Cu2O(111): A Long-Standing Surface Puzzle Solved by STM and DFT" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Growth of Self-Passivating Oxide Layers on Aluminum-Pressure and Temperature Dependence" (2021) published in physica status solidi (b)
  • "Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Cuprous Oxide: Bulk Crystal versus Crystalline Films" (2023) published in physica status solidi (a)
  • "A surface science view onto cuprous oxide: Growth, termination, electronic structure and optical response" (2024) published in Surface Science Reports
  • "Impact of Granularity on the Oxidation Kinetics of Copper" (2020) published in physica status solidi (b)

The main venues in which Nilius frequently publishes include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • physica status solidi (b)
  • physica status solidi (a)
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Among the frequent coauthors collaborating with Nilius are:

  • Jacek Goniakowski
  • Claudine Noguera
  • Alexander Gloystein
  • Piotr Igor Wemhoff
  • Hans-Joachim Freund

Best Publications

  • Development of One-Dimensional Band Structure in Artificial Gold Chains

    N. Nilius;T. M. Wallis;W. Ho

  • Photochemistry on Metal Nanoparticles

    Kazuo Watanabe;Dietrich Menzel;Niklas Nilius;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis: new mechanistic insights.

    Swetlana Schauermann;Niklas Nilius;Shamil Kamilovich Shaikhutdinov;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Photon emission spectroscopy of individual oxide-supported silver clusters in a scanning tunneling microscope

    N. Nilius;N. Ernst;H.-J. Freund

  • Properties of oxide thin films and their adsorption behavior studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and conductance spectroscopy

    Niklas Nilius

  • Gold supported on thin oxide films: from single atoms to nanoparticles.

    Thomas Risse;Shamil Shaikhutdinov;Niklas Nilius;Martin Sterrer

  • Electron localization in defective ceria films: A study with scanning-tunneling microscopy and density-functional theory

    Jan-Frederik Jerratsch;Xiang Shao;Niklas Nilius;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Identification of color centers on MgO(001) thin films with scanning tunneling microscopy

    Martin Sterrer;Markus Heyde;Marek Novicki;Niklas Nilius

  • Interplay between structural, magnetic, and electronic properties in a FeO/Pt(111) ultrathin film

    Livia Giordano;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Jacek Goniakowski;Niklas Nilius

  • Atomic structure of antiphase domain boundaries of a thin Al2O3 film on NiAl(110).

    Maria Kulawik;Niklas Nilius;Hans-Peter Rust;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Self-organization of gold atoms on a polar FeO(111) surface.

    Niklas Nilius;Emile D. L. Rienks;Hans-Peter Rust;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Electronic density oscillations in gold atomic chains assembled atom by atom.

    T. M. Wallis;N. Nilius;W. Ho

  • Surface potential of a polar oxide film: FeO on Pt(111)

    Emile D. L. Rienks;Niklas Nilius;Hans-Peter Rust;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Quantum well states in two-dimensional gold clusters on MgO thin films.

    Xiao Lin;Niklas Nilius;Hans-Joachim Freund;Michael Walter

  • Temperature-Dependent Morphology, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Li-Doped MgO

    Philipp Myrach;Niklas Nilius;Sergey V. Levchenko;Anastasia Gonchar

  • Oxygen-deficient line defects in an ultrathin aluminum oxide film.

    Michael Schmid;Maxim Shishkin;Georg Kresse;Evelyn Napetschnig

  • Charging of metal adatoms on ultrathin oxide films: Au and Pd on FeO/Pt(111).

    Livia Giordano;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Jacek Goniakowski;Niklas Nilius

  • Charge-Mediated Adsorption Behavior of CO on MgO-Supported Au Clusters

    Xiao Lin;Bing Yang;Hadj-Mohamed Benia;Philipp Myrach

  • Tailoring the Shape of Metal Ad-Particles by Doping the Oxide Support

    Xiang Shao;Stefano Prada;Livia Giordano;Gianfranco Pacchioni

  • Counting electrons transferred through a thin alumina film into Au chains.

    Niklas N. Nilius;Maria V. Ganduglia-Pirovano;Veronika Brázdová;Maria Kulawik

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Martin Sterrer
Martin Sterrer University of Graz
Gianfranco Pacchioni
Gianfranco Pacchioni University of Milano-Bicocca
Livia Giordano
Livia Giordano University of Milano-Bicocca
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Wilson Ho
Wilson Ho University of California, Irvine
Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wolf-Dieter Schneider
Wolf-Dieter Schneider École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hannu Häkkinen
Hannu Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Jacek Goniakowski
Jacek Goniakowski Sorbonne University

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