2026 Niklas Nilius: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	49	10499	10142	582	564	203	9347
Chemistry	48	15180	13682	1109	977	188	8962

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

10499

10142

582

564

203

9347

Chemistry

15180

13682

1109

977

188

8962

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

9347

World Ranking

10499

National Ranking

582

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

8962

World Ranking

15180

National Ranking

1109

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

562
Citations
Photochemistry on Metal Nanoparticles

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

557
Citations
Nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis: new mechanistic insights.

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

436
Citations
Photon emission spectroscopy of individual oxide-supported silver clusters in a scanning tunneling microscope

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

278
Citations
Properties of oxide thin films and their adsorption behavior studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and conductance spectroscopy

Niklas Nilius

259
Citations
Gold supported on thin oxide films: from single atoms to nanoparticles.

Thomas Risse;Shamil Shaikhutdinov;Niklas Nilius;Martin Sterrer

231
Citations
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

219
Citations
Identification of color centers on MgO(001) thin films with scanning tunneling microscopy

Martin Sterrer;Markus Heyde;Marek Novicki;Niklas Nilius

178
Citations
Interplay between structural, magnetic, and electronic properties in a FeO/Pt(111) ultrathin film

Livia Giordano;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Jacek Goniakowski;Niklas Nilius

153
Citations
Atomic structure of antiphase domain boundaries of a thin Al2O3 film on NiAl(110).

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

153
Citations
Self-organization of gold atoms on a polar FeO(111) surface.

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

151
Citations
Electronic density oscillations in gold atomic chains assembled atom by atom.

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

150
Citations
Surface potential of a polar oxide film: FeO on Pt(111)

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

148
Citations
Quantum well states in two-dimensional gold clusters on MgO thin films.

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

147
Citations
Temperature-Dependent Morphology, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Li-Doped MgO

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

145
Citations
Oxygen-deficient line defects in an ultrathin aluminum oxide film.

Michael Schmid;Maxim Shishkin;Georg Kresse;Evelyn Napetschnig

144
Citations
Charging of metal adatoms on ultrathin oxide films: Au and Pd on FeO/Pt(111).

Livia Giordano;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Jacek Goniakowski;Niklas Nilius

136
Citations
Charge-Mediated Adsorption Behavior of CO on MgO-Supported Au Clusters

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

130
Citations
Tailoring the Shape of Metal Ad-Particles by Doping the Oxide Support

Xiang Shao;Stefano Prada;Livia Giordano;Gianfranco Pacchioni

130
Citations
Counting electrons transferred through a thin alumina film into Au chains.

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

123
Citations