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Steven De Feyter

Steven De Feyter

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Materials Science

D-Index
84
Citations
26743
World Ranking
2253
National Ranking
18

Chemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
26676
World Ranking
2802
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Steven De Feyter is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research outputs span various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Organic Chemistry.

Their primary research topics cover Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Graphene research and applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena, and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications.

Steven De Feyter's publication record includes papers in a range of high-profile scientific journals. Some notable papers include:

  • Direct X-ray and electron-beam lithography of halogenated zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Halogen Bonding in Two-Dimensional Crystal Engineering, 2020, ChemistryOpen
  • Observing polymerization in 2D dynamic covalent polymers, 2022, Nature
  • Real-Time Molecular-Scale Imaging of Dynamic Network Switching between Covalent Organic Frameworks, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Molecular-Level Insights on Reactive Arrangement in On-Surface Photocatalytic Coupling Reactions Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist has published frequently in certain venues, having multiple papers in the following journals:

  • Nanoscale (14 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (11 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (11 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (11 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (9 publications)

Steven De Feyter has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer Nature titled Aryl Diazonium Salts and Related Compounds from 2022.

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, with prominent collaborators including Kunal S. Mali, Miriam C. Rodríguez González, Kazukuni Tahara, Gangamallaiah Velpula, and Stefan De Gendt. The volume of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 13 to 56 papers each.

In recognition of their contributions, Steven De Feyter was named a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Two-dimensional supramolecular self-assembly probed by scanning tunneling microscopy

    Steven De Feyter;Frans C. De Schryver

  • Molecular and Supramolecular Networks on Surfaces: From Two-Dimensional Crystal Engineering to Reactivity

    Johannes A. A. W. Elemans;Shengbin Lei;Steven De Feyter

  • Chemical vapour deposition of zeolitic imidazolate framework thin films

    Ivo Stassen;Mark Styles;Gianluca Grenci;Hans Van Gorp

  • Synthesis of structurally well-defined and liquid-phase-processable graphene nanoribbons

    Akimitsu Narita;Xinliang Feng;Yenny Hernandez;Søren A. Jensen;Søren A. Jensen

  • Self-assembly at the liquid/solid interface: STM reveals.

    Steven De Feyter;Frans C. De Schryver

  • Two-dimensional supramolecular self-assembly: nanoporous networks on surfaces

    Tibor Kudernac;Shengbin Lei;Johannes A. A. W. Elemans;Steven De Feyter

  • Two-dimensional porous molecular networks of dehydrobenzo[12]annulene derivatives via alkyl chain interdigitation.

    Kazukuni Tahara;Shuhei Furukawa;Hiroshi Uji-I;Tsutomu Uchino

  • Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks via Michael Addition-Elimination.

    M. Rajeswara Rao;Yuan Fang;Yuan Fang;Steven De Feyter;Dmitrii F. Perepichka

  • Covalent Modification of Graphene and Graphite Using Diazonium Chemistry: Tunable Grafting and Nanomanipulation

    John Greenwood;Thanh Hai Phan;Yasuhiko Fujita;Zhi Li

  • One Building Block, Two Different Supramolecular Surface-Confined Patterns: Concentration in Control at the Solid–Liquid Interface†

    Shengbin Lei;Kazukuni Tahara;Frans C. De Schryver;Mark Van der Auweraer

  • Scanning tunneling microscopy: a unique tool in the study of chirality, dynamics, and reactivity in physisorbed organic monolayers.

    S. De Feyter;A. Gesquiere;M. M. Abdel-Mottaleb;P. C. M. Grim

  • Self-Assembly of Bisurea Compounds in Organic Solvents and on Solid Substrates

    J. H van Esch;S. de Feyter;R.M Kellogg;F.C. de Schryver

  • Supramolecular Assemblies on Surfaces: Nanopatterning, Functionality, and Reactivity

    Dominic P. Goronzy;Maryam Ebrahimi;Federico Rosei;Federico Rosei;Arramel

  • Terrylenimides: New NIR Fluorescent Dyes

    F. O. Holtrup;G. R. J. Müller;H. Quante;S. De Feyter

  • Two-dimensional chirality at liquid–solid interfaces

    Johannes A. A. W. Elemans;Inge De Cat;Hong Xu;Steven De Feyter

  • Solvent Controlled Self-Assembly at the Liquid-Solid Interface Revealed by STM

    Wael Mamdouh;Hiroshi Uji-I;Janine S. Ladislaw;Andres E. Dulcey

  • Structurally Defined Graphene Nanoribbons with High Lateral Extension

    M. G. Schwab;A. Narita;Y. Hernandez;T. Balandina

  • Frontiers of supramolecular chemistry at solid surfaces

    Kunal S. Mali;Nicholas Pearce;Steven De Feyter;Neil R. Champness

  • Structural Transformation of a Two‐Dimensional Molecular Network in Response to Selective Guest Inclusion

    Shuhei Furukawa;Kazukuni Tahara;Frans C. De Schryver;Mark Van der Auweraer

  • Pi-conjugated oligo-(p-phenylenevinylene) rosettes and their tubular self-assembly.

    Pascal Jonkheijm;Atsushi Miura;Magdalena Zdanowska;Freek J. M. Hoeben

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazukuni Tahara
Kazukuni Tahara Meiji University
Yoshito Tobe
Yoshito Tobe Osaka University
Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Hiroshi Uji-i
Hiroshi Uji-i KU Leuven
Roberto Lazzaroni
Roberto Lazzaroni University of Mons
David B. Amabilino
David B. Amabilino University of Nottingham
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning Eindhoven University of Technology
Xinliang Feng
Xinliang Feng TU Dresden

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