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D-Index
46
Citations
11722
World Ranking
15849
National Ranking
1162

Ueli Heiz publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ueli Heiz sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 180 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ueli Heiz D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ueli Heiz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ueli Heiz is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Materials Science and Energy, with substantial contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

Heiz's work covers several main topics, including Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

Their recent research papers include:

  • "Catalytic Non-Oxidative Coupling of Methane on Ta8O2+" (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Surface Species in Photocatalytic Methanol Reforming on Pt/TiO2(110): Learning from Surface Science Experiments for Catalytically Relevant Conditions" (2020), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Size and Coverage Effects of Ni and Pt Co-Catalysts in the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Methanol on TiO2(110)" (2022), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Tuning Strong Metal-Support Interaction Kinetics on Pt-Loaded TiO2(110) by Choosing the Pressure: A Combined Ultrahigh Vacuum/Near-Ambient Pressure XPS Study" (2022), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Room-Temperature Methane Activation Mediated by Free Tantalum Cluster Cations: Size-by-Size Reactivity" (2021), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Heiz include:

  • Martin Tschurl
  • Aras Kartouzian
  • Friedrich Esch
  • Barbara A. J. Lechner
  • Sebastian Kaiser

Heiz has published multiple articles in notable scientific venues, with the highest number in:

  • ACS Catalysis (9 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (3 publications)
  • Applied Surface Science (3 publications)
  • ChemPhysChem (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • When Gold Is Not Noble: Nanoscale Gold Catalysts

    A. Sanchez;S. Abbet;U. Heiz;W. D. Schneider

  • Charging Effects on Bonding and Catalyzed Oxidation of CO on Au8 Clusters on MgO

    Bokwon Yoon;Hannu Häkkinen;Uzi Landman;Anke S. Wörz

  • Catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide on monodispersed platinum clusters: Each atom counts

    U. Heiz;A. Sanchez;S. Abbet;W. D. Schneider

  • Acetylene cyclotrimerization on supported size-selected Pd-n clusters (1 <= n <= 30): one atom is enough!

    S. Abbet;A. Sanchez;U. Heiz;W. D. Schneider

  • The effect of particle proximity on the oxygen reduction rate of size-selected platinum clusters

    Markus Nesselberger;Melanie Roefzaad;Fayçal Riad Hamou;P. Ulrich Biedermann

  • Chemical reactivity of size-selected supported clusters: An experimental setup

    U. Heiz;F. Vanolli;L. Trento;W.-D. Schneider

  • Nanoassembled model catalysts

    Ueli Heiz;Ueli Heiz;Wolf-Dieter Schneider

  • Factors in gold nanocatalysis: oxidation of CO in the non-scalable size regime

    Uzi Landman;Bokwon Yoon;Chun Zhang;Ueli Heiz

  • Coadsorption of CO and O2 on small free gold cluster anions at cryogenic temperatures: Model complexes for catalytic CO oxidation

    Jan Hagen;Liana D. Socaciu;Maryam Elijazyfer;Ueli Heiz

  • Control and manipulation of gold nanocatalysis: effects of metal oxide support thickness and composition.

    Chris Harding;Vahideh Habibpour;Sebastian Kunz;Adrian Nam-Su Farnbacher

  • CO Oxidation on a Single Pd Atom Supported on Magnesia

    S. Abbet;U. Heiz;H. Häkkinen;U. Landman

  • Size-dependent molecular dissociation on mass-selected, supported metal clusters

    U. Heiz;F. Vanolli;and A. Sanchez;W.-D. Schneider

  • High sintering resistance of size-selected platinum cluster catalysts by suppressed ostwald ripening

    Kristina Wettergren;Florian F. Schweinberger;Davide Deiana;Claron J. Ridge

  • Charging of Au atoms on TiO2 thin films from CO vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

    Anke S. Wörz;Ueli Heiz;Fabrizio Cinquini;Gianfranco Pacchioni

  • Tuning the oxidation of carbon monoxide using nanoassembled model catalysts

    U. Heiz;A. Sanchez;S. Abbet;W.-D. Schneider

  • CO Combustion on Supported Gold Clusters

    Matthias Arenz;Uzi Landman;Ueli Heiz

  • Structure sensitivity in the nonscalable regime explored via catalysed ethylene hydrogenation on supported platinum nanoclusters.

    Andrew S. Crampton;Marian D. Rötzer;Claron J. Ridge;Claron J. Ridge;Florian F. Schweinberger

  • Identification of defect sites on MgO(100) thin films by decoration with Pd atoms and studying CO adsorption properties.

    Stephane Abbet;Elisa Riedo;Harald Brune;Ulrich Heiz

  • Tuning the Selectivity of Acetylene Polymerization Atom by Atom

    Stéphane Abbet;Antonio Sanchez;Ueli Heiz;Wolf-Dieter Schneider

  • The reactivity of gold and platinum metals in their cluster phase

    U. Heiz;A. Sanchez;S. Abbet;W. D. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Uzi Landman
Uzi Landman Georgia Institute of Technology
Wolf-Dieter Schneider
Wolf-Dieter Schneider École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Matthias Arenz
Matthias Arenz University of Bern
Gianfranco Pacchioni
Gianfranco Pacchioni University of Milano-Bicocca
Anna Maria Ferrari
Anna Maria Ferrari University of Turin
Martin Stutzmann
Martin Stutzmann Technical University of Munich
Hannu Häkkinen
Hannu Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Livia Giordano
Livia Giordano University of Milano-Bicocca
Michael Moseler
Michael Moseler University of Freiburg
Cristiana Di Valentin
Cristiana Di Valentin University of Milano-Bicocca

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