2026 Uzi Landman: 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	107	787	752	268	247	505	43182
Physics	105	1387	1314	726	676	539	41637

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society
2002 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For molecular dynamics simulations elucidating the microscopic behavior of solid and liquid interfacial junctions and atomistic processes of tribology.
1989 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For applications of numerical simulation modeling of both the status structure and nonequilibrium dynamics of solid surfaces, interfaces, and small clusters

Overview

Uzi Landman is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with key focus areas in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

Landman's work covers a range of topics including advanced chemical physics studies, quantum and electron transport phenomena, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, quantum dots synthesis and properties, nanocluster synthesis and applications, and the synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles.

Their recent notable publications include:

"The Missing Link: Au₁₉₁(SPh-tBu)₆₆ Janus Nanoparticle with Molecular and Bulk-Metal-like Properties," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Room-Temperature Methane Activation Mediated by Free Tantalum Cluster Cations: Size-by-Size Reactivity," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
"Highly Ordered Boron Nitride/Epigraphene Epitaxial Films on Silicon Carbide by Lateral Epitaxial Deposition," 2020, ACS Nano
"Liquidlike Cu atom diffusion in weakly ionic compounds Cu₂S and Cu₂Se," 2020, Physical Review B
"Carbide Dihydrides: Carbonaceous Species Identified in Ta₄⁺-Mediated Methane Dehydrogenation," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors in Landman's collaborations include Constantine Yannouleas, R. N. Barnett, Bokwon Yoon, Joost M. Bakker, and Thorsten M. Bernhardt.

Landman frequently publishes in venues such as Physical Review B, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Physical Review A.

Throughout their career, Landman has received several recognitions including the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society in 2005, the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in 2002 for molecular dynamics simulations related to solid and liquid interfaces and tribology, and was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989 for contributions in numerical simulation modeling of solid surfaces, interfaces, and small clusters.

Best Publications

Nanotribology: friction, wear and lubrication at the atomic scale

Bharat Bhushan;Jacob N. Israelachvili;Uzi Landman

1992
Citations
When Gold Is Not Noble: Nanoscale Gold Catalysts

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

1777
Citations
Charging Effects on Bonding and Catalyzed Oxidation of CO on Au8 Clusters on MgO

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

1655
Citations
Nanocrystal gold molecules

Robert L. Whetten;Joseph T. Khoury;Marcos M. Alvarez;Srihari Murthy

1580
Citations
Atomistic Mechanisms and Dynamics of Adhesion, Nanoindentation, and Fracture

Uzi Landman;W. D. Luedtke;Nancy A. Burnham;Richard J. Colton

1436
Citations
Ultrastable silver nanoparticles

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866
Citations
Bonding in Cu, Ag, and Au Clusters: Relativistic Effects, Trends, and Surprises

Hannu Häkkinen;Michael Moseler;Uzi Landman

788
Citations
On the Electronic and Atomic Structures of Small AuN- (N = 4−14) Clusters: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density-Functional Study

Hannu Häkkinen;Bokwon Yoon;Uzi Landman;Xi Li

744
Citations
Structural, electronic, and impurity-doping effects in nanoscale chemistry: supported gold nanoclusters.

Hannu Häkkinen;Stéphane Abbet;Antonio Sanchez;Ulrich Heiz

685
Citations
Frictional Forces and Amontons' Law: From the Molecular to the Macroscopic Scale

Jianping Gao;W. D. Luedtke;D. Gourdon;M. Ruths

680
Citations
Born-Oppenheimer molecular-dynamics simulations of finite systems: Structure and dynamics of (H2O)2.

Robert N. Barnett;Uzi Landman

651
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Structural evolution of smaller gold nanocrystals: The truncated decahedral motif

Charles L. Cleveland;Uzi Landman;Thomas G. Schaaff;Marat N. Shafigullin

630
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Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal Au36(SR)24

Chenjie Zeng;Huifeng Qian;Tao Li;Gao Li

620
Citations
Gold clusters ( Au N , 2 N 1 0 ) and their anions

Hannu Häkkinen;Uzi Landman

535
Citations
Formation, Stability, and Breakup of Nanojets

Michael Moseler;Uzi Landman

495
Citations
Structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of passivated gold nanocrystallites and their assemblies

W. D. Luedtke and;Uzi Landman

489
Citations
Properties of Metallic Nanowires: From Conductance Quantization to Localization

J. I. Pascual;J. Méndez;J. Gómez-Herrero;A. M. Baró

484
Citations
The energetics and structure of nickel clusters: Size dependence

Charles L. Cleveland;Uzi Landman

476
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Charge Migration in DNA: Ion-Gated Transport

Robert N. Barnett;Charles L. Cleveland;Abraham Joy;Uzi Landman

475
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Catalytic CO oxidation by free Au2-: experiment and theory.

Liana D. Socaciu;Jan Hagen;Thorsten M. Bernhardt;Ludger Wöste

469
Citations
Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal

Chenjie Zeng;Huifeng Qian;Tao Li;Gao Li

3
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