2026 Walt A. de Heer: 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	77	3047	2942	848	796	266	63676

Walt A. de Heer 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 Walt A. de Heer sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 266 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walt A. de Heer 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 Walt A. de Heer sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to our understanding of the electronic properties of free metal clusters and for the studies of the field emission and transport properties of nanotubes

Overview

Walt A. de Heer is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics of their work include:

Graphene research and applications
Thermal properties of materials
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
2D Materials and Applications
ZnO doping and properties
Topological Materials and Phenomena

Walt A. de Heer has authored several recent papers, indicating a consistent output in high-impact journals. These include:

Ultrahigh-mobility semiconducting epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide, 2024, Nature
Highly Ordered Boron Nitride/Epigraphene Epitaxial Films on Silicon Carbide by Lateral Epitaxial Deposition, 2020, ACS Nano
An epitaxial graphene platform for zero-energy edge state nanoelectronics, 2022, Nature Communications
Non-Invasive Nanoscale Potentiometry and Ballistic Transport in Epigraphene Nanoribbons, 2020, Nano Letters
Magnetic nanodoping: Atomic control of spin states in cobalt doped silver clusters, 2023, Physical Review Research

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature
ACS Nano
Nature Communications
Physical Review Research

Collaborations have been an element of their research, with frequent co-authors including Claire Berger, Noel Dudeck, Frédéric Fossard, Annick Loiseau, and Paul L. Voss.

Walt A. de Heer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003, with a citation noting contributions related to the electronic properties of free metal clusters, as well as studies on the field emission and transport properties of nanotubes.

Best Publications

Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

Ray H. Baughman;Anvar A. Zakhidov;Walt A. de Heer

13213
Citations
Electronic Confinement and Coherence in Patterned Epitaxial Graphene

Claire Berger;Claire Berger;Zhimin Song;Xuebin Li;Xiaosong Wu

7115
Citations
Ultrathin epitaxial graphite: 2D electron gas properties and a route toward graphene-based nanoelectronics.

Claire Berger;Zhimin Song;Tianbo Li;Xuebin Li

4748
Citations
A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source

Walt A. de Heer;A. Châtelain;D. Ugarte

4665
Citations
The physics of simple metal clusters: experimental aspects and simple models

Walt A. de Heer

3817
Citations
Carbon nanotube quantum resistors

Stefan Frank;Philippe Poncharal;Z. L. Wang;Walt A. de Heer

2944
Citations
Electronic Shell Structure and Abundances of Sodium Clusters

W. D. Knight;Keith Clemenger;Walt A. de Heer;Winston A. Saunders

2893
Citations
Electrostatic deflections and electromechanical resonances of carbon nanotubes

Philippe Poncharal;Z. L. Wang;Daniel Ugarte;Walt A. de Heer

2691
Citations
Epitaxial graphene

Walt A. de Heer;Claire Berger;Xiaosong Wu;Phillip N. First

1206
Citations
Field emission from single-wall carbon nanotube films

Jean-Marc Bonard;Jean-Paul Salvetat;Thomas Stöckli;Walt A. de Heer

981
Citations
Chemical Modification of Epitaxial Graphene: Spontaneous Grafting of Aryl Groups

Elena Bekyarova;Mikhail E. Itkis;Palanisamy Ramesh;Claire Berger

958
Citations
Nanoscale Tunable Reduction of Graphene Oxide for Graphene Electronics

Zhongqing Wei;Debin Wang;Suenne Kim;Soo Young Kim;Soo Young Kim

863
Citations
Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

Jens Baringhaus;Ming Ruan;Frederik Edler;Antonio Tejeda

719
Citations
Room-temperature metastability of multilayer graphene oxide films

Suenne Kim;Si Zhou;Yike Hu;Muge Acik

632
Citations
Large area and structured epitaxial graphene produced by confinement controlled sublimation of silicon carbide

Walt. A. de Heer;Claire Berger;Ming Ruan;Mike Sprinkle

602
Citations
Observing the Quantization of Zero Mass Carriers in Graphene

David L. Miller;Kevin D. Kubista;Gregory M. Rutter;Ming Ruan

602
Citations
Ultrafast Relaxation of Excited Dirac Fermions in Epitaxial Graphene Using Optical Differential Transmission Spectroscopy

Dong Sun;Zong-Kwei Wu;Charles Divin;Xuebin Li

578
Citations
Electronic Shell Structure and Metal Clusters

Walt A. de Heer;W.D. Knight;M.Y. Chou;Marvin L. Cohen

554
Citations
Highly efficient spin transport in epitaxial graphene on SiC

Bruno Dlubak;Marie-Blandine Martin;Cyrile Deranlot;Bernard Servet

501
Citations
Epitaxial graphene transistors on SiC substrates

Jakub Kedzierski;Pei-Lan Hsu;Paul Healey;Peter Wyatt

496
Citations