Alexander Birkner

3.8k total citations
83 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Birkner is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Birkner has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 22 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Alexander Birkner's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (14 papers). Alexander Birkner is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (14 papers). Alexander Birkner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and Austria. Alexander Birkner's co-authors include Christof Wöll, Martin Muhler, Roland A. Fischer, Olaf Hinrichsen, Anja‐Verena Mudring, Hubert Bielawa, Kai Richter, Wolfgang Grünert, Yicheng Wang and Konstantin Klementiev and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Birkner

81 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Birkner Germany 34 2.4k 977 865 550 529 83 3.3k
L. M. Molina Spain 25 3.3k 1.4× 884 0.9× 962 1.1× 893 1.6× 510 1.0× 52 4.0k
Moniek Tromp Netherlands 31 1.9k 0.8× 913 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 577 1.0× 869 1.6× 97 4.0k
Britt Hvolbæk Denmark 10 2.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 465 0.5× 1.3k 2.4× 627 1.2× 12 3.3k
Mitsuru Sano Japan 34 2.5k 1.0× 725 0.7× 2.0k 2.4× 536 1.0× 248 0.5× 117 4.2k
Kok Hwa Lim Singapore 31 2.5k 1.1× 843 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 1.9k 3.4× 811 1.5× 92 4.8k
Sebastian Kunz Germany 30 1.8k 0.7× 468 0.5× 706 0.8× 1.0k 1.8× 617 1.2× 67 2.9k
Grant E. Johnson United States 33 2.0k 0.8× 782 0.8× 495 0.6× 413 0.8× 177 0.3× 92 3.1k
Keju Sun China 32 2.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 472 0.5× 1.4k 2.5× 587 1.1× 108 3.8k
Adam S. Hock United States 29 1.9k 0.8× 982 1.0× 857 1.0× 311 0.6× 726 1.4× 68 3.0k
Michel Devillers Belgium 32 2.2k 0.9× 655 0.7× 379 0.4× 346 0.6× 879 1.7× 137 3.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Oberhofer, Harald, Alexander Birkner, Mingchun Xu, et al.. (2013). Chemical Activity of Thin Oxide Layers: Strong Interactions with the Support Yield a New Thin‐Film Phase of ZnO. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(45). 11925–11929. 173 indexed citations
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Dolcet, Paolo, Alexander Birkner, Maurizio Casarin, et al.. (2013). Inorganic chemistry in a nanoreactor: Au/TiO2 nanocomposites by photolysis of a single-source precursor in miniemulsion. Nanoscale. 5(21). 10534–10534. 18 indexed citations
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Noei, Heshmat, Alexander Birkner, Klaus Merz, Martin Muhler, & Yuemin Wang. (2012). Probing the Mechanism of Low-Temperature CO Oxidation on Au/ZnO Catalysts by Vibrational Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(20). 11181–11188. 33 indexed citations
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Richter, Kai, Alexander Birkner, & Anja‐Verena Mudring. (2011). Stability and growth behavior of transition metal nanoparticles in ionic liquids prepared by thermal evaporation: how stable are they really?. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(15). 7136–7136. 66 indexed citations
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Richter, Kai, Alexander Birkner, & Anja‐Verena Mudring. (2010). Stabilizer‐Free Metal Nanoparticles and Metal–Metal Oxide Nanocomposites with Long‐Term Stability Prepared by Physical Vapor Deposition into Ionic Liquids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(13). 2431–2435. 104 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhihong, Daniel Käfer, Asif Bashir, et al.. (2010). Influence of OH groups on charge transport across organic–organic interfaces: a systematic approach employing an “ideal” device. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(17). 4317–4317. 3 indexed citations
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Goodilin, Eugene A., et al.. (2009). Soluble microcapsules for non-toxic magnetic fluids. Mendeleev Communications. 19(1). 4–6. 4 indexed citations
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Rohe, Markus, Elke Löffler, Martin Muhler, et al.. (2008). A gold-containing TiO complex: a crystalline molecular precursor as an alternative route to Au/TiO2 composites. Dalton Transactions. 6106–6106. 10 indexed citations
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Calatayud, Mónica, et al.. (2008). Diffusion versus Desorption: Complex Behavior of H Atoms on an Oxide Surface. ChemPhysChem. 9(2). 253–256. 122 indexed citations
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Mayer‐Gall, Thomas, Alexander Birkner, & Gerald Dyker. (2007). Pyridyl-substituted porphyrins on palladium nanoparticles. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 693(1). 1–3. 7 indexed citations
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Birkner, Alexander, et al.. (2006). Adsorption of atomic hydrogen on ZnO(1010): STM study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 8(13). 1477–1477. 40 indexed citations
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Shekhah, Osama, Carsten Busse, Asif Bashir, et al.. (2006). Electrochemically deposited Pd islands on an organic surface: the presence of Coulomb blockade in STM I(V) curves at room temperature. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 8(29). 3375–3378. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Yicheng, Bernd Meyer, M. Kunat, et al.. (2005). Hydrogen Induced Metallicity on theZnO(101¯0)Surface. Physical Review Letters. 95(26). 266104–266104. 186 indexed citations
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Becker, R., Harish Parala, Frank Hipler, et al.. (2004). MOCVD‐Loading of Mesoporous Siliceous Matrices with Cu/ZnO: Supported Catalysts for Methanol Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(21). 2839–2842. 54 indexed citations
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Drieß, Matthias, Klaus Merz, Stefan Rabe, et al.. (2003). From molecules to metastable solids: solid-state and chemical vapour syntheses (CVS) of nanocrystalline ZnO and Zn. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 6(3). 273–281. 17 indexed citations
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Lü, Lianhai, A. Wohlfart, Harish Parala, Alexander Birkner, & Roland A. Fischer. (2002). A novel preparation of nano-Cu/ZnO by photo-reduction of Cu(OCH(Me)CH2NMe2)2 on ZnO at room temperature. Chemical Communications. 40–41. 21 indexed citations
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Devi, Anjana, et al.. (2001). Growth of InN whiskers from single source precursor. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 11(PR3). Pr3–577. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, R., et al.. (2001). A non-aqueous organometallic route to highly monodispersed copper nanoparticles using [Cu(OCH(Me)CH2NMe2)2]. Chemical Communications. 68–69. 94 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Olav, Guang‐Ling Song, H. Zabel, Harry Becker, & Alexander Birkner. (2000). Oxidation of epitaxial Nb(110) films on a-plane sapphire substrates: An x-ray study. Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. 31(9). 856–859. 6 indexed citations
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Weiß, Klaus, et al.. (1999). Template-Mediated Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Cyclodehydrogenation and Planarization of a Hexaphenylbenzene Derivative at a Copper Surface. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(24). 3748–3752. 89 indexed citations

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