Alexander Saal

671 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 518 citations indexed

About

Alexander Saal is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Mechanics of Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Saal has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 518 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 6 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alexander Saal's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (6 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers). Alexander Saal is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (6 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers). Alexander Saal collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Australia. Alexander Saal's co-authors include Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger, Nan Gao, Doris Vollmer, Anke Kaltbeitzel, Florian Geyer, Maria D’Acunzi, Xiaomei Li, Stefan A. L. Weber and Amy Z. Stetten and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Langmuir and Nature Physics.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Saal

8 papers receiving 513 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works

2020 328 citations Florian Geyer, Maria D’Acunzi et al. Science Advances profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Saal Germany	8	384	159	158	146	108	8	518
Meijin He China	8	317 0.8×	142 0.9×	107 0.7×	84 0.6×	100 0.9×	9	379
Qiaoqiao Huang China	8	306 0.8×	156 1.0×	148 0.9×	116 0.8×	98 0.9×	9	501
Yuchun He China	11	314 0.8×	169 1.1×	175 1.1×	129 0.9×	99 0.9×	14	557
Abhinav Naga Germany	9	338 0.9×	121 0.8×	111 0.7×	72 0.5×	148 1.4×	15	411
Shaun Atherton United Kingdom	7	427 1.1×	201 1.3×	128 0.8×	153 1.0×	125 1.2×	10	622
Tingni Wu China	11	357 0.9×	175 1.1×	190 1.2×	137 0.9×	110 1.0×	16	608
Ashish Asthana Switzerland	4	303 0.8×	175 1.1×	166 1.1×	86 0.6×	74 0.7×	5	446
Maja Vuckovac Finland	12	505 1.3×	229 1.4×	192 1.2×	158 1.1×	268 2.5×	16	732
Zehang Cui China	13	340 0.9×	193 1.2×	148 0.9×	117 0.8×	64 0.6×	22	486

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Saal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Saal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Saal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Saal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Saal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Saal. Alexander Saal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Saal, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Wettability and Bactericidal Properties of Bioinspired ZnO Nanopillar Surfaces. Langmuir. 40(14). 7353–7363. 7 indexed citations

2.

Naga, Abhinav, Chirag Hinduja, Alexander Saal, et al.. (2023). Tuning static drop friction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 14 indexed citations

3.

Li, Xiaomei, Alexander Saal, Chirag Hinduja, et al.. (2023). Deep Learning to Analyze Sliding Drops. Langmuir. 39(3). 1111–1122. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaomei, Amy Z. Stetten, Steffen Hardt, et al.. (2022). Spontaneous charging affects the motion of sliding drops. Nature Physics. 18(6). 713–719. 125 indexed citations

5.

Saal, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Pinning forces of sliding drops at defects. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 139(4). 47001–47001. 10 indexed citations

6.

Li, Xiaomei, Alexander Saal, Gunnar Kircher, et al.. (2021). Adaptation of a Styrene–Acrylic Acid Copolymer Surface to Water. Langmuir. 37(4). 1571–1577. 16 indexed citations

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Geyer, Florian, Maria D’Acunzi, Alexander Saal, et al.. (2020). When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works. Science Advances. 6(3). eaaw9727–eaaw9727. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saal, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Shuffling gait motion of an aerodynamically driven wall-bound drop. Physical Review Fluids. 5(9). 8 indexed citations

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