Bernd Wetzel

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Bernd Wetzel is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Wetzel has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 51 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 48 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bernd Wetzel's work include Tribology and Wear Analysis (41 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (31 papers) and Lubricants and Their Additives (23 papers). Bernd Wetzel is often cited by papers focused on Tribology and Wear Analysis (41 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (31 papers) and Lubricants and Their Additives (23 papers). Bernd Wetzel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Russia. Bernd Wetzel's co-authors include K. Friedrich, Ming Qiu Zhang, Frank Haupert, Min Zhi Rong, Patrick Rosso, Guang Shi, G. Zhang, Ankur Bajpai, E. I. Akpan and W. Österle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Macromolecules and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Wetzel

84 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Epoxy nanocomposites – fracture and toughening mechanisms

2006 678 citations Bernd Wetzel, Frank Haupert et al. profile →
Epoxy nanocomposites with high mechanical and tribological performance

2003 641 citations Bernd Wetzel, Frank Haupert et al. Composites Science and Technology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Wetzel Germany	30	2.4k	2.3k	1.9k	1.0k	328	84	3.9k
Stephan Sprenger United Kingdom	29	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	287 0.9×	56	4.5k
Frank Haupert Germany	17	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	767 0.7×	262 0.8×	30	2.6k
Hong-Yuan Liu Australia	37	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	566 1.7×	65	3.4k
Alois K. Schlarb Germany	31	2.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	674 0.7×	400 1.2×	111	3.8k
J. Abenójar Spain	35	948 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	881 0.9×	409 1.2×	125	3.2k
Guangshun Wu China	32	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	627 1.9×	78	3.6k
Fengyuan Yan China	39	1.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	200 0.6×	158	4.8k
J.L. Thomason United Kingdom	44	3.3k 1.4×	3.2k 1.4×	3.3k 1.7×	648 0.6×	263 0.8×	138	5.7k
Lichun Ma China	27	931 0.4×	904 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	529 1.6×	69	3.0k
Raymond A. Pearson United States	33	4.2k 1.8×	2.3k 1.0×	4.5k 2.4×	943 0.9×	413 1.3×	103	6.2k

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Wetzel, Bernd, et al.. (2024). The thermo-optical coefficient as an alternative probe for the structural arrest of polymeric glass formers. Polymer. 298. 126868–126868. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Jiyao, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of novel waterborne polyurethane coatings with excellent solid lubricating performance. Tribology International. 204. 110457–110457. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2024). Wear-resistant phenolic composites reinforced with attapulgite and short carbon fibers for applications subjected to both dry and oil-lubricated sliding. Tribology International. 200. 110106–110106. 4 indexed citations

Reisinger, David, et al.. (2024). Thermal volume expansion as seen by Temperature-modulated optical refractometry, Oscillating dilatometry and Thermo-mechanical analysis. Polymer Testing. 131. 108340–108340. 4 indexed citations

Montero, Belén, et al.. (2023). Green Bionanocomposites Based on Polyhydroxybutyrate and Filled with Cellulose Nanocrystals: Melting Processing and Characterization. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 31(11). 4801–4816. 14 indexed citations

Wetzel, Bernd, et al.. (2022). Temperature-rate induced polymerization and phase separation of block copolymer toughened polymer composites. Composites Science and Technology. 230. 109329–109329. 8 indexed citations

Ornelas, Mariana, et al.. (2020). Use of biogenic silica nanoparticles derived from biomass in polymeric formulations and their applications. 4(3). 22–28. 1 indexed citations

Akpan, E. I., Bernd Wetzel, & K. Friedrich. (2019). Process design for performance improvement in purely ecofriendly composites for structural applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 137(21). 4 indexed citations

Friedrich, Klaus, E. I. Akpan, & Bernd Wetzel. (2018). Sliding wear performance of dry and oil impregnated black-fiber palm wood. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Friedrich, K., et al.. (2018). Tribology of innovative polybenzimidazole (PBI) coatings. AIP conference proceedings. 1981. 20001–20001. 3 indexed citations

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Wetzel, Bernd, et al.. (2016). “Ultralow” sliding wear polytetrafluoro ethylene nanocomposites with functionalized graphene. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites. 35(11). 892–901. 19 indexed citations

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Bajpai, Ankur, et al.. (2016). Toughening and Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Modified with Block Co-polymers and MWCNTs. Procedia Structural Integrity. 2. 104–111. 21 indexed citations

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Wetzel, Bernd, et al.. (2015). Tribological behavior of PEEK-based materials under mixed and boundary lubrication conditions. Tribology International. 88. 153–161. 79 indexed citations

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Дмитриев, А. И., et al.. (2015). Mesoscale modeling of the mechanical and tribological behavior of a polymer matrix composite based on epoxy and 6vol.% silica nanoparticles. Computational Materials Science. 110. 204–214. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, G., T. Burkhart, & Bernd Wetzel. (2013). Tribological behavior of epoxy composites under diesel-lubricated conditions. Wear. 307(1-2). 174–181. 44 indexed citations

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Grishchuk, S., et al.. (2013). Toward reliable morphology assessment of thermosets via physical etching: Vinyl ester resin as an example. eXPRESS Polymer Letters. 7(5). 407–415. 5 indexed citations

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Philipp, Martine, et al.. (2008). Effect of mixing sequence on the curing of amine-hardened epoxy/ alumina nanocomposites as assessed by optical refractometry. eXPRESS Polymer Letters. 2(8). 546–552. 12 indexed citations

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Wetzel, Bernd. (2006). Mechanische Eigenschaften von Nanoverbundwerkstoffen aus Epoxydharz und keramischen Nanoparktikeln. Publication Server of Kaiserslautern University of Technology (Kaiserslautern University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Wetzel, Bernd, Frank Haupert, & Ming Qiu Zhang. (2003). Epoxy nanocomposites with high mechanical and tribological performance. Composites Science and Technology. 63(14). 2055–2067. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Ming Qiu, et al.. (2002). Improvement of Tribological Performance of Epoxy by the Addition of Irradiation Grafted Nano-Inorganic Particles. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 287(2). 111–115. 101 indexed citations

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