Bruno Schuler

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Bruno Schuler is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruno Schuler has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Materials Chemistry, 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Bruno Schuler's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (21 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (18 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers). Bruno Schuler is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (21 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (18 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers). Bruno Schuler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Bruno Schuler's co-authors include Leo Groß, Gerhard Meyer, Diego Peña, Nikolaj Moll, Oliver C. Mullins, Fabian Mohn, Enrique Guitián, Shadi Fatayer, Niko Pavliček and Alexander Weber‐Bargioni and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bruno Schuler

54 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Unraveling the Molecular Structures of Asphaltenes by Atomic Force Microscopy

2015 560 citations Bruno Schuler, Gerhard Meyer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Bond-Order Discrimination by Atomic Force Microscopy

2012 414 citations Leo Groß, Fabian Mohn et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruno Schuler Switzerland	29	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	919	861	57	3.9k
Shadi Fatayer Switzerland	18	535 0.4×	394 0.3×	480 0.3×	322 0.4×	439 0.5×	44	1.3k
Fabian Schulz Switzerland	21	490 0.3×	968 0.7×	596 0.4×	76 0.1×	336 0.4×	37	1.8k
Mingxing Jin China	30	736 0.5×	2.8k 1.9×	1.1k 0.7×	936 1.0×	445 0.5×	220	5.2k
Collin D. Wick United States	28	302 0.2×	839 0.6×	841 0.6×	83 0.1×	804 0.9×	88	2.7k
Didier Bégué France	28	497 0.3×	523 0.4×	941 0.7×	320 0.3×	143 0.2×	141	2.6k
Lawrence B. Ebert United States	18	881 0.6×	3.7k 2.6×	787 0.6×	64 0.1×	685 0.8×	68	4.7k
Martin Lı́sal Czechia	32	102 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	848 0.6×	45 0.0×	1.2k 1.4×	148	3.2k
M. Kahlweit Germany	38	127 0.1×	1.8k 1.2×	770 0.5×	282 0.3×	831 1.0×	110	4.9k
Anmin Chen China	26	381 0.3×	1.7k 1.2×	410 0.3×	991 1.1×	312 0.4×	151	3.5k
N.J. Taylor United Kingdom	20	371 0.3×	291 0.2×	314 0.2×	156 0.2×	281 0.3×	60	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruno Schuler

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Krane, Nils, Andres Ortega‐Guerrero, Chengye Dong, et al.. (2025). Layer-Dependent Charge-State Lifetime of Single Se Vacancies in WSe2. Physical Review Letters. 134(7). 76201–76201. 3 indexed citations

Munson, Kyle T., Riccardo Torsi, Yu‐Chuan Lin, et al.. (2024). Influence of Rhenium Concentration on Charge Doping and Defect Formation in MoS₂. Advanced Electronic Materials. 11(3). 9 indexed citations

Gali, Ádám, André Schleife, Andreas J. Heinrich, et al.. (2024). Challenges in advancing our understanding of atomic-like quantum systems: Theory and experiment. MRS Bulletin. 49(3). 256–276. 1 indexed citations

Torsi, Riccardo, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast state-selective tunneling in two-dimensional semiconductors with a phase- and amplitude-controlled THz-scanning tunneling microscope. APL Materials. 12(5). 6 indexed citations

Xiang, Feifei, Riccardo Torsi, Anne Marie Z. Tan, et al.. (2024). Charge state-dependent symmetry breaking of atomic defects in transition metal dichalcogenides. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2738–2738. 13 indexed citations

Torsi, Riccardo, Kyle T. Munson, Rahul Pendurthi, et al.. (2023). Dilute Rhenium Doping and its Impact on Defects in MoS₂. ACS Nano. 17(16). 15629–15640. 34 indexed citations

Stolz, Samuel, Azimkhan Kozhakhmetov, Chengye Dong, et al.. (2022). Layer-dependent Schottky contact at van der Waals interfaces: V-doped WSe2 on graphene. npj 2D Materials and Applications. 6(1). 15 indexed citations

Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan, Samuel Stolz, Anne Marie Z. Tan, et al.. (2021). Controllable p‐Type Doping of 2D WSe₂ via Vanadium Substitution. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(42). 70 indexed citations

Cochrane, Katherine, Junho Lee, Christoph Kastl, et al.. (2021). Spin-dependent vibronic response of a carbon radical ion in two-dimensional WS2. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7287–7287. 25 indexed citations

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Schuler, Bruno, Katherine Cochrane, Junho Lee, et al.. (2020). Resonant and bound states of charged defects in two-dimensional semiconductors. Physical review. B.. 101(8). 25 indexed citations

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Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan, Bruno Schuler, Anne Marie Z. Tan, et al.. (2020). Scalable Substitutional Re‐Doping and its Impact on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Tungsten Diselenide. Advanced Materials. 32(50). e2005159–e2005159. 48 indexed citations

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Mitterreiter, Elmar, Bruno Schuler, Katherine Cochrane, et al.. (2020). Atomistic Positioning of Defects in Helium Ion Treated Single-Layer MoS₂. Nano Letters. 20(6). 4437–4444. 66 indexed citations

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Schuler, Bruno, Junho Lee, Christoph Kastl, et al.. (2019). How Substitutional Point Defects in Two-Dimensional WS₂ Induce Charge Localization, Spin–Orbit Splitting, and Strain. ACS Nano. 13(9). 10520–10534. 107 indexed citations

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Groß, Leo, Bruno Schuler, Niko Pavliček, et al.. (2018). Atomic Force Microscopy for Molecular Structure Elucidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(15). 3888–3908. 140 indexed citations

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Fatayer, Shadi, Fabian Schulz, Bruno Schuler, et al.. (2018). Atomic Force Microscopy Identifying Fuel Pyrolysis Products and Directing the Synthesis of Analytical Standards. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(26). 8156–8161. 25 indexed citations

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Fatayer, Shadi, Bruno Schuler, Wolfram Steurer, et al.. (2018). Reorganization energy upon charging a single molecule on an insulator measured by atomic force microscopy. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(5). 376–380. 80 indexed citations

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Schuler, Bruno, Shadi Fatayer, Gerhard Meyer, et al.. (2017). Heavy Oil Based Mixtures of Different Origins and Treatments Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy. Energy & Fuels. 31(7). 6856–6861. 206 indexed citations

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Schuler, Bruno, Yunlong Zhang, Sara Collazos, et al.. (2016). Characterizing aliphatic moieties in hydrocarbons with atomic force microscopy. Chemical Science. 8(3). 2315–2320. 103 indexed citations

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Groß, Leo, Fabian Mohn, Nikolaj Moll, et al.. (2012). Bond-Order Discrimination by Atomic Force Microscopy. Science. 337(6100). 1326–1329. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hanssen, Kine Ø., Bruno Schuler, Antony Williams, et al.. (2012). A Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Computational Approach for the Structural Elucidation of Breitfussin A and B: Highly Modified Halogenated Dipeptides from Thuiaria breitfussi. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(49). 12238–12241. 90 indexed citations

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