Christian Bahr

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Christian Bahr is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Bahr has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Christian Bahr's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (34 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (11 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (11 papers). Christian Bahr is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (34 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (11 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (11 papers). Christian Bahr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Slovenia and United Kingdom. Christian Bahr's co-authors include Heinz‐S. Kitzerow, Stephan Herminghaus, Corinna C. Maass, Carsten Krüger, Anupam Sengupta, Shashi Thutupalli, Karthik Peddireddy, Wei Guo, Lucas Goehring and Uroš Tkalec and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christian Bahr

43 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Chirality in Liquid Crystals 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Chirality in Liquid Crystals
    2001 743 citations Christian Bahr et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Bahr Germany 22 1.3k 729 682 548 491 44 2.2k
Bohdan Senyuk United States 28 1.5k 1.1× 254 0.3× 577 0.8× 327 0.6× 512 1.0× 49 2.0k
I. Poberaj Slovenia 26 935 0.7× 499 0.7× 647 0.9× 415 0.8× 358 0.7× 54 2.1k
Dušan Babić Slovenia 24 873 0.7× 480 0.7× 612 0.9× 435 0.8× 364 0.7× 51 1.9k
Sergij V. Shiyanovskii United States 33 2.6k 2.0× 335 0.5× 708 1.0× 434 0.8× 646 1.3× 88 3.2k
Uroš Tkalec Slovenia 19 1.8k 1.4× 276 0.4× 594 0.9× 207 0.4× 650 1.3× 25 2.2k
M. Vilfan Slovenia 26 1.4k 1.1× 308 0.4× 557 0.8× 279 0.5× 252 0.5× 80 2.1k
Roberto Berardi Italy 24 1.6k 1.2× 268 0.4× 1.2k 1.8× 188 0.3× 230 0.5× 66 2.4k
Shuang Zhou China 19 665 0.5× 495 0.7× 293 0.4× 338 0.6× 313 0.6× 42 1.4k
Jean-Christophe Loudet France 18 887 0.7× 235 0.3× 862 1.3× 236 0.4× 281 0.6× 34 1.7k
P. I. C. Teixeira Portugal 25 666 0.5× 412 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 780 1.4× 275 0.6× 104 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Bahr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Bahr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Bahr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Bahr 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 Christian Bahr. Christian Bahr is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chao, Youchuang, et al.. (2022). How liquid–liquid phase separation induces active spreading. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2203510119–e2203510119. 13 indexed citations
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Peddireddy, Karthik, Simon Čopar, Khoa V. Le, et al.. (2021). Self-shaping liquid crystal droplets by balancing bulk elasticity and interfacial tension. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 36 indexed citations
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Muševič, Igor, et al.. (2021). Self-shaping of liquid crystals into superstructures for photonic applications. 13–13. 1 indexed citations
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Hokmabad, Babak Vajdi, Kyle A. Baldwin, Carsten Krüger, Christian Bahr, & Corinna C. Maass. (2019). Topological Stabilization and Dynamics of Self-Propelling Nematic Shells. Physical Review Letters. 123(17). 178003–178003. 34 indexed citations
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Bahr, Christian, et al.. (2016). Connecting and disconnecting nematic disclination lines in microfluidic channels. Soft Matter. 12(18). 4266–4273. 7 indexed citations
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Krüger, Carsten, et al.. (2016). Curling Liquid Crystal Microswimmers: A Cascade of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking. Physical Review Letters. 117(4). 48003–48003. 102 indexed citations
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Krüger, Carsten, Christian Bahr, Stephan Herminghaus, & Corinna C. Maass. (2016). Dimensionality matters in the collective behaviour of active emulsions. The European Physical Journal E. 39(6). 64–64. 41 indexed citations
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Maass, Corinna C., Carsten Krüger, Stephan Herminghaus, & Christian Bahr. (2015). Swimming Droplets. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. 7(1). 171–193. 239 indexed citations
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Schulz, Benjamin, Marco G. Mazza, & Christian Bahr. (2014). Single-molecule diffusion in freely suspended smectic films. Physical Review E. 90(4). 40501–40501. 16 indexed citations
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Feng, Xunda, Ahmed Mourran, Martin Möller, & Christian Bahr. (2013). AFM Study of Gibbs Films of Semifluorinated Alkanes at Liquid Crystal/Air Interfaces. ChemPhysChem. 14(9). 1801–1805. 8 indexed citations
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Sengupta, Anupam, Christoph Pieper, Jörg Enderlein, Christian Bahr, & Stephan Herminghaus. (2012). Flow of a nematogen past a cylindrical micro-pillar. Soft Matter. 9(6). 1937–1946. 23 indexed citations
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Feng, Xunda & Christian Bahr. (2011). Surface order at surfactant-laden interfaces between isotropic liquid crystals and liquid phases with different polarity. Physical Review E. 84(3). 31701–31701. 5 indexed citations
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Harth, Kirsten, Benjamin Schulz, Christian Bahr, & Ralf Stannarius. (2011). Atomic force microscopy of menisci of free-standing smectic films. Soft Matter. 7(15). 7103–7103. 22 indexed citations
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Iwashita, Yasutaka, Stephan Herminghaus, Ralf Seemann, & Christian Bahr. (2010). Smectic membranes in aqueous environment. Physical Review E. 81(5). 51709–51709. 16 indexed citations
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Guo, Wei & Christian Bahr. (2009). Influence of phase sequence on focal conic domains in smectic films. Physical Review E. 79(6). 61701–61701. 13 indexed citations
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Guo, Wei & Christian Bahr. (2009). Influence of anchoring strength on focal conic domains in smectic films. Physical Review E. 79(1). 11707–11707. 20 indexed citations
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Bahr, Christian, et al.. (2007). Crossover in the wetting behavior at surfactant-laden liquid-crystal–water interfaces: Experiment and theory. Physical Review E. 75(6). 61711–61711. 13 indexed citations
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Kraus, Isabelle, Christian Bahr, & P. Pierański. (1995). Mechanical Perturbation Applied on Freely Suspended Smectic Films. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 262(1). 1–12. 7 indexed citations
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Bahr, Christian & G. Heppke. (1986). Ferroelectric liquid crystals with high spontaneous polarisation. 4(2). 31–37. 6 indexed citations

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