David Rafaja

8.2k total citations
318 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

David Rafaja is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, David Rafaja has authored 318 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Materials Chemistry, 113 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 91 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in David Rafaja's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (84 papers), Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (50 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (41 papers). David Rafaja is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (84 papers), Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (50 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (41 papers). David Rafaja collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Czechia and United States. David Rafaja's co-authors include V. Klemm, Stefan Martin, Walter Lengauer, Peter Ettmayer, Mykhaylo Motylenko, C. Ullrich, V. Valvoda, Ulrich Martin, Gerhard Schreiber and A.J. Perry and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Rafaja

313 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Rafaja 3.9k 2.8k 2.0k 1.2k 898 318 6.6k
Vincent Ji 4.3k 1.1× 3.9k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 688 0.8× 365 7.0k
Marcel A.J. Somers 3.7k 0.9× 3.4k 1.2× 3.4k 1.7× 1.2k 1.0× 571 0.6× 283 6.8k
Zhiwei Shan 6.7k 1.7× 4.4k 1.6× 2.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 569 0.6× 204 9.5k
Shigenobu Ogata 5.7k 1.4× 4.7k 1.7× 1.6k 0.8× 574 0.5× 372 0.4× 221 8.1k
Magnus Odén 6.3k 1.6× 3.4k 1.2× 5.5k 2.8× 1.6k 1.3× 343 0.4× 243 8.8k
A. Gebert 5.0k 1.3× 5.7k 2.0× 690 0.3× 1.9k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 304 9.2k
Cynthia A. Volkert 4.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 841 0.9× 117 6.6k
F.D. Tichelaar 3.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 781 0.4× 1.8k 1.5× 720 0.8× 183 5.5k
Mark Aindow 4.8k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 615 0.3× 1.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.3× 331 7.7k
Norbert Schell 4.9k 1.2× 7.1k 2.5× 1.8k 0.9× 649 0.5× 391 0.4× 386 9.6k

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All Works

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Schimpf, Christian, David Rafaja, Michael Schlömann, et al.. (2025). Adaptive response of the holdase chaperone network of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 to stresses and energy sources. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 41(4). 121–121. 1 indexed citations
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Gestrich, Tim, et al.. (2025). Mimicking bone cortex: Cold sintering of hydroxyapatite–gelatin powders provides dense nanocomposites resemblant to bone mineral. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 45(16). 117655–117655. 2 indexed citations
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Olbrich, Markus, et al.. (2024). Transient ablation topography of a thin chromium film after ultrashort pulsed laser irradiation in the spallation and phase explosion regime. Optics & Laser Technology. 172. 110540–110540. 6 indexed citations
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Chekhonin, Paul, Fabien Cuvilly, Auriane Etienne, et al.. (2024). Microstructure-Informed Prediction of Hardening in Ion-Irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels. Metals. 14(3). 257–257. 1 indexed citations
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Wüstefeld, Christina, et al.. (2023). Effect of the substrate treatment on the microstructure of CVD Ti(C,N)/α-Al2O3/TiN hard coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 477. 130296–130296. 2 indexed citations
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Krause, Matthias, Carlos Romero‐Muñiz, Frans Munnik, et al.. (2023). Exceptionally high-temperature in-air stability of transparent conductive oxide tantalum-doped tin dioxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(33). 17686–17698. 5 indexed citations
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Neumann, S., et al.. (2023). Hierarchical Architecture and Coherence of Cores in Multi-core Iron Oxide Nanoflowers Investigated by Correlative Multiscale Transmission Electron Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 1985–1985. 1 indexed citations
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Schimpf, Christian, Marcel Mandel, David Rafaja, et al.. (2022). Sol–gel derived hydroxyapatite coating on titanium implants: Optimization of sol–gel process and engineering the interface. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 37(16). 2558–2570. 31 indexed citations
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Akselrud, Lev, Mykhaylo Motylenko, Matej Bobnar, et al.. (2021). Valence fluctuations in the 3D + 3 modulated Yb3Co4Ge13 Remeika phase. Dalton Transactions. 50(38). 13580–13590. 8 indexed citations
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Petrenko, Iaroslav, Christian Schimpf, David Rafaja, et al.. (2021). Calcite Nanotuned Chitinous Skeletons of Giant Ianthella basta Marine Demosponge. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(22). 12588–12588. 20 indexed citations
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Machałowski, Tomasz, Iaroslav Petrenko, Heike Meißner, et al.. (2020). Functionalization of 3D Chitinous Skeletal Scaffolds of Sponge Origin Using Silver Nanoparticles and Their Antibacterial Properties. Marine Drugs. 18(6). 304–304. 10 indexed citations
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Munnik, Frans, Jaakko Julin, René Hübner, et al.. (2019). Directionality of metal-induced crystallization and layer exchange in amorphous carbon/nickel thin film stacks. Carbon. 159. 656–667. 8 indexed citations
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Geißler, David, Kornelius Nielsch, Alexander Kauffmann, et al.. (2019). Origins of strength and plasticity in the precious metal based high-entropy alloy AuCuNiPdPt. Acta Materialia. 185. 400–411. 36 indexed citations
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Lavrentiev, Vasily, D. Chvostová, Mykhaylo Motylenko, et al.. (2019). Quantum plasmon excitations in gold-fullerene mixture films. Nanotechnology. 30(36). 365001–365001. 4 indexed citations
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Freudenberger, J., David Rafaja, David Geißler, et al.. (2017). Face Centred Cubic Multi-Component Equiatomic Solid Solutions in the Au-Cu-Ni-Pd-Pt System. Metals. 7(4). 135–135. 29 indexed citations
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Wysokowski, Marcin, Mykhaylo Motylenko, David Rafaja, et al.. (2016). Extreme biomimetic approach for synthesis of nanocrystalline chitin-(Ti,Zr)O2 multiphase composites. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 188. 115–124. 32 indexed citations
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Schimpf, Christian, M. Schwarz, C. Lathe, Edwin Kroke, & David Rafaja. (2015). Corrugations of the basal planes in hexagonal boron nitride and their impact on the phase transition to cubic boron nitride. Powder Diffraction. 30(S1). S90–S96. 3 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Raik, Jan Beyer, V. Klemm, et al.. (2015). Erbium-doped slot waveguides containing size-controlled silicon nanocrystals. Journal of Applied Physics. 117(16). 163106–163106. 2 indexed citations
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Rafaja, David & V. Valvoda. (1991). Angular Corrections for the Seemann-Bohlin X-Ray Diffractometer. Powder Diffraction. 6(4). 200–203. 11 indexed citations

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