Dirk‐Michael Drotlef

1.5k total citations
12 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dirk‐Michael Drotlef is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 8 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dirk‐Michael Drotlef's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (8 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers). Dirk‐Michael Drotlef is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (8 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers). Dirk‐Michael Drotlef collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Finland and United Kingdom. Dirk‐Michael Drotlef's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Aránzazu del Campo, Peter Blümler, Sukho Song, Carmel Majidi, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Donghoon Son, W. Jon. P. Barnes, Michael Kappl and Lukas Stepien and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Dirk‐Michael Drotlef

12 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dirk‐Michael Drotlef Germany 10 658 599 594 401 153 12 1.3k
Burak Aksak United States 16 522 0.8× 547 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 441 1.1× 149 1.0× 31 1.6k
A. A. Zhukov Russia 8 370 0.6× 482 0.8× 671 1.1× 227 0.6× 117 0.8× 16 1.1k
Krishnacharya Khare India 15 669 1.0× 535 0.9× 261 0.4× 613 1.5× 227 1.5× 31 1.2k
Wulin Zhu China 19 810 1.2× 521 0.9× 173 0.3× 452 1.1× 326 2.1× 29 1.5k
Changhong Linghu China 17 924 1.4× 195 0.3× 404 0.7× 435 1.1× 355 2.3× 35 1.4k
Yachao Zhang China 19 577 0.9× 477 0.8× 141 0.2× 261 0.7× 265 1.7× 54 1.2k
Minho Seong South Korea 19 661 1.0× 364 0.6× 249 0.4× 171 0.4× 133 0.9× 35 1.1k
Bryan Schubert Switzerland 13 1.7k 2.5× 262 0.4× 493 0.8× 945 2.4× 111 0.7× 17 2.2k
Suwan Zhu China 19 430 0.7× 472 0.8× 132 0.2× 176 0.4× 307 2.0× 38 957
Sizhu Wu China 25 1.2k 1.8× 1.3k 2.2× 524 0.9× 265 0.7× 566 3.7× 57 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk‐Michael Drotlef

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk‐Michael Drotlef

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All Works

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Koivikko, Anastasia, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, Cem Balda Dayan, Veikko Sariola, & Metin Sitti. (2021). 3D‐Printed Pneumatically Controlled Soft Suction Cups for Gripping Fragile, Small, and Rough Objects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). 39 indexed citations
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Dayan, Cem Balda, et al.. (2021). 3D Printing of Elastomeric Bioinspired Complex Adhesive Microstructures. Advanced Materials. 33(40). e2103826–e2103826. 72 indexed citations
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Song, Sukho, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, Donghoon Son, Anastasia Koivikko, & Metin Sitti. (2021). Adaptive Self‐Sealing Suction‐Based Soft Robotic Gripper. Advanced Science. 8(17). e2100641–e2100641. 61 indexed citations
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Liimatainen, Ville, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, Donghoon Son, & Metin Sitti. (2020). Liquid‐Superrepellent Bioinspired Fibrillar Adhesives. Advanced Materials. 32(19). e2000497–e2000497. 89 indexed citations
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Wang, Wendong, Jaakko V. I. Timonen, Andreas Carlson, et al.. (2018). Multifunctional ferrofluid-infused surfaces with reconfigurable multiscale topography. Nature. 559(7712). 77–82. 273 indexed citations
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Song, Sukho, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, Carmel Majidi, & Metin Sitti. (2017). Controllable load sharing for soft adhesive interfaces on three-dimensional surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(22). E4344–E4353. 194 indexed citations
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Drotlef, Dirk‐Michael, Lukas Stepien, Michael Kappl, et al.. (2013). Biomimetics: Insights into the Adhesive Mechanisms of Tree Frogs using Artificial Mimics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 9/2013). Advanced Functional Materials. 23(9). 1094–1094. 1 indexed citations
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Drotlef, Dirk‐Michael, Peter Blümler, & Aránzazu del Campo. (2013). Magnetically Actuated Patterns for Bioinspired Reversible Adhesion (Dry and Wet). Advanced Materials. 26(5). 775–779. 201 indexed citations
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Cui, Jiaxi, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, Ińigo Larraza, et al.. (2012). Bioinspired Actuated Adhesive Patterns of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers. Advanced Materials. 24(34). 4601–4604. 120 indexed citations
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Papadopoulos, Periklis, Lena Mammen, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, et al.. (2012). Wetting on the Microscale: Shape of a Liquid Drop on a Microstructured Surface at Different Length Scales. Langmuir. 28(26). 10136–10139. 4 indexed citations
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Drotlef, Dirk‐Michael, Lukas Stepien, Michael Kappl, et al.. (2012). Insights into the Adhesive Mechanisms of Tree Frogs using Artificial Mimics. Advanced Functional Materials. 23(9). 1137–1146. 180 indexed citations
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Papadopoulos, Periklis, Xu Deng, Lena Mammen, et al.. (2012). Wetting on the Microscale: Shape of a Liquid Drop on a Microstructured Surface at Different Length Scales. Langmuir. 28(22). 8392–8398. 67 indexed citations

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