Edgar Meyhöfer

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
111 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Edgar Meyhöfer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edgar Meyhöfer has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 28 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 25 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Edgar Meyhöfer's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (28 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (24 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (16 papers). Edgar Meyhöfer is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (28 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (24 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (16 papers). Edgar Meyhöfer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Edgar Meyhöfer's co-authors include Pramod Reddy, Dakotah Thompson, Kristen J. Verhey, Dawen Cai, Anthony Fiorino, Jonathon Howard, Bai Song, Linxiao Zhu, Longji Cui and Rohith Mittapally and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edgar Meyhöfer

104 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Microtubule Acetylation Promotes Kinesin-1 Binding and Transport

2006 722 citations Nathan Reed, Dawen Cai et al. Current Biology profile →
Radiative heat transfer in the extreme near field

2015 334 citations Wonho Jeong, Longji Cui et al. Nature profile →
Nanogap near-field thermophotovoltaics

2018 255 citations Anthony Fiorino, Linxiao Zhu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Optics at critical intensity: Applications to nanomorphing

2004 223 citations Edgar Meyhöfer et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edgar Meyhöfer

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A cryogenic near-field thermal diode leveraging superconducting phase transitions 2026 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Renwen Yu, (unknown), Edgar Meyhöfer, (unknown)	0
2	Self-Heating Effects and Thermal Mitigation Strategies in Ferroelectric ScAlN/GaN HEMTs 2025 ·IEEE Electron Device Letters ·Jie Zhang, (unknown), Jiangnan Liu, (unknown), Shubham Mondal, (unknown), Md. Tanvir Hasan, (unknown), Edgar Meyhöfer, Pramod Reddy, Zetian Mi	0
3	Micro-kelvin temperature-stable system for biocalorimetry applications 2024 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·(unknown), Rohith Mittapally, Pramod Reddy, Swathi Yadlapalli, Edgar Meyhöfer	0
4	Near-field thermophotovoltaics for efficient heat to electricity conversion at high power density 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Rohith Mittapally, Byungjun Lee, Linxiao Zhu, Amin Reihani, Ju Won Lim, Dejiu Fan, Stephen R. Forrest, Pramod Reddy, Edgar Meyhöfer	96
5	Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements 2020 ·Science ·Harsha Reddy, Kun Wang, Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Linxiao Zhu, Shen Yan, Andrea Vezzoli, Simon J. Higgins, Vikram Gavini, Alexandra Boltasseva, Pramod Reddy, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Edgar Meyhöfer	128
6	Sub-nanowatt resolution direct calorimetry for probing real-time metabolic activity of individual C. elegans worms 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Sunghoon Hur, Rohith Mittapally, Swathi Yadlapalli, Pramod Reddy, Edgar Meyhöfer	27
7	Nanoscale radiative thermal switching via multi-body effects 2019 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Dakotah Thompson, Linxiao Zhu, Edgar Meyhöfer, Pramod Reddy	51
8	Thermal conductance of single-molecule junctions 2019 ·Nature ·Longji Cui, Sunghoon Hur, Zico Alaia Akbar, (unknown), Wonho Jeong, Fabian Pauly, Sung‐Yeon Jang, Pramod Reddy, Edgar Meyhöfer	147
9	A Thermal Diode Based on Nanoscale Thermal Radiation 2018 ·ACS Nano ·Anthony Fiorino, Dakotah Thompson, Linxiao Zhu, Rohith Mittapally, Svend‐Age Biehs, Odile Bezencenet, (unknown), S. Bansropun, Philippe Ben‐Abdallah, Edgar Meyhöfer, Pramod Reddy	173
10	Parallelized, real-time, metabolic-rate measurements from individual Drosophila 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Anthony Fiorino, Dakotah Thompson, Swathi Yadlapalli, Chang Jiang, Orie T. Shafer, Pramod Reddy, Edgar Meyhöfer	13
11	Circadian clock neurons constantly monitor environmental temperature to set sleep timing 2018 ·Nature ·Swathi Yadlapalli, Chang Jiang, (unknown), Pramod Reddy, Edgar Meyhöfer, Orie T. Shafer	82
12	Electromagnetic Tweezers with Independent Force and Torque Control 2015 ·Biophysical Journal ·Chang Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), Edgar Meyhöfer	1
13	Tightly Looped DNA Represses Transcription Initiation by T7 RNA Polymerase 2011 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Craig T. Martin, Edgar Meyhöfer	0
14	Highly Bent DNA: A Novel Repressor of T7 RNA Polymerase 2010 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Edgar Meyhöfer	2
15	Collective dynamics of kinesin 2009 ·Physical Review E ·Adam G. Hendricks, Bogdan I. Epureanu, Edgar Meyhöfer	19
16	Single Molecule Imaging Reveals Differences in Microtubule Track Selection Between Kinesin Motors 2009 ·PLoS Biology ·Dawen Cai, Dyke P. McEwen, (unknown), Edgar Meyhöfer, Kristen J. Verhey	234
17	Microtubule Acetylation Promotes Kinesin-1 Binding and Transport breakdown → 2006 ·Current Biology ·Nathan Reed, Dawen Cai, T. Lynne Blasius, Gloria Jih, Edgar Meyhöfer, Jacek Gaertig, Kristen J. Verhey	722
18	Back on track – On the role of the microtubule for kinesin motility and cellular function 2006 ·Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility ·Stefan Lakämper, Edgar Meyhöfer	16
19	The E-Hook of Tubulin Interacts with Kinesin’s Head to Increase Processivity and Speed 2005 ·Biophysical Journal ·Stefan Lakämper, Edgar Meyhöfer	45
20	Directional loading of the kinesin motor molecule as it buckles a microtubule 1996 ·Biophysical Journal ·F. Gittes, Edgar Meyhöfer, (unknown), Jonathon Howard	123

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