Friedhelm Schönfeld

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Friedhelm Schönfeld is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Friedhelm Schönfeld has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Friedhelm Schönfeld's work include Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (13 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (7 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (7 papers). Friedhelm Schönfeld is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (13 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (7 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (7 papers). Friedhelm Schönfeld collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Friedhelm Schönfeld's co-authors include Volker Hessel, Holger Löwe, Steffen Hardt, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Karlheinz Graf, Ma'moun Al‐Rawashdeh, Patrick Löb, Michael Kappl, Elmar Bonaccurso and Tobias Baier and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Friedhelm Schönfeld

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Micromixers—a review on passive and active mixing principles 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750 1000
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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. Micromixers—a review on passive and active mixing principles
    2005 1.2k citations Volker Hessel, Friedhelm Schönfeld et al. Chemical Engineering Science profile →

Peers

Friedhelm Schönfeld
Nicholas A. Charipar United States
Anne Marie Gué France
Mathieu Joanicot France
Yunfei Li China
Nobuyuki Takeyasu Japan
Sohei Matsumoto Japan
Lauri Sainiemi Finland
Shawn A. Putnam United States
Zhiquan Chen China
Wuxia Li China
Nicholas A. Charipar United States
Friedhelm Schönfeld
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Friedhelm Schönfeld

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pinchasik, Bat‐El, Friedhelm Schönfeld, Michael Kappl, & Hans‐Jürgen Butt. (2019). Bubbles nucleating on superhydrophobic micropillar arrays under flow. Soft Matter. 15(40). 8175–8183. 10 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm, Chen Li, Ali A. Golriz, et al.. (2014). A study of photothermal laser ablation of various polymers on microsecond time scales. SpringerPlus. 3(1). 489–489. 35 indexed citations
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Kappl, Michael, et al.. (2013). Capillary forces between rigid spheres and elastic supports: the role of Young's modulus and equilibrium vapor adsorption. Soft Matter. 9(17). 4534–4534. 10 indexed citations
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Ziegenbalg, Dirk, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of different micromixers by CFD simulations for the anionic polymerisation of styrene. Green Processing and Synthesis. 1(2). 211–214. 7 indexed citations
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Al‐Rawashdeh, Ma'moun, Dirk Ziegenbalg, Patrick Löb, et al.. (2011). Microstructure-based intensification of a falling film microreactor through optimal film setting with realistic profiles and in-channel induced mixing. Chemical Engineering Journal. 179. 318–329. 34 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm, et al.. (2011). Temperature analysis of laser heated polymers on microsecond time scales. Applied Physics A. 106(4). 791–801. 7 indexed citations
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Mohanty, Swati, Tobias Baier, & Friedhelm Schönfeld. (2010). Three-dimensional CFD modelling of a continuous immunomagnetophoretic cell capture in BioMEMs. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 51(3). 110–116. 10 indexed citations
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Ziegenbalg, Dirk, Patrick Löb, Ma'moun Al‐Rawashdeh, et al.. (2010). Use of ‘smart interfaces’ to improve the liquid-sided mass transport in a falling film microreactor. Chemical Engineering Science. 65(11). 3557–3566. 37 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm, et al.. (2009). Transition zone dynamics in combined isotachophoretic and electro-osmotic transport. Physics of Fluids. 21(9). 13 indexed citations
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Al‐Rawashdeh, Ma'moun, et al.. (2008). Pseudo 3-D simulation of a falling film microreactor based on realistic channel and film profiles. Chemical Engineering Science. 63(21). 5149–5159. 49 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm, Karlheinz Graf, Steffen Hardt, & Hans‐Jürgen Butt. (2008). Evaporation dynamics of sessile liquid drops in still air with constant contact radius. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 51(13-14). 3696–3699. 88 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm & Steffen Hardt. (2008). Dynamic contact angles in CFD simulations. Computers & Fluids. 38(4). 757–764. 23 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm, et al.. (2008). Protein Diffusion Across the Interface in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems. Langmuir. 24(16). 8547–8553. 29 indexed citations
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Hardt, Steffen & Friedhelm Schönfeld. (2007). Microfluidic Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis Systems. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 150 indexed citations
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Serra, Christophe A., Guy Schlatter, Nicolas Sary, Friedhelm Schönfeld, & Georges Hadziioannou. (2006). Free radical polymerization in multilaminated microreactors: 2D and 3D multiphysics CFD modeling. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 3(4). 451–461. 26 indexed citations
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Bonaccurso, Elmar, Friedhelm Schönfeld, & Hans‐Jürgen Butt. (2006). Electrostatic forces acting on tip and cantilever in atomic force microscopy. Physical Review B. 74(8). 33 indexed citations
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Mielnik, Michal M., et al.. (2005). Sinusoidal crossflow microfiltration device—experimental and computational flowfield analysis. Lab on a Chip. 5(8). 897–897. 11 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm, et al.. (2004). Integrated polymer chip for two-dimensional capillary gel electrophoresis. Lab on a Chip. 4(1). 18–23. 73 indexed citations
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Schönfeld, Friedhelm & Steffen Hardt. (2004). Simulation of helical flows in microchannels. AIChE Journal. 50(4). 771–778. 180 indexed citations
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Uhrig, Götz S., et al.. (1999). Soliton lattices in the incommensurate spin-Peierls phase: Local distortions and magnetizations. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 60(13). 9468–9476. 15 indexed citations

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