Günter Reiter

12.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
265 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Günter Reiter is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Günter Reiter has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Materials Chemistry, 100 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 72 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Günter Reiter's work include Polymer crystallization and properties (73 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (69 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (65 papers). Günter Reiter is often cited by papers focused on Polymer crystallization and properties (73 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (69 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (65 papers). Günter Reiter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and China. Günter Reiter's co-authors include Jens‐Uwe Sommer, Ashutosh Sharma, Rajesh Khanna, Yu Ma, G. Strobl, P. Auroy, Pascal Damman, Ullrich Steiner, Wenbing Hu and Khosrow Rahimi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Günter Reiter

256 papers receiving 10.7k citations

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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.

Dewetting of thin polymer films

1992 933 citations Günter Reiter Physical Review Letters profile →
Unstable thin polymer films: rupture and dewetting processes

1993 444 citations Günter Reiter profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Selective dissolution as a tool for detecting spatial variations in the metastability within lamellar polymer crystals 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Binghua Wang, Hong Zou, Xuchen Wang, Changyu Shen, (unknown), Günter Reiter, Bin Zhang	3
2	Determining the maximum melting temperature of polymer crystals from a change in morphology of dewetting rims 2023 ·Polymer ·Gang Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Binghua Wang, Changyu Shen, Jingbo Chen, Günter Reiter, Bin Zhang	2
3	Identifying a Mesomorphic Boundary Zone within Polybutene-1 Single Crystals Emerging During a Crystal–Crystal Transformation 2023 ·Macromolecules ·Jinlong Chen, Binghua Wang, Changyu Shen, Jingbo Chen, Günter Reiter, Bin Zhang	8
4	Editorial on the Special Topic “Polymer Crystallization” 2022 ·Crystals ·Jun Xu, Günter Reiter, Rufina G. Alamo	0
5	Formation of Stacked Three-Dimensional Polymer “Single Crystals” 2021 ·Macromolecules ·Zhi‐Xin Guo, Shouke Yan, Günter Reiter	13
6	Illumination of Conjugated Polymers Reduces the Nucleation Probability and Slows Down the Crystal Growth Rate 2021 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Sommer, Günter Reiter	2
7	Continuous Illumination of a Conjugated Polymer Causes Strong Enhancement of Photoluminescence 2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Sommer, Günter Reiter	4
8	Concepts of Nucleation in Polymer Crystallization 2021 ·Crystals ·Jun Xu, Günter Reiter, Rufina G. Alamo	56
9	Following isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films by UV–vis spectroscopy 2020 ·Polymer ·(unknown), Barbara Heck, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Farhang Abbasi, Günter Reiter	10
10	Processing Pathways Decide Polymer Properties at the Molecular Level 2019 ·Macromolecules ·Sivasurender Chandran, J. Baschnagel, Daniele Cangialosi, Koji Fukao, Emmanouil Glynos, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, Marcus Müller, M. Muthukumar, Ullrich Steiner, Jun Xu, Simone Napolitano, Günter Reiter	130
11	Formation of Asymmetric Leaf-Shaped Crystals in Ultrathin Films of Oriented Polyethylene Molecules Resulting from High-Temperature Relaxation and Recrystallization 2019 ·Macromolecules ·Huihui Li, (unknown), (unknown), Zhenzhen Zhou, Zhongjie Ren, Xiaoli Sun, Renate Reiter, Shouke Yan, Günter Reiter	8
12	Growth Kinetics of Stacks of Lamellar Polymer Crystals 2018 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown), Hanna Busch, (unknown), Stefan Mecking, Günter Reiter	32
13	Functional Macromolecular Systems: Kinetic Pathways to Obtain Tailored Structures 2018 ·Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics ·Volker Abetz, Kurt Kremer, Marcus Müller, Günter Reiter	30
14	Semicrystalline Long-Chain Polyphosphoesters from Polyesterification 2017 ·Macromolecules ·Hanna Busch, (unknown), Günter Reiter, Stefan Mecking	12
15	Segmental Relaxations have Macroscopic Consequences in Glassy Polymer Films 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·Mithun Chowdhury, (unknown), Falko Ziebert, Arnold C.‐M. Yang, Ullrich Steiner, Günter Reiter	49
16	Photoluminescence Influenced by Chain Conformation in Thin Conjugated Polymer Films by Spin Coating and Dewetting 2011 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Günter Reiter, Arnold C.‐M. Yang	2
17	Aging of Thin Polymer Films Cast from a Near-Theta Solvent 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Mithun Chowdhury, Christophe Calers, (unknown), Ullrich Steiner, Günter Reiter	67
18	Self-assembled patterns from evaporating layered fluids 2009 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·L. V. Govor, Jürgen Parisi, G.H. Bauer, Günter Reiter	5
19	Instability and droplet formation in evaporating thin films of a binary solution 2005 ·Physical Review E ·L. V. Govor, Jürgen Parisi, G.H. Bauer, Günter Reiter	18
20	Auto-Optimization of Dewetting Rates by Rim Instabilities in Slipping Polymer Films 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·Günter Reiter, Ashutosh Sharma	120

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