Hans‐Jürgen Butt

47.7k total citations · 15 hit papers
611 papers, 39.3k citations indexed

About

Hans‐Jürgen Butt is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans‐Jürgen Butt has authored 611 papers receiving a total of 39.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 180 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 170 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hans‐Jürgen Butt's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (157 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (144 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (85 papers). Hans‐Jürgen Butt is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (157 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (144 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (85 papers). Hans‐Jürgen Butt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Greece and China. Hans‐Jürgen Butt's co-authors include Michael Kappl, Doris Vollmer, Brunero Cappella, Manfred Jaschke, Xu Deng, Elmar Bonaccurso, Si Wu, Lena Mammen, Kaloian Koynov and Karlheinz Graf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans‐Jürgen Butt

602 papers receiving 38.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Force measurements with the atomic force microscope: Technique, interpretation and applications

2005 2.8k citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Michael Kappl et al. profile →
Candle Soot as a Template for a Transparent Robust Superamphiphobic Coating

2011 1.8k citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Doris Vollmer et al. profile →
Calculation of thermal noise in atomic force microscopy

1995 1.3k citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt et al. profile →
Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces

2003 1.1k citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Michael Kappl et al. profile →
Boundary slip in Newtonian liquids: a review of experimental studies

2005 904 citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt et al. profile →
Measuring electrostatic, van der Waals, and hydration forces in electrolyte solutions with an atomic force microscope

1991 642 citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt profile →
Photoswitching of glass transition temperatures of azobenzene-containing polymers induces reversible solid-to-liquid transitions

2016 554 citations Kaloian Koynov, Rüdiger Berger et al. profile →
Micromechanical cantilever-based biosensors

2001 546 citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt et al. profile →
Normal capillary forces

2008 493 citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Michael Kappl profile →
How superhydrophobicity breaks down

2013 431 citations Doris Vollmer, Hans‐Jürgen Butt et al. profile →
When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works

2020 328 citations Alexander Saal, Nan Gao et al. profile →
Direct observation of drops on slippery lubricant-infused surfaces

2015 327 citations Frank Schellenberger, Hans‐Jürgen Butt et al. Soft Matter profile →
How drops start sliding over solid surfaces

2017 301 citations Nan Gao, Sanghyuk Wooh et al. profile →
Contact angle hysteresis

2022 232 citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Kaloian Koynov et al. profile →
Reconfiguring hydrogel assemblies using a photocontrolled metallopolymer adhesive for multiple customized functions

2024 75 citations Yun‐Shuai Huang, Kaloian Koynov et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stood-up drop to determine receding contact angles 2025 ·Soft Matter ·(unknown), A. Bhargava, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rüdiger Berger, Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Detlef Lohse, Thomas Willers, Vatsal Sanjay, Doris Vollmer	0
2	Bioinspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filter 2025 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sang Moon Kim, Jonathan T. Pham, Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Sanghyuk Wooh	2
3	Enhancing liquid–vapor phase behavior through multiscale anisotropic wettability gradient in dandelion-inspired nanostructures 2025 ·Materials Horizons ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiong Wang, (unknown), Xiao Yan, Wei Han, Qiong Wu, Michael Kappl, Youmin Hou, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, King Lun Yeung	1
4	How Surface and Substrate Chemistry Affect Slide Electrification 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Ognen Pop‐Georgievski, (unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Tremel, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, W. Steffen	9
5	Inhibition of condensation-induced droplet wetting by nano-hierarchical surfaces 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), Youmin Hou, (unknown), (unknown), Dimos Poulikakos, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, King Lun Yeung	28
6	Chemical physics of controlled wettability and super surfaces 2023 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Carolina Brito, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Alberto Giacomello	3
7	Evaporation-driven Supraparticle Synthesis by Self-Lubricating Colloidal Dispersion Microdrops 2023 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Syuji Fujii, Jaehoon Lim, Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Sanghyuk Wooh	9
8	Surface Charge Deposition by Moving Drops Reduces Contact Angles 2023 ·Physical Review Letters ·Xiaomei Li, (unknown), Steffen Hardt, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	18
9	Photocatalytically reactive surfaces for simultaneous water harvesting and treatment 2023 ·Nature Sustainability ·Ritwick Ghosh, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Thomas M. Schutzius	52
10	Tuning static drop friction 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Abhinav Naga, Chirag Hinduja, (unknown), Alexander Saal, Hyeonjin Kim, Nan Gao, Sanghyuk Wooh, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger, Doris Vollmer	14
11	Amphiphilic Metallodrug Assemblies with Red‐Light‐Enhanced Cellular Internalization and Tumor Penetration for Anticancer Phototherapy 2022 ·Small ·Xiaolong Zeng, Yufei Wang, Yun‐Shuai Huang, Jianxiong Han, Wen Sun, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Xing‐Jie Liang, Si Wu	26
12	Capillary Torque on a Particle Rotating at an Interface 2021 ·Langmuir ·Abhinav Naga, Doris Vollmer, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	9
13	Metallopolymer Organohydrogels with Photo‐Controlled Coordination Crosslinks Work Properly Below 0 °C 2020 ·Advanced Materials ·Jiahui Liu, Chaoming Xie, (unknown), Kaloian Koynov, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Si Wu	72
14	Fighting against Drug‐Resistant Tumors using a Dual‐Responsive Pt(IV)/Ru(II) Bimetallic Polymer 2020 ·Advanced Materials ·Xiaolong Zeng, Yufei Wang, Jianxiong Han, Wen Sun, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Xing‐Jie Liang, Si Wu	108
15	Light-Switchable Polymer Adhesive Based on Photoinduced Reversible Solid-to-Liquid Transitions 2019 ·ACS Macro Letters ·Ying Zhou, Mingsen Chen, Qingfu Ban, Zhenlin Zhang, Shaomin Shuang, Kaloian Koynov, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Jie Kong, Si Wu	145
16	Segregation in Drying Binary Colloidal Droplets 2019 ·ACS Nano ·Wendong Liu, Jiarul Midya, Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Arash Nikoubashman	101
17	Surfactants Mediate the Dewetting of Acrylic Polymer Films Commonly Applied to Works of Art 2019 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Costanza Montis, Kaloian Koynov, A. Best, Michele Baglioni, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Debora Berti, Piero Baglioni	12
18	Orthogonal photo-switching of supramolecular patterned surfaces 2018 ·Chemical Communications ·Dongsheng Wang, Frank Schellenberger, Jonathan T. Pham, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Si Wu	31
19	Adaptive Wetting—Adaptation in Wetting 2018 ·Langmuir ·Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger, W. Steffen, Doris Vollmer, Stefan A. L. Weber	94
20	Near-infrared photochemistry at interfaces based on upconverting nanoparticles 2017 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Si Wu, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	56

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