Hans‐Werner Schmidt

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
415 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Hans‐Werner Schmidt is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans‐Werner Schmidt has authored 415 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 108 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 107 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hans‐Werner Schmidt's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (57 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (55 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (50 papers). Hans‐Werner Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (57 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (55 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (50 papers). Hans‐Werner Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Hans‐Werner Schmidt's co-authors include Mukundan Thelakkat, D. Haarer, Klaus Kreger, Reiner Giesa, Christoph Schmitz, Nils Mohmeyer, Thomas Riedl, Christian Neuber, Wilhelm F. Maier and Volker Altstädt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hans‐Werner Schmidt

402 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Blue electroluminescent diodes utilizing blends of poly(p... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 50 100 150
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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. Blue electroluminescent diodes utilizing blends of poly(p-phenylphenylene vinylene) in poly(9-vinylcarbazole)
    1994 194 citations Hans‐Werner Schmidt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans‐Werner Schmidt Germany 60 4.4k 4.2k 4.2k 2.2k 2.1k 415 12.0k
Kookheon Char South Korea 70 8.7k 2.0× 4.4k 1.1× 8.2k 2.0× 2.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.5× 341 17.3k
Qingmin Ji Japan 53 6.2k 1.4× 1.8k 0.4× 4.1k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 186 12.9k
Xudong Chen China 57 5.2k 1.2× 3.1k 0.7× 3.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 869 0.4× 354 11.8k
Giuseppe Portale Netherlands 49 3.7k 0.8× 4.0k 0.9× 4.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 261 9.4k
Edward T. Samulski United States 56 6.0k 1.4× 3.2k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 3.1k 1.4× 825 0.4× 263 16.3k
Sergiy Minko United States 64 4.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 5.0k 2.3× 3.3k 1.6× 246 18.6k
Unyong Jeong South Korea 61 6.0k 1.4× 5.3k 1.3× 6.5k 1.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 253 15.7k
Shouke Yan China 56 4.9k 1.1× 6.9k 1.6× 5.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 3.8k 1.8× 471 13.6k
David Carroll United States 59 8.0k 1.8× 3.7k 0.9× 5.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 657 0.3× 232 13.1k
Georges Hadziioannou France 68 6.3k 1.4× 5.2k 1.2× 6.1k 1.5× 4.3k 2.0× 802 0.4× 408 15.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans‐Werner Schmidt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans‐Werner Schmidt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans‐Werner Schmidt

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All Works

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Kreger, Klaus, et al.. (2025). Tailored Supramolecular Additives to Control the Crystallization Process and Morphology of MAPbI 3. Small. 21(9). e2410230–e2410230. 2 indexed citations
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Kreger, Klaus, et al.. (2024). Mimicking Cacti Spines via Hierarchical Self‐Assembly for Water Collection and Unidirectional Transport. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(29). 1 indexed citations
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Waal, Bas F. M. de, Klaus Kreger, Hans‐Werner Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Highly Ordered Supramolecular Materials of Phase‐Separated Block Molecules for Long‐Range Exciton Transport. Advanced Materials. 35(25). e2300891–e2300891. 7 indexed citations
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Schedl, Andreas, et al.. (2023). De‐Brominating Flame‐Retardant Polystyrene by Utilizing Basic Oxides in Chemical Recycling. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 95(8). 1314–1322.
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Körber, T., et al.. (2021). Reorientational dynamics of highly asymmetric binary non-polymeric mixtures – a dielectric spectroscopy study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(12). 7200–7212. 6 indexed citations
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Körber, T., et al.. (2020). Main and secondary relaxations of non-polymeric high-Tg glass formers as revealed by dielectric spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(16). 9086–9097. 8 indexed citations
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Neuber, Christian, et al.. (2019). Organic Glasses of High Glass Transition Temperatures Due To Substitution with Nitrile Groups. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(48). 10286–10293. 8 indexed citations
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Mohamed, F., et al.. (2017). Non-polymeric asymmetric binary glass-formers. II. Secondary relaxation studied by dielectric, 2H NMR, and 31P NMR spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(16). 164504–164504. 7 indexed citations
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Mohamed, F., Christian Bächer, Ernst Wagner, et al.. (2017). Non-polymeric asymmetric binary glass-formers. I. Main relaxations studied by dielectric, 2H NMR, and 31P NMR spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(16). 164503–164503. 13 indexed citations
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Giesa, Reiner, et al.. (2015). Melt Electrospinning of Small Molecules. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 300(3). 259–276. 14 indexed citations
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Glatz, Bernhard Alexander, Moritz Tebbe, Badr Kaoui, et al.. (2015). Hierarchical line-defect patterns in wrinkled surfaces. Soft Matter. 11(17). 3332–3339. 46 indexed citations
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Giesa, Reiner, et al.. (2012). Macromol. Rapid Commun. 3/2012. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 33(3). 177–177. 1 indexed citations
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Strohriegl, Peter, et al.. (2006). Novel Aromatic Amines for Photoconductor and Organic Electronic Applications. Technical programs and proceedings. 22(1). 21–24. 1 indexed citations
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Giesa, Reiner, et al.. (2003). Cholesteric Networks Based on Lyotropic Mixtures. ChemPhysChem. 4(5). 505–508. 7 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Hans‐Werner, et al.. (1993). Orientation of dichroic dyes in ultra-drawn polyethylenes. Polymer preprints. 34(1). 776–777. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Hans‐Werner, et al.. (1986). Graft exchange in vitiligo. Studies on the outcome of exchanging biopsies from vitiliginous skin to normal, pigmented skin and vice versa. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 66(4). 311–315. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Hans‐Werner, et al.. (1971). Beobachtungen zur Lebensweise von Pycnogonum litorale (Str�m) (Pantopoda). Oecologia. 7(3). 242–248. 16 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Hans‐Werner, et al.. (1968). Zum dynamischen Verhalten von Füllkörperkolonnen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 40(23). 1153–1158. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Hans‐Werner. (1968). Grundlagen der absorptiven Entfernung von CO2 aus Synthesegasen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 40(9-10). 425–431. 3 indexed citations

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