Heinz‐S. Kitzerow

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
175 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Heinz‐S. Kitzerow is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Heinz‐S. Kitzerow has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 84 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 63 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Heinz‐S. Kitzerow's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (127 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (64 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (29 papers). Heinz‐S. Kitzerow is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (127 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (64 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (29 papers). Heinz‐S. Kitzerow collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Heinz‐S. Kitzerow's co-authors include Christian Bahr, G. Heppke, Harald Böck, P. P. Crooker, Stephan A. Benning, Martin Urbanski, Torsten Hegmann, Marie‐France Achard, Alexander Lorenz and Javad Mirzaei and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Heinz‐S. Kitzerow

171 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heinz‐S. Kitzerow Germany	34	3.3k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	175	4.3k
Hirotsugu Kikuchi Japan	31	4.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	851 0.8×	925 0.9×	179	5.0k
Martin Schadt Switzerland	24	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	733 0.7×	865 0.8×	62	3.8k
Satyendra Kumar United States	37	3.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	533 0.5×	161	4.7k
John L. West United States	31	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	957 0.8×	665 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	158	4.1k
Oriano Francescangeli Italy	35	2.4k 0.7×	850 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	469 0.4×	184	3.7k
L. M. Blinov Russia	38	4.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	221	5.8k
Ingo Dierking United Kingdom	35	4.8k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	610 0.6×	201	5.9k
Shunsuke Kobayashi Japan	35	3.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	982 0.8×	635 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	243	4.3k
Giusy Scalia Italy	22	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	726 0.7×	59	4.6k
H. J. Coles United Kingdom	32	2.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	701 0.6×	587 0.5×	537 0.5×	132	3.4k

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Lorenz, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Effects of Composition and Polymerization Conditions on the Electro-Optic Performance of Liquid Crystal–Polymer Composites Doped with Ferroelectric Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials. 14(11). 961–961. 1 indexed citations

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Zentgraf, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Geometric-phase metalens to be used for tunable optical tweezers in microfluidics. Liquid Crystals. 50(7-10). 1193–1203. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bingru, Jürgen Schmidtke, & Heinz‐S. Kitzerow. (2019). Fabrication of Lyotropic Alignment Layers for Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Facilitated by a Polymer Template. Advanced Optical Materials. 7(8). 9 indexed citations

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Wilkes, David, et al.. (2016). Near infrared Kerr effect and description of field-induced phase transitions in polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals. Applied Physics Letters. 108(8). 2 indexed citations

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Vollbrecht, Joachim, Harald Böck, Christian Wiebeler, Stefan Schumacher, & Heinz‐S. Kitzerow. (2014). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Obtained by Lateral Core Extension of Mesogenic Perylenes: Absorption and Optoelectronic Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(38). 12026–12031. 39 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Bilayers in nanoparticle-doped polar mesogens. Physical Review E. 88(6). 62505–62505. 8 indexed citations

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McGinn, Christine K., et al.. (2013). Planar anchoring strength and pitch measurements in achiral and chiral chromonic liquid crystals using 90-degree twist cells. Physical Review E. 88(6). 62513–62513. 36 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Alexander, et al.. (2013). X-ray scattering of nematic liquid crystal nanodispersion with negative dielectric anisotropy [Invited]. Applied Optics. 52(22). E1–E1. 10 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Alexander, et al.. (2012). Doping the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5CB with Milled BaTiO3 Nanoparticles. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 86(5). 4 indexed citations

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Mirzaei, Javad, Martin Urbanski, Kui Yu, Heinz‐S. Kitzerow, & Torsten Hegmann. (2011). Nanocomposites of a nematic liquid crystal doped with magic-sized CdSe quantum dots. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21(34). 12710–12710. 88 indexed citations

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Lorke, A., Martin Urbanski, Heinz‐S. Kitzerow, et al.. (2010). Self-assembled quantum dots in a liquid-crystal-tunable microdisk resonator. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 42(10). 2552–2555. 8 indexed citations

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Benning, Stephan A., Harald Böck, John W. Goodby, et al.. (2003). Electroluminescence and photovoltaic effects using columnar mesogenic compounds. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5003. 167–167. 3 indexed citations

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Röder, Thorsten, et al.. (2002). Shift of the photonic band gap in two photonic crystal/liquid crystal composites. Applied Physics Letters. 80(11). 1885–1887. 46 indexed citations

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Benning, Stephan A., et al.. (2001). Color-Tuned Electroluminescence from Columnar Liquid Crystalline Alkyl Arenecarboxylates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(11). 2060–2063. 277 indexed citations

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Benning, Stephan A., et al.. (2001). Color-Tuned Electroluminescence from Columnar Liquid Crystalline Alkyl Arenecarboxylates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(11). 2060–2063. 4 indexed citations

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Долганов, В. К., O. Lourie, G. Heppke, & Heinz‐S. Kitzerow. (1993). Anomalies of the temperature dependence of electrostriction in blue phases. Journal de Physique II. 3(7). 1087–1096. 1 indexed citations

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Kitzerow, Heinz‐S.. (1991). The Effect of Electric Fields on Blue Phases. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 202(1). 51–83. 108 indexed citations

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Heppke, G., et al.. (1988). Electrooptic Effect in a Non-Polar Nematic Discotic Liquid Crystal. 6(3). 71–79. 2 indexed citations

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Heppke, G., Heinz‐S. Kitzerow, & Michael Krumrey. (1985). Electric Field Induced Variation of the Refractive Index in Cholesteric Blue Phases. 2(1-2). 59–65. 14 indexed citations

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Heppke, G., Heinz‐S. Kitzerow, & Michael Krumrey. (1985). Electrooptical Behaviour of Cholesteric Blue Phases with Negative Dielectric Anisotropy. 1(3-4). 117–122. 4 indexed citations

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