Helmut Cölfen

39.0k total citations · 14 hit papers
448 papers, 32.1k citations indexed

About

Helmut Cölfen is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Cölfen has authored 448 papers receiving a total of 32.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Biomaterials, 168 papers in Materials Chemistry and 129 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Helmut Cölfen's work include Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (199 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (87 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (60 papers). Helmut Cölfen is often cited by papers focused on Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (199 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (87 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (60 papers). Helmut Cölfen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Helmut Cölfen's co-authors include Markus Antonietti, Denis Gebauer, Stephen Mann, Shu‐Hong Yu, Fiona C. Meldrum, An‐Wu Xu, Markus Niederberger, Antje Völkel, Ruiqi Song and Limin Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Cölfen

440 papers receiving 31.7k citations

Hit Papers

Crystallization by particle attachmen... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2015 2003 2005 2008 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Crystallization by particle attachment in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments
    2015 1.7k citations Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk, Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  2. Higher‐Order Organization by Mesoscale Self‐Assembly and Transformation of Hybrid Nanostructures
    2003 1.6k citations Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  3. Mesocrystals: Inorganic Superstructures Made by Highly Parallel Crystallization and Controlled Alignment
    2005 1.6k citations Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  4. Stable Prenucleation Calcium Carbonate Clusters
    2008 1.3k citations Denis Gebauer, Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  5. Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems
    2008 1.2k citations Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  6. Oriented attachment and mesocrystals: Non-classical crystallization mechanisms based on nanoparticle assembly
    2006 971 citations Helmut Cölfen et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →
  7. Synthetic nacre by predesigned matrix-directed mineralization
    2016 840 citations Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  8. Pre-nucleation clusters as solute precursors in crystallisation
    2014 804 citations Denis Gebauer, Matthias Kellermeier et al. profile →
  9. Biomimetic mineralization
    2006 588 citations Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  10. Mesocrystals—Ordered Nanoparticle Superstructures
    2009 543 citations Helmut Cölfen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  11. Prenucleation clusters and non-classical nucleation
    2011 537 citations Denis Gebauer, Helmut Cölfen profile →
  12. Double-Hydrophilic Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Application as Novel Surfactants and Crystal Growth Modifiers
    2001 528 citations Helmut Cölfen profile →
  13. Mesocrystals and Nonclassical Crystallization
    2008 525 citations Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
  14. Mass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties
    2017 385 citations Helmut Cölfen 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
Helmut Cölfen Germany 82 15.8k 13.4k 9.0k 3.8k 3.6k 448 32.1k
Stephen Mann United Kingdom 120 17.8k 1.1× 23.0k 1.7× 12.9k 1.4× 5.3k 1.4× 2.6k 0.7× 668 55.5k
Fiona C. Meldrum United Kingdom 65 7.9k 0.5× 5.6k 0.4× 4.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 188 15.8k
Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk Netherlands 71 8.8k 0.6× 6.3k 0.5× 5.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 267 19.6k
James J. De Yoreo United States 65 6.7k 0.4× 6.7k 0.5× 3.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 258 17.3k
Dušan Lošić Australia 87 4.0k 0.3× 10.4k 0.8× 9.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 458 0.1× 429 23.6k
Angela M. Belcher United States 68 6.1k 0.4× 5.8k 0.4× 5.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 149 19.2k
Lia Addadi Israel 87 17.2k 1.1× 5.4k 0.4× 10.0k 1.1× 744 0.2× 5.4k 1.5× 291 30.1k
Wolfgang Tremel Germany 75 3.9k 0.3× 11.6k 0.9× 4.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 487 0.1× 513 20.6k
Matthias Epple Germany 76 6.5k 0.4× 9.3k 0.7× 12.1k 1.3× 708 0.2× 618 0.2× 599 27.5k
Gijsbertus de With Netherlands 65 3.3k 0.2× 9.6k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.3× 440 0.1× 375 20.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cölfen, Helmut, et al.. (2024). Effect of calcium-coacervate infiltration of artificial enamel caries lesions in de- and remineralizing conditions. Journal of Dentistry. 142. 104838–104838. 2 indexed citations
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Lü, Hao, et al.. (2024). Organic Nucleation: Water Rearrangement Reveals the Pathway of Ibuprofen. Small. 20(25). e2307858–e2307858. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Jianying, Zhenbang Guo, Cristina Ruiz‐Agudo, et al.. (2024). Thermal-responsive soil-hydrogel composite for additive construction. Journal of Building Engineering. 98. 111118–111118. 1 indexed citations
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Omar, Waid, Rose Rosenberg, & Helmut Cölfen. (2024). New Polymorph of Febuxostat Crystallized from Aqueous Solution with an Investigation of the Incidence of Pre-nucleation Clusters (PNCs) as Solute Precursors. Crystal Growth & Design. 24(17). 7104–7113. 1 indexed citations
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Picker, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Influence of polymers on the nucleation of calcium silicate hydrates. Cement and Concrete Research. 174. 107329–107329. 21 indexed citations
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Feng, Yanhuizhi, et al.. (2023). A Bioinspired Gelatin–Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Coating on Titanium Implant for Bone Regeneration (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 20/2023). Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(20). 2 indexed citations
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Ni, Bing, et al.. (2023). A Facile and Rational Method to Tailor the Symmetry of Au@Ag Nanoparticles. Advanced Materials. 35(15). 2209810–2209810. 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Xin, Pan Feng, Xiaohan Yu, et al.. (2023). High Energy Absorption Nacre‐Like Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C‐S‐H) Composite Toward Elastic Cementitious Materials. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(7). 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Zongkun, Xingkun Wang, Mengqi Fu, et al.. (2023). Growth strategy for solution-phase growth of two-dimensional nanomaterials via a unified model. Nature Synthesis. 2(7). 670–677. 12 indexed citations
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González‐Rubio, Guillermo, et al.. (2022). Influence of anisotropy on heterogeneous nucleation of gold nanorod assemblies. Faraday Discussions. 235(0). 132–147. 2 indexed citations
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Ni, Bing, Guillermo González‐Rubio, & Helmut Cölfen. (2022). How a Facet of a Nanocrystal Is Formed: The Concept of the Symmetry Based Kinematic Theory. ChemPhysChem. 24(2). e202200480–e202200480. 5 indexed citations
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Drechsler, Markus, A. Kempter, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche, et al.. (2022). New insights into the nucleation of magnesium hydroxide and the influence of poly(acrylic acid) during the early stages of Mg(OH)2 crystallisation. CrystEngComm. 24(44). 7718–7726. 9 indexed citations
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Cölfen, Helmut, Hans‐Beat Bürgi, Dmitry Chernyshov, et al.. (2022). Mesocrystalline structure and mechanical properties of biogenic calcite from sea urchin spine. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 78(3). 356–358. 1 indexed citations
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Zemb, Thomas, Rose Rosenberg, Stjepan Marc̆elja, et al.. (2021). Phase separation of binary mixtures induced by soft centrifugal fields. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(14). 8261–8272. 9 indexed citations
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González‐Rubio, Guillermo, et al.. (2021). Simple Determination of Gold Nanocrystal Dimensions by Analytical Ultracentrifugation via Surface Ligand-Solvent Density Matching. Nanomaterials. 11(6). 1427–1427. 5 indexed citations
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Gebauer, Denis, et al.. (2020). Potentiometric Titration Method for the Determination of Solubility Limits and pKa Values of Weak Organic Acids in Water. Analytical Chemistry. 92(14). 9511–9515. 9 indexed citations
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Rao, Ashit, Teresa Roncal‐Herrero, Markus Drechsler, et al.. (2019). On Biomineralization: Enzymes Switch on Mesocrystal Assembly. ACS Central Science. 5(2). 357–364. 22 indexed citations
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Xu, Xufeng, Tobias Franke, Kristian Schilling, Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk, & Helmut Cölfen. (2019). Binary Colloidal Nanoparticle Concentration Gradients in a Centrifugal Field at High Concentration. Nano Letters. 19(2). 1136–1142. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Ang, Yun-Fei Jia, Shengtong Sun, et al.. (2018). Mineral-Enhanced Polyacrylic Acid Hydrogel as an Oyster-Inspired Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Adhesive. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(12). 10471–10479. 168 indexed citations
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Harding, Stephen E., Gisela Berth, Jürgen Hartmann, et al.. (1996). Physicochemical studies on xylinan (acetan). III. Hydrodynamic characterization by analytical ultracentrifugation and dynamic light scattering. Biopolymers. 39(5). 729–736. 6 indexed citations

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