Kai Töpfer

508 total citations
18 papers, 222 citations indexed

About

Kai Töpfer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Töpfer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 222 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Kai Töpfer's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (5 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (4 papers). Kai Töpfer is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (5 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (4 papers). Kai Töpfer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Kai Töpfer's co-authors include Markus Meuwly, Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar, Silvan Käser, Peter Hamm, Jean Christophe Tremblay, Anuradha Das, David Rohrbach, Thomas Feurer, Beate Paulus and K. Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Kai Töpfer

17 papers receiving 221 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Töpfer Switzerland 7 127 58 54 43 42 18 222
Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar Switzerland 7 124 1.0× 68 1.2× 43 0.8× 65 1.5× 56 1.3× 10 247
Marius R. Bittermann Netherlands 6 220 1.7× 93 1.6× 45 0.8× 18 0.4× 74 1.8× 13 286
Conor D. Rankine United Kingdom 11 204 1.6× 41 0.7× 77 1.4× 21 0.5× 33 0.8× 28 326
Lara Román Castellanos United Kingdom 5 203 1.6× 55 0.9× 121 2.2× 31 0.7× 26 0.6× 5 307
Andrew Behn United States 5 103 0.8× 40 0.7× 73 1.4× 31 0.7× 47 1.1× 6 233
Xingyi Guan United States 8 224 1.8× 122 2.1× 50 0.9× 28 0.7× 91 2.2× 12 331
Sina Stocker Germany 5 222 1.7× 103 1.8× 35 0.6× 37 0.9× 45 1.1× 5 266
Cory Hargus United States 6 182 1.4× 65 1.1× 82 1.5× 36 0.8× 56 1.3× 9 311
Maria Carolina Muniz United States 7 243 1.9× 83 1.4× 90 1.7× 17 0.4× 73 1.7× 7 322
Eric Dybeck United States 11 223 1.8× 40 0.7× 78 1.4× 85 2.0× 66 1.6× 12 363

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Töpfer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Töpfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Töpfer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Töpfer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Töpfer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Töpfer. Kai Töpfer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Töpfer, Kai, Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar, & Markus Meuwly. (2024). Asparagus: A toolkit for autonomous, user-guided construction of machine-learned potential energy surfaces. Computer Physics Communications. 308. 109446–109446. 4 indexed citations
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Boittier, Eric D., Kai Töpfer, M. Devereux, & Markus Meuwly. (2024). Kernel-Based Minimal Distributed Charges: A Conformationally Dependent ESP-Model for Molecular Simulations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 4 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, et al.. (2024). SCN as a local probe of protein structural dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 161(5).
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Töpfer, Kai, et al.. (2024). Force Fields for Deep Eutectic Mixtures: Application to Structure, Thermodynamics and 2D-Infrared Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(44). 10937–10949. 3 indexed citations
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Song, K., Silvan Käser, Kai Töpfer, Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar, & Markus Meuwly. (2023). PhysNet meets CHARMM: A framework for routine machine learning/molecular mechanics simulations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(2). 16 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, Debasish Koner, Shyamsunder Erramilli, L. D. Ziegler, & Markus Meuwly. (2023). Molecular-level understanding of the rovibrational spectra of N2O in gaseous, supercritical, and liquid SF6 and Xe. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(14). 144302–144302. 4 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, et al.. (2022). Quantitative molecular simulations. edoc (University of Basel). 9 indexed citations
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Käser, Silvan, Kai Töpfer, Rolf Pfister, et al.. (2022). Hydration dynamics and IR spectroscopy of 4-fluorophenol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(42). 26046–26060. 6 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, Silvan Käser, & Markus Meuwly. (2022). Double proton transfer in hydrated formic acid dimer: Interplay of spatial symmetry and solvent-generated force on reactivity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(22). 13869–13882. 17 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, Anuradha Das, Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar, et al.. (2022). Structure, Organization, and Heterogeneity of Water-Containing Deep Eutectic Solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(31). 14170–14180. 46 indexed citations
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Käser, Silvan, Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar, Markus Meuwly, & Kai Töpfer. (2022). Neural network potentials for chemistry: concepts, applications and prospects. Digital Discovery. 2(1). 28–58. 80 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, Gopal Dixit, & Jean Christophe Tremblay. (2021). Imaging Valence Electron Dynamics during Surface Diffusion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(34). 19032–19039. 1 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, et al.. (2021). Theoretical investigations of the interaction between diatomic molecules and coinage metal atoms. Molecular Physics. 119(9). e1892224–e1892224. 1 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, Gernot Füchsel, & Jean Christophe Tremblay. (2020). Energy transfers in a weakly coupled gas-surface system: The scattering of CO from MgO(001). Surface Science. 706. 121767–121767. 2 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai & Jean Christophe Tremblay. (2018). First-Principle Investigations of the Interaction between CO and O2 with Group 11 Atoms on a Defect-Free MgO(001) Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(8). 2307–2317. 6 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai & Jean Christophe Tremblay. (2016). How surface reparation prevents catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide on atomic gold at defective magnesium oxide surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(27). 18590–18597. 3 indexed citations
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Töpfer, Kai, et al.. (2015). Low-index surfaces of CoSb3 skutterudites from first principles. Surface Science. 637-638. 124–131. 12 indexed citations

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