Karsten Bromann

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Karsten Bromann is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Atmospheric Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Karsten Bromann has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Karsten Bromann's work include nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (14 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (11 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (5 papers). Karsten Bromann is often cited by papers focused on nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (14 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (11 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (5 papers). Karsten Bromann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Denmark and Italy. Karsten Bromann's co-authors include Harald Brune, Klaus Kern, Marcella Giovannini, Holger Röder, R. Monot, Christian Félix, J. Buttet, W. Harbich, P. Stoltze and Karsten W. Jacobsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Karsten Bromann

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Self-organized growth of nanostructure arrays on strain-r... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Self-organized growth of nanostructure arrays on strain-relief patterns
    1998 539 citations Harald Brune, Marcella Giovannini et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karsten Bromann Switzerland 14 1.1k 683 596 353 326 16 1.7k
Georg Rosenfeld Germany 22 1.3k 1.2× 477 0.7× 755 1.3× 335 0.9× 284 0.9× 30 1.7k
L. Bardotti France 22 711 0.7× 834 1.2× 594 1.0× 233 0.7× 267 0.8× 46 1.5k
M. Hohage Austria 22 1.1k 1.0× 815 1.2× 464 0.8× 608 1.7× 367 1.1× 68 1.9k
M. C. Tringides United States 22 1.1k 1.0× 676 1.0× 516 0.9× 256 0.7× 196 0.6× 66 1.6k
Joachim Jacobsen Denmark 10 573 0.5× 484 0.7× 410 0.7× 176 0.5× 148 0.5× 15 1.1k
Marcia H. Grabow United States 10 500 0.5× 473 0.7× 301 0.5× 284 0.8× 183 0.6× 18 982
J. Vrijmoeth Netherlands 20 847 0.8× 382 0.6× 268 0.4× 696 2.0× 168 0.5× 29 1.5k
J.L. Robins Australia 21 672 0.6× 560 0.8× 599 1.0× 251 0.7× 188 0.6× 48 1.3k
Akiko Natori Japan 20 1.1k 1.0× 913 1.3× 138 0.2× 607 1.7× 287 0.9× 99 1.9k
Kentaro Kyuno Japan 25 639 0.6× 697 1.0× 172 0.3× 1.2k 3.3× 213 0.7× 81 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karsten Bromann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karsten Bromann

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Bromann, Karsten, et al.. (2002). THE TRANSITION TO STEP FLOW GROWTH ON THE CLEAN AND SURFACTANT COVERED Si(111) SURFACE STUDIED BY IN-SITU LEEM. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 16(28n29). 4353–4362. 8 indexed citations
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Hamilton, J. C., R. Stumpf, Karsten Bromann, et al.. (1999). Dislocation Structures of Submonolayer Films near the Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transition: Ag on Pt(111). Physical Review Letters. 82(22). 4488–4491. 24 indexed citations
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Bromann, Karsten, Marcella Giovannini, Harald Brune, & Klaus Kern. (1999). Self-organized growth of cluster arrays. The European Physical Journal D. 9(1). 25–28. 29 indexed citations
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Brune, Harald, Marcella Giovannini, Karsten Bromann, & Klaus Kern. (1998). Self-organized growth of nanostructure arrays on strain-relief patterns. Nature. 394(6692). 451–453. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bromann, Karsten, Harald Brune, Christian Félix, et al.. (1997). Hard and soft landing of mass selected Ag clusters on Pt(111). Surface Science. 377-379. 1051–1055. 40 indexed citations
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Bromann, Karsten, Harald Brune, Marcella Giovannini, & Klaus Kern. (1997). Pseudomorphic growth induced by chemical adatom potential. Surface Science. 388(1-3). L1107–L1114. 19 indexed citations
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Röder, Holger, Karsten Bromann, Harald Brune, & Klaus Kern. (1997). Strain mediated two-dimensional growth kinetics in metal heteroepitaxy: Ag/Pt(111). Surface Science. 376(1-3). 13–31. 47 indexed citations
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Bromann, Karsten, Christian Félix, Harald Brune, et al.. (1996). Controlled Deposition of Size-Selected Silver Nanoclusters. Science. 274(5289). 956–958. 284 indexed citations
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Brune, Harald, Holger Röder, Karsten Bromann, et al.. (1996). Anisotropic corner diffusion as origin for dendritic growth on hexagonal substrates. Surface Science. 349(1). L115–L122. 95 indexed citations
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Schuster, R., Holger Röder, Karsten Bromann, Harald Brune, & Klaus Kern. (1996). Stress relief via island formation of an isotropically strained bimetallic surface layer: The mesoscopic morphology of the Ag/Pt (111) surface alloy. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 54(19). 13476–13479. 23 indexed citations
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Brune, Harald, Karsten Bromann, Klaus Kern, et al.. (1995). Fractal and Dendritic Growth of Surface Aggregates. MRS Proceedings. 407. 4 indexed citations
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Brune, Harald, Karsten Bromann, Holger Röder, et al.. (1995). Effect of strain on surface diffusion and nucleation. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 52(20). R14380–R14383. 245 indexed citations
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Bromann, Karsten, Harald Brune, Holger Röder, & Klaus Kern. (1995). Interlayer Mass Transport in Homoepitaxial and Heteroepitaxial Metal Growth. Physical Review Letters. 75(4). 677–680. 144 indexed citations
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Brune, Harald, Holger Röder, Karsten Bromann, & Klaus Kern. (1995). Kinetic processes in metal epitaxy studied with variable temperature STM: Ag/Pt(111). Thin Solid Films. 264(2). 230–235. 47 indexed citations
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Röder, Holger, Karsten Bromann, Harald Brune, & Klaus Kern. (1995). Diffusion-Limited Aggregation with Active Edge Diffusion. Physical Review Letters. 74(16). 3217–3220. 93 indexed citations
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Zeppenfeld, P., Michael A. Krzyzowski, R. David, et al.. (1995). Stability of disk and stripe patterns of nanostructures at surfaces. Surface Science. 342(1-3). L1131–L1136. 27 indexed citations

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