Klaus G. Nickel

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Klaus G. Nickel is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus G. Nickel has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Materials Chemistry, 53 papers in Ceramics and Composites and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Klaus G. Nickel's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (50 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (22 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (19 papers). Klaus G. Nickel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (50 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (22 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (19 papers). Klaus G. Nickel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Klaus G. Nickel's co-authors include Yury Gogotsi, Andreas Kailer, U. Neis, Andreas Tiehm, D. H. Green, Volker Presser, Christoph Berthold, Gerhard P. Brey, Georg Rixecker and H. Palme and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Klaus G. Nickel

129 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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Ultrasonic waste activated sludge disintegration for improving anaerobic stabilization

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klaus G. Nickel Germany	39	2.1k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	129	5.6k
Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie New Zealand	54	5.4k 2.6×	2.2k 1.8×	243 0.2×	709 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	382	11.3k
Waltraud M. Kriven United States	52	5.2k 2.5×	2.9k 2.4×	226 0.2×	836 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	266	10.3k
Rik Brydson United Kingdom	59	6.6k 3.1×	962 0.8×	293 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	1.9k 1.8×	362	11.7k
Luca Lutterotti Italy	37	6.4k 3.0×	663 0.6×	797 0.7×	879 0.8×	2.7k 2.5×	122	9.9k
William D.A. Rickard Australia	42	2.0k 0.9×	327 0.3×	920 0.9×	734 0.7×	395 0.4×	149	5.2k
Hiromi Konishi United States	37	2.3k 1.1×	308 0.3×	414 0.4×	785 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	83	5.7k
O.P. Pandey India	41	3.2k 1.5×	876 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	782 0.7×	539 0.5×	268	6.1k
Mathieu Bauchy United States	51	4.6k 2.2×	3.8k 3.2×	526 0.5×	684 0.6×	959 0.9×	237	8.3k
Carlo G. Pantano United States	47	4.4k 2.1×	3.7k 3.1×	217 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	228	8.5k
Ming Zhang China	47	3.4k 1.6×	584 0.5×	3.8k 3.5×	823 0.8×	584 0.6×	263	8.9k

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Schmidt, Patrick, et al.. (2024). The driving force behind tool-stone selection in the African Middle Stone Age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2318560121–e2318560121. 6 indexed citations

Gur-Arieh, Shira, et al.. (2023). An interdisciplinary approach to the study of kiln firing: a case study from the Campus Galli open-air museum (southern Germany). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15(8). 1 indexed citations

Schmidt, Patrick, et al.. (2022). The evolution of strength, elasticity and rupture behaviour of birch tar made with ‘double‐pot’ techniques during tar cooking. Archaeometry. 65(2). 409–422. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Enhui, Xinmei Hou, Yafeng Chen, et al.. (2020). Progress in cognition of gas-solid interface reaction for non-oxide ceramics at high temperature. Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences. 46(3). 218–250. 52 indexed citations

Berthold, Christoph, et al.. (2018). Novel Cement-Ceramic Encapsulation Material for Electronic Packaging. 9(4). 10 indexed citations

Nickel, Klaus G., et al.. (2017). The potential of improving building construction materials by a biomimetic approach. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Haibin, Xiang Xia Wu, Klaus G. Nickel, Jixin Chen, & Volker Presser. (2009). High-pressure powder x-ray diffraction experiments andab initiocalculation of Ti3AlC2. Journal of Applied Physics. 106(1). 15 indexed citations

Presser, Volker & Klaus G. Nickel. (2008). Silica on Silicon Carbide. Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences. 33(1). 1–99. 170 indexed citations

Janz, S., et al.. (2008). Thermal annealing of SiC thin films with varying stoichiometry. Materials Science and Engineering B. 159-160. 355–360. 30 indexed citations

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Presser, Volker, et al.. (2008). Tribological and hydrothermal behaviour of silicon carbide under water lubrication. Wear. 266(7-8). 771–781. 25 indexed citations

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Neis, U., et al.. (2008). Improving anaerobic and aerobic degradation by ultrasonic disintegration of biomass. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A. 43(13). 1541–1545. 38 indexed citations

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Nickel, Klaus G. & Sébastien Merkel. (2007). Mechanisms and Kinetics of Silica-Rich Binary Na<sub>2</sub>O-SiO<sub>2</sub> Glass Corrosion in 100°C Water at pH=7. Key engineering materials. 336-338. 1823–1826. 1 indexed citations

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Nickel, Klaus G., et al.. (2006). High temperature water vapour corrosion of rare earth disilicates (Y,Yb,Lu)2Si2O7 in the presence of Al(OH)3 impurities. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 27(7). 2705–2713. 158 indexed citations

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Eyidi, D., O. Eibl, Thomas J. Wenzel, et al.. (2003). Superconducting properties, microstructure and chemical composition of MgB₂sheathed materials. Superconductor Science and Technology. 16(7). 778–788. 37 indexed citations

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Eyidi, D., O. Eibl, Thomas J. Wenzel, et al.. (2003). Phase analysis of superconducting polycrystalline MgB2. Micron. 34(2). 85–96. 28 indexed citations

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Nickel, Klaus G., et al.. (2002). Corrosion of silicon nitride in aqueous acidic solutions: penetration monitoring. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 23(4). 595–602. 29 indexed citations

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Gogotsi, Yury & Klaus G. Nickel. (1998). Formation of filamentous carbon from paraformaldehyde under high temperatures and pressures. Carbon. 36(7-8). 937–942. 29 indexed citations

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Gogotsi, Yury, Andreas Kailer, & Klaus G. Nickel. (1997). Phase transformations in materials studied by micro-Raman spectroscopy of indentations. Materials Research Innovations. 1(1). 3–9. 68 indexed citations

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Nickel, Klaus G.. (1994). Corrosion of advanced ceramics : measurement and modelling. Kluwer Academic eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Nickel, Klaus G., Ralf Riedel, & Günter Petzow. (1989). Thermodynamic and Experimental Study of High‐Purity Aluminum Nitride Formation from Aluminum Chloride by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 72(10). 1804–1810. 50 indexed citations

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