Manfred Parschau

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Manfred Parschau is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Parschau has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Manfred Parschau's work include Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (26 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (12 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (11 papers). Manfred Parschau is often cited by papers focused on Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (26 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (12 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (11 papers). Manfred Parschau collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Czechia. Manfred Parschau's co-authors include Karl‐Heinz Ernst, Román Fasel, Ben L. Feringa, Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan, Tibor Kudernác, Beatriz Maciá, Nathalie Katsonis, Nopporn Ruangsupapichat, Sara Romer and Johannes Seibel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Parschau

39 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface
    2011 622 citations Tibor Kudernác, Nopporn Ruangsupapichat et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred Parschau Switzerland 20 1.2k 869 820 667 619 39 2.0k
Teruki Sugiyama Japan 26 789 0.7× 908 1.0× 841 1.0× 346 0.5× 156 0.3× 121 2.0k
Ezekiel Johnston‐Halperin United States 26 480 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.9× 1.4k 2.1× 473 0.8× 75 3.3k
Alex Saywell United Kingdom 23 708 0.6× 369 0.4× 985 1.2× 700 1.0× 406 0.7× 48 1.6k
Yuri Avlasevich Germany 23 1.7k 1.4× 818 0.9× 1.6k 1.9× 1.3k 1.9× 414 0.7× 49 3.7k
Erica DeIonno United States 14 417 0.3× 361 0.4× 953 1.2× 1.3k 1.9× 942 1.5× 21 2.4k
Bonnie A. Sheriff United States 9 491 0.4× 285 0.3× 554 0.7× 816 1.2× 476 0.8× 10 1.5k
F. Kajzar France 27 566 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 849 1.0× 729 1.1× 657 1.1× 132 2.8k
Е. Д. Мишина Russia 21 582 0.5× 900 1.0× 847 1.0× 814 1.2× 265 0.4× 195 2.1k
Ken Takazawa Japan 19 284 0.2× 711 0.8× 668 0.8× 606 0.9× 325 0.5× 51 1.7k
K. Müllen Germany 22 504 0.4× 375 0.4× 1.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 538 0.9× 37 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Parschau

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parschau, Manfred, et al.. (2025). 2D Metalorganic Ferromagnets. Advanced Science. 12(16). e2415266–e2415266. 1 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, et al.. (2022). A cantilever-based, ultrahigh-vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe instrument for multidimensional scanning force microscopy. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 13. 1120–1140. 3 indexed citations
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Baljozović, Miloš, et al.. (2021). Stereospecific on‐Surface Cyclodehydrogenation of Bishelicenes: Preservation of Handedness from Helical to Planar Chirality. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(54). 13523–13526. 11 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, et al.. (2018). Diastereoselective self-assembly of bisheptahelicene on Cu(111). Chemical Communications. 54(63). 8757–8760. 14 indexed citations
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Penedo, Marcos, Manfred Parschau, Johannes Schwenk, et al.. (2017). Surface single-molecule dynamics controlled by entropy at low temperatures. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14404–14404. 22 indexed citations
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Zoppi, Laura, Johannes Seibel, Konstantin Grenader, et al.. (2017). Heterochiral to Homochiral Transition in Pentahelicene 2D Crystallization Induced by Second-Layer Nucleation. ACS Nano. 11(1). 865–871. 42 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred & Karl‐Heinz Ernst. (2015). Disappearing Enantiomorphs: Single Handedness in Racemate Crystals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(48). 14422–14426. 27 indexed citations
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Seibel, Johannes, Manfred Parschau, & Karl‐Heinz Ernst. (2015). From Homochiral Clusters to Racemate Crystals: Viable Nuclei in 2D Chiral Crystallization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(25). 7970–7973. 54 indexed citations
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Kudernác, Tibor, Nopporn Ruangsupapichat, Manfred Parschau, et al.. (2011). Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface. Nature. 479(7372). 208–211. 622 indexed citations breakdown →
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Parschau, Manfred, Hans J. Hug, Karl‐Heinz Rieder, & Karl‐Heinz Ernst. (2010). Hopping, turning and flipping of single molecules during lateral manipulation with a scanning tunneling microscope. Surface and Interface Analysis. 42(10-11). 1629–1633. 8 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, Daniele Passerone, Karl‐Heinz Rieder, Hans J. Hug, & Karl‐Heinz Ernst. (2009). Switching the Chirality of Single Adsorbate Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(22). 4065–4068. 85 indexed citations
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Merz, Leo, et al.. (2009). Polymorph selection in 2D crystals by phase transition blocking. Chemical Communications. 5871–5871. 14 indexed citations
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Merz, Leo, Manfred Parschau, Laura Zoppi, et al.. (2009). Reversible Phase Transitions in a Buckybowl Monolayer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(11). 1966–1969. 56 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, Román Fasel, Karl‐Heinz Ernst, et al.. (2007). Buckybowls on Metal Surfaces: Symmetry Mismatch and Enantiomorphism of Corannulene on Cu(110). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(43). 8258–8261. 75 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, et al.. (2006). Stereoisomeric influence on 2D lattice structure: achiral meso ‐tartaric acid versus chiral tartaric acid. Surface and Interface Analysis. 38(12-13). 1607–1610. 25 indexed citations
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Ernst, Karl‐Heinz, Manfred Parschau, & Román Fasel. (2004). Differences in two-dimensional crystal structures: Racemic and enantiopure heptahelicene on Cu(111). e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology. 2. 136–140. 7 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, Sara Romer, & Karl‐Heinz Ernst. (2004). Induction of Homochirality in Achiral Enantiomorphous Monolayers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(47). 15398–15399. 146 indexed citations
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Fasel, Román, Manfred Parschau, & Karl‐Heinz Ernst. (2003). Chirality Transfer from Single Molecules into Self‐Assembled Monolayers. Angewandte Chemie. 115(42). 5336–5339. 43 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred, et al.. (1997). Nucleation and growth of silver films on a rhenium (0001) surface: a combined STM and LEED study. Surface Science. 376(1-3). 133–150. 19 indexed citations
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Parschau, Manfred & K. Christmann. (1995). The Growth of Cobalt on a Rhenium (0001)‐Surface at 300 K. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 99(11). 1376–1380. 6 indexed citations

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