Michael Walter

14.8k citations

209 papers · 6.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 1%
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
- Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Papers in ⓘ

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 90
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 26
- Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research 25
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 16
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 32
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 23

Co-authors: Hannu Häkkinen (14 shared papers)Henrik Grönbeck (5 shared papers)Jaakko Akola (4 shared papers)Robert L. Whetten (3 shared papers)Olga Lopez‐Acevedo (2 shared papers)Michael Moseler (25 shared papers)Christopher J. Ackerson (1 shared paper)Guillermo Calero (1 shared paper)
Journals: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (9 papers)Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (9 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (9 papers)Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (7 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (7 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Finland

In The Last Decade

Michael Walter

192 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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A unified view of ligand-protected gold clusters as superatom complexes 2008 · 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	A unified view of ligand-protected gold clusters as superatom complexes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael Walter, Jaakko Akola, Olga Lopez‐Acevedo, Pablo D. Jadzinsky, Guillermo Calero, Christopher J. Ackerson, Robert L. Whetten, Henrik Grönbeck, Hannu Häkkinen Hit paper breakdown →	2008	1499
2	On the Structure of Thiolate-Protected Au₂₅ Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jaakko Akola, Michael Walter, Robert L. Whetten, Hannu Häkkinen, Henrik Grönbeck Hit paper breakdown →	2008	650
3	Divide and Protect: Capping Gold Nanoclusters with Molecular Gold−Thiolate Rings The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Hannu Häkkinen, Michael Walter, Henrik Grönbeck	2006	376
4	Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulation with the Velocity Verlet Algorithm at Strong External Magnetic Fields Journal of Computational Physics ·Q. Spreiter, Michael Walter	1999	195
5	Time-dependent density-functional theory in the projector augmented-wave method The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Michael Walter, Hannu Häkkinen, Lauri Lehtovaara, M. J. Puska, Jussi Enkovaara, C. Rostgaard, Jens Jørgen Mortensen	2008	181
6	Photo-double ionization of molecular hydrogen Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·Michael Walter, J S Briggs	1999	122
7	Hydrogen treated anatase TiO₂: a new experimental approach and further insights from theory Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Manan Mehta, Nisha Kodan, Sandeeep Kumar, Akshey Kaushal, Leonhard Mayrhofer, Michael Walter, Michael Moseler, Avishek Dey, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Suddhasatwa Basu, Aadesh P. Singh	2016	121
8	Theoretical Characterization of Cyclic Thiolated Gold Clusters Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Henrik Grönbeck, Michael Walter, Hannu Häkkinen	2006	116
9	Quantum Well States in Two-Dimensional Gold Clusters on MgO Thin Films Physical Review Letters ·Xiao Lin, Niklas Nilius, H.‐J. Freund, Michael Walter, Pentti Frondelius, Karoliina Honkala, Hannu Häkkinen	2009	114
10	Thiolate-Protected Au₂₅ Superatoms as Building Blocks: Dimers and Crystals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Jaakko Akola, Katarzyna A. Kacprzak, Olga Lopez‐Acevedo, Michael Walter, Henrik Grönbeck, Hannu Häkkinen	2010	102
11	A hollow tetrahedral cage of hexadecagold dianion provides a robust backbone for a tuneable sub-nanometer oxidation and reduction agent via endohedral doping Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Michael Walter, Hannu Häkkinen	2006	90
12	Ligand-Protected Gold Alloy Clusters: Doping the Superatom The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Michael Walter, Michael Moseler	2009	88
13	Synthesis, Stabilization, Functionalization and, DFT Calculations of Gold Nanoparticles in Fluorous Phases (PTFE and Ionic Liquids) Chemistry - A European Journal ·Engelbert Redel, Michael Walter, Ralf Thomann, Christian Vollmer, Laith Hussein, Harald Scherer, Michael Krüger, Christoph Janiak	2009	80
14	Ab initio study of CO2 hydrogenation mechanisms on inverse ZnO/Cu catalysts Journal of Catalysis ·Thomas Reichenbach, Krishnakanta Mondal, Marc Jäger, Thomas Vent‐Schmidt, Daniel Himmel, Valentin Dybbert, Albert Bruix, Ingo Krossing, Michael Walter, Michael Moseler	2018	76
15	Stop-and-go, stepwise and “ligand-free” nucleation, nanocrystal growth and formation of Au-NPs in ionic liquids (ILs) Chemical Communications ·Engelbert Redel, Michael Walter, Ralf Thomann, Laith Hussein, Michael Krüger, Christoph Janiak	2010	73
16	Simplified continuum solvent model with a smooth cavity based on volumetric data The Journal of Chemical Physics ·A. Held, Michael Walter	2014	71
17	A mechanochromic donor-acceptor torsional spring Nature Communications ·Maximilian Raisch, Wafa Maftuhin, Michael Walter, Michael Sommer	2021	71
18	Activation and mechanochemical breaking of C–C bonds initiate wear of diamond (110) surfaces in contact with silica Carbon ·Anke Peguiron, Gianpietro Moras, Michael Walter, Hiroshi Uetsuka, Lars Pastewka, Michael Moseler	2015	69
19	Electrospun Black Titania Nanofibers: Influence of Hydrogen Plasma-Induced Disorder on the Electronic Structure and Photoelectrochemical Performance The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Ashish Lepcha, Chiara Maccato, Andreas Mettenbörger, Teresa Andreu, Leonhard Mayrhofer, Michael Walter, Selina Olthof, Tero‐Petri Ruoko, Axel Klein, Michael Moseler, Klaus Meerholz, J.R. Morante, Davide Barreca, Sanjay Mathur	2015	65
20	Au40: A large tetrahedral magic cluster Physical Review B ·De‐en Jiang, Michael Walter	2011	56

About Michael Walter

Michael Walter is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Catalysis and Computational Mathematics, having authored 209 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (54 papers), Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (37 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (26 papers), Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (25 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (23 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (19 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (16 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (2.1k citations), Materials Chemistry (4.4k citations), Catalysis (386 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.4k citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (408 citations). Michael Walter has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Hannu Häkkinen, Henrik Grönbeck, Jaakko Akola, Robert L. Whetten, Olga Lopez‐Acevedo, Michael Moseler, Christopher J. Ackerson, Guillermo Calero, Pablo D. Jadzinsky and J S Briggs. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.

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