P.H. Mayrhofer

17.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
353 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

P.H. Mayrhofer is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P.H. Mayrhofer has authored 353 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 314 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 262 papers in Materials Chemistry and 111 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in P.H. Mayrhofer's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (311 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (141 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (108 papers). P.H. Mayrhofer is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (311 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (141 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (108 papers). P.H. Mayrhofer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Liechtenstein. P.H. Mayrhofer's co-authors include Christian Mitterer, David Holec, Lars Hultman, Helmut Clemens, R. Rachbauer, P. Polcik, J. Paulitsch, M. Bartosik, Jochen M. Schneider and J. Musil and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

P.H. Mayrhofer

342 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microstructural design of hard coatings

2006 817 citations P.H. Mayrhofer et al. profile →
Self-organized nanostructures in the Ti–Al–N system

2003 535 citations P.H. Mayrhofer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
P.H. Mayrhofer	12.2k	11.1k	4.9k	2.4k	1.6k	353	14.3k
Jochen M. Schneider	7.0k 0.6×	10.4k 0.9×	5.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	478	14.1k
Gerhard Dehm	5.0k 0.4×	8.4k 0.8×	7.4k 1.5×	2.1k 0.9×	867 0.6×	429	13.9k
Andrey A. Voevodin	7.8k 0.6×	8.4k 0.8×	5.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	394 0.3×	285	12.5k
H. Van Swygenhoven	5.2k 0.4×	13.2k 1.2×	9.8k 2.0×	1.5k 0.6×	471 0.3×	235	15.9k
Kevin J. Hemker	3.1k 0.3×	8.0k 0.7×	6.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	221	11.2k
Günter Gottstein	5.1k 0.4×	10.9k 1.0×	10.8k 2.2×	820 0.3×	411 0.3×	425	15.4k
W.‐D. Münz	5.8k 0.5×	4.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	271 0.2×	112	6.3k
Efstathios I. Meletis	4.0k 0.3×	5.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	288 0.2×	218	7.3k
Helmut Clemens	2.9k 0.2×	10.5k 0.9×	13.9k 2.8×	735 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	512	16.0k
Sture Hogmark	5.5k 0.5×	4.7k 0.4×	4.2k 0.9×	702 0.3×	555 0.4×	196	7.5k

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Kolozsvári, S., et al.. (2026). Performance of TiN, (Ti,Al)N, and (Ti,Al,Ta,Ce)N coated tools in dry machining of C45E steel. CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology. 66. 31–40.

Rojacz, H., et al.. (2025). Hardmetal scrap and TiC-NiMo reinforced Fe3Al claddings: A sustainable solution with enhanced wear resistance and thermal stability. Surface and Coatings Technology. 500. 131904–131904. 2 indexed citations

Wójcik, Tomasz, et al.. (2025). Structure, chemistry, and mechanical properties of non-reactively sputtered Ti-Al-N. Materials & Design. 252. 113803–113803. 1 indexed citations

Rojacz, H., et al.. (2025). High-temperature wear performance of hardmetal scrap reinforced iron aluminide claddings. Wear. 571. 205807–205807. 2 indexed citations

Frank, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Improved sampling strategy for high-performance materials: The introduction of the stethoscope cell for online-LASIL experiments. Microchemical Journal. 210. 112956–112956. 1 indexed citations

Koutná, Nikola, Tomasz Wójcik, Gerlinde Habler, et al.. (2025). Architecture-driven deformation and fracture behavior of nanolamellar TiN/Nb coatings. Materials & Design. 256. 114272–114272.

Wójcik, Tomasz, S. Kolozsvári, P. Polcik, et al.. (2024). RuAl Thin‐Film Deposition by DC Magnetron Sputtering. Advanced Engineering Materials. 27(3). 1 indexed citations

Kirnbauer, A., et al.. (2024). Comparative study of reactively and non-reactively sputtered high-entropy metal sublattice carbides. Surface and Coatings Technology. 496. 131645–131645. 1 indexed citations

Rojacz, H., Markus Varga, & P.H. Mayrhofer. (2024). High-temperature abrasive wear behaviour of strengthened iron-aluminide laser claddings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 496. 131585–131585. 6 indexed citations

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Wójcik, Tomasz, et al.. (2024). Design of transition metal carbide/nitride superlattices with bilayer period-dependent mechanical and thermal properties. Materials & Design. 248. 113432–113432. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jie, Chun Hu, Jian W. Du, et al.. (2024). Effect of asymmetric interfaces on the spinodal decomposition of (Ti,Al)N/ZrN multilayers: First-principles and experimental investigations. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175558–175558. 3 indexed citations

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Mayrhofer, P.H., et al.. (2024). Magnetic moments in CrN-based systems are robust: An ab initio study of alloys and superlattices. Surface and Coatings Technology. 496. 131540–131540.

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Gao, Ziwen, Rainer Hahn, Zhuo Chen, et al.. (2024). Bilayer period and ratio dependent structure and mechanical properties of TiN/MoN superlattices. Acta Materialia. 279. 120313–120313. 8 indexed citations

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Elmkhah, Hassan, et al.. (2024). Atomic Radius Mismatch: A Key Parameter for Design and Synthesis of High‐Entropy Physical Vapor Deposition Coatings—Review. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(6). 9 indexed citations

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Hahn, Rainer, et al.. (2023). In-situ micro-cantilever bending studies of a white etching layer thermally induced on rail wheels. Materials Science and Engineering A. 869. 144805–144805. 12 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jian, Tao Sun, Guoqiang Huang, et al.. (2023). Microstructure evolution and tribological behavior of laser cladded Al1.8CrCuFeNi2/WC composite coatings on Ti-6Al-4 V. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 114. 106254–106254. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhuo, Nikola Koutná, Davide G. Sangiovanni, et al.. (2023). Large mechanical properties enhancement in ceramics through vacancy-mediated unit cell disturbance. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8387–8387. 14 indexed citations

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Koutná, Nikola, et al.. (2022). Heavy-element-alloying for toughness enhancement of hard nitrides on the example Ti-W-N. Acta Materialia. 231. 117897–117897. 30 indexed citations

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Todt, Juraj, et al.. (2020). Indentation response of a superlattice thin film revealed by in-situ scanning X-ray nanodiffraction. Acta Materialia. 195. 425–432. 9 indexed citations

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Koutná, Nikola, Zhuo Chen, Zaoli Zhang, et al.. (2019). Toughness enhancement in TiN/WN superlattice thin films. Acta Materialia. 172. 18–29. 87 indexed citations

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