Ralph Spolenak

13.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
251 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Ralph Spolenak is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Spolenak has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Materials Chemistry, 95 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 82 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ralph Spolenak's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (73 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (53 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (46 papers). Ralph Spolenak is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (73 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (53 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (46 papers). Ralph Spolenak collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Ralph Spolenak's co-authors include Eduard Arzt, Stanislav N. Gorb, Yu Zou, Huan Ma, Alain Reiser, Claudia Manuela Müller, Jeffrey M. Wheeler, Walter Steurer, Soumyadipta Maiti and Patric A. Gruber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Spolenak

248 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices

2003 885 citations Eduard Arzt, Stanislav N. Gorb et al. profile →
Ultrastrong ductile and stable high-entropy alloys at small scales

2015 536 citations Ralph Spolenak et al. Nature Communications profile →
Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements

2005 509 citations Hubert Mantz, Ralph Spolenak et al. profile →
Size-dependent plasticity in an Nb25Mo25Ta25W25 refractory high-entropy alloy

2013 445 citations Ralph Spolenak et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Spolenak

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hierarchically Porous SnO₂/Cu Composites via Freeze Casting and Selective Cu Reduction 2025 ·Advanced Engineering Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), S. L. Ramesh, Jeffrey Lopez, Ralph Spolenak, David C. Dunand	1
2	CO₂ Conversion in Cu–Pd Based Disordered Network Metamaterials with Ultrasmall Mode Volumes 2025 ·Nano Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Georg Haberfehlner, Ralph Spolenak, Henning Galinski	4
3	Electrohydrodynamic redox printing vs magnetron sputtering: Enhancing hardness of nanoporous silver with twinning and structural order 2025 ·Materials & Design ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ralph Spolenak	0
4	Hybrid Resonant Metasurfaces with Configurable Structural Colors 2024 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ralph Spolenak, Henning Galinski	3
5	Influence of wall thickness on microstructure and mechanical properties of thin-walled 316L stainless steel produced by laser powder bed fusion 2024 ·Materials & Design ·Rafał Wróbel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xavier Maeder, Michalis F. Vassiliou, E. Hosseini, Ralph Spolenak, Christian Leinenbach	13
6	On the Resolution Limit of Electrohydrodynamic Redox 3D Printing 2024 ·Small ·(unknown), (unknown), Stephan Gerstl, Ralph Spolenak	6
7	Measuring the multifunctional properties of MoS2 across the amorphous-crystalline transition using colorimetric sensing 2024 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Arnold Müller, Christof Vockenhuber, Ralph Spolenak, Henning Galinski	2
8	Qualitatively and quantitatively predicting the front velocity in binary reactive systems 2024 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Fabian Schwarz, Ralph Spolenak	1
9	Mechanical behavior of reactive Al/Ni multilayers by molecular dynamics simulations 2023 ·Physical Review Materials ·Fabian Schwarz, Ralph Spolenak	4
10	Soft Self-Regulating Heating Elements for Thermoplastic Elastomer-Based Electronic Skin Applications 2023 ·3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing ·Antonia Georgopoulou, Pascal Diethelm, Marius A. Wagner, Ralph Spolenak, Frank Clemens	10
11	Filament extrusion-based additive manufacturing of 316L stainless steel: Effects of sintering conditions on the microstructure and mechanical properties 2022 ·Additive manufacturing ·Marius A. Wagner, (unknown), Amir Hadian, Frank Clemens, (unknown), E. Carreño-Morelli, Jeffrey M. Wheeler, Ralph Spolenak	30
12	A 4D printed active compliant hinge for potential space applications using shape memory alloys and polymers 2021 ·Smart Materials and Structures ·(unknown), Thomas S. Lumpe, (unknown), Marius A. Wagner, Sampada Bodkhe, Zhenishbek Zhakypov, Ralph Spolenak, Jamie Paik, Paolo Ermanni, Luis Muñoz, Kristina Shea	32
13	Microstructure and Processing of 3D Printed Tungsten Microlattices and Infiltrated W–Cu Composites 2018 ·Advanced Engineering Materials ·Micha Calvo, Adam E. Jakus, Ramille N. Shah, Ralph Spolenak, David C. Dunand	43
14	Scalable, ultra-resistant structural colors based on network metamaterials 2016 ·Light Science & Applications ·Henning Galinski, Gaël Favraud, Hao Dong, Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora, Grégory Favaro, M. Döbeli, Ralph Spolenak, Andrea Fratalocchi, Federico Capasso	74
15	Scanning X-ray strain microscopy of inhomogeneously strained Ge micro-bridges 2013 ·Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·Tanja Etzelstorfer, Martin Süess, (unknown), Vincent Jacques, Dina Carbone, Daniel Chrastina, Giovanni Isella, Ralph Spolenak, J. Stangl, H. Sigg, Ana Díaz	36
16	Top-down fabricated silicon nanowires under tensile elastic strain up to 4.5% 2012 ·Nature Communications ·Renato Amaral Minamisawa, Martin Süess, Ralph Spolenak, Jérôme Faist, C. David, J. Gobrecht, K.K. Bourdelle, H. Sigg	118
17	Adhesion design maps for fibrillar adhesives: The effect of shape 2008 ·Acta Biomaterialia ·Christian Greiner, Ralph Spolenak, Eduard Arzt	51
18	Evidence for Capillary Contributions to Gecko Adhesion from Single Spatula Nanomechanical Measurements 2006 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), Stanislav N. Gorb, Eduard Arzt, Ralph Spolenak, Klaus Mecke, Hubert Mantz, Karin Jacobs	3
19	Scanning X-ray microdiffraction with submicrometer white beam for strain/stress and orientation mapping in thin films 2003 ·Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·Nobumichi Tamura, Alastair A. MacDowell, Ralph Spolenak, B. C. Valek, J. C. Bravman, W. L. Brown, Richard Celestre, H. A. Padmore, B. W. Batterman, J. R. Patel	213
20	Microtexture and strain in electroplated copper interconnects 2001 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Ralph Spolenak, D. Barr, M. E. Gross, K. Evans‐Lutterodt, W. L. Brown, Nobumichi Tamura, Alastair A. MacDowell, Richard Celestre, H. A. Padmore, B. C. Valek, J. C. Bravman, P. A. Flinn, T. Marieb, Robert R. Keller, B. W. Batterman, J. R. Patel	1

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