Robert Schittny

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Schittny is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Schittny has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Robert Schittny's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (12 papers), Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (7 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (4 papers). Robert Schittny is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (12 papers), Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (7 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (4 papers). Robert Schittny collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Russia. Robert Schittny's co-authors include Martin Wegener, Muamer Kadic, Tiemo Bückmann, Sébastien Guenneau, Michael Thiel, Tobias Frenzel, Aude Martin, Graeme W. Milton, A. Naber and Frederik Mayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Robert Schittny

16 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Experiments on Transformation Thermodynamics: Molding the... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2014 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Experiments on Transformation Thermodynamics: Molding the Flow of Heat
    2013 496 citations Robert Schittny, Muamer Kadic et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. An elasto-mechanical unfeelability cloak made of pentamode metamaterials
    2014 495 citations Tiemo Bückmann, Michael Thiel et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Schittny Germany 14 1.2k 1.1k 704 554 394 16 2.2k
Tiemo Bückmann Germany 16 1.6k 1.4× 872 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 427 0.8× 341 0.9× 17 2.8k
Yabin Jin China 31 2.0k 1.7× 904 0.8× 501 0.7× 348 0.6× 468 1.2× 96 2.6k
Weijian Zhou China 26 1.3k 1.1× 532 0.5× 499 0.7× 390 0.7× 193 0.5× 54 1.8k
Marco Miniaci France 26 1.5k 1.3× 459 0.4× 522 0.7× 393 0.7× 292 0.7× 54 2.0k
Mikhail Shamonin Germany 25 691 0.6× 527 0.5× 341 0.5× 726 1.3× 292 0.7× 102 1.9k
Muhammad Gulzari Hong Kong 21 1.3k 1.1× 377 0.3× 467 0.7× 325 0.6× 184 0.5× 103 1.7k
Tianning Chen China 33 2.2k 1.9× 698 0.6× 909 1.3× 804 1.5× 572 1.5× 177 3.6k
Osama R. Bilal United States 18 1.5k 1.3× 424 0.4× 800 1.1× 336 0.6× 165 0.4× 43 2.6k
Bernard Bonello France 30 1.8k 1.6× 610 0.6× 281 0.4× 346 0.6× 327 0.8× 79 2.4k
Yi-Ze Wang China 24 1.4k 1.2× 403 0.4× 431 0.6× 342 0.6× 265 0.7× 70 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Schittny

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Mayer, Frederik, et al.. (2016). Cloaking Contacts on Large‐Area Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes. Advanced Optical Materials. 4(5). 740–745. 9 indexed citations
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Schittny, Robert, et al.. (2016). Invisibility cloaking in light‐scattering media. Laser & Photonics Review. 10(3). 382–408. 22 indexed citations
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Kadic, Muamer, Tiemo Bückmann, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2015). Experiments on cloaking in optics, thermodynamics and mechanics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 373(2049). 20140357–20140357. 30 indexed citations
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Bückmann, Tiemo, Muamer Kadic, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2015). Mechanical metamaterials with anisotropic and negative effective mass‐density tensor made from one constituent material. physica status solidi (b). 252(7). 1671–1674. 39 indexed citations
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Bückmann, Tiemo, Muamer Kadic, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2015). Mechanical cloak design by direct lattice transformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(16). 4930–4934. 135 indexed citations
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Schittny, Robert, et al.. (2015). Transient behavior of invisibility cloaks for diffusive light propagation. Optica. 2(2). 84–84. 25 indexed citations
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Schittny, Robert, et al.. (2015). Diffuse-light all-solid-state invisibility cloak. Optics Letters. 40(18). 4202–4202. 16 indexed citations
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Bückmann, Tiemo, Michael Thiel, Muamer Kadic, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2014). An elasto-mechanical unfeelability cloak made of pentamode metamaterials. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4130–4130. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bückmann, Tiemo, Robert Schittny, Michael Thiel, et al.. (2014). On three-dimensional dilational elastic metamaterials. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). 107 indexed citations
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Schittny, Robert, Muamer Kadic, Tiemo Bückmann, & Martin Wegener. (2014). Invisibility cloaking in a diffusive light scattering medium. Science. 345(6195). 427–429. 139 indexed citations
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Merz, Andreas, et al.. (2014). Fast electron spin resonance controlled manipulation of spin injection into quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters. 104(25). 2 indexed citations
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Kadic, Muamer, Tiemo Bückmann, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2013). Metamaterials beyond electromagnetism. Reports on Progress in Physics. 76(12). 126501–126501. 381 indexed citations
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Schittny, Robert, Muamer Kadic, Sébastien Guenneau, & Martin Wegener. (2013). Experiments on Transformation Thermodynamics: Molding the Flow of Heat. Physical Review Letters. 110(19). 195901–195901. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kadic, Muamer, Tiemo Bückmann, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2013). On anisotropic versions of three-dimensional pentamode metamaterials. New Journal of Physics. 15(2). 23029–23029. 92 indexed citations
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Frenzel, Tobias, et al.. (2013). Three-dimensional labyrinthine acoustic metamaterials. Applied Physics Letters. 103(6). 141 indexed citations
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Martin, Aude, Muamer Kadic, Robert Schittny, Tiemo Bückmann, & Martin Wegener. (2012). Phonon band structures of three-dimensional pentamode metamaterials. Physical Review B. 86(15). 88 indexed citations

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