Rudolf David

2.2k total citations
50 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Rudolf David is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rudolf David has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 15 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Rudolf David's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (35 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (17 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (15 papers). Rudolf David is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (35 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (17 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (15 papers). Rudolf David collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Rudolf David's co-authors include George Comşa, Klaus Kern, P. Zeppenfeld, B.J. Schumacher, Robert L. Palmer, Klaus Rendulic, Michael A. Krzyzowski, Talat S. Rahman, Klaus Kuhnke and Jürgen Goerge and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Rudolf David

50 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rudolf David Germany 26 1.5k 512 502 341 163 50 1.8k
R. Monot Switzerland 23 942 0.6× 810 1.6× 688 1.4× 137 0.4× 245 1.5× 52 1.7k
S. N. Khanna United States 20 1.0k 0.7× 967 1.9× 300 0.6× 203 0.6× 225 1.4× 55 1.8k
A. P. Graham Germany 24 1.2k 0.8× 344 0.7× 455 0.9× 188 0.6× 122 0.7× 51 1.4k
J. Lapujoulade France 32 2.2k 1.5× 738 1.4× 954 1.9× 738 2.2× 192 1.2× 66 2.8k
Samuel C. Fain United States 27 1.4k 0.9× 932 1.8× 451 0.9× 509 1.5× 351 2.2× 64 2.1k
Laurens K. Verheij Germany 26 1.6k 1.1× 832 1.6× 709 1.4× 306 0.9× 355 2.2× 61 2.3k
G. Comsa Germany 21 1.2k 0.8× 977 1.9× 410 0.8× 184 0.5× 392 2.4× 42 1.9k
B. Gumhalter Croatia 26 1.7k 1.2× 520 1.0× 175 0.3× 262 0.8× 337 2.1× 115 2.1k
R. Vanselow United States 16 865 0.6× 661 1.3× 405 0.8× 232 0.7× 264 1.6× 43 1.5k
B. Cabaud France 17 596 0.4× 453 0.9× 421 0.8× 162 0.5× 158 1.0× 52 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pflitsch, Christian, Rudolf David, Laurens K. Verheij, & R. Franchy. (2001). Preparation of a well ordered iron oxide on Cu(110). Surface Science. 488(1-2). 32–42. 10 indexed citations
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David, Rudolf, et al.. (1999). Influence of film structure on the surface vibrations of Co/Au(111). Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 105(1). 37–42. 3 indexed citations
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David, Rudolf, et al.. (1998). Surfactant-Induced Layer-by-Layer Growth on a Highly Anisotropic Substrate: Co/Cu(110). Physical Review Letters. 80(13). 2877–2880. 56 indexed citations
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Zeppenfeld, P., et al.. (1997). Growth and stability of cobalt nanostructures on gold (111). Surface Science. 394(1-3). 170–184. 18 indexed citations
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Goerge, Jürgen, et al.. (1996). Adsorption and structure of CF4 on Cu(110). Surface Science. 352-354. 274–279. 4 indexed citations
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Zeppenfeld, P., Michael A. Krzyzowski, Christoph Romainczyk, & Rudolf David. (1993). On the origin of spurious peaks in pseudorandom time-of-flight analysis. Review of Scientific Instruments. 64(6). 1520–1523. 10 indexed citations
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Goerge, Jürgen, P. Zeppenfeld, Rudolf David, Michael Büchel, & George Comşa. (1993). Structure of the hydrogen covered Cu(110) surface studied with thermal energy helium scattering. Surface Science. 289(3). 201–213. 19 indexed citations
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Zeppenfeld, P., et al.. (1993). Mixtures of Kr and Xe physisorbed on Pt(111): a prototype of a stochastic two-dimensional alloy. Surface Science Letters. 285(1-2). L461–L467. 1 indexed citations
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Kuhnke, Klaus, Elmar Hahn, Rudolf David, P. Zeppenfeld, & Klaus Kern. (1992). Probing surfaces with thermal energy atoms: proposal for a novel triple-axis He-surface spectrometer. Surface Science. 272(1-3). 118–129. 8 indexed citations
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Zeppenfeld, P., Klaus Kern, Rudolf David, Klaus Kuhnke, & George Comşa. (1988). Lattice dynamics of Cu(110): High-resolution He-scattering study. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 38(17). 12329–12337. 56 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, P. Zeppenfeld, Rudolf David, & George Comşa. (1987). Adsorbate-substrate vibrational coupling in physisorbed Kr films on Pt(111). Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 35(2). 886–889. 49 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, Rudolf David, P. Zeppenfeld, Robert L. Palmer, & George Comşa. (1987). Symmetry breaking commensurate-incommensurate transition of monolayer Xe physisorbed on Pt(111). Solid State Communications. 62(6). 391–394. 55 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, Rudolf David, Robert L. Palmer, George Comşa, & Talat S. Rahman. (1986). Surface phonon dispersion of clean and oxygen covered Pt(111). Surface Science. 178(1-3). 537–544. 11 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, P. Zeppenfeld, Rudolf David, Robert L. Palmer, & George Comşa. (1986). Impurity-quenched orientational epitaxy of Kr layers on Pt(111). Physical Review Letters. 57(25). 3187–3190. 35 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, Rudolf David, Robert L. Palmer, & George Comşa. (1986). Commensurate, incommensurate and rotated Xe monolayers on Pt(111): A He diffraction study. Physical Review Letters. 56(6). 620–623. 70 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, Rudolf David, & George Comşa. (1985). Low temperature measurements of the rotational relaxation in D2 free jets. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 82(12). 5673–5676. 31 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, Rudolf David, & George Comşa. (1985). On an apparent restriction in the inelastic He scattering from close packed metal surface: A comment. Surface Science. 164(2-3). L831–L834. 3 indexed citations
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Comşa, George & Rudolf David. (1982). The purely “fast” distribution of H2 and D2 molecules desorbing from Cu(100) and Cu(111) surfaces. Surface Science. 117(1-3). 77–84. 187 indexed citations
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Comşa, George, Rudolf David, & B.J. Schumacher. (1980). Fast deuterium molecules desorbing from metals. Surface Science. 95(1). L210–L216. 125 indexed citations
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Comşa, George, Rudolf David, & Klaus Rendulic. (1977). Velocity Distribution ofH2, HD, andD2Molecules Desorbing from Polycrystalline Nickel Surfaces. Physical Review Letters. 38(14). 775–778. 64 indexed citations

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