Silvan Schmid

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Silvan Schmid is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvan Schmid has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Silvan Schmid's work include Mechanical and Optical Resonators (62 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (32 papers) and Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (32 papers). Silvan Schmid is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical and Optical Resonators (62 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (32 papers) and Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (32 papers). Silvan Schmid collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Austria and Switzerland. Silvan Schmid's co-authors include Anja Boisen, Luis Guillermo Villanueva, Søren Dohn, J. N. Boland, M. S. Paterson, Stephan Sylvest Keller, Maria Tenje, Stephen J. Bauer, Christofer Hierold and M. L. Roukes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Silvan Schmid

81 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Cantilever-like micromechanical sensors 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 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. Cantilever-like micromechanical sensors
    2011 428 citations Anja Boisen, Silvan Schmid et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silvan Schmid Denmark 27 2.0k 1.6k 862 577 406 86 3.3k
Luca Palmieri Italy 29 896 0.5× 2.2k 1.4× 363 0.4× 106 0.2× 146 0.4× 248 2.8k
Rudolf Widmer‐Schnidrig Germany 28 782 0.4× 825 0.5× 523 0.6× 821 1.4× 192 0.5× 71 2.3k
Stefania Castelletto Australia 36 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 263 0.5× 175 0.4× 175 4.5k
Zhenlin Wang China 28 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 73 0.1× 416 1.0× 120 4.1k
Dominique Drouin Canada 22 760 0.4× 1.9k 1.2× 628 0.7× 80 0.1× 226 0.6× 156 3.9k
Yûji Enomoto Japan 29 746 0.4× 709 0.5× 356 0.4× 688 1.2× 673 1.7× 241 3.6k
Shiqing Xu China 26 262 0.1× 580 0.4× 194 0.2× 641 1.1× 221 0.5× 110 1.9k
Bernd Pfrommer United States 16 643 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 215 0.2× 400 0.7× 349 0.9× 21 4.4k
Vittorio M. N. Passaro Italy 35 2.4k 1.2× 3.6k 2.3× 848 1.0× 33 0.1× 55 0.1× 229 4.5k
Douglas J. Paul United Kingdom 35 2.3k 1.2× 3.3k 2.1× 978 1.1× 57 0.1× 51 0.1× 251 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silvan Schmid

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silvan Schmid

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Silvan Schmid. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Silvan Schmid based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Silvan Schmid. Silvan Schmid is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kugi, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Optimal sensing of momentum kicks with a feedback-controlled nanomechanical resonator. Physical Review Applied. 23(5). 1 indexed citations
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Martini, Paolo, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of nanomechanical resonators: sensitivity, response time, and practical considerations in photothermal sensing. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 11(1). 28–28. 4 indexed citations
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Demir, Alper, et al.. (2024). Adaptable Frequency Counter With Phase Filtering for Resonance Frequency Monitoring in Nanomechanical Sensing. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(6). 8094–8104. 1 indexed citations
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Schmid, Silvan, et al.. (2024). Optimized Signal Estimation in Nanomechanical Photothermal Sensing via Thermal Response Modeling and Kalman Filtering. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(19). 30264–30274.
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Kirchhof, Jan, Samuel Mañas‐Valero, Eugenio Coronado, et al.. (2023). Nanomechanical absorption spectroscopy of 2D materials with femtowatt sensitivity. 2D Materials. 10(3). 35012–35012. 6 indexed citations
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Schmid, Silvan, Luis Guillermo Villanueva, & M. L. Roukes. (2023). Fundamentals of Nanomechanical Resonators. 16 indexed citations
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Arthaber, Holger, et al.. (2023). Transduction of Single Nanomechanical Pillar Resonators by Scattering of Surface Acoustic Waves. Nano Letters. 23(10). 4344–4350. 4 indexed citations
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West, Robert G., et al.. (2023). Nanomechanical Photothermal Near Infrared Spectromicroscopy of Individual Nanorods. ACS Photonics. 10(10). 3730–3739. 8 indexed citations
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Demir, Alper, et al.. (2023). Schemes for Tracking Resonance Frequency for Micro- and Nanomechanical Resonators. Physical Review Applied. 20(2). 10 indexed citations
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West, Robert G., et al.. (2023). Photothermal Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Nanomechanical Resonators. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(45). 21915–21929. 9 indexed citations
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Wistrela, E., et al.. (2022). Thermal IR Detection With Nanoelectromechanical Silicon Nitride Trampoline Resonators. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23(2). 1066–1071. 23 indexed citations
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Sistani, Masiar, Niklas Luhmann, Silvan Schmid, et al.. (2022). Germanium nanowire microbolometer. Nanotechnology. 33(24). 245201–245201. 5 indexed citations
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Hwu, En‐Te, et al.. (2016). Blu-Ray-based micromechanical characterization platform for biopolymer degradation assessment. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 241. 1303–1309. 17 indexed citations
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Bagci, T., Anders Simonsen, Silvan Schmid, et al.. (2014). Optical Detection of Radio Waves Through a Nanomechanical Transducer. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). FW1C.2–FW1C.2. 11 indexed citations
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Khan, Mohammad Faheem, Silvan Schmid, Peter E. Larsen, et al.. (2013). Online measurement of mass density and viscosity of pL fluid samples with suspended microchannel resonator. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 185. 456–461. 77 indexed citations
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Schmid, Silvan, et al.. (2013). Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy of Airborne Samples with Mechanical String Resonators. Analytical Chemistry. 85(21). 10531–10535. 30 indexed citations

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