Stephan Gräf

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Stephan Gräf is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Gräf has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Computational Mechanics, 25 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Stephan Gräf's work include Laser Material Processing Techniques (31 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (17 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers). Stephan Gräf is often cited by papers focused on Laser Material Processing Techniques (31 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (17 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers). Stephan Gräf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Stephan Gräf's co-authors include Jörn Bonse, Frank A. Müller, Clemens Kunz, Richard Knochenmuss, Samuel Leutwyler, Michael Groessl, Dubravko Sabo, Zlatko Bačić, Sebastian Engel and Frank Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Gräf

82 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Gräf Germany	27	935	538	527	503	478	82	2.2k
Donald R. Burgess United States	28	461 0.5×	200 0.4×	742 1.4×	364 0.7×	225 0.5×	74	2.4k
D. R. M. Williams Australia	34	481 0.5×	208 0.4×	1.5k 2.9×	830 1.7×	188 0.4×	135	4.1k
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto Japan	28	257 0.3×	168 0.3×	976 1.9×	830 1.7×	146 0.3×	160	3.2k
Akihide Hibara Japan	35	242 0.3×	428 0.8×	342 0.6×	3.6k 7.1×	304 0.6×	139	4.6k
Charles Maldarelli United States	34	1.1k 1.2×	112 0.2×	331 0.6×	974 1.9×	76 0.2×	90	3.3k
V. V. Yaminsky Australia	22	195 0.2×	121 0.2×	574 1.1×	394 0.8×	87 0.2×	42	1.7k
Stefan Meyer Switzerland	21	174 0.2×	185 0.3×	283 0.5×	731 1.5×	190 0.4×	53	1.8k
Bruno Bousquet France	31	422 0.5×	1.6k 3.0×	370 0.7×	587 1.2×	278 0.6×	97	3.2k
Bjørn Hafskjold Norway	24	328 0.4×	126 0.2×	301 0.6×	739 1.5×	122 0.3×	57	2.1k
Manuel Laso Spain	30	473 0.5×	130 0.2×	298 0.6×	1.2k 2.3×	119 0.2×	86	2.9k

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Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2025). Friction anisotropy in the sliding motion of polymer microspheres on a compliant rippled surface. Physical review. E. 111(3). 35405–35405. 1 indexed citations

Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2025). Mechano-responsive wetting transitions on strain-dependent fs-laser-processed PDMS surfaces. Applied Surface Science. 710. 163867–163867. 1 indexed citations

Undisz, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Ageing of commercial austenitic, martensitic and duplex stainless steel surfaces after formation of laser-induced periodic surface structures by fs-laser irradiation. Applied Surface Science. 679. 161156–161156. 3 indexed citations

Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2023). Dynamics of Sliding Friction between Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) on Stainless Steel and PMMA Microspheres. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(11). 14970–14978. 5 indexed citations

Biswas, Rajshree Ghosh, Ronald Soong, Daniel Lane, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Applications of Carbon-Detected NMR in Living and Dead Organisms Using a ¹³C-Optimized Comprehensive Multiphase NMR Probe. Analytical Chemistry. 94(24). 8756–8765. 5 indexed citations

Biswas, Rajshree Ghosh, Ronald Soong, Daniel Schmidig, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive Multiphase NMR Examination of Amino Acids Binding to the Dynamic Shell of Polystyrene Nanoparticles to Understand Environmental Hazards Associated with Nanoscale Plastic. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(11). 16519–16527. 2 indexed citations

Lane, Daniel, Rajshree Ghosh Biswas, Ronald Soong, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive Multiphase NMR Probehead with Reduced Radiofrequency Heating Improves the Analysis of Living Organisms and Heat-Sensitive Samples. Analytical Chemistry. 93(29). 10326–10333. 6 indexed citations

Engel, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Fundamentals of a New Sub-Diffraction Direct Laser Writing Method by a Combination of Stimulated Emission Depletion and Excited State Absorption. Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering. 1 indexed citations

Biswas, Rajshree Ghosh, Blythe Fortier‐McGill, Ronald Soong, et al.. (2020). Ex vivo Comprehensive Multiphase NMR of whole organisms: A complementary tool to in vivo NMR. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100051–100051. 15 indexed citations

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Lane, Daniel, Ronald Soong, Daniel Schmidig, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive Multiphase NMR—A Powerful Tool to Understand and Monitor Molecular Processes during Biofuel Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(47). 17551–17564. 8 indexed citations

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Kunz, Clemens, Sebastian Engel, Frank A. Müller, & Stephan Gräf. (2020). Large-Area Fabrication of Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures on Fused Silica Using Thin Gold Layers. Nanomaterials. 10(6). 1187–1187. 25 indexed citations

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Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2019). Reverse Stick-Slip on a Periodic Wedge-Shaped Micrograting. Tribology Letters. 67(1). 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuan, Andrew T. Lambe, Mary Alice Upshur, et al.. (2017). Highly Oxygenated Multifunctional Compounds in α-Pinene Secondary Organic Aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(11). 5932–5940. 96 indexed citations

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Krechmer, Jordan, Michael Groessl, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2016). Ion mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry (IMS–MS) for on- and offlineanalysis of atmospheric gas and aerosol species. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(7). 3245–3262. 59 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuan, Jordan Krechmer, Michael Groessl, et al.. (2016). A novel framework for molecular characterization of atmospherically relevantorganic compounds based on collision cross section and mass-to-charge ratio. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(20). 12945–12959. 25 indexed citations

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Harris, Glenn A., Stephan Gräf, Richard Knochenmuss, & Facundo M. Fernández. (2012). Coupling laser ablation/desorption electrospray ionization to atmospheric pressure drift tube ion mobility spectrometry for the screening of antimalarial drug quality. The Analyst. 137(13). 3039–3039. 26 indexed citations

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Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2010). Enhanced melt pool stirring in welding with dynamic polarised laser beam. Science and Technology of Welding & Joining. 15(3). 208–212. 4 indexed citations

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Gräf, Stephan, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, et al.. (2004). A cometary neutral gas simulator for gas dynamic sensor and mass spectrometer calibration. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(E7). 20 indexed citations

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Sabo, Dubravko, Zlatko Bačić, Stephan Gräf, & Samuel Leutwyler. (1999). Calculated and experimental rotational constants of (D2O)3: Effects of intermolecular torsional and symmetric stretching excitations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 111(12). 5331–5337. 16 indexed citations

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Sigg, H., et al.. (1996). Ultrafast photon drag detector for intersubband spectroscopy. Superlattices and Microstructures. 19(2). 105–114. 14 indexed citations

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