Thomas Wagner

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Wagner is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Wagner has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Materials Chemistry, 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 23 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Thomas Wagner's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (28 papers), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (24 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (12 papers). Thomas Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (28 papers), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (24 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (12 papers). Thomas Wagner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Wagner's co-authors include Qiang Fu, M. Rühle, Sven Olliges, Gunther Richter, Andreas Petersen, Thomas Kirchartz, R. Kirchheim, Thomas Gemming, А. Е. Романов and M. Ru ̈hle and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wagner

63 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Interaction of nanostructured metal overlayers with oxide surfaces

2007 700 citations Qiang Fu, Thomas Wagner profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Wagner Germany	22	1.5k	800	391	377	228	64	2.0k
V. Potin France	25	1.3k 0.9×	787 1.0×	619 1.6×	299 0.8×	334 1.5×	97	2.1k
Shingo Tanaka Japan	31	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	488 1.2×	370 1.0×	377 1.7×	172	3.3k
Noboru Takeuchi Mexico	24	1.6k 1.1×	698 0.9×	280 0.7×	328 0.9×	95 0.4×	146	2.3k
S. Dağ United States	25	2.1k 1.4×	844 1.1×	240 0.6×	324 0.9×	234 1.0×	49	2.7k
Caroline M. Whelan Belgium	26	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	186 0.5×	398 1.1×	166 0.7×	66	2.2k
Wei Song China	23	1.2k 0.8×	507 0.6×	504 1.3×	478 1.3×	348 1.5×	117	1.9k
P. Ziemann Germany	22	1.6k 1.1×	475 0.6×	169 0.4×	471 1.2×	112 0.5×	58	2.0k
F. Le Normand France	22	1.6k 1.0×	464 0.6×	118 0.3×	182 0.5×	314 1.4×	114	1.8k
Edward A. Kenik United States	17	900 0.6×	401 0.5×	256 0.7×	204 0.5×	61 0.3×	45	1.5k
G. P. Das India	28	2.2k 1.5×	796 1.0×	279 0.7×	597 1.6×	119 0.5×	126	2.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wagner, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Changes: Optimizing morphology and chemistry of nickel surfaces by a scalable plasma process for hydrogen electrolyzers. Surface and Coatings Technology. 505. 132056–132056.

Palakkal, Jasnamol P., Ruiwen Xie, Zhiyuan Li, et al.. (2025). Off‐Stoichiometry Engineering of the Electrical and Optical Properties of SrNbO ₃ Using Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(38). 1 indexed citations

Wagner, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Experimental evidence for the separation of thermally excited bipolar charge carries within a p-n junction: A new approach to thermoelectric materials and generators. Journal of Applied Physics. 125(18). 5 indexed citations

Schäfer, Stefan, Andreas Petersen, Thomas Wagner, et al.. (2011). Influence of the indium tin oxide/organic interface on open-circuit voltage, recombination, and cell degradation in organic small-molecule solar cells. Physical Review B. 83(16). 62 indexed citations

Aschenbrenner, T., C. Kruse, Mihai Anastasescu, et al.. (2010). Optical and structural characterization of AlInN layers for optoelectronic applications. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(6). 55 indexed citations

Yajid, Muhamad Azizi Mat, R. C. Doole, Thomas Wagner, & G. Möbus. (2008). Heating and EELS experiments of CuAl reactive multilayers. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 126. 12064–12064. 2 indexed citations

Yajid, Muhamad Azizi Mat, Thomas Wagner, & G. Möbus. (2007). Plasmon energy chemical phase mapping of reactive multilayers. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 2(1). 7–9. 3 indexed citations

Cha, Limei, Christina Scheu, Gunther Richter, et al.. (2007). First observation of a hexagonal close packed metastable intermetallic phase between Cu and Al bilayer films. International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde). 98(8). 692–699. 5 indexed citations

Tanaka, Miyoko, Thomas Wagner, Masaki Takeguchi, et al.. (2006). Formation of metal nano‐wires on heat‐treated substrates using an ultrahigh vacuum transmission electron microscope. Surface and Interface Analysis. 38(12-13). 1568–1572. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiang, Thomas Wagner, & M. Rühle. (2006). Hydroxylated α-Al2O3 (0001) surfaces and metal/α-Al2O3 (0001) interfaces. Surface Science. 600(21). 4870–4877. 55 indexed citations

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Richter, Gunther & Thomas Wagner. (2005). Nucleation and growth of Pd clusters on (001) SrTiO3: Determination of diffusion and adsorption energies from cluster densities. Journal of Applied Physics. 98(9). 9 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2004). Metal−Oxide Interfacial Reactions: Encapsulation of Pd on TiO₂(110). The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109(2). 944–951. 210 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiang & Thomas Wagner. (2004). On the tunability of chemical reactions at metal–oxide interfaces. Surface Science. 574(2-3). L29–L34. 11 indexed citations

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Ricciardi, Giampaolo, et al.. (2004). Floating Films of a Nonamphiphilic Porphyrazine at the Air−Water Interface and LS Multilayer Construction and Optical Characterization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(23). 7854–7861. 15 indexed citations

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Wagner, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Sputter depth profiling in AES and XPS. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 619–649. 5 indexed citations

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Niesen, T. P., et al.. (2002). Chemical liquid deposition of gallium nitride thin films on siloxane-anchored self-assembled monolayers. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 73(2-3). 301–305. 8 indexed citations

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Kisailus, David, et al.. (2002). Microstructural evolution of precursor-derived gallium nitride thin films. Journal of Crystal Growth. 245(3-4). 219–227. 26 indexed citations

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Okolo, B., P. Lamparter, U. Welzel, Thomas Wagner, & E. J. Mittemeijer. (2002). Changes in Stress and Microstructure in Sputter Deposited Copper Films Due to Substrate Surface Effects. Materials science forum. 404-407. 691–696. 2 indexed citations

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Dickey, Elizabeth C., et al.. (2000). Preferred crystallographic orientation relationships of nickel films deposited on (100) cubic-zirconia substrates. Thin Solid Films. 372(1-2). 37–44. 19 indexed citations

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Marien, J., Thomas Wagner, & M. Rühle. (1996). Structural and Chemical Properties of MBE Grown Niobium Overlayers on (110) Rutile. MRS Proceedings. 441. 2 indexed citations

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