U. Merkel

469 total citations
32 papers, 374 citations indexed

About

U. Merkel is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, U. Merkel has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 374 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in U. Merkel's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (7 papers) and Copper Interconnects and Reliability (7 papers). U. Merkel is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (7 papers) and Copper Interconnects and Reliability (7 papers). U. Merkel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Slovakia. U. Merkel's co-authors include Matthias Rief, Johann W. Bartha, Christian Wenzel, Kristina Djinović‐Carugo, E. Nebauer, Július Košťan, B. Adolphi, Thomas Mikolajick, Johannes Büchner and Steffen Strehle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

U. Merkel

32 papers receiving 367 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
U. Merkel Germany 13 181 130 105 85 79 32 374
Ki Bum Kim South Korea 6 181 1.0× 27 0.2× 198 1.9× 47 0.6× 84 1.1× 16 396
J. Fedor Slovakia 15 146 0.8× 202 1.6× 252 2.4× 51 0.6× 129 1.6× 54 665
Siddarth Sundaresan United States 14 489 2.7× 48 0.4× 76 0.7× 34 0.4× 123 1.6× 50 612
Yubin Hou China 16 125 0.7× 112 0.9× 373 3.6× 30 0.4× 152 1.9× 83 688
M. Tewes Germany 14 208 1.1× 134 1.0× 166 1.6× 260 3.1× 61 0.8× 27 615
Hélène Joisten France 11 211 1.2× 203 1.6× 212 2.0× 42 0.5× 200 2.5× 32 639
Matan Yah Ben Zion Israel 9 67 0.4× 60 0.5× 59 0.6× 63 0.7× 101 1.3× 14 358
Hamish G. Brown Australia 15 96 0.5× 37 0.3× 105 1.0× 104 1.2× 135 1.7× 52 585
M. Kudo Japan 9 114 0.6× 23 0.2× 98 0.9× 29 0.3× 36 0.5× 26 307
Yong Jai Cho South Korea 12 290 1.6× 72 0.6× 93 0.9× 41 0.5× 223 2.8× 42 541

Countries citing papers authored by U. Merkel

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Fields of papers citing papers by U. Merkel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by U. Merkel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by U. Merkel. The network helps show where U. Merkel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of U. Merkel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of U. Merkel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of U. Merkel 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 U. Merkel. U. Merkel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sengupta, Abhigyan, et al.. (2021). SlyD Accelerates trans-to-cis Prolyl Isomerization in a Mechanosignaling Protein under Load. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(31). 8712–8721. 4 indexed citations
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Jakob, Roman P., Johannes Stigler, U. Merkel, et al.. (2018). A folding nucleus and minimal ATP binding domain of Hsp70 identified by single-molecule force spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(18). 4666–4671. 27 indexed citations
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Merkel, U., et al.. (2017). α-Actinin/titin interaction: A dynamic and mechanically stable cluster of bonds in the muscle Z-disk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(5). 1015–1020. 42 indexed citations
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Hentschel, Rico, J. Ocker, U. Merkel, et al.. (2016). Analysis of threshold voltage instability in AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs by forward gate voltage stress pulses. physica status solidi (a). 213(5). 1246–1251. 10 indexed citations
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Henke, Thomas, Johann W. Bartha, L. Rebohle, et al.. (2014). Formation of regularly arranged large grain silicon islands by using embedded micro mirrors in the flash crystallization of amorphous silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 115(3). 3 indexed citations
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Merkel, U., et al.. (2014). Influence of substrate quality on structural properties of AlGaN/GaN superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Journal of Applied Physics. 115(8). 18 indexed citations
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Hoßbach, Christoph, Patrick Verdonck, Y. Barbarin, et al.. (2013). Enhanced growth and Cu diffusion barrier properties of thermal ALD TaNC films in Cu/low-k interconnects. Microelectronic Engineering. 110. 29–34. 5 indexed citations
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Schuster, M., Andre Wachowiak, Α. Jahn, et al.. (2013). HEMT test structure technology for fast on-wafer characterization of epitaxial GaN-on-Si material. 1–3. 5 indexed citations
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Kaltofen, R., U. Merkel, Steffen Strehle, et al.. (2011). Electrical Evaluation of Ru–W(-N), Ru–Ta(-N) and Ru–Mn films as Cu diffusion barriers. Microelectronic Engineering. 92. 71–75. 29 indexed citations
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Albert, Matthias, Virgínio Henrique de Miranda Lopes Neumann, U. Merkel, et al.. (2011). Physical Characterization of PECVD and PEALD Ru(-C) Films and Comparison with PVD Ruthenium Film Properties. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 159(2). H166–H176. 18 indexed citations
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Merkel, U., Α. Jahn, Kurt Richter, et al.. (2010). Comparison of PVD, PECVD & PEALD Ru(-C) films as Cu diffusion barriers by means of bias temperature stress measurements. Microelectronic Engineering. 88(5). 641–645. 7 indexed citations
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Adolphi, B., Jeffrey McCord, C.‐G. Oertel, et al.. (2010). Improvement of sputtered Galfenol thin films for sensor applications. Smart Materials and Structures. 19(5). 55013–55013. 23 indexed citations
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Strehle, Steffen, S. Menzel, Andreas Jahn, et al.. (2009). Electromigration in electroplated Cu(Ag) alloy thin films investigated by means of single damascene Blech structures. Microelectronic Engineering. 86(12). 2396–2403. 23 indexed citations
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Wenzel, Christian, B. Adolphi, U. Merkel, et al.. (2009). Resonant bending sensor based on sputtered Galfenol. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 156(1). 129–133. 16 indexed citations
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Nebauer, E., U. Merkel, & Joachim Würfl. (1997). Structure and stability studies on W, WSi, WSiN/GaAs systems by XRD. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 12(9). 1072–1078. 6 indexed citations
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Pittroff, W., et al.. (1995). Au–Sn solder bumps with tungsten silicide based barrier metallization schemes. Applied Physics Letters. 67(16). 2367–2369. 14 indexed citations
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Nebauer, E., U. Merkel, Joachim Würfl, & W. Österle. (1995). RTA-Treated Ohmic Contacts To GaAs Containing WSiN Barriers. MRS Proceedings. 387. 3 indexed citations
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Nebauer, E., et al.. (1994). Annealing behaviour of Au/LaB6/Au/Ni/Ge systems on n-GaAs studied by the SNMS technique. physica status solidi (a). 146(2). 697–702. 2 indexed citations

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