Volker Deckert

15.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
175 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Volker Deckert is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Deckert has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 55 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Volker Deckert's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (54 papers), Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (53 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (36 papers). Volker Deckert is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (54 papers), Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (53 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (36 papers). Volker Deckert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Volker Deckert's co-authors include Tanja Deckert‐Gaudig, Renato Zenobi, Raoul M. Stöckle, Elena Bailo, Yung Doug Suh, Jürgen Popp, Akiko Rasmussen, Evelien M. van Schrojenstein Lantman, Bert M. Weckhuysen and Bert Hecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Volker Deckert

169 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Nanoscale chemical analysis by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2000 1.3k citations Volker Deckert et al. profile →
Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications

2000 560 citations Volker Deckert et al. profile →
Catalytic processes monitored at the nanoscale with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2012 551 citations Tanja Deckert‐Gaudig, Volker Deckert et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Volker Deckert Germany	49	4.3k	3.9k	2.7k	2.3k	1.9k	175	9.2k
Steven E. J. Bell United Kingdom	49	3.9k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	189	10.5k
Sebastian Schlücker Germany	45	3.9k 0.9×	5.8k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	3.4k 1.8×	167	9.2k
Eric C. Le Ru New Zealand	48	6.1k 1.4×	8.7k 2.2×	2.0k 0.8×	3.3k 1.4×	4.0k 2.1×	143	12.3k
Alexandre G. Brolo Canada	53	7.1k 1.7×	6.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	3.0k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	212	11.4k
Nilam C. Shah United States	19	6.4k 1.5×	6.8k 1.7×	1.2k 0.4×	3.1k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	24	10.4k
Michael Schmitt Germany	57	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	345	12.2k
Renee R. Frontiera United States	30	2.1k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	74	5.8k
P. Etchegoin New Zealand	49	6.0k 1.4×	8.7k 2.2×	2.1k 0.8×	3.2k 1.4×	4.4k 2.3×	151	13.5k
Irving Itzkan United States	38	7.3k 1.7×	7.9k 2.0×	3.7k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.7×	116	14.1k
Steven R. Emory United States	15	5.5k 1.3×	7.8k 2.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	3.6k 1.9×	23	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volker Deckert

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Höppener, Christiane, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer‐Peptide Conjugates by Tip‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Small. 21(32). e2502157–e2502157. 1 indexed citations

Deckert, Volker, et al.. (2025). Raman signatures of single point defects in hexagonal boron nitride quantum emitters. npj Computational Materials. 12(1).

Guo, Xiaojun, et al.. (2025). Phonon-assisted upconversion photoluminescence with high thermal sensitivity of rare-earth doped nanoparticles in vacuum optical tweezers. Physical review. B.. 112(10).

Kumar, Anand, et al.. (2024). Comparative Study of Quantum Emitter Fabrication in Wide Bandgap Materials Using Localized Electron Irradiation. ACS Applied Optical Materials. 2(2). 323–332. 3 indexed citations

Majzner, Katarzyna, Tanja Deckert‐Gaudig, Małgorzata Barańśka, & Volker Deckert. (2024). DOX-DNA Interactions on the Nanoscale: In Situ Studies Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Analytical Chemistry. 96(22). 8905–8913. 5 indexed citations

Höppener, Christiane, et al.. (2023). Inside Block Copolymer Micelles—Tracing Interfacial Influences on Crosslinking Efficiency in Nanoscale Confined Spaces. Small. 19(20). e2206451–e2206451. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Xinyue, Ivo Nischang, Stephanie Hoeppener, et al.. (2021). Characterization of a library of vitamin A-functionalized polymethacrylate-based nanoparticles for siRNA delivery. Polymer Chemistry. 12(6). 911–925. 5 indexed citations

Cialla‐May, Dana, Christoph Krafft, Petra Rösch, et al.. (2021). Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging in Bioanalytics. Analytical Chemistry. 94(1). 86–119. 80 indexed citations

Egiza, Mohamed, et al.. (2021). Effects of substrate temperature and intermediate layer on adhesion, structural and mechanical properties of coaxial arc plasma deposition grown nanodiamond composite films on Si substrates. Surface and Coatings Technology. 417. 127185–127185. 24 indexed citations

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Binder, Ulrike, Stefanie Reuter, Hans‐Martin Dahse, et al.. (2021). The impact of episporic modification of Lichtheimia corymbifera on virulence and interaction with phagocytes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 19. 880–896. 7 indexed citations

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Deckert‐Gaudig, Tanja, et al.. (2021). Unveiling the interaction of protein fibrils with gold nanoparticles by plasmon enhanced nano-spectroscopy. Nanoscale. 13(34). 14469–14479. 14 indexed citations

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Deckert‐Gaudig, Tanja, et al.. (2020). Near- and far-field Raman spectroscopic studies of nanodiamond composite films deposited by coaxial arc plasma. Applied Physics Letters. 116(4). 29 indexed citations

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Deckert‐Gaudig, Tanja, et al.. (2020). Plasmon induced deprotonation of 2-mercaptopyridine. The Analyst. 145(6). 2106–2110. 13 indexed citations

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Shadaydeh, Maha, Sebastian Böcker, Bernd Brügmann, et al.. (2020). A virtual “Werkstatt” for digitization in the sciences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 2 indexed citations

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Ueberschaar, Nico, Tanja Deckert‐Gaudig, Katrin Krause, et al.. (2019). Organic acids, siderophores, enzymes and mechanical pressure for black slate bioweathering with the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune. Environmental Microbiology. 22(4). 1535–1546. 42 indexed citations

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Majzner, Katarzyna, et al.. (2018). Uptake of fatty acids by a single endothelial cell investigated by Raman spectroscopy supported by AFM. The Analyst. 143(4). 970–980. 34 indexed citations

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Deckert‐Gaudig, Tanja, Atsushi Taguchi, Satoshi Kawata, & Volker Deckert. (2017). Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy – from early developments to recent advances. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(13). 4077–4110. 187 indexed citations

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Brown, J. Quincy & Volker Deckert. (2015). Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging IV. 9537. 4 indexed citations

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Kurouski, Dmitry, Tanja Deckert‐Gaudig, Volker Deckert, & Igor K. Lednev. (2013). Structural Characterization of Insulin Fibril Surfaces using Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS). Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 49a–49a. 9 indexed citations

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Renger, Jan, et al.. (2004). Optical field enhancement at coated metal spheroids. Science Access. 2(1). 65–66. 1 indexed citations

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