W. Steffen

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

W. Steffen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Steffen has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in W. Steffen's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (47 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (17 papers) and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (14 papers). W. Steffen is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (47 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (17 papers) and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (14 papers). W. Steffen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Greece and France. W. Steffen's co-authors include Hans‐Jürgen Butt, A. Patkowski, A. Richter, E. W. Fischer, D. Bohle, Michael Kappl, Jie Liu, A.E.L. Dieperink, O. Schölten and N. Lo Iudice and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. Steffen

110 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

New magnetic dipole excitation mode studied in the heavy deformed nucleus 156Gd by inelastic electron scattering

1984 561 citations D. Bohle, A. Richter et al. Physics Letters B profile →
Contact angle hysteresis

2022 232 citations Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Jie Liu et al. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Steffen

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	How Surface and Substrate Chemistry Affect Slide Electrification 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Ognen Pop‐Georgievski, (unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Tremel, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, W. Steffen	9
2	Estimating sliding drop width via side-view features using recurrent neural networks 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiaomei Li, (unknown), W. Steffen, Yanhui Guo, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger	0
3	Chemically robust superhydrophobic surfaces with a self‐replenishing nanoscale liquid coating 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xiaoteng Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chirag Hinduja, (unknown), (unknown), Lukas Hauer, Manfred Wagner, W. Steffen, Jie Liu, Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	16
4	The influence of ions and humidity on charging of solid hydrophobic surfaces in slide electrification 2023 ·Soft Matter ·(unknown), (unknown), Stefan A. L. Weber, W. Steffen	9
5	Intrinsic Dynamics of Amorphous Ice Revealed by a Heterodyne Signal in X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Experiments 2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Hailong Li, Marjorie Ladd-Parada, (unknown), Francesco Dallari, Mario Reiser, Fivos Perakis, (unknown), Michael Sprung, Fabian Westermeier, G. Grübel, W. Steffen, Felix Lehmkühler, Katrin Amann‐Winkel	4
6	Contact angle hysteresis breakdown → 2022 ·Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science ·Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Jie Liu, Kaloian Koynov, (unknown), Chirag Hinduja, (unknown), Rüdiger Berger, Xiaomei Li, Doris Vollmer, W. Steffen, Michael Kappl	232
7	Vapor Lubrication for Reducing Water and Ice Adhesion on Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Brushes 2022 ·Advanced Materials ·Шуай Ли, Youmin Hou, Michael Kappl, W. Steffen, Jie Liu, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	59
8	Controlling supraparticle shape and structure by tuning colloidal interactions 2021 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Wendong Liu, Michael Kappl, W. Steffen, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	34
9	Optimizing Hydrophobicity and Photocatalytic Activity of PDMS-Coated Titanium Dioxide 2019 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Jie Liu, Lijun Ye, Sanghyuk Wooh, Michael Kappl, W. Steffen, Hans‐Jürgen Butt	80
10	Adaptive Wetting—Adaptation in Wetting 2018 ·Langmuir ·Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger, W. Steffen, Doris Vollmer, Stefan A. L. Weber	94
11	Wetting over pre-existing liquid films 2018 ·Physical Review Fluids ·Hannu Teisala, Clarissa Schönecker, Anke Kaltbeitzel, W. Steffen, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Doris Vollmer	9
12	Relaxation of plasma waves in Fermi-degenerate quantum plasmas 2016 ·Physical review. E ·W. Steffen, Hans-Jörg Kull	5
13	Exfoliation of montmorillonite in protein solutions 2012 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·(unknown), W. Steffen, Gabriela Bugla‐Płoskońska, (unknown), J. Pigłowski, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Adam Kiersnowski	15
14	Rational Optimization of Benzo[2,1‐b;3,4‐b′]dithiophene‐Containing Polymers for Organic Field‐Effect Transistors 2009 ·Advanced Materials ·Ralph Rieger, Dirk Beckmann, Wojciech Pisula, W. Steffen, Marcel Kastler, Kläus Müllen	70
15	Probing dynamics at interfaces: resonance enhanced dynamic light scattering 2009 ·Optics Express ·(unknown), W. Steffen, George Fytas, Wolfgang Knoll, Bernhard Menges	21
16	Temperature and pressure study of Brillouin transverse modes in the organic glass-forming liquid orthoterphenyl 2003 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·C. Dreyfus, Abdelatif Aouadi, Jacek Gapiński, Manuel Matos Lopes, W. Steffen, A. Patkowski, R. M. Pick	104
17	Long-range density fluctuations in orthoterphenyl as studied by means of ultrasmall-angle x-ray scattering 2000 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. Patkowski, Thomas Thurn‐Albrecht, (unknown), W. Steffen, P. Bösecke, Theyencheri Narayanan, Е. W. Fischer	46
18	Light-scattering study of a supercooled epoxy resin 1999 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Lucia Comez, D. Fioretto, Luca Palmieri, L. Verdini, P. A. Rolla, Jacek Gapiński, Tadeusz Pakuła, A. Patkowski, W. Steffen, Elmar Fischer	52
19	Temperature dependence of characteristic length for glass transition 1992 ·Physical Review Letters ·E. W. Fischer, E. Donth, W. Steffen	223
20	Further evidence for the new collective magnetic dipole mode in heavy deformed nuclei 1984 ·Physics Letters B ·D. Bohle, (unknown), A. Richter, W. Steffen	154

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