Wolfgang Krätschmer

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

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Wolfgang Krätschmer is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Krätschmer has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Organic Chemistry, 60 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Krätschmer's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (64 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (30 papers). Wolfgang Krätschmer is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (64 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (30 papers). Wolfgang Krätschmer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Wolfgang Krätschmer's co-authors include Donald R. Huffman, K. Fostiropoulos, Lowell D. Lamb, Stephan Ballenweg, Helmut Schwarz, Thomas Weiske, Sergei Lebedkin, Diethard K. Böhme, Jan Hrušák and Rolf Gleiter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Krätschmer

74 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Solid C60: a new form of carbon

1990 6.1k citations Wolfgang Krätschmer, K. Fostiropoulos et al. profile →
The infrared and ultraviolet absorption spectra of laboratory-produced carbon dust: evidence for the presence of the C60 molecule

1990 720 citations Wolfgang Krätschmer, K. Fostiropoulos et al. Chemical Physics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang Krätschmer Germany	31	7.8k	7.7k	1.4k	724	648	78	9.6k
K. Fostiropoulos Germany	15	6.7k 0.9×	6.6k 0.9×	956 0.7×	926 1.3×	770 1.2×	30	8.2k
Lowell D. Lamb United States	13	5.9k 0.7×	5.8k 0.7×	891 0.7×	542 0.7×	481 0.7×	18	7.0k
Olga V. Boltalina Russia	47	3.9k 0.5×	4.8k 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	481 0.7×	248	6.2k
Yohji Achiba Japan	63	12.0k 1.5×	7.8k 1.0×	4.6k 3.4×	2.3k 3.1×	910 1.4×	345	15.8k
Shinzo Suzuki Japan	33	3.2k 0.4×	2.4k 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	479 0.7×	243 0.4×	88	4.3k
D. C. Lorents United States	39	3.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.7×	500 0.8×	110	6.5k
R. E. Haufler United States	18	3.5k 0.4×	3.7k 0.5×	998 0.7×	452 0.6×	239 0.4×	25	4.3k
Marcos M. Alvarez United States	27	6.4k 0.8×	3.6k 0.5×	852 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	584 0.9×	40	8.3k
R. E. Smalley United States	23	3.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.1×	1.6k 1.1×	674 0.9×	400 0.6×	38	4.5k
J. W. Mintmire United States	35	6.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.2×	2.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	359 0.6×	112	7.3k

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Wakabayashi, Tomonari, et al.. (2002). Laser induced fluorescence spectra of the D 1∑u+→B′ 1∑g+ and C 1Πg→A 1∏u systems of C2 in solid Ne. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 116(14). 5996–6001. 9 indexed citations

Gürtler, P., et al.. (2002). Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Carbon Molecule C₃ in Matrix Isolated State: Experiment and Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 106(24). 5779–5788. 29 indexed citations

Krätschmer, Wolfgang. (2000). Fullerenes and Nanotubes—An introduction. AIP conference proceedings. 544. 3–8. 1 indexed citations

Frisch, P. C., J. Dorschner, Johannes Geiss, et al.. (1999). Dust in the Local Interstellar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 525(1). 492–516. 126 indexed citations

Giesa, Sabine, Jürgen H. Gross, Rolf Gleiter, et al.. (1999). C120OS: the first sulfur-containing dimeric [60]fullerene derivative. Chemical Communications. 465–466. 21 indexed citations

Gromov, A., Sergei Lebedkin, Stephan Ballenweg, et al.. (1997). C120O2: The first [60]fullerene dimer with cages bis-linked by furanoid bridges. Chemical Communications. 209–210. 49 indexed citations

Krätschmer, Wolfgang & Heike Schuster. (1996). Von Fuller bis zu Fullerenen : Beispiele einer interdisziplinären Forschung. 3 indexed citations

Krätschmer, Wolfgang. (1995). Fullerenes and fullerites: new forms of carbon. Nanostructured Materials. 6(1-4). 65–72. 6 indexed citations

Krätschmer, Wolfgang. (1994). Fullerenes and fullerites: New forms of carbon. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 107(7). 1077–1090. 9 indexed citations

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Krätschmer, Wolfgang & Donald R. Huffman. (1993). Production and discovery of fullerites: new forms of crystalline carbon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 343(1667). 33–38. 30 indexed citations

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Weiske, Thomas, et al.. (1992). The Neutralization of HeC in the Gas Phase: Compelling Evidence for the Existence of an Endohedral Structure for He@C₆₀. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 31(2). 183–185. 75 indexed citations

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Banhart, Florian, Martin Förster, Wolfgang Krätschmer, & H.‐E. Schaefer. (1992). Imaging of molecules, lattice and lattice defects in C₆₀–C₇₀fullerites by high-resolution electron microscopy. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 65(6). 283–289. 12 indexed citations

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Krätschmer, Wolfgang. (1992). Fullerene und Fullerite: Neue Formen des Kohlenstoffs. Physikalische Blätter. 48(7-8). 553–556.

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Lucas, A. A., G. Gensterblum, Jean‐Jacques Pireaux, et al.. (1992). Elementary excitations ofC60from the far infrared to the far vacuum ultraviolet studied by high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 45(23). 13694–13702. 80 indexed citations

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Weiske, Thomas, et al.. (1992). Beweis der Existenz einer endohedralen He@C₆₀‐Struktur durch Gasphasenneutralisation von HeC^.+₆₀. Angewandte Chemie. 104(2). 242–244. 27 indexed citations

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Weiske, Thomas, Diethard K. Böhme, Jan Hrušák, Wolfgang Krätschmer, & Helmut Schwarz. (1991). Endohedral Cluster Compounds: Inclusion of Helium within C and C through Collision Experiments. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 30(7). 884–886. 246 indexed citations

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Gensterblum, G., P.A. Thiry, J. P. Vigneron, et al.. (1991). High-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy of thin films of C_{60} on Si(100). Physical Review Letters. 67(16). 2171–2174. 239 indexed citations

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Krätschmer, Wolfgang, K. Fostiropoulos, & Donald R. Huffman. (1990). The infrared and ultraviolet absorption spectra of laboratory-produced carbon dust: evidence for the presence of the C60 molecule. Chemical Physics Letters. 170(2-3). 167–170. 720 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huffman, Donald R. & Wolfgang Krätschmer. (1990). Solid C₆₀ – How we Found It. MRS Proceedings. 206. 7 indexed citations

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Krätschmer, Wolfgang, et al.. (1985). Spectroscopy of matrix-isolated carbon cluster molecules between 200 and 850 nm wavelength. Surface Science. 156. 814–821. 50 indexed citations

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