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Materials Science

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109
Citations
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World Ranking
718
National Ranking
42

Chemistry

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Citations
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Andreas Hirsch publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Hirsch sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 796 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Andreas Hirsch D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Hirsch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Andreas Hirsch is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on areas such as materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and organic chemistry, with additional work in biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • 2D materials and applications
  • Fullerene chemistry and applications
  • Molecular junctions and nanostructures
  • Porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry
  • Carbon nanotubes in composites
  • Graphene and nanomaterials applications

They have published frequently in several scientific journals and venues such as:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Andreas Hirsch include:

  • Production and processing of graphene and related materials, 2020, 2D Materials
  • Evolution of Graphene Patterning: From Dimension Regulation to Molecular Engineering, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Perylene diimide-based chemosensors emerging in recent years: From design to sensing, 2021, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • Mechanical cleaning of graphene using in situ electron microscopy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dynamic Covalent Formation of Concave Disulfide Macrocycles Mechanically Interlocked with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Andreas Hirsch are:

  • Frank Hauke
  • Gonzalo Abellán
  • Tao Wei
  • Dirk M. Guldi
  • Vicent Lloret

Best Publications

  • Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Andreas Hirsch

  • Organic functionalization of carbon nanotubes

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Konstantinos Kordatos;Maurizio Prato;Dirk M. Guldi

  • The era of carbon allotropes

    Andreas Hirsch

  • Molecular design of strong single-wall carbon nanotube/polyelectrolyte multilayer composites

    Arif A. Mamedov;Nicholas A. Kotov;Maurizio Prato;Dirk M. Guldi

  • Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics

    Damien Hanlon;Claudia Backes;Evie Doherty;Clotilde S Cucinotta

  • Chemistry with graphene and graphene oxide-challenges for synthetic chemists.

    Siegfried Eigler;Andreas Hirsch

  • Sidewall Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes This work was supported by the European Union under the 5th Framework Research Training Network 1999, HPRNT 1999-00011 FUNCARS.

    Michael Holzinger;Otto Vostrowsky;Andreas Hirsch;Frank Hennrich

  • Fullerenes : chemistry and reactions

    Andreas Hirsch;Michael Brettreich

  • Covalent bulk functionalization of graphene

    Jan M. Englert;Christoph Dotzer;Guang Yang;Martin Schmid

  • A generic interface to reduce the efficiency-stability-cost gap of perovskite solar cells

    Yi Hou;Xiaoyan Du;Simon Scheiner;David P. McMeekin

  • Spherical aromaticity of fullerenes.

    Michael Bühl;Andreas Hirsch

  • Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with (R-)oxycarbonyl nitrenes.

    Michael Holzinger;Juergen Abraham;Paul Whelan;Ralf Graupner

  • The chemistry of the fullerenes

    Andreas Hirsch

  • Fullerene Chemistry in Three Dimensions: Isolation of Seven Regioisomeric Bisadducts and Chiral Trisadducts of C60 and Di(ethoxycarbonyl)methylene

    Andreas Hirsch;Iris Lamparth;Heinrich R. Karfunkel

  • Visualization of defect densities in reduced graphene oxide

    Siegfried Eigler;Christoph Dotzer;Andreas Hirsch

  • Wet Chemical Synthesis of Graphene

    Siegfried Eigler;Michael Enzelberger-Heim;Stefan Grimm;Philipp Hofmann

  • Spherical Aromaticity inIh Symmetrical Fullerenes: The 2(N+1)2 Rule

    Andreas Hirsch;Zhongfang Chen;Haijun Jiao

  • Production and processing of graphene and related materials

    Claudia Backes;Claudia Backes;Amr M Abdelkader;Concepción Alonso;Amandine Andrieux-Ledier

  • Regiochemistry of Multiple Additions to the Fullerene Core: Synthesis of a Th-Symmetric Hexakis adduct of C60 with Bis(ethoxycarbonyl)methylene

    Andreas Hirsch;Iris Lamparth;Thomas Groesser;Heinrich R. Karfunkel

  • Few‐Layer Antimonene by Liquid‐Phase Exfoliation

    Carlos Gibaja;David Rodriguez-San-Miguel;David Rodriguez-San-Miguel;Pablo Ares;Julio Gómez-Herrero

  • Organic Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes

    Dimitrios Tasis;Nikos Tagmatarchis;Vasilios Georgakilas;Davide Pantarotto

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Hauke
Frank Hauke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dirk M. Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claudia Backes
Claudia Backes Heidelberg University
Zhongfang Chen
Zhongfang Chen University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Marcus Halik
Marcus Halik University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Maurizio Prato
Maurizio Prato University of Trieste
Frank Hampel
Frank Hampel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Christoph Böttcher
Christoph Böttcher Freie Universität Berlin
Walter Thiel
Walter Thiel Max Planck Society
Erdmann Spiecker
Erdmann Spiecker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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