2026 Bert Nickel: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Bert Nickel publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

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50 publications 1,163+

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Bert Nickel D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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40 D-Index 165+

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Overview

Bert Nickel is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans across the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a specialized focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their scholarly work covers a range of advanced scientific topics, notably:

Perovskite Materials and Applications
Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Bert Nickel has contributed to several frequently published venues, indicating a consistent focus on scientific communication through established journals and repositories. These venues include:

Advanced Optical Materials
arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Communications
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
ACS Nano

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, showing an interconnected research network. Notable collaborators are:

Kilian Frank
Martina F. Ober
Alexander S. Urban
Dorota Koziej
Ann-Christin Dippel

Some of the recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Bert Nickel include:

"X-ray-Based Techniques to Study the Nano-Bio Interface" (2021), published in ACS Nano
"Chiral Assembly of Gold-Silver Core-Shell Plasmonic Nanorods on DNA Origami with Strong Optical Activity" (2020), published in ACS Nano
"pH-dependent structural transitions in cationic ionizable lipid mesophases are critical for lipid nanoparticle function" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"A Lipid Photoswitch Controls Fluidity in Supported Bilayer Membranes" (2020), published in Langmuir
"Growth of Perovskite CsPbBr₃ Nanocrystals and Their Formed Superstructures Revealed by In Situ Spectroscopy" (2020), published in Chemistry of Materials

Best Publications

Quantum Size Effect in Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets

Jasmina A. Sichert;Jasmina A. Sichert;Yu Tong;Yu Tong;Niklas Mutz;Niklas Mutz;Mathias Vollmer;Mathias Vollmer

967
Citations
Pentacene Thin Film Growth

Ricardo Ruiz;Devashish Choudhary;Bert Nickel;Tullio Toccoli

768
Citations
Bonding self-assembled, compact organophosphonate monolayers to the native oxide surface of silicon.

Eric L. Hanson;Jeffrey Schwartz;Bert Nickel;Norbert Koch

408
Citations
Determination of the crystal structure of substrate-induced pentacene polymorphs in fiber structured thin films.

Stefan Schiefer;Martin Huth;and Alexander Dobrinevski;Bert Nickel

346
Citations
Pentacene ultrathin film formation on reduced and oxidized Si surfaces

Ricardo Ruiz;Bert Nickel;Norbert Koch;Leonard C. Feldman

274
Citations
Evidence for Temperature-Dependent Electron Band Dispersion in Pentacene

N. Koch;A. Vollmer;I. Salzmann;B. Nickel

254
Citations
Dynamic scaling, island size distribution, and morphology in the aggregation regime of submonolayer pentacene films.

Ricardo Ruiz;Bert Nickel;Norbert Koch;Leonard C. Feldman

223
Citations
Structure of pentacene thin films

Ricardo Ruiz;Alex C. Mayer;George G. Malliaras;Bert Nickel

207
Citations
Advances in Quantum-Confined Perovskite Nanocrystals for Optoelectronics

Lakshminarayana Polavarapu;Lakshminarayana Polavarapu;Bert Nickel;Bert Nickel;Jochen Feldmann;Jochen Feldmann;Alexander S. Urban;Alexander S. Urban

204
Citations
3D DNA Origami Crystals

Tao Zhang;Caroline Hartl;Kilian Frank;Amelie Heuer-Jungemann

192
Citations
Hyperthermal molecular beam deposition of highly ordered organic thin films.

L Casalis;Mehmet Danisman;B Nickel;G Bracco

173
Citations
Chemical functionalization of GaN and AlN surfaces

B. Baur;G. Steinhoff;J. Hernando;O. Purrucker

166
Citations
Ultrafast exciton relaxation in microcrystalline pentacene films.

H. Marciniak;M. Fiebig;M. Huth;S. Schiefer

165
Citations
Organophosphonate-based PNA-functionalization of silicon nanowires for label-free DNA detection.

Anna Cattani-Scholz;Daniel Pedone;Manish Dubey;Stefan Neppl

153
Citations
Ultrafast singlet and triplet dynamics in microcrystalline pentacene films

Henning Marciniak;Igor Pugliesi;Bert Nickel;Stefan Lochbrunner

136
Citations
Confining metal-halide perovskites in nanoporous thin films

Stepan Demchyshyn;Janina Melanie Roemer;Heiko Groiß;Herwig Heilbrunner

130
Citations
Sub-micron phase coexistence in small-molecule organic thin films revealed by infrared nano-imaging

Christian Westermeier;Christian Westermeier;Adrian Cernescu;Sergiu Amarie;Clemens Liewald

114
Citations
Dislocation arrangements in pentacene thin films

B. Nickel;B. Nickel;R. Barabash;R. Ruiz;R. Ruiz;N. Koch

111
Citations
Solid-State Nanopore Confinement for Band Gap Engineering of Metal-Halide Perovskites

Stepan Demchyshyn;Janina Roemer;Heiko Groiss;Herwig Heilbrunner

105
Citations
3D DNA origami crystals

Tao Zhang;Caroline Hartl;Stefan Fischer;Kilian Frank

16
Citations