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Christian Mitterer

Christian Mitterer

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Materials Science
Austria
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
79
Citations
20757
World Ranking
2848
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Christian Mitterer is affiliated with the University of Leoben in Austria. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on Engineering and Materials Science, with 137 and 105 publications respectively in these fields. They have also contributed extensively to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in Mitterer's research include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Advanced Materials and Composites, Copper Interconnects and Reliability, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Hydrogen Storage and Materials, and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research.

Frequent collaborators in their work include researchers such as Megan J. Cordill, Nikolaos Kostoglou, Claus Rebholz, Michael Tkadletz, and Patrice Kreiml.

Mitterer has published numerous papers in notable scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Hard coatings for cutting applications: Physical vs. chemical vapor deposition and future challenges for the coatings community, 2021, Surface and Coatings Technology
  • Nanoporous polymer-derived activated carbon for hydrogen adsorption and electrochemical energy storage, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Materials Engineering for Flexible Metallic Thin Film Applications, 2022, Materials
  • Microstructural evolution and thermal stability of AlCr(Si)N hard coatings revealed by in-situ high-temperature high-energy grazing incidence transmission X-ray diffraction, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes Versus Carbon Nanotubes: A Thermal Stability and Oxidation Behavior Study, 2020, Nanomaterials

The most frequent venues for their publications include Surface and Coatings Technology and Acta Materialia with 11 publications each, Materials & Design with 7 publications, and both Nanomaterials and Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films with 5 publications each.

Best Publications

  • Microstructural design of hard coatings

    Paul H. Mayrhofer;Christian Mitterer;Lars Hultman;Helmut Clemens

  • Self-organized nanostructures in the Ti–Al–N system

    Paul H. Mayrhofer;Anders Hörling;Lennart Karlsson;Jacob Sjölén

  • Thermal stability of Al-Cr-N hard coatings

    Herbert Willmann;P. H. Mayrhofer;P. H. Mayrhofer;Per Persson;Per Persson;A. E. Reiter

  • Application of hard coatings in aluminium die casting — soldering, erosion and thermal fatigue behaviour

    C Mitterer;F Holler;F Üstel;D Heim

  • A comparative study on reactive and non-reactive unbalanced magnetron sputter deposition of TiN coatings

    P.H Mayrhofer;F Kunc;J Musil;C Mitterer

  • Self-organized nanocolumnar structure in superhard TiB2 thin films

    P. H. Mayrhofer;C. Mitterer;J. G. Wen;J. E. Greene

  • Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of sputtered Ti1–xAlxN coatings with 0.5≤x≤0.75

    K. Kutschej;P.H. Mayrhofer;M. Kathrein;P. Polcik

  • Structure–property relationships in single- and dual-phase nanocrystalline hard coatings

    P.H. Mayrhofer;C. Mitterer;J. Musil

  • Microstructure and mechanical/thermal properties of Cr–N coatings deposited by reactive unbalanced magnetron sputtering

    P.H. Mayrhofer;G. Tischler;C. Mitterer

  • Vanadium containing self-adaptive low-friction hard coatings for high-temperature applications: A review

    Robert Franz;Christian Mitterer

  • Oxidation of vanadium nitride and titanium nitride coatings

    A. Glaser;S. Surnev;F.P. Netzer;N. Fateh

  • Borides in Thin Film Technology

    Christian Mitterer

  • Microstructure and properties of nanocomposite Ti-B-N and Ti-B-C coatings

    C. Mitterer;P.H. Mayrhofer;M. Beschliesser;P. Losbichler

  • Magnéli phase formation of PVD Mo–N and W–N coatings

    G. Gassner;P.H. Mayrhofer;K. Kutschej;C. Mitterer

  • Sputter deposition of ultrahard coatings within the system Ti-B-C-N

    C. Mitterer;M. Rauter;P. Rödhammer

  • The origin of stresses in magnetron-sputtered thin films with zone T structures

    R. Daniel;K.J. Martinschitz;J. Keckes;C. Mitterer

  • Structure and properties of hard and superhard Zr–Cu–N nanocomposite coatings

    P Zeman;R Čerstvý;P.H Mayrhofer;C Mitterer

  • Influence of high-temperature oxide formation on the tribological behaviour of TiN and VN coatings

    N. Fateh;G.A. Fontalvo;G. Gassner;C. Mitterer

  • Experiment and simulation of the compositional evolution of Ti–B thin films deposited by sputtering of a compound target

    Jörg Neidhardt;Stanislav Mráz;Jochen M. Schneider;Erik Strub

  • Calorimetric evidence for frictional self-adaptation of TiAlN/VN superlattice coatings

    P.H. Mayrhofer;P.Eh. Hovsepian;C. Mitterer;W.-D. Münz

  • A new low-friction concept for Ti1−xAlxN based coatings in high-temperature applications

    K. Kutschej;P.H. Mayrhofer;M. Kathrein;P. Polcik

Frequent Co-Authors

Jozef Keckes
Jozef Keckes University of Leoben
Lars Hultman
Lars Hultman Linköping University
Gerhard Dehm
Gerhard Dehm Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Kyriaki Polychronopoulou
Kyriaki Polychronopoulou Khalifa University
Jochen M. Schneider
Jochen M. Schneider RWTH Aachen University
Helmut Clemens
Helmut Clemens University of Leoben
Zaoli Zhang
Zaoli Zhang Austrian Academy of Sciences
Raimund Podloucky
Raimund Podloucky University of Vienna
Jun Lu
Jun Lu Zhejiang University

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