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Christian W. Hess

Christian W. Hess

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D-Index
63
Citations
11845
World Ranking
3433
National Ranking
87

Overview

Christian W. Hess is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple subfields within physics and materials science with a focus on condensed matter physics and advanced materials.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science

Within these broad fields, Hess has contributed notably to several subfields:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their research covers a variety of topics, such as:

  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds

Hess has been involved in the publication of numerous scientific papers, with recent works highlighting advances in thermoelectric materials, superconductivity, and phonon heat transport. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • Mg3(Bi,Sb)2 single crystals towards high thermoelectric performance, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • A robust thermoelectric module based on MgAgSb/Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 with a conversion efficiency of 8.5% and a maximum cooling of 72 K, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • State with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry above the superconducting phase transition, 2021, Nature Physics
  • Strongly scattered phonon heat transport of the candidate Kitaev material Na2Co2TeO6, 2021, Physical Review B
  • Thermoelectric Properties of Novel Semimetals: A Case Study of YbMnSb2, 2020, Advanced Materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field, including:

  • B. Büchner
  • Xiaochen Hong
  • Federico Caglieris
  • Saicharan Aswartham
  • A. U. B. Wolter

Christian W. Hess has published in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent venues being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • npj Quantum Materials
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Energy & Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Responses in small hand muscles from magnetic stimulation of the human brain.

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  • Sleepiness-related accidents in sleep apnea patients.

    Sabine Horstmann;Christian W. Hess;Claudio Bassetti;Matthias Gugger

  • Magnetic stimulation of the human brain: Facilitation of motor responses by voluntary contraction of ipsilateral and contralateral muscles with additional observations on an amputee

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  • High prevalence of glaucoma in patients with sleep apnea syndrome

    Daniel S Mojon;Christian W Hess;David Goldblum;Johannes Fleischhauer

  • Magnetic brain stimulation: Central motor conduction studies in multiple sclerosis

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  • Early prognosis in coma after cardiac arrest: a prospective clinical, electrophysiological, and biochemical study of 60 patients.

    C Bassetti;F Bomio;J Mathis;C W Hess

  • One Session of Repeated Parietal Theta Burst Stimulation Trains Induces Long-Lasting Improvement of Visual Neglect

    Thomas Nyffeler;Dario Cazzoli;Christian W. Hess;René M. Müri

  • Hypersomnia following paramedian thalamic stroke: a report of 12 patients.

    C Bassetti;J Mathis;M Gugger;K O Lovblad

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a putative add-on treatment for major depression in elderly patients.

    Urs P. Mosimann;Wolfgang Schmitt;Benjamin D. Greenberg;Markus Kosel

  • A clinical study of motor evoked potentials using a triple stimulation technique

    M. R. Magistris;K. M. Rösler;A. Truffert;T. Landis

  • Restless legs syndrome: a clinical study of 55 patients.

    Claudio L. Bassetti;Doris Mauerhofer;Matthias Gugger;Johannes Mathis

  • Different ipsilateral representations for distal and proximal movements in the sensorimotor cortex: activation and deactivation patterns.

    A.C. Nirkko;C. Ozdoba;S.M. Redmond;M. Bürki

  • The significance of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathophysiology of periodic leg movements in sleep.

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Christian W. Hess;Johannes Mathis

  • Magnetic and electrical transcranial brain stimulation: physiological mechanisms and clinical applications.

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  • Repetitive TMS over the human oculomotor cortex: comparison of 1-Hz and theta burst stimulation.

    Thomas Nyffeler;Pascal Wurtz;Hans-Rudolf Lüscher;Christian W. Hess

  • Normal-tension glaucoma is associated with sleep apnea syndrome.

    Daniel S. Mojon;Christian W. Hess;David Goldblum;Matthias Boehnke

  • Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Is Associated with Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Daniel S. Mojon;Christian W. Hess;David Goldblum;Matthias Böhnke

  • Investigation of facial motor pathways by electrical and magnetic stimulation: sites and mechanisms of excitation.

    K M Rösler;C W Hess;U D Schmid

  • Transcranial stimulation of the human frontal eye field by magnetic pulses.

    R. M. Müri;C. W. Hess;O. Meienberg

  • Eyelid, conjunctival, and corneal findings in sleep apnea syndrome

    Daniel S Mojon;David Goldblum;Johannes Fleischhauer;Auguste G.Y Chiou

  • Extending lifetime of plastic changes in the human brain.

    Thomas Nyffeler;Pascal Wurtz;Hans‐Rudolf Lüscher;Christian W. Hess

  • Why do we yawn

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Johannes Mathis;Armin Schnider;Christian W. Hess

  • Epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea

    Peter Höllinger;Ramin Khatami;Matthias Gugger;Christian W. Hess

  • Neglect-like visual exploration behaviour after theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of the right posterior parietal cortex.

    Thomas Nyffeler;Dario Cazzoli;Pascal Wurtz;Mathias Lüthi

  • Functional organisation of saccades and antisaccades in the frontal lobe in humans: a study with echo planar functional magnetic resonance imaging

    R M Müri;O Heid;A C Nirkko;C Ozdoba

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Mathis
Johannes Mathis University of Bern
René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
Thomas Nyffeler
Thomas Nyffeler University of Bern
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Adrian G. Guggisberg
Adrian G. Guggisberg University of Geneva
Andrea Federspiel
Andrea Federspiel University of Bern
Armin Schnider
Armin Schnider University of Geneva
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny University of Montpellier
Kaspar Schindler
Kaspar Schindler University of Bern
Gabriella Antonucci
Gabriella Antonucci Sapienza University of Rome

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