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Dietrich R. T. Zahn 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 Dietrich R. T. Zahn sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 891 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dietrich R. T. Zahn 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 Dietrich R. T. Zahn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dietrich R. T. Zahn is affiliated with Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics investigated by the scientist include:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Phase-change materials and chalcogenides
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Publication venues where Dietrich R. T. Zahn has frequently contributed include:

  • Nanomaterials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • physica status solidi (b)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • RSC Advances

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • "Macroheterocyclic Compounds - a Key Building Block in New Functional Materials and Molecular Devices," 2020, Macroheterocycles
  • "Carboxyl and thiol-functionalized magnetic nanoadsorbents for efficient and simultaneous removal of Pb(II), Cd(II), and Ni(II) heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions: Studies of adsorption, kinetics, and isotherms," 2022, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
  • "Traps and transport resistance are the next frontiers for stable non-fullerene acceptor solar cells," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Pulsed laser deposited CoFe2O4 thin films as supercapacitor electrodes," 2020, RSC Advances
  • "Graphitic carbon nitride nanotubes: a new material for emerging applications," 2020, RSC Advances

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Dietrich R. T. Zahn include:

  • Oleksandr Selyshchev
  • Volodymyr Dzhagan
  • Georgeta Salvan
  • Ilya Milekhin
  • Apoorva Sharma

In addition to articles, the scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by IntechOpen:

  • "Plasmonic Nanostructures - Basic Concepts, Optimization and Applications," 2022

Best Publications

  • Photoluminescence emission and Raman response of monolayer MoS 2 , MoSe 2 , and WSe 2

    Philipp Tonndorf;Robert Schmidt;Philipp Böttger;Xiao Zhang

  • Vibrational spectroscopy of bulk and supported manganese oxides

    Florina Buciuman;Florin Patcas;Radu Craciun;Dietrich R. T. Zahn

  • Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS thin films by post-treatment

    Jinji Luo;Detlef Billep;Thomas Waechtler;Thomas Waechtler;Thomas Otto

  • The transport gap of organic semiconductors studied using the combination of direct and inverse photoemission

    Dietrich R.T. Zahn;Gianina N. Gavrila;Mihaela Gorgoi

  • Electronic and vibrational spectroscopies applied to organic/inorganic interfaces.

    Dietrich R. T. Zahn;Gianina N. Gavrila;Georgeta Salvan

  • A Fine Size Selection of Brightly Luminescent Water-Soluble Ag–In–S and Ag–In–S/ZnS Quantum Dots

    Alexandra Raevskaya;Vladimir Lesnyak;Danny Haubold;Volodymyr Dzhagan;Volodymyr Dzhagan

  • Resonant Raman spectroscopy of 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride epitaxial films

    R. Scholz;A.Yu. Kobitski;T.U. Kampen;M. Schreiber

  • Copper-surface-mediated synthesis of acetylenic carbon-rich nanofibers for active metal-free photocathodes.

    Tao Zhang;Yang Hou;Yang Hou;Volodymyr Dzhagan;Zhongquan Liao

  • Barrier height engineering of Ag/GaAs(100) Schottky contacts by a thin organic interlayer

    T.U. Kampen;S. Park;D.R.T. Zahn

  • Macroheterocyclic Compounds a Key Building Block in New Functional Materials and Molecular Devices

    Oskar I. Koifman;Tatyana A. Ageeva;Irina P. Beletskaya;Alexei D. Averin

  • Raman spectroscopy investigation of size effects in cubic boron nitride

    T. Werninghaus;J. Hahn;F. Richter;D. R. T. Zahn

  • Investigation of second- and third-harmonic generation in few-layer gallium selenide by multiphoton microscopy.

    Lasse Karvonen;Antti Säynätjoki;Soroush Mehravar;Raul D. Rodriguez

  • Resonant Raman scattering study of CdSe nanocrystals passivated with CdS and ZnS

    V M Dzhagan;M Ya Valakh;A E Raevskaya;A L Stroyuk

  • Highly Localized Strain in a MoS2/Au Heterostructure Revealed by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Mahfujur Rahaman;Raul D. Rodriguez;Raul D. Rodriguez;Gerd Plechinger;Stefan Moras

  • Self-trapped exciton recombination in silicon nanocrystals

    A. Yu. Kobitski;K. S. Zhuravlev;H. P. Wagner;D. R. T. Zahn

  • Optical and magneto-optical study of nickel and cobalt ferrite epitaxial thin films and submicron structures

    Cameliu Himcinschi;Ionela Vrejoiu;Georgeta Salvan;Michael Fronk

  • Size effects on Raman spectra of small CdSe nanoparticles in polymer films

    V M Dzhagan;M Ya Valakh;A E Raevskaya;A L Stroyuk

  • Origin and Dynamics of Highly Efficient Broadband Photoluminescence of Aqueous Glutathione-Capped Size-Selected Ag–In–S Quantum Dots

    Oleksandr Stroyuk;Oleksandr Stroyuk;Alexandra Raevskaya;Alexandra Raevskaya;Felix Spranger;Oleksandr Selyshchev

  • APTES monolayer coverage on self-assembled magnetic nanospheres for controlled release of anticancer drug Nintedanib.

    V. C. Karade;V. C. Karade;A. Sharma;R. P. Dhavale;R. P. Dhavale;S. R. Shingte

  • Giant gap-plasmon tip-enhanced Raman scattering of MoS2 monolayers on Au nanocluster arrays

    Alexander G. Milekhin;Mahfujur Rahaman;Ekaterina E. Rodyakina;Alexander V. Latyshev

  • Cubic boron nitride films by d.c. and r.f. magnetron sputtering: layer characterization and process diagnostics

    J. Hahn;M. Friedrich;R. Pintaske;M. Schaller

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich Lang
Heinrich Lang Chemnitz University of Technology
Oliver G. Schmidt
Oliver G. Schmidt Chemnitz University of Technology
Martin Knupfer
Martin Knupfer Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Karsten Horn
Karsten Horn Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Manfred Helm
Manfred Helm Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Shengqiang Zhou
Shengqiang Zhou Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Alois Krost
Alois Krost Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Jens Kortus
Jens Kortus TU Bergakademie Freiberg

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