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Doris Vollmer

Doris Vollmer

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Materials Science

D-Index
47
Citations
11335
World Ranking
11010
National Ranking
612

Overview

Doris Vollmer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the disciplines of engineering and materials science, with a strong focus on specialized subfields including surfaces, coatings and films, mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to surface modification and superhydrophobicity, adhesion, friction and surface interactions, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, polymer surface interaction studies, icing and de-icing technologies, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, and fluid dynamics and thin films.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Doris Vollmer include:

  • Hans-Jürgen Butt
  • Abhinav Naga
  • William S. Y. Wong
  • Lukas Hauer
  • Maria D'Acunzi

Their research contributions have been published repeatedly in several venues, notably in Langmuir with 7 publications, followed by arXiv (Cornell University) with 4, ACS Nano and Soft Matter each with 3, and Advanced Functional Materials also featuring 3 of their works.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Doris Vollmer include:

  • When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works, 2020, Science Advances
  • Contact angle hysteresis, 2022, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Grafting Silicone at Room Temperature-a Transparent, Scratch-resistant Nonstick Molecular Coating, 2020, Langmuir
  • Wetting-regulated gas-involving (photo)electrocatalysis: biomimetics in energy conversion, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Submicrometer-Sized Roughness Suppresses Bacteria Adhesion, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Candle Soot as a Template for a Transparent Robust Superamphiphobic Coating

    Xu Deng;Lena Mammen;Hans-Juergen Butt;Doris Vollmer

  • How superhydrophobicity breaks down

    Periklis Papadopoulos;Lena Mammen;Xu Deng;Doris Vollmer

  • Surface charge printing for programmed droplet transport

    Qiangqiang Sun;Dehui Wang;Yanan Li;Yanan Li;Jiahui Zhang

  • Transparent, Thermally Stable and Mechanically Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces Made from Porous Silica Capsules

    Xu Deng;Lena Mammen;Yanfei Zhao;Philipp Lellig

  • Direct observation of drops on slippery lubricant-infused surfaces

    Frank Schellenberger;Jing Xie;Noemí Encinas;Alexandre Hardy

  • When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works

    Florian Geyer;Maria D’Acunzi;Azadeh Sharifi-Aghili;Alexander Saal

  • How drops start sliding over solid surfaces

    Nan Gao;Florian Geyer;Dominik W. Pilat;Sanghyuk Wooh

  • How Water Advances on Superhydrophobic Surfaces.

    Frank Schellenberger;Noemí Encinas;Doris Vollmer;Hans-Jürgen Butt

  • Hydrophobic Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Kolleboyina Jayaramulu;Florian Geyer;Andreas Schneemann;Andreas Schneemann;Štěpán Kment

  • Design principles for superamphiphobic surfaces

    Hans Jürgen Butt;Ciro Semprebon;Periklis Papadopoulos;Doris Vollmer

  • Characterization of super liquid-repellent surfaces

    Hans Jürgen Butt;Ilia V. Roisman;Martin Brinkmann;Periklis Papadopoulos

  • Stable Hydrophobic Metal-Oxide Photocatalysts via Grafting Polydimethylsiloxane Brush

    Sanghyuk Wooh;Noemí Encinas;Doris Vollmer;Hans-Jürgen Butt

  • Hollow silica spheres: synthesis and mechanical properties.

    Lijuan Zhang;Maria D’Acunzi;Michael Kappl;Günter K. Auernhammer

  • Silicone Brushes: Omniphobic Surfaces with Low Sliding Angles.

    Sanghyuk Wooh;Doris Vollmer

  • Printing surface charge as a new paradigm to program droplet transport

    Qiangqiang Sun;Dehui Wang;Jiahui Zhang;Yanan Li

  • Shape Controlled Hierarchical Porous Hydrophobic/Oleophilic Metal-Organic Nanofibrous Gel Composites for Oil Adsorption.

    Kolleboyina Jayaramulu;Kolleboyina Jayaramulu;Florian Geyer;Martin Petr;Radek Zboril

  • Dynamic Measurement of the Force Required to Move a Liquid Drop on a Solid Surface

    D. W. Pilat;P. Papadopoulos;D. Schäffel;Doris Vollmer

  • Molecular hydrophobicity at a macroscopically hydrophilic surface.

    Jenée Cyran;Michael Anthony Donovan;Doris Vollmer;Flavio Siro Brigiano

  • Ultrafast Processing of Hierarchical Nanotexture for a Transparent Superamphiphobic Coating with Extremely Low Roll-Off Angle and High Impalement Pressure.

    Hannu Teisala;Florian Geyer;Janne Haapanen;Paxton Juuti

  • Liquid Drops Impacting Superamphiphobic Coatings

    Xu Deng;Frank Schellenberger;Periklis Papadopoulos;Doris Vollmer

  • Wetting-regulated gas-involving (photo)electrocatalysis: biomimetics in energy conversion.

    Guanyu Liu;William S Y Wong;Markus Kraft;Joel W Ager

  • Grafting Silicone at Room Temperature-a Transparent, Scratch-resistant Nonstick Molecular Coating.

    Hannu Teisala;Philipp Baumli;Stefan A. L. Weber;Stefan A. L. Weber;Doris Vollmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Jürgen Butt
Hans-Jürgen Butt Max Planck Society
Michael Kappl
Michael Kappl Max Planck Society
Rüdiger Berger
Rüdiger Berger Max Planck Society
Volker Mailänder
Volker Mailänder Max Planck Society
Reinhard Strey
Reinhard Strey University of Cologne
Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Tobias Weidner
Tobias Weidner Aarhus University
Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Michael E. Cates
Michael E. Cates University of Cambridge
Per M. Claesson
Per M. Claesson Royal Institute of Technology

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