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Frank Mücklich

Frank Mücklich

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
65
Citations
15730
World Ranking
5611
National Ranking
332

Frank Mücklich 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 Frank Mücklich sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 513 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Mücklich 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 Frank Mücklich sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - ASM Fellow "For his expertise in the theory, and his technology contributions to 

Overview

Frank Mücklich is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans various subfields, including mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, and computational mechanics.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as metal and thin film mechanics, advanced materials and composites, microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, laser material processing techniques, adhesion, friction, and surface interactions, metal alloys wear and properties, and diamond and carbon-based materials research.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Frank Mücklich include:

  • Superior Wear-Resistance of Ti3C2Tx Multilayer Coatings, 2021, ACS Nano
  • A deep learning approach for complex microstructure inference, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Applying Ultrashort Pulsed Direct Laser Interference Patterning for Functional Surfaces, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • In-situ synchrotron radiation study of the aging response of Ti-6Al-4V alloy with different starting microstructures, 2020, Materials Characterization
  • Microstructural analysis of selective laser melted Ti6Al4V modified by laser peening and shot peening for enhanced fatigue characteristics, 2021, Materials Characterization

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Mücklich include:

  • S. Suárez
  • Christoph Pauly
  • Dominik Britz
  • Daniel Wyn Müller
  • María Agustina Guitar

They have published extensively in the following journals and venues:

  • Practical Metallography
  • Metals
  • Advanced Engineering Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Frank Mücklich's work is recognized within the scientific community, having received the ASM Fellow award in 2018 for their expertise and contributions in the theory and technology related to their field of study.

Best Publications

  • Statistical Analysis of Microstructures in Materials Science

    Joachim Ohser;Frank Mücklich

  • Advanced Steel Microstructural Classification by Deep Learning Methods.

    Seyed Majid Azimi;Seyed Majid Azimi;Dominik Britz;Michael Engstler;Mario Fritz

  • Role of copper oxides in contact killing of bacteria.

    Michael Hans;Andreas Erbe;Salima Mathews;Ying Chen

  • Electronic structures of Cu2O, Cu4O3, and CuO: A joint experimental and theoretical study

    Y. Wang;S. Lany;J. Ghanbaja;Y. Fagot-Revurat

  • One- and two-dimensional photonic crystal microcavities in single crystal diamond

    Janine Riedrich-Möller;Laura Kipfstuhl;Christian Hepp;Elke Neu

  • Nanoscale surface modification of AISI 316L stainless steel by severe shot peening

    Sara Bagherifard;Sebastian Slawik;Inés Fernández-Pariente;Christoph Pauly

  • Contact killing of bacteria on copper is suppressed if bacterial-metal contact is prevented and is induced on iron by copper ions.

    Salima Mathews;Michael Hans;Frank Mücklich;Marc Solioz

  • Superior Wear-Resistance of Ti3C2Tx Multilayer Coatings.

    Philipp G. Grützmacher;Sebastian Suarez;Aura Tolosa;Carsten Gachot

  • Multi-layer Ti3C2Tx-nanoparticles (MXenes) as solid lubricants - Role of surface terminations and intercalated water

    Andreas Rosenkranz;Philipp G. Grützmacher;Rodrigo Espinoza;Victor M. Fuenzalida

  • Deterministic coupling of a single silicon-vacancy color center to a photonic crystal cavity in diamond.

    Janine Riedrich-Möller;Carsten Arend;Christoph Pauly;Frank Mücklich

  • Macroporous ultramicroelectrodes for improved electroanalytical measurements.

    Rafael Szamocki;Alexandra Velichko;Christian Holzapfel;Frank Mücklich

  • Three-dimensional characterization of ‘as-cast’ and solution-treated AlSi12(Sr) alloys by high-resolution FIB tomography

    F. Lasagni;A. Lasagni;E. Marks;C. Holzapfel

  • Transmittance enhancement and optical band gap widening of Cu2O thin films after air annealing

    Yong Wang;Patrice Miska;David Pilloud;David Horwat

  • Physicochemical properties of copper important for its antibacterial activity and development of a unified model

    Michael Hans;Salima Mathews;Frank Mücklich;Marc Solioz

  • Alignment and wear debris effects between laser-patterned steel surfaces under dry sliding conditions

    Andreas Rosenkranz;Leander Reinert;Carsten Gachot;Frank Mücklich

  • Quantification of hydrothermal degradation in zirconia by nanoindentation

    Y. Gaillard;E. Jiménez-Piqué;F. Soldera;F. Mücklich

  • Dry Friction Between Laser-Patterned Surfaces: Role of Alignment, Structural Wavelength and Surface Chemistry

    Carsten Gachot;Andreas Rosenkranz;Leander Reinert;Estéban Ramos-Moore;Estéban Ramos-Moore

  • Laser Interference Metallurgy – using interference as a tool for micro/nano structuring

    Frank Mücklich;Andrés Lasagni;Claus Daniel

  • Laser interference metallurgy-periodic surface patterning and formation of intermetallics

    F. Mücklich;A. Lasagni;C. Daniel

  • Thermal stability of nano-RuAl produced by mechanical alloying

    K.W. Liu;F. Mücklich

  • Advanced Steel Microstructural Classification by Deep Learning Methods

    Seyed Majid Azimi;Seyed Majid Azimi;Dominik Britz;Michael Engstler;Mario Fritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Rosenkranz
Andreas Rosenkranz University of Chile
Magnus Odén
Magnus Odén Linköping University
Claus Daniel
Claus Daniel Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cesar A. Barbero
Cesar A. Barbero National University of Río Cuarto
Jaafar Ghanbaja
Jaafar Ghanbaja University of Lorraine
Volker Presser
Volker Presser Leibniz Association
Sanjay Mathur
Sanjay Mathur University of Cologne
Masato Murakami
Masato Murakami Shibaura Institute of Technology

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