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Franz Faupel

Franz Faupel

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
71
Citations
18253
World Ranking
4246
National Ranking
238

Franz Faupel 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 Franz Faupel sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 433 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Franz Faupel 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 Franz Faupel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franz Faupel is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas including Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, ZnO doping and properties, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, Neural dynamics and brain function, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Faupel's recent publications include:

  • Photodeposition of Au Nanoclusters for Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation over TiO2 Thin Film, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Facile fabrication of semiconducting oxide nanostructures by direct ink writing of readily available metal microparticles and their application as low power acetone gas sensors, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Surface functionalization of ZnO:Ag columnar thin films with AgAu and AgPt bimetallic alloy nanoparticles as an efficient pathway for highly sensitive gas discrimination and early hazard detection in batteries, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • TiO2/Cu2O/CuO Multi-Nanolayers as Sensors for H2 and Volatile Organic Compounds: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • PdO nanoparticles decorated TiO2 film with enhanced photocatalytic and self-cleaning properties, 2020, Materials Today Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in Faupel's research include Thomas Strunskus, Alexander Vahl, Salih Veziroğlu, Jonas Drewes, and Stefan Schröder, reflecting consistent partnerships across numerous projects.

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Materials Today Chemistry
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Sensors

Best Publications

  • Advances in top-down and bottom-up surface nanofabrication: techniques, applications & future prospects.

    Abhijit Biswas;Ilker S. Bayer;Alexandru S. Biris;Tao Wang

  • Diffusion in Metallic Glasses and Supercooled Melts

    Franz Faupel;Werner Frank;Michael-Peter Macht;Helmut Mehrer

  • Design of a perfect black absorber at visible frequencies using plasmonic metamaterials.

    Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati;Mojtaba Javaherirahim;Babak Mozooni;Ramzy Abdelaziz

  • Diffusion of metals in polymers

    Franz Faupel;Ralf Willecke;Axel Thran

  • Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites for Functional Applications†

    Franz Faupel;Vladimir Zaporojtchenko;Thomas Strunskus;Mady Elbahri

  • Free volume and transport properties in highly selective polymer membranes

    C. Nagel;K. Günther-Schade;D. Fritsch;T. Strunskus

  • Correlation between fractional free volume and diffusivity of gas molecules in glassy polymers

    A. Thran;G. Kroll;F. Faupel

  • Review of Plasmonic Nanocomposite Metamaterial Absorber

    Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati;Franz Faupel;Mady Elbahri

  • Controlled syntheses of Ag?polytetrafluoroethylene nanocomposite thin films by co-sputtering from two magnetron sources

    Ulrich Schürmann;Whitney Hartung;Haile Takele;Vladimir Zaporojtchenko

  • Plasmonic properties of Ag nanoclusters in various polymer matrices

    H Takele;H Greve;C Pochstein;V Zaporojtchenko

  • Free-volume changes in the bulk metallic glass Zr 46.7 Ti 8.3 Cu 7.5 Ni 10 Be 27.5 and the undercooled liquid

    C. Nagel;K. Rätzke;E. Schmidtke;J. Wolff

  • Strain-controlled growth of nanowires within thin-film cracks

    Rainer Adelung;Oral Cenk Aktas;Janice Franc;Abhijit Biswas

  • Enhanced ethanol vapour sensing performances of copper oxide nanocrystals with mixed phases

    Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan;Vasilii Cretu;Vasile Postica;Nicolai Ababii

  • Tunable multiple plasmon resonance wavelengths response from multicomponent polymer-metal nanocomposite systems

    A. Biswas;O. C. Aktas;U. Schürmann;U. Saeed

  • Physico-chemical and antimicrobial properties of co-sputtered Ag–Au/PTFE nanocomposite coatings

    V Zaporojtchenko;R Podschun;U Schürmann;A Kulkarni

  • Gas permeability and free volume in poly(amide-b-ethylene oxide)/ polyethylene glycol blend membranes

    Wilfredo Yave;Anja Car;Klaus-Viktor Peinemann;Muhammed Q. Shaikh

  • PdO/PdO2 functionalized ZnO : Pd films for lower operating temperature H2 gas sensing.

    Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan;Vasile Postica;Mathias Hoppe;Niklas Wolff

  • MASS DEPENDENCE OF DIFFUSION IN A SUPERCOOLED METALLIC MELT

    H. Ehmler;A. Heesemann;K. Ratzke;F. Faupel

  • Localized Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanowires and Fabrication of High Performance Nanosensors Based on a Single Fe2O3 Nanowire

    Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan;Vasile Postica;Niklas Wolff;Oleksandr Polonskyi

  • Pressure dependence and isotope effect of self-diffusion in a metallic glass.

    F Faupel;PW Hüppe;K Rätzke

  • Diffusion in Metallic Glasses and Supercooled Melts

    F. Faupel;K. Rätzke;H. Ehmler;P. Klugkist

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Strunskus
Thomas Strunskus Kiel University
Rainer Adelung
Rainer Adelung Kiel University
Oleg Lupan
Oleg Lupan Technical University of Moldova
Lorenz Kienle
Lorenz Kienle Kiel University
Eckhard Quandt
Eckhard Quandt Kiel University
Yogendra Kumar Mishra
Yogendra Kumar Mishra University of Southern Denmark
Stephan V. Roth
Stephan V. Roth Royal Institute of Technology
Nora H. de Leeuw
Nora H. de Leeuw University of Leeds
Hynek Biederman
Hynek Biederman Charles University
Gerhard Schmidt
Gerhard Schmidt Kiel University

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