2026 Friedhelm Bechstedt: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	104	1436	1360	125	119	761	41509

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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1360

125

119

761

41509

Overview

Friedhelm Bechstedt is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering. Within these fields, their work often focuses on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Graphene research and applications
2D Materials and Applications
Semiconductor materials and interfaces
Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
Semiconductor materials and devices

Frequent publication venues where Friedhelm Bechstedt's work appears include:

Physical review. B./Physical review. B (7 publications)
Physical Review Materials (5 publications)
arXiv (Cornell University) (5 publications)
Scientific Reports (3 publications)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2 publications)

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with Silvana Botti, Olivia Pulci, J. Furthmüller, Paola Gori, and Abderrezak Belabbes.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Friedhelm Bechstedt are:

"Beyond graphene: Clean, hydrogenated and halogenated silicene, germanene, stanene, and plumbene," 2021, Progress in Surface Science
"Direct-bandgap emission from hexagonal Ge and SiGe alloys," 2020, Nature
"Giant excitonic absorption and emission in two-dimensional group-III nitrides," 2020, Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University)
"Efficient strain-induced light emission in lonsdaleite germanium," 2021, Physical Review Materials
"Direct bandgap quantum wells in hexagonal Silicon Germanium," 2024, Nature Communications

Best Publications

Linear optical properties in the projector-augmented wave methodology

M. Gajdoš;K. Hummer;G. Kresse;J. Furthmüller

3134
Citations
Absorption and Emission of Hexagonal InN. Evidence of Narrow Fundamental Band Gap.

V.Yu. Davydov;A.A. Klochikhin;R.P. Seisyan;V.V. Emtsev

1421
Citations
Semiempirical van der Waals correction to the density functional description of solids and molecular structures

F. Ortmann;F. Bechstedt;W. G. Schmidt

879
Citations
Quasiparticle band structure based on a generalized Kohn-Sham scheme

F. Fuchs;J. Furthmüller;F. Bechstedt;M. Shishkin

621
Citations
Properties of strained wurtzite GaN and AlN: Ab initio studies

J.-M. Wagner;F. Bechstedt

532
Citations
Band Gap of Hexagonal InN and InGaN Alloys

V.Yu. Davydov;A.A. Klochikhin;V.V. Emtsev;D.A. Kurdyukov

468
Citations
Band Gap of InN and In-Rich InxGa1?xN alloys (0.36 < x < 1)

V.Yu. Davydov;A.A. Klochikhin;V.V. Emtsev;S.V. Ivanov

435
Citations
First-principles study of ground- and excited-state properties of MgO , ZnO , and CdO polymorphs

A. Schleife;F. Fuchs;J. Furthmüller;F. Bechstedt

403
Citations
Band gap, electronic structure, and surface electron accumulation of cubic and rhombohedral In 2 O 3

P. D. C. King;T. D. Veal;F. Fuchs;Ch. Y. Wang

397
Citations
Absolute surface energies of group-IV semiconductors: Dependence on orientation and reconstruction

A. A. Stekolnikov;J. Furthmüller;F. Bechstedt

396
Citations
Direct-bandgap emission from hexagonal Ge and SiGe alloys

Elham M. T. Fadaly;Alain Dijkstra;Jens Renè Suckert;Dorian Ziss

365
Citations
Direct band gap Wurtzite gallium phosphide nanowires

S Simone Assali;I Ilaria Zardo;SR Sebastien Plissard;D Kriegner

360
Citations
Polytypism and Properties of Silicon Carbide

F. Bechstedt;P. Käckell;A. Zywietz;K. Karch

351
Citations
Principles of Surface Physics

Friedhelm Bechstedt

347
Citations
Attracted by long-range electron correlation: adenine on graphite.

F Ortmann;W G Schmidt;F Bechstedt

346
Citations
Quasiparticle band structures of the antiferromagnetic transition-metal oxides MnO, FeO, CoO, and NiO

C. Rödl;F. Fuchs;J. Furthmüller;F. Bechstedt

320
Citations
Optical properties of semiconductors using projector-augmented waves

B. Adolph;J. Furthmüller;F. Bechstedt

320
Citations
Ab initio lattice dynamics of BN and AlN: Covalent versus ionic forces

Krystian Karch;Friedhelm Bechstedt

317
Citations
Vacancies in SiC: Influence of Jahn-Teller distortions, spin effects, and crystal structure

A. Zywietz;J. Furthmüller;F. Bechstedt

290
Citations
Semiconductor surfaces and interfaces: Their atomic and electronic structures

Friedhelm Bechstedt;Rolf Enderlein

287
Citations