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Hans-Werner Schmidt

Hans-Werner Schmidt

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
68
Citations
14935
World Ranking
4922
National Ranking
289

Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
14560
World Ranking
6629
National Ranking
484

Hans-Werner Schmidt 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 Hans-Werner Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 411 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans-Werner Schmidt 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 Hans-Werner Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hans-Werner Schmidt is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany and has a substantial publication record in the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry, biomaterials, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Polymer crystallization and properties

Hans-Werner Schmidt has frequently published in several venues, with notable contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Polymers
  • Angewandte Chemie

Recent published papers include:

  • "Tailoring polypropylene for extrusion-based additive manufacturing," 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • "A Periodic System of Supramolecular Elements," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Enhancing Long-Range Energy Transport in Supramolecular Architectures by Tailoring Coherence Properties," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Extrusion-based 3D printing with high-density polyethylene Birch-fiber composites," 2021, Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • "Hierarchical Superstructures by Combining Crystallization-Driven and Molecular Self-Assembly," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist has collaborated extensively with frequent co-authors such as Klaus Kreger, Jürgen Senker, Kasper P. van der Zwan, Christian Neuber, and Christoph Steinlein.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and Properties of Novel Derivatives of 1,3,5‐Tris(diarylamino)benzenes for Electroluminescent Devices

    Mukundan Thelakkat;Hans-Werner Schmidt

  • Systematic investigation of the role of compact TiO2 layer in solid state dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells

    Bin Peng;Gert Jungmann;Claus Jäger;Dietrich Haarer

  • Long-range energy transport in single supramolecular nanofibres at room temperature

    Andreas T. Haedler;Klaus Kreger;Abey Issac;Bernd Wittmann

  • The Binary System Isotactic Polypropylene/Bis(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene)sorbitol: Phase Behavior, Nucleation, and Optical Properties

    Magnus Kristiansen;Michael Werner;Theo Tervoort;Paul Smith

  • Blue electroluminescent diodes utilizing blends of poly(p-phenylphenylene vinylene) in poly(9-vinylcarbazole)

    C. Zhang;H. von Seggern;K. Pakbaz;B. Kraabel

  • “Designer” Nucleating Agents for Polypropylene

    Markus Blomenhofer;Sandra Ganzleben;Doris Hanft;Hans-Werner Schmidt

  • Efficient semitransparent inverted organic solar cells with indium tin oxide top electrode

    H. Schmidt;H. Flügge;T. Winkler;T. Bülow

  • Electro-optical effects of azo dye containing liquid crystalline copolymers

    Helmut Ringsdorf;Hans‐Werner Schmidt

  • Novel hybrid solar cells consisting of inorganic nanoparticles and an organic hole transport material

    Jürgen Hagen;Winfried Schaffrath;Peter Otschik;Ralf Fink

  • Detection of Catalytic Activity in Combinatorial Libraries of Heterogeneous Catalysts by IR Thermography.

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  • Combinatorial Material Libraries on the Microgram Scale with an Example of Hydrothermal Synthesis

    Jens Klein;Christian W. Lehmann;Hans-Werner Schmidt;Wilhelm F. Maier

  • Quasi-solid-state dye sensitized solar cells with 1,3:2,4-di-O-benzylidene-D-sorbitol derivatives as low molecular weight organic gelators

    Nils Mohmeyer;Peng Wang;Hans-Werner Schmidt;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin

  • An efficient organogelator for ionic liquids to prepare stable quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

    Nils Mohmeyer;Daibin Kuang;Peng Wang;Hans-Werner Schmidt

  • Synthesis, structure and properties of liquid crystalline polymers

    Monika Engel;Bernd Hisgen;Renate Keller;Willi Kreuder

  • Polymer Blends with Azobenzene‐ Containing Block Copolymers as Stable Rewritable Volume Holographic Media

    Michael Häckel;Lothar Kador;Daniela Kropp;Hans-Werner Schmidt

  • Lithium−Quinolate Complexes as Emitter and Interface Materials in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

    Christoph Schmitz;Hans-Werner Schmidt;Mukundan Thelakkat

  • Fully Vapor-Deposited Thin-Layer Titanium Dioxide Solar Cells

    Mukundan Thelakkat;Christoph Schmitz;Hans-Werner Schmidt

  • Electroluminescence and electron transport in a perylene dye

    P. Ranke;Ingo Bleyl;Jürgen Simmerer;Dietrich Haarer

  • Photo-cross-linked triphenylenes as novel insoluble hole transport materials in organic LEDs

    Andreas Bacher;Christian H. Erdelen;Wolfgang Paulus;Helmut Ringsdorf

  • Polymeric Light‐Emitting Diodes Based on Poly(p‐phenylene ethynylene), Poly(triphenyldiamine), and Spiroquinoxaline

    C. Schmitz;P. Pösch;M. Thelakkat;H.-W. Schmidt

  • Efficient Synthesis and Cell-Transfection Properties of a New Multivalent Cationic Lipid for Nonviral Gene Delivery

    Kai Ewert;Ayesha Ahmad;Heather M. Evans;Hans-Werner Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mukundan Thelakkat
Mukundan Thelakkat University of Bayreuth
Volker Altstädt
Volker Altstädt University of Bayreuth
Dietrich Haarer
Dietrich Haarer University of Bayreuth
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Gerhard M. Sessler
Gerhard M. Sessler Technical University of Darmstadt
Peter Strohriegl
Peter Strohriegl University of Bayreuth
Paul Smith
Paul Smith ETH Zurich
Jürgen Senker
Jürgen Senker University of Bayreuth
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Helmut Ringsdorf
Helmut Ringsdorf Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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