2026 Harald Fuchs: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	93	1461	1402	79	73	655	31603
Physics	83	2789	2652	255	243	479	22596

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

1461

1402

655

31603

Physics

2789

2652

255

243

479

22596

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

31603

World Ranking

1461

National Ranking

Physics

D-Index

Citations

22596

World Ranking

2789

National Ranking

255

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
2011 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Harald Fuchs is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering, materials science, and chemistry. Their research spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of main topics such as surface chemistry and catalysis, molecular junctions and nanostructures, and N-heterocyclic carbenes in organic and inorganic chemistry. Additional areas of study include catalytic cross-coupling reactions, graphene research and applications, force microscopy techniques and applications, and nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

Fuchs' publication record includes research papers in several high-profile venues. Notably frequent publication venues are:

Small Science
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie
ACS Nano
Small

Recent papers authored with various collaborators demonstrate the breadth of their research topics and journals. Selected recent publications include:

"Rapid Capture of Cancer Extracellular Vesicles by Lipid Patch Microarrays" (2021, Advanced Materials)
"An Electron-Rich Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbene on Au(111), Ag(111), and Cu(111) Surfaces" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
"Epitaxial Growth of Main Group Monoelemental 2D Materials" (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
"A Unidirectional Surface-Anchored N-Heterocyclic Carbene Rotor" (2020, Nano Letters)
"Self-assembled fullerene (C₆₀)-pentacene superstructures for photodetectors" (2021, SmartMat)

Fuchs has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include Saeed Amirjalayer, Harry Mönig, Bertram Schulze Lammers, Frank Glorius, and Jindong Ren.

In recognition of their contributions, Harald Fuchs was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

Nanomedicine--challenge and perspectives.

Kristina Riehemann;Stefan W. Schneider;Thomas A. Luger;Biana Godin

1563
Citations
Force Spectroscopy of Molecular Systems-Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Polymers and Biomolecules.

Andreas Janshoff;Marcus Neitzert;York Oberdörfer;Harald Fuchs

697
Citations
Tunneling spectroscopy and inverse photoemission: Image and field states

G. Binnig;K. H. Frank;H. Fuchs;N. Garcia

529
Citations
Nanoscopic channel lattices with controlled anisotropic wetting

M. Gleiche;L. F. Chi;H. Fuchs

525
Citations
A new approach for the fabrication of an alternating multilayer film of poly(4-vinylpyridine) and poly(acrylic acid) based on hydrogen bonding

Liyan Wang;Zhiqiuang Wang;Xi Zhang;Jiacong Shen

484
Citations
Linear Alkane Polymerization on a Gold Surface

Dingyong Zhong;Jörn-Holger Franke;Santhosh Kumar Podiyanachari;Tobias Blömker

389
Citations
How to measure energy dissipation in dynamic mode atomic force microscopy

B. Anczykowski;B. Gotsmann;H. Fuchs;J.P. Cleveland

385
Citations
Energy-Dependent State-Density Corrugation of a Graphite Surface as Seen by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

G. Binnig;G. Binnig;H. Fuchs;Ch. Gerber;H. Rohrer

352
Citations
On-surface synthesis of rylene-type graphene nanoribbons.

Haiming Zhang;Haiping Lin;Kewei Sun;Long Chen

349
Citations
Glaser coupling at metal surfaces.

Hong-Ying Gao;Hendrik Wagner;Dingyong Zhong;Jörn-Holger Franke

343
Citations
Conservative and dissipative tip-sample interaction forces probed with dynamic AFM

B. Gotsmann;C. Seidel;B. Anczykowski;H. Fuchs

343
Citations
Cantilever dynamics in quasinoncontact force microscopy: Spectroscopic aspects

B. Anczykowski;D. Krüger;H. Fuchs

326
Citations
Frontiers of on-surface synthesis: From principles to applications

Qian Shen;Qian Shen;Hong Ying Gao;Harald Fuchs;Harald Fuchs

316
Citations
Massively Parallel Dip‐Pen Nanolithography of Heterogeneous Supported Phospholipid Multilayer Patterns

Steven Lenhert;Peng Sun;Yuhuang Wang;Harald Fuchs

311
Citations
Recent Progress in Aromatic Polyimide Dielectrics for Organic Electronic Devices and Circuits.

Deyang Ji;Tao Li;Wenping Hu;Harald Fuchs

308
Citations
Scanning tunneling microscope combined with a scanning electron microscope

Ch. Gerber;G. Binnig;H. Fuchs;O. Marti

307
Citations
Growth of Self-Assembled n-Alkyltrichlorosilane Films on Si(100) Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy

K. Bierbaum;M. Grunze;A. A. Baski;L. F. Chi

303
Citations
Self-assembly of DNA-streptavidin nanostructures and their use as reagents in immuno-PCR

Christof M. Niemeyer;Michael Adler;Bruno Pignataro;Steven Lenhert

297
Citations
High Performance Field-Effect Ammonia Sensors Based on a Structured Ultrathin Organic Semiconductor Film

Liqiang Li;Peng Gao;Martin Baumgarten;Klaus Müllen

295
Citations
In situ surface-modification-induced superhydrophobic patterns with reversible wettability and adhesion.

Yuekun Lai;Fei Pan;Cong Xu;Harald Fuchs

286
Citations
Domain structures in langmuir-blodgett films investigated by atomic force microscopy.

L. F. Chi;M. Anders;H. Fuchs;R. R. Johnston

274
Citations