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Materials Science
Germany
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
123
Citations
62571
World Ranking
435
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Horst Weller is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work is concentrated on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiation.

The research topics covered by Weller include Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films.

Weller has contributed to multiple papers published in respected scientific journals. Recent notable papers include:

  • "X-ray-Based Techniques to Study the Nano-Bio Interface," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Shape-controlling effects of hydrohalic and carboxylic acids in TiO2 nanoparticle synthesis," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Fabrication of Eco-Friendly Wearable Strain Sensor Arrays via Facile Contact Printing for Healthcare Applications," 2023, Small Methods
  • "Strengthening Engineered Nanocrystal Three-Dimensional Superlattices via Ligand Conformation and Reactivity," 2022, ACS Nano
  • "Simple one pot synthesis of luminescent europium doped yttrium oxide Y2O3:Eu nanodiscs for phosphor converted warm white LEDs," 2022, Nanoscale Advances

Weller has frequently published in venues such as ACS Nano, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Nanoscale, Small Methods, and Nanoscale Advances.

Collaborations have been an integral part of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include Tobias Voßmeyer, Gerold A. Schneider, Christoph Gimmler, Andreas Stierle, and Michael Kampferbeck.

Best Publications

  • Self-Assembly of ZnO: From Nanodots to Nanorods

    Claudia Pacholski;Andreas Kornowski;Horst Weller

  • THIOL-CAPPING OF CDTE NANOCRYSTALS: AN ALTERNATIVE TO ORGANOMETALLIC SYNTHETIC ROUTES

    Nikolai Gaponik;Dmitri V. Talapin;Andrey L. Rogach;Kathrin Hoppe

  • Highly Luminescent Monodisperse CdSe and CdSe/ZnS Nanocrystals Synthesized in a Hexadecylamine−Trioctylphosphine Oxide−Trioctylphospine Mixture

    Dmitri V. Talapin;Andrey L. Rogach;Andreas Kornowski;Markus Haase

  • Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance

    Alexander Bartelt;Oliver T Bruns;Rudolph Reimer;Heinz Hohenberg

  • Colloidal Semiconductor Q‐Particles: Chemistry in the Transition Region Between Solid State and Molecules

    Horst Weller

  • Photochemistry of colloidal semiconductors. 20. Surface modification and stability of strong luminescing CdS particles

    Lubomir Spanhel;Markus Haase;Horst Weller;Arnim Henglein

  • CdS Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Size Dependent Oscillator Strength, Temperature Shift of the Excitonic Transition Energy, and Reversible Absorbance Shift

    T. Vossmeyer;L. Katsikas;M. Giersig;I. G. Popovic

  • Quantum-Sized PbS, CdS, Ag2S, Sb2S3, and Bi2S3 Particles as Sensitizers for Various Nanoporous Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors

    R. Vogel;P. Hoyer;H. Weller

  • Low-Temperature Synthesis of Soluble and Processable Organic-Capped Anatase TiO2 Nanorods

    P. Davide Cozzoli;and Andreas Kornowski;Horst Weller

  • Quantized Semiconductor Particles: A novel state of matter for materials science

    Horst Weller

  • CdSe/CdS/ZnS and CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS Core−Shell−Shell Nanocrystals

    Dmitri V. Talapin;Ivo Mekis;Stephan Götzinger;Andreas Kornowski

  • Strongly Photoluminescent CdTe Nanocrystals by Proper Surface Modification

    Mingyuan Gao;Stefan Kirstein;Helmuth Möhwald;Andrey L. Rogach

  • Ultrathin PbS sheets by two-dimensional oriented attachment.

    Constanze Schliehe;Beatriz H. Juarez;Marie Pelletier;Sebastian Jander

  • Determination of Nanocrystal Sizes: A Comparison of TEM, SAXS, and XRD Studies of Highly Monodisperse CoPt3 Particles

    Holger Borchert;Elena V Shevchenko;Aymeric Robert;Ivo Mekis

  • Synthesis and Characterization of a Size Series of Extremely Small Thiol-Stabilized CdSe Nanocrystals

    Andrey L. Rogach;Andreas Kornowski;Mingyuan Gao;Alexander Eychmüller

  • Highly Emissive Colloidal CdSe/CdS Heterostructures of Mixed Dimensionality

    Dmitri V. Talapin;Robert Koeppe;Stephan Götzinger;Andreas Kornowski

  • Colloidal Synthesis and Self-Assembly of CoPt3 Nanocrystals

    Elena V Shevchenko;Dmitri V Talapin;Andrey L Rogach;Andreas Kornowski

  • Preparation, characterization, and photophysics of the quantum dot quantum well system cadmium sulfide/mercury sulfide/cadmium sulfide

    A. Mews;A. Eychmueller;M. Giersig;D. Schooss

  • Synthesis and characterization of thiol-stabilized CdTe nanocrystals

    A. L. Rogach;L. Katsikas;A. Kornowski;Dangsheng Su

  • Evolution of an Ensemble of Nanoparticles in a Colloidal Solution: Theoretical Study

    Dmitri V. Talapin;Andrey L. Rogach;and Markus Haase;Horst Weller

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Kornowski
Andreas Kornowski Universität Hamburg
Andrey L. Rogach
Andrey L. Rogach City University of Hong Kong
Dmitri V. Talapin
Dmitri V. Talapin University of Chicago
Markus Haase
Markus Haase Osnabrück University
Arnim Henglein
Arnim Henglein University of Notre Dame
Elena V. Shevchenko
Elena V. Shevchenko Argonne National Laboratory
Stephan Förster
Stephan Förster Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jochen Feldmann
Jochen Feldmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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