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D-Index
66
Citations
12939
World Ranking
8832
National Ranking
643

Overview

Klaus Kühn was affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and contributed to research primarily in the fields of Energy and Materials Science. Their work focused on subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Materials Chemistry.

Their main research topics included:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Kühn authored the paper titled "Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Au/TiO2 Nanoparticles against Ciprofloxacin", published in 2020 in the journal Catalysts. This publication had accrued citations, reflecting engagement from the scientific community.

The venues where Kühn published most frequently featured the journal Catalysts.

Collaborators who worked with Kühn on various projects included:

  • Pedro M. Martins
  • Sandro Kappert
  • Hoai Nga Le
  • Víctor Sebastián
  • M. M. Alves

Best Publications

  • A Network Model for the Organization of Type IV Collagen Molecules in Basement Membranes

    Rupert Timpl;Hanna Wiedemann;Vera Van Delden;Heinz Furthmayr

  • The primary structure of collagen.

    Peter P. Fietzek;Klaus Kühn

  • Localization of flexible sites in thread-like molecules from electron micrographs. Comparison of interstitial, basement membrane and intima collagens.

    Hans Hofmann;Tilman Voss;Klaus Kühn;Jürgen Engel

  • Basement membrane (type IV) collagen

    Klaus Kühn

  • Characterization of a type IV collagen major cell binding site with affinity to the alpha 1 beta 1 and the alpha 2 beta 1 integrins.

    P Vandenberg;A Kern;A Ries;L Luckenbill-Edds

  • Interaction of type IV collagen with the isolated integrins α1β1 and α2β1

    Andreas Kern;Johannes Eble;Ralph Golbik;Klaus Kuhn

  • Macromolecular structure of basement membrane collagens: Identification of 7 S collagen as a crosslinking domain of type IV collagen

    Klaus Kühn;Hanna Wiedemann;Rupert Timpl;Juha Risteli

  • Simultaneous synthesis of types I and III collagen by fibroblasts in culture.

    George R. Martin;Peter K. Muller;Rupert Timpl

  • The alpha 1 beta 1 integrin recognition site of the basement membrane collagen molecule [alpha 1(IV)]2 alpha 2(IV).

    J.A. Eble;R. Golbik;K. Mann;K. Kühn

  • Amino acid sequence of the non-collagenous globular domain (NC1) of the α1 (IV) chain of basement membrane collagen as derived from complementary DNA

    Ilse Oberbäumer;Maryvonne Laurent;Ulla Schwarz;Yoshiki Sakurai

  • Physical Evidence for the Asembly of A and B Chains of Human Placental Collagen in a Single Triple Helix

    Hanne Bentz;Hans Peter Bächinger;Robert Glanville;Klaus Kühn

  • The integrin alpha1 A-domain is a ligand binding site for collagens and laminin.

    David A. Calderwood;Danny S. Tuckwell;Johannes Eble;Klaus Kühn

  • Basement membrane proteins: molecular structure and function.

    George R. Martin;Rupert Timpl;Klaus Kühn

  • The genes for the alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) chains of human basement membrane collagen type IV are arranged head-to-head and separated by a bidirectional promoter of unique structure.

    E Pöschl;R Pollner;K Kühn

  • The role of polar and hydrophobic interactions for the molecular packing of type I collagen: A three-dimensional evaluation of the amino acid sequence

    H. Hofmann;P.P. Fietzek;K. Kühn

  • The classical collagens : types I, II and III

    Klaus Kühn

  • Isolation, chemical and electron microscopical characterization of neutral-salt-soluble type III collagen and procollagen from fetal bovine skin.

    Rupert Timpl;Robert W. Glanville;Hans Nowack;Hanna Wiedemann

  • Completion of the amino acid sequence of the α1 chain of human basement membrane collagen (type IV) reveals 21 non‐triplet interruptions located within the collagenous domain

    Dieter Brazel;Ilse Oberbäumer;Hans Dieringer;Wilfried Babel

  • The structural bases of integrin-ligand interactions

    Klaus Kühn;Johannes Eble

  • The 1.9-Å crystal structure of the noncollagenous (NC1) domain of human placenta collagen IV shows stabilization via a novel type of covalent Met-Lys cross-link

    Manuel E. Than;Stefan Henrich;Robert Huber;Albert Ries

Frequent Co-Authors

Rupert Timpl
Rupert Timpl Max Planck Society
Karlheinz Mann
Karlheinz Mann Max Planck Society
Johannes A. Eble
Johannes A. Eble University of Münster
Jürgen Engel
Jürgen Engel University of Basel
Wolfram Bode
Wolfram Bode Max Planck Society
Yoshihiko Yamada
Yoshihiko Yamada National Institutes of Health
Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Elke Genersch
Elke Genersch Freie Universität Berlin
George R. Martin
George R. Martin Riptide Bioscience

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