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64
Citations
15724
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346

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
  • 1999 - Heyn Commemorative Medal

Overview

Knut Urban is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and contributes to research primarily in fields associated with advanced microscopy and material science. Their recent work includes publications focused on electron microscopy techniques and their applications within structural and molecular sciences.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Progress in atomic-resolution aberration corrected conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM), 2022, Progress in Materials Science
  • Mrs Movers & Shakers, 2020, MRS Bulletin
  • The Berry-Esseen Bound for High-dimensional Self-normalized Sums, 2025, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Knut Urban are:

  • Juri Barthel
  • Lothar Houben
  • Chun-Lin Jia
  • Lei Jin
  • Markus Lentzen

The most common publication venues for their work include:

  • Progress in Materials Science
  • MRS Bulletin
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Main research subfields for Knut Urban encompass:

  • Structural Biology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

Their research topics primarily cover:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

Knut Urban has been recognized with awards including the Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society in 2006 and the Heyn Commemorative Medal in 1999. These acknowledgments indicate active engagement in materials science research over an extended period.

Best Publications

  • Single-mode solid-state single photon source based on isolated quantum dots in pillar microcavities

    E. Moreau;I. Robert;J. M. Gérard;I. Abram

  • Atomic-scale study of electric dipoles near charged and uncharged domain walls in ferroelectric films

    Chun-Lin Jia;Shao-Bo Mi;Knut Urban;Ionela Vrejoiu

  • Direct Observation of Continuous Electric Dipole Rotation in Flux-Closure Domains in Ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3

    Chun-Lin Jia;Knut W. Urban;Marin Alexe;Dietrich Hesse

  • Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films

    Chun-Lin Jia;Valanoor Nagarajan;Jia-Qing He;Lothar Houben

  • Studying Atomic Structures by Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy

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  • High-resolution imaging with an aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope.

    M. Lentzen;B. Jahnen;C.L. Jia;A. Thust

  • Oxygen octahedron reconstruction in the SrTiO 3 /LaAlO 3 heterointerfaces investigated using aberration-corrected ultrahigh-resolution transmission electron microscopy

    C. L. Jia;S. B. Mi;M. Faley;U. Poppe

  • Evidence for a Cluster-Based Structure of AlPdMn Single Quasicrystals

    Ph. Ebert;M. Feuerbacher;N. Tamura;M. Wollgarten

  • High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Using Negative Spherical Aberration

    Chun-Lin Jia;Markus Lentzen;Knut Urban

  • Evidence of two-gap s-wave superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O7-x from microwave surface impedance measurements.

    N. Klein;N. Tellmann;H. Schulz;K. Urban

  • Direct production of crystalline superconducting thin films of YBa2Cu3O7 by high-pressure oxygen sputtering

    U. Poppe;J. Schubert;R.R. Arons;W. Evers

  • Microstructure of epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 films on step-edge SrTiO3 substrates

    C.L. Jia;B. Kabius;K. Urban;K. Herrman

  • Observation of the undercoolability of quasicrystal-forming alloys by electromagnetic levitation

    D. Holland-Moritz;D. M. Herlach;K. Urban

  • Atomic-scale analysis of the oxygen configuration at a SrTiO3 dislocation core.

    C. L. Jia;A. Thust;K. Urban

  • Low-resistivity epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 thin films with improved microstructure and reduced microwave losses

    U. Poppe;N. Klein;U. Dähne;H. Soltner

  • The plasticity of icosahedral quasicrystals

    M Feuerbacher;C Metzmacher;M Wollgarten;K Urban

  • Structurally complex alloy phases

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  • Transmission electron microscope observations of dislocations and stacking faults in a decagonal Al-Cu-Co alloy

    Z. Zhang;K. Urban

  • Microscopic identification of the compensation mechanisms in Si-doped GaAs

    C. Domke;Ph. Ebert;M. Heinrich;K. Urban

  • In-situ observation of dislocation motion in icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn single quasicrystals

    M. Wollgarten;M. Bartschs;U. Messerschmidt;M. Feuerbacher

  • The microstructure of epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 films on steep steps in LaAlO3 substrates

    C. L. Jia;Bernd C. Kabius;K. Urban;K. Herrmann

  • Negative spherical aberration ultrahigh-resolution imaging in corrected transmission electron microscopy.

    Knut W. Urban;Chun-Lin Jia;Lothar Houben;Markus Lentzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chun-Lin Jia
Chun-Lin Jia Xi'an Jiaotong University
Dieter M. Herlach
Dieter M. Herlach German Aerospace Center
Rainer Waser
Rainer Waser RWTH Aachen University
Jürgen Schubert
Jürgen Schubert Forschungszentrum Jülich
Karsten Horn
Karsten Horn Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Eicke R. Weber
Eicke R. Weber University of California, Berkeley
Jin Won Seo
Jin Won Seo KU Leuven
Nobumichi Tamura
Nobumichi Tamura Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lothar Houben
Lothar Houben Weizmann Institute of Science
Marc Heggen
Marc Heggen Forschungszentrum Jülich

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