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Kornelius Nielsch 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 Kornelius Nielsch sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 603 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kornelius Nielsch 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 Kornelius Nielsch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kornelius Nielsch is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and condensed matter physics.

The main topics of Kornelius Nielsch's work include advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, thermal properties of materials, Heusler alloys concerning their electronic and magnetic properties, magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, shape memory alloy transformations, and magnetic properties of thin films.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kornelius Nielsch include:

  • Micro-thermoelectric devices, 2022, Nature Electronics
  • Towards tellurium-free thermoelectric modules for power generation from low-grade heat, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Screening strategy for developing thermoelectric interface materials, 2023, Science
  • A robust thermoelectric module based on MgAgSb/Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 with a conversion efficiency of 8.5% and a maximum cooling of 72 K, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Compositional complexity dependence of dislocation density and mechanical properties in high entropy alloy systems, 2020, Progress in Natural Science Materials International

Kornelius Nielsch has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Amin Bahrami, Heiko Reith, Ran He, Gabi Schierning, and Sebastian Lehmann.

The venues where Kornelius Nielsch has published most frequently include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Materials

Best Publications

  • Hexagonal pore arrays with a 50-420 nm interpore distance formed by self-organization in anodic alumina

    A. P. Li;F. Müller;A. Birner;K. Nielsch

  • Fast fabrication of long-range ordered porous alumina membranes by hard anodization

    Woo Lee;Ran Ji;Ulrich Gösele;Kornelius Nielsch

  • Self-ordering Regimes of Porous Alumina: The 10% Porosity Rule

    Kornelius Nielsch;Jinsub Choi;Kathrin Schwirn;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Uniform Nickel Deposition into Ordered Alumina Pores by Pulsed Electrodeposition

    K. Nielsch;F. Müller;A.-P. Li;U. Gösele

  • Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Complex Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Mato Knez;Kornelius Nielsch;Kornelius Nielsch;Lauri Niinisto

  • Polymer nanotubes by wetting of ordered porous templates.

    Martin Steinhart;Joachim H. Wendorff;Andreas Greiner;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Monocrystalline spinel nanotube fabrication based on the Kirkendall effect

    Hong Jin fan;Mato Knez;Roland Scholz;Kornelius Nielsch

  • Hexagonally ordered 100 nm period nickel nanowire arrays

    K. Nielsch;R. B. Wehrspohn;J. Barthel;J. Kirschner

  • Modelling hysteresis of interacting nanowires arrays

    M. Vázquez;K. Nielsch;P. Vargas;J. Velázquez

  • Highly ordered monocrystalline silver nanowire arrays

    G. Sauer;G. Brehm;S. Schneider;K. Nielsch

  • Thermoelectric Devices: A Review of Devices, Architectures, and Contact Optimization

    Ran He;Gabi Schierning;Kornelius Nielsch

  • Influence of surface diffusion on the formation of hollow nanostructures induced by the Kirkendall effect: the basic concept

    Hong Jin Fan;Mato Knez;Roland Scholz;Dietrich Hesse

  • Fabrication and Microstructuring of Hexagonally Ordered Two‐Dimensional Nanopore Arrays in Anodic Alumina

    An-Ping Li;Frank Müller;Albert Birner;Kornelius Nielsch

  • A template-based electrochemical method for the synthesis of multisegmented metallic nanotubes.

    Woo Lee;Roland Scholz;Kornelius Nielsch;Ulrich Gösele

  • Discovery of ZrCoBi based half Heuslers with high thermoelectric conversion efficiency.

    Hangtian Zhu;Ran He;Ran He;Jun Mao;Jun Mao;Qing Zhu

  • Discovery of TaFeSb-based half-Heuslers with high thermoelectric performance

    Hangtian Zhu;Jun Mao;Yuwei Li;Jifeng Sun

  • Hexagonally Arranged Monodisperse Silver Nanowires with Adjustable Diameter and High Aspect Ratio

    Jinsub Choi;Guido Sauer;Kornelius Nielsch;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Experimental signatures of the mixed axial–gravitational anomaly in the Weyl semimetal NbP

    Johannes Gooth;Johannes Gooth;Anna C. Niemann;Anna C. Niemann;Tobias Meng;Adolfo G. Grushin

  • Self-ordered anodic aluminum oxide formed by H2SO4 hard anodization.

    Kathrin Schwirn;Woo Lee;Reinald Hillebrand;Martin Steinhart

  • Ordered Iron Oxide Nanotube Arrays of Controlled Geometry and Tunable Magnetism by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Julien Bachmann;Jing Jing;Mato Knez;Sven Barth

  • Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Complex Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition

    Mato Knez;Kornelius Nielsch;Lauri Niinistoe

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Gösele
Ulrich Gösele Max Planck Society
Ralf B. Wehrspohn
Ralf B. Wehrspohn Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Roland Scholz
Roland Scholz Max Planck Society
Mato Knez
Mato Knez CIC nanoGUNE
Peter Woias
Peter Woias University of Freiburg
Eckhard Pippel
Eckhard Pippel Max Planck Society
Woo Lee
Woo Lee Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Marin Alexe
Marin Alexe University of Warwick
Margit Zacharias
Margit Zacharias University of Freiburg

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