2026 Lothar Wondraczek: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	66	5456	5277	323	311	322	13041

Overview

Lothar Wondraczek is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The topics Wondraczek has explored include:

Glass properties and applications
Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Building materials and conservation
Advanced ceramic materials synthesis

Wondraczek has published a significant number of papers across several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Journal of the American Ceramic Society
International Journal of Applied Glass Science
Nature Communications
Advanced Photonics Research
Glass Europe

Among their recent papers are these notable works:

Additive manufacturing of ceramic materials for energy applications: Road map and opportunities (2022, Journal of the European Ceramic Society)
Ionic liquid facilitated melting of the metal-organic framework ZIF-8 (2021, Nature Communications)
Advancing the Mechanical Performance of Glasses: Perspectives and Challenges (2021, Advanced Materials)
Ionic glasses: Structure, properties and classification (2020, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids X)
Precise control over gas-transporting channels in zeolitic imidazolate framework glasses (2023, Nature Materials)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Roman Sajzew
Thomas D. Bennett
René Limbach
Courtney Calahoo
Aaron Reupert

Best Publications

Towards Ultrastrong Glasses

Lothar Wondraczek;John C. Mauro;Jürgen Eckert;Uta Kühn

399
Citations
Band-Gap Modulation in Single Bi3+-Doped Yttrium–Scandium–Niobium Vanadates for Color Tuning over the Whole Visible Spectrum

Fengwen Kang;Fengwen Kang;Haishan Zhang;Lothar Wondraczek;Lothar Wondraczek;Xiaobao Yang

288
Citations
Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable K3AlF6:Mn4+ as a Red Phosphor for Ultra-High-Performance Warm White Light-Emitting Diodes.

Enhai Song;Jianqing Wang;Jiahao Shi;Tingting Deng

281
Citations
Hybrid nanoparticle–microcavity-based plasmonic nanosensors with improved detection resolution and extended remote-sensing ability

Markus A. Schmidt;Dang Yuan Lei;Lothar Wondraczek;Virginie Nazabal

261
Citations
Origin of broad NIR photoluminescence in bismuthate glass and Bi-doped glasses at room temperature

Mingying Peng;Cordt Zollfrank;Lothar Wondraczek

235
Citations
Discussion on the origin of NIR emission from Bi-doped materials

Mingying Peng;Guoping Dong;Lothar Wondraczek;Liaolin Zhang

233
Citations
Red Photoluminescence from Bi3+ and the Influence of the Oxygen-Vacancy Perturbation in ScVO4: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

Fengwen Kang;Xiaobao Yang;Mingying Peng;Lothar Wondraczek

209
Citations
Solar spectral conversion for improving the photosynthetic activity in algae reactors

Lothar Wondraczek;Miroslaw Batentschuk;Markus A. Schmidt;Rudolf Borchardt

203
Citations
Tunable dual-mode photoluminescence from nanocrystalline Eu-doped Li2ZnSiO4 glass ceramic phosphors

Guojun Gao;Sindy Reibstein;Mingying Peng;Lothar Wondraczek

199
Citations
Supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide-silica step-index fibers

N. Granzow;S. P. Stark;M. A. Schmidt;A. S. Tverjanovich

173
Citations
Advancing the Mechanical Performance of Glasses: Perspectives and Challenges

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173
Citations
In vitro reactivity of Cu doped 45S5 Bioglass® derived scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Alexander Hoppe;Robert Meszaros;Christoph Stähli;Stefan Romeis

166
Citations
Structure and mechanical properties of copper–lead and copper–zinc borate glasses

Z. Y. Yao;D. Möncke;E. I. Kamitsos;Patrick Houizot

166
Citations
Effect of temperature and thermal history on borosilicate glass structure

Frédéric Angeli;Olivier Villain;Sophie Schuller;Thibault Charpentier

161
Citations
Mechanical Properties and Processing Techniques of Bulk Metal-Organic Framework Glasses.

Shichun Li;Shichun Li;René Limbach;Louis Longley;Amir A Shirzadi;Amir A Shirzadi

145
Citations
Near-infrared down-conversion in Mn2+–Yb3+ co-doped Zn2GeO4

Guojun Gao;Guojun Gao;Lothar Wondraczek

144
Citations
Strain-rate sensitivity of glasses

Rene Limbach;Bruno P. Rodrigues;Lothar Wondraczek

141
Citations
Ultrabroad NIR luminescence and energy transfer in Bi and Er/Bi co-doped germanate glasses

Mingying Peng;Na Zhang;Lothar Wondraczek;Jianrong Qiu

137
Citations
Broadband NIR photoluminescence from Bi-doped Ba2P2O7 crystals: insights into the nature of NIR-emitting Bismuth centers.

Mingying Peng;Benjamin Sprenger;Markus A. Schmidt;Harald G. L. Schwefel

133
Citations
Transition and post-transition metal ions in borate glasses: Borate ligand speciation, cluster formation, and their effect on glass transition and mechanical properties.

D. Möncke;E.I. Kamitsos;D. Palles;R. Limbach

133
Citations
Photoluminescence of Sr(2)P(2)O(7):Bi(2+) as a red phosphor for additive light generation.

Mingying Peng;Lothar Wondraczek

126
Citations
Plasticity, crack initiation and defect resistance in alkali-borosilicate glasses: From normal to anomalous behavior

R. Limbach;A. Winterstein-Beckmann;J. Dellith;D. Möncke

119
Citations
Faraday rotation and photoluminescence in heavily Tb 3+ -doped GeO 2 -B 2 O 3 -Al 2 O 3 -Ga 2 O 3 glasses for fiber-integrated magneto-optics

Guojun Gao;Anja Winterstein-Beckmann;Oleksii Surzhenko;Carsten Dubs

119
Citations