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Lothar Wondraczek 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 Lothar Wondraczek sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 322 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lothar Wondraczek 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 Lothar Wondraczek sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Mingying Peng;Cordt Zollfrank;Lothar Wondraczek

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

    Mingying Peng;Guoping Dong;Lothar Wondraczek;Liaolin Zhang

  • 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

  • Solar spectral conversion for improving the photosynthetic activity in algae reactors

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

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

    Guojun Gao;Sindy Reibstein;Mingying Peng;Lothar Wondraczek

  • Supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide-silica step-index fibers

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

  • Advancing the Mechanical Performance of Glasses: Perspectives and Challenges

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

    Alexander Hoppe;Robert Meszaros;Christoph Stähli;Stefan Romeis

  • Structure and mechanical properties of copper–lead and copper–zinc borate glasses

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

  • Effect of temperature and thermal history on borosilicate glass structure

    Frédéric Angeli;Olivier Villain;Sophie Schuller;Thibault Charpentier

  • 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

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

    Guojun Gao;Guojun Gao;Lothar Wondraczek

  • Strain-rate sensitivity of glasses

    Rene Limbach;Bruno P. Rodrigues;Lothar Wondraczek

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

    Mingying Peng;Na Zhang;Lothar Wondraczek;Jianrong Qiu

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Mingying Peng;Lothar Wondraczek

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus A. Schmidt
Markus A. Schmidt Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Mingying Peng
Mingying Peng South China University of Technology
Efstratios I. Kamitsos
Efstratios I. Kamitsos National Hellenic Research Foundation
Qinyuan Zhang
Qinyuan Zhang South China University of Technology
Yuanzheng Yue
Yuanzheng Yue Aalborg University
Harald Behrens
Harald Behrens University of Hannover
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem University of Adelaide
Karsten Durst
Karsten Durst Technical University of Darmstadt
Stefan Nolte
Stefan Nolte Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thomas D. Bennett
Thomas D. Bennett University of Cambridge

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