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47
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Ludger Wirtz 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 Ludger Wirtz sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 212 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ludger Wirtz 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 Ludger Wirtz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Luxembourg Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Luxembourg Leader Award

Overview

Ludger Wirtz is affiliated with the University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg. Their research spans across materials science and engineering, with a significant focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. Within these fields, they address several specialized areas including atomic and molecular physics, optics, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and inorganic chemistry.

Their main research topics include 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, semiconductor materials and devices, diamond and carbon-based materials research, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, machine learning in materials science, and quantum dots synthesis and properties.

Wirtz has contributed to various scientific publications with notable recent papers such as:

  • Strongly Coupled Coherent Phonons in Single-Layer MoS2 (2020, ACS Nano)
  • Nonadiabatic exciton-phonon coupling in Raman spectroscopy of layered materials (2020, Science Advances)
  • Time-Dependent Screening Explains the Ultrafast Excitonic Signal Rise in 2D Semiconductors (2020, ACS Nano)
  • Raman imaging of twist angle variations in twisted bilayer graphene at intermediate angles (2022, 2D Materials)
  • Symmetry-based computational search for novel binary and ternary 2D materials (2023, 2D Materials)

They frequently collaborate with several co-authors, including A. Romero, Sven Reichardt, Hai-Chen Wang, Miguel A. L. Marques, and Muralidhar Nalabothula.

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues. The most frequent include arXiv (Cornell University), ACS Nano, Physical Review B, The Cambridge Structural Database, and 2D Materials.

Best Publications

  • Spatially Resolved Raman Spectroscopy of Single- and Few-Layer Graphene

    D. Graf;F. Molitor;K. Ensslin;C. Stampfer

  • Phonons in single-layer and few-layer MoS 2 and WS 2

    Alejandro Molina-Sanchez;Ludger Wirtz

  • Effect of spin-orbit interaction on the optical spectra of single-layer, double-layer, and bulk MoS 2

    Alejandro Molina-Sánchez;Alejandro Molina-Sánchez;Davide Sangalli;Kerstin Hummer;Andrea Marini

  • The phonon dispersion of graphite revisited

    Ludger Wirtz;Angel Rubio

  • Excitons in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Dimensionality Effects

    Ludger Wirtz;Andrea Marini;Angel Rubio

  • Impact of the electron-electron correlation on phonon dispersion: Failure of LDA and GGA DFT functionals in graphene and graphite

    Michele Lazzeri;Claudio Attaccalite;Ludger Wirtz;Francesco Mauri

  • Raman spectroscopy of single-wall boron nitride nanotubes.

    Raul Arenal;A. C. Ferrari;Stephanie Reich;Ludger Wirtz

  • Tight-binding description of the quasiparticle dispersion of graphite and few-layer graphene

    Alexander Grüneis;Claudio Attaccalite;Claudio Attaccalite;Ludger Wirtz;H. Shiozawa

  • Raman imaging of doping domains in graphene on SiO2

    C. Stampfer;F. Molitor;D. Graf;K. Ensslin

  • Vibrational Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and Ab Initio Calculations

    J. Serrano;A. Bosak;R. Arenal;M. Krisch

  • Coupling of excitons and defect states in boron-nitride nanostructures

    Claudio Attaccalite;Michel Bockstedte;Michel Bockstedte;Andrea Marini;Andrea Marini;Andrea Marini;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio

  • Ab initio calculations of the lattice dynamics of boron nitride nanotubes

    Ludger Wirtz;Angel Rubio;Raul Arenal de la Concha;Annick Loiseau

  • Raman imaging of doping domains in graphene on SiO2

    C. Stampfer;L. Wirtz;A. Jungen;D. Graf

  • Vibrational and optical properties of MoS2: From monolayer to bulk

    Alejandro Molina-Sánchez;Kerstin Hummer;Ludger Wirtz

  • Variations in the work function of doped single- and few-layer graphene assessed by Kelvin probe force microscopy and density functional theory

    D. Ziegler;P. Gava;J. Güttinger;F. Molitor

  • Optical control of polarization in ferroelectric heterostructures

    Tao Li;Alexey Lipatov;Haidong Lu;Hyungwoo Lee

  • Raman imaging of graphene

    D. Graf;F. Molitor;K. Ensslin;C. Stampfer

  • Unified Description of the Optical Phonon Modes in N-Layer MoTe2.

    Guillaume Froehlicher;Etienne Lorchat;François Fernique;Chaitanya Joshi

  • Ultrafast Electron-Phonon Decoupling in Graphite

    Kunie Ishioka;Muneaki Hase;Masahiro Kitajima;Ludger Wirtz

  • Contribution of the buffer layer to the Raman spectrum of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001)

    F. Fromm;M. H. Oliveira Jr;Alejandro Molina-Sanchez;M. Hundhausen

  • Formation and electronic properties of BC3 single-wall nanotubes upon boron substitution of carbon nanotubes

    G. G. Fuentes;E. Borowiak-Palen;M. Knupfer;Thomas Pichler

  • Vibrational and optical properties of MoS$_2$: from monolayer to bulk

    Alejandro Molina-Sánchez;Kerstin Hummer;Ludger Wirtz

  • Graphene on metallic substrates: suppression of the Kohn Anomalies in the phonon dispersion.

    Adrien Allard;Ludger Wirtz

  • Electron-electron correlation in graphite : A combined angle-resolved photoemission and first-principles study

    A. Gruneis;Claudio Attaccalite;T. Pichler;V. Zabolotnyy

  • Impact of the electron-electron correlation on phonon dispersion:Failure of LDA and GGA DFT functionals in graphene and graphite.

    Michele Lazzeri;Claudio Attaccalite;Ludger Wirtz;Angel Rubio

Frequent Co-Authors

Angel Rubio
Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Christoph Stampfer
Christoph Stampfer RWTH Aachen University
Francesco Mauri
Francesco Mauri Sapienza University of Rome
Thomas Pichler
Thomas Pichler University of Vienna
Michele Lazzeri
Michele Lazzeri Sorbonne University
Klaus Ensslin
Klaus Ensslin ETH Zurich
Andrea C. Ferrari
Andrea C. Ferrari University of Cambridge
François Ducastelle
François Ducastelle University of Paris-Saclay

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