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Martin Wegener 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 Martin Wegener sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 668 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Wegener 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 Martin Wegener sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For seminal experimental contributions to the fields of three-dimensional photonic crystals and metamaterials and for service to OSA.

Overview

Martin Wegener is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and is an expert in the field of engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics, optics, as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. Their work spans several closely related subfields including computational mechanics and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research primarily covers topics such as nonlinear optical materials studies, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, acoustic wave phenomena research, laser material processing techniques, nanofabrication and lithography techniques, advanced materials and mechanics, and photochromic and fluorescence chemistry.

Martin Wegener has contributed numerous papers to high-impact journals and conferences. Some notable recent publications include:

  • "Rapid Assembly of Small Materials Building Blocks (Voxels) into Large Functional 3D Metamaterials" (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • "3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Action Plots in Action: In-Depth Insights into Photochemical Reactivity" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Two-step absorption instead of two-photon absorption in 3D nanoprinting" (2021, Nature Photonics)
  • "Light-sheet 3D microprinting via two-colour two-step absorption" (2022, Nature Photonics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with a team of colleagues, including Eva Blasco, Yi Chen, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Muamer Kadic, and Carsten Rockstuhl, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Martin Wegener has published extensively in several frequently targeted venues, reflecting a consistent focus in materials science and applied physics. These venues include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications

Recognition for their contributions includes the OSA Fellowship awarded in 2009 for seminal experimental work on three-dimensional photonic crystals and metamaterials, as well as service to the Optical Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Gold Helix Photonic Metamaterial as Broadband Circular Polarizer

    Justyna K. Gansel;Michael Thiel;Michael S. Rill;Manuel Decker

  • Magnetic Response of Metamaterials at 100 Terahertz

    Stefan Linden;Christian Enkrich;Martin Wegener;Jiangfeng Zhou

  • Past achievements and future challenges in the development of three-dimensional photonic metamaterials

    Costas M. Soukoulis;Costas M. Soukoulis;Martin Wegener

  • Three-Dimensional Invisibility Cloak at Optical Wavelengths

    Tolga Ergin;Nicolas Stenger;Patrice Brenner;John B. Pendry

  • Direct laser writing of three-dimensional photonic-crystal templates for telecommunications

    Markus Deubel;Georg von Freymann;Martin Wegener;Suresh Pereira

  • Negative Refractive Index at Optical Wavelengths

    Costas M. Soukoulis;Stefan Linden;Martin Wegener

  • Three-dimensional mechanical metamaterials with a twist

    Tobias Frenzel;Muamer Kadic;Muamer Kadic;Martin Wegener

  • Negative-index metamaterial at 780 nm wavelength.

    Gunnar Dolling;Martin Wegener;Costas M. Soukoulis;Stefan Linden

  • Magnetic Metamaterials at Telecommunication and Visible Frequencies

    C. Enkrich;M. Wegener;S. Linden;S. Burger

  • Simultaneous Negative Phase and Group Velocity of Light in a Metamaterial

    Gunnar Dolling;Christian Enkrich;Martin Wegener;Costas M. Soukoulis;Costas M. Soukoulis

  • Second-harmonic generation from magnetic metamaterials.

    Matthias W. Klein;Christian Enkrich;Martin Wegener;Stefan Linden

  • Three-dimensional optical laser lithography beyond the diffraction limit

    Joachim Fischer;Martin Wegener

  • Tailored 3D mechanical metamaterials made by dip-in direct-laser-writing optical lithography.

    Tiemo Bückmann;Nicolas Stenger;Muamer Kadic;Johannes Kaschke

  • An elasto-mechanical unfeelability cloak made of pentamode metamaterials

    T. Bückmann;M. Thiel;M. Kadic;R. Schittny

  • Experiments on transformation thermodynamics: molding the flow of heat.

    Robert Schittny;Muamer Kadic;Sebastien Guenneau;Martin Wegener

  • Low-loss negative-index metamaterial at telecommunication wavelengths

    Gunnar Dolling;Christian Enkrich;Martin Wegener;Costas M Soukoulis

  • Cut-wire pairs and plate pairs as magnetic atoms for optical metamaterials

    G. Dolling;C. Enkrich;M. Wegener;J. F. Zhou

  • Metamaterials beyond electromagnetism

    Muamer Kadic;Tiemo Bückmann;Robert Schittny;Martin Wegener

  • Circular dichroism of planar chiral magnetic metamaterials.

    M. Decker;M. W. Klein;M. Wegener;S. Linden

  • On the feasibility of pentamode mechanical metamaterials

    Tiemo Bückmann;Muamer Kadic;Nicolas Stenger;Michael Thiel

  • Periodic nanostructures for photonics

    K. Busch;G. von Freymann;S. Linden;S.F. Mingaleev

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Linden
Stefan Linden University of Bonn
Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Christopher Barner-Kowollik Queensland University of Technology
Costas M. Soukoulis
Costas M. Soukoulis Iowa State University
Eva Blasco
Eva Blasco Heidelberg University
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Franz X. Kärtner
Franz X. Kärtner Universität Hamburg
Geoffrey A. Ozin
Geoffrey A. Ozin University of Toronto
Isabelle Staude
Isabelle Staude Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Daniel S. Chemla
Daniel S. Chemla Nokia (United States)
Dagmar Gerthsen
Dagmar Gerthsen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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