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Petr Nachtigall

Petr Nachtigall

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
12407
World Ranking
7819
National Ranking
32

Petr Nachtigall publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Petr Nachtigall sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 197 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Petr Nachtigall D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Petr Nachtigall sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Petr Nachtigall is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and conducts research primarily in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their scholarly output includes 29 publications in chemistry and 27 in materials science, with a strong focus on materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry among their subfields. Additional areas of study include industrial and manufacturing engineering, spectroscopy, and biomedical engineering.

The central topics of Nachtigall's research encompass zeolite catalysis and synthesis, chemical synthesis and characterization, advanced NMR techniques and applications, as well as the use of machine learning in materials science. Their work also covers MXene and MAX phase materials, 2D materials and applications, and metal-organic frameworks related to synthesis and applications.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Zeolite (In)Stability under Aqueous or Steaming Conditions," 2020, published in Advanced Materials
  • "Synthesis and Post-Synthesis Transformation of Germanosilicate Zeolites," 2020, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Intrinsic valley polarization in 2D magnetic MXenes: surface engineering induced spin-valley coupling," 2021, published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "Accurate large-scale simulations of siliceous zeolites by neural network potentials," 2022, published in npj Computational Materials
  • "Origin of the Unusual Stability of Zeolite-Encapsulated Sub-Nanometer Platinum," 2020, published in ACS Catalysis

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Lukáš Grajciar
  • Christopher J. Heard
  • Andreas Erlebach
  • Federico Brivio
  • Zdeněk Tošner

Nachtigall has published regularly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Materials Chemistry C, arXiv (Cornell University), Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Chemistry of Materials. Among these, Zenodo accounts for the highest number of publications, with ten contributions.

Best Publications

  • Two-dimensional zeolites: current status and perspectives.

    Wieslaw J. Roth;Petr Nachtigall;Russell E. Morris;Jiří Čejka

  • A family of zeolites with controlled pore size prepared using a top-down method

    Wieslaw J. Roth;Petr Nachtigall;Russell E. Morris;Paul S. Wheatley

  • The ADOR Mechanism for the Synthesis of New Zeolites

    Pavla Eliášová;Maksym Opanasenko;Paul S. Wheatley;Mariya Shamzhy

  • Assessment of the single-root multireference Brillouin–Wigner coupled- cluster method: Test calculations on CH2, SiH2, and twisted ethylene

    Jiřı́ Pittner;Petr Nachtigall;Petr Čársky;Jozef Mášik

  • Coordination and siting of Cu+ ions in ZSM-5: A combined quantum mechanics/interatomic potential function study

    Dana Nachtigallová;Petr Nachtigall;Marek Sierka;Joachim Sauer

  • Unusual Dirac half-metallicity with intrinsic ferromagnetism in vanadium trihalide monolayers

    Junjie He;Shuangying Ma;Pengbo Lyu;Petr Nachtigall

  • Postsynthesis Transformation of Three-Dimensional Framework into a Lamellar Zeolite with Modifiable Architecture

    Wieslaw J. Roth;Oleksiy V. Shvets;Mariya Shamzhy;Pavla Chlubná

  • Towards operando computational modeling in heterogeneous catalysis.

    Lukáš Grajciar;Christopher J. Heard;Anton A. Bondarenko;Mikhail V. Polynski

  • Investigation of the benzene-dimer potential energy surface: DFT/CCSD(T) correction scheme.

    Ota Bludský;Miroslav Rubeš;Pavel Soldán;Petr Nachtigall

  • Synthesis of 'unfeasible' zeolites.

    Michal Mazur;Paul S. Wheatley;Marta Navarro;Wieslaw J. Roth

  • New Layered Triazine Framework/Exfoliated 2D Polymer with Superior Sodium-Storage Properties.

    Jingjing Liu;Pengbo Lyu;Yu Zhang;Petr Nachtigall

  • Water Adsorption on Coordinatively Unsaturated Sites in CuBTC MOF

    Lukáš Grajciar;Ota Bludský;Petr Nachtigall

  • New two-dimensional Mn-based MXenes with room-temperature ferromagnetism and half-metallicity

    Junjie He;Pengbo Lyu;Petr Nachtigall

  • Comparison of the catalytic activity of MOFs and zeolites in Knoevenagel condensation

    Maksym Opanasenko;Maksym Opanasenko;Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy;Mariya Shamzhy;Mariya Shamzhy;Petr Nachtigall

  • Few-Layer Silicene Nanosheets with Superior Lithium-Storage Properties.

    Jingjing Liu;Yang Yang;Pengbo Lyu;Petr Nachtigall

  • Understanding CO2 Adsorption in CuBTC MOF: Comparing Combined DFT–ab Initio Calculations with Microcalorimetry Experiments

    Lukáš Grajciar;Andrew D. Wiersum;Philip L. Llewellyn;Jong-San Chang

  • High temperature spin-polarized semiconductivity with zero magnetization in two-dimensional Janus MXenes

    Junjie He;Pengbo Lyu;L. Z. Sun;Ángel Morales García

  • Calculation of the Si–H bond energies for the monohydride phase of Si(100)

    Petr Nachtigall;Kenneth D. Jordan;Kenneth C. Janda

  • Near-room-temperature Chern insulator and Dirac spin-gapless semiconductor: nickel chloride monolayer

    Junjie He;Xiao Li;Pengbo Lyu;Petr Nachtigall

  • Real-time optical and electronic sensing with a β-amino enone linked, triazine-containing 2D covalent organic framework

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  • Synthesis of quinolines via Friedländer reaction catalyzed by CuBTC metal–organic-framework

    Elena Pérez-Mayoral;Zuzana Musilová;Barbara Gil;Bartosz Marszalek

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiří Čejka
Jiří Čejka Charles University
Russell E. Morris
Russell E. Morris University of St Andrews
Kenneth D. Jordan
Kenneth D. Jordan University of Pittsburgh
C. Otero Areán
C. Otero Areán University of the Balearic Islands
Arnošt Zukal
Arnošt Zukal Czech Academy of Sciences
Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Arne Thomas
Arne Thomas Technical University of Berlin
Philip L. Llewellyn
Philip L. Llewellyn Aix-Marseille University
Barbara Gil
Barbara Gil Jagiellonian University
Alvaro Mayoral
Alvaro Mayoral ShanghaiTech University

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