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Rainer Adelung

Rainer Adelung

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
72
Citations
17139
World Ranking
4083
National Ranking
228

Rainer Adelung 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 Rainer Adelung sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 417 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rainer Adelung 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 Rainer Adelung sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rainer Adelung is a researcher affiliated with Kiel University in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions also made in subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The researcher's main topics of study include gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, ZnO doping and properties, advancements in battery materials, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, as well as advanced chemical sensor technologies and battery technologies research.

Rainer Adelung has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Energy

Significant recent publications by Adelung include:

  • Functional polymer materials for modern marine biofouling control (2022) - Progress in Polymer Science
  • Light-Controlled Growth Factors Release on Tetrapodal ZnO-Incorporated 3D-Printed Hydrogels for Developing Smart Wound Scaffold (2021) - Advanced Functional Materials
  • Necklace-like Nitrogen-Doped Tubular Carbon 3D Frameworks for Electrochemical Energy Storage (2020) - Advanced Functional Materials
  • Solar light assisted degradation of dyes and adsorption of heavy metal ions from water by CuO-ZnO tetrapodal hybrid nanocomposite (2020) - Materials Today Chemistry
  • Facile fabrication of semiconducting oxide nanostructures by direct ink writing of readily available metal microparticles and their application as low power acetone gas sensors (2020) - Nano Energy

Throughout their career, Adelung has collaborated frequently with several coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Fabian Schütt
  • Oleg Lupan
  • Sören Kaps
  • Lorenz Kienle
  • Leonard Siebert

The researcher's body of work intersects with multiple cutting-edge topics in materials science and engineering, especially those related to sensor technology, nanomaterials, and energy storage applications. This interdisciplinary approach reflects in publications spanning from polymer science and smart biomaterials to semiconducting oxide nanostructures and environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • ZnO tetrapod materials for functional applications

    Yogendra Kumar Mishra;Rainer Adelung

  • Rapid fabrication technique for interpenetrated ZnO nanotetrapod networks for fast UV sensors.

    Dawit Gedamu;Ingo Paulowicz;Sören Kaps;Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan

  • Direct Growth of Freestanding ZnO Tetrapod Networks for Multifunctional Applications in Photocatalysis, UV Photodetection, and Gas Sensing

    Yogendra Kumar Mishra;Gaurav Modi;Vasilii Cretu;Vasile Postica

  • Sharper images by focusing soft X-rays with photon sieves

    L. Kipp;M. Skibowski;R. L. Johnson;R. Berndt

  • Aerographite: Ultra Lightweight, Flexible Nanowall, Carbon Microtube Material with Outstanding Mechanical Performance

    Matthias Mecklenburg;Arnim Schuchardt;Yogendra Kumar Mishra;Sören Kaps

  • Functional Polymer Materials for Modern Marine Biofouling Control

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  • Fabrication of Macroscopically Flexible and Highly Porous 3D Semiconductor Networks from Interpenetrating Nanostructures by a Simple Flame Transport Approach

    Yogendra K. Mishra;Sören Kaps;Arnim Schuchardt;Ingo Paulowicz

  • Micro-tensile bond strength of three luting resins to human regional dentin

    Bin Yang;Klaus Ludwig;Rainer Adelung;Matthias Kern

  • A Multifunctional Polymeric Periodontal Membrane with Osteogenic and Antibacterial Characteristics

    Amir Nasajpour;Amir Nasajpour;Sahar Ansari;Chiara Rinoldi;Chiara Rinoldi;Chiara Rinoldi;Afsaneh Shahrokhi Rad;Afsaneh Shahrokhi Rad

  • Silver-doped zinc oxide single nanowire multifunctional nanosensor with a significant enhancement in response

    Oleg Lupan;Vasilii Cretu;Vasile Postica;Mahdi Ahmadi

  • Virostatic potential of micro-nano filopodia-like ZnO structures against herpes simplex virus-1

    Yogendra Kumar Mishra;Rainer Adelung;Claudia Röhl;Deepak Shukla

  • Prophylactic, therapeutic and neutralizing effects of zinc oxide tetrapod structures against herpes simplex virus type-2 infection.

    Thessicar E. Antoine;Yogendra K. Mishra;James Trigilio;Vaibhav Tiwari;Vaibhav Tiwari

  • Influence of saliva contamination on zirconia ceramic bonding

    B. Yang;H.C. Lange-Jansen;M. Scharnberg;S. Wolfart

  • Synthesis, characterization and DFT studies of zinc-doped copper oxide nanocrystals for gas sensing applications

    V. Cretu;V. Postica;A. K. Mishra;M. Hoppe

  • ZnO tetrapods and activated carbon based hybrid composite: Adsorbents for enhanced decontamination of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution

    Mahima Sharma;Monika Joshi;Subhasha Nigam;Sindu Shree

  • A Novel Concept for Self‐Reporting Materials: Stress Sensitive Photoluminescence in ZnO Tetrapod Filled Elastomers

    Xin Jin;Michael Götz;Sebastian Wille;Yogendra Kumar Mishra

  • Strain-controlled growth of nanowires within thin-film cracks

    Rainer Adelung;Oral Cenk Aktas;Janice Franc;Abhijit Biswas

  • Enhanced ethanol vapour sensing performances of copper oxide nanocrystals with mixed phases

    Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan;Vasilii Cretu;Vasile Postica;Nicolai Ababii

  • Multifunctional Materials: A Case Study of the Effects of Metal Doping on ZnO Tetrapods with Bismuth and Tin Oxides

    Vasile Postica;Jorit Gröttrup;Rainer Adelung;Oleg Lupan;Oleg Lupan

  • Visible-light photocatalysis by carbon-nano-onion-functionalized ZnO tetrapods: degradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol and a plant-model-based ecological assessment

    Seung Jun Park;Gouri Sankar Das;Fabian Schütt;Rainer Adelung

  • Crystal growth behaviour in Au-ZnO nanocomposite under different annealing environments and photoswitchability

    Y. K. Mishra;V. S. K. Chakravadhanula;V. Hrkac;S. Jebril

  • Aerographite: Ultra Lightweight, Flexible Nanowall, Carbon Microtube Material with Outstanding Mechanical Performance (Adv. Mater. 26/2012)

    Matthias Mecklenburg;Arnim Schuchardt;Yogendra Kumar Mishra;Sören Kaps

Frequent Co-Authors

Oleg Lupan
Oleg Lupan Technical University of Moldova
Yogendra Kumar Mishra
Yogendra Kumar Mishra University of Southern Denmark
Lorenz Kienle
Lorenz Kienle Kiel University
Ion Tiginyanu
Ion Tiginyanu Technical University of Moldova
Franz Faupel
Franz Faupel Kiel University
Karl Schulte
Karl Schulte Hamburg University of Technology
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Bruno Viana
Bruno Viana Chimie ParisTech
Viola Duppel
Viola Duppel Max Planck Society
Nora H. de Leeuw
Nora H. de Leeuw University of Leeds

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