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64
Citations
17474
World Ranking
9532
National Ranking
692

Overview

Rainer Frank is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans multiple specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

Their research topics focus on Fuel Cells and Related Materials, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Tribology and Wear Analysis, Injection Molding Process and Properties, Thermal Properties of Materials, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Recent publications by Rainer Frank include:

  • High-Precision Thin Wall Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cell Applications via Injection Compression Molding with Dynamic Mold Temperature Control (2022, Polymers)
  • <scp>Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T</scp><i><sub>x</sub></i>-<scp>UHMWPE</scp> Nanocomposites-Towards an Enhanced Wear-Resistance of Biomedical Implants (2024, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A)
  • Investigating the Integration of Nonwoven Carbon Fibers for Mechanical Enhancement in Compression Molded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bipolar Plates (2023, Polymers)

They have published primarily in the journal Polymers with multiple contributions and also in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Dietmar Drummer, Benedikt Roth, Tobias Kleffel, Benedict Rothammer, and Klara Feile.

Best Publications

  • Cyclin/PCNA is the auxiliary protein of DNA polymerase-delta.

    Rodrigo Bravo;Rainer Frank;Patricia A. Blundell;Heather Macdonald-Bravo

  • Sensitization of T cells to CD95-mediated apoptosis by HIV-1 Tat and gp120.

    Michael O. Westendorp;Rainer Frank;Christina Ochsenbauer;Kirstin Stricker

  • Regulation of fast inactivation of cloned mammalian IK(A) channels by cysteine oxidation.

    J. P. Ruppersberg;M. Stocker;O. Pongs;S. H. Heinemann

  • β-COP, a 110 kd protein associated with non-clathrin-coated vesicles and the Golgi complex, shows homology to β-adaptin

    Rainer Duden;Gareth Griffiths;Rainer Frank;Patrick Argos

  • The Liver-Specific Transcription Factor LF-B1 Contains a Highly Diverged Homeobox DNA Binding Domain

    Monique Frain;Guido Swart;Paolo Monaci;Alfredo Nicosia

  • The adhesion molecule on glia (AMOG) is a homologue of the beta subunit of the Na,K-ATPase.

    S Gloor;H Antonicek;K J Sweadner;S Pagliusi

  • Homology of 54K protein of signal-recognition particle, docking protein and two E. coli proteins with putative GTP-binding domains

    Karin Römisch;Jane Webb;Joachim Herz;Siegfried Prehn

  • Membrane glycoproteins involved in neurite fasciculation.

    F G Rathjen;J M Wolff;R Frank;F Bonhoeffer

  • Structure of amyloid A4-(1-40)-peptide of Alzheimer's disease.

    Heinrich Sticht;Peter Bayer;Dieter Willbold;Sonja Dames

  • Disulfide analysis reveals a role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) as thiol-protein oxidoreductase

    Robert Kleemann;Aphrodite Kapurniotu;Rainer W Frank;André Gessner

  • The primary structure of bovine chromogranin A: a representative of a class of acidic secretory proteins common to a variety of peptidergic cells.

    U.M. Benedum;P.A. Baeuerle;D.S. Konecki;R. Frank

  • The primary structure of human secretogranin II, a widespread tyrosine-sulfated secretory granule protein that exhibits low pH- and calcium-induced aggregation.

    H H Gerdes;P Rosa;E Phillips;P A Baeuerle

  • Structural studies of HIV-1 tat protein

    P. Bayer;M. Kraft;A. Ejchart;M. Westendorp

  • Purification of a NF1-like DNA-binding protein from rat liver and cloning of the corresponding cDNA.

    G. Paonessa;F. Gounari;R. Frank;R. Cortese

  • Neural cell recognition molecule F11: Homology with fibronectin type III and immunoglobulin type C domains

    Thomas Brümmendorf;J. Michael Wolff;Rainer Frank;Fritz G. Rathjen

  • Amino acid sequences of two proline-rich bactenecins. Antimicrobial peptides of bovine neutrophils.

    R.W. Frank;R Gennaro;K Schneider;M Przybylski

  • A role for phosphatidylinositol transfer protein in secretory vesicle formation

    Masato Ohashi;Klaas Jan de Vries;Rainer Frank;Gerry Snoek

  • Domains of Neuronal Microtubule-associated Proteins and Flexural Rigidity of Microtubules

    Harald Felgner;Rainer Frank;Jacek Biernat;Eva-Maria Mandelkow

  • Molecular characterization of two-component systems of Helicobacter pylori.

    Dagmar Beier;Rainer Frank

  • Purification of soluble guanylyl cyclase from bovine lung by a new immunoaffinity chromatographic method.

    Peter Humbert;Feraydoon Niroomand;Gabriele Fischer;Bernd Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Willbold
Dieter Willbold Forschungszentrum Jülich
Günter Schultz
Günter Schultz Freie Universität Berlin
Bernhard Dobberstein
Bernhard Dobberstein Heidelberg University
Heinrich Sticht
Heinrich Sticht University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Hans Robert Kalbitzer
Hans Robert Kalbitzer University of Regensburg
Joachim Herz
Joachim Herz The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Fritz G. Rathjen
Fritz G. Rathjen Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Josef Deutscher
Josef Deutscher INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Klaus Neubert
Klaus Neubert Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Gerhart Drews
Gerhart Drews University of Freiburg

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