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Richard Berndt

Richard Berndt

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
16245
World Ranking
4474
National Ranking
251

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15641
World Ranking
6915
National Ranking
504

Richard Berndt 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 Richard Berndt sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 319 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Berndt 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 Richard Berndt sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Berndt is a researcher affiliated with Kiel University in Germany, who has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's primary research topics cover Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, Magnetism in Coordination Complexes, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena, Magnetic Properties of Thin Films, and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Spin-Crossover Complexes in Direct Contact with Surfaces, 2020, Magnetochemistry
  • Inducing and Controlling Molecular Magnetism through Supramolecular Manipulation, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Spin dependent transmission of nickelocene-Cu contacts probed with shot noise, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Coverage-Controlled Superstructures of C3-Symmetric Molecules: Honeycomb versus Hexagonal Tiling, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Iron in a Cage: Fixation of a Fe(II)tpy2 Complex by Fourfold Interlinking, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors in their research include Manuel Gruber, Alexander Weismann, Rainer Herges, Sven Johannsen, and Felix Tuczek. These collaborations span multiple publications, reflecting a sustained engagement with a network of specialists in related fields.

Their work is published in several key scientific venues, notably:

  • ACS Nano
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Richard Berndt's research intersects complex multidisciplinary areas involving the study of molecular junctions and nanoscale materials, with an emphasis on quantum transport and magnetic properties. This involves techniques and analyses relevant to surface chemistry, thin films, and coordination chemistry among others. The diversity of publication venues and topics indicates an integrated approach to materials science and engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Kondo Scattering Observed at a Single Magnetic Impurity

    Jiutao Li;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt;Bernard Delley

  • Inelastic tunneling excitation of tip-induced plasmon modes on noble-metal surfaces.

    Richard Berndt;James K. Gimzewski;Peter Johansson

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

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

  • Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Clusters and Chains

    Matthias Böhringer;Karina Morgenstern;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt;Richard Berndt

  • Highly ordered structures and submolecular scanning tunnelling microscopy contrast of PTCDA and DM-PBDCI monolayers on Ag(111) and Ag(110)

    K Glöckler;C Seidel;A Soukopp;M Sokolowski

  • Dimensionality effects in the lifetime of surface states

    J. Kliewer;R. Berndt;R. Berndt;E. V. Chulkov;V. M. Silkin

  • Decay of electronic excitations at metal surfaces

    Pedro M. Echenique;Pedro M. Echenique;Richard Berndt;Eugene V. Chulkov;Eugene V. Chulkov;Th. Fauster

  • Photon Emission at Molecular Resolution Induced by a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

    R. Berndt;R. Gaisch;J. K. Gimzewski;B. Reihl

  • ELECTRON CONFINEMENT TO NANOSCALE AG ISLANDS ON AG(111) : A QUANTITATIVE STUDY

    Jiutao Li;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt;S. Crampin

  • Electron-Induced Spin Crossover of Single Molecules in a Bilayer on Gold

    Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar;Francesca Matino;Holger Naggert;Alexander Bannwarth

  • Atom transfer and single-adatom contacts.

    L. Limot;J. Kröger;R. Berndt;A. Garcia-Lekue

  • Conductance and Kondo effect in a controlled single-atom contact.

    N. Néel;J. Kröger;L. Limot;K. Palotas

  • Surface-state lifetime measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

    Jiutao Li;Wolf Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt;O. R. Bryant

  • Separation of a Racemic Mixture of Two‐Dimensional Molecular Clusters by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

    Matthias Böhringer;Karina Morgenstern;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt

  • Pushing and pulling a Sn ion through an adsorbed phthalocyanine molecule.

    Yongfeng Wang;Jörg Kröger;Richard Berndt;Werner A. Hofer

  • Role of tip shape in light emission from the scanning tunneling microscope

    J. Aizpurua;S. P. Apell;R. Berndt

  • Local density of states from spectroscopic scanning-tunneling-microscope images: Ag(111)

    Jiutao Li;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt

  • Controlled contact to a C-60 molecule

    N. Néel;J. Kröger;L. Limot;T. Frederiksen

  • Atomic-scale engineering of electrodes for single-molecule contacts

    Guillaume Schull;Thomas Frederiksen;Andrés Arnau;Andrés Arnau;Andrés Arnau;Daniel Sánchez-Portal;Daniel Sánchez-Portal

  • Atomic resolution in photon emission induced by a scanning tunneling microscope.

    R. Berndt;R. Gaisch;W. D. Schneider;J. K. Gimzewski

  • Electromagnetic interactions of metallic objects in nanometer proximity.

    R. Berndt;J. K. Gimzewski;P. Johansson

  • Real Space Observation of a Chiral Phase Transition in a Two-Dimensional Organic Layer.

    Matthias Böhringer;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolf-Dieter Schneider
Wolf-Dieter Schneider École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
James K. Gimzewski
James K. Gimzewski University of California, Los Angeles
Rainer Herges
Rainer Herges Kiel University
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
Mads Brandbyge
Mads Brandbyge Technical University of Denmark
Karina Morgenstern
Karina Morgenstern Ruhr University Bochum
Pedro M. Echenique
Pedro M. Echenique Donostia International Physics Center
Andrés Arnau
Andrés Arnau University of the Basque Country
Daniel Sánchez-Portal
Daniel Sánchez-Portal University of the Basque Country
Kai Wu
Kai Wu Peking University

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