2026 Richard Berndt: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	70	4476	4331	252	242	319	16245
Chemistry	67	6916	6269	503	451	308	15641

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

795
Citations
Inelastic tunneling excitation of tip-induced plasmon modes on noble-metal surfaces.

Richard Berndt;James K. Gimzewski;Peter Johansson

584
Citations
Sharper images by focusing soft X-rays with photon sieves

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

511
Citations
Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Clusters and Chains

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

488
Citations
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

411
Citations
Dimensionality effects in the lifetime of surface states

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

404
Citations
Decay of electronic excitations at metal surfaces

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

402
Citations
Photon Emission at Molecular Resolution Induced by a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

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

332
Citations
ELECTRON CONFINEMENT TO NANOSCALE AG ISLANDS ON AG(111) : A QUANTITATIVE STUDY

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

330
Citations
Electron-Induced Spin Crossover of Single Molecules in a Bilayer on Gold

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

320
Citations
Atom transfer and single-adatom contacts.

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

226
Citations
Conductance and Kondo effect in a controlled single-atom contact.

N. Néel;J. Kröger;L. Limot;K. Palotas

224
Citations
Surface-state lifetime measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

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

214
Citations
Separation of a Racemic Mixture of Two‐Dimensional Molecular Clusters by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

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

208
Citations
Pushing and pulling a Sn ion through an adsorbed phthalocyanine molecule.

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

207
Citations
Role of tip shape in light emission from the scanning tunneling microscope

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

188
Citations
Local density of states from spectroscopic scanning-tunneling-microscope images: Ag(111)

Jiutao Li;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt

186
Citations
Controlled contact to a C-60 molecule

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

178
Citations
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

175
Citations
Atomic resolution in photon emission induced by a scanning tunneling microscope.

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

156
Citations
Electromagnetic interactions of metallic objects in nanometer proximity.

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

155
Citations
Real Space Observation of a Chiral Phase Transition in a Two-Dimensional Organic Layer.

Matthias Böhringer;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt

152
Citations