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64
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21674
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5776
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95

Rolf Erni 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 Rolf Erni sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 303 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rolf Erni 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 Rolf Erni sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rolf Erni is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions to engineering. Within these broader fields, the subfields that characterize their work include materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, and structural biology.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, perovskite materials and applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, and catalysts for methane reforming.

Rolf Erni has published research in multiple venues, with notable frequency in:

  • ACS Nano
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Significant recent papers by Rolf Erni include:

  • Controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics of lead halide perovskite quantum dots, 2022, Science
  • Perovskite-type superlattices from lead halide perovskite nanocubes, 2021, Nature
  • Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Dynamics and control of active sites in hierarchically nanostructured cobalt phosphide/chalcogenide-based electrocatalysts for water splitting, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Coarsening- and creep resistance of precipitation-strengthened Al-Mg-Zr alloys processed by selective laser melting, 2020, Acta Materialia

Frequent coauthors of Rolf Erni include:

  • Henrik Eliasson
  • Javier Pérez-Ramírez
  • Marta D. Rossell
  • Greta R. Patzke
  • Maksym V. Kovalenko

Best Publications

  • Determination of the Local Chemical Structure of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide

    Kris Erickson;Rolf Erni;Zonghoon Lee;Nasim Alem

  • Graphene at the edge: stability and dynamics.

    Çağlar Ö. Girit;Çağlar Ö. Girit;Çağlar Ö. Girit;Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell

  • Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells

    Adrian Chirilă;Patrick Reinhard;Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Bloesch

  • Direct Imaging of Lattice Atoms and Topological Defects in Graphene Membranes

    Jannik C. Meyer;C. Kisielowski;R. Erni;Marta D. Rossell

  • A Strain-Driven Morphotropic Phase Boundary in BiFeO3

    R. J. Zeches;M. D. Rossell;J. X. Zhang;A. J. Hatt

  • Atomic Resolution Imaging with a sub-50 pm Electron Probe

    Rolf P. Erni;Marta D. Rossell;Christian Kisielowski;Ulrich Dahmen

  • Three-dimensional atomic imaging of crystalline nanoparticles

    Sandra Van Aert;Kees J. Batenburg;Kees J. Batenburg;Marta D. Rossell;Rolf Erni

  • Atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride probed by ultrahigh-resolution transmission electron microscopy

    Nasim Alem;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Christian Kisielowski;Christian Kisielowski;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell

  • Controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics of lead halide perovskite quantum dots

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  • A two-dimensional polymer prepared by organic synthesis.

    Patrick Kissel;Rolf Erni;W. Bernd Schweizer;Marta D. Rossell

  • Interface Ferromagnetism and Orbital Reconstruction in BiFeO3-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Heterostructures

    P. Yu;J. S. Lee;S. Okamoto;M. D. Rossell

  • Detection of Single Atoms and Buried Defects in Three Dimensions by Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscope with 0.5-Å Information Limit

    C. Kisielowski;B. Freitag;M. Bischoff;H. van Lin

  • A strong electro-optically active lead-free ferroelectric integrated on silicon

    Stefan Abel;Thilo Stöferle;Chiara Marchiori;Christophe Rossel

  • Interface control of bulk ferroelectric polarization

    P. Yu;W. Luo;W. Luo;D. Yi;J. X. Zhang

  • Presence of nanoparticles in wash water from conventional silver and nano-silver textiles.

    Denise M. Mitrano;Elisa Rimmele;Adrian Wichser;Rolf Erni

  • Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots

    Unknown

  • Perovskite-type superlattices from lead halide perovskite nanocubes

    Ihor Cherniukh;Ihor Cherniukh;Gabriele Rainò;Gabriele Rainò;Thilo Stöferle;Max Burian

  • The ground exciton state of formamidinium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals is a singlet dark state

    Philippe Tamarat;Philippe Tamarat;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Jean-Baptiste Trebbia;Jean-Baptiste Trebbia;Rolf Erni

  • Dynamics and control of active sites in hierarchically nanostructured cobalt phosphide/chalcogenide-based electrocatalysts for water splitting

    Unknown

  • Characterization of multi-scale microstructural features in Opalinus Clay

    Lukas M. Keller;Philippe Schuetz;Rolf Erni;Marta D. Rossell

  • Direct imaging of soft-hard interfaces enabled by graphene.

    Zonghoon Lee;Ki-Joon Jeon;Albert Dato;Rolf Erni

  • Aberration-Corrected Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Introduction

    Rolf Erni

  • Three-dimensional atomic imaging of crystalline nanoparticles

    A.S. Van Aert;S. Bals;J. Batenburg;G. Van Tendeloo

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta D. Rossell
Marta D. Rossell Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Nigel D. Browning
Nigel D. Browning University of Liverpool
Quentin M. Ramasse
Quentin M. Ramasse University of Leeds
Christian Kisielowski
Christian Kisielowski Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Rice University
Johann Michler
Johann Michler Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Giovanni Isella
Giovanni Isella Polytechnic University of Milan
Ivo Utke
Ivo Utke Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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