2026 Rolf Erni: 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	64	5778	5591	94	89	303	21674

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

1675
Citations
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

1458
Citations
Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells

Adrian Chirilă;Patrick Reinhard;Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Bloesch

1455
Citations
Direct Imaging of Lattice Atoms and Topological Defects in Graphene Membranes

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

1451
Citations
A Strain-Driven Morphotropic Phase Boundary in BiFeO3

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

1396
Citations
Atomic Resolution Imaging with a sub-50 pm Electron Probe

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

774
Citations
Three-dimensional atomic imaging of crystalline nanoparticles

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

654
Citations
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

642
Citations
Controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics of lead halide perovskite quantum dots

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465
Citations
A two-dimensional polymer prepared by organic synthesis.

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

441
Citations
Interface Ferromagnetism and Orbital Reconstruction in BiFeO3-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Heterostructures

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

435
Citations
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

431
Citations
A strong electro-optically active lead-free ferroelectric integrated on silicon

Stefan Abel;Thilo Stöferle;Chiara Marchiori;Christophe Rossel

375
Citations
Interface control of bulk ferroelectric polarization

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

301
Citations
Presence of nanoparticles in wash water from conventional silver and nano-silver textiles.

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

285
Citations
Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots

Unknown

259
Citations
Perovskite-type superlattices from lead halide perovskite nanocubes

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

258
Citations
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

253
Citations
Dynamics and control of active sites in hierarchically nanostructured cobalt phosphide/chalcogenide-based electrocatalysts for water splitting

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237
Citations
Characterization of multi-scale microstructural features in Opalinus Clay

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

214
Citations
Direct imaging of soft-hard interfaces enabled by graphene.

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

189
Citations
Aberration-Corrected Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Introduction

Rolf Erni

180
Citations
Three-dimensional atomic imaging of crystalline nanoparticles

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

4
Citations