Stan Veprek

Stan Veprek 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 Stan Veprek sits on this spectrum.

Stan Veprek 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 Stan Veprek sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• A concept for the design of novel superhard coatings

  S. Vepřek;S. Reiprich

  1354
  Citations

• The search for novel, superhard materials

  Unknown

  1212
  Citations

• Different approaches to superhard coatings and nanocomposites

  Stan Veprek;Maritza G.J. Veprek-Heijman;Pavla Karvankova;Jan Prochazka

  1042
  Citations

• Raman scattering from hydrogenated microcrystalline and amorphous silicon

  Z Iqbal;S Veprek

  749
  Citations

• Composition, nanostructure and origin of the ultrahardness in nc-TiN/a-Si3N4/a- and nc-TiSi2 nanocomposites with HV= 80 to ≥ 105 GPa

  S. Veprek;A. Niederhofer;Keba Moto;T. Bolom

  581
  Citations

• Industrial applications of superhard nanocomposite coatings

  Stan Veprek;Maritza J.G. Veprek-Heijman

  547
  Citations

• Effect of grain boundaries on the Raman spectra, optical absorption, and elastic light scattering in nanometer-sized crystalline silicon

  S. Veprek;F. A. Sarott;Z. Iqbal

  533
  Citations

• Structural Nanocrystalline Materials: Fundamentals and Applications

  Carl C. Koch;Ilya A. Ovid'ko;Sudipta Seal;Stan Veprek

  443
  Citations

• Towards the understanding of mechanical properties of super- and ultrahard nanocomposites

  Stan Veprek;Ali S. Argon

  351
  Citations

• Recent progress in the superhard nanocrystalline composites : towards their industrialization and understanding of the origin of the superhardness

  S. Vepřek;P. Nesládek;A. Niederhofer;F. Glatz

  319
  Citations

• Raman scattering from small particle size polycrystalline silicon

  Unknown

  307
  Citations

• Novel thermodynamically stable and oxidation resistant superhard coating materials

  S. Vepřek;M. Haussmann;S. Reiprich;Li Shizhi

  294
  Citations

• Structural properties, internal stress and thermal stability of nc-TiN/a-Si3N4, nc-TiN/TiSix and nc-(Ti1−yAlySix)N superhard nanocomposite coatings reaching the hardness of diamond

  A. Niederhofer;P. Nesládek;H.-D. Männling;K. Moto

  288
  Citations

• New development in superhard coatings: the superhard nanocrystalline-amorphous composites

  S. Veprek

  269
  Citations

• Mechanism of the deactivation of Hopcalite catalysts studied by XPS, ISS, and other techniques

  S. Veprek;D. L. Cocke;S. Kehl;H. R. Oswald

  243
  Citations

• Origin of the green/blue luminescence from nanocrystalline silicon

  Hideki Tamura;Markus Rückschloss;Thomas Wirschem;Stan Vepřek

  234
  Citations

• Avoiding the high-temperature decomposition and softening of (Al1−xTix)N coatings by the formation of stable superhard nc-(Al1−xTix)N/a-Si3N4 nanocomposite

  S. Veprek;H.-D. Männling;M. Jilek;P. Holubar

  230
  Citations

• Mechanical properties of superhard nanocomposites

  Stan Veprek;Ali S Argon

  226
  Citations

• Applicability of Raman scattering for the characterization of nanocrystalline silicon

  Ch Ossadnik;S Vepřek;I Gregora

  224
  Citations

• A thermodynamic criterion of the crystalline-to-amorphous transition in silicon

  Unknown

  218
  Citations

• Amorphous Solid without Low Energy Excitations

  Xiao Liu;B. E. White;R. O. Pohl;E. Iwanizcko

  210
  Citations

• Conventional and new approaches towards the design of novel superhard materials

  S. Vepřek

  206
  Citations

• Thermal stability of superhard nanocomposite coatings consisting of immiscible nitrides

  H. D. Männling;D. S. Patil;Keba Moto;M. Jilek

  196
  Citations