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Thomas Pichler

Thomas Pichler

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Materials Science
Austria
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
78
Citations
19401
World Ranking
3018
National Ranking
13

Thomas Pichler 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 Thomas Pichler sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 442 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Pichler 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 Thomas Pichler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Pichler is a researcher affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics covered by Thomas Pichler include:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Thomas Pichler has contributed to numerous publications, particularly appearing in frequent venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Carbon
  • ACS Nano
  • Nano Letters
  • Nature Communications

Recent notable papers include:

  • Toward Confined Carbyne with Tailored Properties, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Raman Scattering Cross Section of Confined Carbyne, 2020, Nano Letters
  • (Untitled paper), 2021, Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp)
  • Probing Exciton Dispersions of Freestanding Monolayer WSe2 by Momentum-Resolved Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Selective phase growth and precise-layer control in MoTe2, 2020, Communications Materials

Their frequent coauthors comprise:

  • Lei Shi
  • Paola Ayala
  • Kazu Suenaga
  • Weili Cui
  • Ryosuke Senga

Best Publications

  • The doping of carbon nanotubes with nitrogen and their potential applications

    Paola Ayala;Raul Arenal;M. Rümmeli;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio

  • LOCALIZED AND DELOCALIZED ELECTRONIC STATES IN SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES

    T. Pichler;M. Knupfer;M. S. Golden;J. Fink

  • Resonance Raman and infrared spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes

    J. Kastner;T. Pichler;H. Kuzmany;S. Curran

  • Confined linear carbon chains as a route to bulk carbyne.

    Lei Shi;Philip Rohringer;Kazu Suenaga;Yoshiko Niimi

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of graphitic carbon nanomaterials doped with heteroatoms.

    Toma Susi;Thomas Pichler;Paola Ayala

  • Subnanometer motion of cargoes driven by thermal gradients along carbon nanotubes

    Amelia Barreiro;Riccardo Rurali;Eduardo R. Hernández;Joel Moser

  • Tunable Band Gap in Hydrogenated Quasi-Free-Standing Graphene

    D. Haberer;D. V. Vyalikh;S. Taioli;B. Dora

  • Functionalization of carbon nanotubes

    H. Kuzmany;A. Kukovecz;F. Simon;M. Holzweber

  • Determination of SWCNT diameters from the Raman response of the radial breathing mode

    H. Kuzmany;W. Plank;M. Hulman;Ch. Kramberger

  • Tight-binding description of the quasiparticle dispersion of graphite and few-layer graphene

    Alexander Grüneis;Claudio Attaccalite;Claudio Attaccalite;Ludger Wirtz;H. Shiozawa

  • The physical and chemical properties of heteronanotubes

    Paola Ayala;Raul Arenal;Annick Loiseau;Angel Rubio

  • Confined linear carbon chains: A route to bulk carbyne

    Lei Shi;Philip Rohringer;Kazu Suenaga;Yoshiko Niimi

  • Diameter grouping in bulk samples of single-walled carbon nanotubes from optical absorption spectroscopy

    O. Jost;A. A. Gorbunov;W. Pompe;T. Pichler

  • Linear plasmon dispersion in single-wall carbon nanotubes and the collective excitation spectrum of graphene.

    C. Kramberger;R. Hambach;R. Hambach;C. Giorgetti;M. H. Rummeli

  • Detailed analysis of the mean diameter and diameter distribution of single-wall carbon nanotubes from their optical response

    X. Liu;T. Pichler;M. Knupfer;M. S. Golden

  • A Catalytic Reaction Inside a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube

    Hidetsugu Shiozawa;Thomas Pichler;Alexander Grüneis;Rudolf Pfeiffer

  • Metallic polymers of C(60) inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    T. Pichler;T. Pichler;H. Kuzmany;H. Kataura;Y. Achiba

  • Unusual high degree of unperturbed environment in the interior of single-wall carbon nanotubes.

    R. Pfeiffer;H. Kuzmany;Ch. Kramberger;Ch. Schaman

  • Nanofibrous and Graphene-Templated Conjugated Microporous Polymer Materials for Flexible Chemosensors and Supercapacitors

    Kai Yuan;Peiyao Guo-Wang;Ting Hu;Lei Shi

  • Transition from a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid to a fermi liquid in potassium-intercalated bundles of single-wall carbon nanotubes.

    H. Rauf;T. Pichler;M. Knupfer;J. Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Rümmeli
Mark H. Rümmeli Soochow University
Hans Kuzmany
Hans Kuzmany University of Vienna
Bernd Büchner
Bernd Büchner Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Hiromichi Kataura
Hiromichi Kataura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Angel Rubio
Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Xianjie Liu
Xianjie Liu Linköping University
Jörg Fink
Jörg Fink Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Thomas Gemming
Thomas Gemming Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden
J. Fink
J. Fink Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden

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