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49
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15926
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Tobias Hertel 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 Tobias Hertel sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 171 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tobias Hertel 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 Tobias Hertel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tobias Hertel is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, focusing on various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Building and Construction.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Bauxite Residue and Utilization
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Recycling and Utilization of Industrial and Municipal Waste in Materials Production
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Their publications have appeared frequently in notable venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation" (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • "Electroluminescence from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Quantum Defects" (2022, ACS Nano)
  • "Tuning counterion chemistry to reduce carrier localization in doped semiconducting carbon nanotube networks" (2023, Cell Reports Physical Science)
  • "Probing the ultrafast dynamics of excitons in single semiconducting carbon nanotubes" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Carrier density and delocalization signatures in doped carbon nanotubes from quantitative magnetic resonance" (2023, Nanoscale Horizons)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Klaus H. Eckstein (19 joint publications)
  • Yiannis Pontikes (9 joint publications)
  • Friedrich Schöppler (6 joint publications)
  • Florian Oberndorfer (5 joint publications)
  • Richard Martel (4 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Single- and multi-wall carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

    R. Martel;T. Schmidt;H. R. Shea;T. Hertel

  • Interlayer cohesive energy of graphite from thermal desorption of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

    Renju Zacharia;Hendrik Ulbricht;Tobias Hertel

  • Deformation of carbon nanotubes by surface van der Waals forces

    Tobias Hertel;Robert E. Walkup;Phaedon Avouris

  • Atomic force microscope tip-induced local oxidation of silicon: kinetics, mechanism, and nanofabrication

    Phaedon Avouris;Tobias Hertel;Richard Martel

  • Manipulation of Individual Carbon Nanotubes and Their Interaction with Surfaces

    Tobias Hertel;Richard Martel;Phaedon Avouris

  • Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at Cu(111): Response of an Electron Gas to Optical Excitation

    T Hertel;E Knoesel;M Wolf;G Ertl

  • Carbon nanotubes: nanomechanics, manipulation, and electronic devices

    Ph Avouris;T Hertel;R Martel;T Schmidt

  • Quantum Yield Heterogeneities of Aqueous Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Suspensions

    Jared Crochet;Michael Clemens;Tobias Hertel

  • Exponential Decay Lifetimes of Excitons in Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Axel Hagen;Mathias Steiner;Markus B. Raschke;Christoph Lienau

  • Quantitative analysis of optical spectra from individual single-wall carbon nanotubes

    Axel Hagen;Tobias Hertel

  • Size and mobility of excitons in (6, 5) carbon nanotubes

    Larry Lüer;Sajjad Hoseinkhani;Dario Polli;Jared Crochet

  • Interaction of C60 with carbon nanotubes and graphite.

    Hendrik Ulbricht;Gunnar Moos;Tobias Hertel

  • Ultrafast dynamics of electrons in image-potential states on clean and Xe-covered Cu(111).

    M. Wolf;E. Knoesel;T. Hertel

  • Spectroscopy of single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes in different environments.

    Tobias Hertel;Axel Hagen;Vadim Talalaev;Katharina Arnold

  • Physisorption of molecular oxygen on single-wall carbon nanotube bundles and graphite

    Hendrik Ulbricht;Gunnar Moos;Tobias Hertel

  • Electron-phonon interaction in single-wall carbon nanotubes: A time-domain study

    Tobias Hertel;Gunnar Moos

  • Diffusion limited photoluminescence quantum yields in 1-D semiconductors: single-wall carbon nanotubes.

    Tobias Hertel;Sabine Himmelein;Thomas Ackermann;Dominik Stich

  • AFM-TIP-INDUCED AND CURRENT-INDUCED LOCAL OXIDATION OF SILICON AND METALS

    P. Avouris;R. Martel;T. Hertel;R. Sandstrom

  • Thermal desorption of gases and solvents from graphite and carbon nanotube surfaces

    Hendrik Ulbricht;Renju Zacharia;Nesibe Cindir;Tobias Hertel

  • Molar Extinction Coefficient of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

    Friedrich Schöppler;Christoph Mann;Tilman C. Hain;Felix M. Neubauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Guglielmo Lanzani
Guglielmo Lanzani Italian Institute of Technology
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Richard Martel
Richard Martel University of Montreal
Giulio Cerullo
Giulio Cerullo Polytechnic University of Milan
Vladimir Dyakonov
Vladimir Dyakonov University of Würzburg
Phaedon Avouris
Phaedon Avouris IBM (United States)
Roman Fasel
Roman Fasel Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Daniel A. Heller
Daniel A. Heller Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mark C. Hersam
Mark C. Hersam Northwestern University

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