2026 Ullrich Steiner: 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	92	1541	1480	86	79	323	28021

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Ullrich Steiner is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany, contributing to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research spans multiple subfields, notably electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as polymers and plastics.

Their work emphasizes several main topics, including:

Photonic Crystals and Applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Conducting Polymers and Applications
Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Plant and Animal Studies
Advancements in Battery Materials
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

Revisiting metal fluorides as lithium-ion battery cathodes, 2021, Nature Materials
Physical Passivation of Grain Boundaries and Defects in Perovskite Solar Cells by an Isolating Thin Polymer, 2021, ACS Energy Letters
Block Copolymer Directed Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Novel Optical Devices, 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
Strong Circular Dichroism in Single Gyroid Optical Metamaterials, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
Ultrathin polymeric films for interfacial passivation in wide band-gap perovskite solar cells, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors working alongside Ullrich Steiner include:

Bodo D. Wilts
Ilja Gunkel
Kenza Djeghdi
Efraín Ochoa-Martínez
Matthias Saba

Their articles appear regularly in diverse publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Optical Materials
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Ullrich Steiner's work addresses topics relevant to novel optical devices, photovoltaics, battery materials, and polymer science. Their research outputs reflect interdisciplinary approaches connecting materials chemistry, optics, and sustainable energy applications.

Best Publications

Electrically induced structure formation and pattern transfer

Erik Schäffer;Thomas Thurn-Albrecht;Thomas P. Russell;Ullrich Steiner

961
Citations
Nanophase-Separated Polymer Films as High-Performance Antireflection Coatings

Stefan Walheim;Erik Schäffer;Jürgen Mlynek;Ullrich Steiner

872
Citations
Structure formation via polymer demixing in spin-cast films

S. Walheim;M. B”ltau;J. Mlynek;G. Krausch

737
Citations
Migration of cations induces reversible performance losses over day/night cycling in perovskite solar cells

Konrad Domanski;Bart Roose;Taisuke Matsui;Michael Saliba

716
Citations
Surface-induced structure formation of polymer blends on patterned substrates

Martin Böltau;Stefan Walheim;Jürgen Mlynek;Georg Krausch;Georg Krausch

664
Citations
Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

Silvia Vignolini;Paula J. Rudall;Alice V. Rowland;Alison Reed

621
Citations
A bicontinuous double gyroid hybrid solar cell.

Edward J. W. Crossland;Marleen Kamperman;Mihaela Nedelcu;Caterina Ducati

560
Citations
Preparation of Single-Phase Films of CH3NH3Pb(I1-xBrx)3 with Sharp Optical Band Edges.

Aditya Sadhanala;Felix Alexander Deschler;Tudor Thomas;Sian Elizabeth Dutton

489
Citations
Doping of TiO2 for sensitized solar cells

Bart Roose;Sandeep Pathak;Ullrich Steiner

465
Citations
Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators.

Heather M. Whitney;Mathias Kolle;Piers Andrew;Lars Chittka

460
Citations
Perovskite Solar Cell Stability in Humid Air: Partially Reversible Phase Transitions in the PbI2-CH3NH3I-H2O System

Zhaoning Song;Antonio Abate;Suneth C. Watthage;Geethika K. Liyanage

458
Citations
Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly

Mathias Kolle;Pedro M. Salgard-Cunha;Maik R. J. Scherer;Fumin Huang

447
Citations
A Nanostructured Electrochromic Supercapacitor

Di Wei;Maik R. J. Scherer;Chris Bower;Piers Andrew

447
Citations
Performance and Stability Enhancement of Dye‐Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells by Al Doping of TiO2

Sandeep K. Pathak;Sandeep K. Pathak;A. Abate;P. Ruckdeschel;B. Roose

420
Citations
Block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics

Morgan Stefik;Stefan Guldin;Silvia Vignolini;Ulrich Wiesner

413
Citations
Biomimetic layer-by-layer assembly of artificial nacre

Alexander Finnemore;Pedro Cunha;Tamaryn Shean;Silvia Vignolini

401
Citations
Metastable underwater superhydrophobicity.

Rosa Poetes;Kathrin Holtzmann;Kristian Franze;Ullrich Steiner

390
Citations
A 3D optical metamaterial made by self-assembly

Silvia Vignolini;Nataliya A. Yufa;Pedro S. Cunha;Stefan Guldin

385
Citations
Dye-sensitized solar cell based on a three-dimensional photonic crystal.

Stefan Guldin;Sven Hüttner;Matthias Kolle;Mark E. Welland

378
Citations
Electrohydrodynamic instabilities in polymer films

E. Schäffer;E. Schäffer;T. Thurn-Albrecht;T.P. Russell;U Steiner

364
Citations