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Walter Schnelle is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Germany. Their work spans multiple fields including Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their research covers a range of topics including Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Rare-earth and actinide compounds, Topological Materials and Phenomena, and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials. Additional areas of focus include Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

They have published numerous papers in well-known venues, contributing frequently to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
  • Advanced Materials

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Ultrahigh transverse thermoelectric power factor in flexible Weyl semimetal WTe2," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Large anomalous Hall effect in the kagome ferromagnet LiMn6Sn6," 2021, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • "2D-Berry-Curvature-Driven Large Anomalous Hall Effect in Layered Topological Nodal-Line MnAlGe," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Thermoelectric Properties of Novel Semimetals: A Case Study of YbMnSb2," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Anomalous thermoelectric effects and quantum oscillations in the kagome metal CsV3Sb5," 2022, Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Walter Schnelle collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors including Claudia Felser, Yuri Grin, Thomas Doert, Yan Sun, and Martin Jansen. These collaborations contribute to a body of work that spans both experimental and theoretical aspects of material science and condensed matter physics.

Best Publications

  • Giant anomalous Hall effect in a ferromagnetic Kagomé-lattice semimetal.

    Enke Liu;Enke Liu;Yan Sun;Nitesh Kumar;Lukas Muechler

  • Extremely large magnetoresistance and ultrahigh mobility in the topological Weyl semimetal candidate NbP

    Chandra Shekhar;Ajaya K. Nayak;Yan Sun;Marcus Schmidt

  • Superconductivity in Weyl semimetal candidate MoTe2

    Yanpeng Qi;Pavel G. Naumov;Mazhar N. Ali;Catherine R. Rajamathi

  • Large anomalous Hall effect driven by a nonvanishing Berry curvature in the noncolinear antiferromagnet Mn3Ge.

    Ajaya K. Nayak;Julia Erika Fischer;Yan Sun;Binghai Yan

  • A guest-free germanium clathrate

    Arnold M. Guloy;Reiner Ramlau;Zhongjia Tang;Walter Schnelle

  • Extremely high conductivity observed in the triple point topological metal MoP

    Nitesh Kumar;Yan Sun;Michael Nicklas;Sarah J. Watzman;Sarah J. Watzman;Sarah J. Watzman

  • Zero-Field Nernst Effect in a Ferromagnetic Kagome-Lattice Weyl-Semimetal Co 3 Sn 2 S 2

    Satya N. Guin;Praveen Vir;Yang Zhang;Nitesh Kumar

  • Superconducting state in SrFe2-xCoxAs2 by internal doping of the iron arsenide layers.

    A. Leithe-Jasper;W. Schnelle;C. Geibel;H. Rosner

  • Anomalous Nernst effect beyond the magnetization scaling relation in the ferromagnetic Heusler compound Co 2 MnGa

    Satya N. Guin;Kaustuv Manna;Jonathan Noky;Sarah J. Watzman

  • Discovery of a superhard iron tetraboride superconductor.

    Huiyang Gou;Natalia Dubrovinskaia;Elena Bykova;Alexander A. Tsirlin;Alexander A. Tsirlin

  • Anomalous Hall effect in Weyl semimetal half-Heusler compounds RPtBi (R = Gd and Nd).

    Chandra Shekhar;Nitesh Kumar;V. Grinenko;V. Grinenko;Sanjay Singh

  • AFe2As2 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu) and SrFe2-xTMxAs2 (TM = Mn, Co, Ni): crystal structure, charge doping, magnetism and superconductivity

    Deepa Kasinathan;Alim Ormeci;Katrin Koch;Ulrich Burkhardt

  • Ferromagnetic ordering and half-metallic state of Sn2Co3S2 with the shandite-type structure

    W. Schnelle;A. Leithe-Jasper;H. Rosner;F.M. Schappacher

  • Atomic Interactions in the p-Type Clathrate I Ba8Au5.3Ge40.7

    Hui Zhang;Horst Borrmann;Niels Oeschler;Christophe Candolfi

  • AFe2As2 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu) and SrFe_(2-x)TM_(x)As2 (TM = Mn, Co, Ni): crystal structure, charge doping, magnetism and superconductivity

    Deepa Kasinathan;Alim Ormeci;Katrin Koch;Ulrich Burkhardt

  • Large Noncollinearity and Spin Reorientation in the Novel Mn2RhSn Heusler Magnet

    O. Meshcheriakova;S. Chadov;A. K. Nayak;U. K. Rößler

  • Evidence for time-reversal symmetry breaking in superconducting PrPt4Ge12

    A. Maisuradze;W. Schnelle;R. Khasanov;R. Gumeniuk

  • Magnetic, thermal, and electronic properties of iron-antimony filled skutterudites MFe4Sb12 (M = Na, K, Ca, Sr, Ba, La, Yb)

    W. Schnelle;A. Leithe-Jasper;H. Rosner;R. Cardoso-Gil

  • Metamagnetic transition and magnetocaloric effect in ErCo2

    A. Giguere;M. Foldeaki;W. Schnelle;E. Gmelin

  • Electronic structure of SrPt4Ge12: Combined photoelectron spectroscopy and band structure study

    H. Rosner;J. Gegner;D. Regesch;W. Schnelle

  • Topological Quantum Phase Transition and Superconductivity Induced by Pressure in the Bismuth Tellurohalide BiTeI

    Yanpeng Qi;Wujun Shi;Wujun Shi;Pavel G. Naumov;Pavel G. Naumov;Nitesh Kumar

  • Binary Alkali-Metal Silicon Clathrates by Spark Plasma Sintering: Preparation and Characterization

    Igor Veremchuk;Matt Beekman;Iryna Antonyshyn;Walter Schnelle

  • Giant anomalous Hall angle in a half-metallic magnetic Weyl semimetal

    Enke Liu;Yan Sun;Lukas Müchler;Aili Sun

  • Giant anomalous Hall effect in a ferromagnetic Kagome-lattice semimetal

    Enke Liu;Yan Sun;Nitesh Kumar;Lukas Meuchler

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Felser
Claudia Felser Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Yuri Grin
Yuri Grin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University
Artem M. Abakumov
Artem M. Abakumov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Chenguang Fu
Chenguang Fu Zhejiang University
Jing-Tai Zhao
Jing-Tai Zhao Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Michael Ruck
Michael Ruck TU Dresden
Evgeny V. Antipov
Evgeny V. Antipov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Martin Jansen
Martin Jansen Max Planck Society
Rainer Pöttgen
Rainer Pöttgen University of Münster

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