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Willi Auwärter 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 Willi Auwärter sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 132 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willi Auwärter 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 Willi Auwärter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Willi Auwärter is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, with a focus on engineering and materials science. The scientist's work emphasizes materials chemistry and includes significant contributions to biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as organic chemistry.

The research topics prominently covered by Willi Auwärter include:

  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

The scientist has published several recent papers in notable journals. These include:

  • "Borophenes made easy," 2021, published in Science Advances
  • "A trade-off between ligand and strain effects optimizes the oxygen reduction activity of Pt alloys," 2022, published in Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Engineering quantum states and electronic landscapes through surface molecular nanoarchitectures," 2022, published in Reviews of Modern Physics
  • "On-Surface Synthesis of Nonmetal Porphyrins," 2020, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Assembly and Manipulation of a Prototypical N-Heterocyclic Carbene with a Metalloporphyrin Pedestal on a Solid Surface," 2021, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Willi Auwärter include:

  • Johannes V. Barth
  • Francesco Allegretti
  • Knud Seufert
  • Alexander Riss
  • Felix Haag

Publication venues where Willi Auwärter has frequently contributed are:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Boron nitride nanomesh.

    Martina Corso;Willi Auwärter;Matthias Muntwiler;Anna Tamai

  • Exploration of pyrazine-embedded antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons generated by solution and on-surface azomethine ylide homocoupling

    Xiao-Ye Wang;Marcus Richter;Yuanqin He;Jonas Björk

  • Porphyrins at interfaces

    Willi Auwärter;David Écija;Florian Klappenberger;Johannes V. Barth

  • A surface-anchored molecular four-level conductance switch based on single proton transfer

    Willi Auwärter;Knud Seufert;Felix Bischoff;David Ecija

  • Synthesis of One Monolayer of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Ni(111) from B-Trichloroborazine (ClBNH)3

    Willi Auwärter;Hans Ulrich Suter;Hermann Sachdev;Thomas Greber

  • XPD and STM investigation of hexagonal boron nitride on Ni(111)

    W. Auwärter;T.J. Kreutz;T. Greber;J. Osterwalder

  • The Surface Trans Effect: Influence of Axial Ligands on the Surface Chemical Bonds of Adsorbed Metalloporphyrins

    Wolfgang Hieringer;Ken Flechtner;Andreas Kretschmann;Knud Seufert

  • Hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on metal supports: Versatile templates for atoms, molecules and nanostructures

    Willi Auwärter

  • Boron nitride on Cu(111): an electronically corrugated monolayer.

    Sushobhan Joshi;David Ecija;Ralph Koitz;Marcella Iannuzzi

  • Controlled metalation of self-assembled porphyrin nanoarrays in two dimensions

    Willi Auwärter;Alexander Weber-Bargioni;Susan Brink;Andreas Riemann

  • Density functional theory investigation of the geometric and spintronic structure of h -BN/Ni(111) in view of photoemission and STM experiments

    G. B. Grad;P. Blaha;K. Schwarz;W. Auwärter

  • Chiral kagomé lattice from simple ditopic molecular bricks.

    U. Schlickum;R. Decker;F. Klappenberger;G. Zoppellaro

  • Defect lines and two-domain structure of hexagonal boron nitride films on Ni(1 1 1)

    W. Auwärter;M. Muntwiler;J. Osterwalder;T. Greber

  • Spin-polarized Fermi surface mapping

    M. Hoesch;M. Hoesch;T. Greber;V.N. Petrov;M. Muntwiler;M. Muntwiler

  • Zwitterionic self-assembly of l-methionine nanogratings on the Ag(111) surface

    Agustin Schiffrin;Andreas Riemann;Willi Auwärter;Yan Pennec

  • Self-assembly and conformation of tetrapyridyl-porphyrin molecules on Ag(111)

    W. Auwärter;A. Weber-Bargioni;A. Riemann;A. Schiffrin

  • Quasicrystallinity expressed in two-dimensional coordination networks

    José I. Urgel;David Écija;Guoqing Lyu;Ran Zhang

  • Site-specific electronic and geometric interface structure of Co-tetraphenyl-porphyrin layers on Ag(111)

    Willi Auwärter;Knud Seufert;Florian Klappenberger;Joachim Reichert

  • Self-assembly of flexible one-dimensional coordination polymers on metal surfaces

    Daniel Heim;David Écija;Knud Seufert;Willi Auwärter

  • Surface-assisted dehydrogenative homocoupling of porphine molecules.

    Alissa Wiengarten;Knud Seufert;Willi Auwärter;David Ecija

  • Conformational adaptation and selective adatom capturing of tetrapyridyl-porphyrin molecules on a copper (111) surface

    Willi Auwärter;Florian Klappenberger;Alexander Weber-Bargioni;Agustin Schiffrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes V. Barth
Johannes V. Barth Technical University of Munich
Thomas Greber
Thomas Greber University of Zurich
Florian Klappenberger
Florian Klappenberger Technical University of Munich
Davide Bonifazi
Davide Bonifazi University of Vienna
Ari P. Seitsonen
Ari P. Seitsonen PSL University
Mario Ruben
Mario Ruben Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Marie-Laure Bocquet
Marie-Laure Bocquet École Normale Supérieure
Svetlana Klyatskaya
Svetlana Klyatskaya Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Angel Rubio
Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Akimitsu Narita
Akimitsu Narita Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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