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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
36425
World Ranking
1277
National Ranking
98

Physics

D-Index
102
Citations
38700
World Ranking
1548
National Ranking
136

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2017 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Wolfgang Domcke is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. The research focus spans multiple fields, with primary areas including Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy.

The scientist's work covers various subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Research topics commonly addressed include:

  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Frequent publication venues for Wolfgang Domcke's work include:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Wolfgang Domcke comprise:

  • Are Heptazine-Based Organic Light-Emitting Diode Chromophores Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence or Inverted Singlet-Triplet Systems? (2021) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Triangular boron carbon nitrides: an unexplored family of chromophores with unique properties for photocatalysis and optoelectronics (2021) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Equation-of-Motion Methods for the Calculation of Femtosecond Time-Resolved 4-Wave-Mixing and N-Wave-Mixing Signals (2022) published in Chemical Reviews
  • Ab Initio Surface-Hopping Simulation of Femtosecond Transient-Absorption Pump-Probe Signals of Nonadiabatic Excited-State Dynamics Using the Doorway-Window Representation (2021) published in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Multi-faceted spectroscopic mapping of ultrafast nonadiabatic dynamics near conical intersections: A computational study (2020) published in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Wolfgang Domcke has collaborated frequently with these coauthors:

  • Andrzej L. Sobolewski
  • Maxim F. Gelin
  • Xiang Huang
  • Sebastian V. Pios
  • Nađa Došlić

In 2017, Wolfgang Domcke received an award from the Polish Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Multimode molecular dynamics beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation

    H Köppel;W Domcke;L. S Cederbaum

  • Conical Intersections: Electronic Structure, Dynamics and Spectroscopy

    Wolfgang Domcke;David R Yarkony;Horst Köppel

  • Excited-state hydrogen detachment and hydrogen transfer driven by repulsive 1πσ* states: A new paradigm for nonradiative decay in aromatic biomolecules

    A. L. Sobolewski;W. Domcke;C. Dedonder-Lardeux;C. Jouvet

  • Theoretical Aspects of Ionization Potentials and Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Green's Function Approach

    L. S. Cederbaum;W. Domcke

  • Multimode Molecular Dynamics Beyond the Born‐Oppenheimer Approximation

    H. Köuppel;W. Domcke;L. S. Cederbaum

  • Theory of Ultrafast Nonadiabatic Excited‐State Processes and their Spectroscopic Detection in Real Time

    Wolfgang Domcke;Gerhard Stock

  • Correlation Effects in the Ionization of Molecules: Breakdown of the Molecular Orbital Picture

    L. S. Cederbaum;W. Domcke;J. Schirmer;W. Von Niessen

  • Role of Conical Intersections in Molecular Spectroscopy and Photoinduced Chemical Dynamics

    Wolfgang Domcke;David R Yarkony

  • Theory of resonance and threshold effects in electron-molecule collisions: The projection-operator approach

    W. Domcke

  • Conical Intersections: Theory, Computation and Experiment

    Wolfgang Domcke;David R Yarkony;Horst Köppel

  • Efficient deactivation of a model base pair via excited-state hydrogen transfer.

    Thomas Schultz;Elena Samoylova;Wolfgang Radloff;Ingolf V. Hertel

  • Many-body theory of core holes

    L. S. Cederbaum;W. Domcke;J. Schirmer

  • Ab Initio Studies on the Radiationless Decay Mechanisms of the Lowest Excited Singlet States of 9H-Adenine

    Serhiy Perun;Andrzej L. Sobolewski;Wolfgang Domcke

  • Femtosecond time-resolved ionization spectroscopy of ultrafast internal-conversion dynamics in polyatomic molecules : theory and computational studies

    Matthias Seel;Wolfgang Domcke

  • Tautomeric selectivity of the excited-state lifetime of guanine/cytosine base pairs: the role of electron-driven proton-transfer processes.

    Andrzej L. Sobolewski;Wolfgang Domcke;C. Hättig

  • Ab initio studies on the photophysics of the guanine?cytosine base pair

    Andrzej L. Sobolewski;Wolfgang Domcke

  • Photoinduced Electron and Proton Transfer in Phenol and Its Clusters with Water and Ammonia

    and Andrzej L. Sobolewski;Wolfgang Domcke

  • Ab initio potential-energy functions for excited state intramolecular proton transfer: a comparative study of o-hydroxybenzaldehyde, salicylic acid and 7-hydroxy-1-indanone

    Andrzej L. Sobolewski;Wolfgang Domcke

  • Characterization of the S1–S2 conical intersection in pyrazine using ab initio multiconfiguration self‐consistent‐field and multireference configuration‐interaction methods

    Clemens Woywod;Wolfgang Domcke;Andrzej L. Sobolewski;Hans‐Joachim Werner

  • Correlation effects in the ionization of hydrocarbons

    L. S. Cederbaum;W. Domcke;J. Schirmer;W. von Niessen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrzej L. Sobolewski
Andrzej L. Sobolewski Polish Academy of Sciences
Lorenz S. Cederbaum
Lorenz S. Cederbaum Heidelberg University
W. von Niessen
W. von Niessen Technische Universität Braunschweig
Horst Köppel
Horst Köppel Heidelberg University
Jochen Schirmer
Jochen Schirmer Heidelberg University
Gerhard Stock
Gerhard Stock University of Freiburg
Uwe Manthe
Uwe Manthe Bielefeld University
Geerd H. F. Diercksen
Geerd H. F. Diercksen Max Planck Society
David R. Yarkony
David R. Yarkony Johns Hopkins University
R. J. Dwayne Miller
R. J. Dwayne Miller University of Toronto

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