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Wolfgang Kautek

Wolfgang Kautek

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Materials Science

D-Index
53
Citations
11516
World Ranking
9154
National Ranking
41

Overview

Wolfgang Kautek is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and has built a research portfolio primarily situated at the intersection of engineering and the arts and humanities. Their work spans multiple disciplines including materials chemistry, archaeology, biomedical engineering, conservation, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • Building Materials and Conservation
  • Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
  • Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma
  • Laser Material Processing Techniques
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition

Kautek has contributed to a number of scientific publications in frequent collaboration with co-authors such as Valentina Ljubić Tobisch, Bernhard Pichler, R. Lahoz, Aida Naghilou, and Óscar Miguel. Their work has appeared repeatedly in the following journals and venues:

  • Journal of Cultural Heritage
  • Studies in Conservation
  • Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Ceramics International

Representative recent papers authored by Kautek include:

  • Study of the physicochemical surface alterations and incubation phenomena induced on iron targets by nanosecond pulsed laser ablation in liquids: Effect on productivity and characteristics of the synthesized nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) particles, 2020, Applied Surface Science
  • Femtosecond laser generation of bimetallic oxide nanoparticles with potential X-ray absorbing and magnetic functionalities for medical imaging applications, 2021, Ceramics International
  • Aqueous Spray Pyrolysis of Cu2O Films: Influence of Reducing Agent and Acetic Acid Addition, 2020, ChemNanoMat
  • Laser diagnostics and processing of historical and artificial copper patina, 2023, Journal of Cultural Heritage
  • Hot electron electrochemistry at silver activated by femtosecond laser pulses, 2023, Opto-Electronic Advances

Best Publications

  • Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics

    M. Lenzner;J. Krüger;S. Sartania;Z. Cheng

  • Femtosecond laser ablation of silicon–modification thresholds and morphology

    J. Bonse;S. Baudach;J. Krüger;W. Kautek

  • Laser ablation of dielectrics with pulse durations between 20 fs and 3 ps

    Wolfgang Kautek;Jörg Krüger;Matthias Lenzner;Sasa Sartania

  • Ultrashort-pulse laser ablation of indium phosphide in air

    J. Bonse;J.M. Wrobel;J. Krüger;W. Kautek

  • Ultrashort pulse laser ablation of polycarbonate and polymethylmethacrylate

    S Baudach;J Bonse;J Krüger;W Kautek

  • Fundamentals of ultrafast laser-material interaction

    Maxim V. Shugaev;Chengping Wu;Oskar Armbruster;Aida Naghilou

  • Ultrashort pulse laser interaction with dielectrics and polymers

    Jörg Krüger;Wolfgang Kautek

  • Ablation experiments on polyimide with femtosecond laser pulses

    S. Baudach;J. Bonse;W. Kautek

  • Femtosecond laser interaction with silicon under water confinement

    G. Daminelli;J. Krüger;W. Kautek

  • Chemical, morphological and accumulation phenomena in ultrashort-pulse laser ablation of TiN in air

    J. Bonse;H. Sturm;D. Schmidt;W. Kautek

  • Photoactive thin film semiconducting iron pyrite prepared by sulfurization of iron oxides

    G. Smestad;A. Ennaoui;S. Fiechter;H. Tributsch

  • Laser ablation thresholds of silicon for different pulse durations: theory and experiment

    Harald Olaf Jeschke;Martin E. Garcia;Matthias Lenzner;Jörn Bonse

  • On the damage behavior of dielectric films when illuminated with multiple femtosecond laser pulses

    Mark Mero;Benjamin R. Clapp;Jayesh C. Jasapara;Wolfgang G. Rudolph

  • Femtosecond pulse laser ablation of metallic, semiconducting, ceramic, and biological materials

    Wolfgang Kautek;Joerg Krueger

  • Precision laser ablation of dielectrics in the 10-fs regime

    M. Lenzner;J. Krüger;W. Kautek;F. Krausz

  • Femtosecond-pulse visible laser processing of transparent materials

    J. Krüger;W. Kautek

  • XPS Studies of Anodic Surface Films on Copper Electrodes

    Wolfgang Kautek;Joseph G. Gordon

  • THE ROLE OF CARRIER DIFFUSION AND INDIRECT OPTICAL TRANSITIONS IN THE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF LAYER TYPE D-BAND SEMICONDUCTORS

    W. Kautek;H. Gerischer;H. Tributsch

  • The Applicability of Semiconducting Layered Materials for Electrochemical Solar Energy Conversion

    W. Kautek;J. Gobrecht;H. Gerischer

  • Near-UV, visible and IR pulsed laser light interaction with cellulose

    J. Kolar;M. Strlic;S. Pentzien;W. Kautek

  • The Role of Surface Orientation in the Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Layer Type d-Band Semiconductors

    W. Kautek;H. Gerischer;H. Tributsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörn Bonse
Jörn Bonse Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Heinz Gerischer
Heinz Gerischer Max Planck Society
Ferenc Krausz
Ferenc Krausz Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Uwe B. Sleytr
Uwe B. Sleytr BOKU University
Dietmar Pum
Dietmar Pum BOKU University
Leonid V. Zhigilei
Leonid V. Zhigilei University of Virginia
W.J. Lorenz
W.J. Lorenz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Guangtao Li
Guangtao Li Tsinghua University
Jorge R. Vilche
Jorge R. Vilche National University of La Plata
Ulrich Stimming
Ulrich Stimming Technical University of Munich

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