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Researcher · University of Luxembourg · Luxembourg

Ludger Wirtz

Ludger Wirtz publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Graphene research and applications, 2D Materials and Applications and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-5618-3465 OpenAlex
World rank
#362,605
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Luxembourg
#122
of 2,656
Works
244
Citations
9.8k
Citations per work
40.0
h-index
50
i10-index 103Top 3.3% in Materials Chemistry
Ludger Wirtz

What does Ludger Wirtz research?

Ludger Wirtz's work is mostly in Materials Science (51%), Physics and Astronomy (18%), Engineering (16%).

Physical Sciences: 208 works · 85.1% of their workMaterials Science: 123 works · 50.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 110 works · 45.1% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 works · 3.8% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 4 works · 1.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 45 works · 18.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 45 works · 18.5% of their workEngineering: 39 works · 16.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 works · 12.9% of their workComputational Mechanics: 8 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 36 works · 14.9% of their workTHEIR WORKLudger Wirtz244works
Physical Sciences85%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science12350.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy4518.5%
    3. Engineering3916.0%
  2. Everything else3614.9%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry45% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  6. 6Surfaces, Coatings and Films2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ludger Wirtz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Two-Dimensional Materials, Raman Spectroscopy, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Van der Waals Heterostructures, Nanostructures and Quantum Computing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Two-Dimensional Materials1913 topics
  2. Raman Spectroscopy1042 topics
  3. Carbon Nanotubes821 topic
  4. Graphene821 topic
  5. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides701 topic
  6. Van der Waals Heterostructures701 topic
  7. Nanostructures592 topics
  8. Quantum Computing492 topics
  9. Boron Nitride Nanotubes391 topic
  10. Superhard Materials391 topic
  11. Efficiency301 topic
  12. Thin-Film Solar Cells301 topic
  13. Semiconductor Quantum Dots271 topic
  14. Spintronics271 topic
  15. Nanodiamonds221 topic
  16. Quantum Sensing221 topic
  17. Ion Beam201 topic
  18. Surface Analysis201 topic
  19. Density Functional Theory151 topic
  20. Dispersion Correction151 topic

Where does Ludger Wirtz work?

Ludger Wirtz's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

How many publications and citations does Ludger Wirtz have?

OpenAlex counts 244 works and 9,769 citations for Ludger Wirtz, an h-index of 50, ranking #362,605 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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