Volker Westphal

9.1k citations
63 papers · 6.5k · 8 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

    • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Biophysics top 0.02%
    • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
    • Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Papers in

    • Near-Field Optical Microscopy 20
    • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications 16
    • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging 9
    • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques 31

Volker Westphal

60 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Volker Westphal's Hit Papers

Nanometer resolution imaging and tracking of fluorescent molecules with minimal photon fluxes 2016 · 828 citations
8280+11+22Years since publication250500750

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Volker Westphal
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  • Structural Biology 1.3k
  • Biophysics 3.1k
  • Biomedical Engineering 2.5k
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics 45
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 631
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All Works

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STED microscopy reveals that synaptotagmin remains clustered after synaptic vesicle exocytosis
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2006894
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Diffuse phase transitions and random-field-induced domain states of the ‘‘relaxor’’ ferroelectricPbMg1/3Nb2/3O3
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1992882
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Nanometer resolution imaging and tracking of fluorescent molecules with minimal photon fluxes
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2016828
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Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement
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2008596
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Nanoscale Resolution in the Focal Plane of an Optical Microscope
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2005343
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Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy
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2009334
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Sharper low-power STED nanoscopy by time gating
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2011319
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Resolution scaling in STED microscopy
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2008305
9 2005171
10 2002151
11 2012144
12 2010119
13 201099
14 200393
15 201090
16 200184
17 201779
18 200267
19 200665
20 200362

About Volker Westphal

Volker Westphal is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Structural Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology, having authored 63 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (31 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (20 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (19 papers), Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (16 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (9 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (5 papers), Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (4 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (1.3k citations), Biophysics (3.1k citations), Biomedical Engineering (2.5k citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (45 citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (631 citations). Volker Westphal has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Stefan W. Hell, Silvio O. Rizzoli, W. Kleemann, M. D. Glinchuk, Reinhard Jahn, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Katrin I. Willig, Dirk Kamin, Joseph A. Izatt and Francisco Balzarotti. Their work appears in journals such as Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Optics Express, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biophysical Journal and Scientific Reports.

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