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Thomas Hafner

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1985Rising activity
Education Methods and TechnologiesMathematics Education and Teaching TechniquesCrystallization and Solubility StudiesSilicone and Siloxane ChemistryX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Publications

52

Citations

253

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher's publication record spans materials science and chemistry topics that appear only loosely connected: hydrogen storage and safety (tank materials, refuelling, permeation barriers), piezoelectric and flexoelectric polymer composites for sensors and igniters, siloxane chemistry, and solid propellant combustion. The listed OpenAlex topic scores are all effectively zero, suggesting the automated topic classification does not clearly capture a single coherent specialty, and the work may instead reflect contributions across multiple collaborative projects.

Hydrogen storage and safety materialsPiezoelectric/flexoelectric polymer compositesSiloxane and organosilicon chemistrySolid propellant combustionPolymer and materials characterization

Publication output has been irregular with gaps in some years but has grown noticeably since 2022, peaking at 7 publications in 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
172018: 3 publications18192020: 3 publications20212022: 4 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 7 publications7242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy×4
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×4
  • Journal of Applied Physics×2
  • TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)×2
  • Chemical Communications×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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