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Alfons van Blaaderen

Alfons van Blaaderen

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
85
Citations
26941
World Ranking
2152
National Ranking
29

Alfons van Blaaderen publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfons van Blaaderen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 287 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Alfons van Blaaderen D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfons van Blaaderen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Alfons van Blaaderen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The scientist's research spans multiple areas within materials science and engineering, with a focus on materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scholar has produced 42 publications in the field of materials science, complemented by 26 contributions in engineering. Several significant subfields are covered, including materials chemistry (28 publications), biomedical engineering (11), electronic, optical, and magnetic materials (10), atomic and molecular physics and optics (10), and electrical and electronic engineering (7).

The main topics addressed in the research include gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, material dynamics and properties, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, catalytic processes in materials science, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, and nanocluster synthesis and applications.

Frequent publication venues for Alfons van Blaaderen's work include:

  • Nanoscale (4 publications)
  • Particle & Particle Systems Characterization (3)
  • Nature Communications (3)
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (3)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (3)

Collaboration is notable with several frequent co-authors:

  • Marijn A. van Huis (16 joint publications)
  • Tom A. J. Welling (10)
  • Albert Grau-Carbonell (10)
  • Xiaobin Xie (7)
  • Kanako Watanabe (7)

Among recent papers authored are:

  • Unlocking synergy in bimetallic catalysts by core-shell design, 2021, published in Nature Materials
  • Tandem catalysis with double-shelled hollow spheres, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Binary icosahedral clusters of hard spheres in spherical confinement, 2020, Nature Physics
  • Silica-Coated Gold Nanorod Supraparticles: A Tunable Platform for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Structural Control over Bimetallic Core-Shell Nanorods for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, 2021, ACS Omega

Alfons van Blaaderen was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Template-directed colloidal crystallization

    Alfons van Blaaderen;Alfons van Blaaderen;Rene Ruel;Pierre Wiltzius

  • A General Method To Coat Colloidal Particles with Silica

    Ahmet Faik Demirörs;Alfons van Blaaderen;Arnout Imhof

  • Ionic colloidal crystals of oppositely charged particles.

    Mirjam E. Leunissen;Christina G. Christova;Antti-Pekka Hynninen;C. Patrick Royall;C. Patrick Royall

  • A colloidal model system with an interaction tunable from hard sphere to soft and dipolar

    Anand Yethiraj;Anand Yethiraj;Alfons van Blaaderen;Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Metallodielectric Colloidal Core−Shell Particles for Photonic Applications

    and Christina Graf;Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Synthesis of Monodisperse, Rodlike Silica Colloids with Tunable Aspect Ratio

    Anke Kuijk;Alfons van Blaaderen;Arnout Imhof

  • Layer-by-layer growth of binary colloidal crystals.

    Krassimir P. Velikov;Christina G. Christova;Roel P. A. Dullens;Alfons van Blaaderen;Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Real-Space Structure of Colloidal Hard-Sphere Glasses

    Alfons van Blaaderen;Pierre Wiltzius

  • Self-assembly route for photonic crystals with a bandgap in the visible region.

    Antti-Pekka Hynninen;Antti-Pekka Hynninen;Job H. J. Thijssen;Esther C. M. Vermolen;Marjolein Dijkstra

  • Rare-earth doped polymers for planar optical amplifiers

    L.H. Slooff;A. van Blaaderen;A. Polman;G.A. Hebbink

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Colloidal Organo-silica Spheres

    Unknown

  • Characterizing and tracking single colloidal particles with video holographic microscopy

    Sang Hyuk Lee;Yohai Roichman;Gi Ra Yi;Shin Hyun Kim

  • Surface roughness directed self-assembly of patchy particles into colloidal micelles.

    Daniela J. Kraft;Ran Ni;Frank Smallenburg;Michiel Hermes

  • Dispersions of Rhodamine-Labeled Silica Spheres: Synthesis, Characterization, and Fluorescence Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy

    Nynke A. M. Verhaegh;Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Core−Shell Colloidal Spheres of Zinc Sulfide and Silica

    and Krassimir P. Velikov;Alfons van Blaaderen

  • On the Incorporation Mechanism of Hydrophobic Quantum Dots in Silica Spheres by a Reverse Microemulsion Method

    Rolf Koole;Matti M. van Schooneveld;Jan Hilhorst;Celso de Mello Donegá

  • Materials Science: colloids get complex.

    Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Electrostatics at the oil–water interface, stability, and order in emulsions and colloids

    Mirjam E. Leunissen;Alfons van Blaaderen;Andrew D. Hollingsworth;Andrew D. Hollingsworth;Matthew T. Sullivan;Matthew T. Sullivan

  • Entropy-driven formation of large icosahedral colloidal clusters by spherical confinement

    Bart de Nijs;Simone Dussi;Frank Smallenburg;Johannes D. Meeldijk

  • Fluorescence Enhancement by Metal‐Core/Silica‐Shell Nanoparticles

    Unknown

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Large Colloidal Silver Particles

    Krassimir P. Velikov;Gabby E. Zegers;Alfons Van Blaaderen

  • Strong effects of photonic band structures on the diffraction of colloidal crystals

    W.L. Vos;R. Sprik;A. van Blaaderen;A. van Blaaderen;A. Imhof

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnout Imhof
Arnout Imhof Utrecht University
Marjolein Dijkstra
Marjolein Dijkstra Utrecht University
Willem K. Kegel
Willem K. Kegel Utrecht University
Sara Bals
Sara Bals University of Antwerp
Daniel Vanmaekelbergh
Daniel Vanmaekelbergh Utrecht University
Paul Chaikin
Paul Chaikin New York University
Christopher B. Murray
Christopher B. Murray University of Pennsylvania
Petra E. de Jongh
Petra E. de Jongh Utrecht University
Andrei V. Petukhov
Andrei V. Petukhov Utrecht University
Hajime Tanaka
Hajime Tanaka University of Tokyo

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