2026 Christopher J. Bettinger: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	48	10715	10352	2533	2352	120	12765

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World Ranking

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Christopher J. Bettinger is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on engineering and neuroscience, contributing notably to biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, and neurology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, neuroscience and neural engineering, conducting polymers and their applications, vagus nerve stimulation research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, advanced memory and neural computing, as well as advanced materials and mechanics.

Frequent collaborators of Bettinger include Gaurav Balakrishnan, Durva Naik, Chenchen Mou, Jiwoo Song, and Arnav Bhat. Publications are most commonly found in venues such as MRS Bulletin, Advanced Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Advanced Science, and ACS Nano.

Notable recent papers include:

Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors (2023, ACS Nano)
Edible Electronics: The Vision and the Challenge (2020, Advanced Materials Technologies)
Recent Progress in Materials Chemistry to Advance Flexible Bioelectronics in Medicine (2021, Advanced Materials)
Miniature battery-free bioelectronics (2023, Science)
The emergence of transient electronic devices (2020, MRS Bulletin)

Bettinger's work involves engineering approaches to develop flexible bioelectronic devices, transient electronic materials, and edible electronics, intersecting chemistry, materials science, and neural engineering. Through these multidisciplinary research efforts, their contributions address challenges in flexible sensors, bioelectronics, and neural interface technologies.

Bettinger has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2020.

Best Publications

Engineering substrate topography at the micro- and nanoscale to control cell function.

Christopher J. Bettinger;Robert Langer;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

1475
Citations
Accordion-like honeycombs for tissue engineering of cardiac anisotropy.

George C. Engelmayr;Mingyu Cheng;Christopher J. Bettinger;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

929
Citations
Effects of Thermal Annealing Upon the Morphology of Polymer-Fullerene Blends

Eric Verploegen;Rajib Mondal;Christopher J. Bettinger;Seihout Sok

718
Citations
A biodegradable and biocompatible gecko-inspired tissue adhesive

Alborz Mahdavi;Lino Ferreira;Lino Ferreira;Cathryn Sundback;Jason W. Nichol

666
Citations
Organic Thin‐Film Transistors Fabricated on Resorbable Biomaterial Substrates

Christopher J. Bettinger;Zhenan Bao

472
Citations
Biocompatibility of biodegradable semiconducting melanin films for nerve tissue engineering.

Christopher J. Bettinger;Joost P. Bruggeman;Asish Misra;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

450
Citations
Biologically derived melanin electrodes in aqueous sodium-ion energy storage devices

Young Jo Kim;Wei Wu;Sang-Eun Chun;Jay F. Whitacre

357
Citations
Chemical and engineering approaches to enable organic field-effect transistors for electronic skin applications.

Anatoliy N. Sokolov;Benjamin C-K. Tee;Christopher J. Bettinger;Jeffrey B.-H. Tok

356
Citations
Electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices inspired by nature

P Meredith;C J Bettinger;M Irimia-Vladu;M Irimia-Vladu;A B Mostert

352
Citations
Synthesis and Characterization of Photocurable Elastomers from Poly(glycerol-co-sebacate)

Christiaan L. E. Nijst;Joost P. Bruggeman;Jeffrey M. Karp;Lino Ferreira

347
Citations
Three-dimensional microfluidic tissue-engineering scaffolds using a flexible biodegradable polymer

Christopher J. Bettinger;Eli J. Weinberg;Eli J. Weinberg;Katherine M. Kulig;Joseph P. Vacanti

329
Citations
Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties

Ayala Lampel;Scott A. McPhee;Hang-Ah Park;Gary G. Scott

300
Citations
Biodegradable poly(polyol sebacate) polymers.

Joost P. Bruggeman;Berend-Jan de Bruin;Berend-Jan de Bruin;Christopher J. Bettinger;Christopher J. Bettinger;Robert Langer

264
Citations
Microfabrication of poly (glycerol–sebacate) for contact guidance applications

Christopher J. Bettinger;Brian Orrick;Asish Misra;Robert Langer

256
Citations
The effect of actin disrupting agents on contact guidance of human embryonic stem cells

Sharon Gerecht;Christopher J. Bettinger;Zhitong Zhang;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

251
Citations
Silk Fibroin Microfluidic Devices

Christopher J. Bettinger;Kathleen M. Cyr;Akira Matsumoto;Robert Langer

237
Citations
Enhancement of In Vitro Capillary Tube Formation by Substrate Nanotopography.

Christopher J. Bettinger;Zhitong Zhang;Sharon Gerecht;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

203
Citations
Biomaterials-based electronics: polymers and interfaces for biology and medicine.

Meredith Muskovich;Christopher J. Bettinger

201
Citations
Catechol-mediated reversible binding of multivalent cations in eumelanin half-cells

Young Jo Kim;Wei Wu;Sang-Eun Chun;Jay F. Whitacre

182
Citations
Amino alcohol-based degradable poly(ester amide) elastomers

Christopher J. Bettinger;Joost P. Bruggeman;Joost P. Bruggeman;Jeffrey T. Borenstein;Robert S. Langer

173
Citations
Edible Electronics: The Vision and the Challenge

Alina S. Sharova;Alina S. Sharova;Filippo Melloni;Filippo Melloni;Guglielmo Lanzani;Guglielmo Lanzani;Christopher J. Bettinger

148
Citations