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 Curtis W. Frank sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 446 publications — 82nd percentile
82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.
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 Curtis W. Frank sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 80 D-Index — 79th percentile
79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.
Curtis W. Frank is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the disciplines of Materials Science and Engineering, with further specialization in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Their recent scholarly output includes work published across multiple recognized venues. Notably, the scientist has contributed to journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, iScience, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Frequent publication has also appeared in the journal Molecules.
Prominent recent papers produced by Curtis W. Frank include:
The primary research topics Curtis W. Frank engages with include:
Curtis W. Frank has worked collaboratively with several co-authors across their publications. Frequent collaborators include Alexander Holm, Jia-Yang Chen, Ying Chang, Emmett D. Goodman, and Kun-Che Kao.
Recognition for Curtis W. Frank's contributions includes election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2013 for work on elucidating molecular organization in polymers and other soft materials. Additionally, they were awarded Fellow status by the American Physical Society in 1988 with a citation highlighting the innovative application of fluorescence methods to characterize molecular environments in polymeric systems both in solution and the solid state.
Nam-Joon Cho;Curtis W Frank;Bengt Kasemo;Fredrik Höök
C. W. Frank;V. Rao;M. M. Despotopoulou;R. F. W. Pease
Oswald Prucker;Christoph A. Naumann;Jürgen Rühe;Wolfgang Knoll
Michael Malkoch;Robert Vestberg;Nalini Gupta;Laetitia Mespouille;Laetitia Mespouille
Daniel H. Kim;Thomas A. Afzal;Michael L. Reo;Uriel Hiram Chee
Harry George Drickamer;C. W. Frank
David Myung;Dale Waters;Meredith Wiseman;Pierre-Emile Duhamel
Carlton F. Brooks;Gerald G. Fuller;Curtis W. Frank;Channing R. Robertson
Yi-Lin Chung;Johan V. Olsson;Russell Jingxian Li;Curtis W. Frank
Marianne E Harmon;Mary Tang;Curtis W Frank
Holger Schönherr;Joseph M. Johnson;Peter Lenz;Curtis W. Frank
David Myung;Wongun Koh;Jungmin Ko;Yin Hu
C. A. Naumann;O. Prucker;T. Lehmann;Jürgen Rühe
Holger Schönherr;Curtis W. Frank
Wolfgang Knoll;C. W. Frank;C. Heibel;Renate Naumann
Russell Jingxian Li;Jose Gutierrez;Yi-Lin Chung;Curtis W. Frank
Holger Schönherr;Curtis W. Frank
M. M. Despotopoulou;C. W. Frank;R. D. Miller;J. F. Rabolt
You Lung Chen;Shaun Chen;Curtis Frank;Jacob Israelachvili
T. R. Albrecht;M. M. Dovek;C. A. Lang;P. Grütter
Dirk Kuckling;Marianne E. Harmon;Curtis W. Frank
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