2026 Dimitris Vlassopoulos: 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	66	5440	5261	10	10	330	13510

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Materials Science

5440

5261

330

13510

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Dimitris Vlassopoulos is affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece. The research focuses primarily on materials science and chemical engineering, with notable contributions to the study of polymers, fluid dynamics, and related chemical and biomedical fields.

The main fields of study include:

Materials Science
Chemical Engineering

Subfields of expertise encompass:

Polymers and Plastics
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Materials Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering

Key research topics cover:

Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
Polymer crystallization and properties
Material Dynamics and Properties
Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
Polymer composites and self-healing
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Frequent publication venues include:

Macromolecules
Journal of Rheology
ACS Nano
ACS Macro Letters
arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dimitris Vlassopoulos include:

Nonlinear Shear Rheology of Entangled Polymer Rings, 2021, Macromolecules
Tuning Selectivities in Gas Separation Membranes Based on Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, 2020, ACS Nano
Stress Relaxation in Symmetric Ring-Linear Polymer Blends at Low Ring Fractions, 2020, Macromolecules
Topology in soft and biological matter, 2024, Physics Reports
Threading-Unthreading Transition of Linear-Ring Polymer Blends in Extensional Flow, 2020, ACS Macro Letters

The scientist's frequent co-authors are:

Daniele Parisi
Taihyun Chang
Salvatore Costanzo
Michael Rubinstein
Katerina Peponaki

Dimitris Vlassopoulos has a book published by Cambridge University Press titled Theory and Applications of Colloidal Suspension Rheology (2021).

Best Publications

Unexpected power-law stress relaxation of entangled ring polymers.

M. Kapnistos;M. Lang;M. Lang;D. Vlassopoulos;W. Pyckhout-Hintzen

602
Citations
Nonlinear rheological response of phase separating polymer blends: Poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)/poly(methyl methacrylate)

Divya Chopra;Dimitris Vlassopoulos;Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos

413
Citations
Yielding behavior of repulsion- and attraction-dominated colloidal glasses

K. N. Pham;K. N. Pham;G. Petekidis;D. Vlassopoulos;S. U. Egelhaaf

334
Citations
A sequence of physical processes determined and quantified in LAOS: Application to a yield stress fluid

Simon A. Rogers;Brian M. Erwin;Dimitris Vlassopoulos;Michel Cloitre

286
Citations
Crossover from the Rouse to the Entangled Polymer Melt Regime: Signals from Long, Detailed Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Supported by Rheological Experiments

V. A. Harmandaris;V. G. Mavrantzas;D. N. Theodorou;M. Kröger

280
Citations
Tunable rheology of dense soft deformable colloids

Dimitris Vlassopoulos;Michel Cloitre

277
Citations
Linear Rheology of Architecturally Complex Macromolecules: Comb Polymers with Linear Backbones

M. Kapnistos;D. Vlassopoulos;J. Roovers;L. G. Leal

234
Citations
Network dynamics in nanofilled polymers

Guilhem P. Baeza;Claudia Dessi;Salvatore Costanzo;Dan Zhao

224
Citations
Rheology of a Lower Critical Solution Temperature Binary Polymer Blend in the Homogeneous, Phase-Separated, and Transitional Regimes

M. Kapnistos;A. Hinrichs;D. Vlassopoulos;S. H. Anastasiadis

218
Citations
Structure and dynamics of melts of multiarm polymer stars

Tadeusz Pakula;Dimitris Vlassopoulos;George Fytas;Jacques Roovers

217
Citations
Yielding of colloidal glasses

K. N. Pham;G. Petekidis;D. Vlassopoulos;S. U. Egelhaaf

215
Citations
Multiarm Star Polymers Dynamics

Dimitris Vlassopoulos;George Fytas;Tadeusz Pakula;Jacques Roovers

213
Citations
Shear and Extensional Rheology of Polystyrene Melts and Solutions with the Same Number of Entanglements

Salvatore Costanzo;Qian Huang;Giovanni Ianniruberto;Giuseppe Marrucci

203
Citations
Yielding and flow of sheared colloidal glasses

G Petekidis;D Vlassopoulos;P N Pusey

181
Citations
Viscosity of ring polymer melts

Rossana Pasquino;Thodoris C. Vasilakopoulos;Youn Cheol Jeong;Hyojoon Lee

176
Citations
Effect of maleic anhydride content on the rheology and phase behavior of poly(styrene-co -maleic anhydride)/ poly(methyl methacrylate) blends

Divya Chopra;Marianna Kontopoulou;Dimitris Vlassopoulos;Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos

169
Citations
Asymmetric caging in soft colloidal mixtures

C. Mayer;C. Mayer;E. Zaccarelli;E. Stiakakis;C. N. Likos;C. N. Likos

146
Citations
Dynamics and rheology of colloidal star polymers

Brian M. Erwin;Brian M. Erwin;Michel Cloitre;Mario Gauthier;Dimitris Vlassopoulos

145
Citations
Probing Collective Motions of Terminally Anchored Polymers

George Fytas;Spiros H. Anastasiadis;Rachid Seghrouchni;Dimitris Vlassopoulos

140
Citations
Yielding and flow of colloidal glasses

Georgios Petekidis;Dimitris Vlassopoulos;Peter N. Pusey

137
Citations