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Materials Science

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60
Citations
11254
World Ranking
7157
National Ranking
418

Chemistry

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Citations
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National Ranking
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Frank Simon 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 Frank Simon sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 284 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Simon 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 Frank Simon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frank Simon is affiliated with the Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with extensive work related to polymers and plastics, surfaces, coatings, and films, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics such as polymer surface interaction studies, conducting polymers and applications, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, molecular junctions and nanostructures, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and innovative concrete reinforcement materials.

Notable recent papers by Frank Simon include:

  • Enhancing the interfacial bonding between PE fibers and cementitious matrices through polydopamine surface modification (2021), Composites Part B Engineering
  • Controlled Release of Metal Ion Cross-Linkers and Development of Self-Healable Epoxidized Natural Rubber (2021), ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Bioinspired Polydopamine Coating as an Adhesion Enhancer Between Paraffin Microcapsules and an Epoxy Matrix (2020), ACS Omega
  • Removal and Separation of Heavy Metal Ions from Multicomponent Simulated Waters Using Silica/Polyethyleneimine Composite Microparticles (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s Functionalized with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Robust and Conductive Ligands for the Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles (2020), Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frank Simon frequently publishes in journals such as ACS Applied Polymer Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, SSRN Electronic Journal, Composites Part B Engineering, and ACS Omega.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • C. Zimmerer
  • Astrid Drechsler
  • Ralf Frenzel
  • Alla Synytska
  • Andreas Janke

The main fields of study covered encompass:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Subfields of study include:

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

Frank Simon's work encompasses various advanced topics, including:

  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials

Best Publications

  • A study of the effect of acetylation and propionylation surface treatments on natural fibres

    V. Tserki;N.E. Zafeiropoulos;F. Simon;C. Panayiotou

  • Synthesis of Adaptive Polymer Brushes via “Grafting To” Approach from Melt

    Sergiy Minko;Satish Patil;Vitaliy Datsyuk;Frank Simon

  • High-Performance Electrocatalysis on Palladium Aerogels

    Wei Liu;Anne-Kristin Herrmann;Dorin Geiger;Lars Borchardt

  • Nickel cobalt oxide hollow nanosponges as advanced electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

    Chengzhou Zhu;Dan Wen;Susanne Leubner;Martin Oschatz

  • Reversible tuning of wetting behavior of polymer surface with responsive polymer brushes

    Michail Motornov;Sergiy Minko;Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn;Mirko Nitschke

  • Gold Aerogels: Three-Dimensional Assembly of Nanoparticles and Their Use as Electrocatalytic Interfaces

    Dan Wen;Wei Liu;Danny Haubold;Chengzhou Zhu

  • Manganese-Cycling Microbial Communities Inside Deep-Sea Manganese Nodules

    Marco Blöthe;Anna Wegorzewski;Cornelia Müller;Frank Simon

  • Generation of Ultrahydrophobic Properties of Aluminium – A first Step to Self‐cleaning Transparently Coated Metal Surfaces

    Michael Thieme;Ralf Frenzel;Sylvia Schmidt;Frank Simon

  • Polymer tribo-electric charging: dependence on thermodynamic surface properties and relative humidity

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  • Gold Nanoparticles Immobilized on Stimuli Responsive Polymer Brushes as Nanosensors

    Smrati Gupta;Mukesh Agrawal;Petra Uhlmann;Frank Simon

  • Low pressure plasma treatment of poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate): Toward tailored polymer surfaces for tissue engineering scaffolds

    Mirko Nitschke;Gerhilt Schmack;Andreas Janke;Frank Simon

  • Simple and Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Dopamine Based on Assembly of Cyclodextrin-Modified Au Nanoparticles.

    Dan Wen;Wei Liu;Anne-Kristin Herrmann;Danny Haubold

  • Highly curable epoxy/MWCNTs nanocomposites: An effective approach to functionalization of carbon nanotubes

    Mohammad Reza Saeb;Farhood Najafi;Ehsan Bakhshandeh;Hossein Ali Khonakdar

  • The interphase microstructure and electrical properties of glass fibers covalently and non-covalently bonded with multiwall carbon nanotubes

    Lazaros Tzounis;Lazaros Tzounis;Martin Kirsten;Frank Simon;Edith Mäder;Edith Mäder

  • Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of PdNi Bimetallic Porous Nanostructures with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity

    Chengzhou Zhu;Dan Wen;Martin Oschatz;Matthias Holzschuh

  • Surface Functionalization of Silicone Rubber for Permanent Adhesion Improvement

    Jan Roth;Victoria Albrecht;Mirko Nitschke;Cornelia Bellmann

  • Controlling the growth of palladium aerogels with high-performance toward bioelectrocatalytic oxidation of glucose.

    Dan Wen;Anne-Kristin Herrmann;Lars Borchardt;Frank Simon

  • Poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) Brushes with Incorporated Nanoparticles as a SERS Active Sensing Layer

    Smrati Gupta;Mukesh Agrawal;Marc Conrad;Naima Aurelia Hutter

  • Polydopamine modified membranes with in situ synthesized gold nanoparticles for catalytic and environmental applications

    Riyas Subair;Bijay Prakash Tripathi;Peter Formanek;Frank Simon

  • Grafting of Polyfluorene by Surface-Initiated Suzuki Polycondensation†

    Tetyana Beryozkina;Ksenia Boyko;Natalya Khanduyeva;Volodymyr Senkovskyy

  • Insights on structural variations of protein adsorption layers on hydrophobic fluorohydrocarbon polymers gained by spectroscopic ellipsometry (part I)

    C Werner;K.-J Eichhorn;K Grundke;F Simon

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Carsten Werner
Carsten Werner Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Hartmut Worch
Hartmut Worch TU Dresden
Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn
Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn Leibniz Association
Manfred Stamm
Manfred Stamm Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Gert Heinrich
Gert Heinrich TU Dresden
Petra Pötschke
Petra Pötschke Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Hartmut Komber
Hartmut Komber Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Hossein Ali Khonakdar
Hossein Ali Khonakdar Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute

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