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Materials Science

D-Index
64
Citations
14035
World Ranking
5926
National Ranking
350

Chemistry

D-Index
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Citations
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World Ranking
7317
National Ranking
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George Fytas 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 George Fytas sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 454 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George Fytas 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 George Fytas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his significant contributions in the dynamics of polymer solutions, blends, block copolymers and soft colloids as well as on the dynamics of amorphous polymers associated with the glass transition

Overview

George Fytas is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, with extensive work in materials science and engineering. Their research spans various topics primarily related to polymers, materials chemistry, and applied physics, focusing on the dynamics and properties of polymeric materials and soft matter systems.

Their recent publications include the following notable papers:

  • Supramolecular polymers form tactoids through liquid-liquid phase separation, 2024, Nature
  • Ultrathin Polydopamine Films with Phospholipid Nanodiscs Containing a Glycophorin A Domain, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Glass Transition of Disentangled and Entangled Polymer Melts: Single-Chain-Nanoparticles Approach, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Multiband Hypersound Filtering in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals: Adhesion, Resonances, and Periodicity, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Key role of the meniscus shape in crystallization of organic semiconductors during meniscus-guided coating, 2020, Materials Horizons

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George Fytas include:

  • Bartłomiej Graczykowski
  • Yu Cang
  • Zuyuan Wang
  • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
  • Sanat K. Kumar

The scientist has contributed to several prominent publication venues, with a consistent presence in:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Macromolecules
  • Nano Letters
  • Biomacromolecules

Their main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, key subfields of focus are:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Polymers and Plastics

Research topics regularly covered by George Fytas comprise:

  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications

George Fytas was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2004. The citation highlights significant contributions to the understanding of dynamics in polymer solutions, blends, block copolymers, soft colloids, and amorphous polymers, especially relating to glass transition phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of structurally well-defined and liquid-phase-processable graphene nanoribbons

    Akimitsu Narita;Xinliang Feng;Yenny Hernandez;Søren A. Jensen;Søren A. Jensen

  • Hypersonic phononic crystals.

    T. Gorishnyy;C. K. Ullal;M. Maldovan;G. Fytas

  • Observation and tuning of hypersonic bandgaps in colloidal crystals

    Wei Cheng;Jianjun Wang;Ulrich Jonas;George Fytas

  • Hierarchical formation of supramolecular transient networks in water : a modular injectable delivery system

    Patricia Y. W. Dankers;Patricia Y. W. Dankers;Thomas M. Hermans;Travis W. Baughman;Yuko Kamikawa

  • Concentration fluctuation induced dynamic heterogeneities in polymer blends

    Sanat K. Kumar;Ralph H. Colby;Spiros H. Anastasiadis;George Fytas

  • Structure and dynamics of melts of multiarm polymer stars

    Tadeusz Pakula;Dimitris Vlassopoulos;George Fytas;Jacques Roovers

  • Multiarm Star Polymers Dynamics

    Dimitris Vlassopoulos;George Fytas;Tadeusz Pakula;Jacques Roovers

  • Synthesis and antiviral activity evaluation of some new aminoadamantane derivatives. 2.

    N Kolocouris;A Kolocouris;G B Foscolos;G Fytas

  • Ultrastable nanostructured polymer glasses.

    Yunlong Guo;Anatoli Morozov;Dirk Schneider;Jae Woo Chung

  • Dilution‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Porphyrin Aggregates: A Consequence of Coupled Equilibria

    Floris Helmich;Cameron C. Lee;Marko M. L. Nieuwenhuizen;Jeroen C. Gielen

  • Simultaneous occurrence of structure-directed and particle-resonance-induced phononic gaps in colloidal films

    Tim Still;W. Cheng;Markus Retsch;Rebecca Sainidou

  • High‐Modulus Organic Glasses Prepared by Physical Vapor Deposition

    Kenneth L. Kearns;Tim Still;George Fytas;M. D. Ediger

  • Self-assembly of soft nanoparticles with tunable patchiness

    Thomas M. Hermans;Maarten A. C. Broeren;Nikos Gomopoulos;Paul van der Schoot

  • Heterocyclic rimantadine analogues with antiviral activity

    George Stamatiou;George B. Foscolos;George Fytas;Antonios Kolocouris

  • Laser light beating spectroscopic studies of dynamics in bulk polymers: poly(propylene glycol)

    C. H. Wang;G. Fytas;D. Lilge;T. Dorfmueller

  • Probing Collective Motions of Terminally Anchored Polymers

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

  • Segmental dynamics of miscible polymer blends: Comparison of the predictions of a concentration fluctuation model to experiment

    Sudesh Kamath;Ralph H. Colby;Sanat K. Kumar;Kostas Karatasos

  • Structure and dynamics of nondilute polyfluorene solutions

    G. Fytas;H. G. Nothofer;Ullrich Scherf;D. Vlassopoulos

  • Homodyne light beating spectroscopy of o-terphenyl in the supercooled liquid state

    G. Fytas;C. H. Wang;D. Lilge;Th. Dorfmüller

  • Design and synthesis of bioactive adamantane spiro heterocycles.

    Nicolas Kolocouris;Grigoris Zoidis;George B. Foscolos;George Fytas

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitris Vlassopoulos
Dimitris Vlassopoulos Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Spiros H. Anastasiadis
Spiros H. Anastasiadis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
George Floudas
George Floudas University of Ioannina
Nikos Hadjichristidis
Nikos Hadjichristidis King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Michael R. Bockstaller
Michael R. Bockstaller Carnegie Mellon University
Hans-Jürgen Butt
Hans-Jürgen Butt Max Planck Society
Ulrich Jonas
Ulrich Jonas University of Siegen
Jacques Roovers
Jacques Roovers National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Gerhard Wegner
Gerhard Wegner Max Planck Society
Kaloian Koynov
Kaloian Koynov Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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