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Gert Heinrich

Gert Heinrich

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Materials Science
Germany
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
82
Citations
25775
World Ranking
2454
National Ranking
143

Gert Heinrich 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 Gert Heinrich sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 638 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gert Heinrich 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 Gert Heinrich sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gert Heinrich is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and specializes primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their research covers a wide range of topics within polymer science, including:

  • Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Polymer crystallization and properties
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling

Heinrich has contributed extensively in publication venues such as Polymer, Polymers, Advanced Engineering Materials, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Amit Das, Sven Wießner, Subhradeep Mandal, Sakrit Hait, and Konrad Schneider.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Controlled Release of Metal Ion Cross-Linkers and Development of Self-Healable Epoxidized Natural Rubber," 2021, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • "Super-elastic ultrasoft natural rubber-based piezoresistive sensors for active sensing interface embedded on soft robotic actuator," 2021, Applied Materials Today
  • "Treasuring waste lignin as superior reinforcing filler in high cis-polybutadiene rubber: A direct comparative study with standard reinforcing silica and carbon black," 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "3D-printed stretchable hybrid piezoelectric-triboelectric nanogenerator for smart tire: Onboard real-time tread wear monitoring system," 2023, Nano Energy
  • "Elastomeric microwell-based triboelectric nanogenerators by in situ simultaneous transfer-printing," 2022, Materials Horizons

Heinrich has also authored books published by Springer Science+Business Media, including "Degradation of Elastomers in Practice, Experiments and Modeling" (2022) and "Fatigue Crack Growth in Rubber Materials" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Reinforcement of Elastomers

    Gert Heinrich;Manfred Klüppel;Thomas A. Vilgis

  • Recent Advances in the Theory of Filler Networking in Elastomers

    Gert Heinrich;Manfred Klüppel

  • Intercalation of Mg–Al layered double hydroxide by anionic surfactants: Preparation and characterization

    Francis Reny Costa;Andreas Leuteritz;Udo Wagenknecht;Dieter Jehnichen

  • Impact of Filler Surface Modification on Large Scale Mechanics of Styrene Butadiene/Silica Rubber Composites

    K. W. Stöckelhuber;A. S. Svistkov;A. G. Pelevin;G. Heinrich;G. Heinrich

  • Rubber Friction on Self-Affine Road Tracks

    Manfred Klüppel;Gert Heinrich

  • Rubber elasticity of polymer networks: Theories

    G. Heinrich;E. Straube;G. Helmis

  • Modified and unmodified multiwalled carbon nanotubes in high performance solution-styrene-butadiene and butadiene rubber blends

    A. Das;K.W. Stöckelhuber;R. Jurk;M. Saphiannikova

  • Crack propagation in rubber-like materials

    B N J Persson;O Albohr;G Heinrich;H Ueba

  • Preparation and properties of natural nanocomposites based on natural rubber and naturally occurring halloysite nanotubes

    Sandip Rooj;Amit Das;Varun Thakur;R.N. Mahaling

  • Shape-Dependent Localization of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Black in an Immiscible Polymer Blend during Melt Mixing

    Andreas Göldel;Abraham Marmur;Gaurav R. Kasaliwal;Petra Pötschke

  • An extended tube-model for rubber elasticity : Statistical-mechanical theory and finite element implementation

    M. Kaliske;G. Heinrich

  • Reinforcement of Polymer Nano-Composites: Theory, Experiments and Applications

    T. A. Vilgis;G. Heinrich;M. Klüppel

  • Ionic Modification Turns Commercial Rubber into a Self-Healing Material.

    Amit Das;Amit Das;Aladdin Sallat;Aladdin Sallat;Frank Böhme;Marcus Suckow;Marcus Suckow

  • Aging of alkali-resistant glass and basalt fibers in alkaline solutions: Evaluation of the failure stress by Weibull distribution function

    C. Scheffler;T. Förster;E. Mäder;G. Heinrich

  • Analysis of agglomerate dispersion mechanisms of multiwalled carbon nanotubes during melt mixing in polycarbonate

    Gaurav R. Kasaliwal;Sven Pegel;Andreas Göldel;Petra Pötschke

  • Advances in layered double hydroxide (LDH)-based elastomer composites

    Debdipta Basu;Debdipta Basu;Amit Das;Amit Das;Klaus Werner Stöckelhuber;Udo Wagenknecht

  • Rubber friction, tread deformation and tire traction

    Gert Heinrich;Manfred Klüppel

  • LDPE/Mg–Al layered double hydroxide nanocomposite: Thermal and flammability properties

    Francis Reny Costa;Udo Wagenknecht;Gert Heinrich

  • Structure and properties of reinforcing fractal filler networks in elastomers

    Manfred Klüppel;Robert H. Schuster;Gert Heinrich

  • Rubber composites based on graphene nanoplatelets, expanded graphite, carbon nanotubes and their combination: A comparative study

    Amit Das;Gaurav R. Kasaliwal;René Jurk;Regine Boldt

  • Preparation and burning behaviors of flame retarding biodegradable poly(lactic acid) nanocomposite based on zinc aluminum layered double hydroxide

    De-Yi Wang;Andreas Leuteritz;Yu-Zhong Wang;Udo Wagenknecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Amit Das
Amit Das Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Udo Wagenknecht
Udo Wagenknecht Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
De-Yi Wang
De-Yi Wang Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
Hossein Ali Khonakdar
Hossein Ali Khonakdar Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute
Dieter Jehnichen
Dieter Jehnichen Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Seyed Hassan Jafari
Seyed Hassan Jafari University of Tehran
Petra Pötschke
Petra Pötschke Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Mohammad Reza Saeb
Mohammad Reza Saeb Gdańsk Medical University
Stefanie Reese
Stefanie Reese RWTH Aachen University

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