2026 Günter Reiter: 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	60	7004	6769	410	397	279	14007

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Overview

Günter Reiter is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work has a significant focus on polymers, with a notable emphasis on polymer crystallization and characterization.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, including:

Polymer crystallization and properties
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

They have published extensively in subfields such as Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Biomaterials.

Günter Reiter's recent publications include:

"Concepts of Nucleation in Polymer Crystallization," 2021, published in Crystals
"The memorizing capacity of polymers," 2020, published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
"Formation of Needle-like Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Crystals from Metastable Solutions," 2020, published in Macromolecules
"Estimation of the Size of Critical Secondary Nuclei of Melt-Grown Poly(l-lactide) Lamellar Crystals," 2020, published in Macromolecules
"Energy transport and light propagation mechanisms in organic single crystals," 2020, published in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Over the course of their career, Günter Reiter has frequently published in the following venues:

Macromolecules
Polymer
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, including Jun Xu, Barbara Heck, Thomas Pfohl, Brahim Bessif, and Michael Sommer, highlighting a consistent network of professional partnerships.

Best Publications

Dewetting of thin polymer films

Günter Reiter

1447
Citations
Instability of thin polymer films on coated substrates : Rupture, dewetting, and drop formation

Ashutosh Sharma;Günter Reiter

507
Citations
Residual stresses in thin polymer films cause rupture and dominate early stages of dewetting.

Günter Reiter;Moustafa Hamieh;Pascal Damman;Séverine Sclavons

421
Citations
Crystallization of Adsorbed Polymer Monolayers

Günter Reiter;Jens-Uwe Sommer

304
Citations
Cloning polymer single crystals through self-seeding.

Jianjun Xu;Yu Ma;Yu Ma;Wenbing Hu;Matthias Rehahn

295
Citations
MOBILITY OF POLYMERS IN FILMS THINNER THAN THEIR UNPERTURBED SIZE

G. Reiter

292
Citations
Thin film instability induced by long-range forces

Günter Reiter;Ashutosh Sharma;Alain Casoli;Marie-Odile David

276
Citations
Progress in Understanding of Polymer Crystallization

Günter Reiter;Gert R. Strobl

266
Citations
Direct visualization of random crystallization and melting in arrays of nanometer-size polymer crystals.

Günter Reiter;Gilles Castelein;Jens-Uwe Sommer;Andreas Röttele

260
Citations
Some relevant parameters affecting the glass transition of supported ultra-thin polymer films

Y. Grohens;L. Hamon;G. Reiter;A. Soldera

257
Citations
Instabilities of Thin Polymer Films on Layers of Chemically Identical Grafted Molecules

Günter Reiter;Philippe Auroy;Loïc Auvray

237
Citations
From static to kinetic friction in confined liquid films.

Günter Reiter;A. Levent Demirel;Steve Granick

236
Citations
Dewetting of Highly Elastic Thin Polymer Films

Günter Reiter

224
Citations
Polymer crystallization in quasi-two dimensions. I. Experimental results

Günter Reiter;Jens-Uwe Sommer

222
Citations
Lamellar Crystal Orientations Biased by Crystallization Kinetics in Polymer Thin Films

Yu Ma;Hu;Günter Reiter

208
Citations
Spin-cast, thin, glassy polymer films: Highly metastable forms of matter

G. Reiter;P.G. de Gennes

208
Citations
Controllable Processes for Generating Large Single Crystals of Poly(3‐hexylthiophene)

Khosrow Rahimi;Ioan Botiz;Natalie Stingelin;Natalie Stingelin;Navaphun Kayunkid

207
Citations
Anisotropic charge transport in spherulitic poly(3-hexylthiophene) films.

Edward J. W. Crossland;Kim Tremel;Florian Fischer;Khosrow Rahimi

201
Citations
STICK TO SLIP TRANSITION AND ADHESION OF LUBRICATED SURFACES IN MOVING CONTACT

Günter Reiter;A. Levent Demirel;John Peanasky;Lenore L. Cai

178
Citations
Auto-optimization of dewetting rates by rim instabilities in slipping polymer films.

Günter Reiter;Ashutosh Sharma

166
Citations