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Günter Reiter 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 Günter Reiter sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 279 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Günter Reiter 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 Günter Reiter 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

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

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

    Ashutosh Sharma;Günter Reiter

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

    Günter Reiter;Moustafa Hamieh;Pascal Damman;Séverine Sclavons

  • Crystallization of Adsorbed Polymer Monolayers

    Günter Reiter;Jens-Uwe Sommer

  • Cloning polymer single crystals through self-seeding.

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

  • MOBILITY OF POLYMERS IN FILMS THINNER THAN THEIR UNPERTURBED SIZE

    G. Reiter

  • Thin film instability induced by long-range forces

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

  • Progress in Understanding of Polymer Crystallization

    Günter Reiter;Gert R. Strobl

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

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

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

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

  • Instabilities of Thin Polymer Films on Layers of Chemically Identical Grafted Molecules

    Günter Reiter;Philippe Auroy;Loïc Auvray

  • From static to kinetic friction in confined liquid films.

    Günter Reiter;A. Levent Demirel;Steve Granick

  • Dewetting of Highly Elastic Thin Polymer Films

    Günter Reiter

  • Polymer crystallization in quasi-two dimensions. I. Experimental results

    Günter Reiter;Jens-Uwe Sommer

  • Lamellar Crystal Orientations Biased by Crystallization Kinetics in Polymer Thin Films

    Yu Ma;Hu;Günter Reiter

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

    G. Reiter;P.G. de Gennes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Günter Reiter;Ashutosh Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Stamm
Manfred Stamm Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Ashutosh Sharma
Ashutosh Sharma Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Laurent Bouteiller
Laurent Bouteiller Sorbonne University
Rolf Mülhaupt
Rolf Mülhaupt University of Freiburg
Changyu Shen
Changyu Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ullrich Steiner
Ullrich Steiner University of Freiburg
Stefan Mecking
Stefan Mecking University of Konstanz
Karine Anselme
Karine Anselme University of Upper Alsace
Elie Raphaël
Elie Raphaël PSL University
Helmut Schlaad
Helmut Schlaad University of Potsdam

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