2026 Ingo Burgert: 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	75	3532	3413	60	56	207	16212

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Overview

Ingo Burgert is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, specializing in engineering and materials science. Their research primarily focuses on wood treatment and properties, advanced cellulose research, and natural fiber reinforced composites, with significant contributions to building and construction, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering.

Their published work includes studies on advanced materials and mechanics, lignin and wood chemistry, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, as well as surface modification and superhydrophobicity. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach within engineering fields, integrating mechanical engineering and polymers and plastics research.

Burgert's research outputs have appeared frequently in journals such as ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Adsorption. The number of publications in each venue highlights a sustained engagement with materials science and engineering disciplines.

Frequent coauthors collaborate with Burgert, including Tobias Keplinger, Guido Panzarasa, Christopher H. Dreimol, Kunkun Tu, and Yong Ding. These collaborative efforts indicate a broad network spanning different subfields related to sustainable and engineered wood materials.

Key recent papers authored by Burgert include:

Structure-property-function relationships of natural and engineered wood, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
Lightweight, strong, moldable wood via cell wall engineering as a sustainable structural material, 2021, Science
Scalable aesthetic transparent wood for energy efficient buildings, 2020, Nature Communications
Emerging Engineered Wood for Building Applications, 2022, Chemical Reviews
Sustainable and Biodegradable Wood Sponge Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Sensing and Energy Harvesting Applications, 2020, ACS Nano

These publications cover a range of innovative wood engineering topics emphasizing sustainability, structural applications, transparency in wood materials, and energy harvesting technologies.

Best Publications

Structure-property-function relationships of natural and engineered wood

Chaoji Chen;Yudi Kuang;Shuze Zhu;Ingo Burgert;Ingo Burgert

1131
Citations
Cell-wall recovery after irreversible deformation of wood

Jozef Keckes;Ingo Burgert;Klaus Frühmann;Martin Müller

585
Citations
Bioinspired Wood Nanotechnology for Functional Materials.

Lars A. Berglund;Ingo Burgert;Ingo Burgert

542
Citations
Disrupting Two Arabidopsis thaliana Xylosyltransferase Genes Results in Plants Deficient in Xyloglucan, a Major Primary Cell Wall Component

David M. Cavalier;Olivier Lerouxel;Lutz Neumetzler;Kazuchika Yamauchi

522
Citations
Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

Ingo Burgert;Peter Fratzl

456
Citations
Cell wall features with regard to mechanical performance. A review. : COST Action E35 2004-2008 : Wood machining - Micromechanics and fracture

Lennart Salmén;Ingo Burgert

369
Citations
Lightweight, strong, moldable wood via cell wall engineering as a sustainable structural material.

Shaoliang Xiao;Chaoji Chen;Qinqin Xia;Yu Liu

321
Citations
Scalable aesthetic transparent wood for energy efficient buildings.

Ruiyu Mi;Chaoji Chen;Tobias Keplinger;Yong Pei

304
Citations
Origami-like unfolding of hydro-actuated ice plant seed capsules

Matthew J. Harrington;Khashayar Razghandi;Friedrich Ditsch;Lorenzo Guiducci

290
Citations
Exploring the micromechanical design of plant cell walls.

Ingo Burgert

283
Citations
Delignified and Densified Cellulose Bulk Materials with Excellent Tensile Properties for Sustainable Engineering

Marion Frey;Marion Frey;Daniel Widner;Daniel Widner;Jana S. Segmehl;Jana S. Segmehl;Kirstin Casdorff;Kirstin Casdorff

265
Citations
In Situ FT-IR Microscopic Study on Enzymatic Treatment of Poplar Wood Cross-Sections

Notburga Gierlinger;Luna Goswami;Martin Schmidt;Ingo Burgert

252
Citations
Plant Stems: Functional Design and Mechanics

Thomas Speck;Ingo Burgert

241
Citations
Sustainable and Biodegradable Wood Sponge Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Sensing and Energy Harvesting Applications.

Jianguo Sun;Jianguo Sun;Hengyu Guo;Javier Ribera;Changsheng Wu

216
Citations
Plants control the properties and actuation of their organs through the orientation of cellulose fibrils in their cell walls

Ingo Burgert;Peter Fratzl

206
Citations
On the role of interface polymers for the mechanics of natural polymeric composites

Peter Fratzl;Ingo Burgert;Himadri S. Gupta

204
Citations
CHITINASE-LIKE1/POM-POM1 and Its Homolog CTL2 Are Glucan-Interacting Proteins Important for Cellulose Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez;Stefan Bauer;Kian Hématy;Friederike Saxe

201
Citations
Molecular changes during tensile deformation of single wood fibers followed by Raman microscopy.

Notburga Gierlinger;Manfred Schwanninger;and Antje Reinecke;Ingo Burgert

201
Citations
Green Synthesis of Hierarchical Metal-Organic Framework/Wood Functional Composites with Superior Mechanical Properties.

Kunkun Tu;Kunkun Tu;Begoña Puértolas;Maria Adobes-Vidal;Maria Adobes-Vidal;Yaru Wang;Yaru Wang

188
Citations
Hybrid wood materials with improved fire retardance by bio-inspired mineralisation on the nano- and submicron level

Vivian Merk;Vivian Merk;Munish Chanana;Munish Chanana;Tobias Keplinger;Tobias Keplinger;Sabyasachi Gaan

180
Citations
Cell wall structure and formation of maturing fibres of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) increase buckling resistance

Xiaoqing Wang;Haiqing Ren;Bo Zhang;Benhua Fei

162
Citations