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Materials Science

D-Index
75
Citations
27824
World Ranking
3395
National Ranking
946

Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
27369
World Ranking
4587
National Ranking
1449

Jan Genzer 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 Jan Genzer sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 441 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Genzer 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 Jan Genzer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the design, synthesis, and modeling of engineered surfaces and interfaces
  • 2005 - John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society For his highly creative manipulation of surface properties via monolayer and macromolecular films.

Overview

Jan Genzer is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and focuses on research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their scholarly work spans widely across several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research covers a range of topics such as Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Hydrogels (including synthesis, properties, and applications), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Antimicrobial Agents and Applications, and the Synthesis and Properties of Polymers.

Jan Genzer has published at various reputable venues with a notable number of publications in journals like Langmuir, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, and Advanced Science.

  • Langmuir
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Advanced Science

Frequent collaborators in Jan Genzer's work include Kirill Efimenko, Michael D. Dickey, Saad A. Khan, Stefano Menegatti, and Srivatsan Ramesh, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their scientific investigations.

  • Kirill Efimenko
  • Michael D. Dickey
  • Saad A. Khan
  • Stefano Menegatti
  • Srivatsan Ramesh

Some of the recent papers authored by Jan Genzer's team include:

  • Attributes, Fabrication, and Applications of Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Particles (2020, Advanced Science)
  • Antipathogenic Properties and Applications of Low-Dimensional Materials (2021, Nature Communications)
  • The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science (2020, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics)
  • A Scalable Microstructure Photonic Coating Fabricated by Roll-to-Roll "Defects" for Daytime Subambient Passive Radiative Cooling (2023, Nano Letters)
  • Surface-Bound Microgels for Separation, Sensing, and Biomedical Applications (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

Jan Genzer has received recognition including the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) award in 2007 with a citation highlighting their contribution to engineered surfaces and interfaces. Earlier, in 2005, they were awarded the John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society for creative manipulation of surface properties via monolayer and macromolecular films.

Best Publications

  • Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

    Martien A Cohen Stuart;Wilhelm T S Huck;Jan Genzer;Marcus Müller

  • Recent developments in superhydrophobic surfaces and their relevance to marine fouling: a review

    Jan Genzer;Kirill Efimenko

  • Soft matter with hard skin : From skin wrinkles to templating and material characterization

    Jan Genzer;Jan Groenewold

  • Surface modification of Sylgard-184 poly(dimethyl siloxane) networks by ultraviolet and ultraviolet/ozone treatment.

    Kirill Efimenko;William E. Wallace;Jan Genzer

  • Nested self-similar wrinkling patterns in skins.

    Kirill Efimenko;Mindaugas Rackaitis;Mindaugas Rackaitis;Evangelos Manias;Ashkan Vaziri

  • Creating long-lived superhydrophobic polymer surfaces through mechanically assembled monolayers.

    Jan Genzer;Kirill Efimenko

  • Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

    Ying Liu;Julie K. Boyles;Jan Genzer;Michael D. Dickey

  • Attributes, Fabrication, and Applications of Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Particles.

    Yiliang Lin;Jan Genzer;Michael D. Dickey

  • Surface-Bound Soft Matter Gradients

    Jan Genzer;Rajendra R. Bhat

  • Combinatorial study of the mushroom-to-brush crossover in surface anchored polyacrylamide.

    Tao Wu;Kirill Efimenko;Jan Genzer

  • Sequential self-folding of polymer sheets

    Ying Liu;Brandi Shaw;Michael D. Dickey;Jan Genzer

  • “2D or not 2D”: Shape-programming polymer sheets

    Ying Liu;Jan Genzer;Michael D. Dickey

  • Stretchable Capacitive Sensors of Torsion, Strain, and Touch Using Double Helix Liquid Metal Fibers

    Christopher B. Cooper;Kuralamudhan Arutselvan;Ying Liu;Daniel Armstrong

  • Behavior of Surface-Anchored Poly(acrylic acid) Brushes with Grafting Density Gradients on Solid Substrates: 1. Experiment

    Peng Gong;Tao Wu;Jan Genzer;Igal Szleifer

  • Elastomeric microparticles for acoustic mediated bioseparations

    Leah M Johnson;Lu Gao;C Wyatt Shields;Margret Smith

  • Handwritten, Soft Circuit Boards and Antennas Using Liquid Metal Nanoparticles.

    Yiliang Lin;Christopher Cooper;Meng Wang;Jacob J. Adams

  • Development and testing of hierarchically wrinkled coatings for marine antifouling.

    Kirill Efimenko;John Finlay;Maureen E. Callow;James A. Callow

  • Formation and properties of anchored polymers with a gradual variation of grafting densities on flat substrates

    Tao Wu;Kirill Efimenko;Petr Vlcek;Vladimir Subr

  • Vacuum filling of complex microchannels with liquid metal

    Yiliang Lin;Olivia Gordon;M. Rashed Khan;Neyanel Vasquez

  • Shape-transformable liquid metal nanoparticles in aqueous solution.

    Yiliang Lin;Yang Liu;Jan Genzer;Michael D. Dickey

  • Intercalation Kinetics of Long Polymers in 2 nm Confinements

    E. Manias;H. Chen;R. Krishnamoorti;J. Genzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Dickey
Michael D. Dickey North Carolina State University
Daniel A. Fischer
Daniel A. Fischer National Institute of Standards and Technology
Carol K. Hall
Carol K. Hall North Carolina State University
Orlando J. Rojas
Orlando J. Rojas University of British Columbia
Richard J. Spontak
Richard J. Spontak North Carolina State University
Russell J. Composto
Russell J. Composto University of Pennsylvania
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Igal Szleifer
Igal Szleifer Northwestern University
Regine von Klitzing
Regine von Klitzing Technical University of Darmstadt
Kookheon Char
Kookheon Char Seoul National University

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