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D-Index
65
Citations
20965
World Ranking
7540
National Ranking
2207

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1956 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Jan Hermans is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily concerns the analysis and conservation of cultural heritage materials, with a notable focus on oil paint and polymer systems in conservation science.

The scientist's work covers several main fields, including Arts and Humanities, with specific contributions to Archeology, Conservation, Earth-Surface Processes, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering. The subfields reflect a multidisciplinary approach combining cultural heritage studies with materials science.

The core topics of Jan Hermans's research include:

  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • Building Materials and Conservation
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Polymer Composites and Self-Healing
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Thermoregulation and Physiological Responses

Jan Hermans has collaborated frequently with several coauthors. Among the most frequent are Katrien Keune, Piet D. Iedema, Annelies van Loon, Petria Noble, and Víctor González.

The scientist has published articles in various academic venues, with multiple contributions to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, npj Heritage Science, Angewandte Chemie, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Jan Hermans include:

  • "The Identification of Multiple Crystalline Zinc Soap Structures Using Infrared Spectroscopy," 2020, Applied Spectroscopy
  • "The kinetics of metal soap crystallization in oil polymers," 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Other relevant publications from their research circle include:

  • "A review of solvent action on oil paint," 2020, Heritage Science
  • "Evolution of Zinc Carboxylate Species in Oil Paint Ionomers," 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • "Quantifying solvent action in oil paint using portable laser speckle imaging," 2020, Scientific Reports

Jan Hermans has been recognized with awards such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1966 and the Bourke Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1956.

Best Publications

  • Interaction Models for Water in Relation to Protein Hydration

    H. J. C. Berendsen;J. P. M. Postma;W. F. van Gunsteren;J. Hermans

  • A CONSISTENT EMPIRICAL POTENTIAL FOR WATER-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS

    Hjc Berendsen;Wf Vangunsteren;Jpm Postma;J. Hermans

  • The Stability of Globular Protein

    C. N. Pace;Jan Hermans

  • Hydrophilicity of cavities in proteins.

    Li Zhang;Jan Hermans

  • Size and Density of Fibrin Fibers from Turbidity

    Marcus E. Carr;Jan Hermans

  • Inclusion of Loss of Translational and Rotational Freedom in Theoretical Estimates of Free Energies of Binding. Application to a Complex of Benzene and Mutant T4 Lysozyme

    Jan Hermans;Lu Wang

  • Comparison of a QM/MM force field and molecular mechanics force fields in simulations of alanine and glycine “dipeptides” (Ace‐Ala‐Nme and Ace‐Gly‐Nme) in water in relation to the problem of modeling the unfolded peptide backbone in solution

    Hao Hu;Marcus Elstner;Jan Hermans

  • Structural Studies of Ribonuclease. V. Reversible Change of Configuration1-3

    Jan Hermans;Harold A. Scheraga

  • Computer simulation of the dynamics of hydrated protein crystals and its comparison with x-ray data

    W. F. van Gunsteren;H. J. C. Berendsen;J. Hermans;W. G. J. Hol

  • Computational Molecular Dynamics: Challenges, Methods, Ideas

    Peter Deuflhard;Jan Hermans;Benedict Leimkuhler;Alan E. Mark

  • Algorithmic Challenges in Computational Molecular Biophysics

    Tamar Schlick;Robert D Skeel;Axel T Brunger;Laxmikant V Kalé

  • Mass-length ratio of fibrin fibers from gel permeation and light scattering.

    Marcus E. Carr;Linus L. Shen;Jan Hermans

  • Structure of the fibrin protofibril.

    W E Fowler;R R Hantgan;J Hermans;H P Erickson

  • Quantum mechanics simulation of protein dynamics on long timescale.

    Haiyan Liu;Marcus Elstner;Marcus Elstner;Efthimios Kaxiras;Thomas Frauenheim

  • Microfolding: conformational probability map for the alanine dipeptide in water from molecular dynamics simulations.

    Amil G. Anderson;Jan Hermans

  • Discrimination between native and intentionally misfolded conformations of proteins: ES/IS, a new method for calculating conformational free energy that uses both dynamics simulations with an explicit solvent and an implicit solvent continuum model.

    Yury N. Vorobjev;Juan Carlos Almagro;Jan Hermans

  • Excess free energy of liquids from molecular dynamics simulations. Application to water models.

    Jan. Hermans;Ahammadunny. Pathiaseril;Amil. Anderson

  • Fibrin: structure and interactions.

    Jan Hermans;Jan McDonagh

  • Reversible denaturation of sperm whale myoglobin. I. Dependence on temperature, pH, and composition.

    Giuseppe. Acampora;Jan. Hermans

  • The dimensions of charged long chain molecules in solutions containing electrolytes

    J. J. Hermans;J. Th. G. Overbeek

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry R. Lentz
Barry R. Lentz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alexander Tropsha
Alexander Tropsha University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan F. Prins
Jan F. Prins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Harold A. Scheraga
Harold A. Scheraga Cornell University
Harold P. Erickson
Harold P. Erickson Duke University
Marcus Elstner
Marcus Elstner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Weitao Yang
Weitao Yang Duke University
Robert D. Skeel
Robert D. Skeel Purdue University West Lafayette
Alan E. Mark
Alan E. Mark University of Queensland
David Puett
David Puett University of Georgia

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