2026 Jan Vermant: 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	70	4381	4238	71	67	365	20191

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Materials Science

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20191

Overview

Jan Vermant is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on engineering and materials science. Their work spans 68 publications in engineering and 47 in materials science, reflecting a strong interdisciplinary approach to these fields.

Their research particularly emphasizes several subfields, including materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, and food science. This diverse specialization supports their investigation of complex phenomena involving fluids and materials at multiple scales.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Rheology and fluid dynamics studies
Surfactants and colloidal systems
Material dynamics and properties
Fluid dynamics and thin films
Enhanced oil recovery techniques
Proteins in food systems

Jan Vermant has published multiple papers in notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

Active particles induce large shape deformations in giant lipid vesicles, 2020, Nature
Thin liquid films: Where hydrodynamics, capillarity, surface stresses and intermolecular forces meet, 2021, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
Assessing the Interfacial Activity of Insoluble Asphaltene Layers: Interfacial Rheology versus Interfacial Tension, 2020, Langmuir
Computational interfacial rheology, 2021, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
The role of non-starch polysaccharides in determining the air-water interfacial properties of wheat, rye, and oat dough liquor constituents, 2020, Food Hydrocolloids

Their frequent coauthors provide a collaborative network that supports a breadth of research projects and perspectives. Among their frequent collaborators are Emmanouil Chatzigiannakis, Alexandra Alicke, Mariana Rodríguez-Hakim, Alexandra V. Bayles, and Norman J. Wagner.

Jan Vermant's work commonly appears in specialized publication venues such as Langmuir, Soft Matter, Rheologica Acta, Journal of Rheology, and Nature Communications, indicating sustained contributions to fields related to colloidal and interface science as well as rheology.

Best Publications

Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles

Marek Grzelczak;Jan Vermant;Eric M. Furst;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

2522
Citations
Living on a surface: swarming and biofilm formation

Natalie Verstraeten;Kristien Braeken;Bachaspatimayum Debkumari;Maarten Fauvart

621
Citations
Exploiting particle shape in solid stabilized emulsions

Basavaraj Madivala;Steven Vandebril;Jan Fransaer;Jan Vermant

499
Citations
Flow-induced structure in colloidal suspensions

Jan Vermant;MJ Solomon

488
Citations
The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids

M. Kröger;J. Vermant

439
Citations
Self-assembly and rheology of ellipsoidal particles at interfaces.

Basavaraj Madivala;Jan Fransaer;Jan Vermant

400
Citations
Complex fluid-fluid interfaces: rheology and structure.

Gerald G Fuller;Jan Vermant

370
Citations
A double wall-ring geometry for interfacial shear rheometry

Steven Vandebril;Aly Franck;Gerald G. Fuller;Paula Moldenaers

359
Citations
Auto-production of biosurfactants reverses the coffee ring effect in a bacterial system

Wouter Sempels;Raf De Dier;Hideaki Mizuno;Johan Hofkens

314
Citations
Quantifying dispersion of layered nanocomposites via melt rheology

Jan Vermant;S Ceccia;S Ceccia;M. K Dolgovskij;P. L Maffettone

303
Citations
A screening study of surface stabilization during the production of drug nanocrystals

Bernard Van Eerdenbrugh;Jan Vermant;Johan A. Martens;Ludo Froyen

290
Citations
Direct measurements of the effects of salt and surfactant on interaction forces between colloidal particles at water-oil interfaces.

Bum Jun Park;John P. Pantina;Eric M. Furst;Martin Oettel

231
Citations
Packing, flipping, and buckling transitions in compressed monolayers of ellipsoidal latex particles.

M. G Basavaraj;G. G Fuller;Jan Fransaer;Jan Vermant

213
Citations
Control over colloidal aggregation in monolayers of latex particles at the oil-water interface.

Sven Reynaert;Paula Moldenaers;Jan Vermant

210
Citations
Active particles induce large shape deformations in giant lipid vesicles

Hanumantha Rao Vutukuri;Masoud Hoore;Clara Abaurrea-Velasco;Lennard van Buren

199
Citations
Analysis of the magnetic rod interfacial stress rheometer

Sven Reynaert;Carlton F. Brooks;Paula Moldenaers;Jan Vermant

188
Citations
Coalescence suppression in model immiscible polymer blends by nano-sized colloidal particles

J. Vermant;G. Cioccolo;K. Golapan Nair;P. Moldenaers

182
Citations
Effect of the viscoelasticity of the suspending fluid on structure formation in suspensions

Rossella Scirocco;Jan Vermant;Jan Mewis

170
Citations
Efficiently suppressing coalescence in polymer blends using nanoparticles: role of interfacial rheology

Steven Vandebril;Jan Vermant;Paula Moldenaers

169
Citations
Flow-induced orientation of non-spherical particles: Effect of aspect ratio and medium rheology

Deniz Gunes;Rossella Scirocco;Joannes Mewis;Jan Vermant

166
Citations