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Jürg Dual

Jürg Dual

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
8793
World Ranking
1294
National Ranking
17

Jürg Dual publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürg Dual sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 310 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Jürg Dual D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürg Dual sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Jürg Dual is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work focuses on a range of subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas, with significant contributions to Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Landslides and related hazards, Cryospheric studies and observations, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Jürg Dual include:

  • Acoustic streaming produced by sharp-edge structures in microfluidic devices (2020, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics)
  • Acoustic Radiation Forces Produced by Sharp-Edge Structures in Microfluidic Systems (2020, Physical Review Letters)
  • Micromechanical modeling of snow failure (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • Embedded Microbubbles for Acoustic Manipulation of Single Cells and Microfluidic Applications (2021, Analytical Chemistry)
  • Micro-mechanical insights into the dynamics of crack propagation in snow fracture experiments (2021, Scientific Reports)

Jürg Dual has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among whom are Alen Pavlič, Cooper Lars Harshbarger, Michael Gerlt, Jess G. Snedeker, and Grégoire Bobillier. These coauthors appear repeatedly in published work, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The preferred venues for publishing include Physical review. E, arXiv (Cornell University), Lab on a Chip, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, and Default Digital Object Group.

In 2003, Jürg Dual was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Best Publications

  • Microscopical Investigations of PEDOT:PSS Thin Films

    Udo Lang;Elisabeth Müller;Nicola Naujoks;Jurg Dual

  • Monolithically Fabricated Microgripper With Integrated Force Sensor for Manipulating Microobjects and Biological Cells Aligned in an Ultrasonic Field

    F. Beyeler;A. Neild;S. Oberti;D.J. Bell

  • Mechanical characterization of PEDOT : PSS thin films

    Udo Lang;Nicola Naujoks;Jurg Dual

  • Inverse finite element characterization of soft tissues.

    Martin Kauer;Vladimir Vuskovic;Jurg Dual;Gábor Székely

  • Artificial Swimmers Propelled by Acoustically Activated Flagella.

    Daniel Ahmed;Thierry Baasch;Bumjin Jang;Salvador Pane

  • Neutrophil-inspired propulsion in a combined acoustic and magnetic field.

    Daniel Ahmed;Thierry Baasch;Nicolas Blondel;Nino Läubli

  • Microfluidic droplet handling by bulk acoustic wave (BAW) acoustophoresis

    Ivo Leibacher;Peter Reichert;Jürg Dual

  • Size effects in tensile testing of thin cold rolled and annealed Cu foils

    G. Simons;Ch. Weippert;J. Dual;J. Villain

  • Forthcoming Lab on a Chip tutorial series on acoustofluidics: Acoustofluidics—exploiting ultrasonic standing wave forces and acoustic streaming in microfluidic systems for cell and particle manipulation

    Henrik Bruus;Jurg Dual;Jeremy Hawkes;Martyn Hill

  • 3D imaging of microstructure of spruce wood.

    P Trtik;J Dual;D Keunecke;D Mannes

  • Manipulation of micrometer sized particles within a micromachined fluidic device to form two-dimensional patterns using ultrasound

    Stefano Oberti;Adrian Neild;Jürg Dual

  • Design, modeling and characterization of microfluidic devices for ultrasonic manipulation

    Adrian Neild;Stefano Oberti;Jürg Dual

  • Experimental determination of mechanical properties of Ni and Ni-Fe microbars

    E. Mazza;S. Abel;J. Dual

  • Virtual Reality-Based Simulation of Endoscopic Surgery

    G. Székely;Ch. Brechbühler;J. Dual;R. Enzler

  • Manipulation of cells using an ultrasonic pressure field

    Albrecht Haake;Adrian Neild;Deok Ho Kim;Deok Ho Kim;Jong Eun Ihm

  • Numerical simulation of acoustofluidic manipulation by radiation forces and acoustic streaming for complex particles

    Philipp Hahn;Ivo Leibacher;Thierry Baasch;Jurg Dual

  • Positioning of small particles by an ultrasound field excited by surface waves.

    A. Haake;J. Dual

  • The use of acoustic radiation forces to position particles within fluid droplets

    Stefano Oberti;Adrian Neild;Raymond Quach;Jürg Dual

  • Impedance matched channel walls in acoustofluidic systems

    Ivo Leibacher;Sebastian Schatzer;Jürg Dual

  • Contactless micromanipulation of small particles by an ultrasound field excited by a vibrating body

    Albrecht Haake;Jurg Dual

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürg Schweizer
Jürg Schweizer Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Adrian Neild
Adrian Neild Monash University
Edoardo Mazza
Edoardo Mazza ETH Zurich
Alec van Herwijnen
Alec van Herwijnen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Yu Sun
Yu Sun University of Toronto
Deok-Ho Kim
Deok-Ho Kim Johns Hopkins University
C. M. Sotomayor Torres
C. M. Sotomayor Torres Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
Paul Leiderer
Paul Leiderer University of Konstanz

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