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D-Index
75
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18322
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3495
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193

Jürgen Rühe 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 Jürgen Rühe sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 338 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jürgen Rühe 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 Jürgen Rühe sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Jürgen Rühe is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, molecular biology, electrical and electronic engineering, and surfaces, coatings, and films.

Their research encompasses a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Lubricants and Their Additives
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

Rühe's frequent collaborators include Thomas Brandstëtter, Oswald Prucker, Tobias Amann, Thomas Speck, and Markus Biesalski.

Their scholarly work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Small
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Scientific Reports
  • Macromolecules

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Rühe include:

  • Programming sequential motion steps in 4D-printed hygromorphs by architected mesostructure and differential hygro-responsiveness, 2021, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
  • The Structural and Mechanical Basis for Passive-Hydraulic Pine Cone Actuation, 2022, Advanced Science
  • Towards programmable friction: control of lubrication with ionic liquid mixtures by automated electrical regulation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Actomyosin, vimentin and LINC complex pull on osteosarcoma nuclei to deform on micropillar topography, 2020, Biomaterials
  • Weather-responsive adaptive shading through biobased and bioinspired hygromorphic 4D-printing, 2024, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of Poly(styrene) Monolayers Attached to High Surface Area Silica Gels through Self-Assembled Monolayers of Azo Initiators

    O. Prucker;Jürgen Rühe

  • Polymer brushes : synthesis, characterization, applications

    Rigoberto C. Advincula;William J. Brittain;Kenneth C. Caster;Jürgen Rühe

  • Mechanism of Radical Chain Polymerizations Initiated by Azo Compounds Covalently Bound to the Surface of Spherical Particles

    O. Prucker;Jürgen Rühe

  • Photochemical Attachment of Polymer Films to Solid Surfaces via Monolayers of Benzophenone Derivatives

    Oswald Prucker;Christoph A. Naumann;Jürgen Rühe;Wolfgang Knoll

  • Some thoughts on superhydrophobic wetting

    Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

  • Swelling Behavior of Thin, Surface-Attached Polymer Networks

    Ryan Toomey;Daniel Freidank;Jürgen Rühe

  • Polymer Layers Through Self-Assembled Monolayers of Initiators

    O. Prucker;Jürgen Rühe

  • Condensation and Wetting Transitions on Microstructured Ultrahydrophobic Surfaces

    Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

  • Optical spectroscopy of field-induced charge in poly(3-hexyl thienylene) metal-insulator-semiconductor structures : evidence for polarons

    K. E. Ziemelis;A. T. Hussain;D. D. C. Bradley;R. H. Friend

  • Steric Forces Measured with the Atomic Force Microscope at Various Temperatures

    Hans-Jürgen Butt;Michael Kappl;Henning Mueller;Roberto Raiteri

  • Wetting of Silicon Nanograss: From Superhydrophilic to Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

  • The polymer-supported phospholipid bilayer: tethering as a new approach to substrate-membrane stabilization.

    C. A. Naumann;O. Prucker;T. Lehmann;Jürgen Rühe

  • Functional tethered lipid bilayers.

    Wolfgang Knoll;C. W. Frank;C. Heibel;Renate Naumann

  • Low Ice Adhesion on Nano-Textured Superhydrophobic Surfaces under Supersaturated Conditions

    Srinivas Bengaluru Subramanyam;Vitaliy Kondrashov;Jürgen Rühe;Kripa K. Varanasi

  • Rapid prototyping of microfluidic chips in COC

    J Steigert;S Haeberle;T Brenner;C Müller

  • On the glass transition in ultrathin polymer films of different molecular architecture

    Oswald Prucker;Stefan Christian;Harald Bock;Jürgen Rühe

  • Advancing and receding motion of droplets on ultrahydrophobic post surfaces.

    Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

  • Swelling of a polymer brush probed with a quartz crystal resonator

    Arno Domack;Oswald Prucker;Jürgen Rühe;Diethelm Johannsmann

  • Mimicking the Stenocara Beetle—Dewetting of Drops from a Patterned Superhydrophobic Surface

    Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

  • Synthesis and swelling behavior of a weak polyacid brush

    M. Biesalski;Diethelm Johannsmann;Jürgen Rühe

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
Gerhard Wegner
Gerhard Wegner Max Planck Society
Diethelm Johannsmann
Diethelm Johannsmann Clausthal University of Technology
Haining Zhang
Haining Zhang Wuhan University of Technology
Tiberio A. Ezquerra
Tiberio A. Ezquerra Spanish National Research Council
Andreas Offenhäusser
Andreas Offenhäusser Forschungszentrum Jülich
Curtis W. Frank
Curtis W. Frank Stanford University
Yun Zong
Yun Zong Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Roland Zengerle
Roland Zengerle University of Freiburg
Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge

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