2026 Jürgen Rühe: 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	75	3497	3379	194	187	338	18322

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Materials Science

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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

925
Citations
Polymer brushes : synthesis, characterization, applications

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

752
Citations
Mechanism of Radical Chain Polymerizations Initiated by Azo Compounds Covalently Bound to the Surface of Spherical Particles

O. Prucker;Jürgen Rühe

634
Citations
Photochemical Attachment of Polymer Films to Solid Surfaces via Monolayers of Benzophenone Derivatives

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

551
Citations
Some thoughts on superhydrophobic wetting

Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

464
Citations
Swelling Behavior of Thin, Surface-Attached Polymer Networks

Ryan Toomey;Daniel Freidank;Jürgen Rühe

436
Citations
Polymer Layers Through Self-Assembled Monolayers of Initiators

O. Prucker;Jürgen Rühe

390
Citations
Condensation and Wetting Transitions on Microstructured Ultrahydrophobic Surfaces

Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

327
Citations
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

315
Citations
Steric Forces Measured with the Atomic Force Microscope at Various Temperatures

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

314
Citations
Wetting of Silicon Nanograss: From Superhydrophilic to Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

291
Citations
The polymer-supported phospholipid bilayer: tethering as a new approach to substrate-membrane stabilization.

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

270
Citations
Functional tethered lipid bilayers.

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

253
Citations
Low Ice Adhesion on Nano-Textured Superhydrophobic Surfaces under Supersaturated Conditions

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

237
Citations
Rapid prototyping of microfluidic chips in COC

J Steigert;S Haeberle;T Brenner;C Müller

229
Citations
On the glass transition in ultrathin polymer films of different molecular architecture

Oswald Prucker;Stefan Christian;Harald Bock;Jürgen Rühe

225
Citations
Advancing and receding motion of droplets on ultrahydrophobic post surfaces.

Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

222
Citations
Swelling of a polymer brush probed with a quartz crystal resonator

Arno Domack;Oswald Prucker;Jürgen Rühe;Diethelm Johannsmann

217
Citations
Mimicking the Stenocara Beetle—Dewetting of Drops from a Patterned Superhydrophobic Surface

Christian Dorrer;Jürgen Rühe

216
Citations
Synthesis and swelling behavior of a weak polyacid brush

M. Biesalski;Diethelm Johannsmann;Jürgen Rühe

208
Citations