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Materials Science
Denmark
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
84
Citations
24008
World Ranking
2274
National Ranking
8

Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
25122
World Ranking
2554
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Kell Mortensen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research is mainly situated within the field of Materials Science, covering a total of 11 publications. Key subfields of study include Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Mortensen's scholarly work focuses on topics such as Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, Polymer Crystallization and Properties, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials, and Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mortensen include:

  • Threading-Unthreading Transition of Linear-Ring Polymer Blends in Extensional Flow (2020, ACS Macro Letters)
  • Insights into the Composition of Ancient Egyptian Red and Black Inks on Papyri Achieved by Synchrotron-Based Microanalyses (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Dynamics and Structure of Metallo-supramolecular Polymers Based on Short Telechelic Precursors (2021, Macromolecules)
  • Mechanisms of Crystallisation in Polysorbates and Sorbitan Esters (2020, CrystEngComm)
  • The Microscopic Distribution of Hydrophilic Polymers in Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs) of Medical Grade Silicone (2021, Polymer)

Frequent coauthors in Mortensen's research collaborations include Jacob J. K. Kirkensgaard, Anine L. Borger, Ole Hassager, Qian Huang, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos. This highlights a pattern of recurring teamwork particularly in polymer and materials science research.

Mortensen has published in several notable venues, with notable frequency in Macromolecules, along with publications in ACS Macro Letters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, CrystEngComm, and Polymer. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, combining chemistry, materials science, and applied physics.

Best Publications

  • Polyisoprene-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymer Phase Diagram near the Order-Disorder Transition

    Ashish K. Khandpur;Ashish K. Khandpur;Stephan Förster;Frank S Bates;Ian W. Hamley

  • Structural study on the micelle formation of poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer in aqueous solution

    Kell Mortensen;Jan Skov Pedersen

  • The properties of five highly conducting salts: (TMTSF)2X,X= Pf−6, AsF−6, SbF−6, BF−4 and NO-3, derived from tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene (TMTSF)

    K. Bechgaard;C.S. Jacobsen;K. Mortensen;H.J. Pedersen

  • Analytical treatment of the resolution function for small-angle scattering

    J. S. Pedersen;D. Posselt;K. Mortensen

  • Fluctuations, conformational asymmetry and block copolymer phase behaviour

    Frank S. Bates;Mark F. Schulz;Ashish K. Khandpur;Stephan Förster

  • Structural studies of aqueous solutions of PEO - PPO - PEO triblock copolymers, their micellar aggregates and mesophases; a small-angle neutron scattering study

    Kell Mortensen

  • The Molecular Characteristics of Poly(propyleneimine) Dendrimers As Studied with Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, Viscosimetry, and Molecular Dynamics

    Rolf Scherrenberg;Betty Coussens;Paul van Vliet;Guillaume Edouard

  • POLYMERIC BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSIONS

    Frank S. Bates;Wayne W. Maurer;Paul M. Lipic;Marc A. Hillmyer

  • Poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers in aqueous solution. The influence of relative block size

    Kell Mortensen;Wyn Brown

  • Direct observation of magnetic flux lattice melting and decomposition in the high-Tc superconductor Bi2.15Sr1.95CaCu2O8+x

    R. Cubitt;E. M. Forgan;G. Yang;S. L. Lee

  • Epitaxial relationship for hexagonal-to-cubic phase transition in a block copolymer mixture.

    Mark F. Schulz;Frank S. Bates;Kristoffer Almdal;Kell Mortensen

  • Hexagonal mesophases between lamellae and cylinders in a diblock copolymer melt

    Ian W. Hamley;Ian W. Hamley;Kurt A. Koppi;Jeffrey H. Rosedale;Frank S Bates

  • Inverse melting transition and evidence of three-dimensional cubatic structure in a block-copolymer micellar system.

    Kell Mortensen;Wyn Brown;Bengt Nordén

  • Phase behavior of poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide) triblock copolymer melt and aqueous solutions

    Kell Mortensen;Wyn Brown;Erling Joergensen

  • Cryo-TEM and SANS Microstructural Study of Pluronic Polymer Solutions

    Kell Mortensen;Yeshayahu Talmon

  • Transformations to and from the Gyroid Phase in a Diblock Copolymer

    M. E. Vigild;K. Almdal;K. Mortensen;I. W. Hamley

  • Order and disorder in symmetric diblock copolymer melts

    Jeffrey H. Rosedale;Frank S. Bates;Kristoffer Almdal;Kell Mortensen

  • Multiple ordered phases in a block copolymer melt

    K. Almdal;K. A. koppi;Frank S Bates;K. Mortensen

  • Phase Behavior of Pure Diblocks and Binary Diblock Blends of Poly(ethylene)−Poly(ethylethylene)

    Jin Zhao;Biswaroop Majumdar;Mark F. Schulz;Frank S Bates

  • Interaction of ABA Block Copolymers with Ionic Surfactants: Influence on Micellization and Gelation

    E. Hecht;K. Mortensen;M. Gradzielski;H. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristoffer Almdal
Kristoffer Almdal Technical University of Denmark
Frank S. Bates
Frank S. Bates University of Minnesota
Klaus Bechgaard
Klaus Bechgaard University of Copenhagen
Paul C. Canfield
Paul C. Canfield Iowa State University
Ulf Olsson
Ulf Olsson Lund University
Ole Hassager
Ole Hassager Technical University of Denmark
Jan Skov Pedersen
Jan Skov Pedersen Aarhus University
David J. Bishop
David J. Bishop Boston University
Ian W. Hamley
Ian W. Hamley University of Reading
Anthony J. Ryan
Anthony J. Ryan University of Sheffield

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