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Materials Science

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76
Citations
20029
World Ranking
3299
National Ranking
924

Chemistry

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Kenneth J. Shea 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 Kenneth J. Shea sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 273 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth J. Shea 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 Kenneth J. Shea sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth J. Shea is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research focuses broadly on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 34 publications in this main field. The work further delves into subfields such as molecular biology, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's major research topics include:

  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

Kenneth J. Shea's publications have appeared frequently in several scientific journals, including:

  • Biomacromolecules
  • Materials Horizons
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • RSC Advances

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on biomaterials and polymer chemistry, such as:

  • "Synthetic hydrogel nanoparticles for sepsis therapy" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Investigating PLGA microparticle swelling behavior reveals an interplay of expansive intermolecular forces" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Abiotic Mimic of Endogenous Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases: Engineering Synthetic Polymer Nanoparticles for Use as a Broad-Spectrum Metalloproteinase Inhibitor" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "In situ formed thermogelable hydrogel photonic crystals assembled by thermosensitive IPNs" (2020) published in Materials Horizons
  • "Remarkable sol-gel transition of PNIPAm-based nanogels via large steric hindrance of side-chains" (2023) published in Materials Horizons

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Min Xue
  • José E. Báez
  • Keiichi Yoshimatsu
  • Hiroyuki Koide
  • Yu Hoshino

Kenneth J. Shea received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995. This distinction is awarded for contributions to science and advancement in their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Bridged polysilsesquioxanes. molecular-engineered hybrid organic-inorganic materials

    K. J. Shea;D. A. Loy

  • Arylsilsesquioxane gels and related materials. New hybrids of organic and inorganic networks

    K. J. Shea;K. J. Shea;D. A. Loy;D. A. Loy;O. Webster;O. Webster

  • Selective Protein Capture by Epitope Imprinting

    Hidekazu Nishino;Chin-Shiou Huang;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Synthesis and Processing of Improved Organic Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials for Applications in Photonics

    L. R. Dalton;A. W. Harper;R. Ghosn;W. H. Steier

  • Influence of polymer morphology on the ability of imprinted network polymers to resolve enantiomers

    Börje Sellergren;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Recognition, Neutralization, and Clearance of Target Peptides in the Bloodstream of Living Mice by Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles: A Plastic Antibody

    Yu Hoshino;Hiroyuki Koide;Takeo Urakami;Hiroaki Kanazawa

  • Alternating droplet generation and controlled dynamic droplet fusion in microfluidic device for CdS nanoparticle synthesis

    Lung-Hsin Hung;Kyung M. Choi;Wei-Yu Tseng;Yung-Chieh Tan

  • Peptide imprinted polymer nanoparticles: a plastic antibody

    Yu Hoshino;Takashi Kodama;Yoshio Okahata;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Electric-field-induced wetting and dewetting in single hydrophobic nanopores.

    Matthew R. Powell;Leah Cleary;Matthew Davenport;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Evaluation of Binding and Origins of Specificity of 9-Ethyladenine Imprinted Polymers

    David Spivak;Marcella A. Gilmore;K. J. Shea

  • Polymer complements to nucleotide bases. Selective binding of adenine derivatives to imprinted polymers

    Kenneth J. Shea;David A. Spivak;Boerje Sellergren

  • Chiral ion-exchange chromatography: Correlation between solute retention and a theoretical ion-exchange model using imprinted polymers

    Börje Sellergren;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Alkylene-bridged silsesquioxane sol-gel synthesis and xerogel characterization. Molecular requirements for porosity

    Henry W. Oviatt;Kenneth J. Shea;James H. Small

  • Origin of peak asymmetry and the effect of temperature on solute retention in enantiomer separations on imprinted chiral stationary phases

    Börje Sellergren;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Recent progress in hybrid materials science

    Clément Sanchez;Kenneth J. Shea;Susumu Kitagawa

  • Designed catalysts. A synthetic network polymer that catalyzes the dehydrofluorination of 4-fluoro-4-(p-nitrophenyl)butan-2-one

    James V. Beach;Kenneth J. Shea

  • The rational design of a synthetic polymer nanoparticle that neutralizes a toxic peptide in vivo

    Yu Hoshino;Hiroyuki Koide;Keiichi Furuya;Walter W. Haberaecker

  • Imprinted Polymer Membranes for the Selective Transport of Targeted Neutral Molecules

    Jainamma Mathew-Krotz;K. J. Shea

  • Aryl-bridged polysilsesquioxanes - New microporous materials

    Kenneth J. Shea;Douglas A. Loy;Owen W. Webster

  • On the control of microenvironment shape of functionalized network polymers prepared by template polymerization

    K. J. Shea;D. Y. Sasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas A. Loy
Douglas A. Loy University of Arizona
Zuzanna S. Siwy
Zuzanna S. Siwy University of California, Irvine
Naoto Oku
Naoto Oku University of Shizuoka
Yoshio Okahata
Yoshio Okahata Tokyo Institute of Technology
Roger A. Assink
Roger A. Assink Sandia National Laboratories
Guoqing Pan
Guoqing Pan Jiangsu University
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Joseph W. Ziller
Joseph W. Ziller University of California, Irvine
Wenguo Cui
Wenguo Cui Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dale W. Schaefer
Dale W. Schaefer University of Cincinnati

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