2026 Leonid Ionov: 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	60	7173	6937	421	408	146	10887

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Materials Science

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146

10887

Overview

Leonid Ionov is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Automotive Engineering, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

Materials for Smart Soft Actuator Systems, 2021, Chemical Reviews
4D Biofabrication Using a Combination of 3D Printing and Melt-Electrowriting of Shape-Morphing Polymers, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Digital Light Processing Bioprinting Advances for Microtissue Models, 2022, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Ink material selection and optical design considerations in DLP 3D printing, 2022, Applied Materials Today
4D printing roadmap, 2024, Smart Materials and Structures

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Leonid Ionov include:

Indra Apsite
Gissela Constante
Pavel Milkin
Sahar Salehi
Dennis Schönfeld

The main publication venues where Leonid Ionov's research has appeared regularly are:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Advanced Functional Materials
Macromolecules
Nature Communications
ACS Applied Bio Materials

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Polymer composites and self-healing
3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Conducting polymers and applications

Best Publications

Hydrogel-based actuators: possibilities and limitations

Leonid Ionov

718
Citations
Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

Leonid Ionov

493
Citations
4D Biofabrication Using Shape-Morphing Hydrogels

Alina Kirillova;Ridge Maxson;Georgi Stoychev;Cheryl T. Gomillion

457
Citations
Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

Georgi Stoychev;Nikolay Puretskiy;Leonid Ionov

408
Citations
Shape-programmed folding of stimuli-responsive polymer bilayers.

Georgi Stoychev;Svetlana Zakharchenko;Svetlana Zakharchenko;Sébastien Turcaud;John W C Dunlop

304
Citations
Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

Leonid Ionov

296
Citations
Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators

Shaohua Jiang;Fangyao Liu;Arne Lerch;Leonid Ionov

292
Citations
Stimuli-Responsive Bicomponent Polymer Janus Particles by Grafting from / Grafting to Approaches

Sebastian Berger;Alla Synytska;Leonid Ionov;Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn

258
Citations
Reversible chemical patterning on stimuli-responsive polymer film: environment-responsive lithography.

Leonid Ionov;Sergiy Minko;Manfred Stamm;Jean-François Gohy

204
Citations
Light-Responsive Shape-Changing Polymers

Georgi Stoychev;Alina Kirillova;Leonid Ionov

204
Citations
Stimuli-Responsive Microjets with Reconfigurable Shape

Veronika Magdanz;Georgi Stoychev;Georgi Stoychev;Leonid Ionov;Samuel Sanchez;Samuel Sanchez

200
Citations
Smart Microfluidic Channels

Leonid Ionov;Nikolay Houbenov;Alexander Sidorenko;Manfred Stamm

191
Citations
Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes

Svetlana Zakharchenko;Nikolay Puretskiy;Georgi Stoychev;Manfred Stamm

185
Citations
Hierarchical Multi-Step Folding of Polymer Bilayers

Georgi Stoychev;Georgi Stoychev;Sébastien Turcaud;John W. C. Dunlop;Leonid Ionov

181
Citations
Reversible Switching of Microtubule Motility Using Thermoresponsive Polymer Surfaces

Leonid Ionov;Manfred Stamm;Stefan Diez

165
Citations
Surface functionalization by smart coatings: Stimuli-responsive binary polymer brushes

Petra Uhlmann;Leonid Ionov;Nikolay Houbenov;Mirko Nitschke

158
Citations
Water-repellent textile via decorating fibers with amphiphilic Janus particles.

Alla Synytska;Rina Khanum;Leonid Ionov;Chokri Cherif

158
Citations
Shape-changing polymers for biomedical applications

Alina Kirillova;Leonid Ionov

147
Citations
Gradient Polymer Layers by “Grafting To” Approach

Leonid Ionov;Bogdan Zdyrko;Alexander Sidorenko;Sergiy Minko

146
Citations
Inverse and reversible switching gradient surfaces from mixed polyelectrolyte brushes.

Leonid Ionov;Nikolay Houbenov;and Alexander Sidorenko;Manfred Stamm

144
Citations
Gradient Mixed Brushes: “Grafting To” Approach

Leonid Ionov;Alexander Sidorenko;Manfred Stamm;Sergiy Minko

134
Citations