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Lionel Porcar 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 Lionel Porcar sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 324 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lionel Porcar 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 Lionel Porcar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lionel Porcar is affiliated with the Institut Laue-Langevin in France and has an extensive publication record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Their research spans various subfields including molecular biology, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their scientific inquiries primarily focus on topics such as lipid membrane structure and behavior, surfactants and colloidal systems, protein structure and dynamics, material dynamics and properties, nuclear physics and applications, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, and pickering emulsions and particle stabilization.

Porcar's recent papers illustrate a broad array of research interests:

  • Apolipoprotein E Binding Drives Structural and Compositional Rearrangement of mRNA-Containing Lipid Nanoparticles, 2021, ACS Nano
  • On the Nanoscale Structural Evolution of Solid Discharge Products in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Using Operando Scattering, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Human Myelin Proteolipid Protein Structure and Lipid Bilayer Stacking, 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Detailed Catalyst Layer Structure of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells from Contrast Variation Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, 2023, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Self-Similar Polymer Ring Conformations Based on Elementary Loops: A Direct Observation by SANS, 2020, ACS Macro Letters

Frequent co-authors in Porcar's work include Anne Martel, Guan-Rong Huang, Wei-Ren Chen, Chi-Huan Tung, and Changwoo Do. Their collaborative efforts have been reflected in numerous publications across diverse journals.

Publication venues where Porcar has frequently contributed contain:

  • Journal of Applied Crystallography
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Soft Matter
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Macromolecules

This body of work demonstrates a consistent engagement with the investigation of molecular and material structures through advanced scattering techniques and interdisciplinary approaches, linking fundamental biological systems with applied materials science disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Apolipoprotein E Binding Drives Structural and Compositional Rearrangement of mRNA-Containing Lipid Nanoparticles.

    Federica Sebastiani;Marianna Yanez Arteta;Michael Lerche;Lionel Porcar

  • Lysozyme protein solution with an intermediate range order structure.

    Yun Liu;Yun Liu;Lionel Porcar;Jinhong Chen;Wei-Ren Chen

  • Observation of Small Cluster Formation in Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions and Its Implications to Solution Viscosity

    Eric J. Yearley;Paul D. Godfrin;Paul D. Godfrin;Tatiana Nmn Perevozchikova;Tatiana Nmn Perevozchikova;Hailiang Zhang

  • Formation of the Dynamic Clusters in Concentrated Lysozyme Protein Solutions

    Lionel Porcar;Peter Falus;Wei-Ren Chen;Antonio Faraone;Antonio Faraone

  • Flow-SANS and Rheo-SANS applied to soft matter

    Aaron P.R. Eberle;Lionel Porcar

  • Polyimide-silica composite materials: How does silica influence their microstructure and gas permeation properties?

    C. Joly;M. Smaihi;L. Porcar;R.D. Noble

  • Chloroplast remodeling during state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as revealed by noninvasive techniques in vivo

    Gergely Nagy;Gergely Nagy;Renáta Ünnep;Ottó Zsiros;Ryutaro Tokutsu

  • Lipid bilayers and membrane dynamics: insight into thickness fluctuations.

    Andrea C. Woodka;Paul D. Butler;Lionel Porcar;Bela Farago

  • Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of the Counterion Effects on the Molecular Conformation and Structure of Charged G4 PAMAM Dendrimers in Aqueous Solutions

    Wei-Ren Chen;Lionel Porcar;Yun Liu;Paul D. Butler

  • A new approach to quantification of metamorphism using ultra-small and small angle neutron scattering.

    Lawrence M. Anovitz;Lawrence M. Anovitz;Gary W. Lynn;David R. Cole;Gernot Rother

  • The microstructure and rheology of a model, thixotropic nanoparticle gel under steady shear and large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS)

    Jung Min Kim;Aaron P. R. Eberle;A. Kate Gurnon;Lionel Porcar

  • Effect of Hierarchical Cluster Formation on the Viscosity of Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Formulations Studied by Neutron Scattering.

    P. Douglas Godfrin;Isidro E. Zarraga;Jonathan Zarzar;Lionel Porcar

  • Fluid Shear Induces Conformation Change in Human Blood Protein von Willebrand Factor in Solution

    Indrajeet Singh;Efrosyni Themistou;Lionel Porcar;Sriram Neelamegham

  • Large Scale Structures in Nanocomposite Hydrogels

    Elena Loizou;Paul Butler;Lionel Porcar;Ella Kesselman

  • Spatially resolved small-angle neutron scattering in the 1-2 plane: a study of shear-induced phase-separating wormlike micelles.

    Matthew W. Liberatore;Florian Nettesheim;Norman J. Wagner;Lionel Porcar

  • Structural investigation of PAMAM dendrimers in aqueous solutions using small-angle neutron scattering: effect of generation.

    Lionel Porcar;Yun Liu;Rafael Verduzco;Kunlun Hong

  • Fast Collisional Lipid Transfer Among Polymer-Bounded Nanodiscs.

    Rodrigo Cuevas Arenas;Bartholomäus Danielczak;Anne Martel;Lionel Porcar

  • On the nanoscale structural evolution of solid discharge products in lithium-sulfur batteries using operando scattering

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  • Noninvasive Neutron Scattering Measurements Reveal Slower Cholesterol Transport in Model Lipid Membranes

    S. Garg;L. Porcar;A.C. Woodka;P.D. Butler

  • Dynamic Responses in Nanocomposite Hydrogels

    Elena Loizou;Paul Butler;Lionel Porcar;Gudrun Schmidt

  • Microstructure and shear rheology of entangled wormlike micelles in solution

    Matthew W. Liberatore;Florian Nettesheim;Paula A. Vasquez;Matthew E. Helgeson

  • Phase Separation and Molecular Intermixing in Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Thin Films.

    Matthias A. Ruderer;Robert Meier;Lionel Porcar;Robert Cubitt

  • Shedding Light on the Moisture Stability of 3D/2D Hybrid Perovskite Heterojunction Thin Films

    Johannes Schlipf;Yinghong Hu;Shambhavi Pratap;Shambhavi Pratap;Lorenz Bießmann

  • Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of the Counterion Effects on the Molecular Conformation and Structure of Charged G4 PAMAM Dendrimers in Aqueous Solutions

    Wei-Ren Chen;Lionel Porcar;Yun Liu;Paul Butler

Frequent Co-Authors

Yun Liu
Yun Liu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Paul D. Butler
Paul D. Butler National Institute of Standards and Technology
Anne L. Martel
Anne L. Martel University of Toronto
Kunlun Hong
Kunlun Hong Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Norman J. Wagner
Norman J. Wagner University of Delaware
Takeshi Egami
Takeshi Egami University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Emiliano Fratini
Emiliano Fratini University of Florence
Piero Baglioni
Piero Baglioni University of Florence
João T. Cabral
João T. Cabral Imperial College London
Costas S. Patrickios
Costas S. Patrickios University of Cyprus

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