2026 Marc Behl: 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	42	12476	12067	679	658	225	10333

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Overview

Marc Behl is affiliated with Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, contributing extensively to subfields such as mechanical engineering, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, and molecular medicine.

The scientist's work broadly covers topics related to advanced materials and mechanics, hydrogels including their synthesis, properties, and applications, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, polymer composites and self-healing technologies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, and 3D printing within biomedical research.

Marc Behl has published research articles in various well-known venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
MRS Advances
Materials & Design
Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Some notable recent papers authored by or with involvement from Marc Behl are:

Cactus-inspired design principles for soft robotics based on 3D printed hydrogel-elastomer systems, 2021, Materials & Design
High-Throughput and Combinatorial Approaches for the Development of Multifunctional Polymers, 2021, Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Salt-Induced Shape-Memory Effect in Gelatin-Based Hydrogels, 2020, Biomacromolecules
Bio-based composites from plant based precursors and hydroxyapatite with shape-memory capability, 2020, Composites Science and Technology
Thiol-Thioester Exchange Reactions in Precursors Enable pH-Triggered Hydrogel Formation, 2021, Biomacromolecules

Marc Behl frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Andreas Lendlein
Maria Balk
Anil Bastola
Axel T. Neffe
Muhammad Farhan

Best Publications

Shape-memory polymers

Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

3170
Citations
Shape-Memory Polymers

Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

1271
Citations
Multifunctional Shape-Memory Polymers

Marc Behl;Muhammad Yasar Razzaq;Andreas Lendlein

1024
Citations
Biodegradable shape memory polymers

Robert S. Langer;Andreas Lendlein;Annette Schmidt;Hans Grablowitz

700
Citations
Reversible bidirectional shape-memory polymers.

Marc Behl;Karl Kratz;Jörg Zotzmann;Ulrich Nöchel

520
Citations
Shape-memory polymers as a technology platform for biomedical applications

Andreas Lendlein;Marc Behl;Bernhard Hiebl;Christian Wischke

498
Citations
Actively moving polymers

Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

362
Citations
Temperature-memory polymer actuators

Marc Behl;Karl Kratz;Ulrich Noechel;Tilman Sauter

333
Citations
Shape-Memory Hydrogels: Evolution of Structural Principles To Enable Shape Switching of Hydrophilic Polymer Networks

Candy Löwenberg;Maria Balk;Christian Wischke;Marc Behl

305
Citations
Reversible triple-shape effect of polymer networks containing polypentadecalactone- and poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-segments.

Jörg Zotzmann;Marc Behl;Dieter Hofmann;Andreas Lendlein

250
Citations
Shape-Memory Polymers and Shape-Changing Polymers

Marc Behl;Jörg Zotzmann;Andreas Lendlein

238
Citations
Triple-shape polymers

Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

222
Citations
One-Step Process for Creating Triple-Shape Capability of AB Polymer Networks

Marc Behl;Ingo Bellin;Steffen Kelch;Wolfgang Wagermaier

193
Citations
Melt-Processable Shape-Memory Hydrogels with Self-Healing Ability of High Mechanical Strength

Cigdem Bilici;Volkan Can;Ulrich Nöchel;Marc Behl

178
Citations
Non-contact actuation of triple-shape effect in multiphase polymer network nanocomposites in alternating magnetic field

U. Narendra Kumar;K. Kratz;W. Wagermaier;M. Behl

162
Citations
Shape-memory polymers with multiple transitions: complex actively moving polymers

Qian Zhao;Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

157
Citations
Towards Plastic Electronics: Patterning Semiconducting Polymers by Nanoimprint Lithography

M. Behl;J. Seekamp;S. Zankovych;C.M. Sotomayor Torres

145
Citations
Shape-memory capability of binary multiblock copolymer blends with hard and switching domains provided by different components

Marc Behl;Ute Ridder;Yakai Feng;Steffen Kelch

143
Citations
Copolymer Networks Based on Poly(ω-pentadecalactone) and Poly(ϵ-caprolactone)Segments as a Versatile Triple-Shape Polymer System

Jörg Zotzmann;Marc Behl;Yakai Feng;Andreas Lendlein

135
Citations
Biodegradable multiblock copolymers based on oligodepsipeptides with shape-memory properties.

Yakai Feng;Marc Behl;Steffen Kelch;Andreas Lendlein

132
Citations
Recent advances in degradable lactide-based shape-memory polymers.

Maria Balk;Marc Behl;Christian Wischke;Jörg Zotzmann

131
Citations
Shape-Memory Polymers

M. Behl;K. Kratz;A. Lendlein

117
Citations