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D-Index
42
Citations
10333
World Ranking
12472
National Ranking
677

Marc Behl 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 Marc Behl sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 225 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marc Behl 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 Marc Behl sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Shape-Memory Polymers

    Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

  • Multifunctional Shape-Memory Polymers

    Marc Behl;Muhammad Yasar Razzaq;Andreas Lendlein

  • Biodegradable shape memory polymers

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

  • Reversible bidirectional shape-memory polymers.

    Marc Behl;Karl Kratz;Jörg Zotzmann;Ulrich Nöchel

  • Shape-memory polymers as a technology platform for biomedical applications

    Andreas Lendlein;Marc Behl;Bernhard Hiebl;Christian Wischke

  • Actively moving polymers

    Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

  • Temperature-memory polymer actuators

    Marc Behl;Karl Kratz;Ulrich Noechel;Tilman Sauter

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

    Candy Löwenberg;Maria Balk;Christian Wischke;Marc Behl

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

    Jörg Zotzmann;Marc Behl;Dieter Hofmann;Andreas Lendlein

  • Shape-Memory Polymers and Shape-Changing Polymers

    Marc Behl;Jörg Zotzmann;Andreas Lendlein

  • Triple-shape polymers

    Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

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

    Marc Behl;Ingo Bellin;Steffen Kelch;Wolfgang Wagermaier

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

    Cigdem Bilici;Volkan Can;Ulrich Nöchel;Marc Behl

  • 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

  • Shape-memory polymers with multiple transitions: complex actively moving polymers

    Qian Zhao;Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

  • Towards Plastic Electronics: Patterning Semiconducting Polymers by Nanoimprint Lithography

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Yakai Feng;Marc Behl;Steffen Kelch;Andreas Lendlein

  • Recent advances in degradable lactide-based shape-memory polymers.

    Maria Balk;Marc Behl;Christian Wischke;Jörg Zotzmann

  • Shape-Memory Polymers

    M. Behl;K. Kratz;A. Lendlein

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Lendlein
Andreas Lendlein Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Yakai Feng
Yakai Feng Tianjin University
Rudolf Zentel
Rudolf Zentel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wolfgang Wagermaier
Wolfgang Wagermaier Max Planck Society
Qian Zhao
Qian Zhao Zhejiang University
Dirk W. Grijpma
Dirk W. Grijpma University of Twente
C. M. Sotomayor Torres
C. M. Sotomayor Torres Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
Oguz Okay
Oguz Okay Istanbul Technical University
Abraham J. Domb
Abraham J. Domb Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Andreas F. Thünemann
Andreas F. Thünemann Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

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