2026 Matthew L. Becker: 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	66	5446	5267	1416	1325	241	13329
Chemistry	64	8199	7447	2369	1970	206	11918

Overview

Matthew L. Becker is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States specializing in areas intersecting materials science, medicine, and engineering. Their publication record demonstrates a focus on the development and characterization of polymers and biomaterials with applications in biomedical engineering and related fields.

Their research spans several interconnected topics, including:

biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Polymer composites and self-healing
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Conducting polymers and applications

Becker's work is published extensively across a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

Biomacromolecules
Journal of Polymer Science
Nature Communications
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Macromolecules

They have collaborated regularly with other scientists, including frequent co-authors such as Tae-Lim Choi, Craig J. Hawker, Conor Doss, Herman Mark, and Takuzo Aida. Each of these partnerships appears in multiple publications, highlighting sustained collaborative research activity.

Selected recent publications illustrate the focus and scope of Becker's scientific contributions:

Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers (2021), published in Chemical Reviews
Ultra-Tough Elastomers from Stereochemistry-Directed Hydrogen Bonding in Isosorbide-Based Polymers (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Applied machine learning as a driver for polymeric biomaterials design (2023), published in Nature Communications
4D Printing of Resorbable Complex Shape-Memory Poly(propylene fumarate) Star Scaffolds (2020), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Elastomeric polyamide biomaterials with stereochemically tuneable mechanical properties and shape memory (2020), published in Nature Communications

Their expertise also extends to biomedical engineering subfields such as surgery, organic chemistry, biomaterials, and polymers and plastics.

In addition to journal articles, Becker has contributed to book publications, including a title released in 2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing plc.

Best Publications

Interaction of Gold Nanoparticles with Common Human Blood Proteins

Silvia H. De Paoli Lacerda;Jung Jin Park;Curt Meuse;Denis Pristinski

1354
Citations
"Click" reactions: a versatile toolbox for the synthesis of peptide-conjugates

Wen Tang;Matthew L. Becker

401
Citations
Degradable Adhesives for Surgery and Tissue Engineering.

Vrushali Bhagat;Matthew L. Becker

337
Citations
Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers.

Alina Kirillova;Taylor R Yeazel;Darya Asheghali;Shannon R Petersen

314
Citations
Comparison of the quality of aqueous dispersions of single wall carbon nanotubes using surfactants and biomolecules.

Reto Haggenmueller;Sameer S. Rahatekar;Jeffrey A. Fagan;Jaehun Chun

312
Citations
Antimicrobial and Antifouling Strategies for Polymeric Medical Devices

Zachary K. Zander;Matthew L. Becker

304
Citations
Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

Joshua C. Worch;Hannah Prydderch;Sètuhn Jimaja;Panagiotis Bexis

293
Citations
An assessment of the effects of shell cross-linked nanoparticle size, core composition, and surface PEGylation on in vivo biodistribution.

Xiankai Sun;Raffaella Rossin;Jeffrey L. Turner;Matthew L. Becker

262
Citations
Length fractionation of carbon nanotubes using centrifugation

Jeffrey A. Fagan;Matthew L. Becker;Jaehun Chun;Erik K. Hobbie

231
Citations
Length-Dependent Uptake of DNA-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Matthew L. Becker;Jeffrey A. Fagan;Nathan D. Gallant;Barry J. Bauer

205
Citations
Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers in Medicine.

Gregory I. Peterson;Andrey V. Dobrynin;Matthew L. Becker

203
Citations
Length-Dependent Optical Effects in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Jeffrey A. Fagan;Jeffrey R. Simpson;Barry J. Bauer;Silvia H. De Paoli Lacerda

181
Citations
Functionalized micellar assemblies prepared via block copolymers synthesized by living free radical polymerization upon peptide-loaded resins.

Matthew L Becker;Jianquan Liu;Karen L Wooley

168
Citations
Universal Gradient Substrates for “Click” Biofunctionalization

Nathan D. Gallant;Kristopher A. Lavery;Eric J. Amis;Matthew L. Becker

157
Citations
Synthesis, characterization, and bioavailability of mannosylated shell cross-linked nanoparticles.

Maisie J. Joralemon;K. Shanmugananda Murthy;Edward E. Remsen;Matthew L. Becker

157
Citations
Synergistic enhancement of human bone marrow stromal cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation on BMP-2-derived and RGD peptide concentration gradients.

Nicole M. Moore;Nancy J. Lin;Nathan D. Gallant;Matthew L. Becker

156
Citations
Characterization and optimization of RGD-containing silk blends to support osteoblastic differentiation.

Abby W. Morgan;Kristen E. Roskov;Sheng Lin-Gibson;David L. Kaplan

147
Citations
Directed differentiation and neurite extension of mouse embryonic stem cell on aligned poly(lactide) nanofibers functionalized with YIGSR peptide

Laura A. Smith Callahan;Sibai Xie;Ian A. Barker;Jukuan Zheng

146
Citations
Peptide-functionalized oxime hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties and gelation behavior

Fei Lin;Jiayi Yu;Wen Tang;Jukuan Zheng

143
Citations
3D Printing of Poly(propylene fumarate) Oligomers: Evaluation of Resin Viscosity, Printing Characteristics and Mechanical Properties.

Yuanyuan Luo;Gaëlle Le Fer;David Dean;Matthew L Becker

143
Citations
Strain-promoted crosslinking of peg-based hydrogels via copper-free cycloaddition

Robert A. Weiss;Matthew L. Becker

135
Citations