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Matthew L. Becker

Matthew L. Becker

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
66
Citations
13329
World Ranking
5444
National Ranking
1414

Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
11918
World Ranking
8197
National Ranking
2368

Matthew L. Becker 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 Matthew L. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 241 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew L. Becker 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 Matthew L. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

    Wen Tang;Matthew L. Becker

  • Degradable Adhesives for Surgery and Tissue Engineering.

    Vrushali Bhagat;Matthew L. Becker

  • Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers.

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

  • 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

  • Antimicrobial and Antifouling Strategies for Polymeric Medical Devices

    Zachary K. Zander;Matthew L. Becker

  • Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

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

  • 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

  • Length fractionation of carbon nanotubes using centrifugation

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

  • Length-Dependent Uptake of DNA-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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

  • Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers in Medicine.

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

  • Length-Dependent Optical Effects in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

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

  • 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

  • Universal Gradient Substrates for “Click” Biofunctionalization

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Fei Lin;Jiayi Yu;Wen Tang;Jukuan Zheng

  • 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

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

    Robert A. Weiss;Matthew L. Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik K. Hobbie
Erik K. Hobbie North Dakota State University
Joachim Kohn
Joachim Kohn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Darrell H. Reneker
Darrell H. Reneker University of Akron
Karen L. Wooley
Karen L. Wooley Texas A&M University
Chrys Wesdemiotis
Chrys Wesdemiotis University of Akron
Bryan D. Vogt
Bryan D. Vogt Pennsylvania State University
Andrew P. Dove
Andrew P. Dove University of Birmingham
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Eric J. Amis
Eric J. Amis University of Akron
Andrey V. Dobrynin
Andrey V. Dobrynin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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