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Michael Wübbenhorst

Michael Wübbenhorst

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
50
Citations
7767
World Ranking
10328
National Ranking
118

Michael Wübbenhorst 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 Michael Wübbenhorst sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 232 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Wübbenhorst 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 Michael Wübbenhorst 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

Michael Wübbenhorst is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research contributions cover a range of subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Catalysis, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work frequently appears in publication venues such as IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, physica status solidi (a), Ceramics International, Macromolecules, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Key topics addressed by Michael Wübbenhorst in research articles include:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Dielectric materials and actuators

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on battery materials and electrochemical systems as well as applied materials research. Examples of publications include:

  • Boosting Lean Electrolyte Lithium-Sulfur Battery Performance with Transition Metals: A Comprehensive Review (2023), Nano-Micro Letters
  • Balancing Adsorption, Catalysis, and Desorption in Cathode Catalyst For Li-S Batteries (2023), Advanced Energy Materials
  • QCM-D Study of Time-Resolved Cell Adhesion and Detachment: Effect of Surface Free Energy on Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Cu-Mo Bimetal Modulated Multifunctional Carbon Nanofibers Promoting the Polysulfides Conversion for High-Sulfur-Loading Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (2022), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Research on political instability, uncertainty and risk during 1953-2019: a scientometric review (2020), Scientometrics

Collaborations have included frequent coauthors such as Jiangshui Luo, Hailong Pan, Patrick Wagner, Carmen Bartic, and Derick Yongabi. These collaborations indicate interdisciplinary work crossing materials science and engineering domains.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of complex dielectric spectra. I. One-dimensional derivative techniques and three-dimensional modelling

    Michael Wübbenhorst;Jan van Turnhout

  • The lifetime of the deviations from bulk behaviour in polymers confined at the nanoscale

    Simone Napolitano;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Can Thickness and Interfacial Interactions Univocally Determine the Behavior of Polymers Confined at the Nanoscale

    Simone Napolitano;Cinzia Rotella;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity of imidazolium ionic liquids

    Jan Leys;Michael Wübbenhorst;Chirukandath Preethy Menon;Ravindran Rajesh

  • 1,2,4-Triazolium perfluorobutanesulfonate as an archetypal pure protic organic ionic plastic crystal electrolyte for all-solid-state fuel cells

    Jiangshui Luo;Annemette Hindhede Jensen;Neil R. Brooks;Jeroen Sniekers

  • Boosting Lean Electrolyte Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance with Transition Metals: A Comprehensive Review

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  • Chromophore–zeolite composites: The organizing role of molecular sieves

    JÜRgen Caro;Frank Marlow;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Dielectric characterization of a thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyesteramide : 1. Relaxation peak assignment

    A Boersma;J van Turnhout;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Slowing Down of the Crystallization Kinetics in Ultrathin Polymer Films: A Size or an Interface Effect?

    Simone Napolitano;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Crystallization of thin polymer layers confined between two adsorbing walls

    Bram Vanroy;Michael Wübbenhorst;Simone Napolitano

  • Dielectric Signature of a Dead Layer in Ultrathin Films of a Nonpolar Polymer

    Simone Napolitano;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Polar switching in trialkylbenzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides.

    Cfc Carel Fitié;Wsc Christian Roelofs;Pcmm Pieter Magusin;M Wübbenhorst

  • Unusual deviations from bulk behavior in ultrathin films of poly(tert-butylstyrene): can dead layers induce a reduction of T(g)?

    Simone Napolitano;Alessandro Pilleri;Pierangelo Rolla;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Specific heat and dielectric relaxations in ultra-thin polystyrene layers

    Veronica Lupaşcu;Heiko Huth;Christoph Schick;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Probing interfacial mobility profiles via the impact of nanoscopic confinement on the strength of the dynamic glass transition

    Cinzia Rotella;Michael Wübbenhorst;Simone Napolitano

  • Analysis of complex dielectric spectra. II. Evaluation of the activation energy landscape by differential sampling

    Jan van Turnhout;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Dielectric and Fluorescent Probes To Investigate Glass Transition, Melt, and Crystallization in Polyolefins

    Otto Van Den Berg;Wilco G. F. Sengers;Wolter F. Jager;Stephen J. Picken

  • Phase Separation as a Tool to Control Dispersion of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Polymeric Blends

    Suryasarathi Bose;Ceren Özdilek;Jan Leys;Jin Won Seo

  • Distribution of Segmental Mobility in Ultrathin Polymer Films

    Cinzia Rotella;Simone Napolitano;Lieven De Cremer;Guy Koeckelberghs

  • Cooperative and non-cooperative dynamics in ultra-thin films of polystyrene studied by dielectric spectroscopy and capacitive dilatometry

    Veronica Lupaşcu;Stephen J. Picken;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Segmental Mobility and Glass Transition Temperature of Freely Suspended Ultrathin Polymer Membranes

    Cinzia Rotella;Simone Napolitano;Michael Wübbenhorst

  • Structural relaxation and dynamic fragility of freely standing polymer films

    Simone Napolitano;Michael Wübbenhorst

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Picken
Stephen J. Picken Delft University of Technology
Jin Won Seo
Jin Won Seo KU Leuven
Rint P. Sijbesma
Rint P. Sijbesma Eindhoven University of Technology
Martijn Kemerink
Martijn Kemerink Heidelberg University
Suryasarathi Bose
Suryasarathi Bose Indian Institute of Science
H. van Bekkum
H. van Bekkum Delft University of Technology
Jan Fransaer
Jan Fransaer KU Leuven

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