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Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Monica Olvera de la Cruz

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
17621
World Ranking
4627
National Ranking
1227

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
17859
World Ranking
5557
National Ranking
1716

Monica Olvera de la Cruz 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 Monica Olvera de la Cruz sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 505 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Monica Olvera de la Cruz 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 Monica Olvera de la Cruz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Monica Olvera de la Cruz is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and specializes in research spanning materials science, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output includes extensive work in the subfields of molecular biology, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, condensed matter physics, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The primary research topics addressed by Monica Olvera de la Cruz include:

  • Micro and nano robotics
  • Electrostatics and colloid interactions
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Material dynamics and properties
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications
  • Microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies

Their work has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable regular contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Soft Matter
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • ACS Nano
  • Faraday Discussions

Monica Olvera de la Cruz's recent publications include:

  • Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields, 2020, Science Robotics
  • Microporous water with high gas solubilities, 2022, Nature
  • Polycrystalline Covalent Organic Framework Films Act as Adsorbents, Not Membranes, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Self-assembly of nanocrystals into strongly electronically coupled all-inorganic supercrystals, 2022, Science
  • Single-chain heteropolymers transport protons selectively and rapidly, 2020, Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Chad A. Mirkin (26 joint publications), E. Kirkinis (19), Felipe Jiménez-Ángeles (18), Baofu Qiao (15), and Martin Girard (15).

Among distinctions, Monica Olvera de la Cruz received the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award in 1990.

Best Publications

  • A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

    Shuming Zhang;Megan A. Greenfield;Alvaro Mata;Liam C. Palmer

  • DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization into Wulff polyhedra

    Evelyn Auyeung;Ting I. N. G. Li;Andrew J. Senesi;Abrin L. Schmucker

  • Controlling Conformations of Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules: The Role of Nonbonding Interactions

    Nicholas E. Jackson;Brett M. Savoie;Kevin L. Kohlstedt;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • Energy landscapes and functions of supramolecular systems

    Faifan Tantakitti;Job Boekhoven;Job Boekhoven;Xin Wang;Roman V. Kazantsev

  • Precipitation of highly charged polyelectrolyte solutions in the presence of multivalent salts

    M. Olvera de la Cruz;L. Belloni;M. Delsanti;J. P. Dalbiez

  • Theory of Microphase Separation in Graft and Star Copolymers

    Monica Olvera de la Cruz;Monica Olvera de la Cruz;Isaac C. Sanchez;Isaac C. Sanchez

  • Electrostatic control of block copolymer morphology

    Charles E. Sing;Jos W. Zwanikken;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • All-Polymer Solar Cell Performance Optimized via Systematic Molecular Weight Tuning of Both Donor and Acceptor Polymers

    Nanjia Zhou;Alexander S. Dudnik;Ting I N G Li;Eric F. Manley

  • Electrostatics at the nanoscale

    David A. Walker;Bartlomiej Kowalczyk;Monica Olvera de la Cruz;Bartosz A. Grzybowski

  • Random heteropolymers preserve protein function in foreign environments

    Brian Panganiban;Baofu Qiao;Tao Jiang;Christopher DelRe

  • Molecular simulation study of peptide amphiphile self-assembly.

    Yuri S. Velichko;Samuel I. Stupp;Monica Olvera De La Cruz

  • Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields

    Chuang Li;Garrett C. Lau;Hang Yuan;Aaveg Aggarwal

  • Flexible Linear Polyelectrolytes in Multivalent Salt Solutions: Solubility Conditions

    F. J. Solis;M. Olvera De La Cruz

  • Collapse of flexible polyelectrolytes in multivalent salt solutions

    Francisco J. Solis;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • Tunable mechanics of peptide nanofiber gels.

    Megan A Greenfield;Jessica R Hoffman;Monica Olvera de la Cruz;Samuel I Stupp

  • Microphase separation in multiblock copolymer melts

    Anne M. Mayes;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • Phase equilibria and charge fractionation in polydisperse polyelectrolyte solutions

    Igor Erukhimovich;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • Conformational Order in Aggregates of Conjugated Polymers

    Nicholas E. Jackson;Kevin L. Kohlstedt;Brett M. Savoie;Monica Olvera De La Cruz

  • Complexation of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes: Effect of Ion Pair Formation

    Alexander Kudlay;and Alexander V. Ermoshkin;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • Precipitation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes in salt solutions.

    Alexander Kudlay;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel I. Stupp
Samuel I. Stupp Northwestern University
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University
Michael J. Bedzyk
Michael J. Bedzyk Northwestern University
John F. Marko
John F. Marko Northwestern University
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Igal Szleifer
Igal Szleifer Northwestern University
Kenneth R. Shull
Kenneth R. Shull Northwestern University
Juan J. de Pablo
Juan J. de Pablo New York University
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University
Ting Xu
Ting Xu University of California, Berkeley

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