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Nikolaj Gadegaard publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikolaj Gadegaard sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 229 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Nikolaj Gadegaard D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikolaj Gadegaard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nikolaj Gadegaard is a researcher affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research topics encompass various advanced and interdisciplinary areas, including:

  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Nikolaj Gadegaard has contributed to multiple publications featured prominently in journals and repositories such as arXiv (Cornell University), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Advanced Engineering Materials, Nano Energy, and Nature Communications.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Origin of the contact force-dependent response of triboelectric nanogenerators" (2021, Nano Energy)
  • "Superchiral near fields detect virus structure" (2020, Light Science & Applications)
  • "A unified contact force-dependent model for triboelectric nanogenerators accounting for surface roughness" (2020, Nano Energy)
  • "Predicting gene expression using morphological cell responses to nanotopography" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Multiscale in-situ quantification of the role of surface roughness and contact area using a novel Mica-PVS triboelectric nanogenerator" (2022, Nano Energy)

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Malcolm Kadodwala, Affar S. Karimullah, Daniel M. Mulvihill, Yang Xu, and Marie F.A. Cutiongco, reflecting sustained cooperative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder

    Matthew J. Dalby;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Rahul Tare;Abhay Andar

  • Ultrasensitive detection and characterization of biomolecules using superchiral fields

    Euan Hendry;T. Carpy;J. Johnston;M. Popland

  • Harnessing nanotopography and integrin–matrix interactions to influence stem cell fate

    Matthew J. Dalby;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Richard O. C. Oreffo

  • Nanoscale surfaces for the long-term maintenance of mesenchymal stem cell phenotype and multipotency

    Rebecca J. McMurray;Nikolaj Gadegaard;P. Monica Tsimbouri;Karl V. Burgess

  • Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity of Regular Nanopatterns

    Elena Martines;Kris Seunarine;Hywel Morgan;Nikolaj Gadegaard

  • 30 years of microfluidics

    Neil Convery;Nikolaj Gadegaard

  • Covalent Attachment of Poly(ethylene glycol) to Surfaces, Critical for Reducing Bacterial Adhesion

    Peter Kingshott;Jiang Wei;Dorthe Bagge-Ravn;Nikolaj Gadegaard

  • Cells react to nanoscale order and symmetry in their surroundings

    A.S.G. Curtis;N. Gadegaard;M.J. Dalby;M.O. Riehle

  • Design and fabrication of memory devices based on nanoscale polyoxometalate clusters

    Christoph Busche;Laia Vilà-Nadal;Jun Yan;Haralampos N. Miras

  • Characterization of ultrathin poly(ethylene glycol) monolayers on silicon substrates

    Alexander Papra;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Niels B. Larsen

  • Investigating filopodia sensing using arrays of defined nano-pits down to 35 nm diameter in size.

    Matthew J Dalby;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Mathis O Riehle;Chris D.W Wilkinson

  • The use of nanoscale topography to modulate the dynamics of adhesion formation in primary osteoblasts and ERK/MAPK signalling in STRO-1+ enriched skeletal stem cells.

    Manus J.P. Biggs;R. Geoff Richards;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Chris D.W. Wilkinson

  • Rapid fibroblast adhesion to 27nm high polymer demixed nano-topography.

    M.J. Dalby;D. Giannaras;M.O. Riehle;N. Gadegaard

  • Volume Change in Polypyrrole Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Elisabeth Smela and;Nikolaj Gadegaard

  • Induced Chirality through Electromagnetic Coupling between Chiral Molecular Layers and Plasmonic Nanostructures

    Nadia A. Abdulrahman;Z. Fan;Taishi Tonooka;Sharon M. Kelly

  • Surprising Volume Change in PPy(DBS): An Atomic Force Microscopy Study

    Elisabeth Smela;Nikolaj Gadegaard

  • Interactions with nanoscale topography: Adhesion quantification and signal transduction in cells of osteogenic and multipotent lineage

    Manus J. P. Biggs;Manus J. P. Biggs;R. Geoff Richards;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Rebecca J. McMurray

  • “Superchiral” Spectroscopy: Detection of Protein Higher Order Hierarchical Structure with Chiral Plasmonic Nanostructures

    Ryan Tullius;Affar S. Karimullah;Marion Rodier;Brian Fitzpatrick

  • Surface strategies for control of neuronal cell adhesion: A review

    P. Roach;T. Parker;N. Gadegaard;M.R. Alexander

  • The effects of nanoscale pits on primary human osteoblast adhesion formation and cellular spreading.

    M. J. P. Biggs;M. J. P. Biggs;R. G. Richards;N. Gadegaard;C. D. W. Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Dalby
Matthew J. Dalby University of Glasgow
Mathis O. Riehle
Mathis O. Riehle University of Glasgow
Richard O.C. Oreffo
Richard O.C. Oreffo University of Southampton
Adam S. G. Curtis
Adam S. G. Curtis University of Glasgow
Morgan R. Alexander
Morgan R. Alexander University of Nottingham
Laurence D. Barron
Laurence D. Barron University of Glasgow
Leroy Cronin
Leroy Cronin University of Glasgow
De-Liang Long
De-Liang Long University of Glasgow
Niels Bent Larsen
Niels Bent Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst

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