2026 Phillip B. Messersmith: 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	96	1239	1187	401	374	240	51977

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Materials Science

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51977

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering
2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Phillip B. Messersmith is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around materials science, with a particular focus on surfaces, coatings, and films. The work extends into subfields such as biomaterials, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, and molecular biology.

The main topics of interest in Messersmith's research include polymer surface interaction studies, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, adhesion, friction, and surface interactions, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, and force microscopy techniques and applications.

Messersmith has co-authored research with several frequent collaborators, including Jing Cheng, Kelsey G. DeFrates, Ellen Heber-Katz, Katerina G. Malollari, and Peyman Delparastan.

Publications by Messersmith have appeared in a range of academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

Nature Communications
Science
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Advanced Functional Materials

Some recent research papers include:

Phenolic-enabled nanotechnology: versatile particle engineering for biomedicine, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
Selective, Catalytic Oxidations of C-H Bonds in Polyethylenes Produce Functional Materials with Enhanced Adhesion, 2020, Chem
Molecular design principles of Lysine-DOPA wet adhesion, 2020, Nature Communications
Sustained Exosome-Guided Macrophage Polarization Using Hydrolytically Degradable PEG Hydrogels for Cutaneous Wound Healing: Identification of Key Proteins and MiRNAs, and Sustained Release Formulation, 2022, Small
Cooperativity of Catechols and Amines in High-Performance Dry/Wet Adhesives, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Phillip B. Messersmith has received recognition in their field, including the Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering award in 2012 and the Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2006.

Best Publications

Mussel-Inspired Surface Chemistry for Multifunctional Coatings

Haeshin Lee;Shara M. Dellatore;William M. Miller;Phillip B. Messersmith

11345
Citations
Single-molecule mechanics of mussel adhesion

Haeshin Lee;Norbert F. Scherer;Phillip B. Messersmith

2313
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A reversible wet/dry adhesive inspired by mussels and geckos

Haeshin Lee;Bruce P. Lee;Phillip B. Messersmith

2255
Citations
Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

Bruce P. Lee;P.B. Messersmith;J.N. Israelachvili;J.H. Waite

1837
Citations
Synthesis and barrier properties of poly(ε‐caprolactone)‐layered silicate nanocomposites

Phillip B. Messersmith;Emmanuel P. Giannelis

1753
Citations
Polydopamine Surface Chemistry: A Decade of Discovery.

Ji Hyun Ryu;Phillip B. Messersmith;Phillip B. Messersmith;Haeshin Lee

1688
Citations
pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli

N. Holten-Andersen;M. J. Harrington;H. Birkedal;B. P. Lee

1674
Citations
Facile Conjugation of Biomolecules onto Surfaces via Mussel Adhesive Protein Inspired Coatings

Haeshin Lee;Junsung Rho;Phillip B. Messersmith

1632
Citations
Synthesis and Characterization of Layered Silicate-Epoxy Nanocomposites

Phillip B. Messersmith;Emmanuel P. Giannelis

1516
Citations
Colorless Multifunctional Coatings Inspired by Polyphenols Found in Tea, Chocolate, and Wine

Tadas S. Sileika;Devin G. Barrett;Ran Zhang;King Hang Aaron Lau

912
Citations
Synthesis and gelation of DOPA-modified poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels.

Bruce P. Lee;Jeffrey L. Dalsin;Phillip B. Messersmith

716
Citations
Mussel adhesive protein mimetic polymers for the preparation of nonfouling surfaces.

Jeffrey L Dalsin;Bi-Huang Hu;Bruce P Lee;Phillip B Messersmith

707
Citations
Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites: in situ intercalative polymerization of .epsilon.-caprolactone in layered silicates

Phillip B. Messersmith;Emmanuel P. Giannelis

561
Citations
Protein Resistance of Titanium Oxide Surfaces Modified by Biologically Inspired mPEG−DOPA

Jeffrey L. Dalsin;Lijun Lin;Samuele Tosatti;Janos Vörös

550
Citations
Biomimetic anchor for surface-initiated polymerization from metal substrates.

Xiaowu Fan;Lijun Lin;Jeffrey L Dalsin;Phillip B Messersmith

537
Citations
One‐Step Multipurpose Surface Functionalization by Adhesive Catecholamine

Sung Min Kang;Nathaniel S. Hwang;Jihyeon Yeom;Sung Young Park

520
Citations
Peptidomimetic polymers for antifouling surfaces

Phillip B. Messersmith;Annelise E. Barron;Andrea Statz;Robert Meagher

517
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Substrate-Independent Layer-by-Layer Assembly by Using Mussel-Adhesive-Inspired Polymers†

Haeshin Lee;Yuhan Lee;Andrea R. Statz;Junsung Rho

504
Citations
Control of hierarchical polymer mechanics with bioinspired metal-coordination dynamics

Scott C. Grindy;Robert Learsch;Davoud Mozhdehi;Jing Cheng

503
Citations
Catechol Polymers for pH-Responsive, Targeted Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells

Jing Su;Feng Chen;Vincent L. Cryns;Phillip B. Messersmith

491
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