2026 Reinhard Lipowsky: 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	88	1853	1786	100	93	409	29674

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Materials Science

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29674

Overview

Reinhard Lipowsky is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Cell Biology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Cellular Transport and Secretion
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Lipowsky has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed journals. They have frequently published in the following venues:

Biophysical Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Soft Matter
Nature Communications
Faraday Discussions

Recent publications by Reinhard Lipowsky include:

"Controlled division of cell-sized vesicles by low densities of membrane-bound proteins," 2020, Nature Communications
"Wetting and complex remodeling of membranes by biomolecular condensates," 2023, Nature Communications
"Remodeling of Membrane Shape and Topology by Curvature Elasticity and Membrane Tension," 2021, Advanced Biology
"Super-Resolution Imaging of Highly Curved Membrane Structures in Giant Vesicles Encapsulating Molecular Condensates," 2021, Advanced Materials
"Multispherical shapes of vesicles highlight the curvature elasticity of biomembranes," 2022, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include Rumiana Dimova, Ziliang Zhao, Jan Steinkühler, Markus S. Miettinen, and Agustín Mangiarotti. These collaborations reflect a diverse network across related scientific disciplines focusing on membrane biophysics and related areas.

Best Publications

The conformation of membranes

Reinhard Lipowsky

1259
Citations
Liquid morphologies on structured surfaces: from microchannels to microchips.

Hartmut Gau;Stephan Herminghaus;Peter Lenz;Reinhard Lipowsky

1248
Citations
Structure and dynamics of membranes

R. Lipowsky;E. Sackmann

1011
Citations
Computer simulations of bilayer membranes - self-assembly and interfacial tension.

Rüdiger Goetz;Reinhard Lipowsky

681
Citations
Adhesion of vesicles

Udo Seifert;Udo Seifert;Reinhard Lipowsky;Reinhard Lipowsky

635
Citations
Mobility and elasticity of self-assembled membranes.

Rüdiger Goetz;Gerhard Gompper;Reinhard Lipowsky

592
Citations
Cooperative cargo transport by several molecular motors

Stefan Klumpp;Reinhard Lipowsky

505
Citations
Tension-induced fusion of bilayer membranes and vesicles.

Julian C. Shillcock;Reinhard Lipowsky

466
Citations
Wetting morphologies at microstructured surfaces

Ralf Seemann;Martin Brinkmann;Edward J. Kramer;Frederick F. Lange

462
Citations
Critical Surface Phenomena at First-Order Bulk Transitions

Reinhard Lipowsky

457
Citations
Unbinding transitions of interacting membranes.

Reinhard Lipowsky;Stanislas Leibler

454
Citations
Equilibrium structure and lateral stress distribution of amphiphilic bilayers from dissipative particle dynamics simulations

Julian C. Shillcock;Reinhard Lipowsky

452
Citations
A practical guide to giant vesicles. Probing the membrane nanoregime via optical microscopy

Rumiana Dimova;Said Aranda;Natalya Bezlyepkina;Vesselin Nikolov

443
Citations
Contact angles on heterogeneous surfaces: A new look at Cassie's and Wenzel's laws

Peter S. Swain;Reinhard Lipowsky

421
Citations
Domain-induced budding of vesicles.

Frank Jülicher;Reinhard Lipowsky

415
Citations
Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics

Marian Weiss;Marian Weiss;Johannes Patrick Frohnmayer;Johannes Patrick Frohnmayer;Lucia Theresa Benk;Lucia Theresa Benk;Barbara Haller;Barbara Haller

411
Citations
Shape transformations of vesicles with intramembrane domains

Frank Jülicher;Frank Jülicher;Frank Jülicher;Reinhard Lipowsky

396
Citations
Spontaneous tubulation of membranes and vesicles reveals membrane tension generated by spontaneous curvature

Reinhard Lipowsky

366
Citations
Shape Transformations of Giant Vesicles: Extreme Sensitivity to Bilayer Asymmetry

Karin Berndl;Josef Käs;Reinhard Lipowsky;Erich Sackmann

331
Citations
Morphological Transitions of Wetting Layers on Structured Surfaces

Peter Lenz;Reinhard Lipowsky

327
Citations
Vesicles in contact with nanoparticles and colloids

R. Lipowsky;H. G. Döbereiner

288
Citations