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D-Index
84
Citations
23013
World Ranking
2283
National Ranking
129

Roland R. Netz 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 Roland R. Netz sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 365 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roland R. Netz 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 Roland R. Netz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roland R. Netz is a researcher affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their primary area of work falls within Physics and Astronomy, with a focused involvement in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their research portfolio further extends into Molecular Biology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their scholarly contributions include numerous papers published in various scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Water at charged interfaces," 2021, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Fluids at the Nanoscale: From Continuum to Subcontinuum Transport," 2020, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Basement membrane stiffness determines metastases formation," 2021, Nature Materials
  • "Phage capsid nanoparticles with defined ligand arrangement block influenza virus entry," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Non-Markovian modeling of protein folding," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their research topics cover a range of themes including spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, electrostatics and colloid interactions, protein structure and dynamics, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, lipid membrane structure and behavior, and force microscopy techniques and applications.

Roland R. Netz has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, among them:

  • Florian N. Brünig
  • Benjamin A. Dalton
  • Henrik Kiefer
  • Philip Loche
  • Douwe Jan Bonthuis

Their works have been published across numerous academic venues, with repeated contributions appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review E
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Molecular Origin of Fast Water Transport in Carbon Nanotube Membranes: Superlubricity versus Curvature Dependent Friction

    Kerstin Falk;Felix Sedlmeier;Laurent Joly;Roland R Netz

  • Shear-induced unfolding triggers adhesion of von Willebrand factor fibers.

    S. W. Schneider;S. Nuschele;A. Wixforth;C. Gorzelanny

  • Neutral and charged polymers at interfaces

    Roland R. Netz;David Andelman

  • Interfacial water at hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces: slip, viscosity, and diffusion.

    Christian Sendner;Dominik Horinek;Lyderic Bocquet;Roland R. Netz

  • Water slippage versus contact angle: a quasiuniversal relationship.

    David M. Huang;Christian Sendner;Dominik Horinek;Roland R. Netz

  • Water at charged interfaces

    Grazia Gonella;Grazia Gonella;Ellen H. G. Backus;Ellen H. G. Backus;Yuki Nagata;Douwe J. Bonthuis

  • Adsorption of semiflexible polyelectrolytes on charged planar surfaces: Charge compensation, charge reversal, and multilayer formation.

    Roland R. Netz;Jean-François Joanny

  • Statics and dynamics of strongly charged soft matter

    H. Boroudjerdi;Y.-W. Kim;A. Naji;R.R. Netz

  • Polyelectrolyte Brushes

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  • Dielectric profile of interfacial water and its effect on double-layer capacitance

    Douwe Jan Bonthuis;Stephan Gekle;Roland R. Netz

  • Reversed anionic Hofmeister series: the interplay of surface charge and surface polarity.

    Nadine Schwierz;Dominik Horinek;Roland R. Netz

  • Fluids at the Nanoscale: From Continuum to Subcontinuum Transport

    Nikita Kavokine;Roland R. Netz;Lydéric Bocquet

  • Rational design of ion force fields based on thermodynamic solvation properties.

    Dominik Horinek;Shavkat I. Mamatkulov;Roland R. Netz

  • Simulations of counterions at charged plates

    A.G. Moreira;R.R. Netz

  • Water Dielectric Effects in Planar Confinement

    Alexander Schlaich;Ernst W. Knapp;Roland R. Netz

  • Binding of similarly charged plates with counterions only.

    André G. Moreira;Roland R. Netz

  • Anionic and cationic Hofmeister effects on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces.

    Nadine Schwierz;Nadine Schwierz;Dominik Horinek;Roland R. Netz

  • Complexation between a Semiflexible Polyelectrolyte and an Oppositely Charged Sphere

    Roland R. Netz;Jean-François Joanny

  • Specific ion adsorption at the air/water interface: The role of hydrophobic solvation

    Dominik Horinek;Alexander Herz;Lubos Vrbka;Felix Sedlmeier

  • Highly stretched single polymers: atomic-force-microscope experiments versus ab-initio theory.

    Thorsten Hugel;Matthias Rief;Markus Seitz;Hermann E. Gaub

  • Salt-induced DNA-histone complexation.

    K.-K. Kunze;R. R. Netz

  • Profile of the static permittivity tensor of water at interfaces: consequences for capacitance, hydration interaction and ion adsorption.

    Douwe Jan Bonthuis;Stephan Gekle;Roland R. Netz

  • Electrostatic interactions in strongly coupled soft matter

    Ali Naji;Ali Naji;Swetlana Jungblut;André G. Moreira;Roland R. Netz;Roland R. Netz

  • Fluids at the Nanoscale: from continuum to sub-continuum transport

    Nikita Kavokine;Roland R. Netz;Lydéric Bocquet

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominik Horinek
Dominik Horinek University of Regensburg
Lydéric Bocquet
Lydéric Bocquet École Normale Supérieure
David Andelman
David Andelman Tel Aviv University
Reinhard Lipowsky
Reinhard Lipowsky Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Joachim O. Rädler
Joachim O. Rädler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Joachim Dzubiella
Joachim Dzubiella University of Freiburg
Michael Schick
Michael Schick University of Washington
Rainer Haag
Rainer Haag Freie Universität Berlin
Jean-François Joanny
Jean-François Joanny Collège de France

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