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Materials Science
Germany
2022

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Materials Science

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Citations
24870
World Ranking
2374
National Ranking
138

Chemistry

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Rudolf Zentel is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within the sciences, primarily focusing on materials science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and engineering. Specific subfields of their work include molecular biology, biomaterials, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry.

The scientist's publications address several main topics, emphasizing nanoparticle-based drug delivery, liquid crystal research advancements, polymer surface interaction studies, RNA interference and gene delivery, advanced materials and mechanics, protein interaction studies and fluorescence analysis, as well as lipid membrane structure and behavior.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Rudolf Zentel include:

  • Polymeric Nanoparticles with Neglectable Protein Corona, 2020, Small
  • Nanoparticles in the Biological Context: Surface Morphology and Protein Corona Formation, 2020, Small
  • Density of Conjugated Antibody Determines the Extent of Fc Receptor Dependent Capture of Nanoparticles by Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Concepts and Approaches to Reduce or Avoid Protein Corona Formation on Nanoparticles: Challenges and Opportunities, 2024, Advanced Science
  • In Vivo siRNA Delivery to Immunosuppressive Liver Macrophages by α-Mannosyl-Functionalized Cationic Nanohydrogel Particles, 2020, Cells

Frequent co-authors in their research include Irina Alberg, Matthias Barz, Christian Leps, Stefan Tenzer, and Lutz Nuhn.

Rudolf Zentel publishes extensively in venues such as Small, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Liquid Crystals, and Liquid Crystals Today.

Best Publications

  • Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

    Christian Ohm;Martin Brehmer;Rudolf Zentel

  • Giant lateral electrostriction in ferroelectric liquid-crystalline elastomers

    W. Lehmann;H. Skupin;C. Tolksdorf;E. Gebhard

  • Synthesis of pentafluorophenyl(meth)acrylate polymers: New precursor polymers for the synthesis of multifunctional materials

    Marc Eberhardt;Ralf Mruk;Rudolf Zentel;Patrick Théato

  • Overcoming the PEG-addiction: well-defined alternatives to PEG, from structure–property relationships to better defined therapeutics

    Matthias Barz;Robert Luxenhofer;Rudolf Zentel;María J. Vicent

  • Liquid crystalline ordering and charge transport in semiconducting materials.

    Wojciech Pisula;Matthias Zorn;Ji Young Chang;Klaus Müllen

  • Liquid-crystalline ordering as a concept in materials science: from semiconductors to stimuli-responsive devices.

    Eva-Kristina Fleischmann;Rudolf Zentel

  • Synthesis and phase behaviour of liquid crystalline polyacrylates

    Michael Portugall;Helmut Ringsdorf;Rudolf Zentel

  • Dielectric relaxation of liquid crystalline polyacrylates and polymethacrylates

    Rudolf Zentel;Gert R. Strobl;Helmut Ringsdorf

  • Iris‐Like Tunable Aperture Employing Liquid‐Crystal Elastomers

    Stefan Schuhladen;Falko Preller;Richard Rix;Sebastian Petsch

  • Photonic crystals from core-shell colloids with incorporated highly fluorescent quantum dots

    Friederike Fleischhaker;Rudolf Zentel

  • Extraordinary Performance of Carbon‐Coated Anatase TiO2 as Sodium‐Ion Anode

    Muhammad Nawaz Tahir;Bernd Oschmann;Daniel Buchholz;Xinwei Dou

  • Liquid crystalline elastomers based on liquid crystalline side group, main chain and combined polymers

    Rudolf Zentel;Gertrude Reckert

  • Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

    Rudolf Zentel

  • Diffraction of light from thin-film polymethylmethacrylate opaline photonic crystals.

    S. G. Romanov;T. Maka;C. M. Sotomayor Torres;M. Müller

  • A Continuous Flow Synthesis of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

    Christian Ohm;Christophe A. Serra;Rudolf Zentel

  • Photonic Crystal Films with High Refractive Index Contrast

    M. Müller;R. Zentel;T. Maka;S. G. Romanov

  • Dye-Containing Polymer Beads as Photonic Crystals

    Manfred Müller;Rudolf Zentel;Torsten Maka;and Sergei G. Romanov

  • Photochemical Inversion of the Helical Twist Sense in Chiral Polyisocyanates

    Georg Maxein;Rudolf Zentel

  • Semiconductor nanocrystals with multifunctional polymer ligands.

    Inga Potapova;Ralf Mruk;Sabine Prehl;Rudolf Zentel

  • Chiral polyisocyanates, a special class of helical polymers

    Sabine Mayer;Rudolf Zentel

  • Liquid crystal elastomers

    Heino Finkelmann;W. Gleim;K. Hammerschmidt;J. Schätzle

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Barz
Matthias Barz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Patrick Theato
Patrick Theato Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kaloian Koynov
Kaloian Koynov Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Kookheon Char
Kookheon Char Seoul National University
C. M. Sotomayor Torres
C. M. Sotomayor Torres Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
Friedrich Kremer
Friedrich Kremer Leipzig University
Detlef Schuppan
Detlef Schuppan Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Christophe A. Serra
Christophe A. Serra University of Strasbourg
Stefano Passerini
Stefano Passerini Nanjing Normal University

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