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Sebastian Polarz

Sebastian Polarz

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
7338
World Ranking
10656
National Ranking
595

Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
7248
World Ranking
15366
National Ranking
1126

Sebastian Polarz 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 Sebastian Polarz sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 167 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sebastian Polarz 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 Sebastian Polarz sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sebastian Polarz is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany and specializes in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research work spans a range of topics within these domains.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sebastian Polarz are:

  • Yaşar Krysiak
  • Oliver Stölting
  • Zhi-Jun Zhao
  • Armin Feldhoff
  • Nadja C. Bigall

Polarz publishes predominantly in the following venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nanoscale
  • Chemistry of Materials

Recent papers authored by Polarz include:

  • "Preparation of ZIF-62 polycrystalline and glass membranes for helium separation," 2024, Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Morphogenesis of Magnetite Mesocrystals: Interplay between Nanoparticle Morphology and Solvation Shell," 2021, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Interfacial charge transfer processes in 2D and 3D semiconducting hybrid perovskites: azobenzene as photoswitchable ligand," 2020, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
  • "Great Location: About Effects of Surface Bound Neighboring Groups for Passive and Active Fine-Tuning of CO 2 Adsorption Properties in Model Carbon Capture Materials," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Aggregation-Induced Improvement of Catalytic Activity by Inner-Aggregate Electronic Communication of Metal-Fullerene-Based Surfactants," 2020, ChemCatChem

Best Publications

  • Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles with Defects

    Vladislav Ischenko;Sebastian Polarz;Dirk Grote;Victorina Stavarache

  • On the Role of Oxygen Defects in the Catalytic Performance of Zinc Oxide

    Sebastian Polarz;Jennifer Strunk;Vladislav Ischenko;Maurits W. E. van den Berg

  • From Cyclodextrin Assemblies to Porous Materials by Silica Templating

    Sebastian Polarz;Bernd Smarsly;Lyudmila M. Bronstein;Markus Antonietti

  • Silica-carbon nanocomposites: A new concept for the design of solar absorbers

    Yitzhak Mastai;Sebastian Polarz;Markus Antonietti

  • A New Class of Surfactants with Multinuclear, Inorganic Head Groups

    Steve Landsmann;Carlos Lizandara-Pueyo;Sebastian Polarz

  • Porous materials via nanocasting procedures: innovative materials and learning about soft-matter organization

    Sebastian Polarz;Markus Antonietti

  • Sunlight-Triggered Nanoparticle Synergy: Teamwork of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide Released from Mesoporous Organosilica with Advanced Antibacterial Activity

    Julia Gehring;Bastian Trepka;Nele Klinkenberg;Hannah Bronner

  • Chemical Vapor Synthesis of Size‐Selected Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

    Sebastian Polarz;Abhijit Roy;Michael Merz;Simon Halm

  • Preparation of Porous Silica Materials via Sol-Gel Nanocasting of Nonionic Surfactants : A Mechanistic Study on the Self-Aggregation of Amphiphiles for the Precise Prediction of the Mesopore Size

    Bernd Smarsly;Sebastian Polarz;Markus Antonietti

  • Preparation of high-surface-area zinc oxide with ordered porosity, different pore sizes, and nanocrystalline walls

    Sebastian Polarz;Andrey V. Orlov;Ferdi Schüth;An-Hui Lu

  • Colloidal organization and clusters: self-assembly of polyoxometalate-surfactant complexes towards three-dimensional organized structures.

    Sebastian Polarz;Bernd Smarsly;Markus Antonietti

  • Mesosynthesis of ZnO-Silica Composites for Methanol Nanocatalysis

    S. Polarz;F. Neues;M. W. E. Van Den Berg;W. Grünert

  • Synthesis of graphene-transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields.

    Arpita Jana;Elke Scheer;Sebastian Polarz

  • Shape Matters: Anisotropy of the Morphology of Inorganic Colloidal Particles – Synthesis and Function

    Sebastian Polarz

  • Structure-Property-Function Relationships in Nanoscale Oxide Sensors : a Case Study Based on Zinc Oxide

    Sebastian Polarz;Abhijit Roy;Michael Lehmann;Matthias Driess

  • Hybrid Surfactant Systems with Inorganic Constituents

    Sebastian Polarz;Steve Landsmann;Alexander Klaiber

  • Nucleation and Growth of ZnO in Organic Solvents - an in Situ Study

    C. Lizandara-Pueyo;M. W. E. van den Berg;A. De Toni;T. Goes

  • "Open and Shut" for Guests in Molybdenum-Oxide-Based Giant Spheres, Baskets, and Rings Containing the Pentagon as a Common Structural Element.

    Achim Müller;Sebastian Polarz;Samar K. Das;Erich Krickemeyer

  • The interplay of colloidal organization and oxo-cluster chemistry: Polyoxometalate-silica hybrids - Materials with a nanochemical function.

    Sebastian Polarz;Bernd Smarsly;Christine Göltner;Markus Antonietti

  • First Preparation of Nanocrystalline Zinc Silicate by Chemical Vapor Synthesis Using an Organometallic Single‐Source Precursor

    Abhijit Roy;Sebastian Polarz;Stefan Rabe;Bernd Rellinghaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Lukas Schmidt-Mende
Lukas Schmidt-Mende University of Konstanz
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz
Bernd M. Smarsly
Bernd M. Smarsly University of Giessen
Matthias Driess
Matthias Driess Technical University of Berlin
Axel Hoffmann
Axel Hoffmann University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Martin Muhler
Martin Muhler Ruhr University Bochum
Markus Drechsler
Markus Drechsler University of Bayreuth
Wolfgang Grünert
Wolfgang Grünert Ruhr University Bochum
Lyudmila M. Bronstein
Lyudmila M. Bronstein Indiana University

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