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Sebastian Seiffert 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 Seiffert sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 177 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sebastian Seiffert 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 Seiffert sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sebastian Seiffert is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Molecular Medicine, Biomaterials, and Biomedical Engineering.

Seiffert's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Their frequent coauthors include Mostafa Ahmadi, Cyrille Boyer, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Brent S. Sumerlin, and Brigitte Voit.

Seiffert has been actively published in a number of prominent journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Macromolecules
  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
  • Soft Matter
  • Polymer Chemistry

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Seiffert include:

  • Physics of agarose fluid gels: Rheological properties and microstructure (2021, Current Research in Food Science)
  • The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science (2020, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics)
  • Defects and defect engineering in Soft Matter (2020, Soft Matter)
  • Coordination Geometry Preference Regulates the Structure and Dynamics of Metallo-Supramolecular Polymer Networks (2021, Macromolecules)
  • Thermodynamic control over energy dissipation modes in dual-network hydrogels based on metal-ligand coordination (2020, Soft Matter)

Best Publications

  • Physical chemistry of supramolecular polymer networks

    Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert;Joris Sprakel

  • Microfluidic synthesis of advanced microparticles for encapsulation and controlled release

    Wynter J. Duncanson;Tina Lin;Adam R. Abate;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert

  • Nanostructural heterogeneity in polymer networks and gels

    F. Di Lorenzo;S. Seiffert;S. Seiffert

  • Controlled Synthesis of Cell-Laden Microgels by Radical-Free Gelation in Droplet Microfluidics

    Torsten Rossow;John A. Heyman;Allen J. Ehrlicher;Allen J. Ehrlicher;Arne Langhoff

  • Smart microgel capsules from macromolecular precursors.

    Sebastian Seiffert;Julian Thiele;Adam R. Abate;David A. Weitz

  • A microgel construction kit for bioorthogonal encapsulation and pH-controlled release of living cells.

    Dirk Steinhilber;Torsten Rossow;Stefanie Wedepohl;Florian Paulus

  • Dynamic supramolecular poly(isobutylene)s for self-healing materials

    Florian Herbst;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert;Wolfgang H. Binder

  • Dynamically Cross-Linked Polydimethylsiloxane Networks with Ambient-Temperature Self-Healing

    Willi Schmolke;Willi Schmolke;Norman Perner;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert

  • Systematic evaluation of FRAP experiments performed in a confocal laser scanning microscope.

    S. Seiffert;W. Oppermann

  • Origin of nanostructural inhomogeneity in polymer-network gels

    Sebastian Seiffert

  • Small but Smart: Sensitive Microgel Capsules

    Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert

  • Does size matter? Elasticity of compressed suspensions of colloidal- and granular-scale microgels†

    Paul Menut;Paul Menut;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert;Joris Sprakel;Joris Sprakel;David A. Weitz

  • Microfluidic fabrication of smart microgels from macromolecular precursors

    Sebastian Seiffert;David A. Weitz

  • Synthesis of Monodisperse Microparticles from Non-Newtonian Polymer Solutions with Microfluidic Devices

    Adam R. Abate;Mikhail Kutsovsky;Sebastian Seiffert;Maike Windbergs

  • Janus Microgels Produced from Functional Precursor Polymers

    Sebastian Seiffert;Mark B. Romanowsky;David A. Weitz

  • Hyperbranched polyglycerols on the nanometer and micrometer scale.

    Dirk Steinhilber;Sebastian Seiffert;John A. Heyman;Florian Paulus

  • Chain Dynamics in Supramolecular Polymer Networks

    Sebastian Hackelbusch;Torsten Rossow;Peter van Assenbergh;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert

  • Scattering perspectives on nanostructural inhomogeneity in polymer network gels

    Sebastian Seiffert

  • Controlled fabrication of polymer microgels by polymer-analogous gelation in droplet microfluidics

    Sebastian Seiffert;David A. Weitz

  • Non-coalescence of oppositely charged droplets in pH-sensitive emulsions

    Tingting Liu;Sebastian Seiffert;Julian Thiele;Adam R. Abate

  • Supramolecular polymer gels with potential model-network structure

    Torsten Rossow;Torsten Rossow;Sebastian Seiffert;Sebastian Seiffert

  • Physical Chemistry of Polymers

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Walter Richtering
Walter Richtering RWTH Aachen University
Kay Saalwächter
Kay Saalwächter Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Robert Luxenhofer
Robert Luxenhofer University of Helsinki
Rainer Haag
Rainer Haag Freie Universität Berlin
Matthias Ballauff
Matthias Ballauff Freie Universität Berlin
Andreas Lendlein
Andreas Lendlein Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Holger Frey
Holger Frey Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wolfgang H. Binder
Wolfgang H. Binder Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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