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D-Index
92
Citations
32637
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1513
National Ranking
476

Sharon C. Glotzer 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 Sharon C. Glotzer sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 475 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sharon C. Glotzer 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 Sharon C. Glotzer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of computer-based design principles for assembly engineering and manufacturing of advanced materials and nanotechnology.
  • 2019 - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For groundbreaking work on computational description of nanoparticle self-organization phenomena leading to new classes of advanced materials.
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her pioneering simulations of glassforming liquids, selfassembled nanomaterials and complex fluids, and for her leadership and service to the computational science community
  • 2000 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, American Physical Society

Overview

Sharon C. Glotzer is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Several frequent co-authors have contributed to their research output, including Thi Vo, Nicholas A. Kotov, Timothy C. Moore, Philipp W. A. Schönhöfer, and Christopher B. Murray.

Glotzer has published extensively in various venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Soft Matter
  • ACS Nano
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature

Representative recent papers exemplifying their research are:

  • "freud: A software suite for high throughput analysis of particle simulation data," 2020, Computer Physics Communications
  • "Photonically active bowtie nanoassemblies with chirality continuum," 2023, Nature
  • "The diversity of three-dimensional photonic crystals," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Best Practices for Using AI When Writing Scientific Manuscripts," 2023, ACS Nano
  • "The emergence of valency in colloidal crystals through electron equivalents," 2022, Nature Materials

Throughout their career, Glotzer has received several distinctions including membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2014) and the National Academy of Engineering (2019), recognition as a Fellow of multiple organizations such as the Materials Research Society (2017), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011), and the American Physical Society (2006).

The scientist was awarded the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society in 2019 and the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award in 2000.

Glotzer's research contributions are centralized on computational design principles, simulations of nanoparticle self-organization, and the study of advanced materials and nanotechnology. Their work integrates computational approaches to aid in materials assembly engineering and the development of new material classes.

Best Publications

  • Anisotropy of building blocks and their assembly into complex structures

    Sharon C. Glotzer;Michael J. Solomon

  • Predictive Self-Assembly of Polyhedra into Complex Structures

    Pablo F. Damasceno;Michael Engel;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Self-Assembly of CdTe Nanocrystals into Free-Floating Sheets

    Zhiyong Tang;Zhenli Zhang;Ying Wang;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Self-Assembly of Patchy Particles.

    Zhenli Zhang;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • A kirigami approach to engineering elasticity in nanocomposites through patterned defects

    Terry C. Shyu;Pablo F. Damasceno;Paul M. Dodd;Aaron Lamoureux

  • Spatial correlations of mobility and immobility in a glass-forming Lennard-Jones liquid

    Claudio Donati;Sharon C. Glotzer;Peter H. Poole;Walter Kob

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of a polymer melt with a nanoscopic particle

    Francis W. Starr;Thomas B. Schrøder;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Self-assembly of self-limiting monodisperse supraparticles from polydisperse nanoparticles

    Yunsheng Xia;Trung Dac Nguyen;Ming Yang;Byeongdu Lee

  • Spatially heterogeneous dynamics investigated via a time-dependent four-point density correlation function

    N Lacevic;N Lacevic;Francis W. Starr;T B. Schroder;S C. Glotzer

  • HOOMD-blue: A Python package for high-performance molecular dynamics and hard particle Monte Carlo simulations

    Joshua A. Anderson;Jens Glaser;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Disordered, quasicrystalline and crystalline phases of densely packed tetrahedra

    Amir Haji-Akbari;Michael Engel;Aaron S. Keys;Xiaoyu Zheng

  • Growing range of correlated motion in a polymer melt on cooling towards the glass transition

    Christoph Bennemann;Christoph Bennemann;Claudio Donati;Claudio Donati;Jörg Baschnagel;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Some Assembly Required

    Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Light-Controlled Self-Assembly of Semiconductor Nanoparticles into Twisted Ribbons

    Sudhanshu Srivastava;Aaron Santos;Kevin Critchley;Kevin Critchley;Ki Sub Kim;Ki Sub Kim

  • Tethered Nano Building Blocks: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

    Zhenli Zhang;Mark A. Horsch;Monica H. Lamm;Monica H. Lamm;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Hard-disk equation of state: First-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods

    Michael Engel;Joshua A. Anderson;Sharon C. Glotzer;Masaharu Isobe

  • Crossover to potential energy landscape dominated dynamics in a model glass-forming liquid

    Thomas B. Schrøder;Thomas B. Schrøder;Srikanth Sastry;Srikanth Sastry;Jeppe C. Dyre;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Effects of a nanoscopic filler on the structure and dynamics of a simulated polymer melt and the relationship to ultrathin films.

    Francis W. Starr;Thomas B. Schrøder;Sharon C. Glotzer;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • Self‐assembly: From nanoscale to microscale colloids

    S. C. Glotzer;M. J. Solomon;Nicholas A. Kotov

  • Reaction-controlled morphology of phase-separating mixtures.

    SC Glotzer;Di Marzio Ea;M Muthukumar

  • Self-assembly of patchy particles into diamond structures through molecular mimicry.

    Zhenli Zhang;Aaron S. Keys;and Ting Chen;Sharon C. Glotzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Engel
Michael Engel University of Oklahoma
Francis W. Starr
Francis W. Starr Wesleyan University
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael J. Solomon
Michael J. Solomon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jack F. Douglas
Jack F. Douglas National Institute of Standards and Technology
Molly M. Stevens
Molly M. Stevens University of Oxford
Francesco Stellacci
Francesco Stellacci École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Cherie R. Kagan
Cherie R. Kagan University of Pennsylvania
Raymond E. Schaak
Raymond E. Schaak Pennsylvania State University

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