2026 Steve Granick: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	98	1168	1119	380	353	541	34044

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Materials Science

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34044

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Steve Granick is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within physics and molecular biology, with significant contributions in the intersection of physics, chemistry, and molecular systems.

Granick has published extensively in main fields such as Physics and Astronomy and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work covers several specialized topics, including:

Micro and Nano Robotics
Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Steve Granick's notable recent papers include:

Boosted molecular mobility during common chemical reactions, 2020, Science
Intermediate states of molecular self-assembly from liquid-cell electron microscopy, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Master curve of boosted diffusion for 10 catalytic enzymes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Rapid-prototyping a Brownian particle in an active bath, 2020, Soft Matter
Response to Comment on "Boosted molecular mobility during common chemical reactions", 2021, Science

They have collaborated frequently with researchers including Huan Wang, Tian Huang, Bo Li, Ruo-Yu Dong, and Tsvi Tlusty. Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
ACS Nano
arXiv (Cornell University)
Science

Best Publications

Directed self-assembly of a colloidal kagome lattice

Qian Chen;Sung Chul Bae;Steve Granick

1373
Citations
Motions and relaxations of confined liquids

Steve Granick

1255
Citations
Rate-dependent slip of Newtonian liquid at smooth surfaces.

Yingxi Zhu;Steve Granick

892
Citations
Limits of the Hydrodynamic No-Slip Boundary Condition

Yingxi Zhu;Steve Granick

863
Citations
Janus Particle Synthesis and Assembly

Shan Jiang;Qian Chen;Mukta Tripathy;Erik Luijten

851
Citations
Simple method to produce Janus colloidal particles in large quantity.

Liang Hong;Shan Jiang;Steve Granick

695
Citations
Layered, erasable polymer multilayers formed by hydrogen-bonded sequential self-assembly

Svetlana A. Sukhishvili;Steve Granick

694
Citations
When Brownian diffusion is not Gaussian

Bo Wang;James Kuo;Sung Chul Bae;Steve Granick

619
Citations
Supracolloidal Reaction Kinetics of Janus Spheres

Qian Chen;Jonathan K. Whitmer;Shan Jiang;Sung Chul Bae

602
Citations
Reconfiguring active particles by electrostatic imbalance

Jing Yan;Ming Han;Jie Zhang;Cong Xu

578
Citations
Nanoparticle-induced surface reconstruction of phospholipid membranes

Bo Wang;Liangfang Zhang;Sung Chul Bae;Steve Granick

545
Citations
Anomalous yet Brownian

Bo Wang;Stephen M. Anthony;Sung Chul Bae;Steve Granick

539
Citations
Slippery questions about complex fluids flowing past solids.

Steve Granick;Yingxi Zhu;Hyunjung Lee

533
Citations
Molecular tribometry of ultrathin liquid films.

John Van Alsten;Steve Granick

504
Citations
Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science.

Roger H. French;V. Adrian Parsegian;Rudolf Podgornik;Rick F. Rajter

498
Citations
Forces between surfaces of block copolymers adsorbed on mica

Georges. Hadziioannou;Sanjay. Patel;Steve. Granick;Matthew. Tirrell

482
Citations
Linking synchronization to self-assembly using magnetic Janus colloids

Jing Yan;Moses Bloom;Sung Chul Bae;Erik Luijten

470
Citations
Layered, Erasable, Ultrathin Polymer Films

Svetlana A. Sukhishvili† and;Steve Granick

458
Citations
Clusters of Charged Janus Spheres

Liang Hong;Angelo Cacciuto;Erik Luijten;Steve Granick

435
Citations
Relaxation time of confined liquids under shear.

Hsuan Wei Hu;George A. Carson;Steve Granick

420
Citations