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Materials Science

D-Index
66
Citations
14466
World Ranking
5403
National Ranking
132

Chemistry

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Citations
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6283
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Taco Nicolai 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 Taco Nicolai sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 292 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Taco Nicolai 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 Taco Nicolai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Taco Nicolai is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields including Food Science, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Medicine, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, notably Proteins in Food Systems, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Polysaccharides Composition and Applications, Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications, Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, as well as Microencapsulation and Drying Processes.

Nicolai's recent peer-reviewed publications include:

  • "Modification of grass pea protein isolate (Lathyrus sativus L.) using high intensity ultrasound treatment: Structure and functional properties" (2022, Food Research International)
  • "Utilization of xanthan to stabilize water in water emulsions and modulate their viscosity" (2021, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • "Heat-induced gelation of casein micelles" (2021, Food Hydrocolloids)
  • "Thermo-induced inversion of water-in-water emulsion stability by bis-hydrophilic microgels" (2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
  • "pH and ionic strength responsive core-shell protein microgels fabricated via simple coacervation of soy globulins" (2020, Food Hydrocolloids)

Frequent co-authors in their research group include:

  • Christophe Chassenieux
  • Lazhar Benyahia
  • Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan
  • Frédéric Renou
  • Maria Moutkane

Common venues for Nicolai's publications reflect their research interests and include:

  • Food Hydrocolloids
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Macromolecules
  • Carbohydrate Polymers

Best Publications

  • β-Lactoglobulin and WPI aggregates: Formation, structure and applications

    Taco Nicolai;Michel Britten;Christophe Schmitt

  • Dynamic polymeric micelles versus frozen nanoparticles formed by block copolymers

    Taco Nicolai;Olivier Colombani;Christophe Chassenieux

  • Controlled food protein aggregation for new functionality

    Taco Nicolai;Dominique Durand

  • Revised state diagram of Laponite dispersions

    Philippe Mongondry;Jean François Tassin;Taco Nicolai

  • Rheology of associative polymer solutions

    Christophe Chassenieux;Taco Nicolai;Lazhar Benyahia

  • Static and Dynamic Scattering of β-Lactoglobulin Aggregates Formed after Heat-Induced Denaturation at pH 2

    Pierre Aymard;Taco Nicolai;Dominique Durand;Allan Clark

  • The effect of temperature and ionic strength on the dimerisation of β-lactoglobulin

    Pierre Aymard;Dominique Durand;Taco Nicolai

  • Gelation of food protein-protein mixtures

    Taco Nicolai

  • Kinetics of Aggregation and Gelation of Globular Proteins after Heat-Induced Denaturation

    Christel Le Bon;Taco Nicolai;Dominique Durand

  • Influence of pH, Ca concentration, temperature and amidation on the gelation of low methoxyl pectin

    Didier Lootens;François Capel;Dominique Durand;Taco Nicolai

  • Influence of pyrophosphate or polyethylene oxide on the aggregation and gelation of aqueous laponite dispersions.

    Philippe Mongondry;Taco Nicolai;Jean-François Tassin

  • Structure and distribution of aggregates formed after heat-induced denaturation of globular proteins

    Jean Christophe Gimel;Dominique Durand;Taco Nicolai

  • Rheology of xanthan solutions as a function of temperature, concentration and ionic strength

    Emilie Choppe;Fanny Puaud;Taco Nicolai;Lazhar Benyahia

  • Characterisation of sodium caseinate as a function of ionic strength, pH and temperature using static and dynamic light scattering

    Abdelkader HadjSadok;Anne Pitkowski;Taco Nicolai;Lazhar Benyahia

  • Stabilization of Water-in-Water Emulsions by Nanorods

    Karthik R. Peddireddy;Taco Nicolai;Lazhar Benyahia;Isabelle Capron

  • Stabilization of water-in-water emulsions by addition of protein particles.

    Bach T. Nguyen;Taco Nicolai;Lazhar Benyahia

  • Aggregation, gelation and phase separation of heat denatured globular proteins

    Dominique Durand;Jean Christophe Gimel;Taco Nicolai

  • Calcium and acid induced gelation of (amidated) low methoxyl pectin

    François Capel;Taco Nicolai;Dominique Durand;Patrick Boulenguer

  • Particle stabilized water in water emulsions

    Taco Nicolai;Brent Murray

  • Heat-induced gelation of plant globulins

    Taco Nicolai;Christophe Chassenieux

  • Association of Hydrophobically End-Capped Poly(ethylene oxide)

    Christophe Chassenieux;Taco Nicolai;Dominique Durand

  • Static and dynamic behavior of semidilute polymer solutions

    W. Brown;T. Nicolai

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Durand
Dominique Durand Case Western Reserve University
Wyn Brown
Wyn Brown Uppsala University
Robert Jérôme
Robert Jérôme University of Liège
Laurent Bouteiller
Laurent Bouteiller Sorbonne University
Jean-François Gohy
Jean-François Gohy Université Catholique de Louvain
Pierre Weiss
Pierre Weiss University of Nantes
George Floudas
George Floudas University of Ioannina
Yves Gnanou
Yves Gnanou King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Peter Schurtenberger
Peter Schurtenberger Lund University
Daniel Taton
Daniel Taton University of Bordeaux

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