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Walter Richtering

Walter Richtering

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
83
Citations
26680
World Ranking
2347
National Ranking
135

Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
25541
World Ranking
2933
National Ranking
217

Walter Richtering 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 Walter Richtering sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 395 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter Richtering 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 Walter Richtering sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Walter Richtering is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany. The primary areas of their research focus on materials science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry and molecular medicine as subfields. Their work encompasses organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, and biomaterials.

The scientist's research topics include hydrogels with a focus on synthesis, properties, and applications; Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization; surfactants and colloidal systems; polymer surface interaction studies; material dynamics and properties; electrostatics and colloid interactions; and supramolecular self-assembly in materials.

Walter Richtering has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Soft Matter
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Langmuir
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Angewandte Chemie

Selected recent papers include:

  • How Softness Matters in Soft Nanogels and Nanogel Assemblies, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Nanoparticles in the Biological Context: Surface Morphology and Protein Corona Formation, 2020, Small
  • Oscillatory rheology of carboxymethyl cellulose gels: Influence of concentration and pH, 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Cononsolvency of thermoresponsive polymers: where we are now and where we are going, 2022, Soft Matter
  • Stiffness Tomography of Ultra-Soft Nanogels by Atomic Force Microscopy, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist collaborates frequently with coauthors including Steffen Bochenek, Andrea Scotti, Carlos G. Lopez, M. Friederike Schulte, and Jérôme J. Crassous, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Controlling Shear Stress in 3D Bioprinting is a Key Factor to Balance Printing Resolution and Stem Cell Integrity.

    Andreas Blaeser;Daniela Filipa Duarte Campos;Uta Puster;Walter Richtering

  • Temperature sensitive microgel suspensions: Colloidal phase behavior and rheology of soft spheres

    H. Senff;W. Richtering

  • Functional Microgels and Microgel Systems

    Felix Alois Plamper;Walter Richtering;Walter Richtering

  • Small-angle neutron scattering study of structural changes in temperature sensitive microgel colloids

    Markus Stieger;Walter Richtering;Jan Skov Pedersen;Peter Lindner

  • Nanogels and Microgels: From Model Colloids to Applications, Recent Developments, and Future Trends

    Matthias Karg;Andrij Pich;Andrij Pich;Thomas Hellweg;Todd Hoare

  • Influence of cross-link density on rheological properties of temperature-sensitive microgel suspensions

    H. Senff;W. Richtering

  • Nanoparticle-Based Test Measures Overall Propensity for Calcification in Serum

    Andreas Pasch;Stefan Farese;Steffen Gräber;Johanna Wald

  • Precise measurement of diffusion by multi-color dual-focus fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

    C. B. Müller;A. Loman;V. Pacheco;F. Koberling

  • Are thermoresponsive microgels model systems for concentrated colloidal suspensions? A rheology and small-angle neutron scattering study.

    Markus Stieger;Jan Skov Pedersen;Peter Lindner;Walter Richtering

  • Microgels by Precipitation Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionalization

    Andrij Pich;Walter Richtering

  • Responsive Emulsions Stabilized by Stimuli-Sensitive Microgels: Emulsions with Special Non-Pickering Properties

    Walter Richtering

  • Doubly Temperature Sensitive Core−Shell Microgels

    Ingo Berndt;Walter Richtering

  • Hierarchical Role of Fetuin-A and Acidic Serum Proteins in the Formation and Stabilization of Calcium Phosphate Particles

    Alexander Heiss;Thomas Eckert;Anke Aretz;Walter Richtering

  • Microgel-Stabilized Smart Emulsions for Biocatalysis†

    Susanne Wiese;Antje C. Spiess;Walter Richtering

  • Microgels as stimuli-responsive stabilizers for emulsions.

    Bastian Brugger;Brian A. Rosen;Walter Richtering

  • Influence of Microgel Architecture and Oil Polarity on Stabilization of Emulsions by Stimuli-Sensitive Core–Shell Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) Microgels: Mickering versus Pickering Behavior?

    Sabrina Schmidt;Tingting Liu;Stephan Rütten;Kim-Ho Phan

  • Unraveling the 3D localization and deformation of responsive microgels at oil/water interfaces: a step forward in understanding soft emulsion stabilizers.

    Karen Geisel;Lucio Isa;Walter Richtering

  • Magnetic, Thermosensitive Microgels as Stimuli‐Responsive Emulsifiers Allowing for Remote Control of Separability and Stability of Oil in Water‐Emulsions

    Bastian Brugger;Walter Richtering

  • Temperature‐Sensitive Core–Shell Microgel Particles with Dense Shell

    Ingo Berndt;Jan Skov Pedersen;Walter Richtering

  • How Softness Matters in Soft Nanogels and Nanogel Assemblies.

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  • The Colloidal Domain – where physics, chemistry, biology and technology meet

    Walter Richtering

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrij Pich
Andrij Pich RWTH Aachen University
Walther Burchard
Walther Burchard University of Freiburg
Jan Skov Pedersen
Jan Skov Pedersen Aarhus University
Ulrich Simon
Ulrich Simon RWTH Aachen University
Martin Möller
Martin Möller RWTH Aachen University
Lucio Isa
Lucio Isa ETH Zurich
Roland Winter
Roland Winter TU Dortmund University
Sebastian Seiffert
Sebastian Seiffert Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
André Bardow
André Bardow ETH Zurich
Ulf Olsson
Ulf Olsson Lund University

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