2026 Willem K. Kegel: 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	44	11972	11575	148	138	142	8534

Willem K. Kegel 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 Willem K. Kegel sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 142 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willem K. Kegel 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 Willem K. Kegel sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Willem K. Kegel is a researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their scholarly work primarily encompasses the disciplines of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Food Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The core focus of their research covers topics including Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, surfactants and colloidal systems, proteins in food systems, micro and nano robotics, iron metabolism and disorders, gene regulatory network analysis, and thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses.

Kegel's publication record includes articles in several recurring scientific venues. These include:

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Langmuir
Soft Matter
arXiv (Cornell University)
Soft Robotics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kegel include:

"Out-of-Equilibrium Colloidal Assembly Driven by Chemical Reaction Networks," 2020, Langmuir
"Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation," 2020, Soft Robotics
"Is there a difference between surfactant-stabilised and Pickering emulsions?" 2023, Soft Matter
"Ethyl cellulose nanoparticles as stabilizers for Pickering emulsions," 2022, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
"Patchy rough colloids as Pickering stabilizers," 2020, Soft Matter

The scholar frequently collaborates with others in their field. Notable co-authors include:

Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn
Krassimir P. Velikov
Riande I. Dekker
Daniel Bonn
Neshat Moslehi

Best Publications

Direct Observation of Dynamical Heterogeneities in Colloidal Hard-Sphere Suspensions

Willem K. Kegel;and Alfons van Blaaderen;and Alfons van Blaaderen

1050
Citations
Spontaneous Assembly of a Monolayer of Charged Gold Nanocrystals at the Water/Oil Interface

Francois Reincke;Stephen G. Hickey;Stephen G. Hickey;Willem K. Kegel;Daniel Vanmaekelbergh

499
Citations
Surface roughness directed self-assembly of patchy particles into colloidal micelles.

Daniela J. Kraft;Ran Ni;Frank Smallenburg;Michiel Hermes

409
Citations
Anomalously large equilibrium clusters of colloids

Jan Groenewold;Willem K. Kegel

329
Citations
Thermodynamically stable pickering emulsions.

S. Sacanna;W. K. Kegel;A. P. Philipse

278
Citations
Preparation of monodisperse, fluorescent PMMA-latex colloids by dispersion polymerization.

Gilles Bosma;Chellapah Pathmamanoharan;Els H.A. de Hoog;Willem K. Kegel

268
Citations
Quantitative real-space analysis of self-assembled structures of magnetic dipolar colloids.

Mark Klokkenburg;Roel P. A. Dullens;Willem K. Kegel;Ben H. Erné

251
Citations
Self-assembly of colloids with liquid protrusions

Daniela J Kraft;Wessel S Vlug;Carlos M van Kats;Alfons van Blaaderen

242
Citations
Understanding the self-assembly of charged nanoparticles at the water/oil interface

François Reincke;Willem K. Kegel;Hao Zhang;Marc Nolte

235
Citations
Classical Nucleation Theory of Virus Capsids

Roya Zandi;Paul van der Schoot;David Reguera;Willem Kegel

229
Citations
Competing Hydrophobic and Screened-Coulomb Interactions in Hepatitis B Virus Capsid Assembly

Willem K. Kegel;Paul van der Schoot

198
Citations
Colloidal molecules with well-controlled bond angles

Daniela J. Kraft;Jan Groenewold;Willem K. Kegel

176
Citations
Direct observation of crystallization and aggregation in a phase-separating colloid-polymer suspension.

E. H. A. de Hoog;W. K. Kegel;A. van Blaaderen;A. van Blaaderen;H. N. W. Lekkerkerker

175
Citations
Predator-prey interactions between droplets driven by non-reciprocal oil exchange.

Caleb H. Meredith;Pepijn G. Moerman;Jan Groenewold;Jan Groenewold;Yu Jen Chiu

172
Citations
Particle Shape Anisotropy in Pickering Emulsions: Cubes and Peanuts

Julius W. J. de Folter;Eline M. Hutter;Sonja I. R. Castillo;Kira E. Klop

162
Citations
Colloidal Hard-Sphere Crystal Growth Frustrated by Large Spherical Impurities

Volkert W. A. de Villeneuve;Roel P. A. Dullens;Dirk G. A. L. Aarts;Esther Groeneveld

151
Citations
Fuel-Mediated Transient Clustering of Colloidal Building Blocks

Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn;Wouter E. Hendriksen;Rienk Eelkema;Jan H. van Esch

128
Citations
Charge Regulation as a Stabilization Mechanism for Shell-Like Assemblies of Polyoxometalates

Aletta A. Verhoeff;Melissa L. Kistler;Anish Bhatt;Joe Pigga

122
Citations
Self-assembly of microcapsules via colloidal bond hybridization and anisotropy

Chris H. J. Evers;Jurriaan A. Luiken;Peter G. Bolhuis;Willem K. Kegel

118
Citations
Physical regulation of the self-assembly of tobacco mosaic virus coat protein.

Willem K. Kegel;Paul van der Schoot

117
Citations
Patchy polymer colloids with tunable anisotropy dimensions.

Daniela J. Kraft;Jan Hilhorst;Maria A. P. Heinen;Mathijs J. Hoogenraad

113
Citations