Material Dynamics and Properties
Material Dynamics and Properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 21.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the dynamics and transitions in glassy materials, including supercooled liquids, colloidal suspensions, polymer films, and the phenomena of structural relaxation, jamming transition, dynamic heterogeneities, and liquid-liquid phase transition. It delves into the rheology and behavior of soft materials, as well as the properties of amorphous solids.
- Glass Transition
- Supercooled Liquids
- Colloidal Suspensions
- Structural Relaxation
- Jamming Transition
- Polymer Films
- Dynamic Heterogeneities
- Liquid-liquid Phase Transition
- Rheology of Soft Materials
- Amorphous Solids
- Research works
- 48k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 10k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Material Dynamics and Properties research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (564 and 446 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 564 works
- 2 China 446 works
- 3 France 239 works
- 4 Japan 239 works
- 5 Germany 221 works
- 6 India 198 works
- 7 Russia 171 works
- 8 United Kingdom 127 works
- 9 Italy 110 works
- 10 Spain 83 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Material Dynamics and Properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Material Dynamics and Properties research, followed by The University of Tokyo and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 42 works
- 2 The University of TokyoJapan 22 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
- 4 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 15 works
- 5 Kyoto UniversityJapan 15 works
- 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 13 works
- 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 13 works
- 8 Princeton UniversityUnited States 13 works
- 9 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 13 works
- 10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Material Dynamics and Properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Material Dynamics and Properties include J. Häfner, Steven J. Plimpton and H. P. Beck.
- 1 J. Häfner Austria 11k citations
- 2 Steven J. Plimpton United States 10k citations
- 3 H. P. Beck France 7.5k citations
- 4 Michele Parrinello Switzerland 5.6k citations
- 5 H. Eugene Stanley United States 5.5k citations
- 6 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
- 7 P. G. de Gennes France 4.3k citations
- 8 William G. Hoover United States 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Material Dynamics and Properties research done?
The largest centres of Material Dynamics and Properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Tokyo (Japan) and Moscow (Russia).
Where is the best place to study Material Dynamics and Properties?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, Princeton University and Technische Universität Darmstadt score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 60.1 | 33.3% | 4.8× | 15 | +36.4% |
| 2 | Princeton UniversityUnited States | 55.3 | 20.4% | 10.3× | 13 | -18.2% |
| 3 | Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany | 52.2 | 18.8% | 10.4× | 10 | +15.2% |
| 4 | Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands | 49.3 | 9.5% | 12.0× | 13 | +5.7% |
| 5 | Roskilde UniversityDenmark | 45.8 | 12.7% | 33.4× | 12 | -11.1% |
| 6 | Université Paris-SaclayFrance | 43.9 | 13.3% | 7.3× | 8 | — |
| 7 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 42.8 | 17.9% | 2.7× | 13 | +307.5% |
| 8 | The University of TokyoJapan | 42.0 | 11.1% | 6.1× | 22 | +6.5% |
| 9 | Nagoya UniversityJapan | 41.1 | 4.6% | 7.2× | 10 | +233.1% |
| 10 | Ural Federal UniversityRussia | 40.6 | 3.2% | 12.1× | 10 | +65.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Material Dynamics and Properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2007.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.