Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Polymer Surface Interaction Studies is a research topic within Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 25.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of mussel-inspired surface chemistry for multifunctional coatings. It covers topics such as polydopamine and its derivatives, antifouling coatings, biomedical applications, polymer brushes, layer-by-layer assembly, protein adsorption, zwitterionic materials, and self-assembled monolayers.
- Mussel-Inspired
- Surface Chemistry
- Polydopamine
- Antifouling Coatings
- Biomedical Applications
- Polymer Brushes
- Layer-by-Layer Assembly
- Protein Adsorption
- Zwitterionic Materials
- Self-Assembled Monolayers
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Polymer Surface Interaction Studies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 481 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 United States 481 works
- 3 Germany 204 works
- 4 Japan 192 works
- 5 India 189 works
- 6 France 144 works
- 7 South Korea 123 works
- 8 United Kingdom 94 works
- 9 Russia 85 works
- 10 Canada 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Polymer Surface Interaction Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Polymer Surface Interaction Studies research, followed by Sichuan University and Zhejiang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 41 works
- 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 35 works
- 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 31 works
- 4 South China University of TechnologyChina 25 works
- 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 24 works
- 6 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 22 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 21 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 20 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 20 works
- 10 Soochow UniversityChina 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Polymer Surface Interaction Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies include George M. Whitesides, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Liming Dai.
- 1 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
- 2 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 4.4k citations
- 3 Liming Dai United States 4.2k citations
- 4 Róbert Langer United States 4.2k citations
- 5 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
- 6 Paul K. Chu Hong Kong 3.7k citations
- 7 Zhuang Liu China 3.6k citations
- 8 Ying Liu China 3.6k citations
- 9 Kurt Binder Germany 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Polymer Surface Interaction Studies research done?
The largest centres of Polymer Surface Interaction Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hangzhou (China) and Guangzhou (China).
Where is the best place to study Polymer Surface Interaction Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Twente, Qingdao University of Science and Technology and South China University of Technology 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 TwenteNetherlands | 58.1 | 24.0% | 13.7× | 16 | -23.0% |
| 2 | Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina | 54.5 | 36.6% | 6.7× | 10 | +110.9% |
| 3 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 52.7 | 29.7% | 6.0× | 25 | -0.3% |
| 4 | Donghua UniversityChina | 51.1 | 21.5% | 9.0× | 13 | +67.1% |
| 5 | East China University of Science and TechnologyChina | 50.8 | 13.6% | 11.3× | 22 | +17.5% |
| 6 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 49.8 | 23.1% | 5.2× | 35 | +14.7% |
| 7 | Tiangong UniversityChina | 49.2 | 24.6% | 10.8× | 10 | +16.8% |
| 8 | Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina | 48.2 | 19.3% | 11.0× | 13 | +9.0% |
| 9 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 46.1 | 28.1% | 3.2× | 21 | +61.4% |
| 10 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 44.1 | 23.9% | 4.0× | 31 | -31.0% |
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 Polymer Surface Interaction Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Polymer Surface Interaction Studies.
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.