Alfons van Blaaderen

24.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
256 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

Alfons van Blaaderen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfons van Blaaderen has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Materials Chemistry, 86 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 74 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alfons van Blaaderen's work include Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (82 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (67 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (58 papers). Alfons van Blaaderen is often cited by papers focused on Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (82 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (67 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (58 papers). Alfons van Blaaderen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Alfons van Blaaderen's co-authors include Arnout Imhof, A. Vrij, Christina Gräf, Pierre Wiltzius, Anand Yethiraj, Marjolein Dijkstra, Krassimir P. Velikov, R. Ruel, Dirk L. J. Vossen and Mirjam E. Leunissen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alfons van Blaaderen

252 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A General Method To Coat Colloidal Particles with Silica

2003 1.0k citations Dirk L. J. Vossen, Arnout Imhof et al. Langmuir profile →
Template-directed colloidal crystallization

1997 1.0k citations Alfons van Blaaderen et al. profile →
Ionic colloidal crystals of oppositely charged particles

2005 806 citations Mirjam E. Leunissen, Christina Christova et al. profile →
A colloidal model system with an interaction tunable from hard sphere to soft and dipolar

2003 743 citations Alfons van Blaaderen et al. profile →
Synthesis and characterization of colloidal dispersions of fluorescent, monodisperse silica spheres

1992 583 citations Alfons van Blaaderen et al. Langmuir profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alfons van Blaaderen Netherlands	73	13.2k	5.7k	5.1k	3.4k	3.3k	256	20.4k
David J. Pine United States	78	13.1k 1.0×	5.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	186	22.0k
Jack F. Douglas United States	81	16.2k 1.2×	7.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	548	28.7k
Sharon C. Glotzer United States	76	18.1k 1.4×	4.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	327	24.5k
Masao Doi Japan	64	7.9k 0.6×	5.4k 1.0×	2.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	320	22.6k
Steve Granick United States	82	10.2k 0.8×	6.1k 1.1×	5.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	340	23.2k
P. M. Chaikin United States	77	13.6k 1.0×	5.1k 0.9×	5.9k 1.2×	5.8k 1.7×	2.7k 0.8×	310	26.7k
Sara Bals Belgium	79	14.8k 1.1×	4.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.4×	5.6k 1.6×	8.2k 2.5×	568	24.9k
Kurt Kremer Germany	83	15.9k 1.2×	6.4k 1.1×	5.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	355	29.2k
Paul A. Midgley United Kingdom	69	8.6k 0.7×	3.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	356	17.3k
Geoffrey A. Ozin Canada	106	25.6k 1.9×	6.9k 1.2×	10.2k 2.0×	5.1k 1.5×	11.2k 3.3×	728	43.9k

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Watanabe, Kanako, et al.. (2024). Probing Ion Diffusion and Ion Sieving through Hollow Porous Silica Shells by Imaging the Mobility of Colloids Inside the Shells. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(29). 1 indexed citations

Bobylev, Eduard O., et al.. (2024). M ₁₂ L ₂₄ nanospheres as supramolecular templates for the controlled synthesis of Ir-nanoclusters and their use in the chemo-selective hydrogenation of nitro styrene. Chemical Science. 15(47). 20022–20029. 3 indexed citations

Linden, Marjolein N. van der, Jeffrey C. Everts, René van Roij, & Alfons van Blaaderen. (2023). Realization of the Brazil-nut effect in charged colloids without external driving. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(9). e2213044120–e2213044120. 1 indexed citations

Dass, Mihir, Irina V. Martynenko, Relinde J. A. van Dijk‐Moes, et al.. (2023). DNA Origami Fiducial for Accurate 3D Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging. Nano Letters. 23(4). 1236–1243. 8 indexed citations

Maris, J. J. Erik, Luke A. Parker, Katarína Stančiaková, et al.. (2023). Molecular Accessibility and Diffusion of Resorufin in Zeolite Crystals. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(1). e202302553–e202302553. 7 indexed citations

Dijkstra, Marjolein, et al.. (2022). Splay-bend nematic phases of bent colloidal silica rods induced by polydispersity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7264–7264. 13 indexed citations

Hoeven, Jessi E. S. van der, et al.. (2022). Silica‐Coated Gold Nanorod Supraparticles: A Tunable Platform for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(27). 44 indexed citations

Dijk‐Moes, Relinde J. A. van, et al.. (2021). In Situ Study of the Wet Chemical Etching of SiO₂ and Nanoparticle@SiO₂ Core–Shell Nanospheres. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(2). 1136–1148. 15 indexed citations

Hoeven, Jessi E. S. van der, Tian‐Song Deng, Wiebke Albrecht, et al.. (2021). Structural Control over Bimetallic Core–Shell Nanorods for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Omega. 6(10). 7034–7046. 38 indexed citations

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Xie, Xiaobin, et al.. (2020). Smectic Liquid Crystalline Titanium Dioxide Nanorods: Reducing Attractions by Optimizing Ligand Density. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(52). 11 indexed citations

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Besseling, Thijs H., Anke Kuijk, Arnout Imhof, et al.. (2014). Orientation of a dielectric rod near a planar electrode. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(41). 22575–22582. 11 indexed citations

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Vutukuri, Hanumantha Rao, Ahmet F. Demirörs, Bo Peng, et al.. (2012). Colloidal Analogues of Charged and Uncharged Polymer Chains with Tunable Stiffness. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(45). 11249–11253. 85 indexed citations

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Nagao, Daisuke, et al.. (2012). Directed Orientation of Asymmetric Composite Dumbbells by Electric Field Induced Assembly. Langmuir. 28(16). 6546–6550. 36 indexed citations

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Hermes, Michiel, Esther C. M. Vermolen, Mirjam E. Leunissen, et al.. (2011). Nucleation of colloidal crystals on configurable seed structures. Soft Matter. 7(10). 4623–4623. 43 indexed citations

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Hollingsworth, Andrew D., Mirjam E. Leunissen, William T. M. Irvine, P. M. Chaikin, & Alfons van Blaaderen. (2008). Charged colloids in low polar solvents. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Horst, Astrid van der, Peter D. J. van Oostrum, Alexander Moroz, Alfons van Blaaderen, & Marileen Dogterom. (2008). High trapping forces for high-refractive index particles trapped in dynamic arrays of counterpropagating optical tweezers. Applied Optics. 47(17). 3196–3196. 49 indexed citations

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Fölling, Jonas, Svetlana M. Polyakova, Vladimir N. Belov, et al.. (2007). Synthesis and Characterization of Photoswitchable Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles. Small. 4(1). 134–142. 152 indexed citations

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Velikov, Krassimir P., Christina Christova, Roel P. A. Dullens, & Alfons van Blaaderen. (2002). Layer-by-Layer Growth of Binary Colloidal Crystals. Science. 296(5565). 106–109. 334 indexed citations

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Hoog, Els H. A. de, Willem K. Kegel, Alfons van Blaaderen, & H. N. W. Lekkerkerker. (2001). Direct observation of crystallization and aggregation in a phase-separating colloid-polymer suspension. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(2). 21407–21407. 112 indexed citations

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Snoeks, E., Alfons van Blaaderen, T. van Dillen, et al.. (2000). Colloidal Ellipsoids with Continuously Variable Shape. Advanced Materials. 12(20). 1511–1514. 124 indexed citations

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