Almar Postma

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
92 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Almar Postma is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Almar Postma has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Organic Chemistry, 30 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 24 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Almar Postma's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (45 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (29 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (11 papers). Almar Postma is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (45 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (29 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (11 papers). Almar Postma collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and Switzerland. Almar Postma's co-authors include Graeme Moad, San H. Thang, Ezio Rizzardo, Frank Caruso, Yu Chong, Brigitte Städler, Julia Krstina, John Chiefari, Roshan T. A. Mayadunne and Rebecca van der Westen and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Almar Postma

92 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Polydopamine—a nature-inspired polymer coating for... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2011 2000 2005 2003 2003 250 500 750
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.

  1. Polydopamine—a nature-inspired polymer coating for biomedical science
    2011 794 citations Martin E. Lynge, Almar Postma et al. profile →
  2. Living free radical polymerization with reversible addition - fragmentation chain transfer (the life of RAFT)
    2000 753 citations Graeme Moad, John Chiefari et al. Polymer International profile →
  3. Advances in RAFT polymerization: the synthesis of polymers with defined end-groups
    2005 687 citations Graeme Moad, Almar Postma et al. profile →
  4. Thiocarbonylthio Compounds [SC(Ph)S−R] in Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization). Role of the Free-Radical Leaving Group (R)
    2003 683 citations Graeme Moad, Almar Postma et al. Macromolecules profile →
  5. Thiocarbonylthio Compounds (SC(Z)S−R) in Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization). Effect of the Activating Group Z
    2003 527 citations John Chiefari, Graeme Moad et al. Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Almar Postma Australia 39 4.5k 2.4k 2.4k 1.8k 1.8k 92 8.3k
John Chiefari Australia 24 6.7k 1.5× 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 48 8.1k
Yoshinobu Tsujii Japan 46 4.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 3.6k 1.5× 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 196 8.6k
Dominik Konkolewicz United States 56 6.9k 1.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 179 10.0k
Felix H. Schacher Germany 43 4.3k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 3.5k 1.9× 1.4k 0.8× 252 8.4k
Roshan T. A. Mayadunne Australia 19 6.8k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 24 8.3k
Vincent Ladmiral France 39 4.4k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 155 6.7k
Per B. Zetterlund Australia 52 7.5k 1.7× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 3.4k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 275 10.2k
Sergio Moya Spain 47 1.9k 0.4× 1.8k 0.8× 2.6k 1.1× 3.1k 1.7× 2.2k 1.2× 306 8.9k
Jinying Yuan China 55 4.1k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 1.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.8× 2.6k 1.5× 191 9.6k
Ming Jiang China 56 4.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 4.6k 2.5× 2.1k 1.2× 298 10.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ng, Gervase, Stuart W. Prescott, Almar Postma, et al.. (2024). Enhancing photothermal depolymerization with metalloporphyrin catalyst. Journal of Polymer Science. 62(17). 3920–3928. 19 indexed citations
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Ng, Gervase, Stuart W. Prescott, Almar Postma, et al.. (2023). Strategies for Achieving Oxygen Tolerance in Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 224(19). 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Gervase, Stuart W. Prescott, Almar Postma, et al.. (2023). Strategies for Achieving Oxygen Tolerance in Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 224(19). 22 indexed citations
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Ho, Duy‐Khiet, Clare L. M. LeGuyader, Selvi Srinivasan, et al.. (2020). Fully synthetic injectable depots with high drug content and tunable pharmacokinetics for long-acting drug delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 329. 257–269. 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yanyan, Zhengbiao Zhang, Derek L. Patton, et al.. (2019). Selective and Rapid Light‐Induced RAFT Single Unit Monomer Insertion in Aqueous Solution. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 41(1). e1900478–e1900478. 20 indexed citations
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Brack, Narelle, et al.. (2018). Optimisation of grafting of low fouling polymers from three-dimensional scaffolds via surface-initiated Cu(0) mediated polymerisation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(37). 5896–5909. 6 indexed citations
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Brack, Narelle, et al.. (2018). Engineering the Biointerface of Electrospun 3D Scaffolds with Functionalized Polymer Brushes for Enhanced Cell Binding. Biomacromolecules. 20(2). 813–825. 15 indexed citations
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Stockmann, Regine, et al.. (2017). Temperature-responsive methacrylamide polyampholytes. RSC Advances. 7(49). 31033–31041. 7 indexed citations
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Brack, Narelle, et al.. (2016). Surface modification of electrospun fibres for biomedical applications: A focus on radical polymerization methods. Biomaterials. 106. 24–45. 108 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Martin E. Lynge, Philipp Schattling, et al.. (2016). Tannic acid and cholesterol–dopamine as building blocks in composite coatings for substrate‐mediated drug delivery. Polymer International. 65(11). 1306–1314. 8 indexed citations
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Danial, Maarten, Sushama Telwatte, David Tyssen, et al.. (2016). Combination anti-HIV therapy via tandem release of prodrugs from macromolecular carriers. Polymer Chemistry. 7(48). 7477–7487. 25 indexed citations
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Smith, Anton A. A., Kaja Zuwała, Benjamin M. Wohl, et al.. (2014). Macromolecular prodrugs of ribavirin: towards a treatment for co-infection with HIV and HCV. Chemical Science. 6(1). 264–269. 26 indexed citations
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Chong, Siow‐Feng, Bettina E. B. Jensen, Almar Postma, et al.. (2013). Liposomal Templating, Association with Mammalian Cells, and Cytotoxicity of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Physical Hydrogel Nanoparticles. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 30(6). 514–522. 5 indexed citations
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Adhikari, Raju, Almar Postma, Juo‐Hao Li, et al.. (2013). Thermally cross‐linkable copolymer and its evaluation as a hole transport layer in organic light‐emitting diode devices. Journal of the Society for Information Display. 21(4). 151–158. 2 indexed citations
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Städler, Brigitte, Rona Chandrawati, Andrew Price, et al.. (2009). A Microreactor with Thousands of Subcompartments: Enzyme‐Loaded Liposomes within Polymer Capsules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(24). 4359–4362. 178 indexed citations
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Chandrawati, Rona, Brigitte Städler, Almar Postma, et al.. (2009). Cholesterol-mediated anchoring of enzyme-loaded liposomes within disulfide-stabilized polymer carrier capsules. Biomaterials. 30(30). 5988–5998. 89 indexed citations
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Priest, Craig, Anthony Quinn, Almar Postma, et al.. (2008). Microfluidic polymer multilayer adsorption on liquid crystal droplets for microcapsule synthesis. Lab on a Chip. 8(12). 2182–2182. 96 indexed citations
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Postma, Almar, Thomas P. Davis, Guoxin Li, Graeme Moad, & Mike O’Shea. (2006). RAFT Polymerization with Phthalimidomethyl Trithiocarbonates or Xanthates. On the Origin of Bimodal Molecular Weight Distributions in Living Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules. 39(16). 5307–5318. 168 indexed citations
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Alberti, Angelo, Massimo Benaglia, Maurizio Guerra, et al.. (2005). A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Use of Pyridinyl Dithioesters and Their N-Oxides as CTAs in the RAFT Polymerization of Styrene. Not the Chronicle of a Failure Foretold. Macromolecules. 38(18). 7610–7618. 19 indexed citations

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