Dirk J. Broer

22.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
347 papers, 19.4k citations indexed

About

Dirk J. Broer is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk J. Broer has authored 347 papers receiving a total of 19.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 129 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 97 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Dirk J. Broer's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (216 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (123 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (65 papers). Dirk J. Broer is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (216 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (123 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (65 papers). Dirk J. Broer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United Kingdom. Dirk J. Broer's co-authors include Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Danqing Liu, Timothy J. White, Johan Lub, Casper L. van Oosten, G. N. Mol, Anne Hélène Gelebart, Ghislaine Vantomme and Carlos Sánchez‐Somolinos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Dirk J. Broer

344 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

2015 1.4k citations Dirk J. Broer et al. Nature Materials profile →
Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

2017 878 citations Anne Hélène Gelebart, Dirk J. Mulder et al. Nature profile →
Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

2009 830 citations Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, Dirk J. Broer et al. Nature Materials profile →
Nanomotor rotates microscale objects

2006 727 citations Rienk Eelkema, Michael M. Pollard et al. Nature profile →
Wide-band reflective polarizers from cholesteric polymer networks with a pitch gradient

1995 632 citations Dirk J. Broer, Johan Lub et al. Nature profile →
In‐situ photopolymerization of oriented liquid‐crystalline acrylates, 3. Oriented polymer networks from a mesogenic diacrylate

1989 388 citations Dirk J. Broer et al. profile →
A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

2016 386 citations Dirk J. Broer, Michael G. Debije et al. Nature Communications profile →
4D Printed Actuators with Soft‐Robotic Functions

2017 304 citations Danqing Liu, Dirk J. Broer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk J. Broer Netherlands	69	9.8k	9.5k	7.2k	5.1k	2.8k	347	19.4k
Timothy J. White United States	59	8.5k 0.9×	6.6k 0.7×	5.8k 0.8×	3.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	236	13.8k
Eugene M. Terentjev United Kingdom	68	7.5k 0.8×	6.1k 0.6×	5.8k 0.8×	4.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	325	16.9k
Tomiki Ikeda Japan	70	6.9k 0.7×	10.4k 1.1×	4.5k 0.6×	9.4k 1.8×	2.4k 0.9×	436	22.2k
Shu Yang United States	76	6.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.3×	9.0k 1.2×	3.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	297	18.5k
Heino Finkelmann Germany	60	8.2k 0.8×	9.5k 1.0×	4.8k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	266	14.3k
Yanlei Yu China	45	6.5k 0.7×	4.7k 0.5×	4.6k 0.6×	4.4k 0.9×	640 0.2×	143	11.4k
Timothy J. Bunning United States	68	3.0k 0.3×	9.0k 0.9×	3.0k 0.4×	4.8k 0.9×	5.4k 1.9×	371	14.9k
Hari Krishna Bisoyi United States	57	3.0k 0.3×	5.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.4×	4.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	137	11.2k
Hong Yang China	55	3.3k 0.3×	3.9k 0.4×	4.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	440	11.3k
Cees W. M. Bastiaansen Netherlands	49	3.3k 0.3×	3.6k 0.4×	3.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	209	9.7k

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You, Yuxin, et al.. (2025). Energy Transfer from the Liquid Crystal Bulk to the Surface Enables Dynamic Topographies via Anisotropic Plasticized Networks. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(9). 1 indexed citations

Zhan, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2023). A cold-responsive liquid crystal elastomer provides visual signals for monitoring a critical temperature decrease. Materials Horizons. 10(7). 2649–2655. 20 indexed citations

Zhan, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2023). Reversible Perspiring Artificial “Fingertips”. Advanced Materials. 35(18). e2209729–e2209729. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Jiawen, et al.. (2021). Reverse Mode Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal-based Smart Windows: A Progress Report. 3(4). 1–17. 9 indexed citations

Vantomme, Ghislaine, Anne Hélène Gelebart, E. W. Meijer, et al.. (2021). Coupled liquid crystalline oscillators in Huygens’ synchrony. Nature Materials. 20(12). 1702–1706. 99 indexed citations

Zhan, Yuanyuan, Ayberk Özden, Simon J. A. Houben, et al.. (2020). Localized Liquid Secretion from a Photopatterned Liquid-Crystal Polymer Skin. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2(9). 4071–4077. 9 indexed citations

Kooij, Hanne M. van der, et al.. (2019). Morphing of liquid crystal surfaces by emergent collectivity. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3501–3501. 22 indexed citations

Babakhanova, Greta, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo, et al.. (2018). Liquid crystal elastomer coatings with programmed response of surface profile. Nature Communications. 9(1). 456–456. 131 indexed citations

Mulder, Dirk J., Luc Scheres, Jingjin Dong, et al.. (2017). Fabrication and Postmodification of Nanoporous Liquid Crystalline Networks via Dynamic Covalent Chemistry. Chemistry of Materials. 29(16). 6601–6605. 23 indexed citations

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Leclère, Philippe, et al.. (2017). Reactive oligo(dimethylsiloxane) mesogens and their nanostructured thin films. Soft Matter. 13(24). 4357–4362. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Danqing & Dirk J. Broer. (2014). Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(18). 4542–4546. 156 indexed citations

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Bastiaansen, Cees W. M., Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Michael G. Debije, & Dirk J. Broer. (2013). Nano-textured polymers for future architectural needs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1-2). 97–104. 4 indexed citations

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Modes, Carl D., M. Warner, Carlos Sánchez‐Somolinos, Laurens T. de Haan, & Dirk J. Broer. (2012). Mechanical frustration and spontaneous polygonal folding in active nematic sheets. Physical Review E. 86(6). 60701–60701. 24 indexed citations

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Pierik, Anke, Marius I. Boamfa, Danielle E.W. Clout, et al.. (2012). Real time quantitative amplification detection on a microarray: towards high multiplex quantitative PCR. Lab on a Chip. 12(10). 1897–1897. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Danqing, et al.. (2010). INKJET PRINTING OF MAGNETIC / NON-MAGNETIC POLYMER MICROFLUIDIC ACTUATORS. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 515–517. 2 indexed citations

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Heuvel, M. van den, Jeroen C. Gielen, Peter C. M. Christianen, et al.. (2009). Patterns of Diacetylene-Containing Peptide Amphiphiles Using Polarization Holography. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(41). 15014–15017. 25 indexed citations

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Eelkema, Rienk, Michael M. Pollard, Javier Vicario, et al.. (2006). Nanomotor rotates microscale objects. Nature. 440(7081). 163–163. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Broer, Dirk J., et al.. (2002). Spatially resonated excitation of a dichroic photoinitiator to form a deformed-helix cholesteric network. TU/e Research Portal. 43(2). 526–527. 4 indexed citations

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Mather, Patrick T., Dirk J. Broer, Timothy J. Bunning, David M. Walba, & Rudolf Zentel. (2002). Advances in liquid crystalline materials and technologies : symposium held november 26-29, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. 1 indexed citations

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Cornelissen, Hugo J., et al.. (2000). Linearly Polarized Light Emitting Planar Lightguide. TU/e Research Portal. 92–95. 5 indexed citations

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