Orlin D. Velev

26.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
261 papers, 22.2k citations indexed

About

Orlin D. Velev is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Orlin D. Velev has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 22.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Materials Chemistry, 109 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 64 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Orlin D. Velev's work include Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (84 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (44 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (35 papers). Orlin D. Velev is often cited by papers focused on Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (84 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (44 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (35 papers). Orlin D. Velev collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and United Kingdom. Orlin D. Velev's co-authors include Abraham M. Lenhoff, E. W. Kaler, Brian G. Prevo, Kuniaki Nagayama, Vesselin N. Paunov, Ketan H. Bhatt, Nikolai D. Denkov, Olivier J. Cayre, Eric W. Kaler and Michael D. Dickey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Orlin D. Velev

258 papers receiving 21.7k 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.

Mechanism of formation of two-dimensional crystals from latex particles on substrates

1992 915 citations Orlin D. Velev et al. Langmuir profile →
Porous silica via colloidal crystallization

1997 721 citations Orlin D. Velev et al. profile →
Charging of Oil−Water Interfaces Due to Spontaneous Adsorption of Hydroxyl Ions

1996 718 citations Rossitza Alargova, Orlin D. Velev et al. Langmuir profile →
Two-dimensional crystallization

1993 652 citations Orlin D. Velev et al. profile →
Assembly of Latex Particles by Using Emulsion Droplets as Templates. 1. Microstructured Hollow Spheres

1996 527 citations Orlin D. Velev et al. Langmuir profile →
An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core

2015 503 citations Vesselin N. Paunov, Simeon D. Stoyanov et al. profile →
Induced-Charge Electrophoresis of Metallodielectric Particles

2008 438 citations Olivier J. Cayre, Orlin D. Velev et al. profile →
Pickering stabilization of foams and emulsions with particles of biological origin

2014 411 citations Krassimir P. Velikov, Orlin D. Velev et al. profile →
Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

2013 403 citations Michael D. Dickey, Orlin D. Velev et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Orlin D. Velev	9.7k	9.3k	5.5k	3.6k	2.9k	261	22.2k
Shin‐Hyun Kim	5.9k 0.6×	6.4k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	269	13.9k
Ralph H. Colby	7.2k 0.7×	5.1k 0.5×	3.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	5.0k 1.7×	498	23.4k
Ling Wang	7.6k 0.8×	8.2k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	439	22.9k
Daeyeon Lee	6.1k 0.6×	5.6k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	903 0.2×	2.8k 0.9×	286	14.0k
Alexei P. Sokolov	10.5k 1.1×	3.1k 0.3×	4.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	402	19.9k
Nicholas L. Abbott	4.7k 0.5×	4.2k 0.4×	4.1k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	5.0k 1.7×	423	20.1k
Todd Emrick	9.9k 1.0×	4.0k 0.4×	5.4k 1.0×	827 0.2×	6.3k 2.1×	349	20.9k
Manfred Stamm	9.7k 1.0×	6.9k 0.7×	5.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	6.7k 2.3×	549	26.8k
Olli Ikkala	8.7k 0.9×	6.9k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	871 0.2×	6.0k 2.0×	352	27.0k
Martien A. Cohen Stuart	6.7k 0.7×	5.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	8.1k 2.7×	432	25.8k

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Kim, Hyungju, Yan Zeng, Krassimir P. Velikov, & Orlin D. Velev. (2025). Deposition of hierarchically porous cellulose microfibril films via emulsion templating and drying at ambient temperature. Food Hydrocolloids. 171. 111854–111854. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Yong, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable Chitosan-Based Stretchable Electronics with Recyclable Silver Nanowires. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(11). 17316–17329.

Hong, Haeleen, et al.. (2025). Designing of Self‐Dispersing Soft Dendritic Microcleaners for Microplastics Capture and Recovery. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(34). 3 indexed citations

Velev, Orlin D., et al.. (2025). Sustainable Biopolymer Colloids: Advances in Morphology for Enhanced Functionalities. Langmuir. 41(11). 7160–7173. 5 indexed citations

Dickey, Michael D., et al.. (2024). Capillary-osmotic wearable patch based on lateral flow assay for sweat potassium analysis. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 419. 136383–136383. 4 indexed citations

Yossifon, Gilad, et al.. (2024). Active microparticle propulsion pervasively powered by asymmetric AC field electrophoresis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 676. 817–825. 1 indexed citations

Basu, A., et al.. (2024). Spatially Confined Assembly and Immobilization of Hierarchical Nanoparticle Architectures inside Microdroplets in Magnetic Fields. ACS Nano. 4 indexed citations

Saha, Tamoghna, et al.. (2024). Harvesting and manipulating sweat and interstitial fluid in microfluidic devices. Lab on a Chip. 24(5). 1244–1265. 28 indexed citations

Roh, Sangchul, et al.. (2023). Fluid Flow Templating of Polymeric Soft Matter with Diverse Morphologies. Advanced Materials. 35(16). e2211438–e2211438. 13 indexed citations

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Velev, Orlin D., et al.. (2023). Computational investigation of the phase behavior of colloidal squares with offset magnetic dipoles. Soft Matter. 19(22). 4123–4136. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Tianyu, Abdulelah S. Alshehri, Nicholas L. Abbott, et al.. (2023). An integrated chemical engineering approach to understanding microplastics. AIChE Journal. 69(4). 15 indexed citations

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Williams, Austin, et al.. (2022). Structure–Performance Relationships of Li-Ion Battery Fiber-Based Separators. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4(5). 3676–3686. 12 indexed citations

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Williams, Austin, et al.. (2021). Poly(Vinylidene Difluoride) Soft Dendritic Colloids as Li-Ion Battery Separators. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(2). 20517–20517. 13 indexed citations

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Han, Koohee, et al.. (2018). Propulsion and assembly of remotely powered p-type silicon microparticles. APL Materials. 6(12). 2 indexed citations

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Shields, C. Wyatt, et al.. (2018). Reconfigurable engineered motile semiconductor microparticles. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1791–1791. 20 indexed citations

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Velev, Orlin D., et al.. (2017). Simulation study on the structural properties of colloidal particles with offset dipoles. Soft Matter. 13(17). 3134–3146. 11 indexed citations

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Shields, C. Wyatt & Orlin D. Velev. (2017). The Evolution of Active Particles: Toward Externally Powered Self-Propelling and Self-Reconfiguring Particle Systems. Chem. 3(4). 539–559. 76 indexed citations

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Kuncicky, Daniel M., Brian G. Prevo, & Orlin D. Velev. (2005). Controlled assembly of SERS substrates templated by colloidal crystal films. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 16(13). 1207–1211. 122 indexed citations

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Hill, Ryan T., Jeffrey R. Millman, & Orlin D. Velev. (2004). Fabrication and Study of Simple and Robust Microfluidic Devices. 24(2). 98–110. 3 indexed citations

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Paunov, Vesselin N., et al.. (2004). Fabrication of Novel Types of Colloidosome Microcapsules for Drug Delivery Applications. MRS Proceedings. 845. 3 indexed citations

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