Pierre Schaaf

16.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
253 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Pierre Schaaf is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Schaaf has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 79 papers in Biomaterials and 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pierre Schaaf's work include Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (158 papers), Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (39 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (31 papers). Pierre Schaaf is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (158 papers), Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (39 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (31 papers). Pierre Schaaf collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Pierre Schaaf's co-authors include Jean‐Claude Voegel, Philippe Lavall�e, Catherine Picart, J.‐C. Voegel, Fouzia Boulmedais, Bernard Senger, Gero Decher, Vincent Ball, Ludovic Richert and Loı̈c Jierry 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

Pierre Schaaf

251 papers receiving 13.8k citations

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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.

Molecular basis for the explanation of the exponential growth of polyelectrolyte multilayers

2002 768 citations Pierre Schaaf, Philippe Lavall�e et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Schaaf France	63	8.7k	4.4k	4.2k	2.3k	2.2k	253	14.1k
Edwin Donath Germany	52	7.5k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	181	12.0k
Catherine Picart France	63	7.4k 0.8×	5.6k 1.3×	4.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	165	14.4k
Joseph B. Schlenoff United States	63	8.6k 1.0×	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.7×	3.7k 1.7×	186	15.3k
Shengfu Chen China	58	6.6k 0.8×	5.7k 1.3×	2.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	163	15.3k
André G. Skirtach Belgium	62	4.2k 0.5×	4.7k 1.1×	4.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	282	12.7k
Jiacong Shen China	65	3.6k 0.4×	3.8k 0.9×	4.1k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	388	15.2k
Igor Luzinov United States	46	4.4k 0.5×	4.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	4.3k 1.9×	2.2k 1.0×	216	14.2k
Insung S. Choi South Korea	63	4.1k 0.5×	6.3k 1.4×	3.3k 0.8×	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	307	14.5k
Svetlana A. Sukhishvili United States	55	4.6k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	174	9.3k
Sergiy Minko United States	64	7.9k 0.9×	5.9k 1.3×	3.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.2×	246	18.6k

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Jacomine, Léandro, Éric Mathieu, Sergey Pronkin, et al.. (2024). Conductive and Cytocompatible Poly(3,4)ethylene-dioxythiophene:poly(styrenesulfonate) Hierarchical Porous Materials: From Liquid to Solid Foams. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6(16). 9892–9904. 1 indexed citations

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Fores, Jennifer Rodon, Fouzia Boulmedais, Julien Kelber, et al.. (2021). Localized Enzyme-Assisted Self-Assembly in the Presence of Hyaluronic Acid for Hybrid Supramolecular Hydrogel Coating. Polymers. 13(11). 1793–1793. 15 indexed citations

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Lutzweiler, Gaëtan, Julien Barthès, Nihal Engin Vrana, et al.. (2020). Adjustment of Cell Adhesion on Polyurethane Structures via Control of the Hard/Soft Segment Ratio. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 305(5). 10 indexed citations

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Fores, Jennifer Rodon, Miryam Criado‐Gonzalez, Alain Chaumont, et al.. (2020). Autonomous Growth of a Spatially Localized Supramolecular Hydrogel with Autocatalytic Ability. Angewandte Chemie. 132(34). 14666–14671. 4 indexed citations

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Fores, Jennifer Rodon, Miryam Criado‐Gonzalez, Alain Chaumont, et al.. (2020). Autonomous Growth of a Spatially Localized Supramolecular Hydrogel with Autocatalytic Ability. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(34). 14558–14563. 36 indexed citations

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Fores, Jennifer Rodon, Miryam Criado‐Gonzalez, Alain Chaumont, et al.. (2019). Supported Catalytically Active Supramolecular Hydrogels for Continuous Flow Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(52). 18817–18822. 38 indexed citations

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Fores, Jennifer Rodon, Miryam Criado‐Gonzalez, Marc Schmutz, et al.. (2019). Protein-induced low molecular weight hydrogelator self-assembly through a self-sustaining process. Chemical Science. 10(18). 4761–4766. 18 indexed citations

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Fores, Jennifer Rodon, Miryam Criado‐Gonzalez, Alain Chaumont, et al.. (2019). Supported Catalytically Active Supramolecular Hydrogels for Continuous Flow Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie. 131(52). 18993–18998. 6 indexed citations

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Criado‐Gonzalez, Miryam, Jennifer Rodon Fores, A. Schröder, et al.. (2018). Enzyme-assisted self-assembly within a hydrogel induced by peptide diffusion. Chemical Communications. 55(8). 1156–1159. 29 indexed citations

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Lavall�e, Philippe, Pierre Schaaf, Sylvie Fournel, et al.. (2018). β-Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Chitosan/Alginate Compact Polyelectrolyte Complexes (CoPECs) as Functional Biomaterials with Anti-Inflammatory Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(35). 29347–29356. 38 indexed citations

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Giorgi, Marcella De, Cécile Vigier‐Carrière, Fouzia Boulmedais, et al.. (2017). Step-by-step build-up of covalent poly(ethylene oxide) nanogel films. Nanoscale. 9(46). 18379–18391. 6 indexed citations

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Ball, Vincent, Bernard Senger, Nihal Engin Vrana, et al.. (2017). Nature of the Polyanion Governs the Antimicrobial Properties of Poly(arginine)/Polyanion Multilayer Films. Chemistry of Materials. 29(7). 3195–3201. 22 indexed citations

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Roger, Emilie, Sylvie Fournel, Andreas Reisch, et al.. (2017). Alginate/Chitosan Compact Polyelectrolyte Complexes: A Cell and Bacterial Repellent Material. Chemistry of Materials. 29(24). 10418–10425. 34 indexed citations

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Rammal, Hassan, Caroline Gaucher, Fouzia Boulmedais, et al.. (2016). Upregulation of endothelial gene markers in Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells cultured on polyelectrolyte multilayers. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 105(1). 292–300. 8 indexed citations

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Perrin‐Schmitt, Fabienne, Bernard Senger, Loı̈c Vidal, et al.. (2015). Cell Alignment Driven by Mechanically Induced Collagen Fiber Alignment in Collagen/Alginate Coatings. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 21(9). 881–888. 39 indexed citations

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Rydzek, Gaulthier, Antonio Garofalo, Cédric Leuvrey, et al.. (2015). Selective Nanotrench Filling by One-Pot Electroclick Self-Constructed Nanoparticle Films. Small. 11(36). 4638–4642. 21 indexed citations

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Lavall�e, Philippe, et al.. (2011). Dynamic Aspects of Films Prepared by a Sequential Deposition of Species: Perspectives for Smart and Responsive Materials. Advanced Materials. 23(10). 1191–1221. 198 indexed citations

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Mjahed, Hajare, Jean‐Claude Voegel, Armelle Chassepot, et al.. (2010). Turbidity diagrams of polyanion/polycation complexes in solution as a potential tool to predict the occurrence of polyelectrolyte multilayer deposition. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 346(1). 163–171. 40 indexed citations

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Meyer, Florent, Vincent Ball, Pierre Schaaf, J.C. Voegel, & Joëlle Ogier. (2005). Polyplex-embedding in polyelectrolyte multilayers for gene delivery. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1758(3). 419–422. 40 indexed citations

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Tóth, Petra, Dominique Vautier, Youssef Haïkel, et al.. (2002). Viability, adhesion, and bone phenotype of osteoblast‐like cells on polyelectrolyte multilayer films. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 60(4). 657–667. 173 indexed citations

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