Pieter Cools

2.4k total citations
79 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Pieter Cools is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Pieter Cools has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 30 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 29 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Pieter Cools's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (29 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (25 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (17 papers). Pieter Cools is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (29 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (25 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (17 papers). Pieter Cools collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, India and Vietnam. Pieter Cools's co-authors include Rino Morent, Nathalie De Geyter, Heidi Declercq, Mahtab Asadian, Rouba Ghobeira, Christophe Leys, Anton Nikiforov, Annick Van Deynse, Yuliia Onyshchenko and Tom Coenye and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Pieter Cools

72 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pieter Cools Belgium 27 840 712 593 373 317 79 1.8k
Ita Junkar Slovenia 29 999 1.2× 584 0.8× 680 1.1× 627 1.7× 495 1.6× 82 2.6k
Tim Desmet Belgium 14 703 0.8× 675 0.9× 507 0.9× 184 0.5× 229 0.7× 22 1.4k
Nikola Slepičková Kasálková Czechia 25 1.0k 1.2× 692 1.0× 456 0.8× 576 1.5× 189 0.6× 91 2.3k
Anton Manakhov Russia 27 718 0.9× 595 0.8× 339 0.6× 597 1.6× 284 0.9× 87 1.7k
Ko-Shao Chen Taiwan 23 960 1.1× 456 0.6× 314 0.5× 421 1.1× 263 0.8× 68 2.0k
Tao Jiang China 37 1.7k 2.1× 1.3k 1.9× 256 0.4× 441 1.2× 317 1.0× 111 4.1k
E. Payen France 15 518 0.6× 313 0.4× 720 1.2× 271 0.7× 463 1.5× 15 1.4k
Avijit Baidya United States 23 1.0k 1.2× 748 1.1× 330 0.6× 279 0.7× 174 0.5× 38 2.3k
Farhang Abbasi Iran 25 928 1.1× 646 0.9× 441 0.7× 667 1.8× 340 1.1× 142 2.7k
Shicheng Wei China 23 1.2k 1.4× 668 0.9× 131 0.2× 260 0.7× 182 0.6× 36 1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pieter Cools

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pieter Cools. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pieter Cools based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pieter Cools. Pieter Cools is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Raeymaeckers, Peter, et al.. (2022). Advocacy Through Practices of Input and Throughput Legitimacy: Safe Spaces, Proximity, and Collectivizing Individual Needs. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 34(2). 389–401.
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Asadian, Mahtab, et al.. (2020). Fabrication and Plasma Modification of Nanofibrous Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. Nanomaterials. 10(1). 119–119. 99 indexed citations
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Tabaei, Parinaz Saadat Esbah, Mahtab Asadian, Rouba Ghobeira, et al.. (2020). Combinatorial effects of coral addition and plasma treatment on the properties of chitosan/polyethylene oxide nanofibers intended for bone tissue engineering. Carbohydrate Polymers. 253. 117211–117211. 32 indexed citations
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Cools, Pieter, Joachim F. R. Van Guyse, Mahtab Asadian, et al.. (2019). Water-Stable Plasma-Polymerized N,N-Dimethylacrylamide Coatings to Control Cellular Adhesion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(2). 2116–2128. 25 indexed citations
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Ghobeira, Rouba, Charlot Philips, Mahtab Asadian, et al.. (2019). Synergetic effect of electrospun PCL fiber size, orientation and plasma-modified surface chemistry on stem cell behavior. Applied Surface Science. 485. 204–221. 51 indexed citations
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Guyse, Joachim F. R. Van, Pieter Cools, Mahtab Asadian, et al.. (2019). Influence of the Aliphatic Side Chain on the Near Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization of 2-Alkyl-2-oxazolines for Biomedical Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(34). 31356–31366. 18 indexed citations
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Lecompte, Steven, Johan Van Bael, Robbe Salenbien, et al.. (2019). Corrosion behaviour of different steel types in artificial geothermal fluids. Geothermics. 82. 182–189. 21 indexed citations
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Asadian, Mahtab, Maarten Dhaenens, Yuliia Onyshchenko, et al.. (2018). Plasma Functionalization of Polycaprolactone Nanofibers Changes Protein Interactions with Cells, Resulting in Increased Cell Viability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(49). 41962–41977. 44 indexed citations
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Lee, Sohee, Sang Young Yeo, Pieter Cools, & Rino Morent. (2018). Plasma polymerization onto nonwoven polyethylene/polypropylene fibers for laccase immobilization as dye decolorization filter media. Textile Research Journal. 89(17). 3578–3590. 14 indexed citations
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Ivanova, Anna, A. Cecilia, Venera Weinhardt, et al.. (2018). Effect of low-temperature plasma treatment of electrospun polycaprolactone fibrous scaffolds on calcium carbonate mineralisation. RSC Advances. 8(68). 39106–39114. 45 indexed citations
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Cools, Pieter, et al.. (2018). Acrylic acid plasma polymerization for biomedical use. Applied Surface Science. 448. 168–185. 75 indexed citations
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Cools, Pieter, Heidi Declercq, Rouba Ghobeira, Rino Morent, & Nathalie De Geyter. (2018). Acrylic acid plasma coatings for enhanced cell migration in PCL 3D additive manufactured scaffolds. Surface and Coatings Technology. 350. 925–935. 23 indexed citations
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Asadian, Mahtab, et al.. (2018). Local plasma activation of PS films with a defined design for biomedical use. Surface and Coatings Technology. 350. 985–996. 8 indexed citations
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Cools, Pieter, Mahtab Asadian, Joachim F. R. Van Guyse, et al.. (2018). Fabrication of PEOT/PBT Nanofibers by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Treatment of Electrospinning Solutions for Tissue Engineering. Macromolecular Bioscience. 18(12). e1800309–e1800309. 18 indexed citations
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Asadian, Mahtab, Yuliia Onyshchenko, Monica Thukkaram, et al.. (2018). Effects of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatment on chitosan/polyethylene oxide nanofibers and their cellular interactions. Carbohydrate Polymers. 201. 402–415. 27 indexed citations
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Ghobeira, Rouba, Charlot Philips, Heidi Declercq, et al.. (2017). Effects of different sterilization methods on the physico-chemical and bioresponsive properties of plasma-treated polycaprolactone films. Biomedical Materials. 12(1). 15017–15017. 60 indexed citations
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Cools, Pieter, Nathalie De Geyter, Els Vanderleyden, et al.. (2016). Adhesion improvement at the PMMA bone cement-titanium implant interface using methyl methacrylate atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization. Surface and Coatings Technology. 294. 201–209. 25 indexed citations
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Pandiyaraj, K. Navaneetha, Avishek Kumar, Abhay Sachdev, et al.. (2016). Influence of non-thermal TiCl4/Ar + O2 plasma-assisted TiOx based coatings on the surface of polypropylene (PP) films for the tailoring of surface properties and cytocompatibility. Materials Science and Engineering C. 62. 908–918. 6 indexed citations
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Cools, Pieter, Nathalie De Geyter, & Rino Morent. (2015). PLA enhanced via plasma technology: a review. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 9 indexed citations

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