Ralf Seemann

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Ralf Seemann is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Seemann has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 39 papers in Computational Mechanics and 38 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ralf Seemann's work include Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (25 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (20 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (18 papers). Ralf Seemann is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (25 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (20 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (18 papers). Ralf Seemann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Ralf Seemann's co-authors include Stephan Herminghaus, Martin Brinkmann, Karin Jacobs, Thomas Pfohl, Craig Priest, Shashi Thutupalli, Jean‐Baptiste Fleury, Mario Scheel, Michael Jung and Edward J. Kramer 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

Ralf Seemann

113 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Droplet based microfluidics

2011 837 citations Ralf Seemann, Martin Brinkmann et al. profile →
Dewetting Patterns and Molecular Forces: A Reconciliation

2001 563 citations Ralf Seemann, Stephan Herminghaus et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ralf Seemann	2.6k	2.5k	1.8k	1.7k	1.1k	117	6.4k
Sandra M. Troian	2.1k 0.8×	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	84	5.5k
J. De Coninck	1.5k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	3.4k 3.2×	219	7.4k
Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	870 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	57	5.1k
James J. Feng	2.3k 0.9×	5.1k 2.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	161	8.9k
Cécile Cottin-Bizonne	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	638 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	69	5.6k
Jens Honoré Walther	2.8k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	768 0.5×	505 0.5×	209	7.4k
Christophe Ybert	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	620 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	71	5.6k
Eric S. G. Shaqfeh	2.6k 1.0×	4.3k 1.7×	2.1k 1.2×	776 0.5×	369 0.3×	230	9.9k
Élie Raphaël	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	536 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	149	5.5k
L. Gary Leal	3.9k 1.5×	5.4k 2.1×	2.8k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	902 0.8×	202	12.0k

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Seemann, Ralf, et al.. (2025). Long-range attractions among droplets containing liquids with antagonistic wetting characteristics. Surfaces and Interfaces. 65. 106532–106532.

Jung, Michael, et al.. (2025). 3D Printable Magnetic Soft Actuators–Ink Formulation, Rheological Characterization, and Hydrogel Actuator Prototypes. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 310(7). 2 indexed citations

Seemann, Ralf, Thomas John, Lars Kaestner, et al.. (2024). Deposit of Red Blood Cells at low concentrations in evaporating droplets is dominated by a central edge growth. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 679. 939–946.

Lolicato, Fabio, Ralf Seemann, Jean‐Baptiste Fleury, et al.. (2024). Mechanics of biomimetic free-standing lipid membranes: insights into the elasticity of complex lipid compositions. RSC Advances. 14(19). 13044–13052. 4 indexed citations

Lo, Chi‐Chun, et al.. (2023). De-wetting of evaporating drops on regular patterns of triangular posts. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(2). 1 indexed citations

Seemann, Ralf, et al.. (2023). Bilayer-Embedded Lipid Droplets Coated with Perilipin-2 Display a Pancake Shape. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2072–2072. 5 indexed citations

Seemann, Ralf, et al.. (2023). Biocompatible, 3D Printable Magnetic Soft Actuators – Ink Formulation, Rheological Characterization and Hydrogel Actuator Prototypes. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 309(3). 7 indexed citations

Peschka, Dirk, et al.. (2023). Impact of noise on spinodal dewetting of liquid-liquid films. Communications Physics. 6(1). 2 indexed citations

Lolicato, Fabio, Federica Scollo, Hans‐Michael Müller, et al.. (2022). Cholesterol promotes clustering of PI(4,5)P2 driving unconventional secretion of FGF2. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(11). 11 indexed citations

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Caesar, Stefanie, Chetan Poojari, Michael Jung, et al.. (2022). Lipid Droplets Embedded in a Model Cell Membrane Create a Phospholipid Diffusion Barrier. Small. 18(12). e2106524–e2106524. 19 indexed citations

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Seemann, Ralf, et al.. (2022). Phospholipids diffusion on the surface of model lipid droplets. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1865(1). 184074–184074. 2 indexed citations

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Brinkmann, Martin, et al.. (2021). Morphology quantification of three-dimensional fluid invasion patterns. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 148. 103916–103916. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Menglin, et al.. (2020). Kinetics of active water/ethanol Janus droplets. Soft Matter. 16(29). 6803–6811. 10 indexed citations

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Seemann, Ralf, et al.. (2019). Directional Liquid Wicking in Regular Arrays of Triangular Posts. Langmuir. 35(50). 16476–16486. 5 indexed citations

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Semprebon, Ciro, et al.. (2018). Shape Evolution of Droplets Growing on Linear Microgrooves. Langmuir. 34(36). 10498–10511. 10 indexed citations

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Chan, Tak Shing, Joshua D. McGraw, Thomas Salez, Ralf Seemann, & Martin Brinkmann. (2017). Morphological evolution of microscopic dewetting droplets with slip. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 828. 271–288. 7 indexed citations

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Seemann, Ralf & Dieter Krause. (2016). Numerical modelling of Nomex honeycomb sandwich cores at meso-scale level. Composite Structures. 159. 702–718. 94 indexed citations

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Priest, Craig, et al.. (2006). Microfluidics with Gel Emulsions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Becker, Jürgen C., Günther Grün, Ralf Seemann, et al.. (2002). Complex dewetting scenarios captured by thin-film models. Nature Materials. 2(1). 59–63. 309 indexed citations

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Lay, G. Le, Robert L. Johnson, Ralf Seemann, et al.. (1993). Electronic and crystallographic structures of 2D silver adlayers on Ge(111). Surface Science. 287-288. 539–544. 10 indexed citations

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