Stephan Förster

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
244 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Stephan Förster is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Förster has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Materials Chemistry, 82 papers in Organic Chemistry and 55 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephan Förster's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (55 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (40 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (39 papers). Stephan Förster is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (55 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (40 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (39 papers). Stephan Förster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Stephan Förster's co-authors include Markus Antonietti, Peter Lindner, Horst Weller, Martin Dulle, Andreas Kornowski, Eckhard Wenz, Matthias Konrad, Sascha Oestreich, Sabine Rosenfeldt and Christiane A. Helm and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Förster

238 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.

Vesicles and Liposomes: A Self‐Assembly Principle Beyond Lipids

2003 1.2k citations Stephan Förster et al. profile →
Amphiphilic Block Copolymers in Structure-Controlled Nanomaterial Hybrids

1998 1.1k citations Stephan Förster et al. profile →
From Self-Organizing Polymers to Nanohybrid and Biomaterials

2002 521 citations Stephan Förster et al. profile →
High strength in combination with high toughness in robust and sustainable polymeric materials

2019 229 citations Martin Dulle, Stephan Förster et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Förster Germany	60	6.5k	6.0k	3.2k	2.8k	2.5k	244	14.0k
Walter Richtering Germany	70	6.5k 1.0×	6.6k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	4.2k 1.5×	2.1k 0.8×	336	17.6k
Mónica Olvera de la Cruz United States	62	5.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	380	14.4k
Matthias Ballauff Germany	74	9.0k 1.4×	10.2k 1.7×	2.6k 0.8×	3.6k 1.3×	4.8k 1.9×	322	20.8k
L. Andrew Lyon United States	68	3.4k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	4.7k 1.6×	2.4k 1.0×	163	13.9k
Mitsuhiro Shibayama Japan	66	4.6k 0.7×	5.7k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	4.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	401	17.4k
André Laschewsky Germany	60	3.2k 0.5×	7.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	5.0k 2.0×	334	13.8k
Kaloian Koynov Germany	55	4.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	286	11.6k
Todd Emrick United States	71	9.9k 1.5×	6.3k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	349	20.9k
Zhong‐Yuan Lu China	48	4.6k 0.7×	3.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	338	9.5k
Sergiy Minko United States	64	4.9k 0.8×	5.0k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	5.9k 2.1×	7.9k 3.1×	246	18.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Förster

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Klost, Martina, Stephan Drusch, Baohu Wu, et al.. (2025). Influence of mono- and divalent cations on heat induced gelation of protein from mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) at various structural length scales. Food Hydrocolloids. 171. 111800–111800.

Kriele, Armin, Debasish Saha, Baohu Wu, et al.. (2025). Nanoparticle-encapsulated organo-magnetogels: crosslinked network for broad-spectrum pollutant removal. npj Clean Water. 8(1). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xin, Xue Bai, Yunpeng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Sulfur-resistant catalytic NO oxidation over surface-disproportionated CaMnO3 perovskites. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 364. 124851–124851. 8 indexed citations

Thompson, Benjamin R., Taiki Tominaga, Takahito Osawa, et al.. (2024). Suppression of Segmental Chain Dynamics on a Particle’s Surface in Well-Dispersed Polymer Nanocomposites. ACS Macro Letters. 13(6). 720–725. 2 indexed citations

Murmiliuk, Anastasiia, Hiroki Iwase, Marie‐Sousai Appavou, et al.. (2024). Polyelectrolyte-protein synergism: pH-responsive polyelectrolyte/insulin complexes as versatile carriers for targeted protein and drug delivery. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 665. 801–813. 8 indexed citations

Frielinghaus, Henrich, Eunjoo Shin, Piotr Zolnierczuk, et al.. (2023). The high-Q static scattering of 3-methyl pyridine/D₂O mixtures without and with antagonistic salt. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 286. 4006–4006.

Siozios, Vassilios, Martin Dulle, Beate Förster, et al.. (2023). Improved Route to Linear Triblock Copolymers by Coupling with Glycidyl Ether-Activated Poly(ethylene oxide) Chains. Polymers. 15(9). 2128–2128. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Baohu, et al.. (2023). Multiscale Structural Insight into Dairy Products and Plant-Based Alternatives by Scattering and Imaging Techniques. Foods. 12(10). 2021–2021. 4 indexed citations

Frielinghaus, Henrich, Baohu Wu, Eunjoo Shin, et al.. (2023). Experimental critical dynamics of 3-methyl pyridine/D2O mixtures without and with antagonistic salt. Physical Review Research. 5(2). 1 indexed citations

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Kruteva, Margarita, et al.. (2023). Interchain Hydrodynamic Interaction and Internal Friction of Polyelectrolytes. ACS Macro Letters. 12(9). 1218–1223. 9 indexed citations

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Doi, Yuya, Jürgen Allgaier, Reiner Zorn, et al.. (2022). Relaxation Dynamics and Ion Conduction of Poly(Ethylene Carbonate/Ethylene Oxide) Copolymer-Based Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(48). 20284–20292. 3 indexed citations

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Jäger, Eliézer, Marcela Filipová, Petr Štěpánek, et al.. (2022). pH-Dependent disruption of giant polymer vesicles: a step towards biomimetic membranes. Polymer Chemistry. 14(4). 443–451. 8 indexed citations

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Rădulescu, Aurel, Marie‐Sousai Appavou, Alexandros Koutsioubas, et al.. (2020). Membrane stiffness and myelin basic protein binding strength as molecular origin of multiple sclerosis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16691–16691. 22 indexed citations

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Weiss, Alessia C. G., et al.. (2019). In Situ Characterization of Protein Corona Formation on Silica Microparticles Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Combined with Microfluidics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(2). 2459–2469. 56 indexed citations

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Allgaier, Jürgen, Wim Pyckhout‐Hintzen, Margarita Kruteva, et al.. (2019). Creating a synthetic platform for the encapsulation of nanocrystals with covalently bound polymer shells. Nanoscale. 11(9). 3847–3854. 12 indexed citations

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Drechsler, Markus, et al.. (2018). Splitting and separation of colloidal streams in sinusoidal microchannels. Lab on a Chip. 18(20). 3163–3171. 8 indexed citations

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Weiss, Alessia C. G., Kristian Kempe, Stephan Förster, & Frank Caruso. (2018). Microfluidic Examination of the “Hard” Biomolecular Corona Formed on Engineered Particles in Different Biological Milieu. Biomacromolecules. 19(7). 2580–2594. 37 indexed citations

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Jester, Stefan‐S., et al.. (2013). Molecular Spoked Wheels: Synthesis and Self‐Assembly Studies on Rigid Nanoscale 2D Objects. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(14). 4480–4495. 20 indexed citations

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Krämer, Peter, Stephan Förster, & Elisabeth Kremmer. (2008). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the sensitive analysis of 2,4-dinitroaniline and 2,6-dinitroaniline in water and soil. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 391(5). 1821–1835. 2 indexed citations

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Förster, Stephan, et al.. (2004). Comparison of Two Procedures for Extraction and Clean-up ofOrganophosphorus and Pyrethroid Pesticides in Sediment. 土壤圈：英文版. 14(2). 229–234. 3 indexed citations

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