Vincent Ball

10.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
197 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Vincent Ball is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Polymers and Plastics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent Ball has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 63 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vincent Ball's work include Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (128 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (37 papers) and Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (30 papers). Vincent Ball is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (128 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (37 papers) and Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (30 papers). Vincent Ball collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Italy. Vincent Ball's co-authors include Pierre Schaaf, David Ruch, Valérie Toniazzo, Jean‐Claude Voegel, Markus J. Buehler, Marco d’Ischia, Chun‐Teh Chen, Marc Michel, Falk Bernsmann and Bernard Senger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Vincent Ball

189 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Polydopamine and Eumelanin: From Structure–Property Relationships to a Unified Tailoring Strategy

2014 558 citations Vincent Ball, Chun‐Teh Chen et al. profile →
Dopamine−Melanin Film Deposition Depends on the Used Oxidant and Buffer Solution

2011 506 citations Vincent Ball, Frédéric Addiego et al. profile →
Polydopamine at biological interfaces

2022 227 citations Vincent Ball et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Electrodeposition of dihydroxypyridine-based films: Strong influence of the used isomer on the film structure 2025 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·(unknown), Dris Ihiawakrim, Ovidiu Ersen, Élisa Maillard, (unknown), Christopher V. Synatschke, (unknown), Cédric Boissière, Clément Sanchez, Youri Arntz, Vincent Ball	0
2	Influence of peptide chirality on their protein-triggered supramolecular hydrogelation 2025 ·Faraday Discussions ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rachel Schurhammer, Vincent Ball, Léandro Jacomine, Marc Schmutz, Alain Chaumont, (unknown), Loı̈c Jierry	0
3	Surface Localized Coacervation Controlled by Bioactive Nanoarchitectonic Polyelectrolyte Multilayers 2025 ·Small ·(unknown), (unknown), R. Weiss, (unknown), (unknown), Michael P. Masquelier, Vincent Ball, (unknown), Caroline Bertagnolli, Pierre Schaaf, Loı̈c Jierry	0
4	Sucrose and Glycerol Additives: A Way to Tune the Biological and Physicochemical Properties of Agarose Hydrogels? 2024 ·Macromolecular Materials and Engineering ·Victor C. Igbokwe, Vincent Ball, (unknown), (unknown), Sophie Hellé, (unknown), Corinne Nardin, Lydie Ploux	1
5	Fluorescent bioinspired albumin/polydopamine nanoparticles and their interactions with Escherichia coli cells 2023 ·Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Sophie Hellé, (unknown), Éric Mathieu, Morgane Rabineau, Vincent Ball, Lydie Ploux	1
6	Crosslinking of Bovine Gelatin Gels by Genipin Revisited Using Ferrule-Top Micro-Indentation 2023 ·Gels ·Vincent Ball	2
7	Impacts of Resveratrol and Pyrogallol on Physicochemical, Mechanical and Biological Properties of Epoxy-Resin Sealers 2022 ·Bioengineering ·Naji Kharouf, Salvatore Sauro, Louis Hardan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Frédéric Addiego, (unknown), Youri Arntz, Vincent Ball, Florent Meyer, Youssef Haïkel, Davide Mancino	11
8	Adhesion of Resin to Lithium Disilicate with Different Surface Treatments before and after Salivary Contamination—An In-Vitro Study 2022 ·Bioengineering ·(unknown), Louis Hardan, (unknown), (unknown), Rim Bourgi, Monika Łukomska−Szymańska, Naji Kharouf, Vincent Ball, (unknown)	1
9	Antibacterial and Bonding Properties of Universal Adhesive Dental Polymers Doped with Pyrogallol 2021 ·Polymers ·Naji Kharouf, (unknown), Louis Hardan, Rim Bourgi, Youri Arntz, (unknown), Federico Foschi, Salvatore Sauro, Vincent Ball, Youssef Haïkel, Davide Mancino	22
10	Polydopamine And Protein Based Nanoparticles:A Skin Inspired Biological Tool 2018 ·Vincent Ball	1
11	Ultra-slow diffusion of hexacyanoferrate anions in poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride)-poly(acrylic acid sodium salt) multilayer films 2018 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Vincent Ball, Jérôme F. L. Duval	5
12	Uniform trend in layer-by-layer deposition of heteropolytungstates 2018 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Vincent Ball, Ali S. Mougharbel, Ulrich Kortz	2
13	Nature of the Polyanion Governs the Antimicrobial Properties of Poly(arginine)/Polyanion Multilayer Films 2017 ·Chemistry of Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Vincent Ball, Bernard Senger, Nihal Engin Vrana, Fouzia Boulmedais, A. Schröder, Pierre Schaaf, Philippe Lavall�e	22
14	Excitonic effects from geometric order and disorder explain broadband optical absorption in eumelanin 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Chun‐Teh Chen, Chern Chuang, Jianshu Cao, Vincent Ball, David Ruch, Markus J. Buehler	145
15	Step-by-step deposition of synthetic dopamine-eumelanin and metal cations 2013 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Vincent Ball, Jérôme Bour, Marc Michel	7
16	Kinetics of polydopamine film deposition as a function of pH and dopamine concentration: Insights in the polydopamine deposition mechanism 2012 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Vincent Ball, Doriane Del Frari, Valérie Toniazzo, David Ruch	354
17	One step preparation of plasma based polymer films for drug release 2012 ·Materials Science and Engineering C ·(unknown), Vincent Ball, Jérôme Bour, Philippe Bertani, Valérie Toniazzo, David Ruch, Luc Avérous, Marc Michel	11
18	Turbidity diagrams of polyanion/polycation complexes in solution as a potential tool to predict the occurrence of polyelectrolyte multilayer deposition 2010 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Hajare Mjahed, Jean‐Claude Voegel, Armelle Chassepot, Bernard Senger, Pierre Schaaf, Fouzia Boulmedais, Vincent Ball	40
19	Polyplex-embedding in polyelectrolyte multilayers for gene delivery 2005 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Florent Meyer, Vincent Ball, Pierre Schaaf, J.C. Voegel, Joëlle Ogier	40
20	Influence of D(–) and L(+) Tartaric Acid on Lysozyme Adsorption onto a Si(Ti)-O2 Surface 1998 ·Die Naturwissenschaften ·Vincent Ball, Jeremy J. Ramsden	1

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