A. Després

776 total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 677 citations indexed

About

A. Després is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Després has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 677 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A. Després's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (14 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (9 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers). A. Després is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (14 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (9 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers). A. Després collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Italy. A. Després's co-authors include E. Migirdicyan, Sydney Leach, Roger Taylor, E. Bréhéret, David R. M. Walton, M. Vervloët, Harold W. Kroto, J. P. Hare, T. John S. Dennis and Matthew S. Platz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. Després

29 papers receiving 640 citations

Hit Papers

Electronic spectra and transitions of the fullerene C60 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Electronic spectra and transitions of the fullerene C60
    1992 427 citations Sydney Leach, M. Vervloët et al. Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Després France 11 435 389 181 164 89 32 677
E. Bréhéret France 14 551 1.3× 477 1.2× 344 1.9× 374 2.3× 108 1.2× 20 1.0k
Kotaro Yamauchi Japan 10 745 1.7× 681 1.8× 136 0.8× 73 0.4× 124 1.4× 25 882
R. H. Michel Germany 16 500 1.1× 459 1.2× 173 1.0× 59 0.4× 175 2.0× 26 696
Georg Schick United States 15 1.0k 2.3× 817 2.1× 223 1.2× 71 0.4× 113 1.3× 16 1.1k
Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky Russia 11 230 0.5× 280 0.7× 132 0.7× 259 1.6× 56 0.6× 19 633
B. Badger United Kingdom 6 227 0.5× 138 0.4× 178 1.0× 359 2.2× 127 1.4× 9 576
G. F. Musso Italy 17 210 0.5× 201 0.5× 415 2.3× 122 0.7× 178 2.0× 72 793
P. P. Schmidt United States 10 155 0.4× 146 0.4× 299 1.7× 86 0.5× 137 1.5× 51 525
Michelle Kao United States 7 594 1.4× 468 1.2× 74 0.4× 112 0.7× 116 1.3× 7 702
S. P. Balm United Kingdom 7 710 1.6× 697 1.8× 152 0.8× 33 0.2× 95 1.1× 13 1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Després

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chartier, Michel & A. Després. (1998). Radiological Impact on EC Member States of Routine Discharges into the Mediterranean Sea. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 75(1). 161–165. 1 indexed citations
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Després, A.. (1995). Les sources de plutonium dans l'environnement. Revue Générale Nucléaire. 24–29. 3 indexed citations
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Leach, Sydney, M. Vervloët, A. Després, et al.. (1992). Electronic spectra and transitions of the fullerene C60. Chemical Physics. 160(3). 451–466. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Després, A., et al.. (1992). Zero-field splitting of the first excited triplet state of dibenzocycloheptadienylidene: a carbene to biradical transformation upon electronic excitation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 96(6). 2486–2490. 8 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1991). Analysis of the nonexponential triplet-triplet fluorescence decay in methyl-substituted m-xylene biradicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(20). 7585–7588.
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Haider, Karl W., E. Migirdicyan, Matthew S. Platz, Ν. Soundararajan, & A. Després. (1990). The mechanism of formation of m-xylylene type biradicals produced by photolysis of polymethyl benzenes or dihalomethyl benzenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(2). 733–738. 15 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1990). Zero-field splitting of the first excited triplet state in biradicals estimated from magnetic effects on the fluorescence decays. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 94(26). 8861–8863. 4 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1990). Triplet-triplet fluorescence and spin polarization of 1- and 2-naphthylphenylcarbenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 94(17). 6632–6637. 2 indexed citations
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Haider, Karl W., Matthew S. Platz, A. Després, & E. Migirdicyan. (1989). Laser-induced fluorescence spectra of phenylcarbene, 2-naphthylcarbene and 10,10-dimethylanthrylidene in glassy media at 77 K. Chemical Physics Letters. 164(5). 443–448. 16 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1988). An ALARA Approach to the Radiological Control of Foodstuffs Following an Accidental Release. Risk Analysis. 8(2). 283–290. 1 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1988). Triplet-triplet fluorescence and spin polarization. m-Xylylene type biradicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 92(24). 6914–6919. 1 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1987). Decay kinetics of a triplet-triplet fluorescence system: the mesitylylene biradical. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 91(27). 6620–6624. 13 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1986). Methyl substitution effects on the electronic structures and spectra of m-xylylene biradicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(8). 1853–1860. 9 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1984). Site-selected fluorescence and fluorescence-excitation spectra of o-durylene-h12 and -d12 in n-hexane at 5–10 K. Chemical Physics Letters. 111(3). 201–206. 1 indexed citations
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Bouville, André & A. Després. (1982). [Exposure of industrial origin. Transfer to the environment].. PubMed. 30(2). 205–25. 1 indexed citations
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Després, A. & E. Migirdicyan. (1980). Guest and host deuterium effects of the large ZFS parameters D of dimethylbenzaldehydes in durene single crystals. Chemical Physics. 50(3). 381–392. 16 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1980). Vibronic coupling in polarised absorption and emission spectra of duryl radicals generated by λ or UV irradiation of durene single crystals. Radiation Physics and Chemistry (1977). 15(2-3). 441–451. 2 indexed citations
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Clark, Matthew, R. H. Clarke, John Hallam, et al.. (1979). Methodology for evaluating the radiological consequences of radioactive effluents released in normal operations. July 1979, Joint Report by the National Radiological Protection Board and the Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique.. Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh). 7 indexed citations
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Després, A., et al.. (1979). Spectroscopic effects of vibronic coupling between nearby 3nπ* and 3ππ* states of dimethylbenzaldehydes in a durene matrix. Chemical Physics. 36(1). 41–61. 22 indexed citations
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Migirdicyan, E., et al.. (1975). Photoenolization of o-methyl substituted benzaldehydes dispersed in durene single crystals. Journal of Photochemistry. 3(5). 383–392. 10 indexed citations

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