A. J. Heeger

11.4k citations

76 papers · 9.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 43

Polymers and Plastics top 0.05%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
Materials Chemistry top 2%
Biomedical Engineering top 2%
Bioengineering top 0.1%

Co-authors: Fred Wudl Gang Yu Abhimanyu O. Patil D. Moses Paul Smith Yuliang Cao Steven A. Kivelson Xiong Gong
Topics: Conducting polymers and applications (46 papers)Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (28 papers)Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (21 papers)
Cited by: Polymers and Plastics Bioengineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Journals: Nature Chemical Reviews Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: United States South Korea Austria

In The Last Decade

A. J. Heeger

75 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Optical properties of conducting polymers

1988 871 citations A. J. Heeger, Fred Wudl et al. profile →
Charge separation and photovoltaic conversion in polymer composites with internal donor/acceptor heterojunctions

1995 819 citations Gang Yu, A. J. Heeger profile →
Metallic transport in polyaniline

2006 787 citations Kwanghee Lee, Shinuk Cho et al. Nature profile →
X-ray structural studies of poly(3-alkylthiophenes): an example of an inverse comb

1992 633 citations A. J. Heeger et al. profile →
Poly(isothianaphthene)

1984 422 citations Fred Wudl, Masao Kobayashi et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. J. Heeger

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ポリマバルクヘテロ接合太陽電池の過渡的光伝導:sweep-outと再結合間の競合 2011 ·Physical Review B ·(unknown),R. A. Street,Shinuk Cho,A. J. Heeger	5
2	Strain and Hückel Aromaticity: Driving Forces for a Promising New Generation of Electron Acceptors in Organic Electronics 2009 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Fulvio G. Brunetti,Xiong Gong,Meiping Tong,A. J. Heeger,Fred Wudl	280
3	Metallic transport in polyanilinebreakdown → 2006 ·Nature ·Kwanghee Lee,Shinuk Cho,Sung Heum Park,A. J. Heeger,Chan‐Woo Lee,Suck‐Hyun Lee	787
4	Aligned rrP3HT film: Structural order and transport properties 2005 ·Synthetic Metals ·(unknown),Cesare Soci,D. Moses,A. J. Heeger	48
5	Stabilization of Semiconducting Polymers with Silsesquioxane 2003 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·(unknown),My T. Nguyên,Xiong Gong,Yong Cao,Hongbing Wu,D. Moses,A. J. Heeger	179
6	Electrophosphorescence from a Conjugated Copolymer Doped with an Iridium Complex: High Brightness and Improved Operational Stability 2003 ·Advanced Materials ·Xiong Gong,Jacek C. Ostrowski,Guillermo C. Bazan,D. Moses,A. J. Heeger,(unknown),Alex K.‐Y. Jen	190
7	Research/Researchers 1997 ·MRS Bulletin ·Andrew A. Gewirth,W. G. Klemperer,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),A. J. Heeger,Paul H. Holloway,Shinichi Itoh,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	2
8	Photophysics of semiconducting polymer-C60 composites: A comparative study 1995 ·Synthetic Metals ·Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi,A. J. Heeger	13
9	Electroluminescence from blend films of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly(N-vinylcarbazole) 1995 ·Synthetic Metals ·Hanako Nishino,Gui Yu,A. J. Heeger,(unknown),Reuben D. Rieke	84
10	Reflectance of conducting polyaniline near the metal-insulator transition 1995 ·Synthetic Metals ·(unknown),A. J. Heeger,Yong Cao	20
11	Transport near the metal-insulator transition: Polypyrrole doped withPF6 1994 ·Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·C.O. Yoon,M. Reghu,D. Moses,A. J. Heeger	154
12	Conjugated polymers with degenerate ground state: The route to high performance third-order nonlinear optical response 1993 ·Synthetic Metals ·C. Halvorson,T.W. Hagler,D. Moses,Yunshan Cao,A. J. Heeger	12
13	Photo-excitation of single crystals of La2CuO4+δ near the metal-insulator transition 1992 ·Physica C Superconductivity ·G. Yu,Changhee Lee,A. J. Heeger,S.-W. Cheong,Z. Fisk	12
14	Enhanced order and electronic delocalization in conjugated polymers oriented by gel processing in polyethylene 1991 ·Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·T.W. Hagler,K. Pakbaz,K. Voss,A. J. Heeger	369
15	Picosecond photoinduced absorption and polarization memory in polythiophene derivatives 1990 ·Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·D. McBranch,Arkansm Hays,Michael B. Sinclair,D. Moses,A. J. Heeger	26
16	Nonlinear optics of conjugated polymers 1989 ·Synthetic Metals ·Michael B. Sinclair,D. McBranch,D. Moses,A. J. Heeger	16
17	Transient photoinduced conductivity in semiconducting single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6.3: Search for photoinduced metallic state and for photoinduced superconductivity 1989 ·Solid State Communications ·Gang Yu,A. J. Heeger,Galen D. Stucky,N. Herron,E. M. McCarron	54
18	Phenyl-capped octaaniline (COA): an excellent model for polyaniline 1986 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Fangfang Lu,F. Wudl,M. A. Nowak,A. J. Heeger	272
19	Conformation of polydiacetylene macromolecules in solution: Field induced birefringence and rotational diffusion constant 1985 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·K.C. Lim,A. Kapitulnik,(unknown),A. J. Heeger	45
20	Poly(isothianaphthene)breakdown → 1984 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Fred Wudl,Masao Kobayashi,A. J. Heeger	422

About A. J. Heeger

A. J. Heeger is a scholar working on Bioengineering, Polymers and Plastics and Electrochemistry, having authored 76 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Conducting polymers and applications (46 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (28 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (7.0k citations), Bioengineering (1.4k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.7k citations). A. J. Heeger has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Austria. Frequent co-authors include Fred Wudl, Gang Yu, Abhimanyu O. Patil, D. Moses, Paul Smith, Yuliang Cao, Steven A. Kivelson, Xiong Gong, Kwanghee Lee and Masao Kobayashi. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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