Alain Soum

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Alain Soum is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Soum has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 23 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alain Soum's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (18 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (14 papers). Alain Soum is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (18 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (14 papers). Alain Soum collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Alain Soum's co-authors include M. Schappacher, Maud Save, Sophie M. Guillaume, Sébastien Lecommandoux, Charles Sanson, Michel Fontanille, Jean‐François Le Meins, Christophe Schatz, Julie Thévenot and Annie Brûlet and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Biomaterials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Alain Soum

72 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones and Lactides Initiated by Lanthanum Isopropoxide, 1. General Aspects and Kinetics

2002 549 citations M. Schappacher, Alain Soum et al. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics profile →

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Alain Soum

BIOMA

PCT

Philippe Teyssié Belgium

Zhiquan Shen China

M. Schappacher France

Tara Y. Meyer United States

Shokyoku Kanaoka Japan

Bas G. G. Lohmeijer Netherlands

Youhua Tao China

Eric F. Connor United States

Russell C. Pratt United States

Weilin Sun China

Philippe Teyssié Belgium

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BIOMA

2.3k ×1.3

601 ×0.6

PCT

540 ×0.8

287 ×0.6

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Coz, Cédric Le, et al.. (2016). Polydimethylsiloxane/Additive Systems for Thermal and Ultraviolet Stability in Geostationary Environment. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 53(6). 1128–1133. 15 indexed citations

Schappacher, M., et al.. (2011). Dispersion of carbon nanotubes through amphiphilic block copolymers: Rheological and dielectrical characterizations of poly(ethylene oxide) composites. Polymer Composites. 33(1). 1–9. 11 indexed citations

Sanson, Charles, Christophe Schatz, Jean‐François Le Meins, et al.. (2010). A simple method to achieve high doxorubicin loading in biodegradable polymersomes. Journal of Controlled Release. 147(3). 428–435. 308 indexed citations

Hellaye, Maude Le, et al.. (2008). Biodegradable Polycarbonate-b-polypeptide and Polyester-b-polypeptide Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Nanoparticle Formation Towards Biomaterials. Biomacromolecules. 9(7). 1924–1933. 71 indexed citations

Schappacher, M., et al.. (2006). Unprecedented Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate Initiated by a Samarium Borohydride Complex: Mechanistic Insights and Copolymerization with ε‐Caprolactone. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(5). 1511–1521. 105 indexed citations

Soum, Alain, et al.. (2004). Unprecedented Polymerization of ε‐Caprolactone Initiated by a Single‐Site Lanthanide Borohydride Complex, [Sm(η‐C₅Me₅)₂(BH₄)(thf)]: Mechanistic Insights. Chemistry - A European Journal. 10(16). 4054–4062. 102 indexed citations

Schappacher, M., T. Fabre, Anne‐Françoise Mingotaud, & Alain Soum. (2001). Study of a (trimethylenecarbonate-co-ε-caprolactone) polymer—Part 1: preparation of a new nerve guide through controlled random copolymerization using rare earth catalysts. Biomaterials. 22(21). 2849–2855. 89 indexed citations

Fabre, T., M. Schappacher, Reine Bareille, et al.. (2001). Study of a (trimethylenecarbonate-co-ε-caprolactone) polymer—Part 2: in vitro cytocompatibility analysis and in vivo ED1 cell response of a new nerve guide. Biomaterials. 22(22). 2951–2958. 77 indexed citations

Fabre, T., Françis Belloc, B. Dupuy, et al.. (1999). Polymorphonuclear cell apoptosis in exudates generated by polymers. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 44(4). 429–435. 14 indexed citations

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Mingotaud, Anne‐Françoise, et al.. (1997). Anionic ring‐opening polymerization of cyclodisilazanes, 3. Influence of the silicon substituent on the kinetics of polymerization. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 198(11). 3441–3450. 8 indexed citations

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Bruzaud, Stéphane & Alain Soum. (1996). Anionic ring‐opening polymerization of cyclodisilazanes, 1. General aspects. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 197(8). 2379–2391. 11 indexed citations

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Fontanille, Michel, C. Robert Lucas, & Alain Soum. (1992). Polymerization of 1‐alkynes initiated by transition metal carbene complexes, 3. Kinetics and mechanism of the propagation reaction. Die Makromolekulare Chemie. 193(2). 411–422. 4 indexed citations

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Cramail, Henri, Michel Fontanille, & Alain Soum. (1991). Functional oligomers of norbornene, 2 ‐ kinetics and mechanism of the oligomerization reaction. Makromolekulare Chemie Macromolecular Symposia. 42-43(1). 281–292. 1 indexed citations

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Soum, Alain, et al.. (1988). Synthesis and characterization of new block copolymers of butadiene and 2-isopropenylpyridine. Polymer. 29(8). 1528–1534. 8 indexed citations

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Petit, Michel, Alain Soum, Mario Leclerc, & Robert E. Prud’homme. (1987). Properties of iodine complexes of monosubstituted polyacetylenes. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 25(2). 423–433. 40 indexed citations

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Parlier, Andrée, H. Rudler, N. Platzer, Michel Fontanille, & Alain Soum. (1987). Carbene complexes in organic synthesis: a new tungstacarbene-promoted alkyne insertion–olefin cyclopropanation reaction. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 1041–1049. 28 indexed citations

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Soum, Alain, et al.. (1986). Activation of the polymerization of alkynes by lewis acids, initiated by metal‐carbene complexes. Die Makromolekulare Chemie Rapid Communications. 7(8). 525–529. 8 indexed citations

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Soum, Alain & Thieo E. Hogen‐Esch. (1985). Stereochemical kinetics of anionic vinyl polymerization. 2. Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of poly(2- and 4-vinylpyridine) terminated with labeled end groups. Macromolecules. 18(4). 690–694. 14 indexed citations

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Soum, Alain, et al.. (1985). Polymerization of 1‐alkynes initiated by μ‐alkylidene complexes of tungsten, 2. Kinetics and mechanism of the initiation reaction. Die Makromolekulare Chemie. 186(2). 367–377. 11 indexed citations

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Soum, Alain, Michel Fontanille, & Pierre Sigwalt. (1977). Anionic polymerization of 2‐vinylpyridine initiated by symmetrical organomagnesium compounds in tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Chemistry Edition. 15(3). 659–673. 18 indexed citations

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