Alaitz Rekondo

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Alaitz Rekondo is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alaitz Rekondo has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 9 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alaitz Rekondo's work include Polymer composites and self-healing (24 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (5 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (5 papers). Alaitz Rekondo is often cited by papers focused on Polymer composites and self-healing (24 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (5 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (5 papers). Alaitz Rekondo collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Poland. Alaitz Rekondo's co-authors include Alaitz Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Roberto Martín, Ibon Odriozola, Germán Cabañero, Hans J. Grande, Nerea Markaide, Javier Rodríguez, Itxaso Azcune, Hans‐Jürgen Grande and Sarah Montes and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Communications and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

In The Last Decade

Alaitz Rekondo

32 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Catalyst-free room-temperature self-healing elastomers based on aromatic disulfide metathesis

2013 777 citations Alaitz Rekondo, Roberto Martín et al. Materials Horizons profile →
Epoxy resin with exchangeable disulfide crosslinks to obtain reprocessable, repairable and recyclable fiber-reinforced thermoset composites

2016 748 citations Alaitz Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Roberto Martín et al. Materials Horizons profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alaitz Rekondo Spain	19	2.2k	1.1k	628	510	464	32	2.6k
Cheng Hao China	22	2.1k 1.0×	885 0.8×	590 0.9×	767 1.5×	674 1.5×	45	2.6k
Siwu Wu China	33	2.6k 1.2×	980 0.9×	790 1.3×	692 1.4×	867 1.9×	62	3.0k
Xiwei Xu China	28	2.3k 1.1×	976 0.9×	566 0.9×	666 1.3×	684 1.5×	49	2.8k
Kailong Jin United States	21	1.3k 0.6×	816 0.7×	461 0.7×	376 0.7×	566 1.2×	45	1.9k
Binbo Wang China	26	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	575 0.9×	695 1.4×	801 1.7×	42	3.1k
Xiuli Zhao China	23	1.2k 0.6×	454 0.4×	595 0.9×	439 0.9×	425 0.9×	52	1.9k
Ivan Javni United States	23	2.3k 1.1×	614 0.6×	493 0.8×	609 1.2×	843 1.8×	39	2.8k
Qian Shi China	21	1.5k 0.7×	716 0.6×	504 0.8×	476 0.9×	313 0.7×	39	2.2k
Miaoming Huang China	24	1.3k 0.6×	444 0.4×	349 0.6×	619 1.2×	456 1.0×	57	1.8k
Silvia De la Flor Spain	26	1.1k 0.5×	673 0.6×	603 1.0×	329 0.6×	213 0.5×	100	1.8k

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Konuray, Osman, Marta Ximenis, Alaitz Rekondo, et al.. (2025). Dynamic by design: unlocking full relaxation in disulfide epoxy networks. Polymer Chemistry. 16(23). 2701–2717. 3 indexed citations

Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz de, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the thermal stability of aromatic disulfide epoxy vitrimers: a comprehensive study using principal component analysis (PCA). RSC Applied Polymers. 2(5). 826–837. 13 indexed citations

Azcune, Itxaso, et al.. (2024). The effect of graphene properties on the extrusion of a shape memory epoxy vitrimer. Materials & Design. 246. 113344–113344. 2 indexed citations

Azcune, Itxaso, et al.. (2023). Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory Thermoset Composites with Directional Thermal Conductivity. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(9). 14 indexed citations

Azcune, Itxaso, et al.. (2023). Analysis of the Effect of Network Structure and Disulfide Concentration on Vitrimer Properties. Polymers. 15(20). 4123–4123. 9 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Daniel, Alaitz Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Alaitz Rekondo, et al.. (2023). Processability and reprocessability maps for vitrimers considering thermal degradation and thermal gradients. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 217. 110543–110543. 17 indexed citations

Montes, Sarah, et al.. (2022). Fractionation of banana rachis using ionic liquids: Sustainability and selectivity of choline lactate. Industrial Crops and Products. 183. 114956–114956. 6 indexed citations

Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz de, Nerea Markaide, Asier M. Salaberria, et al.. (2022). Aero Grade Epoxy Vitrimer towards Commercialization. Polymers. 14(15). 3180–3180. 33 indexed citations

Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz de, et al.. (2021). Chemical control of the aromatic disulfide exchange kinetics for tailor-made epoxy vitrimers. Polymer. 239. 124457–124457. 74 indexed citations

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Aranberri, Ibon, et al.. (2020). Thermoformable and recyclable CFRP pultruded profile manufactured from an epoxy vitrimer. Polymer Testing. 93. 106931–106931. 51 indexed citations

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Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz de, Itxaso Azcune, Mercedes Fernández, et al.. (2020). New injectable and self-healable thermoset polythiourethane based on S-aromatic thiourethane dissociative exchange mechanism. Polymer. 196. 122461–122461. 24 indexed citations

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Azcune, Itxaso, Alaitz Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Fernando Ruipérez, et al.. (2019). Effect of Regioisomerism on Processability and Mechanical Properties of Amine/Urea Exchange Based Poly(urea-urethane) Vitrimers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1(9). 2472–2481. 27 indexed citations

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Aranberri, Ibon, et al.. (2019). Improved Thermal Insulating Properties of Renewable Polyol Based Polyurethane Foams Reinforced with Chicken Feathers. Polymers. 11(12). 2002–2002. 19 indexed citations

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Jubete, Elena, et al.. (2019). Paving the way for a wider use of composites in railway industry. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 138(2). 1811–1822. 2 indexed citations

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Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz de, et al.. (2018). Reprocessable and recyclable crosslinked poly(urea-urethane)s based on dynamic amine/urea exchange. Polymer. 145. 127–136. 89 indexed citations

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Aranberri, Ibon, Sarah Montes, Itxaso Azcune, Alaitz Rekondo, & Hans‐Jürgen Grande. (2017). Fully Biodegradable Biocomposites with High Chicken Feather Content. Polymers. 9(11). 593–593. 63 indexed citations

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Martín, Roberto, Alaitz Rekondo, Alaitz Ruiz de Luzuriaga, et al.. (2016). Dynamic sulfur chemistry as a key tool in the design of self-healing polymers. Smart Materials and Structures. 25(8). 84017–84017. 60 indexed citations

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Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz de, Roberto Martín, Nerea Markaide, et al.. (2016). Epoxy resin with exchangeable disulfide crosslinks to obtain reprocessable, repairable and recyclable fiber-reinforced thermoset composites. Materials Horizons. 3(3). 241–247. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martín, Roberto, Alaitz Rekondo, J. Echeberrı́a, et al.. (2012). Room temperature self-healing power of silicone elastomers having silver nanoparticles as crosslinkers. Chemical Communications. 48(66). 8255–8255. 48 indexed citations

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Rekondo, Alaitz, M. J. Fernández‐Berridi, & Lourdes Irusta. (2006). Synthesis of silanized polyether urethane hybrid systems. Study of the curing process through hydrogen bonding interactions. European Polymer Journal. 42(9). 2069–2080. 33 indexed citations

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