Alexander Heckel

8.4k citations
175 papers · 7.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 42
Topics
Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (93 papers)Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (58 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (48 papers)

In The Last Decade

Alexander Heckel

165 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biologically Active Molecules with a “Light Switch”200620262012201920062012250500750

Peers

Alexander Heckel
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
  • Molecular Biology 3.8k
  • Materials Chemistry 3.7k
  • Organic Chemistry 2.1k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1.8k
  • Biomedical Engineering 855
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Heckel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Heckel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Heckel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Heckel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Heckel. Alexander Heckel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Controlling Self-Assembly of Switchable Azobenzene Derivatives on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite at Ambient Conditions C
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About Alexander Heckel

Alexander Heckel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Materials Chemistry and Biophysics, having authored 175 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (93 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (58 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (48 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.8k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.7k citations) and Organic Chemistry (2.1k citations). Alexander Heckel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Frequent co-authors include Günter Mayer, Dieter Seebàch, Clara Brieke, Falk Rohrbach, Alexander Gottschalk, Albert K. Beck, Thorsten L. Schmidt, Josef Wachtveitl, Lenz Kröck and Michael Famulok. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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