Alexander Sunder

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alexander Sunder is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Sunder has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 10 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Sunder's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (22 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (7 papers). Alexander Sunder is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (22 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (7 papers). Alexander Sunder collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Alexander Sunder's co-authors include Holger Frey, Rolf Mülhaupt, Ralf Hanselmann, Rainer Haag, Michael Krämer, Jean‐François Stumbé, Johannes Heinemann, Armin Burgath, André Hebel and Pierre J. Lutz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Sunder

24 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Controlled Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyglycerols by Ring-Opening Multibranching Polymerization

1999 932 citations Alexander Sunder, Ralf Hanselmann et al. Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Sunder Germany	19	2.3k	1.4k	1.1k	515	378	24	2.8k
Ralf Hanselmann Germany	17	1.5k 0.7×	957 0.7×	787 0.7×	440 0.9×	305 0.8×	22	2.2k
Junlian Huang China	31	996 0.4×	2.3k 1.6×	373 0.3×	652 1.3×	532 1.4×	128	2.8k
Hakan Durmaz Türkiye	33	978 0.4×	2.6k 1.9×	884 0.8×	631 1.2×	259 0.7×	116	3.3k
Holger Kautz Germany	16	1.0k 0.5×	788 0.6×	479 0.4×	285 0.6×	181 0.5×	19	1.5k
Gürkan Hızal Türkiye	42	1.4k 0.6×	4.2k 3.0×	1.1k 1.0×	954 1.9×	378 1.0×	140	4.9k
Anzar Khan South Korea	36	951 0.4×	2.3k 1.6×	796 0.7×	1.3k 2.6×	305 0.8×	88	3.6k
Robert Sachsenhofer Germany	9	451 0.2×	1.7k 1.2×	802 0.7×	523 1.0×	191 0.5×	12	2.3k
Philippe Guégan France	23	694 0.3×	736 0.5×	548 0.5×	480 0.9×	115 0.3×	101	2.1k
Pieter Espeel Belgium	25	619 0.3×	2.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	603 1.2×	232 0.6×	43	3.0k
Andrew P. Vogt Germany	15	450 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	437 0.4×	476 0.9×	305 0.8×	24	1.8k

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All Works

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Zimmermann, Jörg, Alexander Sunder, & Rolf Mülhaupt. (2002). Preparation of partially hydrolyzed oligo(vinylacetate) as polyol for polyurethane formation. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 40(12). 2085–2092. 4 indexed citations

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Haag, Rainer, Alexander Sunder, André Hebel, & Sebastian Roller. (2002). Dendritic Aliphatic Polyethers as High-Loading Soluble Supports for Carbonyl Compounds and Parallel Membrane Separation Techniques. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. 4(2). 112–119. 43 indexed citations

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Kautz, Holger, Alexander Sunder, & Holger Frey. (2001). Control of the molecular weight of hyperbranched polyglycerols. Macromolecular Symposia. 163(1). 67–74. 38 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Johannes Heinemann, & Holger Frey. (2000). Controlling the Growth of Polymer Trees: Concepts and Perspectives For Hyperbranched Polymers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(14). 2499–2506. 242 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Holger Türk, Rainer Haag, & Holger Frey. (2000). Copolymers of Glycidol and Glycidyl Ethers: Design of Branched Polyether Polyols by Combination of Latent Cyclic AB₂ and ABR Monomers. Macromolecules. 33(21). 7682–7692. 69 indexed citations

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Burgath, Armin, et al.. (2000). Multi-arm star block copolymers based on -caprolactone with hyperbranched polyglycerol core. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 201(7). 792–797. 1 indexed citations

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Burgath, Armin, Alexander Sunder, & Holger Frey. (2000). Role of cyclization in the synthesis of hyperbranched aliphatic polyesters. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 201(7). 782–791. 101 indexed citations

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Haag, Rainer, Jean‐François Stumbé, Alexander Sunder, Holger Frey, & André Hebel. (2000). An Approach to Core−Shell-Type Architectures in Hyperbranched Polyglycerols by Selective Chemical Differentiation. Macromolecules. 33(22). 8158–8166. 120 indexed citations

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Haag, Rainer, Alexander Sunder, & Jean‐François Stumbé. (2000). An Approach to Glycerol Dendrimers and Pseudo-Dendritic Polyglycerols. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(12). 2954–2955. 176 indexed citations

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Mecking, Stefan, Ralf Thomann, Holger Frey, & Alexander Sunder. (2000). Preparation of Catalytically Active Palladium Nanoclusters in Compartments of Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Polyglycerols. Macromolecules. 33(11). 3958–3960. 82 indexed citations

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Maier, Steffen, Alexander Sunder, Holger Frey, & Rolf Mülhaupt. (2000). Synthesis of poly(glycerol)-block-poly(methyl acrylate) multi-arm star polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 21(5). 226–230. 62 indexed citations

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Burgath, Armin, et al.. (2000). Multi-arm star block copolymers based on ɛ-caprolactone with hyperbranched polyglycerol core. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 201(7). 792–797. 49 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Michael Krämer, Ralf Hanselmann, Rolf Mülhaupt, & Holger Frey. (1999). Molecular Nanocapsules Based on Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Polyglycerols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(23). 3552–3555. 222 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Michael Krämer, Ralf Hanselmann, Rolf Mülhaupt, & Holger Frey. (1999). Molecular Nanocapsules Based on Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Polyglycerols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(23). 3552–3555. 202 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Rolf Mülhaupt, Rainer Haag, & Holger Frey. (1999). Chiral Hyperbranched Dendron Analogues. Macromolecules. 33(2). 253–254. 66 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, et al.. (1999). Hyperbranched Polyether Polyols with Liquid Crystalline Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(19). 2928–2930. 56 indexed citations

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Lutz, Pierre J., et al.. (1999). Functional Poly(ethylene oxide) Multiarm Star Polymers: Core-First Synthesis Using Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Initiators. Macromolecules. 33(2). 315–320. 134 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander & Rolf Mülhaupt. (1999). Addition-fragmentation free radical polymerization in the presence of olefinic dithioethers as chain transfer agents. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 200(1). 58–64. 13 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Michael Krämer, Ralf Hanselmann, Rolf Mülhaupt, & Holger Frey. (1999). Molekulare Nanokapseln auf der Basis von amphiphilen hyperverzweigten Polyglycerinen. Angewandte Chemie. 111(23). 3758–3761. 37 indexed citations

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Sunder, Alexander, Ralf Hanselmann, Holger Frey, & Rolf Mülhaupt. (1999). Controlled Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyglycerols by Ring-Opening Multibranching Polymerization. Macromolecules. 32(13). 4240–4246. 932 indexed citations breakdown →

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