Benjamin Fimmel

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Fimmel is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Fimmel has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Fimmel's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (6 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (4 papers). Benjamin Fimmel is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (6 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (4 papers). Benjamin Fimmel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Korea and China. Benjamin Fimmel's co-authors include Frank Würthner, Chantu R. Saha‐Möller, Soichiro Ogi, Pawaret Leowanawat, David Schmidt, Ulrich Mayerhöffer, Dongho Kim, Zhijian Chen, Jooyoung Sung and Pyosang Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Fimmel

14 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Perylene Bisimide Dye Assemblies as Archetype Functional ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Perylene Bisimide Dye Assemblies as Archetype Functional Supramolecular Materials
    2015 1.5k citations Frank Würthner, Chantu R. Saha‐Möller et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers

Benjamin Fimmel
David Bialas Germany
Joaquín Calbo Spain
Christoph Thalacker Germany
Abdelkrim El‐Ghayoury France
Daiki Kuzuhara Japan
Seong‐Jun Yoon South Korea
Volker Dehm Germany
Dennis Cao United States
Louise E. Sinks United States
Yuguo Ma China
David Bialas Germany
Benjamin Fimmel
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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Fimmel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Fimmel 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 Benjamin Fimmel. Benjamin Fimmel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Sung, Jooyoung, Agnieszka Nowak‐Król, Felix J.V. Schlösser, et al.. (2016). Direct Observation of Excimer-Mediated Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Cofacially-Stacked Perylene Bisimide Pair. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(29). 9029–9032. 136 indexed citations
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Bialas, David, Christoph Brüning, Felix J.V. Schlösser, et al.. (2016). Exciton‐Vibrational Couplings in Homo‐ and Heterodimer Stacks of Perylene Bisimide Dyes within Cyclophanes: Studies on Absorption Properties and Theoretical Analysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(42). 15011–15018. 17 indexed citations
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Sung, Jooyoung, Pyosang Kim, Benjamin Fimmel, Frank Würthner, & Dongho Kim. (2015). Direct observation of ultrafast coherent exciton dynamics in helical π-stacks of self-assembled perylene bisimides. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8646–8646. 162 indexed citations
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Son, Minjung, Benjamin Fimmel, Volker Dehm, Frank Würthner, & Dongho Kim. (2015). Folding‐Induced Modulation of Excited‐State Dynamics in an Oligophenylene–Ethynylene‐Tethered Spiral Perylene Bisimide Aggregate. ChemPhysChem. 16(8). 1757–1767. 19 indexed citations
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Nowak‐Król, Agnieszka, Benjamin Fimmel, Minjung Son, Dongho Kim, & Frank Würthner. (2015). Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) versus excimer formation in supramolecular p/n-heterojunctions of perylene bisimide dyes and implications for organic photovoltaics. Faraday Discussions. 185. 507–527. 40 indexed citations
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Würthner, Frank, Chantu R. Saha‐Möller, Benjamin Fimmel, et al.. (2015). Perylene Bisimide Dye Assemblies as Archetype Functional Supramolecular Materials. Chemical Reviews. 116(3). 962–1052. 1482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fimmel, Benjamin, Minjung Son, Young Mo Sung, et al.. (2014). Phenylene Ethynylene‐Tethered Perylene Bisimide Folda‐Dimer and Folda‐Trimer: Investigations on Folding Features in Ground and Excited States. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(2). 615–630. 40 indexed citations
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Xie, Zengqi, Vladimir Stepanenko, Benjamin Fimmel, & Frank Würthner. (2014). An organogelator design without solubilizing side chains by backbone contortion of a perylene bisimide pigment. Materials Horizons. 1(3). 355–355. 46 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhijian, Benjamin Fimmel, & Frank Würthner. (2012). Solvent and substituent effects on aggregation constants of perylene bisimide π-stacks – a linear free energy relationship analysis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(30). 5845–5845. 192 indexed citations
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Mayerhöffer, Ulrich, Marcel Gsänger, Matthias Stolte, Benjamin Fimmel, & Frank Würthner. (2012). Synthesis and Molecular Properties of Acceptor‐Substituted Squaraine Dyes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(1). 218–232. 98 indexed citations
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Mayerhöffer, Ulrich, Benjamin Fimmel, & Frank Würthner. (2011). Bright Near‐Infrared Fluorophores Based on Squaraines by Unexpected Halogen Effects. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(1). 164–167. 138 indexed citations
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Mayerhöffer, Ulrich, Benjamin Fimmel, & Frank Würthner. (2011). Bright Near‐Infrared Fluorophores Based on Squaraines by Unexpected Halogen Effects. Angewandte Chemie. 124(1). 168–171. 29 indexed citations
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Lin, Mei‐Jin, Benjamin Fimmel, Krzysztof Radacki, & Frank Würthner. (2011). Halochromic Phenolate Perylene Bisimides with Unprecedented NIR Spectroscopic Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(46). 10847–10850. 61 indexed citations
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Lin, Mei‐Jin, Benjamin Fimmel, Krzysztof Radacki, & Frank Würthner. (2011). Halochromic Phenolate Perylene Bisimides with Unprecedented NIR Spectroscopic Properties. Angewandte Chemie. 123(46). 11039–11042. 19 indexed citations

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