Carlo Thilgen

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Carlo Thilgen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlo Thilgen has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Organic Chemistry, 40 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Carlo Thilgen's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (46 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (27 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (19 papers). Carlo Thilgen is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (46 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (27 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (19 papers). Carlo Thilgen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Carlo Thilgen's co-authors include François Diederich, Andreas Herrmann, Robert L. Whetten, Roland Ettl, Ito Chao, Marcos M. Alvarez, Ulrich Jonas, Helmut Ringsdorf, Christian A. A. Waldraff and Peter Uhlmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Carlo Thilgen

68 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Covalent Fullerene Chemistry 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Covalent Fullerene Chemistry
    1996 564 citations François Diederich, Carlo Thilgen Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlo Thilgen Switzerland 29 3.1k 2.5k 654 456 289 69 3.7k
Michihisa Murata Japan 34 2.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 769 1.2× 573 1.3× 214 0.7× 89 3.6k
Liangbing Gan China 32 2.7k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 373 0.6× 598 1.3× 125 0.4× 168 3.5k
Hiroyuki Kurata Japan 26 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 279 0.4× 1.0k 2.3× 135 0.5× 95 3.3k
Konstantin Amsharov Germany 32 2.0k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 427 0.7× 897 2.0× 481 1.7× 119 3.2k
Takatsugu Wakahara Japan 43 3.9k 1.2× 4.2k 1.6× 689 1.1× 710 1.6× 377 1.3× 152 5.0k
Ilya N. Ioffe Russia 32 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 250 0.5× 105 0.4× 136 3.1k
Haruka Omachi Japan 20 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 200 0.3× 808 1.8× 169 0.6× 49 3.4k
Samir J. Anz United States 10 2.8k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 372 0.6× 455 1.0× 244 0.8× 24 3.3k
Grant Bourhill United Kingdom 24 778 0.2× 1.6k 0.6× 561 0.9× 476 1.0× 620 2.1× 50 2.9k
K. C. Khemani United States 15 2.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 355 0.5× 366 0.8× 63 0.2× 32 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlo Thilgen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlo Thilgen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Müller, Markus, Antonio Togni, & Carlo Thilgen. (2021). Evaluation of the Chemistry Knowledge of Students Entering the ETH Zurich with a Moodle Quiz. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 75(1-2). 89–89. 1 indexed citations
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Nowakowska, Sylwia, Miloš Baljozović, Igor A. Pašti, et al.. (2021). Supramolecular Architecturing of Quantum Box Arrays from Functionalized Porphyrins and Exploring Their Quantum States. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2021-01(16). 777–777. 1 indexed citations
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Milić, Jovana V., Michal Zalibera, Karolina Z. Milowska, et al.. (2019). Thioether‐Functionalized Quinone‐Based Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands: Electroswitchable Molecular Actuators. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 102(2). 6 indexed citations
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Jaun, Bernhard & Carlo Thilgen. (2018). Challenges in Creating Online Exercises and Exams in Organic Chemistry. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 72(1-2). 48–48. 2 indexed citations
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Thilgen, Carlo. (2012). Synthesis of Geodesic Polynuclear Arenes and Fullerenes by Intramolecular Aryl–Aryl Coupling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(29). 7082–7084. 10 indexed citations
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Stöhr, Meike, Michael Schär, Manh‐Thuong Nguyen, et al.. (2011). Self‐Assembly and Two‐Dimensional Spontaneous Resolution of Cyano‐Functionalized [7]Helicenes on Cu(111). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(42). 9982–9986. 93 indexed citations
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Thilgen, Carlo. (2011). A Single Water Molecule Trapped Inside Hydrophobic C60. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(3). 587–589. 22 indexed citations
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Lobo‐Checa, Jorge, Tobias Voigt, Tomáš Samuely, et al.. (2008). Supramolecular Synthons on Surfaces: Controlling Dimensionality and Periodicity of Tetraarylporphyrin Assemblies by the Interplay of Cyano and Alkoxy Substituents. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(19). 5794–5802. 72 indexed citations
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Thilgen, Carlo & François Diederich. (2006). Tether-directed remote functionalization of fullerenes C60 and C70. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 9(7-8). 868–880. 40 indexed citations
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Cozzi, Franco, W. H. Powell, & Carlo Thilgen. (2005). Numbering of Fullerenes (IUPAC Recommendations 2004). Pure and Applied Chemistry. 77(5). 843–923. 67 indexed citations
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Thilgen, Carlo. (2005). Nomenklatur der Fullerene C60‐Ih und C70‐D5h(6). Angewandte Chemie. 117(31). 5065–5108. 1 indexed citations
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Oçafrain, Maïténa, M. Ángeles Herranz, Lucien Marx, et al.. (2003). Evidence for the Formation of Singly Bonded Dimers During the Reductive Electrochemistry of Methanofullerenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 9(19). 4811–4819. 22 indexed citations
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Sternfeld, Tamar, Carlo Thilgen, Roy E. Hoffman, et al.. (2002). An Insight into the Aromaticity of Fullerene Anions:  Experimental Evidence for Diamagnetic Ring Currents in the Five-Membered Rings of C606- and C706-. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(20). 5734–5738. 24 indexed citations
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Kessinger, Roland, Nicolette Fender, Lourdes E. Echegoyen, et al.. (2000). Selective Electrolytic Removal of Bis(alkoxycarbonyl)methano Addends from C60 Bis-adducts and Electrochemical Stability of C70 Derivatives. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(12). 2184–2192. 35 indexed citations
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Crassous, Jeanne, José A. Rivera, Nicolette Fender, et al.. (1999). Chemistry of C84: Separation of Three Constitutional Isomers and Optical Resolution ofD2-C84 by Using the “Bingel-Retro-Bingel” Strategy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(11). 1613–1617. 81 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Andreas, Markus Rüttimann, Carlo Thilgen, et al.. (1999). Achiral and Chiral Higher Adducts of C70 byBingel Cyclopropanation. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 82(2). 261–289. 26 indexed citations
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Diederich, François & Carlo Thilgen. (1996). Covalent Fullerene Chemistry. Science. 271(5247). 317–324. 564 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vasella, Andrea, Peter Uhlmann, Christian A. A. Waldraff, François Diederich, & Carlo Thilgen. (1992). Fullerene Sugars: Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure, Spiro‐Linked C‐Glycosides of C60. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 31(10). 1388–1390. 161 indexed citations
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Bauer, Martin, et al.. (1991). Supramolekulare Strukturen zur Lichtabsorption. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 45(10). 319–319. 7 indexed citations

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