Christian Sonnendecker

683 total citations
19 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Christian Sonnendecker is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Sonnendecker has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Biomaterials and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Sonnendecker's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (8 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (7 papers). Christian Sonnendecker is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (8 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (7 papers). Christian Sonnendecker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Chile. Christian Sonnendecker's co-authors include Wolfgang Zimmermann, Paula Blázquez‐Sánchez, Jörg Matysik, Ronny Frank, Felipe Engelberger, Ziyue Zhao, César A. Ramírez‐Sarmiento, Susanne Melzer, Norbert Sträter and Heinz‐Georg Jahnke and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Christian Sonnendecker

19 papers receiving 497 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Sonnendecker Germany 13 277 245 117 107 65 19 503
Kefeng Ni China 8 112 0.4× 161 0.7× 51 0.4× 151 1.4× 40 0.6× 11 408
Mattia Usuelli Switzerland 9 93 0.3× 143 0.6× 73 0.6× 63 0.6× 88 1.4× 15 545
Hardaning Pranamuda Japan 11 423 1.5× 634 2.6× 60 0.5× 175 1.6× 14 0.2× 19 778
Ya‐Shan Cheng Taiwan 14 330 1.2× 294 1.2× 138 1.2× 393 3.7× 68 1.0× 21 949
Yingying Qu China 10 275 1.0× 252 1.0× 111 0.9× 74 0.7× 39 0.6× 15 588
Japheth E. Gado United States 6 322 1.2× 271 1.1× 158 1.4× 131 1.2× 44 0.7× 9 537
Jeppe Kari Denmark 16 119 0.4× 255 1.0× 40 0.3× 358 3.3× 90 1.4× 30 827
Young Joo Yeon South Korea 16 90 0.3× 114 0.5× 49 0.4× 422 3.9× 67 1.0× 40 699
Shumin Wang China 11 139 0.5× 54 0.2× 185 1.6× 88 0.8× 89 1.4× 18 567
Balaji Dhandapani India 15 49 0.2× 48 0.2× 63 0.5× 114 1.1× 116 1.8× 40 544

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Sonnendecker

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Vliet, Daan M. van, Antoine P. H. A. Moers, Marc W. T. Werten, et al.. (2025). Efficient Recycling of PET-PE Multilayer Packaging Materials Based on Enzymatic Depolymerization of PET. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(22). 8212–8219. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Pei, Yuanning Feng, Christian Sonnendecker, et al.. (2024). The effect of host size on binding in host–guest complexes of cyclodextrins and polyoxometalates. Chemical Science. 15(30). 11825–11836. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziyue, Michael Sommer, Christian Sonnendecker, et al.. (2023). On the Binding Mode and Molecular Mechanism of Enzymatic Polyethylene Terephthalate Degradation. ACS Catalysis. 13(10). 6919–6933. 23 indexed citations
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Blázquez‐Sánchez, Paula, Ziyue Zhao, Felipe Engelberger, et al.. (2023). Structure and function of the metagenomic plastic-degrading polyester hydrolase PHL7 bound to its product. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1905–1905. 60 indexed citations
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Blázquez‐Sánchez, Paula, H.M. Pereira, Christian Sonnendecker, et al.. (2023). Engineering the catalytic activity of an Antarctic PET‐degrading enzyme by loop exchange. Protein Science. 32(9). e4757–e4757. 15 indexed citations
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Bonnet, Véronique, Gilles Clodic, Christian Sonnendecker, Wolfgang Zimmermann, & Cédric Przybylski. (2023). Ion mobility mass spectrometry enables the discrimination of positional isomers and the detection of conformers from cyclic oligosaccharides-metals supramolecular complexes. Carbohydrate Polymers. 320. 121205–121205. 4 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian, Patrick Hille, Ziyue Zhao, et al.. (2022). Cover Feature: Low Carbon Footprint Recycling of Post‐Consumer PET Plastic with a Metagenomic Polyester Hydrolase (ChemSusChem 9/2022). ChemSusChem. 15(9). 1 indexed citations
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Lippold, Holger, et al.. (2022). Temporal and spatial evolution of enzymatic degradation of amorphous PET plastics. npj Materials Degradation. 6(1). 11 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian, Patrick Hille, Ziyue Zhao, et al.. (2021). Low Carbon Footprint Recycling of Post‐Consumer PET Plastic with a Metagenomic Polyester Hydrolase. ChemSusChem. 15(9). e202101062–e202101062. 151 indexed citations
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Blázquez‐Sánchez, Paula, Felipe Engelberger, Christian Sonnendecker, et al.. (2021). Antarctic Polyester Hydrolases Degrade Aliphatic and Aromatic Polyesters at Moderate Temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(1). e0184221–e0184221. 47 indexed citations
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Frank, Ronny, et al.. (2021). Real-Time Noninvasive Analysis of Biocatalytic PET Degradation. ACS Catalysis. 12(1). 25–35. 22 indexed citations
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Noël, Sébastien, Hervé Bricout, Ahmed Addad, et al.. (2020). Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol with gold nanoparticles stabilized by large-ring cyclodextrins. New Journal of Chemistry. 44(48). 21007–21011. 28 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian, et al.. (2019). Large‐Ring Cyclodextrins as Chiral Selectors for Enantiomeric Pharmaceuticals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(19). 6411–6414. 38 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian, et al.. (2019). Large‐Ring Cyclodextrins as Chiral Selectors for Enantiomeric Pharmaceuticals. Angewandte Chemie. 131(19). 6477–6480. 5 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian & Wolfgang Zimmermann. (2019). Change of the Product Specificity of a Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase by Semi-Rational Mutagenesis to Synthesize Large-Ring Cyclodextrins. Catalysts. 9(3). 242–242. 17 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian & Wolfgang Zimmermann. (2019). Domain shuffling of cyclodextrin glucanotransferases for tailored product specificity and thermal stability. FEBS Open Bio. 9(2). 384–395. 12 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian, Susanne Melzer, & Wolfgang Zimmermann. (2018). Engineered cyclodextrin glucanotransferases from Bacillus sp. G‐825‐6 produce large‐ring cyclodextrins with high specificity. MicrobiologyOpen. 8(6). e00757–e00757. 24 indexed citations
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Sonnendecker, Christian, et al.. (2017). Efficient extracellular recombinant production and purification of a Bacillus cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in Escherichia coli. Microbial Cell Factories. 16(1). 87–87. 17 indexed citations
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Melzer, Susanne, Christian Sonnendecker, C. Föllner, & Wolfgang Zimmermann. (2015). Stepwise error‐prone PCR and DNA shuffling changed the pH activity range and product specificity of the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from an alkaliphilicBacillus sp. FEBS Open Bio. 5(1). 528–534. 18 indexed citations

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