Christoph Förster

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Christoph Förster is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Förster has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Organic Chemistry, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 29 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Christoph Förster's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (28 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (26 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (25 papers). Christoph Förster is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (28 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (26 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (25 papers). Christoph Förster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Czechia. Christoph Förster's co-authors include Katja Heinze, Ute Resch‐Genger, S. Otto, Aaron Breivogel, Daniel Siebler, Michael Seitz, Cui Wang, Luca M. Carrella, Christoph Kreitner and Markus Grabolle and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Förster

101 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Photophysics and photochemistry with Earth-abundant metal... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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. Photophysics and photochemistry with Earth-abundant metals – fundamentals and concepts
    2020 324 citations Christoph Förster, Katja Heinze profile →

Peers

Christoph Förster
Frédérique Loiseau France
Filippo Monti Italy
Béatrice Delavaux‐Nicot France
Philippe P. Lainé France
David K. Geiger United States
Vonika Ka‐Man Au Hong Kong
J.A. Zampese Switzerland
Silvia Schaffner Switzerland
Claudia Dragonetti Italy
Andrew L. Johnson United Kingdom
Frédérique Loiseau France
Christoph Förster
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Förster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christoph Förster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christoph Förster 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 Christoph Förster. Christoph Förster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Förster, Christoph, et al.. (2025). Gram‐Scale Photocatalysis with a Stable and Recyclable Chromium(III) Photocatalyst in Acetonitrile and in Water. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(10). 5 indexed citations
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Naumann, Robert, et al.. (2025). A manganese(I) complex with a 190 ns metal-to-ligand charge transfer lifetime. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7850–7850. 2 indexed citations
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Naumann, Robert, et al.. (2025). The Overlooked Dual Phosphorescence of Lappert's Diamino Stannylene Sn[N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(36). e202510044–e202510044.
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Sander, J., Silke Schicktanz, Jens Kalmbach, et al.. (2025). Excited State Dynamics of the Carbazolato‐Carbene Chromium(III) Complex [Cr(bimca) 2 ] +. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 651(18).
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Naumann, Robert, et al.. (2024). Oxidative two-state photoreactivity of a manganese(IV) complex using near-infrared light. Nature Chemistry. 16(5). 827–834. 38 indexed citations
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Naumann, Robert, et al.. (2024). A Tetracarbene Iron(II) Complex with a Long‐lived Triplet Metal‐to‐Ligand Charge Transfer State due to a Triplet‐Triplet Barrier. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(39). e202406438–e202406438. 10 indexed citations
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Naumann, Robert, et al.. (2023). Excited state energy landscape of phosphorescent group 14 complexes. Chemical Science. 14(10). 2489–2500. 5 indexed citations
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Moll, Johannes, Robert Naumann, Christoph Förster, et al.. (2022). Pseudo‐Octahedral Iron(II) Complexes with Near‐Degenerate Charge Transfer and Ligand Field States at the Franck‐Condon Geometry. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(57). e202201858–e202201858. 12 indexed citations
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Dorn, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Towards Luminescent Vanadium(II) Complexes with Slow Magnetic Relaxation and Quantum Coherence. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(9). e202202898–e202202898. 11 indexed citations
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Dorn, Matthias, Jens Kalmbach, Pit Boden, et al.. (2020). A Vanadium(III) Complex with Blue and NIR-II Spin-Flip Luminescence in Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(17). 7947–7955. 88 indexed citations
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Wang, Cui, Christoph Förster, Jens Kalmbach, et al.. (2019). Luminescence and Light‐Driven Energy and Electron Transfer from an Exceptionally Long‐Lived Excited State of a Non‐Innocent Chromium(III) Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(50). 18075–18085. 109 indexed citations
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Wang, Cui, Christoph Förster, Jens Kalmbach, et al.. (2019). Luminescence and Light‐Driven Energy and Electron Transfer from an Exceptionally Long‐Lived Excited State of a Non‐Innocent Chromium(III) Complex. Angewandte Chemie. 131(50). 18243–18253. 25 indexed citations
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Klett, J., et al.. (2018). Polysubstituted ferrocenes as tunable redox mediators. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14. 1004–1015. 22 indexed citations
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Tiemeyer, Bärbel, Elisa Albiac Borraz, Jürgen Augustin, et al.. (2014). Greenhouse gas budgets for grasslands on peatlands and other organic soils. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14825. 1 indexed citations
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Förster, Christoph, et al.. (2014). Intramolecular electron transfer between molybdenum and iron mimicking bacterial sulphite dehydrogenase. Chemical Communications. 50(33). 4285–4285. 22 indexed citations
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Förster, Christoph, et al.. (2014). A Heteroleptic Push–Pull Substituted Iron(II) Bis(tridentate) Complex with Low‐Energy Charge‐Transfer States. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(2). 704–714. 84 indexed citations
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Breivogel, Aaron, Michael Meister, Christoph Förster, Frédéric Laquai, & Katja Heinze. (2013). Excited State Tuning of Bis(tridentate) Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Chromophores by Push–Pull Effects and Bite Angle Optimization: A Comprehensive Experimental and Theoretical Study. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(41). 13745–13760. 77 indexed citations
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Siebler, Daniel, Christoph Förster, Teuta Gasi, & Katja Heinze. (2010). Formation and mixed-valent behaviour of a substituted tetraferrocenylstannane. Chemical Communications. 46(25). 4490–4490. 9 indexed citations
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Förster, Christoph, Daniel Siebler, & Katja Heinze. (2010). Ferrocene compounds: methyl 1′-aminoferrocene-1-carboxylate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 66(9). m235–m237. 1 indexed citations

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