Christopher Knie

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 970 citations indexed

About

Christopher Knie is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Knie has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 970 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Materials Chemistry, 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Christopher Knie's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (4 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Christopher Knie is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (4 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Christopher Knie collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and France. Christopher Knie's co-authors include Stefan Hecht, David Bléger, Sergey A. Kovalenko, Dirk J. Broer, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Michael G. Debije, Mark A. Peletier, Heiner Friedrich, Kamlesh Kumar and Albert M. Brouwer and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Knie

9 papers receiving 965 citations

Hit Papers

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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. A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator
    2016 386 citations Kamlesh Kumar, Christopher Knie et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Knie Germany 7 587 324 290 277 172 9 970
Federico Lancia Netherlands 16 492 0.8× 391 1.2× 210 0.7× 292 1.1× 441 2.6× 20 1.2k
Shizuka Takami Japan 9 1.2k 2.0× 157 0.5× 425 1.5× 165 0.6× 508 3.0× 21 1.5k
Supitchaya Iamsaard Netherlands 13 495 0.8× 657 2.0× 140 0.5× 481 1.7× 314 1.8× 14 1.3k
Alexis Goulet‐Hanssens Canada 13 891 1.5× 75 0.2× 368 1.3× 183 0.7× 314 1.8× 16 1.2k
Sarah J. Aßhoff Netherlands 9 387 0.7× 619 1.9× 108 0.4× 450 1.6× 222 1.3× 11 1.1k
Emi Uchida Japan 16 707 1.2× 222 0.7× 93 0.3× 149 0.5× 265 1.5× 31 1.1k
Jelle E. Stumpel Netherlands 10 270 0.5× 219 0.7× 66 0.2× 230 0.8× 141 0.8× 11 673
Aysenur Iscen United States 11 293 0.5× 168 0.5× 93 0.3× 190 0.7× 197 1.1× 14 731
Hidetaka Uchimoto Japan 4 568 1.0× 134 0.4× 151 0.5× 68 0.2× 189 1.1× 4 690
Anna Sobolewska Poland 23 664 1.1× 136 0.4× 79 0.3× 149 0.5× 193 1.1× 56 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Knie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Knie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christopher Knie. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christopher Knie. The network helps show where Christopher Knie may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Knie

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Mutruc, Dragos, Alexis Goulet‐Hanssens, Sebastian Wahl, et al.. (2019). Modulierung der Gastaufnahme in Core‐Shell‐MOFs mit sichtbarem Licht. Angewandte Chemie. 131(37). 12994–12999. 18 indexed citations
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Mutruc, Dragos, Alexis Goulet‐Hanssens, Sebastian Wahl, et al.. (2019). Modulating Guest Uptake in Core–Shell MOFs with Visible Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(37). 12862–12867. 88 indexed citations
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Hendrikx, Matthew, Jeroen ter Schiphorst, Ellen P. A. van Heeswijk, et al.. (2018). Re‐ and Preconfigurable Multistable Visible Light Responsive Surface Topographies. Small. 14(50). e1803274–e1803274. 35 indexed citations
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Hendrikx, Matthew, Jeroen ter Schiphorst, Ellen P. A. van Heeswijk, et al.. (2018). Configurable Multi‐Stable Surface Topographies: Re‐ and Preconfigurable Multistable Visible Light Responsive Surface Topographies (Small 50/2018). Small. 14(50). 3 indexed citations
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Pithan, Linus, Anton Zykov, Francesco Carlà, et al.. (2017). Multiple timescales in the photoswitching kinetics of crystalline thin films of azobenzene-trimers. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(43). 434001–434001. 5 indexed citations
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Dobryakov, A. L., Martin Quick, Celin Richter, et al.. (2017). Photoisomerization pathways and Raman activity of 1,1′-difluorostilbene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(4). 44501–44501. 10 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamlesh, Christopher Knie, David Bléger, et al.. (2016). A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11975–11975. 386 indexed citations breakdown →
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Knie, Christopher, Manuel Utecht, Fangli Zhao, et al.. (2014). ortho‐Fluoroazobenzenes: Visible Light Switches with Very Long‐Lived Z Isomers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(50). 16492–16501. 361 indexed citations
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Quick, Martin, Falko Berndt, A. L. Dobryakov, et al.. (2014). Photoisomerization Dynamics of Stiff-Stilbene in Solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(5). 1389–1402. 64 indexed citations

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