Claire Besson

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Claire Besson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Claire Besson has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 14 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Claire Besson's work include Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (13 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Claire Besson is often cited by papers focused on Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (13 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Claire Besson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Claire Besson's co-authors include Yurii V. Geletii, Craig L. Hill, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Qiushi Yin, Aleksey E. Kuznetsov, Zhen Luo, Eric E. Finney, Richard G. Finke, Anna Proust and Paul Kögerler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Claire Besson

43 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

A Fast Soluble Carbon-Free Molecular Water Oxidation Catalyst Based on Abundant Metals

2010 1.3k citations Qiushi Yin, Claire Besson et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claire Besson United States	20	1.7k	1.2k	821	592	583	44	2.8k
Mirco Natali Italy	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	565 0.7×	517 0.9×	639 1.1×	92	3.0k
Aaron K. Vannucci United States	31	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 2.0×	638 0.8×	760 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	61	3.6k
Cédric Tard France	28	1.1k 0.6×	2.8k 2.3×	862 1.0×	434 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	47	3.9k
Wei Xu China	30	1.4k 0.8×	600 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	344 0.6×	452 0.8×	153	2.7k
A.J. Esswein United States	14	1.9k 1.1×	3.2k 2.6×	533 0.6×	624 1.1×	1.7k 2.9×	15	4.4k
Neal D. McDaniel United States	10	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	711 0.9×	528 0.9×	601 1.0×	11	2.7k
Louis Nadjo France	19	1.6k 0.9×	549 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	346 0.6×	336 0.6×	23	2.0k
Qingxia Yao China	31	2.0k 1.2×	722 0.6×	1.5k 1.8×	465 0.8×	884 1.5×	121	3.1k
Yunhua Xu China	23	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.7×	587 0.7×	264 0.4×	636 1.1×	44	2.7k
Jordi García‐Antón Spain	25	547 0.3×	874 0.7×	501 0.6×	811 1.4×	511 0.9×	93	2.1k

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Wang, Yu‐Xuan, Md. Ariful Islam, Gyanendra Tiwari, et al.. (2025). Configurable antiferromagnetic domains and lateral exchange bias in atomically thin CrPS4. Nature Materials. 24(9). 1414–1423. 3 indexed citations

Besson, Claire, Zeila Zanolli, Simona Achilli, et al.. (2023). Independent and coherent transitions between antiferromagnetic states of few-molecule systems. Physical review. B.. 107(24). 2 indexed citations

Cahill, Christopher L., et al.. (2023). Tuning the optical and magnetic properties of lanthanide single-ion magnets using nitro-functionalized trispyrazolylborate ligands. Dalton Transactions. 52(21). 7336–7351. 3 indexed citations

Achilli, Simona, Claire Besson, Xu He, et al.. (2022). Magnetic properties of coordination clusters with {Mn₄} and {Co₄} antiferromagnetic cores. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(6). 3780–3787. 4 indexed citations

Besson, Claire, et al.. (2021). Selective crystallization of four bis(phthalocyaninato)lanthanoid( iii ) polymorphs. CrystEngComm. 23(40). 7151–7161. 6 indexed citations

Besson, Claire, et al.. (2021). Precise control of the degree and regioselectivity of functionalization in nitro- and amino-functionalized di(trispyrazolylborato)iron( ii ) spin crossover complexes. Dalton Transactions. 50(48). 18077–18088. 9 indexed citations

Butcher, Ray J., et al.. (2021). Structural Diversity of Lanthanide 3-Nitrotrispyrazolylborates: Tunable Nuclearity and Intra-Ligand Charge Transfer Sensitization of Visible and NIR Ln ³⁺ Emission. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(20). 15724–15743. 10 indexed citations

Gloskovskii, A., Mihaela Gorgoi, Claire Besson, et al.. (2016). Interface Engineering to Create a Strong Spin Filter Contact to Silicon. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22912–22912. 27 indexed citations

Monakhov, Kirill Yu., Piotr Kozłowski, Jan van Leusen, et al.. (2014). Supramolecular Recognition Influences Magnetism in [X@HV^IV₈V^V₁₄O₅₄]⁶⁻Self‐Assemblies with Symmetry‐Breaking Guest Anions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(6). 2387–2397. 34 indexed citations

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Seemann, K., J. Kindervater, Claire Besson, et al.. (2013). Polyoxometalate-stabilized, water dispersible Fe2Pt magnetic nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 5(6). 2511–2511. 18 indexed citations

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Thomé, Isabelle, et al.. (2013). Base‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Indazoles under Mild, Transition‐Metal‐Free Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(29). 7509–7513. 98 indexed citations

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Besson, Claire, et al.. (2013). Solid-state coexistence of {Zr₁₂} and {Zr₆} zirconium oxocarboxylate clusters. CrystEngComm. 16(1). 43–46. 14 indexed citations

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Atodiresei, Nicolae, Claire Besson, Vasile Caciuc, et al.. (2013). Accessing 4f-states in single-molecule spintronics. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2425–2425. 65 indexed citations

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Besson, Claire, et al.. (2012). A regioselective Huisgen reaction inside a Keplerate polyoxomolybdate nanoreactor. Dalton Transactions. 41(33). 9852–9852. 53 indexed citations

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Besson, Claire, Séverine Renaudineau, Sylvain Roland, et al.. (2011). Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to a Ruthenium(VI) Nitrido Polyoxometalate: a New Route to Cyclic Guanidines. Inorganic Chemistry. 50(6). 2501–2506. 23 indexed citations

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Geletii, Yurii V., Qiushi Yin, Yu Hou, et al.. (2011). Polyoxometalates in the Design of Effective and Tunable Water Oxidation Catalysts. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 51(2). 238–246. 30 indexed citations

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Besson, Claire, Zhuangqun Huang, Yurii V. Geletii, et al.. (2010). Cs9[(γ-PW10O36)2Ru4O5(OH)(H2O)4], a new all-inorganic, soluble catalyst for the efficient visible-light-driven oxidation of water. Chemical Communications. 46(16). 2784–2784. 141 indexed citations

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Yin, Qiushi, Claire Besson, Yurii V. Geletii, et al.. (2010). A Fast Soluble Carbon-Free Molecular Water Oxidation Catalyst Based on Abundant Metals. Science. 328(5976). 342–345. 1301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Besson, Claire, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Rui Cao, et al.. (2009). Vicinal Dinitridoruthenium‐Substituted Polyoxometalates γ‐[XW₁₀O₃₈{RuN}₂]⁶⁻ (X=Si or Ge). Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(39). 10233–10243. 32 indexed citations

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Besson, Claire, Eric E. Finney, & Richard G. Finke. (2005). A Mechanism for Transition-Metal Nanoparticle Self-Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(22). 8179–8184. 187 indexed citations

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