Denis Frath

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Denis Frath is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Frath has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Denis Frath's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (17 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (11 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (10 papers). Denis Frath is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (17 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (11 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (10 papers). Denis Frath collaborates with scholars based in France, Vietnam and Canada. Denis Frath's co-authors include Gilles Ulrich, Raymond Ziessel, Julien Massue, Pascal Retailleau, Jean Lacroix, Frédéric Lafolet, Pascal Martin, Quyen Van Nguyen, Maria Luisa Della Rocca and Antoinette De Nicola and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Denis Frath

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Luminescent Materials: Locking π‐Conjugated and Heterocyclic Ligands with Boron(III)

2014 544 citations Denis Frath, Julien Massue et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Denis Frath France	18	1.3k	743	645	493	217	36	1.7k
Daniele Marinotto Italy	26	1.6k 1.2×	900 1.2×	522 0.8×	418 0.8×	227 1.0×	81	2.4k
Aisen Li China	25	1.6k 1.2×	628 0.8×	474 0.7×	510 1.0×	238 1.1×	81	1.9k
Elena Lucenti Italy	21	1.6k 1.2×	807 1.1×	558 0.9×	476 1.0×	128 0.6×	69	2.0k
Zhong‐Liang Gong China	25	1.0k 0.8×	706 1.0×	622 1.0×	382 0.8×	166 0.8×	86	1.8k
Agnieszka Nowak‐Król Germany	26	1.4k 1.1×	689 0.9×	823 1.3×	319 0.6×	185 0.9×	56	2.1k
Sanjeev K. Dey United States	17	1.5k 1.1×	432 0.6×	737 1.1×	275 0.6×	171 0.8×	31	2.1k
Can Wang China	18	1.5k 1.1×	669 0.9×	476 0.7×	773 1.6×	250 1.2×	34	1.8k
Parthasarathy Venkatakrishnan India	21	887 0.7×	530 0.7×	498 0.8×	182 0.4×	182 0.8×	53	1.4k
Hayato Sakai Japan	26	1.3k 1.0×	601 0.8×	938 1.5×	265 0.5×	85 0.4×	81	1.9k
Alexandre Haefelé France	15	1.5k 1.1×	645 0.9×	253 0.4×	332 0.7×	360 1.7×	17	1.7k

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Denis‐Quanquin, Sandrine, Stephan N. Steinmann, Tangui Le Bahers, et al.. (2025). π-Expansion as gateway to viologen-based pimers. Chemical Science. 16(21). 9320–9325.

Chevallier, Floris, et al.. (2025). Reversible Self‐assembly of a Viologen‐based Supramolecular Gel Network under Electrochemical Control. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(71). e02489–e02489.

Junqueira, Helena C., Henrique E. Toma, Bruno Pedras, et al.. (2024). Unprecedented light induced aggregation of cationic 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide amphiphiles. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(11). 3888–3896. 1 indexed citations

Pignon, Frédéric, et al.. (2024). Viologen-based supramolecular crystal gels: gelation kinetics and sensitivity to temperature. Soft Matter. 20(41). 8278–8290. 2 indexed citations

Gibaud, Thomas, Thibaut Divoux, Sébastien Manneville, et al.. (2023). Chiral and conductive viologen-based supramolecular gels exhibiting tunable charge-transfer properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11(37). 12764–12775. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Mingyang, et al.. (2022). Tuning ON/OFF Ratios in Diarylethene-Based Single- and Bilayer Molecular Junctions. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 11(5). 55010–55010. 1 indexed citations

Denis‐Quanquin, Sandrine, Jean‐Christophe Mulatier, Lhoussain Khrouz, et al.. (2022). Ni-Centered Coordination-Induced Spin-State Switching Triggered by Electrical Stimulation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(39). 17955–17965. 17 indexed citations

Frath, Denis, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Free‐Base Porphyrins Bearing Trifluoromethyl meso‐Substituents. ChemElectroChem. 9(5). 5 indexed citations

Dumont, Élise, et al.. (2021). Electron-Triggered Metamorphism in Palladium-Driven Self-Assembled Architectures. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(6). 3543–3555. 7 indexed citations

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Frath, Denis, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical and Plasmon‐induced Grafting of n‐Dopable π‐Conjugated Oligomers. ChemElectroChem. 8(13). 2512–2518. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Quyen Van, Pascal Martin, Denis Frath, et al.. (2018). Highly Efficient Long-Range Electron Transport in a Viologen-Based Molecular Junction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(32). 10131–10134. 59 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Quyen Van, Pascal Martin, Denis Frath, et al.. (2017). Control of Rectification in Molecular Junctions: Contact Effects and Molecular Signature. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(34). 11913–11922. 71 indexed citations

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Frath, Denis, Van‐Quynh Nguyen, Frédéric Lafolet, Pascal Martin, & Jean Lacroix. (2017). Electrografted monolayer based on a naphthalene diimide–ruthenium terpyridine complex dyad: efficient creation of large-area molecular junctions with high current densities. Chemical Communications. 53(80). 10997–11000. 26 indexed citations

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Frath, Denis, Pascal Didier, Yves Mély, Julien Massue, & Gilles Ulrich. (2017). Vectorization and Intracellular Distribution of a Two‐Photon‐Absorbing, Near‐Infrared‐Emitting π‐Extended Boranil Dye. ChemPhotoChem. 1(4). 109–112. 31 indexed citations

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Dobkowski, Jacek, Denis Frath, Gilles Ulrich, et al.. (2014). Substituent and Solvent Effects on the Excited State Deactivation Channels in Anils and Boranils. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(3). 1312–1327. 51 indexed citations

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Frath, Denis, Julien Massue, Gilles Ulrich, & Raymond Ziessel. (2014). Luminescent Materials: Locking π‐Conjugated and Heterocyclic Ligands with Boron(III). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(9). 2290–2310. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Massue, Julien, Denis Frath, Pascal Retailleau, Gilles Ulrich, & Raymond Ziessel. (2013). Synthesis of Luminescent Ethynyl‐Extended Regioisomers of Borate Complexes Based on 2‐(2′‐Hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(17). 5375–5386. 68 indexed citations

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Frath, Denis, James E. Yarnell, Gilles Ulrich, Felix N. Castellano, & Raymond Ziessel. (2013). Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Viologen‐Linked BODIPY Dyes. ChemPhysChem. 14(14). 3348–3354. 24 indexed citations

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Frath, Denis, et al.. (2013). Fluorescent boron(iii) iminocoumarins (Boricos). Chemical Communications. 49(43). 4908–4908. 69 indexed citations

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Mahé, Olivier, Denis Frath, Isabelle Dez, et al.. (2009). TBD-organocatalysed synthesis of pyrazolines. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(18). 3648–3648. 35 indexed citations

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