Engin U. Akkaya

16.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
146 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Engin U. Akkaya is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Engin U. Akkaya has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Materials Chemistry, 67 papers in Spectroscopy and 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Engin U. Akkaya's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (79 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (66 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (43 papers). Engin U. Akkaya is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (79 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (66 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (43 papers). Engin U. Akkaya collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, China and South Korea. Engin U. Akkaya's co-authors include Ali Coşkun, Safacan Kölemen, Juyoung Yoon, Adam C. Sedgwick, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Tony D. James, Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, Özgür Altan Bozdemir, M. Deniz Yilmaz and Serdar Atılgan 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

Engin U. Akkaya

140 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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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.

Fluorescent chemosensors: the past, present and future

2017 1.7k citations Engin U. Akkaya, Juyoung Yoon et al. profile →
Molecular logic gates: the past, present and future

2018 559 citations Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, Safacan Kölemen et al. profile →
Activatable Photosensitizers: Agents for Selective Photodynamic Therapy

2016 499 citations Safacan Kölemen, Juyoung Yoon et al. profile →
Photosensitization and controlled photosensitization with BODIPY dyes

2017 352 citations Engin U. Akkaya et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Engin U. Akkaya Türkiye	60	11.1k	7.2k	4.2k	2.8k	2.2k	146	14.6k
Jianzhang Zhao China	84	20.4k 1.8×	6.3k 0.9×	6.0k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	8.1k 3.7×	459	27.2k
Jun Yin China	52	6.0k 0.5×	4.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	293	10.7k
Shiguo Sun China	55	6.1k 0.6×	5.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	3.5k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	255	11.2k
Adam C. Sedgwick United Kingdom	42	4.9k 0.4×	4.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	117	10.0k
Qing‐Zheng Yang China	55	6.8k 0.6×	3.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	156	10.4k
Anthony Harriman United Kingdom	71	15.3k 1.4×	4.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	4.9k 2.3×	333	20.7k
Yuncong Chen China	44	4.9k 0.4×	3.1k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	133	7.8k
Zhen Shen China	50	6.6k 0.6×	2.8k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	189	8.4k
Zhaochao Xu China	55	8.5k 0.8×	8.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.4×	4.2k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	200	14.4k
Weijiang He China	44	4.1k 0.4×	4.0k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	616 0.3×	173	8.5k

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Gao, Zhigang, et al.. (2025). NIR light-activated programmable drug immobilization and oxygen modulation for enhanced photodynamic and chemo-therapy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(3). 111195–111195.

Si, Yu, et al.. (2025). A near-infrared light-triggered covalent nanodrug for combined singlet oxygen therapy and photothermal therapy. Chemical Communications. 61(58). 10796–10799.

Si, Yu, Lei Wang, Hao Wu, et al.. (2024). Quinoline Endoperoxides for Mitochondria Targeted Singlet Oxygen Delivery. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 20(2). e202401051–e202401051.

Kwon, Nahyun, et al.. (2021). Imaging of intracellular singlet oxygen with bright BODIPY dyes. Dyes and Pigments. 188. 109158–109158. 26 indexed citations

Liu, Meina, et al.. (2021). Anticoagulant activity of singlet oxygen released from a water soluble endoperoxide by thermal cycloreversion. RSC Advances. 11(24). 14513–14516. 8 indexed citations

Xi, Dongmei, et al.. (2019). “Off–on” switching of intracellular singlet oxygen release under biocompatible conditions. Chemical Communications. 55(92). 13808–13811. 27 indexed citations

Cebula, Marcus, Ilke Simsek Turan, B. Sjödin, et al.. (2016). Catalytic Conversion of Lipophilic Substrates by Phase constrained Enzymes in the Aqueous or in the Membrane Phase. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38316–38316. 4 indexed citations

Kölemen, Safacan, Yusuf Çakmak, Ziya Köstereli, & Engin U. Akkaya. (2014). Atropisomeric Dyes: Axial Chirality in Orthogonal BODIPY Oligomers. Organic Letters. 16(3). 660–663. 57 indexed citations

Turan, Ilke Simsek, et al.. (2014). Near‐IR Absorbing BODIPY Derivatives as Glutathione‐Activated Photosensitizers for Selective Photodynamic Action. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(49). 16088–16092. 111 indexed citations

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Eçik, Esra Tanrıverdi, et al.. (2013). Modular logic gates: cascading independent logic gates via metal ion signals. Dalton Transactions. 43(1). 67–70. 43 indexed citations

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Erbaş-Çakmak, Sündüs, Özgür Altan Bozdemir, Yusuf Çakmak, & Engin U. Akkaya. (2012). Proof of principle for a molecular 1 : 2 demultiplexer to function as an autonomously switching theranostic device. Chemical Science. 4(2). 858–862. 108 indexed citations

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Guliyev, Ruslan, Seyma Ozturk, Ertan Şahi̇n, & Engin U. Akkaya. (2012). Expanded Bodipy Dyes: Anion Sensing Using a Bodipy Analog with an Additional Difluoroboron Bridge. Organic Letters. 14(6). 1528–1531. 116 indexed citations

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Bozdemir, Özgür Altan, Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, Okan Öner Ekiz, Aykutlu Dâna, & Engin U. Akkaya. (2011). Towards Unimolecular Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Bodipy‐Based Dendritic Energy‐Transfer Cascade with Panchromatic Absorption and Monochromatized Emission. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(46). 10907–10912. 191 indexed citations

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Kölemen, Safacan, Yusuf Çakmak, Sule Erten‐Ela, et al.. (2010). Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Red and Near-IR Absorbing Bodipy Sensitizers. Organic Letters. 12(17). 3812–3815. 171 indexed citations

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Şaki, Neslihan, et al.. (2006). Unexpected Cyclization of Dipyridyl-glycoluril in the Presence of Formaldehyde and Strong Acid: A New Scaffold with a Potential as an Anion Receptor. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry. 55(3-4). 219–222. 1 indexed citations

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Şaki, Neslihan & Engin U. Akkaya. (2005). Synthesis,p-Nitrophenolate Complexation and Competitive Anion Signaling of Novel Calixpyrrole Dimer. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry. 53(3-4). 269–273. 15 indexed citations

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Akkaya, Engin U., et al.. (2002). Modulation of Boradiazaindacene Emission by Cation-Mediated Oxidative PET. Organic Letters. 4(17). 2857–2859. 177 indexed citations

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Akkaya, Mahinur S., et al.. (1999). Remarkable phosphodiester hydrolysis activity of a novel CeIV complex in neutral aqueous solutions. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 145(1-2). 309–312. 21 indexed citations

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Erdogan, Belma & Engin U. Akkaya. (1998). An efficient synthesis of a novel bifunctional chelating agent. Tetrahedron Letters. 39(49). 9107–9108. 1 indexed citations

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Akkaya, Engin U., Michael E. Huston, & Anthony W. Czarnik. (1990). Chelation-enhanced fluorescence of anthrylazamacrocycle conjugate probes in aqueous solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(9). 3590–3593. 259 indexed citations

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