Eric Verploegen

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Eric Verploegen is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Verploegen has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eric Verploegen's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (16 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (14 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (9 papers). Eric Verploegen is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (16 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (14 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (9 papers). Eric Verploegen collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Belgium. Eric Verploegen's co-authors include Zhenan Bao, Michael F. Toney, A. John Hart, Héctor A. Becerril, Rajib Mondal, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Şule Atahan-Evrenk, Do Hwan Kim, Paula T. Hammond and Alán Aspuru‐Guzik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Eric Verploegen

47 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Tuning charge transport in solution-sheared organic semiconductors using lattice strain

2011 963 citations Gaurav Giri, Eric Verploegen et al. Nature profile →
Effects of Thermal Annealing Upon the Morphology of Polymer–Fullerene Blends

2010 535 citations Eric Verploegen, Rajib Mondal et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Verploegen United States	27	2.3k	1.6k	1.5k	792	505	47	3.9k
Panagiotis Argitis Greece	39	2.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	430 0.9×	196	4.7k
Hanfu Wang China	36	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	762 1.0×	305 0.6×	101	3.7k
Neil D. Treat United States	35	3.0k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	549 0.7×	651 1.3×	57	4.1k
Chang‐Yong Nam United States	37	2.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	895 1.1×	437 0.9×	155	4.9k
Eric K. Lin United States	42	3.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	609 1.2×	169	5.6k
Yanchun Han China	40	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	1.7k 2.1×	478 0.9×	229	5.3k
Ezzeldin Metwalli Germany	34	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	550 0.4×	610 0.8×	457 0.9×	105	3.6k
Juan Peng China	32	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	756 0.5×	735 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	142	3.8k
Jihoon Choi South Korea	27	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	647 0.4×	603 0.8×	422 0.8×	101	2.6k
Yanchun Han China	35	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	837 1.1×	821 1.6×	114	3.5k

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Ko, Sangwon, Do Hwan Kim, Alexander L. Ayzner, et al.. (2015). Thermotropic Phase Transition of Benzodithiophene Copolymer Thin Films and Its Impact on Electrical and Photovoltaic Characteristics. Chemistry of Materials. 27(4). 1223–1232. 12 indexed citations

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Jiang, Ying, Sanghyun Hong, Joon Hak Oh, et al.. (2012). Impact of regioregularity on thin-film transistor and photovoltaic cell performances of pentacene-containing polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(10). 4356–4356. 13 indexed citations

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Ko, Sangwon, Eric Verploegen, Sanghyun Hong, et al.. (2011). 3,4-Disubstituted Polyalkylthiophenes for High-Performance Thin-Film Transistors and Photovoltaics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(42). 16722–16725. 60 indexed citations

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Giri, Gaurav, Eric Verploegen, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, et al.. (2011). Tuning charge transport in solution-sheared organic semiconductors using lattice strain. Nature. 480(7378). 504–508. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lilliu, Samuele, Tiziano Agostinelli, Eric Verploegen, et al.. (2011). Effects of Thermal Annealing Upon the Nanomorphology of Poly(3‐hexylselenophene)‐PCBM Blends. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 32(18). 1454–1460. 18 indexed citations

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Verploegen, Eric, et al.. (2011). Non-destructive characterization of structural hierarchy within aligned carbon nanotube assemblies. Journal of Applied Physics. 109(9). 94316–94316. 14 indexed citations

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Cates, Nichole, Roman Gysel, Chad E. Miller, et al.. (2011). The phase behavior of a polymer‐fullerene bulk heterojunction system that contains bimolecular crystals. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 49(7). 499–503. 66 indexed citations

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Jung, Yeon Sik, Jae‐Byum Chang, Eric Verploegen, Karl K. Berggren, & C. A. Ross. (2010). A Path to Ultranarrow Patterns Using Self-Assembled Lithography. Nano Letters. 10(3). 1000–1005. 208 indexed citations

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Mondal, Rajib, Sangwon Ko, Eric Verploegen, et al.. (2010). Side chain engineering of fused aromatic thienopyrazine based low band-gap polymers for enhanced charge carrier mobility. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21(5). 1537–1543. 32 indexed citations

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Podsiadlo, Paul, Marc Michel, Kevin Critchley, et al.. (2009). Diffusional Self‐Organization in Exponential Layer‐By‐Layer Films with Micro‐ and Nanoscale Periodicity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(38). 7073–7077. 56 indexed citations

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Verploegen, Eric, et al.. (2009). Reversible Switching of the Shear Modulus of Photoresponsive Liquid‐Crystalline Polymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(19). 3494–3498. 39 indexed citations

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Bedewy, Mostafa, Eric R. Meshot, Haicheng Guo, et al.. (2009). Collective Mechanism for the Evolution and Self-Termination of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(48). 20576–20582. 192 indexed citations

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Podsiadlo, Paul, et al.. (2009). Automated spin-assisted layer-by-layer assembly of nanocomposites. Review of Scientific Instruments. 80(2). 23903–23903. 47 indexed citations

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Lee, Daeyeon, et al.. (2009). Permeability of Model Stratum Corneum Lipid Membrane Measured Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Langmuir. 25(10). 5762–5766. 23 indexed citations

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Podsiadlo, Paul, Marc Michel, Kevin Critchley, et al.. (2009). Diffusional Self‐Organization in Exponential Layer‐By‐Layer Films with Micro‐ and Nanoscale Periodicity. Angewandte Chemie. 121(38). 7207–7211. 12 indexed citations

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Wardle, Brian L., et al.. (2008). Fabrication and Characterization of Ultrahigh‐Volume‐ Fraction Aligned Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites. Advanced Materials. 20(14). 2707–2714. 225 indexed citations

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Verploegen, Eric, et al.. (2008). Influence of variations in liquid-crystalline content upon the self-assembly behavior of siloxane-based block copolymers. Soft Matter. 4(6). 1279–1279. 26 indexed citations

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Choi, Sung‐Min, et al.. (2008). Uniaxially Oriented, Highly Ordered, Large Area Columnar Superstructures of Discotic Supramolecules using Magnetic Field and Surface Interactions. Advanced Materials. 20(6). 1105–1109. 26 indexed citations

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Phuong, Nguyen Minh, Nicole S. Zacharia, Eric Verploegen, & Paula T. Hammond. (2007). Extended Release Antibacterial Layer-by-Layer Films Incorporating Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymer Micelles. Chemistry of Materials. 19(23). 5524–5530. 103 indexed citations

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Verploegen, Eric, et al.. (2006). Synthesis and Characterization of ABA Triblock Copolymers Containing Smectic C* Liquid Crystal Side Chains via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Using a Bimetallic Molybdenum Initiator. Macromolecules. 39(12). 3993–4000. 28 indexed citations

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