Euan R. Kay

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Euan R. Kay is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Euan R. Kay has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Euan R. Kay's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (20 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (11 papers). Euan R. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (20 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (11 papers). Euan R. Kay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy. Euan R. Kay's co-authors include David A. Leigh, Francesco Zerbetto, Chin‐Fa Lee, Albert M. Brouwer, Francesco Paolucci, Flavio della Sala, Wybren Jan Buma, Jenny K. Y. Wong, Francesco G. Gatti and Stefan Borsley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Euan R. Kay

49 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines

2006 2.3k citations Euan R. Kay, David A. Leigh et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Synthetische molekulare Motoren und mechanische Maschinen

2006 593 citations Euan R. Kay, David A. Leigh et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
A molecular information ratchet

2007 551 citations Euan R. Kay, David A. Leigh et al. profile →
A Reversible Synthetic Rotary Molecular Motor

2004 504 citations Euan R. Kay, David A. Leigh et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Euan R. Kay United Kingdom	26	3.9k	2.5k	1.8k	1.2k	910	49	6.0k
Serena Silvi Italy	42	4.3k 1.1×	3.6k 1.5×	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	121	6.8k
Richard A. van Delden Netherlands	24	2.7k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	765 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	30	5.2k
Douglas Philp United Kingdom	44	5.8k 1.5×	3.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.8×	564 0.6×	141	8.9k
Stephen M. Goldup United Kingdom	46	5.9k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.7×	382 0.4×	98	7.3k
Nicolas Giuseppone France	45	4.2k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	719 0.8×	117	6.6k
Ludovic Jullien France	46	1.8k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	855 0.5×	2.5k 2.1×	926 1.0×	170	6.3k
Jan O. Jeppesen Denmark	47	3.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	800 0.7×	495 0.5×	130	7.9k
Wybren Jan Buma Netherlands	41	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	812 0.7×	776 0.9×	224	5.6k
Linda A. Peteanu United States	33	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	827 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	75	5.4k
Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak Türkiye	18	1.7k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	814 0.7×	498 0.5×	27	3.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ettlinger, Romy, et al.. (2025). Chemospecific Heterostructure and Heteromaterial Assembly of Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(6). 5114–5124. 4 indexed citations

Roy, Soumendu, et al.. (2023). A Dissipative Reaction Network Drives Transient Solid–Liquid and Liquid–Liquid Phase Cycling of Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie. 135(22). 2 indexed citations

Roy, Soumendu, et al.. (2023). A Dissipative Reaction Network Drives Transient Solid–Liquid and Liquid–Liquid Phase Cycling of Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(22). e202217613–e202217613. 3 indexed citations

Naden, Aaron B., et al.. (2022). Constitutionally Selective Dynamic Covalent Nanoparticle Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(31). 14310–14321. 12 indexed citations

Diez‐Castellnou, Marta, et al.. (2021). Rapidly Adaptive All‐covalent Nanoparticle Surface Engineering. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(38). 9948–9953. 8 indexed citations

Sala, Flavio della, et al.. (2019). Programmable dynamic covalent nanoparticle building blocks with complementary reactivity. Chemical Science. 11(2). 372–383. 14 indexed citations

Arita, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2018). Invited Article: Optical trapping of ultrasmooth gold nanoparticles in liquid and air. APL Photonics. 3(7). 70801–70801. 10 indexed citations

Borsley, Stefan & Euan R. Kay. (2016). Dynamic covalent assembly and disassembly of nanoparticle aggregates. Chemical Communications. 52(58). 9117–9120. 42 indexed citations

Kay, Euan R. & David A. Leigh. (2015). Die Evolution molekularer Maschinen. Angewandte Chemie. 127(35). 10218–10226. 96 indexed citations

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Sala, Flavio della & Euan R. Kay. (2015). Reversible Control of Nanoparticle Functionalization and Physicochemical Properties by Dynamic Covalent Exchange. Angewandte Chemie. 127(14). 4261–4265. 14 indexed citations

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Edwards, William & Euan R. Kay. (2015). Manipulating the Monolayer: Responsive and Reversible Control of Colloidal Inorganic Nanoparticle Properties. ChemNanoMat. 2(2). 87–98. 12 indexed citations

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Kay, Euan R. & David A. Leigh. (2015). Rise of the Molecular Machines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(35). 10080–10088. 307 indexed citations

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Panman, Matthijs R., Bert H. Bakker, Euan R. Kay, et al.. (2013). Water lubricates hydrogen-bonded molecular machines. Nature Chemistry. 5(11). 929–934. 101 indexed citations

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Kay, Euan R., Jungmin Lee, Daniel G. Nocera, & Moungi G. Bawendi. (2012). Conformational Control of Energy Transfer: A Mechanism for Biocompatible Nanocrystal‐Based Sensors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(4). 1165–1169. 33 indexed citations

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Panman, Matthijs R., Daniel J. Shaw, Bert H. Bakker, et al.. (2011). Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy of a molecular shuttle. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(6). 1865–1875. 28 indexed citations

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Panman, Matthijs R., Daniel J. Shaw, Bert H. Bakker, et al.. (2010). Operation Mechanism of a Molecular Machine Revealed Using Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy. Science. 328(5983). 1255–1258. 90 indexed citations

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Mendoza, Sandra M., José Berná, Emilio M. Pérez, et al.. (2008). Core level photoemission of rotaxanes: A summary on binding energies. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 165(1-3). 42–45. 4 indexed citations

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Kay, Euan R., David A. Leigh, & Francesco Zerbetto. (2006). Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(1-2). 72–191. 2290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kay, Euan R., et al.. (2006). Beyond Switches: Ratcheting a Particle Energetically Uphill with a Compartmentalized Molecular Machine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(12). 4058–4073. 220 indexed citations

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Kay, Euan R., David A. Leigh, & Francesco Zerbetto. (2006). Synthetische molekulare Motoren und mechanische Maschinen. Angewandte Chemie. 119(1-2). 72–196. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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