Heikki Tenhu

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
245 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Heikki Tenhu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Medicine and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Heikki Tenhu has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Organic Chemistry, 65 papers in Molecular Medicine and 50 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Heikki Tenhu's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (93 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (65 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (51 papers). Heikki Tenhu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (93 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (65 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (51 papers). Heikki Tenhu collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Russia and United States. Heikki Tenhu's co-authors include Jun Shan, Antti Laukkanen, Markus Nuopponen, Vladimir Aseyev, Janne Virtanen, Sami Hietala, Jukka Niskanen, Lauri Valtola, Jouni Hirvonen and Françoise M. Winnik and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Heikki Tenhu

243 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Cytotoxicity of thermosensitive polymers poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) and amphiphilically modified poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heikki Tenhu Finland	51	4.4k	2.4k	2.3k	2.1k	2.0k	245	9.4k
Chi Wu Hong Kong	52	4.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	195	9.1k
Regine von Klitzing Germany	55	3.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	281	10.3k
А. Р. Хохлов Russia	44	3.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	329	7.8k
Thomas Hellweg Germany	46	2.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	208	7.9k
André Laschewsky Germany	60	7.1k 1.6×	3.2k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	334	13.8k
Shuiqin Zhou United States	54	2.1k 0.5×	3.0k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	118	7.8k
Bin Zhao United States	52	4.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	185	9.8k
Markus Drechsler Germany	65	6.7k 1.5×	5.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.5×	3.1k 1.5×	1.9k 0.9×	287	14.5k
Ming Jiang China	56	4.7k 1.1×	4.6k 1.9×	741 0.3×	3.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	298	10.8k
Charles L. McCormick United States	64	9.8k 2.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	4.4k 2.1×	2.3k 1.1×	230	15.0k

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Tenhu, Heikki, et al.. (2025). Schiff bases of cellulose: Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer potency against hepatocellular carcinoma. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 302. 140506–140506. 2 indexed citations

Pitkänen, Marja, et al.. (2024). Closed-Perfusion Transretinal ERG Setup for Preclinical Drug and Nanostructure Testing. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 72(4). 1256–1265. 1 indexed citations

Kenawy, El‐Refaie, et al.. (2023). Ammonium salts of microcrystalline cellulose-g-poly (acrylonitrile): toxicity, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Cellulose. 30(18). 11665–11680. 2 indexed citations

Tenhu, Heikki, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and Characterization of Salt Tolerant Ternary Polyampholyte as Rheology Enhancer and Fluid Loss Additive for Water-Based Drilling Fluids. Engineered Science. 4 indexed citations

Tenhu, Heikki, et al.. (2023). Thermoresponsive polycations. Polymer Chemistry. 14(32). 3647–3678. 12 indexed citations

Holding, Ashley J., Michael Hummel, Sami Hietala, et al.. (2022). Thermo‐Reversible Cellulose Micro Phase‐Separation in Mixtures of Methyltributylphosphonium Acetate and γ‐Valerolactone or DMSO. ChemPhysChem. 23(7). e202100635–e202100635. 3 indexed citations

Karjalainen, Erno, et al.. (2022). Well-dispersed clay in photopolymerized poly(ionic liquid) matrix. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 292. 126805–126805. 1 indexed citations

Karjalainen, Erno, et al.. (2021). Phase Separation of Aqueous Poly(diisopropylaminoethyl methacrylate) upon Heating. Langmuir. 38(17). 5135–5148. 11 indexed citations

Karjalainen, Erno, et al.. (2020). Thermoresponsive behavior of poly[trialkyl-(4-vinylbenzyl)ammonium] based polyelectrolytes in aqueous salt solutions. Polymer Chemistry. 11(36). 5870–5883. 19 indexed citations

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Witos, Joanna, Erno Karjalainen, Heikki Tenhu, & Susanne Κ. Wiedmer. (2020). CE and asymmetrical flow‐field flow fractionation studies of polymer interactions with surfaces and solutes reveal conformation changes of polymers. Journal of Separation Science. 43(12). 2495–2505. 1 indexed citations

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Karjalainen, Erno, et al.. (2020). Stimuli-Responsive Nanodiamond–Polyelectrolyte Composite Films. Polymers. 12(3). 507–507. 10 indexed citations

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Damlin, Pia, et al.. (2019). Conjugated Main Chain Azo‐Polymers Based on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 220(22). 1 indexed citations

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Batys, Piotr, et al.. (2018). Molecular crowding facilitates assembly of spidroin-like proteins through phase separation. European Polymer Journal. 112. 539–546. 26 indexed citations

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Tenhu, Heikki, et al.. (2018). The emulsion polymerization induced self-assembly of a thermoresponsive polymer poly(N-vinylcaprolactam). Polymer Chemistry. 10(6). 766–775. 23 indexed citations

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Aseyev, Vladimir, Heikki Tenhu, Ekaterina R. Gasilova, et al.. (2012). Macromol. Symp. 317–318. Macromolecular Symposia. 317-318(1).

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Bogdan, Anatoli, Mario J. Molina, Heikki Tenhu, Erwin Mayer, & Thomas Loerting. (2010). Formation of mixed-phase particles during the freezing of polar stratospheric ice clouds. Nature Chemistry. 2(3). 197–201. 37 indexed citations

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Shan, Jun & Heikki Tenhu. (2007). Recent advances in polymer protected gold nanoparticles: synthesis, properties and applications. Chemical Communications. 4580–4580. 358 indexed citations

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Kul, Dilek, Michaël A. R. Meier, Satu Strandman, et al.. (2007). Encapsulation and release by star‐shaped block copolymers as unimolecular nanocontainers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 46(2). 650–660. 27 indexed citations

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Huhtinen, Petri, Virve Hagrén, Harri Takalo, et al.. (2005). Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Eu(III), Tb(III), Sm(III), and Dy(III) Lanthanide Chelate Nanoparticle Labels. Analytical Chemistry. 77(8). 2643–2648. 121 indexed citations

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Lowe, Tao L., Heikki Tenhu, & Henrik Tylli. (1999). Effect of hydrophobicity of a drug on its release from hydrogels with different topological structures. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 73(6). 1031–1039. 30 indexed citations

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