Jan H. van Esch

17.5k citations

215 papers · 15.3k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 65

Biomaterials top 0.02%
- Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials 113
Organic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes 37
- Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications 17
Molecular Medicine top 0.5%
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry 29
- Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry 20
Inorganic Chemistry top 1%
Molecular Biology
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 45
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures 31
Biomedical Engineering
- Surface Chemistry and Catalysis 21

Co-authors: Ben L. Feringa Rienk Eelkema Richard M. Kellogg Job Boekhoven Maaike de Loos Ger J. M. Koper Jaap J. D. de Jong Linda N. Lucas
Cited by: Biomaterials Organic Chemistry Molecular Medicine
Partner nations: Netherlands China Belgium

In The Last Decade

Jan H. van Esch

211 papers receiving 15.1k citations

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2017 Dissipative out-of-equilibrium assembly of man-made supramolecular materials
2015 Transient assembly of active materials fueled by a chemical reaction
2005 Design and Application of Self‐Assembled Low Molecular Weight Hydrogels
2004 Reversible Optical Transcription of Supramolecular Chirality into Molecular Chirality
2003 One-Way Optoelectronic Switching of Photochromic Molecules on Gold
2000 Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation with Monodentate Ligands
2000 New Functional Materials Based on Self-Assembling Organogels: From Serendipity towards Design
1999 Cyclic Bis-Urea Compounds as Gelators for Organic Solvents
1999 Efficient Intermolecular Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Fibers of Mono- and Bithiophene Bisurea Compounds
1997 Remarkable Stabilization of Self-Assembled Organogels by Polymerization

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1	Synthesis of Abiotic Supramolecular Polymers Inside Living Cells via Organocatalysis‐Mediated Self‐Assembly Hucheng Wang,Yating Zheng,Jiahao Zhang,Yuliang Gao,Jingjing Chen,Peiwen Cai,Junyou Wang,Jan H. van Esch,Xuhong Guo,Hui Li,Yiming Wang	2025	1
2	Fiber formation seen through the high-resolution computational microscope Tomasz K. Piskorz,Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan,Alex H. de Vries,Jan H. van Esch	2025	0
3	Synthesis of Abiotic Supramolecular Polymers Inside Living Cells via Organocatalysis‐Mediated Self‐Assembly Hucheng Wang,Yating Zheng,Jiahao Zhang,Yuliang Gao,Jingjing Chen,Peiwen Cai,Junyou Wang,Jan H. van Esch,Xuhong Guo,Hui Li,Yiming Wang	2025	1
4	Design Rules for Binary Bisamide Gelators: toward Gels with Tailor-Made Structures and Properties Elmira Ghanbari,Stephen J. Picken,Jan H. van Esch	2023	3
5	Supramolecular Arrangement and Rheological Properties of Bisamide Gels Elmira Ghanbari,Zi-An Chen,Pooja Padmanabhan,Stephen J. Picken,Jan H. van Esch	2023	3
6	Dynamics of hydroxide-ion-driven reversible autocatalytic networks Emese Lantos,Gergő Mótyán,Éva Frank,Rienk Eelkema,Jan H. van Esch,Dezső Horváth,Ágota Tóth	2023	4
7	Dynamic Growth of Macroscopically Structured Supramolecular Hydrogels through Orchestrated Reaction‐Diffusion Hucheng Wang,Xiaoming Fu,Guanyao Gu,Shengyu Bai,Runlai Li,Weimin Zhong,Xuhong Guo,Rienk Eelkema,Jan H. van Esch,Zhixing Cao,Yiming Wang	2023	19
8	Molecular Arrangement and Thermal Properties of Bisamide Organogelators in the Solid State Elmira Ghanbari,Akshay Krishnamurthy,Stephen J. Picken,Enno A. Klop,Lars J. Bannenberg,Jan H. van Esch	2022	6
9	Tuneable Control of Organocatalytic Activity through Host–Guest Chemistry Guotai Li,Fanny Trausel,Michelle P. van der Helm,Benjamin Klemm,Tobias G. Brevé,Susan A. P. van Rossum,Muhamad Hartono,Harm H. P. J. Gerlings,Matija Lovrak,Jan H. van Esch,Rienk Eelkema	2021	1
10	Tuneable Control of Organocatalytic Activity through Host–Guest Chemistry Guotai Li,Fanny Trausel,Michelle P. van der Helm,Benjamin Klemm,Tobias G. Brevé,Susan A. P. van Rossum,Muhamad Hartono,Harm H. P. J. Gerlings,Matija Lovrak,Jan H. van Esch,Rienk Eelkema	2021	19
11	Nucleation Mechanisms of Self-Assembled Physisorbed Monolayers on Graphite Tomasz K. Piskorz,Cristian Gobbo,‪Siewert J. Marrink,Steven De Feyter,Alex H. de Vries,Jan H. van Esch	2019	17
12	Supramolecular Gluing of Polymeric Hydrogels Matija Lovrak,Stephen J. Picken,Rienk Eelkema,Jan H. van Esch	2018	9
13	Microcapsules with a permeable hydrogel shell and an aqueous core continuously produced in a 3D microdevice by all-aqueous microfluidics Serhii Mytnyk,Iwona Ziemecka,Alexandre G. L. Olive,J. Wim M. van der Meer,Kartik Totlani,Sander Oldenhof,Michiel T. Kreutzer,Volkert van Steijn,Jan H. van Esch	2017	47
14	PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ALKYL-THIOLS MONOLAYER ON GLASS SUBSTRATES BY MICROCONTACT PRINTING Nor Hakimin Abdullah,Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar,Rafaqat Hussain,Mohd Bakri Bakar,Mazlan Mohamed,Mohammad Khairul Azhar Abdul Razab,Jan H. van Esch	2015	4
15	Chiral Hexa‐ and Nonamethylene‐Bridged Bis(L‐Leu‐oxalamide) Gelators: The First Oxalamide Gels Containing Aggregates with a Chiral Morphology Nataša Šijaković Vujičić,Zoran Glasovac,Niek Zweep,Jan H. van Esch,Marijana Vinković,Jasminka Popović,Mladen Žinić	2013	16
16	Responsive Vesicles from Dynamic Covalent Surfactants Christophe B. Minkenberg,Feng Li,Patrick van Rijn,Louw J. Florusse,Job Boekhoven,Marc C. A. Stuart,Ger J. M. Koper,Rienk Eelkema,Jan H. van Esch	2011	121
17	Monodisperse hydrogel microspheres by forced droplet formation in aqueous two-phase systems Iwona Ziemecka,Volkert van Steijn,Ger J. M. Koper,Michel Rosso,Aurélie Brizard,Jan H. van Esch,Michiel T. Kreutzer	2010	133
18	Size control and compartmentalization in self-assembled nano-structures of a multisegment amphiphile Job Boekhoven,Patrick van Rijn,Aurélie Brizard,Marc C. A. Stuart,Jan H. van Esch	2010	19
19	Unusual Two-Dimensional Multicomponent Self-Assembly Probed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Steven De Feyter,Mattias Larsson,Andre J. Gesquiere,Hilde Verheyen,Frank Louwet,Bert Groenendaal,Jan H. van Esch,Ben L. Feringa,Frans De Schryver	2002	19
20	Efficient Intermolecular Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Fibers of Mono- and Bithiophene Bisurea Compoundsbreakdown → Franck S. Schoonbeek,Jan H. van Esch,Bas Wegewijs,D.B.A. Rep,Matthijs P. de Haas,Teun M. Klapwijk,Richard M. Kellogg,Ben L. Feringa	1999	263

About Jan H. van Esch

Jan H. van Esch is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, having authored 215 papers that have together received 15.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (113 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (45 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (37 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (31 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (29 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (21 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (20 papers) and Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biomaterials (8.9k citations), Organic Chemistry (6.8k citations) and Molecular Medicine (782 citations). Jan H. van Esch has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, China and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Ben L. Feringa, Rienk Eelkema, Richard M. Kellogg, Job Boekhoven, Maaike de Loos, Ger J. M. Koper, Jaap J. D. de Jong, Linda N. Lucas, Wouter E. Hendriksen and Aurélie Brizard.

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