Matthew Y. Sfeir

14.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
147 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Matthew Y. Sfeir is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Y. Sfeir has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Materials Chemistry, 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 41 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Matthew Y. Sfeir's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (38 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (29 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (22 papers). Matthew Y. Sfeir is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (38 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (29 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (22 papers). Matthew Y. Sfeir collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Matthew Y. Sfeir's co-authors include Tony F. Heinz, Rongchao Jin, James A. Misewich, Luis M. Campos, Kin Fai Mak, Samuel N. Sanders, Yang Wu, Kannatassen Appavoo, Chun Hung Lui and Elango Kumarasamy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Y. Sfeir

142 papers receiving 12.1k 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.

Measurement of the Optical Conductivity of Graphene

2008 1.3k citations Kin Fai Mak, Matthew Y. Sfeir et al. profile →
Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites

2017 918 citations Jean‐Christophe Blancon, Hsinhan Tsai et al. Science profile →
Light-activated photocurrent degradation and self-healing in perovskite solar cells

2016 631 citations Wanyi Nie, Jean‐Christophe Blancon et al. Nature Communications profile →
Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

2015 533 citations M. Tuan Trinh, Matthew Y. Sfeir et al. Nature Communications profile →
Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Helical Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptors

2014 408 citations M. Tuan Trinh, Matthew Y. Sfeir et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells employing Förster resonance energy transfer

2013 400 citations Matthew Y. Sfeir et al. profile →
A transferable model for singlet-fission kinetics

2014 399 citations Daniel N. Congreve, Matthew Y. Sfeir et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Quantitative Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Bipentacenes

2015 327 citations Samuel N. Sanders, Elango Kumarasamy et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Y. Sfeir United States	55	7.6k	6.5k	2.8k	2.1k	2.0k	147	12.2k
Laurens D. A. Siebbeles Netherlands	59	7.3k 1.0×	8.5k 1.3×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	246	13.4k
Christian Kloc Singapore	48	8.9k 1.2×	8.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	139	13.5k
John M. Lupton Germany	58	5.6k 0.7×	7.2k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	964 0.5×	2.3k 1.1×	248	10.4k
Egbert Zojer Austria	52	5.1k 0.7×	6.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	231	9.7k
Claudine Katan France	62	14.7k 1.9×	14.7k 2.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	186	18.3k
Taishi Takenobu Japan	55	7.8k 1.0×	6.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	247	12.0k
Miklós Kertész United States	48	6.3k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	261	12.3k
Alexander Mikhailovsky United States	44	7.4k 1.0×	5.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	102	10.1k
Xavier Blase France	56	8.0k 1.1×	3.8k 0.6×	3.9k 1.4×	883 0.4×	459 0.2×	135	12.4k
Hisao Ishii Japan	48	3.5k 0.5×	8.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	747 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	336	10.9k

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Vakulenko, Anton, Filipp Komissarenko, Jiamin Quan, et al.. (2025). Magnon-mediated exciton–exciton interaction in a van der Waals antiferromagnet. Nature Materials. 24(7). 1027–1033. 8 indexed citations

Michail, Evripidis, et al.. (2025). Efficient and tunable photochemical charge transfer via long-lived Bloch surface wave polaritons. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(11). 1618–1624. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Chun‐Ying, Daniel G. Chica, Zhi‐Hao Cui, et al.. (2025). Coupling of electronic transition to ferroelectric order in a 2D semiconductor. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1896–1896. 2 indexed citations

Miao, Xiaodan, Yuanping Yi, Shaoqian Peng, et al.. (2024). Activated Singlet Fission Dictated by Anti-Kasha Property in a Rylene Imide Dye. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(19). 13326–13335. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Bin, Evripidis Michail, Guiying He, Matthew Y. Sfeir, & Stephen R. Forrest. (2024). Ultrafast Dynamics of Bloch Surface Wave Polaritons in Large‐Area 2D Semiconductor Monolayers at Room Temperature. Advanced Materials. 36(35). e2404286–e2404286. 3 indexed citations

Tayebjee, Murad J. Y., Elango Kumarasamy, Samuel N. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic Multiexciton Quintet and Triplet Dynamics in Singlet Fission via Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(28). 15275–15283. 17 indexed citations

Campos, Michael P., Jonathan De Roo, Mark P. Hendricks, et al.. (2022). Growth kinetics determine the polydispersity and size of PbS and PbSe nanocrystals. Chemical Science. 13(16). 4555–4565. 25 indexed citations

He, Guiying, Samuel N. Sanders, Andrew B. Pun, et al.. (2020). Bridge Resonance Effects in Singlet Fission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(45). 9392–9399. 20 indexed citations

Tsai, Hsinhan, Wanyi Nie, Jean‐Christophe Blancon, et al.. (2020). Edge States Drive Exciton Dissociation in Ruddlesden–Popper Lead Halide Perovskite Thin Films. ACS Materials Letters. 2(10). 1360–1367. 22 indexed citations

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Pun, Andrew B., Samuel N. Sanders, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Luis M. Campos, & Daniel N. Congreve. (2019). Annihilator dimers enhance triplet fusion upconversion. Chemical Science. 10(14). 3969–3975. 58 indexed citations

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Pun, Andrew B., Amir Asadpoordarvish, Elango Kumarasamy, et al.. (2019). Ultra-fast intramolecular singlet fission to persistent multiexcitons by molecular design. Nature Chemistry. 11(9). 821–828. 100 indexed citations

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Zhou, Meng, Tatsuya Higaki, Guoxiang Hu, et al.. (2019). Three-orders-of-magnitude variation of carrier lifetimes with crystal phase of gold nanoclusters. Science. 364(6437). 279–282. 253 indexed citations

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Hu, Jiahua, Ke Xu, Lei Shen, et al.. (2018). New insights into the design of conjugated polymers for intramolecular singlet fission. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2999–2999. 102 indexed citations

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Trinh, M. Tuan, Andrew Pinkard, Andrew B. Pun, et al.. (2017). Distinct properties of the triplet pair state from singlet fission. Science Advances. 3(7). e1700241–e1700241. 113 indexed citations

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Blancon, Jean‐Christophe, Hsinhan Tsai, Wanyi Nie, et al.. (2017). Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites. Science. 355(6331). 1288–1292. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tayebjee, Murad J. Y., Samuel N. Sanders, Elango Kumarasamy, et al.. (2016). Quintet multiexciton dynamics in singlet fission. Nature Physics. 13(2). 182–188. 244 indexed citations

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Liapis, Andreas C., Matthew Y. Sfeir, & Charles T. Black. (2016). Plasmonic transparent conductors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9921. 992138–992138. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Jinkyu Han, Fang Hu, et al.. (2014). Probing differential optical and coverage behavior in nanotube–nanocrystal heterostructures synthesized by covalent versus non-covalent approaches. Dalton Transactions. 43(20). 7480–7480. 6 indexed citations

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Mak, Kin Fai, Matthew Y. Sfeir, James A. Misewich, & Tony F. Heinz. (2010). The evolution of electronic structure in few-layer graphene revealed by optical spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(34). 14999–15004. 176 indexed citations

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Heinz, Tony F., Feng Wang, Matthew Y. Sfeir, et al.. (2006). Interactions between individual carbon nanotubes studied by Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 3 indexed citations

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