Michael J. Therien

14.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
213 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Therien is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Therien has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Materials Chemistry, 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 40 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Therien's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (99 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (32 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (31 papers). Michael J. Therien is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (99 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (32 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (31 papers). Michael J. Therien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and China. Michael J. Therien's co-authors include Victor S.‐Y. Lin, Stephen G. DiMagno, David N. Beratan, Kimihiro Susumu, Daniel A. Hammer, Steven M. LeCours, P. Peter Ghoroghchian, Timothy V. Duncan, Nicholas F. Polizzi and Jeff Rawson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Therien

209 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

Highly Conjugated, Acetylenyl Bridged Porphyrins: New Models for Light-Harvesting Antenna Systems

1994 638 citations Michael J. Therien et al. profile →
Biochemistry and Theory of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

2014 425 citations Nicholas F. Polizzi, Michael J. Therien et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Design of Light Driven Hole Bifurcating Proteins 2025 ·ACS Central Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Peng Zhang, William F. DeGrado, Michael J. Therien, David N. Beratan	0
2	Band gap opening of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes via noncovalent symmetry breaking 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), George Bullard, (unknown), (unknown), Animesh Nayak, Nicholas X. Williams, Amar Kumbhar, (unknown), (unknown), Yusong Bai, (unknown), Joanna M. Atkin, David H. Waldeck, Aaron D. Franklin, Michael J. Therien	2
3	Electron Spin Polarization and Rectification Driven by Chiral Perylene Diimide-Based Nanodonuts 2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Qirong Zhu, George Bullard, Francesco Tassinari, Mitsuhiko Morisue, Ron Naaman, Michael J. Therien	9
4	Twisted molecular wires polarize spin currents at room temperature 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Qirong Zhu, Francesco Tassinari, George Bullard, Peng Zhang, David N. Beratan, Ron Naaman, Michael J. Therien	19
5	EPR of Photoexcited Triplet-State Acceptor Porphyrins 2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Gabriel Moise, Sabine Richert, E. Peterson, William K. Myers, Michael J. Therien, Christiane R. Timmel	19
6	Spinning Molecules, Spinning Spins: Modulation of an Electron Spin Exchange Interaction in a Highly Anisotropic Hyperfine Field 2021 ·ACS Omega ·(unknown), Ruobing Wang, Michael J. Therien, Malcolm D. E. Forbes	6
7	Topology, Distance, and Orbital Symmetry Effects on Electronic Spin–Spin Couplings in Rigid Molecular Systems: Implications for Long-Distance Spin–Spin Interactions 2020 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Ruobing Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yusong Bai, Malcolm D. E. Forbes, Michael J. Therien	7
8	Allosteric cooperation in a de novo-designed two-domain protein 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Nathan W. Schmidt, (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas F. Polizzi, Lijun Liu, Michael J. Therien, Michael Grabe, Marco Chino, Angela Lombardi, William F. DeGrado	38
9	De Novo Design, Solution Characterization, and Crystallographic Structure of an Abiological Mn–Porphyrin-Binding Protein Capable of Stabilizing a Mn(V) Species 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Animesh Nayak, George Gassner, Michael J. Therien, William F. DeGrado	28
10	Low-Resistance Molecular Wires Propagate Spin-Polarized Currents 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·George Bullard, Francesco Tassinari, (unknown), Amit Kumar Mondal, Ruobing Wang, Suryakant Mishra, Ron Naaman, Michael J. Therien	36
11	Solvent- and Wavelength-Dependent Photoluminescence Relaxation Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube sp³ Defect States 2018 ·ACS Nano ·Xiaowei He, Kirill A. Velizhanin, George Bullard, Yusong Bai, J. Olivier, Nicolai F. Hartmann, Brendan J. Gifford, Svetlana Kilina, Sergei Tretiak, Han Htoon, Michael J. Therien, Stephen K. Doorn	43
12	Unusual solvent polarity dependent excitation relaxation dynamics of a bis[p-ethynyldithiobenzoato]Pd-linked bis[(porphinato)zinc] complex 2018 ·Molecular Systems Design & Engineering ·Jaehong Park, Tae‐Hong Park, Louise E. Sinks, Pravas Deria, Jiyong Park, Mu‐Hyun Baik, Michael J. Therien	2
13	De novo design of a hyperstable non-natural protein–ligand complex with sub-Å accuracy 2017 ·Nature Chemistry ·(unknown), Yibing Wu, Thomas Lemmin, Alison M. Maxwell, Shaoqing Zhang, Jeff Rawson, David N. Beratan, Michael J. Therien, William F. DeGrado	86
14	On the Importance of Electronic Symmetry for Triplet State Delocalization 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Sabine Richert, George Bullard, Jeff Rawson, Paul J. Angiolillo, Michael J. Therien, Christiane R. Timmel	40
15	Alkyne-Bridged Multi[Copper(II) Porphyrin] Structures: Nuances of Orbital Symmetry in Long-Range, Through-Bond Mediated, Isotropic Spin Exchange Interactions 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ruobing Wang, (unknown), Jeff Rawson, Michael J. Therien, Malcolm D. E. Forbes	41
16	Additive engineering for high-performance room-temperature-processed perovskite absorbers with micron-size grains and microsecond-range carrier lifetimes 2017 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Qiwei Han, Yusong Bai, Jie Liu, Ke‐Zhao Du, Tianyang Li, Dong Ji, Yihao Zhou, Changyong Cao, Donghyeop Shin, Jie Ding, Aaron D. Franklin, Jeffrey T. Glass, Jin‐Song Hu, Michael J. Therien, David B. Mitzi	165
17	The evolution of spin distribution in the photoexcited triplet state of ethyne-elaborated porphyrins 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Paul J. Angiolillo, Jeff Rawson, Paul R. Frail, Michael J. Therien	16
18	Dual energy converting nano-phosphors: upconversion luminescence and X-ray excited scintillation from a single composition of lanthanide-doped yttrium oxide 2012 ·Dalton Transactions ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Therien	23
19	Composite Electronic Materials Based on Poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene) and Highly Charged Poly(aryleneethynylene)-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes for Supercapacitors 2011 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), Pravas Deria, Michael J. Therien, Jorge J. Santiago‐Avilés	46
20	Leuko-polymersomes 2008 ·Faraday Discussions ·Daniel A. Hammer, Gregory P. Robbins, Jered B. Haun, (unknown), Qi Wei, Lee A. Smith, P. Peter Ghoroghchian, Michael J. Therien, Frank S. Bates	68

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