Michael Kathan

1.3k total citations
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Kathan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kathan has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Kathan's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (8 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (6 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (6 papers). Michael Kathan is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (8 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (6 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (6 papers). Michael Kathan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Japan. Michael Kathan's co-authors include Stefan Hecht, André Dallmann, Christoph Jurissek, Fabian Eisenreich, Petr Kovaříček, Bernd M. Schmidt, Antti Senf, Andreas F. Thünemann, Ben L. Feringa and Johannes Gurke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael Kathan

17 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Kathan Germany 13 657 585 281 197 120 17 1.0k
Jetsuda Areephong Netherlands 22 977 1.5× 550 0.9× 365 1.3× 232 1.2× 103 0.9× 38 1.3k
Johannes Buback Germany 12 463 0.7× 758 1.3× 150 0.5× 71 0.4× 68 0.6× 16 1.1k
Sameh Helmy United States 5 708 1.1× 306 0.5× 378 1.3× 128 0.6× 71 0.6× 8 861
Derk Jan van Dijken Netherlands 10 394 0.6× 381 0.7× 161 0.6× 253 1.3× 75 0.6× 15 690
Hikaru Sotome Japan 19 896 1.4× 514 0.9× 230 0.8× 124 0.6× 156 1.3× 74 1.2k
José Augusto Berrocal Netherlands 22 475 0.7× 618 1.1× 118 0.4× 347 1.8× 140 1.2× 57 1.1k
Katsuya Mutoh Japan 22 1.2k 1.8× 634 1.1× 318 1.1× 74 0.4× 75 0.6× 59 1.4k
James R. Hemmer United States 9 640 1.0× 305 0.5× 337 1.2× 136 0.7× 77 0.6× 14 861
Ragnar S. Stoll Germany 10 630 1.0× 658 1.1× 214 0.8× 191 1.0× 179 1.5× 12 1.0k
Songjie Yang United Kingdom 12 1.4k 2.1× 567 1.0× 563 2.0× 114 0.6× 166 1.4× 35 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Kathan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Kathan

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All Works

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Kathan, Michael, et al.. (2025). A molecular machine directs the synthesis of a catenane. Science. 389(6759). 526–531. 3 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Strain on the Rotation of an Artificial Molecular Motor. Angewandte Chemie. 134(34). 3 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Strain on the Rotation of an Artificial Molecular Motor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(34). e202205801–e202205801. 12 indexed citations
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Grunenberg, Lars, Maxwell W. Terban, Wesley R. Browne, et al.. (2022). Light-driven molecular motors embedded in covalent organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 13(28). 8253–8264. 37 indexed citations
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Ovalle, Marco, et al.. (2022). Light‐Fueled Transformations of a Dynamic Cage‐Based Molecular System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(9). e202214495–e202214495. 40 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, Stefano Crespi, Niklas O. Thiel, et al.. (2021). A light-fuelled nanoratchet shifts a coupled chemical equilibrium. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(2). 159–165. 66 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, Christoph Jurissek, Petr Kovaříček, & Stefan Hecht. (2019). Imine‐based dynamic polymer networks as photoprogrammable amine sensing devices. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 57(24). 2378–2382. 10 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, Fabian Eisenreich, Christoph Jurissek, et al.. (2018). Light-driven molecular trap enables bidirectional manipulation of dynamic covalent systems. Nature Chemistry. 10(10). 1031–1036. 93 indexed citations
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Jurissek, Christoph, Fabian Berger, Fabian Eisenreich, Michael Kathan, & Stefan Hecht. (2018). Externe Umkehr eines Chiralitätstransfers im Photoschalter. Angewandte Chemie. 131(7). 1965–1969. 6 indexed citations
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Jurissek, Christoph, Fabian Berger, Fabian Eisenreich, Michael Kathan, & Stefan Hecht. (2018). External Reversal of Chirality Transfer in Photoswitches. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(7). 1945–1949. 28 indexed citations
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Eisenreich, Fabian, et al.. (2018). A photoswitchable catalyst system for remote-controlled (co)polymerization in situ. Nature Catalysis. 1(7). 516–522. 117 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael & Stefan Hecht. (2017). Photoswitchable molecules as key ingredients to drive systems away from the global thermodynamic minimum. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(18). 5536–5550. 236 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, Petr Kovaříček, Christoph Jurissek, et al.. (2016). Kontrolle der Kinetik von Iminaustauschreaktionen mit Photoschaltern zur lichtgesteuerten Modulation der Selbstheilung in Polysiloxannetzwerken. Angewandte Chemie. 128(44). 14086–14090. 26 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, Petr Kovaříček, Christoph Jurissek, et al.. (2016). Control of Imine Exchange Kinetics with Photoswitches to Modulate Self‐Healing in Polysiloxane Networks by Light Illumination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(44). 13882–13886. 161 indexed citations
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Schweinfurth, David, Michal Zalibera, Michael Kathan, et al.. (2014). Helicene Quinones: Redox-Triggered Chiroptical Switching and Chiral Recognition of the Semiquinone Radical Anion Lithium Salt by Electron Nuclear Double Resonance Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(37). 13045–13052. 122 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Bernd M., et al.. (2014). Syntheses and Properties of Multiferrocenylated Corannulenes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2014(31). 5391–5405. 15 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Bernd M., et al.. (2012). Corannulenylferrocenes: towards a 1D, non-covalent metal–organic nanowire. Chemical Communications. 48(50). 6298–6298. 40 indexed citations

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