M.K.J.Ter Wiel

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

M.K.J.Ter Wiel is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, M.K.J.Ter Wiel has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in M.K.J.Ter Wiel's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (13 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). M.K.J.Ter Wiel is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (13 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). M.K.J.Ter Wiel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. M.K.J.Ter Wiel's co-authors include Ben L. Feringa, Richard A. van Delden, Nagatoshi Koumura, Auke Meetsma, Javier Vicario, Michael M. Pollard, Stephen Davey, Edzard M. Geertsema, Hans‐Peter E. Kohler and Steffen Oßwald and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

M.K.J.Ter Wiel

19 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface
    2005 456 citations Richard A. van Delden, M.K.J.Ter Wiel et al. Nature profile →

Peers

M.K.J.Ter Wiel
Richard A. Silva United States
Monika Lubomska Netherlands
Arjen Cnossen United Kingdom
Marcus Böckmann Germany
Nopporn Ruangsupapichat Thailand
Nina P. M. Huck Netherlands
Paul A. Bonvallet United States
Víctor García‐López United States
Jos C. M. Kistemaker Netherlands
Natia L. Frank United States
Richard A. Silva United States
M.K.J.Ter Wiel
Citations per year, relative to M.K.J.Ter Wiel M.K.J.Ter Wiel (= 1×) peers Richard A. Silva

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, et al.. (2009). Enantiopure β3-neopentylglycine: synthesis and resolution. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 20(4). 478–482. 6 indexed citations
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Heck, Tobias, Birgit Geueke, Dieter Seebàch, et al.. (2009). β-Aminopeptidases: enzymatic degradation and synthesis of β-amino acid containing peptides and kinetic resolution of β-amino acid amides. New Biotechnology. 25. S62–S62. 4 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter & Ben L. Feringa. (2009). Fine tuning of molecular rotor function in photochemical molecular switches. Tetrahedron. 65(22). 4332–4339. 10 indexed citations
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Heck, Tobias, Dieter Seebàch, Steffen Oßwald, et al.. (2009). Kinetic Resolution of Aliphatic β‐Amino Acid Amides by β‐Aminopeptidases. ChemBioChem. 10(9). 1558–1561. 34 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, et al.. (2007). 1,3‐Diethynylallenes: Stable Monomers, Length‐Defined Oligomers, Asymmetric Synthesis, and Optical Resolution. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2007(21). 3449–3462. 17 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Marcin Kwit, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2006). Synthesis, stereochemistry, and photochemical and thermal behaviour of bis-tert-butyl substituted overcrowded alkenes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(1). 87–96. 23 indexed citations
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Delden, Richard A. van, M.K.J.Ter Wiel, Michael M. Pollard, et al.. (2005). Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface. Nature. 437(7063). 1337–1340. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Richard A. van Delden, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2005). Control of rotor motion in a light-driven molecular motor: towards a molecular gearbox. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(22). 4071–4071. 32 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Richard A. van Delden, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2005). Light-Driven Molecular Motors:  Stepwise Thermal Helix Inversion during Unidirectional Rotation of Sterically Overcrowded Biphenanthrylidenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(41). 14208–14222. 65 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Javier Vicario, Stephen Davey, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2004). New procedure for the preparation of highly sterically hindered alkenes using a hypervalent iodine reagent. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(1). 28–28. 33 indexed citations
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Delden, Richard A. van, M.K.J.Ter Wiel, & Ben L. Feringa. (2004). A chiroptical molecular switch with perfect stereocontrol. Chemical Communications. 200–200. 28 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Richard A. van Delden, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2003). Increased Speed of Rotation for the Smallest Light-Driven Molecular Motor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(49). 15076–15086. 139 indexed citations
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Feringa, Ben L., Richard A. van Delden, & M.K.J.Ter Wiel. (2003). In control of switching, motion, and organization. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 75(5). 563–575. 40 indexed citations
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Geertsema, Edzard M., Nagatoshi Koumura, M.K.J.Ter Wiel, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2002). In control of the speed of rotation in molecular motors. Unexpected retardation of rotary motionElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental section. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b208323j/. Chemical Communications. 2962–2963. 28 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2002). Synthesis and molecular structure of chiral metallo-based sterically overcrowded alkenes. Tetrahedron. 58(11). 2183–2188. 5 indexed citations
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Feringa, Ben L., Nagatoshi Koumura, Richard A. van Delden, & M.K.J.Ter Wiel. (2002). Light-driven molecular switches and motors. Applied Physics A. 75(2). 301–308. 80 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Nagatoshi Koumura, Richard A. van Delden, et al.. (2001). Chiral overcrowded alkenes; Asymmetric synthesis of (3S,3′S)‐(M,M)‐(E)‐(+)‐1,1′,2,2′,3,3′,4,4′‐octahydro‐3,3′7,7′‐tetramethyl‐4,4′‐biphenanthrylidenes. Chirality. 13(6). 336–336. 3 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Nagatoshi Koumura, Richard A. van Delden, et al.. (2000). Chiral overcrowded alkenes; Asymmetric synthesis of (3S,3?S)-(M,M)-(E)-(+)-1,1?,2,2?,3,3?,4,4?-octahydro-3,3?,7,7?-tetramethyl-4,4?-biphenanthrylidenes. Chirality. 12(10). 734–741. 8 indexed citations

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