Nicolas Schaeffer

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Schaeffer is a scholar working on Catalysis, Mechanical Engineering and Filtration and Separation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Schaeffer has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Catalysis, 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 23 papers in Filtration and Separation. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Schaeffer's work include Ionic liquids properties and applications (36 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (27 papers) and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (23 papers). Nicolas Schaeffer is often cited by papers focused on Ionic liquids properties and applications (36 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (27 papers) and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (23 papers). Nicolas Schaeffer collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, France and Brazil. Nicolas Schaeffer's co-authors include João A. P. Coutinho, Mónia A. R. Martins, Simão P. Pinho, Liliana P. Silva, Dinis O. Abranches, Nicolas Papaïconomou, Helena Passos, Germán Pérez‐Sánchez, Isabelle Billard and Catarina M. S. S. Neves and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Schaeffer

57 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Phenolic hydrogen bond donors in the formation of non-ionic deep eutectic solvents: the quest for type V DES

2019 394 citations Dinis O. Abranches, Mónia A. R. Martins et al. Chemical Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Schaeffer Portugal	22	1.0k	703	430	332	299	61	1.8k
Nicolas Papaïconomou France	28	1.5k 1.5×	931 1.3×	502 1.2×	379 1.1×	248 0.8×	70	2.3k
Helena Passos Portugal	27	1.4k 1.3×	576 0.8×	1.0k 2.4×	379 1.1×	223 0.7×	63	2.3k
Benworth Hansen United States	4	1.4k 1.3×	412 0.6×	345 0.8×	608 1.8×	370 1.2×	9	2.4k
Stephanie Spittle United States	4	1.4k 1.3×	411 0.6×	344 0.8×	610 1.8×	370 1.2×	5	2.4k
Derrick Poe United States	5	1.4k 1.3×	420 0.6×	353 0.8×	626 1.9×	382 1.3×	9	2.5k
Brian Chen United States	5	1.3k 1.2×	420 0.6×	321 0.7×	606 1.8×	371 1.2×	6	2.4k
Kaveh Shahbaz New Zealand	27	1.7k 1.6×	636 0.9×	590 1.4×	814 2.5×	280 0.9×	50	2.5k
Baogen Su China	30	1.0k 1.0×	714 1.0×	327 0.8×	654 2.0×	401 1.3×	109	2.9k
Laxmi Adhikari United States	10	1.4k 1.4×	435 0.6×	341 0.8×	696 2.1×	443 1.5×	25	2.8k
Jeffrey M. Klein United States	8	1.4k 1.4×	418 0.6×	336 0.8×	645 1.9×	378 1.3×	24	2.6k

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Perlikowski, Dawid, et al.. (2026). Ionic liquid functionalised nanoceria significantly enhances photosynthetic CO2 sequestration. Industrial Crops and Products. 240. 122609–122609.

Arrachart, Guilhem, et al.. (2025). Design and characterization of novel hydrophobic eutectic solvents based on metal-extracting ligands. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 427. 127332–127332. 1 indexed citations

Sosa, Filipe H. B., et al.. (2025). An applied machine learning framework for waste lithium-ion battery leaching with integrated preliminary environmental and economic assessment. Green Chemistry. 28(1). 277–294.

Schaeffer, Nicolas & João A. P. Coutinho. (2025). Biobased Eutectic Solvents: A Natural Catch 22. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(15). 5481–5482.

Mesquita, Leonardo M. de Souza, Letícia S. Contieri, Francisca A. e Silva, et al.. (2024). Path2Green: introducing 12 green extraction principles and a novel metric for assessing sustainability in biomass valorization. Green Chemistry. 26(19). 10087–10106. 37 indexed citations

Schaeffer, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Dissolution of Metal Oxides in Hydroxylated Solvents – Towards Application in Lithium‐Ion Battery Leaching. ChemSusChem. 16(15). e202300455–e202300455. 12 indexed citations

Vargas, Silvia J. R., et al.. (2023). Simple gold recovery from e-waste leachate by selective precipitation using a quaternary ammonium salt. Separation and Purification Technology. 316. 123797–123797. 22 indexed citations

Schaeffer, Nicolas, Joana Luísa Pereira, Sónia P. M. Ventura, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Purine-Based Ionic Liquids and Their Applications. Molecules. 26(22). 6958–6958. 6 indexed citations

Pérez‐Sánchez, Germán, Nicolas Schaeffer, André Moreni Lopes, Jorge F. B. Pereira, & João A. P. Coutinho. (2021). Using coarse-grained molecular dynamics to understand the effect of ionic liquids on the aggregation of Pluronic copolymer solutions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(10). 5824–5833. 19 indexed citations

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Morais, Eduarda S., Nicolas Schaeffer, Mara G. Freire, et al.. (2021). Integrated Production and Separation of Furfural Using an Acidic-Based Aqueous Biphasic System. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(36). 12205–12212. 9 indexed citations

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Passos, Helena, et al.. (2021). Selective Sequential Recovery of Zinc and Copper from Acid Mine Drainage. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(10). 3647–3657. 22 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, Nicolas, Helena Passos, Matthieu Gras, et al.. (2020). Selective Separation of Manganese, Cobalt, and Nickel in a Fully Aqueous System. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(32). 12260–12269. 29 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, Nicolas, et al.. (2020). Using coarse-grained molecular dynamics to rationalize biomolecule solubilization mechanisms in ionic liquid-based colloidal systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(42). 24771–24783. 10 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, Nicolas, Mónia A. R. Martins, Márcia C. Neves, et al.. (2020). Non-ionic hydrophobic eutectics – versatile solvents for tailored metal separation and valorisation. Green Chemistry. 22(9). 2810–2820. 100 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Sánchez, Germán, Filipa A. Vicente, Nicolas Schaeffer, et al.. (2020). Unravelling the Interactions between Surface-Active Ionic Liquids and Triblock Copolymers for the Design of Thermal Responsive Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 124(32). 7046–7058. 18 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Sánchez, Germán, Filipa A. Vicente, Nicolas Schaeffer, et al.. (2019). Rationalizing the Phase Behavior of Triblock Copolymers through Experiments and Molecular Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(34). 21224–21236. 42 indexed citations

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Abranches, Dinis O., Mónia A. R. Martins, Liliana P. Silva, et al.. (2019). Phenolic hydrogen bond donors in the formation of non-ionic deep eutectic solvents: the quest for type V DES. Chemical Communications. 55(69). 10253–10256. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schaeffer, Nicolas, et al.. (2019). Temperature-responsive extraction of violacein using a tuneable anionic surfactant-based system. Chemical Communications. 55(59). 8643–8646. 12 indexed citations

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Abranches, Dinis O., Nicolas Schaeffer, Liliana P. Silva, et al.. (2019). The Role of Charge Transfer in the Formation of Type I Deep Eutectic Solvent-Analogous Ionic Liquid Mixtures. Molecules. 24(20). 3687–3687. 22 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, Nicolas, Mónia A. R. Martins, Catarina M. S. S. Neves, Simão P. Pinho, & João A. P. Coutinho. (2018). Sustainable hydrophobic terpene-based eutectic solvents for the extraction and separation of metals. Chemical Communications. 54(58). 8104–8107. 150 indexed citations

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