Nikos Hadjichristidis

29.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
629 papers, 24.2k citations indexed

About

Nikos Hadjichristidis is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikos Hadjichristidis has authored 629 papers receiving a total of 24.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 388 papers in Organic Chemistry, 250 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 217 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nikos Hadjichristidis's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (271 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (135 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (119 papers). Nikos Hadjichristidis is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (271 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (135 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (119 papers). Nikos Hadjichristidis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Saudi Arabia and United States. Nikos Hadjichristidis's co-authors include Hermis Iatrou, Marinos Pitsikalis, Stergios Pispas, Jimmy W. Mays, Yves Gnanou, Lewis J. Fetters, George Floudas, Apostolos Avgeropoulos, David J. Lohse and Edwin L. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Nikos Hadjichristidis

617 papers receiving 23.7k 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.

Polymers with Complex Architecture by Living Anionic Polymerization

2001 1.1k citations Nikos Hadjichristidis, Marinos Pitsikalis et al. profile →
Macromolecular architectures by living and controlled/living polymerizations

2006 546 citations Nikos Hadjichristidis, Hermis Iatrou et al. profile →
Anionic polymerization: High vacuum techniques

2000 504 citations Nikos Hadjichristidis, Hermis Iatrou et al. profile →
Effect of Molecular Weight on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Block Copolymer Electrolytes

2007 464 citations Hermis Iatrou, Nikos Hadjichristidis et al. Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikos Hadjichristidis Greece	71	15.1k	9.1k	8.5k	5.7k	3.2k	629	24.2k
Jimmy W. Mays United States	63	6.7k 0.4×	5.6k 0.6×	6.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	2.7k 0.9×	408	15.9k
Stephen Z. D. Cheng United States	80	7.6k 0.5×	11.3k 1.2×	11.2k 1.3×	7.2k 1.3×	1.9k 0.6×	528	23.4k
Gerrit ten Brinke Netherlands	54	5.5k 0.4×	4.0k 0.4×	6.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	258	11.8k
Adi Eisenberg Canada	92	23.9k 1.6×	9.4k 1.0×	14.0k 1.6×	8.9k 1.6×	9.3k 2.9×	369	37.5k
Matthias Ballauff Germany	74	10.2k 0.7×	3.3k 0.4×	9.0k 1.1×	2.6k 0.5×	4.8k 1.5×	322	20.8k
Bernard Lotz France	72	3.3k 0.2×	10.2k 1.1×	4.9k 0.6×	7.5k 1.3×	833 0.3×	240	15.9k
Rint P. Sijbesma Netherlands	65	12.7k 0.8×	6.1k 0.7×	8.7k 1.0×	8.5k 1.5×	778 0.2×	187	22.5k
John M. Torkelson United States	70	3.9k 0.3×	8.4k 0.9×	8.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.4×	841 0.3×	295	16.3k
Virgil Percec United States	109	31.7k 2.1×	16.7k 1.8×	13.2k 1.5×	11.2k 2.0×	4.9k 1.5×	783	47.0k
Lewis J. Fetters United States	70	6.2k 0.4×	7.8k 0.9×	8.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.3×	2.7k 0.8×	303	18.0k

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Chen, Kai, Shuo Li, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2025). Controlled Solid-State Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Carbonates via Mechanochemical H-Bonding Organocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(30). 26844–26853.

Hou, Yunlong & Nikos Hadjichristidis. (2025). Coassembly of Pro-Labile Polymers and MOFs toward Tunable Hierarchy and Functionality. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(5). 2924–2932. 1 indexed citations

Tian, Jiaming, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Xin Wang, & Zhengbiao Zhang. (2025). A General and Mild Two‐Step Strategy Using Bioderived Diols and CO₂ for Chemically Recyclable Polycarbonates and Closed‐Loop CO₂ Fixation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(19). e202423162–e202423162. 4 indexed citations

Fan, Xiaotong, Jie Zheng, Jayven Chee Chuan Yeo, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Covalent Bonds Enabled Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers Recyclability and Material Circularity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(40). e202408969–e202408969. 29 indexed citations

Xu, Jiaxi, Jiayi Wang, Osman M. Bakr, & Nikos Hadjichristidis. (2023). Controlling the Fluorescence Performance of AIE Polymers by Controlling the Polymer Microstructure. Angewandte Chemie. 135(12). 1 indexed citations

Ladelta, Viko, Κωνσταντίνος Ντέτσικας, George Zapsas, & Nikos Hadjichristidis. (2022). Non-Covalent PS–SC–PI Triblock Terpolymers via Polylactide Stereocomplexation: Synthesis and Thermal Properties. Macromolecules. 55(7). 2832–2843. 11 indexed citations

Ladelta, Viko, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and Thermal Analysis of Non-Covalent PS-b-SC-b-P2VP Triblock Terpolymers via Polylactide Stereocomplexation. Polymers. 14(12). 2431–2431. 7 indexed citations

Guo, Leiming, Κωνσταντίνος Ντέτσικας, George Zapsas, et al.. (2022). Highly Efficient Production of Nanoporous Block Copolymers with Arbitrary Structural Characteristics for Advanced Membranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(4). e202212400–e202212400. 11 indexed citations

Ντέτσικας, Κωνσταντίνος, et al.. (2022). Quo Vadis Carbanionic Polymerization?. ACS Polymers Au. 3(2). 158–181. 26 indexed citations

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Musteaţa, Valentina, et al.. (2021). Thermo-Responsive Membranes from Blends of PVDF and PNIPAM-b-PVDF Block Copolymers with Linear and Star Architectures. Macromolecules. 54(21). 10235–10250. 21 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sandeep Kumar, et al.. (2021). Well-defined cyclic polymer synthesis via an efficient etherification-based bimolecular ring-closure strategy. Polymer Chemistry. 12(45). 6616–6625. 11 indexed citations

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Ντέτσικας, Κωνσταντίνος, et al.. (2020). Noncovalent Supramolecular Diblock Copolymers: Synthesis and Microphase Separation. Macromolecules. 53(15). 6682–6689. 30 indexed citations

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Ντέτσικας, Κωνσταντίνος, George Zapsas, Panayiotis Bilalis, et al.. (2020). Complex Star Architectures of Well-Defined Polyethylene-Based Co/Terpolymers. Macromolecules. 53(11). 4355–4365. 11 indexed citations

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Saito, Tatsuya, Viko Ladelta, Panayiotis Bilalis, et al.. (2019). Facile synthesis of poly(trimethylene carbonate) by alkali metal carboxylate-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization. Polymer Journal. 52(1). 103–110. 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wei, et al.. (2019). Fast and selective organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization by fluorinated alcohol without a cocatalyst. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3590–3590. 82 indexed citations

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Polymeropoulos, George, George Zapsas, Κωνσταντίνος Ντέτσικας, et al.. (2017). 50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymers with Complex Architectures. Macromolecules. 50(4). 1253–1290. 342 indexed citations

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Ντέτσικας, Κωνσταντίνος, et al.. (2017). Anionic Polymerization of Styrene and 1,3-Butadiene in the Presence of Phosphazene Superbases. Polymers. 9(10). 538–538. 15 indexed citations

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Gargallo, Ligia, et al.. (2011). Amphiphilic diblock copolymers containing poly(N‐hexylisocyanate): Monolayer behavior at the air–water interface. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 122(2). 1395–1404. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaochuan, Samuel P. Gido, Thomas P. Russell, et al.. (2004). The effect of molecular architecture on the grain growth kinetics of AnBn star block copolymers. Faraday Discussions. 128. 103–103. 7 indexed citations

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Hadjichristidis, Nikos. (2002). Invited lectures presented at the IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization : held in Crete, Greece, October 22 - 26, 2001. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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