Paul W. M. Blom

49.2k total citations · 26 hit papers
453 papers, 42.3k citations indexed

About

Paul W. M. Blom is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul W. M. Blom has authored 453 papers receiving a total of 42.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 402 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 230 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 77 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Paul W. M. Blom's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (300 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (229 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (164 papers). Paul W. M. Blom is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (300 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (229 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (164 papers). Paul W. M. Blom collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Italy. Paul W. M. Blom's co-authors include V.D. Mihailetchi, L. Jan Anton Koster, Dago M. de Leeuw, Gert‐Jan A. H. Wetzelaer, Jan C. Hummelen, Bert de Boer, D. E. Markov, C. Tanase, M. J. M. de Jong and Kamal Asadi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Paul W. M. Blom

448 papers receiving 41.6k citations

Hit Papers

Device Physics of Polymer... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2007 2005 2005 2004 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Device Physics of Polymer:Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
    2007 2.0k citations Paul W. M. Blom, V.D. Mihailetchi et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Light intensity dependence of open-circuit voltage of polymer:fullerene solar cells
    2005 1.2k citations V.D. Mihailetchi, Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  3. Space-Charge Limited Photocurrent
    2005 1.0k citations V.D. Mihailetchi, J. Wildeman et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Photocurrent Generation in Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions
    2004 915 citations V.D. Mihailetchi, Jan C. Hummelen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. High-performance solution-processed polymer ferroelectric field-effect transistors
    2005 821 citations C. Tanase, Paul W. M. Blom et al. Nature Materials profile →
  6. Unified Description of Charge-Carrier Mobilities in Disordered Semiconducting Polymers
    2005 791 citations W. F. Pasveer, J. Cottaar et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Device model for the operation of polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells
    2005 788 citations Edsger C. P. Smits, V.D. Mihailetchi et al. Physical Review B profile →
  8. Solution-processed ambipolar organic field-effect transistors and inverters
    2003 775 citations E. J. Meijer, Dago M. de Leeuw et al. Nature Materials profile →
  9. Exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors
    2015 764 citations Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  10. Electric-field and temperature dependence of the hole mobility in poly(p-phenylene vinylene)
    1997 734 citations Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  11. Cathode dependence of the open-circuit voltage of polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells
    2003 708 citations Valentin D. Mihailetchi, Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  12. Electron and hole transport in poly(p-phenylene vinylene) devices
    1996 678 citations Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  13. Unification of the Hole Transport in Polymeric Field-Effect Transistors and Light-Emitting Diodes
    2003 627 citations C. Tanase, E. J. Meijer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Fluoride‐Free Synthesis of Two‐Dimensional Titanium Carbide (MXene) Using A Binary Aqueous System
    2018 608 citations Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  15. Origin of the light intensity dependence of the short-circuit current of polymer/fullerene solar cells
    2005 604 citations V.D. Mihailetchi, Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  16. Small Bandgap Polymers for Organic Solar Cells(Polymer Material Development in the Last 5 Years)
    2008 589 citations Jan C. Hummelen, Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  17. Electron Transport in a Methanofullerene
    2003 570 citations V.D. Mihailetchi, Paul W. M. Blom et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  18. Towards molecular electronics with large-area molecular junctions
    2006 531 citations Paul W. M. Blom, Dago M. de Leeuw et al. profile →
  19. Fullerene Bisadducts for Enhanced Open‐Circuit Voltages and Efficiencies in Polymer Solar Cells
    2008 518 citations Floris B. Kooistra, Jan C. Hummelen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  20. Organic Nonvolatile Memory Devices Based on Ferroelectricity
    2009 512 citations Kamal Asadi, Paul W. M. Blom et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  21. Ultimate efficiency of polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells
    2006 484 citations V.D. Mihailetchi, Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  22. The negative piezoelectric effect of the ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride)
    2015 405 citations Ilias Katsouras, Kamal Asadi et al. Nature Materials profile →
  23. Degradation mechanisms in organic photovoltaic devices
    2011 393 citations Paul W. M. Blom et al. Organic Electronics profile →
  24. Unification of trap-limited electron transport in semiconducting polymers
    2012 392 citations Gert‐Jan A. H. Wetzelaer, Paul W. M. Blom et al. Nature Materials profile →
  25. Fluoride‐Free Synthesis of Two‐Dimensional Titanium Carbide (MXene) Using A Binary Aqueous System
    2018 311 citations Paul W. M. Blom et al. profile →
  26. An organic artificial spiking neuron for in situ neuromorphic sensing and biointerfacing
    2022 159 citations Paul W. M. Blom, Fabrizio Torricelli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul W. M. Blom Netherlands 104 35.9k 22.6k 10.5k 6.9k 3.7k 453 42.3k
Henning Sirringhaus United Kingdom 102 45.2k 1.3× 24.9k 1.1× 13.3k 1.3× 9.5k 1.4× 4.5k 1.2× 398 51.9k
Karl Leo Germany 105 39.0k 1.1× 16.2k 0.7× 14.5k 1.4× 5.6k 0.8× 6.9k 1.8× 816 45.7k
Olle Inganäs Sweden 108 37.9k 1.1× 34.1k 1.5× 7.6k 0.7× 9.3k 1.3× 3.0k 0.8× 566 48.9k
Thomas D. Anthopoulos United Kingdom 97 30.1k 0.8× 17.2k 0.8× 11.2k 1.1× 4.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 495 34.2k
Iain McCulloch United Kingdom 122 51.8k 1.4× 40.7k 1.8× 10.9k 1.0× 8.6k 1.3× 2.9k 0.8× 588 59.4k
C. Daniel Frisbie United States 90 23.5k 0.7× 8.8k 0.4× 8.5k 0.8× 8.3k 1.2× 6.0k 1.6× 287 30.5k
Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen United States 92 27.4k 0.8× 21.1k 0.9× 7.2k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 333 31.9k
Alberto Salleo United States 101 32.5k 0.9× 22.4k 1.0× 7.7k 0.7× 7.5k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 351 38.6k
Donal D. C. Bradley United Kingdom 114 55.2k 1.5× 35.1k 1.6× 18.5k 1.8× 7.9k 1.2× 5.8k 1.6× 605 64.6k
Antonio Facchetti United States 123 50.5k 1.4× 31.6k 1.4× 17.3k 1.7× 9.3k 1.3× 2.6k 0.7× 555 61.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Shuanglong, Zhitian Ling, Paul W. M. Blom, Tomasz Marszałek, & Wojciech Pisula. (2025). Engineering Strategies for 2D Layered Tin Halide Perovskite Field‐Effect Transistors. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(48). 2 indexed citations
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Berger, Rüdiger, et al.. (2024). Transfer-printing of patterned PEDOT:PSS structures for bendable, stretchable and biodegradable electronics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(11). 3865–3872. 11 indexed citations
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Bauer, Michael, Daniele Padula, Alessandro Landi, et al.. (2024). Formation of electron traps in semiconducting polymers via a slow triple-encounter between trap precursor particles. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 25(1). 2312148–2312148. 2 indexed citations
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Kovács‐Vajna, Zsolt M., et al.. (2024). Microfabrication of Organic Electrochemical Transistors for High‐Performance Integrated Bioelectronics. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(7). 5 indexed citations
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Kim, Seunghyeon, Xin Zhou, Yungui Li, et al.. (2024). Size‐Dependent Photocatalytic Reactivity of Conjugated Microporous Polymer Nanoparticles. Advanced Materials. 36(35). e2404054–e2404054. 17 indexed citations
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Rosendo, E. del Pino, et al.. (2023). Symmetry-breaking charge transfer and intersystem crossing in copper phthalocyanine thin films. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(9). 6847–6856. 5 indexed citations
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Lin, Kun‐Han, et al.. (2023). Ambipolar charge transport in a non-fullerene acceptor. APL Materials. 11(2). 3 indexed citations
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Gačanin, Jasmina, Dimitrios A. Koutsouras, Pia Winterwerber, et al.. (2023). Photoinduced Amyloid Fibril Degradation for Controlled Cell Patterning. Macromolecular Bioscience. 23(2). 1 indexed citations
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Neophytou, Marios, Beata Łuszczyńska, Paul W. M. Blom, et al.. (2022). Role of oxygen within end group substituents on film morphology and charge carrier transport in thiophene/phenylene small-molecule semiconductors. Organic Electronics. 109. 106608–106608. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuanglong, Tomasz Marszałek, Heng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Grain Engineering for Improved Charge Carrier Transport in Two-Dimensional Lead-Free Perovskite Field-Effect Transistors. 1 indexed citations
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Kotadiya, Naresh B., Artem Fediai, Franz Symalla, et al.. (2021). De Novo Simulation of Charge Transport through Organic Single-Carrier Devices. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17(10). 6416–6422. 5 indexed citations
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Katsouras, Ilias, Kamal Asadi, Mengyuan Li, et al.. (2015). The negative piezoelectric effect of the ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride). Nature Materials. 15(1). 78–84. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yuan & Paul W. M. Blom. (2010). Field-assisted ionization of molecular doping in conjugated polymers. Organic Electronics. 11(7). 1261–1267. 15 indexed citations
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Smits, Edsger C. P., Sepas Setayesh, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, et al.. (2007). Near‐Infrared Light‐Emitting Ambipolar Organic Field‐Effect Transistors. Advanced Materials. 19(5). 734–738. 132 indexed citations
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Kooistra, Floris B., et al.. (2006). New C84 Derivative and Its Application in a Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell. Chemistry of Materials. 18(13). 3068–3073. 121 indexed citations
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Smits, Edsger C. P., Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Sepas Setayesh, et al.. (2006). Ambipolar charge transport in organic field-effect transistors. Physical Review B. 73(20). 152 indexed citations
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Hadipour, Afshin, J. Wildeman, Floris B. Kooistra, et al.. (2006). Solution‐Processed Organic Tandem Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 16(14). 1897–1903. 234 indexed citations
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Mihailetchi, V.D., J. Wildeman, & Paul W. M. Blom. (2005). Space-Charge Limited Photocurrent. Physical Review Letters. 94(12). 126602–126602. 1015 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pasveer, W. F., J. Cottaar, C. Tanase, et al.. (2005). Unified Description of Charge-Carrier Mobilities in Disordered Semiconducting Polymers. Physical Review Letters. 94(20). 206601–206601. 791 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tanase, C., E. J. Meijer, Paul W. M. Blom, & Dago M. de Leeuw. (2003). Unification of the Hole Transport in Polymeric Field-Effect Transistors and Light-Emitting Diodes. Physical Review Letters. 91(21). 216601–216601. 627 indexed citations breakdown →

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