Pol Besenius

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Pol Besenius is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pol Besenius has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Biomaterials, 64 papers in Organic Chemistry and 31 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pol Besenius's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (60 papers), Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (30 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (22 papers). Pol Besenius is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (60 papers), Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (30 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (22 papers). Pol Besenius collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Pol Besenius's co-authors include Maartje M. C. Bastings, Boris Rybtchinski, Elisha Krieg, E. W. Meijer, Anja R. A. Palmans, Hendrik Frisch, Daniël Spitzer, Tristan Mes, Tom F. A. de Greef and Takaya Terashima and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Pol Besenius

87 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Supramolecular Polymers in Aqueous Media

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pol Besenius Germany	29	2.2k	2.2k	1.3k	834	379	92	3.5k
Martin Wolffs Netherlands	16	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	442 0.5×	508 1.3×	19	3.3k
Arianna Friggeri Netherlands	23	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	875 1.0×	208 0.5×	29	2.8k
Mitsutoshi Masuda Japan	31	3.4k 1.5×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	1.8k 2.1×	343 0.9×	81	4.8k
Rint P. Sijbesma Netherlands	32	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	408 0.5×	469 1.2×	57	2.9k
Andrew R. Hirst United Kingdom	25	3.8k 1.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 2.0×	575 1.5×	27	4.4k
Kazunori Sugiyasu Japan	35	3.4k 1.5×	2.9k 1.3×	3.2k 2.5×	793 1.0×	636 1.7×	75	5.4k
Kyoung Taek Kim South Korea	32	1.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	631 0.8×	572 1.5×	76	3.2k
Freek J. M. Hoeben Netherlands	28	2.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	3.1k 2.4×	799 1.0×	865 2.3×	44	5.4k
Andrew G. Cheetham United States	32	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	747 0.6×	2.3k 2.7×	298 0.8×	43	4.3k
Soichiro Ogi Japan	24	2.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	2.9k 2.2×	383 0.5×	485 1.3×	44	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pol Besenius

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Fichter, Michael, Alexander Fuchs, Paul M. Schneider, et al.. (2025). Unfolding and Degradation of Micellar Immunodrug Carriers Derived From End Group Modified Aliphatic Poly(Carbonate)s with Acid‐Responsive Ketal Side Groups. Advanced Materials. 38(8). e11752–e11752.

Soares, Frederico Antônio Loureiro & Pol Besenius. (2025). Mechanophoric hydrogels: when mechanical stress produces useful responses. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(9). 3107–3128. 2 indexed citations

Parekh, Sapun H., et al.. (2025). Enhanced Electrical Performance and Stretchability by Plasticizer‐Facilitated PEDOT:PSS Self‐Alignment. Advanced Science. 12(27). e2502853–e2502853. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xinxiang, et al.. (2025). Sol–Gel Transition in Heteroassociative RNA-Protein Solutions: A Quantitative Comparison of Coarse-Grained Simulations and the Semenov–Rubinstein Theory. Macromolecules. 58(6). 3331–3342.

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

Stickdorn, Judith, Krzysztof Radacki, Holger Braunschweig, et al.. (2024). Aliphatic polycarbonates with acid degradable ketal side groups as multi-pH-responsive immunodrug nanocarriers. Biomaterials Science. 13(6). 1414–1425. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yuqing, et al.. (2024). Cucurbit[8]uril Mediated Supramolecular and Photocrosslinked Interpenetrating Network Hydrogel Matrices for 3D‐Bioprinting. Advanced Materials. 36(26). e2313270–e2313270. 16 indexed citations

Zhao, Li, et al.. (2024). Regulating H₂S release from self-assembled peptide H₂S-donor conjugates using cysteine derivatives. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(40). 8173–8181. 3 indexed citations

Bauer, Tobias, Pol Besenius, Kaloian Koynov, et al.. (2023). Tuning the Cross-Linking Density and Cross-Linker in Core Cross-Linked Polymeric Micelles and Its Effects on the Particle Stability in Human Blood Plasma and Mice. Biomacromolecules. 24(8). 3545–3556. 9 indexed citations

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Pett, Christian, Joost C. van der Horst, Hajime Yurugi, et al.. (2023). MUC1 Glycopeptide Vaccine Modified with a GalNAc Glycocluster Targets the Macrophage Galactose C-type Lectin on Dendritic Cells to Elicit an Improved Humoral Response. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(24). 13027–13037. 23 indexed citations

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Besenius, Pol, et al.. (2023). Impact of sample history and solvent effects on pathway control in the supramolecular polymerisation of Au(i)-metallopeptide amphiphiles. Polymer Chemistry. 14(16). 1888–1892. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Libin, Liang Cheng, Jing Yang, et al.. (2022). Construction of Active Protein Materials: Manipulation on Morphology of Salmon Calcitonin Assemblies with Enhanced Bone Regeneration Effect. Advanced Materials. 34(45). e2207526–e2207526. 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Libin, et al.. (2022). Modular Platform of Carbohydrates-modified Supramolecular Polymers Based on Dendritic Peptide Scaffolds. ACS Polymers Au. 2(6). 478–485. 13 indexed citations

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Haag, Rainer, et al.. (2021). Supramolecular polymerization of sulfated dendritic peptide amphiphiles into multivalent L-selectin binders. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 17. 97–104. 2 indexed citations

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Frisch, Hendrik, et al.. (2014). The Synthesis of Dendritic EDOT–Peptide Conjugates and their Multistimuli‐Responsive Self‐Assembly into Supramolecular Nanorods and Fibers in Water. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 9(8). 2052–2057. 12 indexed citations

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Frisch, Hendrik, Jan P. Unsleber, Martin Peterlechner, et al.. (2013). pH‐Switchable Ampholytic Supramolecular Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(38). 10097–10101. 115 indexed citations

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Besenius, Pol, et al.. (2012). Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e3975–e3975. 12 indexed citations

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Kaeser, Adrien, Robert Abbel, Pol Besenius, et al.. (2012). Side Chains Control Dynamics and Self-Sorting in Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 7(1). 408–416. 58 indexed citations

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Besenius, Pol, Harald M. H. G. Albers, Tom F. A. de Greef, et al.. (2011). Controlled Supramolecular Oligomerization of C₃‐Symmetrical Molecules in Water: The Impact of Hydrophobic Shielding. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(18). 5193–5203. 53 indexed citations

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Besenius, Pol, Peter A. G. Cormack, R. Frederick Ludlow, Sijbren Otto, & David C. Sherrington. (2008). Polymer-supported cationic templates for molecular recognition of anionic hosts in water. Chemical Communications. 2809–2809. 18 indexed citations

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