Rafał Klajn

13.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
94 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Rafał Klajn is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafał Klajn has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Organic Chemistry and 24 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Rafał Klajn's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (32 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (24 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers). Rafał Klajn is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (32 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (24 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers). Rafał Klajn collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Rafał Klajn's co-authors include Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Kyle J. M. Bishop, Angela B. Grommet, J. Fraser Stoddart, Pintu K. Kundu, Udayabhaskararao Thumu, Petr Král, Paul J. Wesson, Julius Gemen and Luis M. Liz‐Marzán and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rafał Klajn

93 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Spiropyran-based dynamic materials 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2020 2015 2010 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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. Spiropyran-based dynamic materials
    2013 1.7k citations Rafał Klajn Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  2. Chemical reactivity under nanoconfinement
    2020 604 citations Angela B. Grommet, Rafał Klajn et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  3. Light-controlled self-assembly of non-photoresponsive nanoparticles
    2015 474 citations Pintu K. Kundu, Dipak Samanta et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
  4. Nanoparticles functionalised with reversible molecular and supramolecular switches
    2010 454 citations Rafał Klajn, J. Fraser Stoddart et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  5. Stimuli-responsive self-assembly of nanoparticles
    2019 399 citations Rafał Klajn et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  6. Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures
    2021 206 citations Julius Gemen, Rafał Klajn et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
  7. Disequilibrating azobenzenes by visible-light sensitization under confinement
    2023 117 citations Julius Gemen, Michał J. Białek et al. profile →

Peers

Rafał Klajn
Pancě Naumov United Arab Emirates
Wesley R. Browne Netherlands
Rienk Eelkema Netherlands
Si Wu China
Nathalie Katsonis Netherlands
Christopher J. Barrett Canada
Arri Priimägi Finland
Bart Jan Ravoo Germany
Stefan Hecht Germany
Subi J. George India
Pancě Naumov United Arab Emirates
Rafał Klajn
Citations per year, relative to Rafał Klajn Rafał Klajn (= 1×) peers Pancě Naumov

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafał Klajn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafał Klajn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafał Klajn based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rafał Klajn. Rafał Klajn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gemen, Julius & Rafał Klajn. (2022). Electron catalysis expands the supramolecular chemist’s toolbox. Chem. 8(5). 1183–1186. 3 indexed citations
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Białek, Michał J., et al.. (2022). Encapsulation within a coordination cage modulates the reactivity of redox-active dyes. Communications Chemistry. 5(1). 44–44. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinhua, et al.. (2020). Light‐Responsive Dynamic DNA‐Origami‐Based Plasmonic Assemblies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(11). 5859–5863. 87 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinhua, et al.. (2020). Light‐Responsive Dynamic DNA‐Origami‐Based Plasmonic Assemblies. Angewandte Chemie. 133(11). 5923–5927. 13 indexed citations
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Grommet, Angela B., et al.. (2020). Chemical reactivity under nanoconfinement. Nature Nanotechnology. 15(4). 256–271. 604 indexed citations breakdown →
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Białek, Michał J. & Rafał Klajn. (2019). Diamond Grows Up. Chem. 5(9). 2283–2285. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hui, Soumyo Sen, Udayabhaskararao Thumu, et al.. (2015). Reversible trapping and reaction acceleration within dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks. Nature Nanotechnology. 11(1). 82–88. 323 indexed citations
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Manna, Debasish, Udayabhaskararao Thumu, Hui Zhao, & Rafał Klajn. (2015). Orthogonal Light‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Nanoparticles using Differently Substituted Azobenzenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(42). 12394–12397. 146 indexed citations
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Kundu, Pintu K., Dipak Samanta, Baruch Margulis, et al.. (2015). Light-controlled self-assembly of non-photoresponsive nanoparticles. Nature Chemistry. 7(8). 646–652. 474 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kundu, Pintu K., et al.. (2014). Cyclic Kinetics during Thermal Equilibration of an Axially Chiral Bis-Spiropyran. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(32). 11276–11279. 24 indexed citations
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Kundu, Pintu K., Gregory L. Olsen, Vladimir Kiss, & Rafał Klajn. (2014). Nanoporous frameworks exhibiting multiple stimuli responsiveness. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3588–3588. 162 indexed citations
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Klajn, Rafał. (2013). Spiropyran-based dynamic materials. Chemical Society Reviews. 43(1). 148–184. 1712 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klajn, Rafał, Kevin P. Browne, Siowling Soh, & Bartosz A. Grzybowski. (2010). Nanoparticles That “Remember” Temperature. Small. 6(13). 1385–1387. 21 indexed citations
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Klajn, Rafał, J. Fraser Stoddart, & Bartosz A. Grzybowski. (2010). Nanoparticles functionalised with reversible molecular and supramolecular switches. Chemical Society Reviews. 39(6). 2203–2203. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olson, Mark A., Adam B. Braunschweig, Lei Fang, et al.. (2009). A Bistable Poly[2]catenane Forms Nanosuperstructures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(10). 1792–1797. 62 indexed citations
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Browne, Kevin P., et al.. (2009). Mechanofabrication of Pancake and Rodlike Nanostructures from Deformable Nanoparticle Aggregates. Small. 5(23). 2656–2658. 3 indexed citations
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Klajn, Rafał, Mark A. Olson, Paul J. Wesson, et al.. (2009). Dynamic hook-and-eye nanoparticle sponges. Nature Chemistry. 1(9). 733–738. 105 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanhu, Rafał Klajn, Anatoliy O. Pinchuk, & Bartosz A. Grzybowski. (2008). Synthesis, Shape Control, and Optical Properties of Hybrid Au/Fe3O4 “Nanoflowers”. Small. 4(10). 1635–1639. 147 indexed citations
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Bishop, Kyle J. M., Rafał Klajn, & Bartosz A. Grzybowski. (2006). The Core and Most Useful Molecules in Organic Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(32). 5348–5354. 82 indexed citations
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Smoukov, Stoyan K., Kyle J. M. Bishop, Rafał Klajn, Christopher J. Campbell, & Bartosz A. Grzybowski. (2005). Cutting into Solids with Micropatterned Gels. Advanced Materials. 17(11). 1361–1365. 29 indexed citations

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