Richard D. McCullough

15.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
107 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Richard D. McCullough is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. McCullough has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 54 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 28 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard D. McCullough's work include Conducting polymers and applications (48 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (47 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (20 papers). Richard D. McCullough is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (48 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (47 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (20 papers). Richard D. McCullough collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Italy. Richard D. McCullough's co-authors include Itaru Osaka, Robert S. Loewe, Geneviève Sauvé, Tomasz Kowalewski, Elena E. Sheina, Manikandan Jayaraman, Mihaela C. Iovu, Malika Jeffries‐EL, Shawn P. Williams and Lei Zhai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. McCullough

107 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Chemistry of Conducting Polythiophenes 1992 2026 2003 2014 1998 1993 2008 1993 1999 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. The Chemistry of Conducting Polythiophenes
    1998 1.3k citations Richard D. McCullough Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Design, synthesis, and control of conducting polymer architectures: structurally homogeneous poly(3-alkylthiophenes)
    1993 766 citations Richard D. McCullough, Manikandan Jayaraman et al. profile →
  3. Advances in Molecular Design and Synthesis of Regioregular Polythiophenes
    2008 677 citations Itaru Osaka, Richard D. McCullough profile →
  4. Self-orienting head-to-tail poly(3-alkylthiophenes): new insights on structure-property relationships in conducting polymers
    1993 602 citations Richard D. McCullough, Stephanie Tristram‐Nagle et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. A Simple Method to Prepare Head-to-Tail Coupled, Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) Using Grignard Metathesis
    1999 569 citations Richard D. McCullough et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  6. Experimental Evidence for the Quasi-“Living” Nature of the Grignard Metathesis Method for the Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes)
    2005 546 citations Elena E. Sheina, Richard D. McCullough et al. Macromolecules profile →
  7. Enhanced electrical conductivity in regioselectively synthesized poly(3-alkylthiophenes)
    1992 431 citations Richard D. McCullough et al. profile →
  8. Nanostructure Dependence of Field-Effect Mobility in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Film Field Effect Transistors
    2006 417 citations Rui Zhang, Geneviève Sauvé et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard D. McCullough United States 51 9.5k 8.7k 3.7k 3.3k 1.4k 107 13.1k
Yanhou Geng China 63 10.6k 1.1× 7.9k 0.9× 3.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 347 13.2k
Mukundan Thelakkat Germany 59 7.9k 0.8× 5.5k 0.6× 5.3k 1.5× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 258 12.0k
Helmut Neugebauer Austria 45 9.7k 1.0× 7.8k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 152 12.3k
Andrew C. Grimsdale Singapore 53 11.4k 1.2× 7.6k 0.9× 6.8k 1.9× 3.5k 1.1× 827 0.6× 164 16.0k
A. J. Heeger United States 43 6.7k 0.7× 7.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 1.5k 1.1× 76 9.6k
Alejandro L. Briseño United States 46 6.2k 0.7× 3.4k 0.4× 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.4× 1.7k 1.2× 133 8.5k
Pierre M. Beaujuge Saudi Arabia 49 10.1k 1.1× 9.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 987 0.7× 93 12.3k
Adam Proń Poland 51 7.8k 0.8× 7.2k 0.8× 4.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 1.4× 334 11.8k
Barry C. Thompson United States 46 9.3k 1.0× 8.8k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 924 0.7× 139 11.7k
Dean M. DeLongchamp United States 57 9.8k 1.0× 7.8k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 737 0.2× 2.5k 1.8× 143 12.5k

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All Works

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Smith, Zachary C., Zoe M. Wright, Anne M. Arnold, et al.. (2016). Increased Toughness and Excellent Electronic Properties in Regioregular Random Copolymers of 3‐Alkylthiophenes and Thiophene. Advanced Electronic Materials. 3(1). 29 indexed citations
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Noonan, Kevin J. T., et al.. (2015). Atom transfer versus catalyst transfer: Deviations from ideal Poisson behavior in controlled polymerizations. Polymer. 72. 226–237. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianhua, Jianhua Zou, Itaru Osaka, et al.. (2011). Insight into how molecular structures of thiophene-based conjugated polymers affect crystallization behaviors. Polymer. 52(10). 2302–2309. 58 indexed citations
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Nelson, Toby L., Junying Liu, Sarada P. Mishra, et al.. (2010). Transistor Paint: High Mobilities in Small Bandgap Polymer Semiconductor Based on the Strong Acceptor, Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Strong Donor, Dithienopyrrole. Advanced Materials. 22(41). 4617–4621. 149 indexed citations
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Osaka, Itaru, Kazuo Takimiya, & Richard D. McCullough. (2010). Benzobisthiazole‐Based Semiconducting Copolymers Showing Excellent Environmental Stability in High‐Humidity Air. Advanced Materials. 22(44). 4993–4997. 72 indexed citations
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Sauvé, Geneviève, Anna E. Javier, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2010). Well-defined, high molecular weight poly(3-alkylthiophene)s in thin-film transistors: side chain invariance in field-effect mobility. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20(16). 3195–3195. 47 indexed citations
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Zhai, Lei, Darin Laird, & Richard D. McCullough. (2003). Soft-Lithography Patterning of Functionalized Regioregular Polythiophenes. Langmuir. 19(16). 6492–6497. 23 indexed citations
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Stokes, Kristoffer K., Karine Heuzé, & Richard D. McCullough. (2003). New Phosphonic Acid Functionalized, Regioregular Polythiophenes. Macromolecules. 36(19). 7114–7118. 49 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinsong & Richard D. McCullough. (2002). End Group Modification of Regioregular Polythiophene through Postpolymerization Functionalization. Macromolecules. 35(27). 9882–9889. 98 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinsong, Elena E. Sheina, Tomasz Kowalewski, & Richard D. McCullough. (2002). Tuning the Electrical Conductivity and Self-Assembly of Regioregular Polythiophene by Block Copolymerization: Nanowire Morphologies in New Di- and Triblock Copolymers We gratefully acknowledge support from the NSF (CHE-9807707).. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(2). 329–329. 346 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinsong, Elena E. Sheina, Tomasz Kowalewski, & Richard D. McCullough. (2002). Tuning the Electrical Conductivity and Self-Assembly of Regioregular Polythiophene by Block Copolymerization: Nanowire Morphologies in New Di- and Triblock Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie. 114(2). 339–342. 34 indexed citations
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Greve, Daniel R., Niels Reitzel, Tue Hassenkam, et al.. (1999). Directed self-assembly of amphiphilic regioregular polythiophenes on the nanometer scale. Synthetic Metals. 102(1-3). 1502–1505. 10 indexed citations
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Belot, J.A., Richard D. McCullough, Arnold L. Rheingold, & Glenn P. A. Yap. (1996). A Facile and Efficient Method for Preparing Ring-Alkylated Vanadocenes (RCp)2V and Mono- and Dichlorides of Ring-Alkylated Vanadocenes (RCp)2VCl and (RCp)2VCl2. Organometallics. 15(23). 5062–5065. 15 indexed citations
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Berry, G. C., et al.. (1996). Intermolecular Association and Supramolecular Organization in Dilute Solution. 1. Regioregular Poly(3-dodecylthiophene). Macromolecules. 29(3). 933–939. 64 indexed citations
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McCullough, Richard D., J.A. Belot, Arnold L. Rheingold, & Glenn P. A. Yap. (1995). Toward New Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials: Structure and Properties of the First Homobimetallic Tetrathiafulvalene Tetrathiolate Building Block. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(39). 9913–9914. 31 indexed citations
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McCullough, Richard D. & J.A. Belot. (1994). Toward New Magnetic, Electronic, and Optical Materials: Synthesis and Characterization of New Bimetallic Tetrathiafulvalene Tetrathiolate Building Blocks. Chemistry of Materials. 6(8). 1396–1403. 31 indexed citations
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McCullough, Richard D., et al.. (1993). Self-orienting head-to-tail poly(3-alkylthiophenes): new insights on structure-property relationships in conducting polymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(11). 4910–4911. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCullough, Richard D., A. B. Bailey, D. O. COWAN, et al.. (1988). Electrical and magnetic studies on some new organic conductors made with tetratellurafulvalene (TTeF). Synthetic Metals. 27(3-4). 493–498. 4 indexed citations

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