Rienk Eelkema

9.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
135 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Rienk Eelkema is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rienk Eelkema has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Organic Chemistry, 61 papers in Biomaterials and 41 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rienk Eelkema's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (57 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (36 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (22 papers). Rienk Eelkema is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (57 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (36 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (22 papers). Rienk Eelkema collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United States. Rienk Eelkema's co-authors include Jan H. van Esch, Job Boekhoven, Ben L. Feringa, Ger J. M. Koper, Wouter E. Hendriksen, Javier Vicario, Nathalie Katsonis, Chandan Maity, Dirk J. Broer and Michael M. Pollard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rienk Eelkema

134 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nanomotor rotates microscale objects

2006 727 citations Rienk Eelkema et al. profile →
Transient assembly of active materials fueled by a chemical reaction

2015 711 citations Rienk Eelkema, Jan H. van Esch et al. profile →
Dissipative out-of-equilibrium assembly of man-made supramolecular materials

2017 446 citations Susan A. P. van Rossum, Jan H. van Esch et al. profile →
Amplification of chirality in liquid crystals

2006 299 citations Rienk Eelkema et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rienk Eelkema Netherlands	45	3.3k	3.1k	2.6k	2.0k	1.3k	135	7.9k
Bart Jan Ravoo Germany	57	4.4k 1.3×	2.6k 0.8×	3.9k 1.5×	3.1k 1.6×	2.4k 1.9×	302	11.9k
Leonard J. Prins Italy	46	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	646 0.5×	134	7.6k
Tanja Weil Germany	59	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	4.2k 1.7×	3.8k 1.9×	2.2k 1.7×	300	11.3k
Pascal Jonkheijm Netherlands	50	4.3k 1.3×	4.3k 1.4×	5.1k 2.0×	2.3k 1.2×	3.0k 2.4×	161	11.6k
Rafał Klajn Israel	50	3.2k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	7.0k 2.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	94	10.9k
Da‐Hui Qu China	56	5.9k 1.8×	3.2k 1.0×	5.9k 2.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	228	11.4k
Kazushi Kinbara Japan	35	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	562 0.4×	130	6.7k
Nicolas Giuseppone France	45	4.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	596 0.5×	117	6.6k
Vladimir Stepanenko Germany	47	3.7k 1.1×	3.8k 1.2×	5.4k 2.1×	821 0.4×	1.9k 1.5×	113	8.6k
Wesley R. Browne Netherlands	59	5.0k 1.5×	1.3k 0.4×	7.4k 2.9×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	297	13.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rienk Eelkema

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20 of 20 papers shown

Denkova, Antonia G., et al.. (2025). The role of ionizing radiation-initiated reactions in targeted activation of chemotherapeutics. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 10(1). 72–87.

Eelkema, Rienk, et al.. (2024). Properties and applications of dynamic covalent ureas. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(6). 102010–102010. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Huanhuan, Adrianus C. Laan, Runze Wang, et al.. (2023). Combined Chemoradionuclide Therapy Using Poly(ε‐caprolactone‐b‐ethylene oxide) Micelles as the Delivery Vehicle. Advanced Therapeutics. 6(5). 2 indexed citations

Li, Guotai, Yifan Gao, Bowen Fan, et al.. (2023). Chemical signal regulated injectable coacervate hydrogels. Chemical Science. 14(6). 1512–1523. 26 indexed citations

Fan, Bowen, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Covalent Dextran Hydrogels as Injectable, Self-Adjuvating Peptide Vaccine Depots. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(3). 652–659. 20 indexed citations

Klemm, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the ROS Sensitivity of a Responsive Supramolecular Hydrogel Using Peroxizyme Catalysis. Biomacromolecules. 24(7). 3184–3192. 12 indexed citations

Frank, Éva, et al.. (2023). Dynamics of hydroxide-ion-driven reversible autocatalytic networks. RSC Advances. 13(29). 20243–20247. 4 indexed citations

Muralidharan, Aswin, et al.. (2023). Nucleophile responsive charge-reversing polycations for pDNA transfection. Polymer Chemistry. 14(14). 1591–1601. 2 indexed citations

Helm, Michelle P. van der, et al.. (2022). Transient Host–Guest Complexation To Control Catalytic Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(21). 9465–9471. 30 indexed citations

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Gudjonsdottir, Solrun, et al.. (2022). Permanent Electrochemical Doping of Quantum Dot Films through Photopolymerization of Electrolyte Ions. Chemistry of Materials. 34(9). 4019–4028. 4 indexed citations

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Klemm, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Thioanisole ester based logic gate cascade to control ROS-triggered micellar degradation. Polymer Chemistry. 13(16). 2383–2390. 11 indexed citations

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Men, Yongjun, et al.. (2021). Photo cleavable thioacetal block copolymers for controlled release. Polymer Chemistry. 12(25). 3612–3618. 23 indexed citations

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Helm, Michelle P. van der, et al.. (2021). On the use of catalysis to bias reaction pathways in out-of-equilibrium systems. Chemical Science. 12(12). 4484–4493. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Guotai, Fanny Trausel, Michelle P. van der Helm, et al.. (2021). Tuneable Control of Organocatalytic Activity through Host–Guest Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie. 133(25). 14141–14148. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Huanhuan, Adrianus C. Laan, Jeroen Plomp, et al.. (2020). Ionizing Radiation-Induced Release from Poly(ε-caprolactone-b-ethylene glycol) Micelles. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 3(2). 968–975. 13 indexed citations

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Perrin, Mickael L., Rienk Eelkema, Jos Thijssen, Ferdinand C. Grozema, & Herre S. J. van der Zant. (2020). Single-molecule functionality in electronic components based on orbital resonances. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(23). 12849–12866. 17 indexed citations

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Restrepo-Pérez, Laura, Gang Huang, Peggy R. Bohländer, et al.. (2019). Resolving Chemical Modifications to a Single Amino Acid within a Peptide Using a Biological Nanopore. ACS Nano. 13(12). 13668–13676. 86 indexed citations

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Lovrak, Matija, Stephen J. Picken, Rienk Eelkema, & Jan H. van Esch. (2018). Supramolecular Gluing of Polymeric Hydrogels. ChemNanoMat. 4(8). 772–775. 9 indexed citations

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Perrin, Mickael L., et al.. (2017). Design of an efficient coherent multi-site single-molecule rectifier. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(43). 29187–29194. 13 indexed citations

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Olive, Alexandre G. L., et al.. (2014). Spatial and Directional Control over Self‐Assembly Using Catalytic Micropatterned Surfaces. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(16). 4132–4136. 77 indexed citations

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