Rik R. Tykwinski

14.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
303 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

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Rik R. Tykwinski is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rik R. Tykwinski has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 194 papers in Organic Chemistry, 94 papers in Materials Chemistry and 78 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rik R. Tykwinski's work include Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (86 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (51 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (50 papers). Rik R. Tykwinski is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (86 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (51 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (50 papers). Rik R. Tykwinski collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Rik R. Tykwinski's co-authors include Robert McDonald, Wesley A. Chalifoux, Annabelle L. K. Shi Shun, Sara Eisler, Dan Lehnherr, Frank A. Hegmann, Michael J. Ferguson, Dirk M. Guldi, Murray R. Gray and Mojtaba Gholami 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

Rik R. Tykwinski

293 papers receiving 12.1k citations

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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.

Supramolecular Assembly Model for Aggregation of Petroleum Asphaltenes

2011 402 citations Rik R. Tykwinski, Jeffrey M. Stryker et al. Energy & Fuels profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rik R. Tykwinski Canada	59	6.9k	4.2k	3.3k	1.7k	1.2k	303	12.3k
Diego Peña Spain	49	4.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	411 0.3×	174	8.4k
Seiji Tsuzuki Japan	66	4.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	4.9k 1.5×	3.6k 2.1×	4.0k 3.3×	341	17.5k
William J. Pietro Canada	29	4.7k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.8×	1.9k 1.6×	92	12.3k
Lawrence T. Scott United States	64	12.4k 1.8×	7.7k 1.8×	2.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	292	15.4k
Michelle Francl United States	22	4.0k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.8k 1.7×	1.8k 1.5×	74	10.5k
Robert McDonald Canada	70	16.8k 2.4×	4.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	923 0.5×	821 0.7×	715	22.2k
Konstantin А. Lyssenko Russia	47	6.7k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	720 0.2×	1.0k 0.6×	2.4k 2.0×	828	12.8k
Tadeusz M. Krygowski Poland	46	10.8k 1.6×	3.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	4.0k 3.3×	309	13.5k
Clémence Corminbœuf Switzerland	59	7.8k 1.1×	6.2k 1.5×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.6×	253	15.1k
Willem Verboom Netherlands	66	8.2k 1.2×	5.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.4×	367 0.2×	1.6k 1.4×	452	17.5k

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Brown, Alex, et al.. (2025). Verdazyl-Based Radicals for High-Field Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(9). 7293–7304. 5 indexed citations

Ferguson, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Synthesis of Acenes by Mechanochemical Reductive Aromatization. Organic Letters. 27(7). 1714–1718.

Ullrich, Tobias, Michael J. Ferguson, Daniele Fazzi, et al.. (2025). Excited State Dynamics of Odd [n]Cumulenes: Chain Length and Conformational Effects. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(25). 21419–21431. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Yueze, et al.. (2025). Length-Dependent Conduction of Polyynes: Searching for the Limit of the Tunneling Regime. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 4052–4059. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Make it Double: [4]Cumulene Thermal Core Transformation and Chemical Reduction. Organic Letters. 27(39). 10993–10998.

Ferguson, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Sterically Hindered Derivatives of Pentacene and Octafluoropentacene. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(69). e202402651–e202402651. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Yueze, et al.. (2024). Length Dependent Conduction of Polyynes: Searching for the Limit of the Tunneling Regime. ChemRxiv.

Gao, Yueze, Juan Aragó, Enrique Ortı́, et al.. (2024). Aggregation of One‐Dimensional Wires: The Case of Long Oligoynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(38). e202404014–e202404014.

Zhou, Zheng, et al.. (2024). Bending a Cumulene with Electrons: Stepwise Chemical Reduction and Structural Study of a Tetraaryl[4]Cumulene. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(26). e202304145–e202304145. 8 indexed citations

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Hou, Yuxuan, Ilias Papadopoulos, Yifan Bo, et al.. (2023). Catalyzing Singlet Fission by Transition Metals: Second versus Third Row Effects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(9). 555–564. 2 indexed citations

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Edhborg, Fredrik, et al.. (2022). Molecular rotational conformation controls the rate of singlet fission and triplet decay in pentacene dimers. Chemical Science. 13(17). 4944–4954. 17 indexed citations

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Oakley, Meagan S., Matteo Tommasini, Chiara Zanchi, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Ring Strain on Cyclic Tetraaryl[5]cumulenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(38). e202200616–e202200616. 1 indexed citations

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Morita, Takeshi, Masato Morimoto, Hiroshi Imamura, et al.. (2022). Disaggregation of Asphaltene Aggregates in Solutions Depending upon Affinity Indices of the Hansen Solubility Parameter Using Ultrasmall-, Small-, and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering. Energy & Fuels. 36(17). 10043–10051. 3 indexed citations

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Papadopoulos, Ilias, S. Rajagopala Reddy, Pedro B. Coto, et al.. (2022). Parallel versus Twisted Pentacenes: Conformational Impact on Singlet Fission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(23). 5094–5100. 10 indexed citations

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Golbek, Thaddeus W., Rik R. Tykwinski, Jeffrey M. Stryker, et al.. (2021). Model Asphaltenes Adsorbed onto Methyl- and COOH-Terminated SAMs on Gold. Langmuir. 37(32). 9785–9792. 4 indexed citations

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Zirzlmeier, Johannes, Stephen Schrettl, Jan Cornelius Brauer, et al.. (2020). Optical gap and fundamental gap of oligoynes and carbyne. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4797–4797. 38 indexed citations

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Basel, Bettina S., Constantin Hetzer, Johannes Zirzlmeier, et al.. (2019). Davydov splitting and singlet fission in excitonically coupled pentacene dimers. Chemical Science. 10(13). 3854–3863. 70 indexed citations

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Lavarda, Giulia, et al.. (2018). Feinabstimmung von intramolekularem resonantem Förster‐Energietransfer und Aktivierung intramolekularer Singulettspaltung. Angewandte Chemie. 130(50). 16528–16533. 4 indexed citations

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Januszewski, Johanna A. & Rik R. Tykwinski. (2014). Synthesis and properties of long [n]cumulenes (n≥ 5). Chemical Society Reviews. 43(9). 3184–3203. 150 indexed citations

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Ohta, Koji, Satoru Yamada, Kenji Kamada, et al.. (2010). Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Two-Dimensional π-Conjugated Chromophores: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 115(2). 105–117. 59 indexed citations

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