Sami Nummelin

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Sami Nummelin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sami Nummelin has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sami Nummelin's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (14 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Sami Nummelin is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (14 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Sami Nummelin collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and United Kingdom. Sami Nummelin's co-authors include Mauri A. Kostiainen, Veikko Linko, Virgil Percec, Paul A. Heiney, Mihai Peterca, Andrés E. Dulcey, Steven D. Hudson, Ján Šmidrkal, Venkatachalapathy S. K. Balagurusamy and Ulrica Edlund and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sami Nummelin

34 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Self-assembly of amphiphilic dendritic dipeptides into he... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Self-assembly of amphiphilic dendritic dipeptides into helical pores
    2004 581 citations Virgil Percec, Andrés E. Dulcey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sami Nummelin Finland 20 1.1k 787 704 583 437 34 2.1k
Maisie J. Joralemon United States 12 673 0.6× 524 0.7× 1.2k 1.7× 336 0.6× 355 0.8× 13 1.8k
Almut Mecke United States 13 1.4k 1.3× 386 0.5× 352 0.5× 891 1.5× 445 1.0× 14 2.3k
Ron Orbach Israel 29 2.4k 2.3× 821 1.0× 362 0.5× 166 0.3× 497 1.1× 34 3.2k
Dali Wang China 23 779 0.7× 414 0.5× 377 0.5× 311 0.5× 400 0.9× 50 1.7k
David A. Fulton United Kingdom 29 708 0.7× 552 0.7× 1.4k 1.9× 400 0.7× 599 1.4× 65 2.4k
Hao‐Jan Sun United States 20 461 0.4× 744 0.9× 974 1.4× 588 1.0× 828 1.9× 27 1.9k
Alessandro Cecconello Israel 25 2.0k 1.9× 490 0.6× 175 0.2× 240 0.4× 835 1.9× 49 3.0k
One‐Sun Lee United States 23 743 0.7× 594 0.8× 446 0.6× 145 0.2× 553 1.3× 52 1.7k
Julie Thévenot France 16 663 0.6× 1.4k 1.7× 659 0.9× 296 0.5× 512 1.2× 24 2.4k
Kyoung Taek Kim South Korea 32 631 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 1.8k 2.6× 572 1.0× 1.2k 2.7× 76 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sami Nummelin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sami Nummelin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Qing, Zhuojun Meng, Sami Nummelin, et al.. (2023). Engineered Protein Copolymers for Heparin Neutralization and Detection. Biomacromolecules. 24(2). 1014–1021. 4 indexed citations
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Nummelin, Sami, Boxuan Shen, Petteri Piskunen, et al.. (2020). Robotic DNA Nanostructures. ACS Synthetic Biology. 9(8). 1923–1940. 109 indexed citations
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Nummelin, Sami, et al.. (2018). DNA Nanotechnology: Evolution of Structural DNA Nanotechnology (Adv. Mater. 24/2018). Advanced Materials. 30(24). 2 indexed citations
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Nummelin, Sami, et al.. (2018). DNA nanostructure-directed assembly of metal nanoparticle superlattices. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 20(5). 119–119. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongbo, Nonappa Nonappa, Elina H. Niemelä, et al.. (2017). Protein Coating of DNA Nanostructures for Enhanced Stability and Immunocompatibility. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 6(18). 176 indexed citations
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Nummelin, Sami, Jarmo Ropponen, Jani Seitsonen, et al.. (2017). Modular synthesis of self-assembling Janus-dendrimers and facile preparation of drug-loaded dendrimersomes. Nanoscale. 9(21). 7189–7198. 23 indexed citations
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Setifi, Fatima, et al.. (2016). Crystal structure of [tris(4,4′-bipyridine)]diium bis(1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-ethoxypropenide) trihydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications. 72(9). 1246–1250. 4 indexed citations
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Valkonen, Arto, Manuel A. Fernandes, Sami Nummelin, et al.. (2015). Crystal structures of 2,2′-bipyridin-1-ium 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-ethoxyprop-2-en-1-ide and bis(2,2′-bipyridin-1-ium) 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-(dicyanomethylene)propane-1,3-diide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 71(5). 509–515. 8 indexed citations
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Nummelin, Sami, Ville Liljeström, Jarmo Ropponen, et al.. (2015). Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers into Mechanically Robust Supramolecular Hydrogels for Sustained Drug Release. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(41). 14433–14439. 43 indexed citations
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Lahtinen, Manu, K. Nättinen, & Sami Nummelin. (2013). Methyl 3′,5′-dimethoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(3). o460–o460. 2 indexed citations
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Lahtinen, Manu, K. Nättinen, & Sami Nummelin. (2013). 3,5-Dimethoxy-4′-methylbiphenyl. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(4). o510–o511. 2 indexed citations
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Lahtinen, Manu & Sami Nummelin. (2013). 3,4-Dimethoxy-4′-methylbiphenyl. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(5). o681–o681. 1 indexed citations
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Lahtinen, Manu, K. Nättinen, & Sami Nummelin. (2013). Methyl 3′,4′,5′-trimethoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(3). o383–o383. 4 indexed citations
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Filpponen, Ilari, Eero Kontturi, Sami Nummelin, et al.. (2012). Generic Method for Modular Surface Modification of Cellulosic Materials in Aqueous Medium by Sequential “Click” Reaction and Adsorption. Biomacromolecules. 13(3). 736–742. 116 indexed citations
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Hanski, Sirkku, et al.. (2009). Effect of Double-Tailed Surfactant Architecture on the Conformation, Self-Assembly, and Processing in Polypeptide−Surfactant Complexes. Biomacromolecules. 10(10). 2787–2794. 12 indexed citations
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Percec, Virgil, Ján Šmidrkal, Mihai Peterca, et al.. (2007). Self‐Assembly of Hybrid Dendrons with Complex Primary Structure Into Functional Helical Pores. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(14). 3989–4007. 48 indexed citations
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Percec, Virgil, Marian N. Holerca, Sami Nummelin, et al.. (2006). Exploring and Expanding the Structural Diversity of Self‐Assembling Dendrons through Combinations of AB, Constitutional Isomeric AB2, and AB3 Biphenyl‐4‐Methyl Ether Building Blocks. Chemistry - A European Journal. 12(24). 6216–6241. 85 indexed citations
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Percec, Virgil, Paul A. Heiney, Sergei Magonov, et al.. (2004). Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Dendritic Dipeptides into Helical Pores. Nature Materials. 3 indexed citations
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Ropponen, Jarmo, Sami Nummelin, & Kari Rissanen. (2004). Bisfunctionalized Janus Molecules. Organic Letters. 6(15). 2495–2497. 54 indexed citations
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Vuorimaa, Elina, Tiina Vuorinen, Nikolai V. Tkachenko, et al.. (2001). Photoinduced Electron Transfer between a Self-Assembled Resorcinarene−[60]Fullerene Complex and Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in Langmuir−Blodgett Films. Langmuir. 17(23). 7327–7331. 18 indexed citations

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