Stefan Hecht

26.6k total citations · 12 hit papers
321 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Hecht is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Hecht has authored 321 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in Materials Chemistry, 107 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 98 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stefan Hecht's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (157 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (76 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (66 papers). Stefan Hecht is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (157 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (76 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (66 papers). Stefan Hecht collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Stefan Hecht's co-authors include David Bléger, Jean M. J. Fréchet, Leonhard Grill, Jutta Schwarz, Ragnar S. Stoll, R.M. Meudtner, Maike V. Peters, Martin Herder, Lutz Grubert and Anzar Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Hecht

310 papers receiving 21.4k citations

Hit Papers

Dendritic Encapsulation of Function: Applying Nature's Si... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2010 2012 2012 2015 250 500 750
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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. Dendritic Encapsulation of Function: Applying Nature's Site Isolation Principle from Biomimetics to Materials Science
    2001 932 citations Stefan Hecht et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Photoswitches: From Molecules to Materials
    2010 911 citations Stefan Hecht et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Multivalency as a Chemical Organization and Action Principle
    2012 846 citations Stefan Hecht et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. o-Fluoroazobenzenes as Readily Synthesized Photoswitches Offering Nearly Quantitative Two-Way Isomerization with Visible Light
    2012 738 citations Jutta Schwarz, Stefan Hecht et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Visible‐Light‐Activated Molecular Switches
    2015 700 citations Stefan Hecht et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Electric Field-Induced Isomerization of Azobenzene by STM
    2006 533 citations Stefan Hecht, Leonhard Grill et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth
    2012 458 citations Stefan Hecht, Leonhard Grill et al. profile →
  8. Conductance of a Single Conjugated Polymer as a Continuous Function of Its Length
    2009 438 citations Stefan Hecht, Leonhard Grill et al. Science profile →
  9. Enlightening Materials with Photoswitches
    2020 417 citations Fabian Eisenreich, Stefan Hecht et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator
    2016 386 citations Stefan Hecht et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing
    2020 363 citations Martin Regehly, Yves Garmshausen et al. Nature profile →
  12. Covalent on-surface polymerization
    2020 302 citations Leonhard Grill, Stefan Hecht profile →

Peers

Stefan Hecht
Comparison fields: 5 of 136
  • Materials Chemistry 13.4k
  • Organic Chemistry 7.2k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5.0k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4.6k
  • Biomedical Engineering 3.8k
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Paolo Samorı́ France
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning Netherlands
Wesley R. Browne Netherlands
Soo Young Park South Korea
Luisa De Cola Germany
Jan H. van Esch Netherlands
Alan E. Rowan Netherlands
Takuzo Aida Japan
Da‐Hui Qu China
Rafał Klajn Israel
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing
2025 ·Nature Reviews Materials ·Paulina Núñez Bernal, Sammy Florczak, (unknown), Xiao Kuang, Jorge Madrid‐Wolff, Martin Regehly, Stefan Hecht, Yu Shrike Zhang, Christophe Moser, Riccardo Levato
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Biocompatible Ink Optimization Enables Functional Volumetric Bioprinting With Xolography
2025 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Niklas Felix König, (unknown), (unknown), Simone Bersini, Matteo Moretti, Miriam Filippi, René Hägerling, Milad Rezvani, Stefan Hecht, Ansgar Petersen, Robert K. Katzschmann
0
3
Bond Dissociation Dynamics of Single Molecules on a Metal Surface
2025 ·ACS Nano ·(unknown), (unknown), Jutta Schwarz, Stefan Hecht, Leonhard Grill
0
4
Dynamic Covalent Spiropyran Exchange for Rapid Structural Diversification
2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Yves Garmshausen, Stefan Hecht
8
5
Accessing a Diverse Set of Functional Red-Light Photoswitches by Selective Copper-Catalyzed Indigo N -Arylation
2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Amit Jaiswal, (unknown), Julong Jiang, Kimichi Suzuki, (unknown), Bernd M. Schmidt, Satoshi Maeda, Stefan Hecht, Chung‐Yang Huang
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Atomic-scale perspective on individual thiol-terminated molecules anchored to single S vacancies in MoS2
2024 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), (unknown), Christian Lotze, (unknown), (unknown), Björn Kobin, Jutta Schwarz, Stefan Hecht, Katharina J. Franke, Mariana Rossi
0
7
Revisiting Peri‐Aryloxyquinones: From a Forgotten Photochromic System to a Promising Tool for Emerging Applications
2023 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Andrey G. Lvov, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Hecht
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8
Photoswitchable Inhibitors to Optically Control Specific Kinase Activity
2023 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew A. Hulverson, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Kayode K. Ojo, J. Stone Doggett, Dorothea Fiedler, Stefan Hecht
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9
Photoswitchable Quadruple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif
2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Bohan Tang, (unknown), Christoph Bannwarth, Stefan Hecht
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10
Tough Multimaterial Interfaces through Wavelength-Selective 3D Printing
2021 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Neil D. Dolinski, E. Benjamin Callaway, Caitlin S. Sample, (unknown), (unknown), Zachariah A. Page, Fabian Eisenreich, Stefan Hecht, Megan T. Valentine, Frank W. Zok, Craig J. Hawker
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Tunable Photomechanics in Diarylethene-Driven Liquid Crystal Network Actuators
2020 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Markus Lahikainen, Kim Kuntze, Hao Zeng, (unknown), Stefan Hecht, Arri Priimägi
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Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing breakdown →
2020 ·Nature ·Martin Regehly, Yves Garmshausen, Marcus Reuter, Niklas Felix König, (unknown), Damien P. Kelly, Chun-Yu Chou, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Hecht
363
13
Control of long-distance motion of single molecules on a surface
2020 ·Science ·(unknown), Marek Kolmer, (unknown), An‐Ping Li, Stefan Hecht, Leonhard Grill
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14
Graphene transistors for real-time monitoring molecular self-assembly dynamics
2020 ·Nature Communications ·Marco Gobbi, (unknown), Marc‐Antoine Stoeckel, (unknown), Sara Bonacchi, Stefan Hecht, Paolo Samorı́
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Engineering crack tortuosity in printed polymer–polymer composites through ordered pores
2020 ·Materials Horizons ·(unknown), Neil D. Dolinski, (unknown), Noy Cohen, Fabian Eisenreich, Stefan Hecht, Robert M. McMeeking, Craig J. Hawker, Megan T. Valentine
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Modulating the luminance of organic light-emitting diodes via optical stimulation of a photochromic molecular monolayer at transparent oxide electrode
2020 ·Nanoscale ·Giovanni Ligorio, Giovanni Cotella, Aurelio Bonasera, (unknown), Giuseppe Carnicella, Björn Kobin, Qiankun Wang, Norbert Koch, Stefan Hecht, Emil List, Franco Cacialli
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Mechanistic Insights into the Triplet Sensitized Photochromism of Diarylethenes
2020 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Sebastian Fredrich, Tobias Morack, Michel Sliwa, Stefan Hecht
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18
Dynamically Switching the Electronic and Electrostatic Properties of Indium–Tin Oxide Electrodes with Photochromic Monolayers: Toward Photoswitchable Optoelectronic Devices
2019 ·ACS Applied Nano Materials ·Qiankun Wang, Valentín Diez‐Cabanes, Simone Dell’Elce, Andrea Liscio, Björn Kobin, Hong Li, Jean‐Luc Brédas, Stefan Hecht, Vincenzo Palermo, Emil List, Jérôme Cornil, Norbert Koch, Giovanni Ligorio
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Solution Mask Liquid Lithography (SMaLL) for One‐Step, Multimaterial 3D Printing
2018 ·Advanced Materials ·Neil D. Dolinski, Zachariah A. Page, E. Benjamin Callaway, Fabian Eisenreich, (unknown), (unknown), David P. Bothman, Stefan Hecht, Frank W. Zok, Craig J. Hawker
175
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Towards Photocontrol over the Helix–Coil Transition in Foldamers: Synthesis and Photoresponsive Behavior of Azobenzene‐Core Amphiphilic Oligo(meta‐phenylene ethynylene)s
2006 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Anzar Khan, Stefan Hecht
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