Theo E. Kaiser

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Theo E. Kaiser is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Theo E. Kaiser has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Theo E. Kaiser's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (6 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (6 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (4 papers). Theo E. Kaiser is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (6 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (6 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (4 papers). Theo E. Kaiser collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Sweden. Theo E. Kaiser's co-authors include Frank Würthner, Chantu R. Saha‐Möller, Vladimir Stepanenko, Hao Wang, Ivan G. Scheblykin, Hao Wang, Yuxi Tian, Hongzhen Lin, Rafael Camacho and Hao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Theo E. Kaiser

11 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

J‐Aggregates: From Serendipitous Discovery to Supramolecu... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2011 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. J‐Aggregates: From Serendipitous Discovery to Supramolecular Engineering of Functional Dye Materials
    2011 2.2k citations Frank Würthner, Theo E. Kaiser et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Supramolecular Construction of Fluorescent J‐Aggregates Based on Hydrogen‐Bonded Perylene Dyes
    2007 470 citations Theo E. Kaiser, Hao Wang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Theo E. Kaiser Germany 11 2.6k 1.0k 951 926 600 11 3.8k
Sigurd Höger Germany 38 2.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 766 0.8× 2.3k 2.5× 334 0.6× 154 4.7k
Nagatoshi Koumura Japan 35 4.5k 1.7× 1.6k 1.6× 654 0.7× 3.0k 3.2× 1.1k 1.8× 90 8.3k
Carson J. Bruns United States 27 1.8k 0.7× 850 0.8× 759 0.8× 2.4k 2.6× 1.1k 1.8× 57 4.0k
Akihiko Tsuda Japan 30 3.2k 1.2× 671 0.7× 457 0.5× 1.6k 1.7× 440 0.7× 93 4.1k
Bo W. Laursen Denmark 39 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 341 0.4× 2.1k 2.2× 1.2k 2.0× 153 5.2k
Brian H. Northrop United States 36 2.0k 0.7× 579 0.6× 952 1.0× 3.5k 3.8× 1.1k 1.8× 69 5.3k
Benjamin Fimmel Germany 14 1.6k 0.6× 881 0.9× 503 0.5× 825 0.9× 298 0.5× 14 2.5k
Tuyoshi Fukaminato Japan 29 5.2k 2.0× 597 0.6× 514 0.5× 1.9k 2.1× 617 1.0× 66 6.0k
Giovanni Bottari Spain 33 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 235 0.2× 1.8k 1.9× 556 0.9× 82 4.2k
Houyu Zhang China 37 2.4k 0.9× 2.1k 2.1× 314 0.3× 971 1.0× 504 0.8× 131 4.2k

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Würthner, Frank, Theo E. Kaiser, & Chantu R. Saha‐Möller. (2011). J‐Aggregates: From Serendipitous Discovery to Supramolecular Engineering of Functional Dye Materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(15). 3376–3410. 2197 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tian, Yuxi, Vladimir Stepanenko, Theo E. Kaiser, Frank Würthner, & Ivan G. Scheblykin. (2011). Reorganization of perylene bisimide J-aggregates: from delocalized collective to localized individual excitations. Nanoscale. 4(1). 218–223. 24 indexed citations
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Würthner, Frank, Theo E. Kaiser, & Chantu R. Saha‐Möller. (2011). J‐Aggregate: von ihrer zufälligen Entdeckung bis zum gezielten supramolekularen Aufbau funktioneller Farbstoffmaterialien. Angewandte Chemie. 123(15). 3436–3473. 277 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Theo E., Ivan G. Scheblykin, Daniel Thomsson, & Frank Würthner. (2009). Temperature-Dependent Exciton Dynamics in J-Aggregates—When Disorder Plays a Role. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(48). 15836–15842. 50 indexed citations
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Lin, Hongzhen, Rafael Camacho, Yuxi Tian, et al.. (2009). Collective Fluorescence Blinking in Linear J-Aggregates Assisted by Long-Distance Exciton Migration. Nano Letters. 10(2). 620–626. 130 indexed citations
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Fischer, Markus, Theo E. Kaiser, Frank Würthner, & Peter Bäuerle. (2009). Dendritic oligothiophene-perylene bisimide hybrids: synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 19(8). 1129–1129. 60 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Theo E., Vladimir Stepanenko, & Frank Würthner. (2009). Fluorescent J-Aggregates of Core-Substituted Perylene Bisimides: Studies on Structure−Property Relationship, Nucleation−Elongation Mechanism, and Sergeants-and-Soldiers Principle. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(19). 6719–6732. 338 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Theo E. Kaiser, Shinobu Uemura, & Frank Würthner. (2008). Perylene bisimide J-aggregates with absorption maxima in the NIR. Chemical Communications. 1181–1181. 70 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Theo E., Hao Wang, Vladimir Stepanenko, & Frank Würthner. (2007). Supramolecular Construction of Fluorescent J‐Aggregates Based on Hydrogen‐Bonded Perylene Dyes. Angewandte Chemie. 119(29). 5637–5640. 140 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Theo E., Hao Wang, Vladimir Stepanenko, & Frank Würthner. (2007). Supramolecular Construction of Fluorescent J‐Aggregates Based on Hydrogen‐Bonded Perylene Dyes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(29). 5541–5544. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Würthner, Frank, Peter Osswald, R. Schmidt, et al.. (2006). Synthesis and Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Core-Fluorinated Perylene Bisimides. Organic Letters. 8(17). 3765–3768. 69 indexed citations

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