Valentin Victor Jerca

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Valentin Victor Jerca is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentin Victor Jerca has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Biomaterials and 22 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Valentin Victor Jerca's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (22 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (15 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (14 papers). Valentin Victor Jerca is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (22 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (15 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (14 papers). Valentin Victor Jerca collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Belgium and Ukraine. Valentin Victor Jerca's co-authors include Richard Hoogenboom, Xiaowen Xu, Florica Adriana Jerca, Dumitru Mircea Vuluga, Dan Sorin Vasilescu, Bart Verbraeken, Bryn D. Monnery, Adriana Băran, Rachel Cavill and Ondřej Sedláček and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Valentin Victor Jerca

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bioinspired double network hydrogels: from covalent doubl... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 100 200 300 400
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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. Bioinspired double network hydrogels: from covalent double network hydrogelsviahybrid double network hydrogels to physical double network hydrogels
    2020 412 citations Xiaowen Xu, Valentin Victor Jerca et al. Materials Horizons profile →
  2. Advances and opportunities in the exciting world of azobenzenes
    2021 331 citations Florica Adriana Jerca, Valentin Victor Jerca et al. Nature Reviews Chemistry profile →

Peers

Valentin Victor Jerca
Ziquan Cao China
Yongjun Men China
Menglian Wei Canada
Shuxi Li China
Priyadarshi Chakraborty India
Florian D. Jochum Germany
Chong‐Bo Ma China
Miyuki Otsubo Japan
Peng Liao China
Chuanzhuang Zhao China
Ziquan Cao China
Valentin Victor Jerca
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jung, Philipp, Valentin Victor Jerca, Richard Hoogenboom, & Holger Frey. (2025). Living anionic polymerization of 2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline in continuous flow: From efficient synthesis to hydroxyl end-functionalized polymers. European Polymer Journal. 234. 114011–114011.
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Vergaelen, Maarten, Bryn D. Monnery, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2023). Detailed Understanding of Solvent Effects for the Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of 2-Ethyl-2-oxazoline. Macromolecules. 56(4). 1534–1546. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaowen, Mariya Edeleva, Paul Van Steenberge, et al.. (2021). Differences and similarities between mono-, bi- or tetrafunctional initiated cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines. Polymer Chemistry. 13(7). 861–876. 5 indexed citations
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Jerca, Florica Adriana, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2021). Advances and opportunities in the exciting world of azobenzenes. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 6(1). 51–69. 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jerca, Florica Adriana, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2021). In Vitro Assessment of the Hydrolytic Stability of Poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline). Biomacromolecules. 22(12). 5020–5032. 20 indexed citations
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Verbraeken, Bart, Pieter Cnudde, Louis Vanduyfhuys, et al.. (2020). Cation−π Interactions Accelerate the Living Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Unsaturated 2-Alkyl-2-oxazolines. Macromolecules. 53(10). 3832–3846. 5 indexed citations
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Cegłowski, Michał, Valentin Victor Jerca, Florica Adriana Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2020). Reduction-Responsive Molecularly Imprinted Poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) for Controlled Release of Anticancer Agents. Pharmaceutics. 12(6). 506–506. 31 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaowen, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2020). Bio-inspired Hydrogels as Multi-task Anti-icing Hydrogel Coatings. Chem. 6(4). 820–822. 38 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaowen, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2020). Bioinspired double network hydrogels: from covalent double network hydrogelsviahybrid double network hydrogels to physical double network hydrogels. Materials Horizons. 8(4). 1173–1188. 412 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guyse, Joachim F. R. Van, Pieter Cools, Mahtab Asadian, et al.. (2019). Influence of the Aliphatic Side Chain on the Near Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization of 2-Alkyl-2-oxazolines for Biomedical Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(34). 31356–31366. 18 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaowen, Florica Adriana Jerca, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2019). Covalent Poly(2‐Isopropenyl‐2‐Oxazoline) Hydrogels with Ultrahigh Mechanical Strength and Toughness through Secondary Terpyridine Metal‐Coordination Crosslinks. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(48). 79 indexed citations
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Jerca, Valentin Victor & Richard Hoogenboom. (2018). Photocontrol in Complex Polymeric Materials: Fact or Illusion?. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(27). 7945–7947. 18 indexed citations
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Jerca, Florica Adriana, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2018). Well‐Defined Thermoresponsive Polymethacrylamide Copolymers with Ester Pendent Groups through One‐Pot Statistical Postpolymerization Modification of Poly(2‐Isopropenyl‐2‐Oxazoline) with Multiple Carboxylic Acids. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 57(3). 360–366. 18 indexed citations
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Jerca, Florica Adriana, Valentin Victor Jerca, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2017). Photoresponsive Polymers on the Move. Chem. 3(4). 533–536. 26 indexed citations
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Jerca, Valentin Victor, Kathleen Lava, Bart Verbraeken, & Richard Hoogenboom. (2015). Poly(2-cycloalkyl-2-oxazoline)s: high melting temperature polymers solely based on Debye and Keesom van der Waals interactions. Polymer Chemistry. 7(6). 1309–1322. 17 indexed citations
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Jerca, Florica Adriana, et al.. (2013). Simultaneous two and three photon resonant enhancement of third-order NLO susceptibility in an azo-dye functionalized polymer film. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(19). 7060–7060. 28 indexed citations
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Jerca, Valentin Victor, et al.. (2010). Synthesis of a new oxazoline macromonomer for dispersion polymerization. Polymer Bulletin. 66(6). 785–796. 20 indexed citations
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Jerca, Valentin Victor, et al.. (2009). POLY(MALEIC-AMIC) STRUCTURES FOR POTENTIAL NONLINEAR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS. 3 indexed citations

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