Walter A. Svec

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Walter A. Svec is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter A. Svec has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Walter A. Svec's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (28 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (26 papers). Walter A. Svec is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (28 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (26 papers). Walter A. Svec collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Norway. Walter A. Svec's co-authors include Michael R. Wasielewski, Mark P. Niemczyk, David J. Gosztola, William B. Davis, Mark A. Ratner, George L. Gaines, Gary P. Wiederrecht, Joseph Katz, Michael O’Neil and Harold H. Strain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walter A. Svec

68 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Molecular-wire behaviour in p -phenylenevinylene oligomers

1998 629 citations Walter A. Svec, Michael R. Wasielewski et al. profile →
Excited Doublet States of Electrochemically Generated Aromatic Imide and Diimide Radical Anions

2000 592 citations David J. Gosztola, Mark P. Niemczyk et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter A. Svec United States	37	2.8k	2.0k	1.6k	1.3k	995	68	5.4k
Paul A. Liddell United States	45	4.4k 1.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	108	6.8k
Michael Ottolenghi Israel	46	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	2.7k 2.1×	942 0.9×	190	7.8k
J. Fajer United States	44	4.5k 1.6×	1.3k 0.6×	513 0.3×	3.3k 2.6×	704 0.7×	125	6.6k
Haim Levanon Israel	33	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	689 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	638 0.6×	123	4.3k
Gilbert R. Seely United States	26	1.4k 0.5×	841 0.4×	419 0.3×	703 0.5×	751 0.8×	78	2.6k
Wai‐Ming Kwok Hong Kong	46	4.4k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	695 0.5×	1.7k 1.7×	154	7.4k
Hideki Hashimoto Japan	40	978 0.3×	657 0.3×	824 0.5×	3.0k 2.4×	688 0.7×	266	5.7k
Torbjörn Pascher Sweden	37	1.3k 0.4×	483 0.2×	838 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	288 0.3×	71	3.8k
Chao‐Ping Hsu Taiwan	39	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	128	5.6k
Stenbjörn Styring Sweden	58	2.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	6.6k 5.1×	1.0k 1.0×	279	11.8k

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Gosztola, David J., Mark P. Niemczyk, Walter A. Svec, Aaron S. Lukas, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (2000). Excited Doublet States of Electrochemically Generated Aromatic Imide and Diimide Radical Anions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 104(28). 6545–6551. 592 indexed citations breakdown →

Wiederrecht, Gary P., Walter A. Svec, Michael R. Wasielewski, Tamar Galili, & Haim Levanon. (2000). Novel Mechanism for Triplet State Formation in Short Distance Covalently Linked Radical Ion Pairs. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(40). 9715–9722. 89 indexed citations

Chen, L. X., et al.. (1999). Time-resolved energy-dispersive XAS studies of photoinduced electron transfer intermediates in electron donor–acceptor complexes. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 6(3). 403–405. 8 indexed citations

Wiederrecht, Gary P., Mark P. Niemczyk, Walter A. Svec, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (1999). Photorefractivity in Nematic Liquid Crystals Doped with a Conjugated Polymer: Mechanisms for Enhanced Charge Transport. Chemistry of Materials. 11(6). 1409–1412. 15 indexed citations

Wiederrecht, Gary P., Walter A. Svec, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (1997). Differential Control of Intramolecular Charge Separation and Recombination Rates Using Nematic Liquid Crystal Solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(26). 6199–6200. 17 indexed citations

Debreczeny, Martin P., Walter A. Svec, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (1996). A molecular probe of the electric field produced by a photogenerated ion pair. New Journal of Chemistry. 20. 815–828. 15 indexed citations

Debreczeny, Martin P., Walter A. Svec, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (1996). Optical Control of Photogenerated Ion Pair Lifetimes: An Approach to a Molecular Switch. Science. 274(5287). 584–587. 159 indexed citations

Greenfield, Scott R., Walter A. Svec, David J. Gosztola, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (1996). Multistep Photochemical Charge Separation in Rod-like Molecules Based on Aromatic Imides and Diimides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(28). 6767–6777. 273 indexed citations

Weber, Stefan A. L., G. Kothe, Alexander Angerhofer, et al.. (1995). Quantum Beats of the Radical Pair State in Photosynthetic Models Observed by Transient Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 99(12). 4324–4329. 18 indexed citations

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Wasielewski, Michael R., David J. Gosztola, & Walter A. Svec. (1994). Ultrafast Optical Switching: Two-Pulse Response of an Electron Donor-Acceptor-Donor Supermolecule. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 253(1). 289–296. 5 indexed citations

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Johnson, Douglas G., Walter A. Svec, & Michael R. Wasielewski. (1988). Solvent Polarity Dependent Photophysics of a Fixed‐Distance, Symmetric Chlorophyll Dimer. A Model of the Special Pair in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 28(2-3). 193–203. 47 indexed citations

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Wasielewski, Michael R., Mark P. Niemczyk, & Walter A. Svec. (1982). Selectively metalated doubly cofacial porphyrin trimers. New models for the study of photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer.. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(32). 3215–3218. 30 indexed citations

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Wasielewski, Michael R., et al.. (1981). Monomeric chlorophyll a enol : Evidence for its possible role as the primary electron donor in photosystem I of plant photosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(5). 2957–2961. 53 indexed citations

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Svec, Walter A., A. L. Harkness, Harold H. Strain, & Joseph Katz. (1972). Mass spectrometric comparison of ordinary and fully deuterated α‐ and β‐carotene. Organic Mass Spectrometry. 6(8). 843–851. 2 indexed citations

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Strain, Harold H., Walter A. Svec, K. Aitzetmüller, & Joseph Katz. (1971). A comparison of the formulas proposed for heteroxanthin. Tetrahedron Letters. 12(10). 733–736. 2 indexed citations

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Strain, Harold H., et al.. (1970). Heteroxanthin, diatoxanthin and diadinoxanthin from tribonema aequale. Phytochemistry. 9(12). 2561–2565. 22 indexed citations

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Aitzetmüller, K., et al.. (1969). Loroxanthin, a unique xanthophyll from scenedesmus obliquus and chlorella vulgaris. Phytochemistry. 8(9). 1761–1770. 46 indexed citations

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Strain, Harold H., et al.. (1968). Molecular weights and empirical formulas of the xanthophylls of Vaucheria. Phytochemistry. 7(8). 1417–1418. 17 indexed citations

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Pennington, Frank C., Harold H. Strain, Walter A. Svec, & Joseph Katz. (1967). Preparation and properties of 10-hydroxychlorophylls a and b. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(15). 3875–3880. 40 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Ralph C., et al.. (1966). Structure of Chlorophyll c¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(21). 5037–5038. 32 indexed citations

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