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André Persoons

André Persoons

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
24053
World Ranking
2577
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

André Persoons is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. The scientist's work spans several specialized subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, alongside Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The research topics covered by André Persoons focus on Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, and Quantum optics and atomic interactions. These topics indicate an emphasis on fundamental physical phenomena and their potential technological applications.

Throughout the career, André Persoons has published in recognized venues, with a particular presence in the journal Optics Letters. The documented publication is:

  • High sensitivity magnetometer using nanocomposite polymers with large magneto-optic response: retraction, 2020, Optics Letters

Collaborative work is part of the research approach, with frequent coauthors including Babak Amirsolaimani, Palash Gangopadhyay, Sasaan A. Showghi, Lloyd LaComb, and Robert A. Norwood.

Best Publications

  • Hyper‐Rayleigh scattering in solution

    Koen Clays;André Persoons

  • THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE IN ORGANIC MATERIALS : THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS

    Jl Bredas;C Adant;P Tackx;Andre Persoons

  • Strong Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Properties Through Supramolecular Chirality

    Thierry Verbiest;Sven Van Elshocht;Martti Kauranen;Louis Hellemans

  • Second-order nonlinear optical materials: recent advances in chromophore design

    Thierry Verbiest;Stephan Houbrechts;Martti Kauranen;Koen Clays

  • Efficient, reversible redox-switching of molecular first hyperpolarizabilities in ruthenium(II) complexes possessing large quadratic optical nonlinearities

    Benjamin J. Coe;Stephan Houbrechts;Inge Asselberghs;André Persoons

  • The molecular and supramolecular engineering of polymeric electro-optic materials

    BH Robinson;LR Dalton;LR Dalton;AW Harper;A Ren

  • Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering in Isotropic Solution

    Eric Hendrickx;Koen Clays;Andre Persoons

  • Design, Synthesis, Linear, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated (Porphinato)zinc(II)-Based Donor−Acceptor Chromophores Featuring Nitrothiophenyl and Nitrooligothiophenyl Electron-Accepting Moieties

    Tian-Gao Zhang;Yuxia Zhao;Inge Asselberghs;André Persoons

  • INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HYPERPOLARIZABILITY IN ORGANIC MOLECULES FROM DIPOLAR TO OCTOPOLAR SYSTEMS

    Thierry Verbiest;Koen Clays;Celest Samyn;J Wolff

  • Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Properties of N-Aryl Stilbazolium Dyes**

    Benjamin J. Coe;James A. Harris;Inge Asselberghs;Koen Clays

  • High-frequency demodulation of multi-photon fluorescence in hyper-Rayleigh scattering

    Geert Olbrechts;Rik Strobbe;Koen Clays;André Persoons

  • Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Helical Metal Phthalocyanine Derivatives

    Joseph M. Fox;Thomas J. Katz;Sven Van Elshocht;Thierry Verbiest

  • Surface second-harmonic generation from chiral materials.

    Jeffery J. Maki;Martti Kauranen;André Persoons

  • Large second-order optical polarizabilities in mixed-valency metal complexes

    Wm Laidlaw;Rg Denning;Thierry Verbiest;E Chauchard

  • Ordering and optical properties of monolayers and multilayers of silica spheres deposited by the Langmuir–Blodgett method

    Márta Szekeres;Márta Szekeres;Olexiy Kamalin;Robert A. Schoonheydt;Kurt Wostyn

  • Supramolecular Second-Order Nonlinearity of Polymers with Orientationally Correlated Chromophores

    Martti Kauranen;Thierry Verbiest;Carlo Boutton;M.N. Teerenstra

  • Nitrocalix [4]arenes as Molecules for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics

    Erik Kelderman;Willem Verboom;Johan F. J. Engbersen;David N. Reinhoudt

  • Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 16. Second and Third Order Optical Nonlinearities of Octopolar Alkynylruthenium Complexes

    Andrew McDonagh;Mark Humphrey;Marek Samoc;Barry Luther-Davies

  • Langmuir-Blodgett films of a clay mineral and ruthenium(II) complexes with a noncentrosymmetric structure

    Yasushi Umemura;Akihiko Yamagishi;Robert Schoonheydt;and André Persoons

  • Quadratic Optical Nonlinearities of N‐Methyl and N‐Aryl Pyridinium Salts

    Benjamin J. Coe;James A. Harris;Inge Asselberghs;Kurt Wostyn

  • Enhancement of nonlinear optical properties through supramolecular chirality

    T. Verbiest;S. Van Elshocht;M. Kauranen;A. Persoons

Frequent Co-Authors

Koen Clays
Koen Clays KU Leuven
Martti Kauranen
Martti Kauranen Tampere University
Mark G. Humphrey
Mark G. Humphrey Australian National University
Thomas J. Katz
Thomas J. Katz Columbia University
Marek Samoc
Marek Samoc Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Jean-Luc Brédas
Jean-Luc Brédas University of Arizona
Barry Luther-Davies
Barry Luther-Davies Australian National University
Andrew M. McDonagh
Andrew M. McDonagh University of Technology Sydney

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