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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
21309
World Ranking
3447
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Catherine P. Raptopoulou is affiliated with the National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry, oncology, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and organic chemistry.

Their work extensively covers topics within crystallography and coordination chemistry. These main topics include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Raptopoulou has published numerous papers in a variety of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthetic Methods and Potential Applications, 2021, Materials
  • The Use of Hirshfeld Surface Analysis Tools to Study the Intermolecular Interactions in Single Molecule Magnets, 2021, Crystals
  • Novel silver glycinate conjugate with 3D polymeric intermolecular self-assembly architecture; an antiproliferative agent which induces apoptosis on human breast cancer cells., 2021, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Conjugation of triphenylantimony(V) with carvacrol against human breast cancer cells, 2022, JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • Synthesis and evaluation of new mixed "2 + 01" Re, 99mTc and 186Re tricarbonyl dithiocarbamate complexes with different monodentate ligands, 2021, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Vassilis Psycharis
  • Spyros P. Perlepes
  • Yiannis Sanakis
  • Minas Papadopoulos
  • Ioannis Pirmettis

Raptopoulou has contributed significantly to publications in several noted scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Crystals
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Polyhedron
  • Dalton Transactions

Best Publications

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthetic Methods and Potential Applications

    Catherine P. Raptopoulou

  • Biological evaluation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-cobalt(II) complexes

    Filitsa Dimiza;Athanasios N. Papadopoulos;Vassilis Tangoulis;Vassilis Psycharis

  • Hexanuclear Manganese(III) Single-Molecule Magnets

    Constantinos J. Milios;Catherine P. Raptopoulou;Aris Terzis;Francesc Lloret

  • "Switching on" the properties of single-molecule magnetism in triangular manganese(III) complexes.

    Theocharis C. Stamatatos;Dolos Foguet-Albiol;Sheng Chiang Lee;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug–copper(II) complexes: Structure and biological perspectives

    Filitsa Dimiza;Stella Fountoulaki;Athanasios N. Papadopoulos;Christos A. Kontogiorgis

  • MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF ACETATO-BRIDGED LANTHANIDE(III) DIMERS

    Athanassios Panagiotopoulos;Theodoros F. Zafiropoulos;Spyros P. Perlepes;Evangelos Bakalbassis

  • Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of the First Mononuclear, Water Soluble Iron−Citrate Complex, (NH4)5Fe(C6H4O7)2·2H2O

    M. Matzapetakis;C. P. Raptopoulou;A. Tsohos;V. Papaefthymiou

  • Anti-inflammatory drugs interacting with Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pt(II) metal ions.

    Catherine Dendrinou-Samara;Georgia Tsotsou;Loucia V. Ekateriniadou;Alekos H. Kortsaris

  • Initial example of a triangular single-molecule magnet from ligand-induced structural distortion of a [MnIII3O]7+ complex.

    Theocharis C. Stamatatos;Dolos Foguet-Albiol;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Catherine P. Raptopoulou

  • Manganese citrate chemistry: Syntheses, spectroscopic studies, and structural characterizations of novel mononuclear, water-soluble manganese citrate complexes

    M. Matzapetakis;N. Karligiano;A. Bino;Marianna Dakanali

  • Structure and biological properties of the copper(II) complex with the quinolone antibacterial drug N-propyl-norfloxacin and 2,2'-bipyridine.

    Eleni K. Efthimiadou;Hellinida Thomadaki;Yiannis Sanakis;Catherine P. Raptopoulou

  • Zinc complexes of the antibacterial drug oxolinic acid: structure and DNA-binding properties.

    Alketa Tarushi;George Psomas;Catherine P. Raptopoulou;Dimitris P. Kessissoglou

  • Copper(II) interacting with the non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug flufenamic acid: structure, antioxidant activity and binding to DNA and albumins.

    Charikleia Tolia;Athanassios N. Papadopoulos;Catherine P. Raptopoulou;Vassilis Psycharis

  • Biological evaluation of cobalt(II) complexes with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen.

    Filitsa Dimiza;Athanasios N. Papadopoulos;Vassilis Tangoulis;Vassilis Psycharis

  • Neutral and cationic mononuclear copper(II) complexes with enrofloxacin: structure and biological activity.

    Eleni K. Efthimiadou;Yiannis Sanakis;Maria Katsarou;Catherine P. Raptopoulou

  • Synthesis, structure and biological activity of copper(II) complexes with oxolinic acid.

    George Psomas;Alketa Tarushi;Eleni K. Efthimiadou;Yiannis Sanakis

  • Vanadium(IV)-citrate complex interconversions in aqueous solutions. A pH-dependent synthetic, structural, spectroscopic, and magnetic study.

    M Tsaramyrsi;M Kaliva;A Salifoglou;C P Raptopoulou

  • The gem-Diol Form of (py)2 CO as a Ligand in Cobalt(II) Carboxylate Clusters: A Cubane Complex and a Novel Nonanuclear Species with a Vertex-Sharing Double Square Pyramidal Structure.

    Alexandros Tsohos;Stavroula Dionyssopoulou;Catherine P. Raptopoulou;Aris Terzis

  • Copper(II) complexes with phenoxyalkanoic acids and nitrogen donor heterocyclic ligands: structure and bioactivity

    Catherine Dendrinou-Samara;George Psomas;Catherine P Raptopoulou;Dimitris P Kessissoglou

  • Zinc(II) complexes of the second-generation quinolone antibacterial drug enrofloxacin: Structure and DNA or albumin interaction

    Alketa Tarushi;Catherine P. Raptopoulou;Vassilis Psycharis;Aris Terzis

  • Structurally Diverse Copper(II)−Carboxylato Complexes: Neutral and Ionic Mononuclear Structures and a Novel Binuclear Structure

    George Psomas;Catherine P. Raptopoulou;Lykourgos Iordanidis;Catherine Dendrinou-Samara

Frequent Co-Authors

Aris Terzis
Aris Terzis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Vassilis Psycharis
Vassilis Psycharis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
Spyros P. Perlepes
Spyros P. Perlepes University of Patras
Theocharis C. Stamatatos
Theocharis C. Stamatatos University of Patras
Albert Escuer
Albert Escuer University of Barcelona
Dimitris P. Kessissoglou
Dimitris P. Kessissoglou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Yiannis Sanakis
Yiannis Sanakis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
George Psomas
George Psomas Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Catherine Dendrinou-Samara
Catherine Dendrinou-Samara Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Constantinos J. Milios
Constantinos J. Milios University of Crete

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