What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Organic chemistry
- Enzyme
- Catalysis
David G. Whitten mainly focuses on Photochemistry, Fluorescence, Ruthenium, Quenching and Electron transfer.
His study of Photoinduced electron transfer is a part of Photochemistry.
His Fluorescence study combines topics in areas such as Conjugated system, Biochemistry, Nanotechnology and Polyelectrolyte.
David G. Whitten has included themes like Porphyrin, 2,2'-Bipyridine, Flash photolysis, Tris and Coupling in his Ruthenium study.
His Electron transfer research incorporates themes from Excited state and Metal K-edge, Transition metal.
The Pulmonary surfactant study combines topics in areas such as Photochemical reactivity, Trans stilbene, Organic chemistry and Photoisomerization.
His most cited work include:
- Highly sensitive biological and chemical sensors based on reversible fluorescence quenching in a conjugated polymer (719 citations)
- Photochemical reactions in organized monolayer assemblies. 6. Preparation and photochemical reactivity of surfactant ruthenium(II) complexes in monolayer assemblies and at water-solid interfaces (336 citations)
- Estimation of excited-state redox potentials by electron-transfer quenching. Application of electron-transfer theory to excited-state redox processes (333 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Photochemistry, Electron transfer, Quenching, Organic chemistry and Pulmonary surfactant.
His work carried out in the field of Photochemistry brings together such families of science as Monolayer, Fluorescence, Micelle, Excited state and Redox.
His Fluorescence study combines topics in areas such as Conjugated system and Biophysics.
His work in Electron transfer addresses subjects such as Radical ion, which are connected to disciplines such as Bond cleavage and Acceptor.
His studies deal with areas such as Membrane and Polymer chemistry as well as Phenylene.
As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Aqueous solution, concentrating on Inorganic chemistry and intersecting with Porphyrin.
He most often published in these fields:
- Photochemistry (62.63%)
- Electron transfer (16.92%)
- Quenching (13.64%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2020)?
- Phenylene (8.84%)
- Cationic polymerization (7.07%)
- Biophysics (6.31%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
David G. Whitten mostly deals with Phenylene, Cationic polymerization, Biophysics, Organic chemistry and Polymer.
His studies in Phenylene integrate themes in fields like Vesicle, Conjugated Polyelectrolytes, Fluorescence, Polymer chemistry and Combinatorial chemistry.
The Cationic polymerization study combines topics in areas such as Singlet oxygen, Antimicrobial, Oligomer, Photochemistry and Aqueous solution.
David G. Whitten works on Photochemistry which deals in particular with Photoinduced electron transfer.
His Biophysics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Amyloid fibril, Amyloid, Membrane and Protein aggregation.
The concepts of his Organic chemistry study are interwoven with issues in Inorganic chemistry and Molecular dynamics.
Between 2008 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Membrane perturbation activity of cationic phenylene ethynylene oligomers and polymers: selectivity against model bacterial and mammalian membranes. (69 citations)
- "End-Only" Functionalized Oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s: Synthesis, Photophysical and Biocidal Activity (67 citations)
- Light and dark-activated biocidal activity of conjugated polyelectrolytes. (62 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Organic chemistry
- Enzyme
- Catalysis
David G. Whitten mainly investigates Phenylene, Cationic polymerization, Conjugated Polyelectrolytes, Polymer and Polymer chemistry.
His research in Phenylene intersects with topics in Biophysics, Vesicle, Membrane and Polyelectrolyte.
His Cationic polymerization research incorporates themes from Nanotechnology, Singlet oxygen, Antimicrobial, Oligomer and Aqueous solution.
Within one scientific family, he focuses on topics pertaining to Biochemistry under Conjugated Polyelectrolytes, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Spore.
His Polymer research integrates issues from Photochemistry and Molecule.
His Photochemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Conjugated system and Fluorescence.
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