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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
79248
World Ranking
689
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2006 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 2006 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Didier Astruc is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and specializes in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a substantial focus on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. They have contributed extensively to research that intersects Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Catalysis.

Their work encompasses a range of topics central to nanomaterials and catalytic processes. Key areas of focus include:

  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Astruc's recent publications demonstrate their engagement with catalytic nanomaterials and their applications. Some notable papers are:

  • "Nanocatalysts and other nanomaterials for water remediation from organic pollutants," 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Introduction: Nanoparticles in Catalysis," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Recent developments of nanocatalyzed liquid-phase hydrogen generation," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Biochar as a support for nanocatalysts and other reagents: Recent advances and applications," 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Design and Remarkable Efficiency of the Robust Sandwich Cluster Composite Nanocatalysts ZIF-8@Au25@ZIF-67," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborations with established researchers, including:

  • Xiang Liu
  • Sergio Moya
  • Renata Pereira Lopes Moreira
  • Manzhou Zhu
  • Naixin Kang

Publication venues where Astruc's research appears most often include:

  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Astruc's scientific contributions have been recognized through memberships in notable institutions. They are a member of the Academia Europaea since 2006, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in the field of Chemistry since 2006, and the European Academy of Sciences since 2004.

Best Publications

  • Gold nanoparticles: assembly, supramolecular chemistry, quantum-size-related properties, and applications toward biology, catalysis, and nanotechnology.

    Marie-Christine Daniel;Didier Astruc

  • Nanoparticles as Recyclable Catalysts: The Frontier between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Didier Astruc;Feng Lu;Jaime Ruiz Aranzaes

  • Gold nanoparticles in nanomedicine: preparations, imaging, diagnostics, therapies and toxicity

    Elodie Boisselier;Didier Astruc

  • Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and Nanomedicine

    Didier Astruc;Elodie Boisselier;Cátia Ornelas

  • State of the Art and Prospects in Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)-Based and MOF-Derived Nanocatalysis.

    Qi Wang;Didier Astruc

  • The Golden Age of Transfer Hydrogenation

    Dong Wang;Didier Astruc

  • Atomically Precise Noble Metal Nanoclusters as Efficient Catalysts: A Bridge between Structure and Properties.

    Yuanxin Du;Hongting Sheng;Didier Astruc;Manzhou Zhu

  • Dendritic Catalysts and Dendrimers in Catalysis

    Didier Astruc;Françoise Chardac

  • The copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) “click” reaction and its applications. An overview

    Liyuan Liang;Didier Astruc

  • State of the art in gold nanoparticle synthesis

    Pengxiang Zhao;Na Li;Didier Astruc

  • Anisotropic gold nanoparticles: synthesis, properties, applications, and toxicity

    Na Li;Pengxiang Zhao;Didier Astruc

  • Nanoparticles and Catalysis

    Didier Astruc

  • Palladium nanoparticles as efficient green homogeneous and heterogeneous carbon-carbon coupling precatalysts: a unifying view.

    Didier Astruc

  • Fast-growing field of magnetically recyclable nanocatalysts.

    Dong Wang;Didier Astruc

  • Basic concepts and recent advances in nitrophenol reduction by gold- and other transition metal nanoparticles

    Pengxiang Zhao;Xingwen Feng;Deshun Huang;Guiying Yang

  • Electron transfer and radical processes in transition-metal chemistry

    Didier Astruc

  • The recent development of efficient Earth-abundant transition-metal nanocatalysts

    Dong Wang;Didier Astruc

  • Why is Ferrocene so Exceptional

    Didier Astruc

  • Recent advance in MXenes: A promising 2D material for catalysis, sensor and chemical adsorption

    Jing Zhu;Enna Ha;Guoliang Zhao;Yang Zhou

  • Nanocatalysts and other nanomaterials for water remediation from organic pollutants

    Feng Lu;Didier Astruc

  • Nanogold plasmonic photocatalysis for organic synthesis and clean energy conversion.

    Changlong Wang;Didier Astruc

  • Gold Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine: Preparations, Imaging, Diagnosis, Therapies and Toxicity

    Elodie Boisselier;Didier Astruc

Frequent Co-Authors

Lionel Salmon
Lionel Salmon Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Sergio E. Moya
Sergio E. Moya CIC biomaGUNE
François Varret
François Varret Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric Cloutet
Eric Cloutet University of Bordeaux
Loïc Toupet
Loïc Toupet University of Rennes
Roland Boese
Roland Boese University of Duisburg-Essen
Patrick Batail
Patrick Batail University of Angers
Yves Gnanou
Yves Gnanou King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Stéphane Cordier
Stéphane Cordier Grenoble Alpes University
Manzhou Zhu
Manzhou Zhu Anhui University

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