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Dirk De Vos

Dirk De Vos

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Chemistry
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
123
Citations
53626
World Ranking
437
National Ranking
6

Dirk De Vos publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk De Vos sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 775 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Dirk De Vos D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk De Vos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Dirk De Vos is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research profile centered primarily on chemistry and materials science. Their publication record includes significant contributions to organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry, with additional work intersecting mechanical engineering and biomaterials.

Their research covers several specific topics, notably catalytic C-H functionalization methods, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesis and applications, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Dirk De Vos has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Aram L. Bugaev
  • K. Janssens
  • Carlos Márquez
  • Simon Smolders
  • Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu

Their publications have appeared regularly in multiple scientific venues. Among those with the highest output are:

  • Green Chemistry
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Selected recent papers illustrate the range of their scientific inquiries. These include:

  • Engineering a Highly Defective Stable UiO-66 with Tunable Lewis-Brønsted Acidity: The Role of the Hemilabile Linker (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Choline chloride-ethylene glycol based deep-eutectic solvents as lixiviants for cobalt recovery from lithium-ion battery cathode materials: are these solvents really green in high-temperature processes? (2022, Green Chemistry)
  • Highly Selective Removal of Perfluorinated Contaminants by Adsorption on All-Silica Zeolite Beta (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Recycling of Flexible Polyurethane Foam by Split-Phase Alcoholysis: Identification of Additives and Alcoholyzing Agents to Reach Higher Efficiencies (2020, ChemSusChem)
  • Solvent-Free Powder Synthesis and MOF-CVD Thin Films of the Large-Pore Metal-Organic Framework MAF-6 (2020, Chemistry of Materials)

Best Publications

  • Ordered mesoporous and microporous molecular sieves functionalized with transition metal complexes as catalysts for selective organic transformations.

    Dirk E De Vos;Mieke Dams;Bert F Sels;Pierre A Jacobs

  • Defect‐Engineered Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Zhenlan Fang;Bart Bueken;Dirk E. De Vos;Roland A. Fischer

  • Synthesis Modulation as a Tool To Increase the Catalytic Activity of Metal–Organic Frameworks: The Unique Case of UiO-66(Zr)

    Frederik Vermoortele;Bart Bueken;Gaëlle Le Bars;Ben Van de Voorde

  • Adsorptive separation on metal-organic frameworks in the liquid phase.

    Ben Van de Voorde;Bart Bueken;Joeri Denayer;Dirk De Vos

  • Fine Chemicals through Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Bert Sels;Dirk De Vos;Pierre Jacobs

  • Probing the Lewis acidity and catalytic activity of the metal-organic framework [Cu3(btc)2] (BTC=benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate).

    Luc Alaerts;Etienne Séguin;Hilde Poelman;Frédéric Thibault-Starzyk

  • Chemical vapour deposition of zeolitic imidazolate framework thin films

    Ivo Stassen;Mark Styles;Gianluca Grenci;Hans Van Gorp

  • Iron(III)-based metal-organic frameworks as visible light photocatalysts.

    Katrien G. M. Laurier;Frederik Vermoortele;Rob Ameloot;Dirk E. De Vos

  • Selective Adsorption and Separation of Xylene Isomers and Ethylbenzene with the Microporous Vanadium(IV) Terephthalate MIL‐47

    Luc Alaerts;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Michael Maes;Monique A. van der Veen

  • Hydrotalcite-like anionic clays in catalytic organic reactions

    Bert F. Sels;Dirk E. De Vos;Pierre A. Jacobs

  • Interfacial synthesis of hollow metal–organic framework capsules demonstrating selective permeability

    Rob Ameloot;Frederik Vermoortele;Wim Vanhove;Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

  • Layered double hydroxides exchanged with tungstate as biomimetic catalysts for mild oxidative bromination

    Bert Sels;Dirk De Vos;Mieke Buntinx;Frédéric Pierard

  • Cerium-based metal organic frameworks with UiO-66 architecture: synthesis, properties and redox catalytic activity.

    Martin Lammert;Michael T. Wharmby;Simon Smolders;Bart Bueken

  • Patterned Growth of Metal-Organic Framework Coatings by Electrochemical Synthesis

    Rob Ameloot;Linda Stappers;Jan Fransaer;Luc Alaerts

  • Sulfonic acid functionalised ordered mesoporous materials as catalysts for condensation and esterification reactions

    Wim M. Van Rhijn;Dirk E. De Vos;Bert F. Sels;Wim D. Bossaert

  • Spatially resolved observation of crystal-face-dependent catalysis by single turnover counting

    Maarten B. J. Roeffaers;Bert F. Sels;Hiroshi Uji-i;Frans C. De Schryver

  • An amino-modified Zr-terephthalate metal–organic framework as an acid–base catalyst for cross-aldol condensation

    Frederik Vermoortele;Rob Ameloot;Alexandre Vimont;Christian Serre

  • Chiral catalyst immobilization and recycling

    D.E. De Vos;I.F.J. Vankelecom;P.A. Jacobs

  • Mesoporous Sulfonic Acids as Selective Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Synthesis of Monoglycerides

    Wim D. Bossaert;Dirk E. De Vos;Wim M. Van Rhijn;Joren Bullen

  • Electronic Effects of Linker Substitution on Lewis Acid Catalysis with Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Frederik Vermoortele;Matthias Vandichel;Ben Van de Voorde;Rob Ameloot

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert F. Sels
Bert F. Sels KU Leuven
Johan Hofkens
Johan Hofkens KU Leuven
Joeri F. M. Denayer
Joeri F. M. Denayer Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Feng-Shou Xiao
Feng-Shou Xiao Zhejiang University
Hermann Gies
Hermann Gies Ruhr University Bochum
Xinhe Bao
Xinhe Bao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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