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D-Index
126
Citations
64667
World Ranking
383
National Ranking
28

Dirk M. Guldi 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 M. Guldi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,006 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk M. Guldi 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 M. Guldi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 126 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 Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Dirk M. Guldi is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions also in electrical and electronic engineering and renewable energy.

The scientist has explored several subfields, including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and sustainability. Their work often intersects with topics such as porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, organic electronics and photovoltaics, luminescence and fluorescent materials, and fullerene chemistry and applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dirk M. Guldi include:

  • Timothy Clark
  • Marcel Krug
  • Tomás Torres⊗
  • Ilias Papadopoulos
  • Rik R. Tykwinski

Common publication venues for Dirk M. Guldi's research are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Some recent papers authored by Dirk M. Guldi include:

  • "Unconventional singlet fission materials," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Potassium Poly(Heptazine Imide): Transition Metal-Free Solid-State Triplet Sensitizer in Cascade Energy Transfer and [3+2]-cycloadditions," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Optical processes in carbon nanocolloids," 2020, Chem
  • "Molecular insights and concepts to engineer singlet fission energy conversion devices," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Inverse design workflow discovers hole-transport materials tailored for perovskite solar cells," 2024, Science

Dirk M. Guldi has been recognized as a member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2020.

Best Publications

  • Organic functionalization of carbon nanotubes

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Konstantinos Kordatos;Maurizio Prato;Dirk M. Guldi

  • Excited-state properties of C(60) fullerene derivatives.

    Dirk M. Guldi;Maurizio Prato

  • Molecular design of strong single-wall carbon nanotube/polyelectrolyte multilayer composites

    Arif A. Mamedov;Nicholas A. Kotov;Maurizio Prato;Dirk M. Guldi

  • Fullerene–porphyrin architectures; photosynthetic antenna and reaction center models

    Dirk M. Guldi

  • Covalent and noncovalent phthalocyanine-carbon nanostructure systems: synthesis, photoinduced electron transfer, and application to molecular photovoltaics.

    Giovanni Bottari;Gema de la Torre;Dirk M. Guldi;Tomás Torres

  • Decorating carbon nanotubes with metal or semiconductor nanoparticles

    Vasilios Georgakilas;Dimitrios Gournis;Vasilios Tzitzios;Lucia Pasquato

  • Endohedral fullerenes for organic photovoltaic devices

    Russel B. Ross;Claudia M. Cardona;Dirk M. Guldi;Shankara Gayathri Sankaranarayanan

  • Modulating charge separation and charge recombination dynamics in porphyrin-fullerene linked dyads and triads: Marcus-normal versus inverted region.

    Hiroshi Imahori;Koichi Tamaki;Dirk M. Guldi;Chuping Luo

  • Materials for organic solar cells: the C60/π-conjugated oligomer approach

    José L. Segura;Nazario Martín;Dirk M. Guldi

  • Charge separation in a novel artificial photosynthetic reaction center lives 380 ms.

    Hiroshi Imahori;Dirk M. Guldi;Koichi Tamaki;Yutaka Yoshida

  • Carbon nanotubes—electronic/electrochemical properties and application for nanoelectronics and photonics

    Vito Sgobba;Dirk M. Guldi

  • Fullerenes: three dimensional electron acceptor materials

    Dirk M. Guldi

  • Carbon nanotubes in electron donor-acceptor nanocomposites.

    Dirk M. Guldi;G. M. A. Rahman;Francesco Zerbetto;Maurizio Prato

  • Fullerene for organic electronics

    Dirk M. Guldi;Beatriz M. Illescas;Carmen Mª Atienza;Mateusz Wielopolski

  • Singlet fission in pentacene dimers

    Johannes Zirzlmeier;Dan Lehnherr;Pedro B. Coto;Erin T. Chernick

  • Multifunctional molecular carbon materials—from fullerenes to carbon nanotubes

    Dirk M. Guldi;G. M. Aminur Rahman;Vito Sgobba;Christian Ehli

  • Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Fullerene/Ferrocene Based Donor−Bridge−Acceptor Dyads

    Dirk M. Guldi;Michele Maggini;Gianfranco Scorrano;Maurizio Prato

  • Chemical functionalization and characterization of graphene-based materials

    Giovanni Bottari;Giovanni Bottari;Ma Ángeles Herranz;Leonie Wibmer;Michel Volland

  • Sequential Energy and Electron Transfer in an Artificial Reaction Center: Formation of a Long-Lived Charge-Separated State

    C. Luo;D. M. Guldi;H. Imahori;and K. Tamaki

  • Interactions in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes/Pyrene/Porphyrin Nanohybrids

    Christian Ehli;G. M. Aminur Rahman;Norbert Jux;Domenico Balbinot

  • Organic Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes

    Dimitrios Tasis;Nikos Tagmatarchis;Vasilios Georgakilas;Davide Pantarotto

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomás Torres
Tomás Torres Autonomous University of Madrid
Nazario Martín
Nazario Martín Complutense University of Madrid
Maurizio Prato
Maurizio Prato University of Trieste
Andreas Hirsch
Andreas Hirsch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rubén D. Costa
Rubén D. Costa Technical University of Munich
Luis Echegoyen
Luis Echegoyen The University of Texas at El Paso
Francesco Paolucci
Francesco Paolucci University of Bologna
Michele Maggini
Michele Maggini University of Padua
Rik R. Tykwinski
Rik R. Tykwinski University of Alberta
Stéphane Campidelli
Stéphane Campidelli University of Paris-Saclay

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