2026 Dwight S. Seferos: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	62	6379	6168	104	99	219	17906
Chemistry	62	8703	7894	224	200	214	17798

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada
2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Dwight S. Seferos is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research spans numerous subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, organic chemistry, and molecular biology.

The main research topics associated with their work include:

Conducting polymers and applications
Organic electronics and photovoltaics
Advanced battery materials and technologies
Advanced battery technologies research
Advancements in battery materials
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
Perovskite materials and applications

Seferos's recent publications reflect these topics and cover a range of subjects in chemistry and material sciences. Notable papers include:

Group 16 conjugated polymers based on furan, thiophene, selenophene, and tellurophene, published in 2022 in Chemical Society Reviews
Rigid Conjugated Diamine Templates for Stable Dion-Jacobson-Type Two-Dimensional Perovskites, published in 2021 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Aqueous zinc batteries: Design principles toward organic cathodes for grid applications, published in 2022 in iScience
Selenium Substitution Enhances Reverse Intersystem Crossing in a Delayed Fluorescence Emitter, published in 2020 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Design strategies for organic carbonyl materials for energy storage: Small molecules, oligomers, polymers and supramolecular structures, published in 2020 in EcoMat

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Macromolecules, and Chemical Science.

Collaborative work is a feature of Seferos's academic output, with frequent coauthors including Eloi Grignon, Alan J. Lough, Alicia M. Battaglia, Chad A. Mirkin, and Shuyang Ye.

Awards recognized in Seferos's career include the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada in 2019 and being named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013.

Best Publications

Gold nanoparticles for biology and medicine.

David A. Giljohann;Dwight S. Seferos;Dwight S. Seferos;Weston L. Daniel;Matthew D. Massich

2779
Citations
The rise of organic electrode materials for energy storage

Tyler B. Schon;Bryony T. McAllister;Peng-Fei Li;Dwight S. Seferos

1071
Citations
Gene regulation with polyvalent siRNA-nanoparticle conjugates.

David A. Giljohann;Dwight S. Seferos;Andrew E. Prigodich;Pinal C. Patel

840
Citations
Nano-Flares: Probes for Transfection and mRNA Detection in Living Cells

Dwight S. Seferos;David A. Giljohann;Haley D. Hill;and Andrew E. Prigodich

807
Citations
Oligonucleotide Loading Determines Cellular Uptake of DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles

David A. Giljohann;Dwight S. Seferos;Pinal C. Patel;Jill E. Millstone

644
Citations
Polyvalent DNA nanoparticle conjugates stabilize nucleic acids.

Dwight S. Seferos;Andrew E. Prigodich;David A. Giljohann;Pinal C. Patel

606
Citations
Aptamer Nano-flares for Molecular Detection in Living Cells

Dan Zheng;Dwight S. Seferos;David A. Giljohann;Pinal C. Patel

431
Citations
Vibronic contributions to charge transport across molecular junctions

James G. Kushmerick;Jason Lazorcik;Charles H. Patterson;Ranganathan Shashidhar

431
Citations
Atomistic band gap engineering in donor-acceptor polymers.

Gregory L. Gibson;Theresa M. McCormick;Dwight S. Seferos

372
Citations
Nano-Flares for mRNA Regulation and Detection

Andrew E. Prigodich;Dwight S. Seferos;Matthew D. Massich;David A. Giljohann

314
Citations
Controlling phase separation and optical properties in conjugated polymers through selenophene-thiophene copolymerization.

Jon Hollinger;Ashlee A. Jahnke;Neil Coombs;Dwight S. Seferos

285
Citations
Chalcogen bonding in solution: interactions of benzotelluradiazoles with anionic and uncharged Lewis bases.

Graham E. Garrett;Gregory L. Gibson;Rita N. Straus;Dwight S. Seferos

275
Citations
Chemically patterned microspheres for controlled nanoparticle assembly in the construction of SERS hot spots

Gary Braun;Ioana Pavel;Andrew R. Morrill;Dwight S. Seferos

272
Citations
Exciton delocalization drives rapid singlet fission in nanoparticles of acene derivatives.

Ryan D. Pensack;Andrew J. Tilley;Sean R. Parkin;Tia S. Lee

258
Citations
Observation of Two Triplet-Pair Intermediates in Singlet Exciton Fission

Ryan D. Pensack;Evgeny E. Ostroumov;Andrew J. Tilley;Samuel Mazza

254
Citations
Conjugated Polymers: Evaluating DFT Methods for More Accurate Orbital Energy Modeling

Theresa M. McCormick;Colin R. Bridges;Elisa I. Carrera;Paul M. DiCarmine

237
Citations
Quantitative Analysis of Thiolated Ligand Exchange on Gold Nanoparticles Monitored by 1H NMR Spectroscopy

Ashley M. Smith;Lauren E. Marbella;Kathryn A. Johnston;Michael J. Hartmann

205
Citations
Regulating immune response using polyvalent nucleic acid-gold nanoparticle conjugates

Matthew D Massich;David A Giljohann;Dwight S Seferos;Louise E Ludlow

194
Citations
Robust Visible Light Photoswitching with Ortho-Thiol Substituted Azobenzenes

Subhas Samanta;Theresa M. McCormick;Simone K. Schmidt;Dwight S. Seferos

176
Citations
Chemically Addressable Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Applications.

Haizhu Sun;Haizhu Sun;Zhenyu Yang;Mingyang Wei;Wei Sun

175
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