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Françoise M. Winnik

Françoise M. Winnik

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
87
Citations
33074
World Ranking
1934
National Ranking
9

Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
33254
World Ranking
2252
National Ranking
6

Françoise M. Winnik publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Françoise M. Winnik sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 327 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Françoise M. Winnik D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Françoise M. Winnik sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Françoise M. Winnik was affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research focused primarily on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular emphasis on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. Their work also spanned subfields such as Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Medicine.

The scope of topics covered in their research included Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Hydrogels synthesis and applications, and the Synthesis and Properties of both polymers and aromatic compounds.

Their publication record features research in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work included Langmuir, Macromolecules, Polymer Chemistry, Materials Today Chemistry, and Communications Physics.

  • Langmuir
  • Macromolecules
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Materials Today Chemistry
  • Communications Physics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Winnik covered diverse topics in materials and polymer chemistry. These included:

  • "Azopyridine: a smart photo- and chemo-responsive substituent for polymers and supramolecular assemblies" (2020, Polymer Chemistry)
  • "The Two Phase Transitions of Hydrophobically End-Capped Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s in Water" (2020, Macromolecules)
  • "Enthalpy of the Complexation in Electrolyte Solutions of Polycations and Polyzwitterions of Different Structures and Topologies" (2021, Macromolecules)
  • "Synthesis of New Thermoresponsive Polymers Possessing the Dense 1,2,3-Triazole Backbone" (2021, Langmuir)
  • "Dually-functionalized boron nitride nanotubes to target glioblastoma multiforme" (2020, Materials Today Chemistry)

Their frequent co-authors were researchers who collaborated on multiple publications, including Jukka Niskanen, Hao Ren, Peng Yang, Xing-Ping Qiu, and Jean-Richard Bullet.

  • Jukka Niskanen
  • Hao Ren
  • Peng Yang
  • Xing-Ping Qiu
  • Jean-Richard Bullet

Françoise M. Winnik was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016 for contributions acknowledged by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

    Martien A Cohen Stuart;Wilhelm T S Huck;Jan Genzer;Marcus Müller

  • PHOTOPHYSICS OF PREASSOCIATED PYRENES IN AQUEOUS POLYMER SOLUTIONS AND IN OTHER ORGANIZED MEDIA

    Unknown

  • Differences in subcellular distribution and toxicity of green and red emitting CdTe quantum dots

    Jasmina Lovrić;Hassan S. Bazzi;Yan Cuie;Genevieve R. A. Fortin

  • Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Phase Diagrams: Fifty Years of Research.

    Avraham Halperin;Avraham Halperin;Martin Kröger;Françoise M. Winnik;Françoise M. Winnik;Françoise M. Winnik

  • Unmodified Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots Induce Reactive Oxygen Species Formation Leading to Multiple Organelle Damage and Cell Death

    Jasmina Lovrić;Sung Ju Cho;Françoise M. Winnik;Dusica Maysinger

  • Long-term exposure to CdTe quantum dots causes functional impairments in live cells.

    Unknown

  • Non-ionic Thermoresponsive Polymers in Water

    Vladimir Aseyev;Heikki Tenhu;Françoise M. Winnik

  • Fluorescence studies of aqueous solutions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) below and above their LCST

    Francoise M. Winnik

  • Characterization of folate-chitosan-DNA nanoparticles for gene therapy

    Sania Mansouri;Yan Cuie;Francoise Winnik;Qin Shi

  • Methanol-water as a co-nonsolvent system for poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

    Francoise M. Winnik;H. Ringsdorf;J. Venzmer

  • Fluorescence studies of hydrophobically modified poly(N-isopropylacrylamides)

    H. Ringsdorf;J. Venzmer;F. M. Winnik

  • Bioactive coatings of endovascular stents based on polyelectrolyte multilayers.

    Benjamin Thierry;Francoise M. Winnik;Yahye Merhi;Jim Silver

  • Temperature-Induced Phase Transition of Well-Defined Cyclic Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s in Aqueous Solution

    Xing-Ping Qiu;Fumihiko Tanaka;Francoise M. Winnik

  • Impact of end-group association and main-chain hydration on the thermosensitive properties of hydrophobically modified telechelic poly(N-isopropylacrylamides) in water

    Piotr Kujawa;Florence Segui;Sherry Shaban;Charbel Diab

  • Quantum Dot Cytotoxicity and Ways To Reduce It

    Françoise M. Winnik;Françoise M. Winnik;Dusica Maysinger

  • Volumetric studies of aqueous polymer solutions using pressure perturbation calorimetry: A new look at the temperature-induced phase transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in water and D2O

    Piotr Kujawa;Francoise M. Winnik

  • Microglial Response to Gold Nanoparticles

    Eliza Hutter;Eliza Hutter;Sebastien Boridy;Simon Labrecque;Melanie Lalancette-Hébert

  • Temperature-responsive polymers in mixed solvents: competitive hydrogen bonds cause cononsolvency.

    Fumihiko Tanaka;Tsuyoshi Koga;Françoise M. Winnik

  • Facile and Efficient One-Pot Transformation of RAFT Polymer End Groups via a Mild Aminolysis/Michael Addition Sequence

    Xing-Ping Qiu;Françoise M. Winnik

  • Effect of Molecular Weight on the Exponential Growth and Morphology of Hyaluronan/Chitosan Multilayers: A Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation

    Piotr Kujawa;Patricia Moraille;Jacqueline Sanchez;Antonella Badia

  • Fluorescence methods in the study of the interactions of surfactants with polymers

    Unknown

  • Temperature dependence of the colloidal stability of neutral amphiphilic polymers in water

    Vladimir O. Aseyev;Heikki Tenhu;Francoise M. Winnik

  • Consolvency of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in mixed water-methanol solutions: a look at spin-labeled polymers

    Francoise M. Winnik;M. Francesca Ottaviani;Stefan H. Bossmann;M. Garcia-Garibay

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Tenhu
Heikki Tenhu University of Helsinki
Maryam Tabrizian
Maryam Tabrizian McGill University
Kerong Dai
Kerong Dai Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Helmut Ringsdorf
Helmut Ringsdorf Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Per M. Claesson
Per M. Claesson Royal Institute of Technology
Takahiro Sato
Takahiro Sato Osaka University
Kazunari Akiyoshi
Kazunari Akiyoshi Kyoto University
Mitchell A. Winnik
Mitchell A. Winnik University of Toronto

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