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Gregory D. Scholes

Gregory D. Scholes

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
109
Citations
58840
World Ranking
714
National Ranking
244

Chemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
60912
World Ranking
756
National Ranking
304

Gregory D. Scholes 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 Gregory D. Scholes sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 481 publications — 85th percentile

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

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

Gregory D. Scholes 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 Gregory D. Scholes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gregory D. Scholes is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within chemistry and physics, with significant contributions across materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, and optics, among others. The subfields associated with their work include Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, History and Philosophy of Science, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

They have a notable publication record in venues such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of the American Chemical Society, arXiv (Cornell University), and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. The frequency of publications in these venues highlights a strong presence in both experimental and theoretical chemistry literature.

Gregory D. Scholes has collaborated extensively with a range of co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Paul J. Chirik, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Cynthia J. Burrows, and Shu Wang. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach intersecting chemistry and related disciplines.

Their main research topics cover a broad spectrum, with key interest areas in Academic Writing and Publishing, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Significant recent papers by Gregory D. Scholes include:

  • Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science, 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • 3d-d Excited States of Ni(II) Complexes Relevant to Photoredox Catalysis: Spectroscopic Identification and Mechanistic Implications, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Mechanistic Analysis of Metallaphotoredox C-N Coupling: Photocatalysis Initiates and Perpetuates Ni(I)/Ni(III) Coupling Activity, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Delayed fluorescence from a zirconium(iv) photosensitizer with ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states, 2020, Nature Chemistry

Best Publications

  • The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment

    K. Lance Kelly;Eduardo A. Coronado;Lin-lin Zhao;George C Schatz

  • Colloidal PbS Nanocrystals with Size-Tunable Near-Infrared Emission: Observation of Post-Synthesis Self-Narrowing of the Particle Size Distribution

    Margaret A. Hines;Gregory D. Scholes

  • Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Graham R. Fleming;Alexandra Olaya-Castro;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Coherently wired light-harvesting in photosynthetic marine algae at ambient temperature

    Elisabetta Collini;Cathy Y. Wong;Krystyna E. Wilk;Paul M. G. Curmi

  • Excitons in nanoscale systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Garry Rumbles

  • Long-Range Resonance Energy Transfer in Molecular Systems

    Gregory D. Scholes

  • Efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes featuring nanometre-sized crystallites

    Zhengguo Xiao;Ross A. Kerner;Lianfeng Zhao;Nhu L. Tran

  • Light Absorption and Energy Transfer in the Antenna Complexes of Photosynthetic Organisms.

    Tihana Mirkovic;Evgeny E. Ostroumov;Jessica M. Anna;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Coherent intrachain energy migration in a conjugated polymer at room temperature.

    Elisabetta Collini;Gregory D. Scholes

  • Calculation of Couplings and Energy-Transfer Pathways between the Pigments of LH2 by the ab Initio Transition Density Cube Method

    Brent P. Krueger;Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming

  • Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Lin X. Chen;Lin X. Chen;Alán Aspuru-Guzik

  • On the Mechanism of Light Harvesting in Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria: B800 to B850 Energy Transfer

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming

  • Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science

    Michael R. Wasielewski;Malcolm D.E. Forbes;Natia L. Frank;Karol Kowalski

  • Beyond Förster resonance energy transfer in biological and nanoscale systems.

    David Beljonne;Carles Curutchet;Gregory D. Scholes;Robert J. Silbey

  • Size-tunable infrared (1000–1600 nm) electroluminescence from PbS quantum-dot nanocrystals in a semiconducting polymer

    L. Bakueva;S. Musikhin;M. A. Hines;T.-W. F. Chang

  • Coherence in energy transfer and photosynthesis

    Aurélia Chenu;Gregory D. Scholes

  • Noninjection Gram-Scale Synthesis of Monodisperse Pyramidal CuInS2 Nanocrystals and Their Size-Dependent Properties

    Haizheng Zhong;Shun S. Lo;Tihana Mirkovic;Yunchao Li

  • Interchain vs. intrachain energy transfer in acceptor-capped conjugated polymers

    D. Beljonne;G. Pourtois;C. Silva;E. Hennebicq

  • Photoexcitation of flavoenzymes enables a stereoselective radical cyclization

    Kyle F. Biegasiewicz;Simon J. Cooper;Xin Gao;Daniel G. Oblinsky

  • Quantitative modeling of the role of surface traps in CdSe/CdS/ZnS nanocrystal photoluminescence decay dynamics

    Marcus Jones;Shun S. Lo;Gregory D. Scholes

  • Emergent properties resulting from type-II band alignment in semiconductor nanoheterostructures.

    Shun S. Lo;Tihana Mirkovic;Chi Hung Chuang;Clemens Burda

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Anne B. McCoy
Anne B. McCoy University of Washington
Gregory V. Hartland
Gregory V. Hartland University of Notre Dame
Martin T. Zanni
Martin T. Zanni University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Yale University
Paul J. Chirik
Paul J. Chirik Princeton University
Jillian M. Buriak
Jillian M. Buriak University of Alberta
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Kirk S. Schanze
Kirk S. Schanze The University of Texas at San Antonio

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