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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
24542
World Ranking
2946
National Ranking
69

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2015 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Huib J. Bakker is affiliated with the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in the Netherlands. Their research spans fields including Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry, with a particular focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Macromolecules
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Coauthors who have collaborated regularly with Huib J. Bakker are:

  • Jan Versluis
  • Giulia Giubertoni
  • Carolyn J. Moll
  • Loreta A. Muscarella
  • Eline M. Hutter

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Lattice Compression Increases the Activation Barrier for Phase Segregation in Mixed-Halide Perovskites," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Effect of intramolecular hydrogen-bond formation on the molecular conformation of amino acids," 2020, Communications Chemistry
  • "Thermodynamic Stabilization of Mixed-Halide Perovskites against Phase Segregation," 2020, Cell Reports Physical Science
  • "Slow Proton Transfer in Nanoconfined Water," 2020, ACS Central Science
  • "Strong Reduction of the Chain Rigidity of Hyaluronan by Selective Binding of Ca 2+ Ions," 2021, Macromolecules

Huib J. Bakker was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Negligible Effect of Ions on the Hydrogen-Bond Structure in Liquid Water

    Anne Willem Omta;Michel F. Kropman;Sander Woutersen;Huib J. Bakker

  • Vibrational Spectroscopy as a Probe of Structure and Dynamics in Liquid Water

    H. J. Bakker;J. L. Skinner

  • Cooperativity in Ion Hydration

    K. J. Tielrooij;N. Garcia-Araez;M. Bonn;H. J. Bakker

  • Resonant intermolecular transfer of vibrational energy in liquid water

    Sander Woutersen;Huib J. Bakker

  • Femtosecond Mid-IR Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Liquid Water: Evidence for a Two-Component Structure

    S. Woutersen;U. Emmerichs;H. J. Bakker

  • Dynamics of Water Molecules in Aqueous Solvation Shells

    M. F. Kropman;H. J. Bakker

  • Measurement and calculation of the orientation dependence of terahertz pulse detection in ZnTe

    Paul C. M. Planken;Han-Kwang Nienhuys;Huib J. Bakker;Tom Wenckebach

  • Protons and Hydroxide Ions in Aqueous Systems

    Noam Agmon;Huib J. Bakker;R. Kramer Campen;Richard H. Henchman

  • Structural dynamics of aqueous salt solutions.

    H. J. Bakker

  • Vibrational response of hydrogen-bonded interfacial water is dominated by intramolecular coupling

    Maria Sovago;R Kramer Campen;George W H Wurpel;Michiel Müller

  • Observation of immobilized water molecules around hydrophobic groups.

    Y. L. A. Rezus;H. J. Bakker

  • ULTRAFAST FIELD-INDUCED DISSOCIATION OF EXCITONS IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS

    R. Kersting;U. Lemmer;M. Deussen;H. J. Bakker

  • Real-Time Observation of Organic Cation Reorientation in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskites

    Artem A. Bakulin;Artem A. Bakulin;Oleg Selig;Huib J. Bakker;Yves L.A. Rezus

  • Anomalous Temperature Dependence of Vibrational Lifetimes in Water and Ice

    Sander Woutersen;Uli Emmerichs;Han-Kwang Nienhuys;Huib J. Bakker

  • Mechanism for vibrational relaxation in water investigated by femtosecond infrared spectroscopy

    Han-Kwang Nienhuys;Sander Woutersen;Rutger A. van Santen;Huib J. Bakker

  • Water-Mediated Ion Pairing: Occurrence and Relevance

    Nico F. A. van der Vegt;Kristoffer Haldrup;Sylvie Roke;Junrong Zheng

  • Hydrogen Bond in Liquid Water as a Brownian Oscillator

    Sander Woutersen;Huib J. Bakker

  • Effect of urea on the structural dynamics of water.

    Y. L. A. Rezus;H. J. Bakker

  • Ultrafast vibrational and structural dynamics of the proton in liquid water

    Sander Woutersen;Huib J. Bakker

  • Ultrafast Energy Equilibration in Hydrogen-Bonded Liquids

    A. J. Lock;and S. Woutersen;H. J. Bakker

  • Temperature dependence of vibrational relaxation in liquid H2O

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Frequent Co-Authors

Mischa Bonn
Mischa Bonn Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Sander Woutersen
Sander Woutersen University of Amsterdam
Heinrich Kurz
Heinrich Kurz RWTH Aachen University
Johannes Hunger
Johannes Hunger Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Artem A. Bakulin
Artem A. Bakulin Imperial College London
Ellen H. G. Backus
Ellen H. G. Backus University of Vienna
Ad Lagendijk
Ad Lagendijk University of Twente
Gijsje H. Koenderink
Gijsje H. Koenderink Delft University of Technology
Ilja K. Voets
Ilja K. Voets Eindhoven University of Technology
Aart W. Kleyn
Aart W. Kleyn Leiden University

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