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Jean-François Nierengarten

Jean-François Nierengarten

University of Strasbourg
France

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
16812
World Ranking
4800
National Ranking
149

Jean-François Nierengarten 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 Jean-François Nierengarten sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 365 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-François Nierengarten 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 Jean-François Nierengarten sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-François Nierengarten is a researcher affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their work spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and organic chemistry subfields. Their research encompasses multiple specialized areas including supramolecular chemistry, complex synthesis, and crystallization studies.

They have published extensively on topics such as supramolecular chemistry and complexes, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Other main topics covered in their work include luminescent and fluorescent materials, metal complex synthesis and properties, advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, and organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis.

Jean-François Nierengarten's publication record includes numerous papers across several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ChemistryEurope
  • ChemistryOpen
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Their recent scientific papers include:

  • Pentafluorophenyl Esters as Exchangeable Stoppers for the Construction of Photoactive [2]Rotaxanes (2021), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Diversity Oriented Preparation of Pillar[5]arene-Containing [2]Rotaxanes by a Stopper Exchange Strategy (2020), ChemistryOpen
  • Dendritic-Like Molecules Built on a Pillar[5]arene Core as Hole Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells (2021), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Stable Luminescent [Cu(NN)(PP)]+ Complexes Incorporating a β-Cyclodextrin-Based Diphosphane Ligand with Metal-Confining Properties (2022), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Solution and Solvent-Free Stopper Exchange Reactions for the Preparation of Pillar[5]arene-containing [2] and [3]Rotaxanes (2024), Chemistry - A European Journal

Their list of frequent co-authors demonstrates collaboration with researchers such as Iwona Nierengarten, Uwe Hahn, Michel Holler, Béatrice Delavaux-Nicot, and Emeric Wasielewski. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in their areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Fullerene-oligophenylenevinylene hybrids: Synthesis, electronic properties, and incorporation in photovoltaic devices

    J.F. Eckert;J.F. Nicoud;J.F. Nierengarten;S.G. Liu

  • Fullerenes : principles and applications

    Fernando Langa De La Puente;Jean-Francois Nierengarten

  • Highly Luminescent CuI Complexes for Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells

    Nicola Armaroli;Gianluca Accorsi;Michel Holler;Omar Moudam

  • Chemical modification of C60 for materials science applications

    Jean François Nierengarten

  • Synthesis of giant globular multivalent glycofullerenes as potent inhibitors in a model of Ebola virus infection

    Antonio Muñoz;David Sigwalt;Beatriz M. Illescas;Joanna Luczkowiak

  • Regio‐ and Diastereoselective Bisfunctionalization of C60 and Enantioselective Synthesis of a C60 Derivative with a Chiral Addition Pattern

    Jean-François Nierengarten;Volker Gramlich;Francesca Cardullo;François Diederich

  • Macrocyclization on the fullerene core: Direct regio‐ and diastereoselective multi‐functionalization of [60]fullerene, and synthesis of fullerene‐dendrimer derivatives

    Jean-François Nierengarten;Tilo Habicher;Roland Kessinger;Francesca Cardullo

  • Synthesis of a doubly interlocked [2]-catenane

    Jean Francois Nierengarten;Christiane O. Dietrich-Buchecker;Jean Pierre Sauvage

  • Heteroleptic Copper(I) Complexes Prepared from Phenanthroline and Bis-Phosphine Ligands

    Adrien Kaeser;Meera Mohankumar;John Mohanraj;Filippo Monti

  • Glycosidase Inhibition with Fullerene Iminosugar Balls: A Dramatic Multivalent Effect

    Philippe Compain;Camille Decroocq;Julien Iehl;Michel Holler

  • Highly luminescent Cu(I)-phenanthroline complexes in rigid matrix and temperature dependence of the photophysical properties.

    Delphine Felder;Jean-François Nierengarten;Francesco Barigelletti;Barbara Ventura

  • Fullerene sugar balls

    Jean-François Nierengarten;Julien Iehl;Vincent Oerthel;Michel Holler

  • A Copper(I)‐Complexed Rotaxane with Two Fullerene Stoppers: Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Photoinduced Processes

    Nicola Armaroli;François Diederich;Christiane O. Dietrich-Buchecker;Lucia Flamigni

  • A new pyridyl-substituted methanofullerene derivative. Photophysics, electrochemistry and self-assembly with zinc(II) meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP)

    Nicola Armaroli;François Diederich;Luis Echegoyen;Tilo Habicher

  • Synthesis of a C60-oligophenylenevinylene hybrid and its incorporation in a photovoltaic device

    Jean-François Nierengarten;Jean-François Eckert;Jean-François Nicoud;Lahoussine Ouali

  • Building liquid crystals from the 5-fold symmetrical pillar[5]arene core

    Iwona Nierengarten;Sebastiano Guerra;Michel Holler;Jean-François Nierengarten

  • The high yielding synthesis of pillar[5]arenes under Friedel-Crafts conditions explained by dynamic covalent bond formation.

    Michel Holler;Nicolas Allenbach;Jordan Sonet;Jean-François Nierengarten

  • Electrophosphorescent homo- and heteroleptic copper(I) complexes prepared from various bis-phosphine ligands

    Omar Moudam;Adrien Kaeser;Béatrice Delavaux-Nicot;Carine Duhayon

  • Dicopper(I) trefoil knots and related unknotted molecular systems: influence of ring size and structural factors on their synthesis and electrochemical and excited-state properties

    Christiane O. Dietrich-Buchecker;Jean Francois Nierengarten;Jean Pierre Sauvage;Nicola Armaroli

  • Artificial light-harvesting arrays: electronic energy migration and trapping on a sphere and between spheres.

    Julien Iehl;Jean-François Nierengarten;Anthony Harriman;Thomas Bura

  • The functional valency of dodecamannosylated fullerenes with Escherichia coli FimH—towards novel bacterial antiadhesives

    Maxime Durka;Kevin Buffet;Julien Iehl;Michel Holler

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Armaroli
Nicola Armaroli National Research Council (CNR)
Gianluca Accorsi
Gianluca Accorsi National Research Council (CNR)
Jean-François Nicoud
Jean-François Nicoud University of Strasbourg
Daniel Guillon
Daniel Guillon University of Strasbourg
Robert Deschenaux
Robert Deschenaux University of Neuchâtel
François Diederich
François Diederich ETH Zurich
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage University of Strasbourg
Maurice Gross
Maurice Gross Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Paul Gisselbrecht
Jean-Paul Gisselbrecht University of Strasbourg
Nazario Martín
Nazario Martín Complutense University of Madrid

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