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Jean-Luc Brédas 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-Luc Brédas sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,316 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-Luc Brédas 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-Luc Brédas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 174 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2021 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2020 - Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society “for seminal theoretical contributions to the design and understanding of novel molecules and materials in thefields of organic electronics and photonics
  • 2014 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
  • 2013 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2004 - OSA Fellows For contributions to the quantum-chemical description of nonlinear optical properties of molecules and molecular systems.
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For theoretical studies of electronic structure of conjugated polymers, their conductivity when doped and their nonlinear optical polarizabilities

Overview

Jean-Luc Brédas is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Other subfields in their work include Polymers and Plastics, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Their frequent publication venues are:

  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Materials Letters
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jean-Luc Brédas include:

  • "Delocalization of exciton and electron wavefunction in non-fullerene acceptor molecules enables efficient organic solar cells," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Fast spin-flip enables efficient and stable organic electroluminescence from charge-transfer states," 2020, Nature Photonics
  • "A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells," 2021, Nature Energy
  • "Ion-modulated radical doping of spiro-OMeTAD for more efficient and stable perovskite solar cells," 2022, Science
  • "Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks," 2021, Nature Materials

Frequent co-authors working with Jean-Luc Brédas include:

  • Veaceslav Coropceanu
  • Hong Li
  • Seth R. Marder
  • Eunkyung Cho
  • Xiaojuan Ni

Jean-Luc Brédas has received various awards throughout their career, including:

  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2021
  • Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society, 2020, for seminal theoretical contributions to the design and understanding of novel molecules and materials in the fields of organic electronics and photonics
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2009
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2008
  • OSA Fellow, 2004, for contributions to the quantum-chemical description of nonlinear optical properties of molecules and molecular systems
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1993, for theoretical studies of electronic structure of conjugated polymers, their conductivity when doped and their nonlinear optical polarizabilities

Best Publications

  • Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers

    R. H. Friend;R. W. Gymer;A. B. Holmes;J. H. Burroughes

  • Charge transport in organic semiconductors.

    Veaceslav Coropceanu;Jérôme Cornil;Demetrio A da Silva Filho;Yoann Olivier

  • Charge-Transfer and Energy-Transfer Processes in π-Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers: A Molecular Picture

    Jean-Luc Brédas;David Beljonne;Veaceslav Coropceanu;Jérôme Cornil

  • Design of organic molecules with large two-photon absorption cross sections

    Marius Albota;David Beljonne;Jean-Luc Bredas;Jeffrey E. Ehrlich

  • Polarons, bipolarons, and solitons in conducting polymers

    Jean Luc Bredas;G. Bryan Street

  • A Universal Method to Produce Low―Work Function Electrodes for Organic Electronics

    Yinhua Zhou;Canek Fuentes-Hernandez;Jaewon Shim;Jens Meyer

  • Molecular Understanding of Organic Solar Cells: The Challenges

    Jean-Luc Brédas;Jean-Luc Brédas;Joseph E. Norton;Jérôme Cornil;Jérôme Cornil;Veaceslav Coropceanu

  • THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE IN ORGANIC MATERIALS : THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS

    Jl Bredas;C Adant;P Tackx;Andre Persoons

  • Introduction to Organic Thin Film Transistors and Design of n-Channel Organic Semiconductors

    Christopher R. Newman;C. Daniel Frisbie;Demetrio A. da Silva Filho;§ Jean-Luc Brédas

  • Organic semiconductors: A theoretical characterization of the basic parameters governing charge transport

    J. L. Brédas;J. P. Calbert;D. A. da Silva Filho;J. Cornil

  • Chain-length dependence of electronic and electrochemical properties of conjugated systems: polyacetylene, polyphenylene, polythiophene, and polypyrrole

    Jean-Luc Bredas;R. Silbey;D. S. Boudreaux;R. R. Chance

  • Interchain Interactions in Organic π-Conjugated Materials: Impact on Electronic Structure, Optical Response, and Charge Transport

    J. Cornil;J. Cornil;D. Beljonne;D. Beljonne;J. P. Calbert;Jean-Luc Bredas;Jean-Luc Bredas

  • Polaron lattice in highly conducting polyaniline: Theoretical and optical studies.

    S. Stafström;J. L. Brédas;A. J. Epstein;H. S. Woo

  • Structure−Property Relationships for Two-Photon Absorbing Chromophores: Bis-Donor Diphenylpolyene and Bis(styryl)benzene Derivatives

    Mariacristina Rumi;Jeffrey E. Ehrlich;Ahmed A. Heikal;Joseph W. Perry

  • Single-electron transistor of a single organic molecule with access to several redox states

    Sergey Kubatkin;Andrey Danilov;Mattias Hjort;Jérôme Cornil;Jérôme Cornil

  • Up-Conversion Intersystem Crossing Rates in Organic Emitters for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Impact of the Nature of Singlet vs Triplet Excited States

    Pralok Kumar Samanta;Dongwook Kim;Dongwook Kim;Veaceslav Coropceanu;Jean-Luc Bredas

  • Effect of electronic polarization on charge-transport parameters in molecular organic semiconductors.

    Edward F. Valeev;Veaceslav Coropceanu;Demetrio A. Da Silva Filho;Seyhan Salman

  • Design rules for minimizing voltage losses in high-efficiency organic solar cells.

    Deping Qian;Zilong Zheng;Huifeng Yao;Wolfgang Tress

  • Highly conducting polyparaphenylene, polypyrrole, and polythiophene chains: An ab initio study of the geometry and electronic-structure modifications upon doping

    J. L. Brédas;B. Thémans;J. G. Fripiat;J. M. André

  • Polarons and bipolarons in polypyrrole: Evolution of the band structure and optical spectrum upon doing

    J. L. Brédas;J. C. Scott;K. Yakushi;G. B. Street

  • Comparative theoretical study of the doping of conjugated polymers: Polarons in polyacetylene and polyparaphenylene

    Jean-Luc Bredas;R. R. Chance;R. Silbey

Frequent Co-Authors

David Beljonne
David Beljonne University of Mons
Jérôme Cornil
Jérôme Cornil University of Mons
Seth R. Marder
Seth R. Marder University of Colorado Boulder
Veaceslav Coropceanu
Veaceslav Coropceanu University of Arizona
Roberto Lazzaroni
Roberto Lazzaroni University of Mons
Egbert Zojer
Egbert Zojer Graz University of Technology
Chad Risko
Chad Risko University of Kentucky
Stephen Barlow
Stephen Barlow Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhigang Shuai
Zhigang Shuai Tsinghua University
Jean-Marie André
Jean-Marie André University of Namur

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