2026 Marek Samoc: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	71	4305	4169	5	5	421	15861
Chemistry	70	5963	5413	12	11	396	15275

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Poland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Poland Leader Award
2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2020 - Polish Academy of Science
2016 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for research on nanostructural materials for nonlinear optics

Overview

Marek Samoc is affiliated with Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in the subfields of materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, and biophysics.

The main topics covered in their work include nonlinear optical materials studies, nanocluster synthesis and applications, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, luminescence and fluorescent materials, quantum dots synthesis and properties, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, and crystallization and solubility studies.

Among their recent publications are:

Nonlinear Optical Properties of Emerging Nano- and Microcrystalline Materials, 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
Two-photon absorption and two-photon-induced isomerization of azobenzene compounds, 2020, RSC Advances
Postsynthetic Framework Contraction Enhances the Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Pillar-Layered Metal-Organic Frameworks, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
Pr³⁺ doped NaYF₄ and LiYF₄ nanocrystals combining visible-to-UVC upconversion and NIR-to-NIR-II downconversion luminescence emissions for biomedical applications, 2022, Nanoscale
The Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Section Studies of CsPbX3 (X = I, Br, Cl) Nanocrystals, 2020, Nanomaterials

Frequent coauthors in their research include Katarzyna Matczyszyn, Marcin Nyk, Marta Dudek, Dominika Wawrzyńczyk, and Ziemowit Pokładek.

They have published several articles in notable venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, RSC Advances, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Nanoscale.

Marek Samoc has been recognized by receiving awards including the Polish Academy of Science award in 2020, membership in the European Academy of Sciences in 2020, and the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2016 for research on nanostructural materials for nonlinear optics.

Best Publications

Nonlinear optical properties, upconversion and lasing in metal–organic frameworks

Raghavender Medishetty;Jan K. Zaręba;David Mayer;Marek Samoć

642
Citations
Organometallic Complexes in Nonlinear Optics I: Second-Order Nonlinearities

Ian R. Whittall;Andrew M. McDonagh;Mark G. Humphrey;Marek Samoc

487
Citations
Neodymium(III) doped fluoride nanoparticles as non-contact optical temperature sensors

Dominika Wawrzynczyk;Artur Bednarkiewicz;Marcin Nyk;Wieslaw Strek

398
Citations
Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 30.1 electrochromic linear and nonlinear optical properties of alkynylbis(diphosphine)ruthenium complexes.

Clem E. Powell;Marie P. Cifuentes;Joseph P. Morrall;Robert Stranger

238
Citations
Two-photon absorption and photoluminescence of colloidal gold nanoparticles and nanoclusters

Joanna Olesiak-Banska;Magdalena Waszkielewicz;Patryk Obstarczyk;Marek Samoc

224
Citations
Femtosecond Z-scan and degenerate four-wave mixing measurements of real and imaginary parts of the third-order nonlinearity of soluble conjugated polymers

Marek Samoc;Anna Samoc;Barry Luther-Davies;Zhenan Bao

215
Citations
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 16. Second and Third Order Optical Nonlinearities of Octopolar Alkynylruthenium Complexes

Andrew McDonagh;Mark Humphrey;Marek Samoc;Barry Luther-Davies

205
Citations
Metal alkynyl complexes as switchable NLO systems

Katy A. Green;Marie P. Cifuentes;Marek Samoc;Marek Samoc;Mark G. Humphrey

204
Citations
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 22.1 Quadratic and Cubic Hyperpolarizabilities of trans-Bis(bidentate phosphine)ruthenium σ-Arylvinylidene and σ-Arylalkynyl Complexes

Stephanie K. Hurst;Marie P. Cifuentes;Joseph P. L. Morrall;Nigel T. Lucas

194
Citations
Dynamics of third‐order nonlinear optical processes in Langmuir–Blodgett and evaporated films of phthalocyanines

Martin K. Casstevens;Marek Samoc;Jiri Pfleger;Paras N. Prasad

194
Citations
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 17. Synthesis, Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities and Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section of an Alkynylruthenium Dendrimer

Andrew M. McDonagh;Mark G. Humphrey;Marek Samoc;Barry Luther-Davies

190
Citations
Electrochemical Switching of the Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of an Aryldiethynyl‐Linked Heterobimetallic Complex between Three Distinct States

Marek Samoc;Nicolas Gauthier;Marie P. Cifuentes;Frédéric Paul

188
Citations
Up-conversion FRET from Er3+/Yb3+:NaYF4 Nanophosphor to CdSe Quantum Dots

Artur Bednarkiewicz;Marcin Nyk;Marek Samoc;Wieslaw Strek

168
Citations
Switching the cubic nonlinear optical properties of an electro-, halo-, and photochromic ruthenium alkynyl complex across six states.

Katy A. Green;Marie P. Cifuentes;T. Christopher Corkery;Marek Samoc

167
Citations
Third‐order nonlinearity and two‐photon‐induced molecular dynamics: Femtosecond time‐resolved transient absorption, Kerr gate, and degenerate four‐wave mixing studies in poly (p‐phenylene vinylene)/sol‐gel silica film

Yang Pang;Marek Samoc;Paras N. Prasad

163
Citations
Organotransition Metal Complexes for Nonlinear Optics

Joseph P. Morrall;Gulliver T. Dalton;Mark G. Humphrey;Marek Samoc

162
Citations
Bridged Triphenylamine-Based Dendrimers: Tuning Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption Performance with Locked Molecular Planarity

Zhen Fang;Tang-Lin Teo;Liping Cai;Yee-Hing Lai

158
Citations
Optical nonlinearities of organometallic structures: aryl and vinyl derivatives of ferrocene

Saswati. Ghosal;Marek. Samoc;Paras N. Prasad;Joseph J. Tufariello

147
Citations
Twisted π-System Chromophores for All-Optical Switching

Guang S. He;Jing Zhu;Alexander Baev;Marek Samoć;Marek Samoć

145
Citations
Third-order Optical Nonlinearities of Oligomers, Dendrimers and Polymers Derived from Solution Z-scan Studies

Marek Samoc;Anna Samoc;Barry Luther-Davies;Mark G Humphrey

143
Citations
Two‐Photon and Three‐Photon Absorption in an Organometallic Dendrimer

Marek Samoc;Joseph P. Morrall;Gulliver T. Dalton;Marie P. Cifuentes

142
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