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2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
101
Citations
38408
World Ranking
1015
National Ranking
40

Martin Heeney 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 Martin Heeney sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 413 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Heeney 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 Martin Heeney sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Martin Heeney is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and materials science, focusing extensively on areas such as electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's publication record features significant contributions to the study of organic electronics and photovoltaics, conducting polymers and their applications, perovskite materials and their uses, organic light-emitting diodes research, luminescence and fluorescent materials, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, as well as crystallization and solubility studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Martin Heeney include:

  • Thomas D. Anthopoulos
  • Qiao He
  • Florian Glöcklhofer
  • Martina Rimmele
  • Nicola Gasparini

Heeney's work has been published predominantly in journals such as:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Selected recent papers authored by Martin Heeney include:

  • "Doping Approaches for Organic Semiconductors," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "A Simple n-Dopant Derived from Diquat Boosts the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells to 18.3%," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Tetradiketone macrocycle for divalent aluminium ion batteries," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Infrared Organic Photodetectors Employing Ultralow Bandgap Polymer and Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Biometric Monitoring," 2022, Small
  • "Photocatalytic doping of organic semiconductors," 2024, Nature

Their research portfolio demonstrates a consistent focus on organic electronics and materials chemistry, advancing knowledge in the synthesis, doping, and application of organic semiconductors and related materials.

Best Publications

  • Liquid-crystalline semiconducting polymers with high charge-carrier mobility.

    Iain McCulloch;Martin Heeney;Clare Bailey;Kristijonas Genevicius

  • n-Type organic semiconductors in organic electronics.

    John E. Anthony;Antonio Facchetti;Martin Heeney;Seth R. Marder

  • Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Polymers for High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Organic Photovoltaic Devices

    Hugo Bronstein;Zhuoying Chen;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Weimin Zhang

  • Charge carrier formation in polythiophene/fullerene blend films studied by transient absorption spectroscopy.

    Hideo Ohkita;Steffan Cook;Yeni Astuti;Warren Duffy

  • Indacenodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for High-Performance, Air-Stable Transistors

    Weimin Zhang;Jeremy Smith;Scott E Watkins;Roman Gysel

  • An Alkylated Indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Based Nonfullerene Acceptor with High Crystallinity Exhibiting Single Junction Solar Cell Efficiencies Greater than 13% with Low Voltage Losses

    Zhuping Fei;Flurin D. Eisner;Xuechen Jiao;Mohammed Azzouzi

  • Influence of blend microstructure on bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic performance

    Christoph J. Brabec;Martin Heeney;Iain McCulloch;Jenny Nelson

  • High‐Performance Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Thieno[3,2‐b]thiophene Copolymer Field‐Effect Transistors with Balanced Hole and Electron Mobilities

    Zhuoying Chen;Mi Jung Lee;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Yun Gu

  • Recent Progress in High-Mobility Organic Transistors: A Reality Check.

    Alexandra F. Paterson;Saumya Singh;Kealan J. Fallon;Thomas Hodsden

  • Molecular origin of high field-effect mobility in an indacenodithiophene–benzothiadiazole copolymer

    Xinran Zhang;Hugo Bronstein;Auke J. Kronemeijer;Jeremy Smith

  • Semiconducting Thienothiophene Copolymers: Design, Synthesis, Morphology, and Performance in Thin‐Film Organic Transistors

    I McCulloch;M Heeney;ML Chabinyc;D DeLongchamp

  • Fullerene crystallisation as a key driver of charge separation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Fiona C. Jamieson;Ester Buchaca Domingo;Thomas McCarthy-Ward;Martin Heeney

  • Bimolecular Crystals of Fullerenes in Conjugated Polymers and the Implications of Molecular Mixing for Solar Cells

    A. C. Mayer;Michael F. Toney;Shawn R. Scully;Jonathan Rivnay

  • Molecular packing of high-mobility diketo pyrrolo-pyrrole polymer semiconductors with branched alkyl side chains

    Xinran Zhang;Lee J. Richter;Dean M. DeLongchamp;R. Joseph Kline

  • 2D coherent charge transport in highly ordered conducting polymers doped by solid state diffusion

    Keehoon Kang;Shun Watanabe;Shun Watanabe;Shun Watanabe;Katharina Broch;Alessandro Sepe

  • X-ray scattering study of thin films of poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene).

    Michael L. Chabinyc;Michael F. Toney;R. Joseph Kline;Iain McCulloch

  • Stable polythiophene semiconductors incorporating thieno[2,3-b]thiophene.

    Martin Heeney;Clare Bailey;Kristijonas Genevicius;Maxim Shkunov

  • High-Performance Polymer-Small Molecule Blend Organic Transistors

    Richard Hamilton;Jeremy Smith;Simon Ogier;Martin Heeney

  • Critical Role of Side-Chain Attachment Density on the Order and Device Performance of Polythiophenes

    R. Joseph Kline;Dean M. Delongchamp;Daniel A. Fischer;Eric K. Lin

  • Hybridization of Local Exciton and Charge-Transfer States Reduces Nonradiative Voltage Losses in Organic Solar Cells

    Flurin D. Eisner;Mohammed Azzouzi;Zhuping Fei;Zhuping Fei;Xueyan Hou

  • Charge-Transport Anisotropy Due to Grain Boundaries in Directionally Crystallized Thin Films of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    Leslie H. Jimison;Michael F. Toney;Iain McCulloch;Martin Heeney

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford
Thomas D. Anthopoulos
Thomas D. Anthopoulos University of Manchester
Natalie Stingelin
Natalie Stingelin Georgia Institute of Technology
James R. Durrant
James R. Durrant Imperial College London
Dean M. DeLongchamp
Dean M. DeLongchamp National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jenny Nelson
Jenny Nelson Imperial College London
Michael F. Toney
Michael F. Toney University of Colorado Boulder
R. Joseph Kline
R. Joseph Kline National Institute of Standards and Technology
Henning Sirringhaus
Henning Sirringhaus University of Cambridge

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