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Michael R. Wasielewski

Michael R. Wasielewski

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Chemistry
USA
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
144
Citations
80728
World Ranking
170
National Ranking
80

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award

Overview

Michael R. Wasielewski is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a significant portion of work in materials chemistry. They also have contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, physical and theoretical chemistry, and organic chemistry.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Wasielewski are:

  • Ryan M. Young
  • Matthew D. Krzyaniak
  • J. Fraser Stoddart
  • Charlotte L. Stern
  • George C. Schatz

The scholar has published extensively across several scientific journals and databases. Leading publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael R. Wasielewski include:

  • Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science, 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Alternative route for electrochemical ammonia synthesis by reduction of nitrate on copper nanosheets, 2020, Applied Materials Today
  • Integration of Enzymes and Photosensitizers in a Hierarchical Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework for Light-Driven CO2 Reduction, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Mixed Electronic States in Molecular Dimers: Connecting Singlet Fission, Excimer Formation, and Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research

Michael R. Wasielewski has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by the Royal Society of Chemistry:

  • Photochemistry, 2021

Best Publications

  • Photoinduced electron transfer in supramolecular systems for artificial photosynthesis

    Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Rylene and related diimides for organic electronics.

    Xiaowei Zhan;Antonio Facchetti;Stephen Barlow;Tobin J. Marks

  • Self-Assembly Strategies for Integrating Light Harvesting and Charge Separation in Artificial Photosynthetic Systems

    Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Tuning orbital energetics in arylene diimide semiconductors. materials design for ambient stability of n-type charge transport.

    Brooks A. Jones;Antonio Facchetti;Michael R. Wasielewski;Tobin J. Marks

  • High-mobility air-stable n-type semiconductors with processing versatility: dicyanoperylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximides).

    Brooks A. Jones;Michael J. Ahrens;Myung Han Yoon;Antonio Facchetti

  • Molecular-wire behaviour in p-phenylenevinylene oligomers

    William B. Davis;Walter A. Svec;Mark A. Ratner;Michael R. Wasielewski;Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Hybrid Dion–Jacobson 2D Lead Iodide Perovskites

    Lingling Mao;Weijun Ke;Laurent Pedesseau;Yilei Wu

  • Advances in solar energy conversion

    Jinlong Gong;Can Li;Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Lasing action in strongly coupled plasmonic nanocavity arrays

    Wei Zhou;Montacer Dridi;Jae Yong Suh;Chul Hoon Kim;Chul Hoon Kim

  • Distance-Dependent Electron Transfer in DNA Hairpins

    Frederick D. Lewis;Taifeng Wu;Yifan Zhang;Robert L. Letsinger

  • Energy, charge, and spin transport in molecules and self-assembled nanostructures inspired by photosynthesis.

    Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Excited Doublet States of Electrochemically Generated Aromatic Imide and Diimide Radical Anions

    David Gosztola;Mark P. Niemczyk;Walter Svec;Aaron S. Lukas

  • Dynamics of photoinduced charge transfer and hole transport in synthetic DNA hairpins.

    Frederick D. Lewis;Robert L. Letsinger;Michael R. Wasielewski

  • White-Light Emission and Structural Distortion in New Corrugated Two-Dimensional Lead Bromide Perovskites

    Lingling Mao;Yilei Wu;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Importance of Reducing Vapor Atmosphere in the Fabrication of Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

    Tze Bin Song;Takamichi Yokoyama;Takamichi Yokoyama;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Jenna Logsdon

  • High spectral resolution of gamma-rays at room temperature by perovskite CsPbBr3 single crystals

    Yihui He;Liviu Matei;Hee Joon Jung;Kyle M. McCall

  • Design and synthesis of metal ion-recognition-induced conjugated polymers: An approach to metal ion sensory materials

    Bing Wang;Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science

    Michael R. Wasielewski;Malcolm D.E. Forbes;Natia L. Frank;Karol Kowalski

  • Photophysics of the carotenoids associated with the xanthophyll cycle in photosynthesis

    Harry A. Frank;Agnes Cua;Veeradej Chynwat;Andrew Young

  • Dependence of rate constants for photoinduced charge separation and dark charge recombination on the free energy of reaction in restricted-distance porphyrin-quinone molecules

    Michael R Wasielewski;Mark P. Niemczyk;Walter A. Svec;E. Bradley Pewitt

  • Picosecond Optical Switching Based on Biphotonic Excitation of an Electron Donor-Acceptor-Donor Molecule

    Michael P. O'Neil;Mark P. Niemczyk;Walter A. Svec;David Gosztola

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University
Ryan M. Young
Ryan M. Young Northwestern University
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University
Frederick D. Lewis
Frederick D. Lewis Northwestern University
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Gary P. Wiederrecht
Gary P. Wiederrecht Argonne National Laboratory
Yilei Wu
Yilei Wu Stanford University
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
David J. Gosztola
David J. Gosztola Argonne National Laboratory
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University

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