2026 Michael Sommer: 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	51	9904	9566	554	538	167	9424
Chemistry	52	13534	12186	993	879	164	9471

Overview

Michael Sommer is affiliated with Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their main research topics include:

Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Conducting Polymers and Applications
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Advancements in Battery Materials
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Michael Sommer has published in various scientific venues with frequent contributions to:

Macromolecules
Erwachsenenbildung
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
The Cambridge Structural Database
ACS Macro Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Sommer include:

"A mechanochromic donor-acceptor torsional spring," 2021, Nature Communications
"Twenty percent of agricultural management effects on organic carbon stocks occur in subsoils - Results of ten long-term experiments," 2023, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
"Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers by Sustainable Suzuki Polycondensation in Water and under Aerobic Conditions," 2020, ACS Macro Letters
"Conformer Ring Flip Enhances Mechanochromic Performance of ansa-Donor-Acceptor-Donor Mechanochromic Torsional Springs," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"On the Binding Mode and Molecular Mechanism of Enzymatic Polyethylene Terephthalate Degradation," 2023, ACS Catalysis

Frequent co-authors in Michael Sommer's work include:

Rukiya Matsidik
Michael Walter
Hartmut Komber
Mario Caironi
Christopher R. McNeill

Best Publications

Double doping of conjugated polymers with monomer molecular dopants

David Kiefer;Renee Kroon;Anna I. Hofmann;Hengda Sun

306
Citations
Defect-free Naphthalene Diimide Bithiophene Copolymers with Controlled Molar Mass and High Performance via Direct Arylation Polycondensation.

Rukiya Matsidik;Hartmut Komber;Alessandro Luzio;Mario Caironi

295
Citations
Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation: Mechanism, Opportunities, and Challenges.

Anton Kiriy;Volodymyr Senkovskyy;Michael Sommer

281
Citations
Control of aggregate formation in poly(3‐hexylthiophene) by solvent, molecular weight, and synthetic method

Christina Scharsich;Ruth H. Lohwasser;Michael Sommer;Udom Asawapirom

277
Citations
Glass transition temperature from the chemical structure of conjugated polymers

Renxuan Xie;Albree R. Weisen;Youngmin Lee;Melissa A. Aplan

270
Citations
Polar Side Chains Enhance Processability, Electrical Conductivity, and Thermal Stability of a Molecularly p-Doped Polythiophene

Renee Kroon;David Kiefer;Dominik Stegerer;Dominik Stegerer;Liyang Yu

264
Citations
Temperature and Molecular Weight Dependent Hierarchical Equilibrium Structures in Semiconducting Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Zhiyong Wu;Albrecht Petzold;Thomas Henze;Thomas Thurn-Albrecht

249
Citations
Crystalline-crystalline donor-acceptor block copolymers.

Michael Sommer;Andreas S. Lang;Mukundan Thelakkat

241
Citations
Microphase‐Separated Donor–Acceptor Diblock Copolymers: Influence of HOMO Energy Levels and Morphology on Polymer Solar Cells

Michael Sommer;Stefan M. Lindner;Mukundan Thelakkat

215
Citations
Conjugated polymers based on naphthalene diimide for organic electronics

Michael Sommer

208
Citations
Controllable Processes for Generating Large Single Crystals of Poly(3‐hexylthiophene)

Khosrow Rahimi;Ioan Botiz;Natalie Stingelin;Natalie Stingelin;Navaphun Kayunkid

207
Citations
On the Role of Single Regiodefects and Polydispersity in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene): Defect Distribution, Synthesis of Defect-Free Chains, and a Simple Model for the Determination of Crystallinity

Peter Kohn;Sven Huettner;Hartmut Komber;Volodymyr Senkovskyy

192
Citations
Solvent additive control of morphology and crystallization in semiconducting polymer blends.

Xueliang Liu;Sven Huettner;Zhuxia Rong;Michael Sommer

191
Citations
Donor–acceptor block copolymers for photovoltaic applications

Michael Sommer;Sven Huettner;Mukundan Thelakkat

183
Citations
Segregated versus Mixed Interchain Stacking in Highly Oriented Films of Naphthalene Diimide Bithiophene Copolymers

Martin Brinkmann;Eric Gonthier;Stéfan Bogen;Kim Tremel

179
Citations
Crystallization-Induced 10-nm Structure Formation in P3HT/PCBM Blends

Peter Kohn;Zhuxia Rong;Kai H. Scherer;Alessandro Sepe

174
Citations
Ternary Photovoltaic Blends Incorporating an All-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Diblock Copolymer

Rhiannon C. Mulherin;Stefan Jung;Sven Huettner;Kerr Johnson

173
Citations
n-type organic field effect transistors from perylene bisimide block copolymers and homopolymers

Sven Hüttner;Michael Sommer;Mukundan Thelakkat

165
Citations
Self-assembly of semiconductor organogelator nanowires for photoinduced charge separation.

André Wicklein;Suhrit Ghosh;Michael Sommer;Frank Würthner

161
Citations
High Crystallinity and Nature of Crystal−Crystal Phase Transformations in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Ovidiu F. Pascui;Ruth H. Lohwasser;Michael Sommer;Mukundan Thelakkat

160
Citations