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Materials Science

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Citations
9424
World Ranking
9902
National Ranking
553

Chemistry

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Michael Sommer 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 Michael Sommer sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 167 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Sommer 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 Michael Sommer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

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

    Anton Kiriy;Volodymyr Senkovskyy;Michael Sommer

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

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

  • Glass transition temperature from the chemical structure of conjugated polymers

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Crystalline-crystalline donor-acceptor block copolymers.

    Michael Sommer;Andreas S. Lang;Mukundan Thelakkat

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

    Michael Sommer;Stefan M. Lindner;Mukundan Thelakkat

  • Conjugated polymers based on naphthalene diimide for organic electronics

    Michael Sommer

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

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

  • 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

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

    Xueliang Liu;Sven Huettner;Zhuxia Rong;Michael Sommer

  • Donor–acceptor block copolymers for photovoltaic applications

    Michael Sommer;Sven Huettner;Mukundan Thelakkat

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

    Martin Brinkmann;Eric Gonthier;Stéfan Bogen;Kim Tremel

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

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

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

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

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

    Sven Hüttner;Michael Sommer;Mukundan Thelakkat

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

    André Wicklein;Suhrit Ghosh;Michael Sommer;Frank Würthner

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Mukundan Thelakkat
Mukundan Thelakkat University of Bayreuth
Hartmut Komber
Hartmut Komber Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Mario Caironi
Mario Caironi Italian Institute of Technology
Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Christopher R. McNeill
Christopher R. McNeill Monash University
Eliot Gann
Eliot Gann National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ullrich Steiner
Ullrich Steiner University of Freiburg
Martin Brinkmann
Martin Brinkmann University of Strasbourg
Daniele Fazzi
Daniele Fazzi University of Cologne
Xuechen Jiao
Xuechen Jiao Monash University

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