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D-Index
61
Citations
10650
World Ranking
9443
National Ranking
247

Neil R. Branda publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Neil R. Branda sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 134 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Neil R. Branda D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Neil R. Branda sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Neil R. Branda is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Materials Science and Dentistry. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Chemistry within the broader discipline of Materials Science, with additional work touching on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Organic Chemistry, General Dentistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics including Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research. Other areas include Dental Research and COVID-19, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Recent publications demonstrate a diverse range of scientific inquiries and outcomes:

  • Direct Photolithographic Deposition of Color-Coded Anti-Counterfeit Patterns with Titania Encapsulated Upconverting Nanoparticles, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Exploring the use of a Ruthenium complex incorporated into a methacrylate-based dental material for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, 2022, Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials
  • A dual-mode visual detector for toxic hydrazine, 2021, RSC Advances
  • Surface photosterilization of implantable silicone biomaterials: structural and functional characterization, 2023, Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces
  • Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy against a dual-species cariogenic biofilm using a ruthenium-loaded resin-based dental material, 2024, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Frequent coauthors collaborating on these projects include Dirk Lange, Brahmjot Kaur, Rameez Raza, Adriana Pigozzo Manso, and Maria Luísa Leite.

Branda's work has been published in venues such as Advanced Optical Materials, Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials, Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, and RSC Advances.

Best Publications

  • Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Dissociation of Block Copolymer Micelles Using Upconverting Nanoparticles

    Bin Yan;John-Christopher Boyer;Neil R. Branda;Yue Zhao

  • Near Infrared Light Triggered Release of Biomacromolecules from Hydrogels Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles

    Bin Yan;John-Christopher Boyer;Damien Habault;Neil R. Branda

  • Photoregulation of fluorescence in a porphyrinic dithienylethene photochrome.

    Tyler B. Norsten;Neil R. Branda

  • Two-Way Photoswitching Using One Type of Near-Infrared Light, Upconverting Nanoparticles, and Changing Only the Light Intensity

    John-Christopher Boyer;Carl-Johan Carling;Byron D. Gates;Neil R. Branda

  • Encapsulation of methane and other small molecules in a self-assembling superstructure.

    N Branda;R Wyler;Jr J Rebek

  • Electrochromism in photochromic dithienylcyclopentenes.

    Andrea Peters;Neil R. Branda

  • Remote-Control Photoswitching Using NIR Light

    Carl-Johan Carling;John-Christopher Boyer;Neil R. Branda

  • 1,2-Dithienylethene Photochromes and Non-destructive Erasable Memory

    A.J. Myles;N.R. Branda

  • Remote‐Control Photorelease of Caged Compounds Using Near‐Infrared Light and Upconverting Nanoparticles

    Carl-Johan Carling;Farahnaz Nourmohammadian;John-Christopher Boyer;Neil R. Branda

  • Chiral Discrimination in Photochromic Helicenes

    Tony J. Wigglesworth;David Sud;Tyler B. Norsten;Vikram S. Lekhi

  • Electrochemical reduction of an imidazolium cation: a convenient preparation of imidazol-2-ylidenes and their observation in an ionic liquid.

    Brian Gorodetsky;Taramatee Ramnial;Neil R. Branda;Jason A. C. Clyburne

  • Nondestructive Data Processing Based on Chiroptical 1,2-Dithienylethene Photochromes

    Elisa Murguly;Tyler B. Norsten;Neil R. Branda

  • Photoswitching of stereoselectivity in catalysis using a copper dithienylethene complex.

    David Sud;Tyler B. Norsten;Neil R. Branda

  • Nondestructive Data Processing Based on Chiroptical 1,2-Dithienylethene Photochromes This work was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the University of Alberta. We are grateful to Dr. Robert McDonald for the X-ray crystallographic analysis, and to Dave Malisky, Dorothy Fox, and the University of Calgary for the use of their CD-ORD spectrophotometer.

    Elisa Murguly;Tyler B. Norsten;Neil R. Branda

  • A photocontrolled molecular switch regulates paralysis in a living organism.

    Usama Al-Atar;Rylan Fernandes;Bob Johnsen;David Baillie

  • Axially Coordinated Porphyrinic Photochromes for Non‐destructive Information Processing

    T. B. Norsten;N. R. Branda

  • Photothermal Release of Single-Stranded DNA from the Surface of Gold Nanoparticles Through Controlled Denaturating and Au−S Bond Breaking

    Lester Poon;Wesley Zandberg;Dennis Hsiao;Zach Erno

  • Variable transmittance optical filter and uses thereof

    Duhane Lam;Neil R. Branda

  • CONTROL OF SELF-ASSEMBLY AND REVERSIBLE ENCAPSULATION OF XENON IN A SELF-ASSEMBLING DIMER BY ACID-BASE CHEMISTRY

    Neil Branda;Robert M. Grotzfeld;Carlos Valdes;Julius Jr. Rebek

  • Chiral discrimination in hydrogen-bonded

    Elisa Murguly;Robert McDonald;Neil R. Branda

Frequent Co-Authors

Byron D. Gates
Byron D. Gates Simon Fraser University
Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald University of Alberta
Julius Rebek
Julius Rebek Scripps Research Institute
Michael O. Wolf
Michael O. Wolf University of British Columbia
David L. Baillie
David L. Baillie Simon Fraser University
Pablo Ballester
Pablo Ballester Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad Amity University
Bin Yan
Bin Yan Sichuan University
Guojun Liu
Guojun Liu Queen's University
Yue Zhao
Yue Zhao Université de Sherbrooke

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