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Nikos L. Doltsinis

Nikos L. Doltsinis

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7175
World Ranking
16109
National Ranking
1171

Overview

Nikos L. Doltsinis is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry within these domains. Their work also intersects with Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum related to crystallography, luminescent materials, and nanoscale structures. These topics include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

The publication record shows contributions in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ChemPhotoChem
  • Molecules
  • Chemical Science

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • "Perylene Diimide-Embedded Double [8]Helicenes," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "An Arylazopyrazole-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbene as a Photoswitch on Gold Surfaces: Light-Switchable Wettability, Work Function, and Conductance," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Pd(II) and Pt(II) Complexes as Supramolecular Luminophores: The Role of Self-Assembly, Metal-Metal Interactions, Spin-Orbit Coupling, and Ligand-Field Splitting," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Ligand-controlled and nanoconfinement-boosted luminescence employing Pt(ii) and Pd(ii) complexes: from color-tunable aggregation-enhanced dual emitters towards self-referenced oxygen reporters," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "A Unidirectional Surface-Anchored N-Heterocyclic Carbene Rotor," 2020, Nano Letters

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Cristian A. Strassert
  • Iván Maisuls
  • Dana Brünink
  • Matias Ezequiel Gutierrez Suburu
  • Axel Klein

Best Publications

  • Three-Bladed Rylene Propellers with Three-Dimensional Network Assembly for Organic Electronics.

    Dong Meng;Huiting Fu;Huiting Fu;Chengyi Xiao;Xiangyi Meng

  • New generalized gradient approximation functionals

    A. Daniel Boese;Nikos L. Doltsinis;Nicholas C. Handy;Michiel Sprik

  • Nonadiabatic Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics.

    Nikos L. Doltsinis;Dominik Marx

  • Arylazopyrazoles as Light-Responsive Molecular Switches in Cyclodextrin-Based Supramolecular Systems

    Lucas Stricker;Eva-Corinna Fritz;Martin Peterlechner;Nikos L. Doltsinis

  • Ballbot-type motion of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold surfaces.

    Gaoqiang Wang;Andreas Rühling;Saeed Amirjalayer;Marek Knor

  • Molecular Adsorbates Switch on Heterogeneous Catalysis: Induction of Reactivity by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.

    Johannes B. Ernst;Christian Schwermann;Gen-ichi Yokota;Mizuki Tada

  • FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS INVOLVING EXCITED STATES AND NONADIABATIC TRANSITIONS

    Nikos L. Doltsinis;Dominik Marx

  • Perylene Diimide-Embedded Double [8]Helicenes.

    Bo Liu;Marcus Böckmann;Wei Jiang;Nikos L. Doltsinis

  • Estimating pKa values for pentaoxyphosphoranes.

    J E Davies;Nikos Doltsinis;A J Kirby;C D Roussev

  • Nonadiabatic hybrid quantum and molecular mechanic simulations of azobenzene photoswitching in bulk liquid environment.

    Marcus Böckmann;Nikos L. Doltsinis;Dominik Marx

  • Turn-On Fluorescence in Tetra-NHC Ligands by Rigidification through Metal Complexation: An Alternative to Aggregation-Induced Emission.

    Narayan Sinha;Linda Stegemann;Tristan T. Y. Tan;Nikos L. Doltsinis

  • Arylazopyrazole Photoswitches in Aqueous Solution: Substituent Effects, Photophysical Properties, and Host-Guest Chemistry.

    Lucas Stricker;Marcus Böckmann;Thomas M. Kirse;Nikos L. Doltsinis

  • Unraveling a chemically enhanced photoswitch: bridged azobenzene.

    Marcus Böckmann;Nikos L. Doltsinis;Dominik Marx

  • Nanographene Imides Featuring Dual-Core Sixfold [5]Helicenes

    Guogang Liu;Tobias Koch;Yan Li;Nikos L. Doltsinis

  • Structure of P3HT crystals, thin films, and solutions by UV/Vis spectral analysis

    Marcus Böckmann;Thomas Schemme;Djurre H. de Jong;Cornelia Denz

  • Azobenzene photoswitches in bulk materials.

    Marcus Böckmann;Nikos L. Doltsinis;Dominik Marx

  • Ultrafast repair of irradiated DNA: nonadiabatic ab initio simulations of the guanine-cytosine photocycle.

    Phineus R. L. Markwick;Nikos L. Doltsinis

  • Switching of functionalized azobenzene suspended between gold tips by mechanochemical, photochemical, and opto-mechanical means

    Robert Turanský;Martin Konôpka;Nikos L. Doltsinis;Ivan Štich

  • Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Pd(II) and Pt(II) Complexes as Supramolecular Luminophores: The Role of Self-Assembly, Metal-Metal Interactions, Spin-Orbit Coupling, and Ligand-Field Splitting.

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  • Excited‐State Dynamics and Coupled Proton–Electron Transfer of Guanine

    Holger Langer;Nikos L. Doltsinis;Dominik Marx

  • Excited state tautomerism of the DNA base guanine: A restricted open-shell Kohn–Sham study

    Holger Langer;Nikos L. Doltsinis

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominik Marx
Dominik Marx Ruhr University Bochum
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Zhaohui Wang
Zhaohui Wang East China Normal University
Harald Fuchs
Harald Fuchs University of Münster
Walter V. Maresch
Walter V. Maresch Ruhr University Bochum
Frank Glorius
Frank Glorius University of Münster
Peter J. Knowles
Peter J. Knowles Cardiff University
Bart Jan Ravoo
Bart Jan Ravoo University of Münster
Yan Li
Yan Li Sun Yat-sen University
Michiel Sprik
Michiel Sprik University of Cambridge

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