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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
44726
World Ranking
740
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11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Raymond Ziessel is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, Ziessel has contributed extensively to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Biophysics, Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a diverse array of topics, including:

  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Ziessel's recent publications demonstrate their focus on these areas. Selected papers include:

  • "Designing biodegradable alternatives to commodity polymers," 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Synthesis and Evaluation of Europium Complexes that Switch on Luminescence in Lysosomes of Living Cells," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Triggered Functional Dynamics of AsLOV2 by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Magnetic Fields," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Comparative analysis of lanthanide excited state quenching by electronic energy and electron transfer processes," 2021, Faraday Discussions
  • "Targeted pH switched europium complexes monitoring receptor internalisation in living cells," 2021, Chemical Communications

Ziessel has published frequently in several scientific journals. Notable publication venues include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Society Reviews
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaboration is a significant part of Ziessel's scientific output. Frequent co-authors are:

  • David Parker
  • Jack D. Fradgley
  • Janet E. Lovett
  • Mark S. Sherwin
  • Shiny Maity

Best Publications

  • The Chemistry of Fluorescent Bodipy Dyes: Versatility Unsurpassed

    Gilles Ulrich;Raymond Ziessel;Anthony Harriman

  • The chemistry of Bodipy: A new El Dorado for fluorescence tools

    Raymond Ziessel;Gilles Ulrich;Anthony Harriman

  • Photochemical and Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide Mediated by (2,2′‐Bipyridine)tricarbonylchlororhenium(I) and Related Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts

    Jeannot Hawecker;Jean-Marie Lehn;Raymond Ziessel

  • Efficient photochemical reduction of CO2 to CO by visible light irradiation of systems containing Re(bipy)(CO)3X or Ru(bipy)32+–Co2+ combinations as homogeneous catalysts

    Jeannot Hawecker;Jean-Marie Lehn;Raymond Ziessel

  • Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide mediated by Re(bipy)(CO)3Cl (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine)

    Jeannot Hawecker;Jean-Marie Lehn;Raymond Ziessel

  • Die vielseitige Chemie von Bodipy-Fluoreszenzfarbstoffen

    Gilles Ulrich;Raymond Ziessel;Anthony Harriman

  • Artificial light-harvesting antennae: electronic energy transfer by way of molecular funnels

    Raymond Ziessel;Anthony Harriman

  • Photochemical generation of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reduction of carbon dioxide and water under visible light irradiation

    Jean-Marie Lehn;Raymond Ziessel

  • Making photoactive molecular-scale wires

    Anthony Harriman;Raymond Ziessel

  • Construction of Preorganized Polytopic Ligands via Palladium-Promoted Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Vincent Grosshenny;Francisco M. Romero;Raymond Ziessel

  • PHOTOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING CONTINUOUS GENERATION OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN BY IRRADIATION OF AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS OF METAL LOADED STRONTIUM TITANATE

    Jm Lehn;Sauvage Jp;Ziessel R

  • Synthesis and photophysical and electrochemical properties of new halotricarbonyl(polypyridine)rhenium(I) complexes

    Alberto Juris;Sebastiano Campagna;Ilesh Bidd;Jean Marie Lehn

  • BODIPY derivatives as donor materials for bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Theodulf Rousseau;Antonio Cravino;Thomas Bura;Gilles Ulrich

  • Engineering of highly luminescent lanthanide tags suitable for protein labeling and time-resolved luminescence imaging.

    Nicolas Weibel;Loïc J Charbonnière;Massimo Guardigli;Aldo Roda

  • Quantum Dot Biosensors for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Diagnostics

    Daniel Geißler;Loïc J. Charbonnière;Raymond F. Ziessel;Nathaniel G. Butlin

  • Schiff-based bipyridine ligands. Unusual coordination features and mesomorphic behaviour

    Raymond Ziessel

  • Photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate catalyzed by 2,2t́-bipyridine- or 1,10-phenanthroline-ruthenium(II) complexes

    Jean-Marie Lehn;Raymond Ziessel

  • Building photoactive molecular-scale wires

    Anthony Harriman;Raymond Ziessel

  • Selective Triplet-State Formation during Charge Recombination in a Fullerene/Bodipy Molecular Dyad (Bodipy=Borondipyrromethene)

    Raymond Ziessel;Ben D. Allen;Dorota B. Rewinska;Anthony Harriman

  • Boron dipyrromethene chromophores: next generation triplet acceptors/annihilators for low power upconversion schemes.

    Tanya N. Singh-Rachford;Alexandre Haefele;Raymond Ziessel;Felix N. Castellano

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Ulrich
Gilles Ulrich École Normale Supérieure
Anthony Harriman
Anthony Harriman Newcastle University
Pascal Retailleau
Pascal Retailleau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Loïc J. Charbonnière
Loïc J. Charbonnière University of Strasbourg
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Muriel Hissler
Muriel Hissler University of Rennes
Alain Deronzier
Alain Deronzier Grenoble Alpes University
Felix N. Castellano
Felix N. Castellano North Carolina State University
Massimo Guardigli
Massimo Guardigli University of Bologna
Niko Hildebrandt
Niko Hildebrandt McMaster University

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