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Rik R. Tykwinski

Rik R. Tykwinski

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
17789
World Ranking
5008
National Ranking
123

Rik R. Tykwinski 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 Rik R. Tykwinski sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 423 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rik R. Tykwinski 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 Rik R. Tykwinski sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rik R. Tykwinski is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on several main research topics:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Rik R. Tykwinski has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • The loss of endgroup effects in long pyridyl-endcapped oligoynes on the way to carbyne, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Advances in Polyynes to Model Carbyne, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Deciphering structure and aggregation in asphaltenes: hypothesis-driven design and development of synthetic model compounds, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Optical gap and fundamental gap of oligoynes and carbyne, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A Field-Effect Transistor Based on Cumulenic sp-Carbon Atomic Wires, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael J. Ferguson
  • Dirk M. Guldi
  • Zachary W. Schroeder
  • Frank Hampel
  • Ilias Papadopoulos

Research dissemination has been consistent in several notable publication venues, such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Acetylene chemistry : chemistry, biology and material science

    François Diederich;Peter J. Stang;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Synthesis of polyynes to model the sp-carbon allotrope carbyne

    Wesley A. Chalifoux;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Polyynes

    Annabelle L. K. Shi Shun;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Supramolecular Assembly Model for Aggregation of Petroleum Asphaltenes

    Murray R. Gray;Rik R. Tykwinski;Jeffrey M. Stryker;Xiaoli Tan

  • Evolution in the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of sp- and sp2-hybridized carbon atoms.

    Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Singlet fission in pentacene dimers

    Johannes Zirzlmeier;Dan Lehnherr;Pedro B. Coto;Erin T. Chernick

  • Polyynes as a model for carbyne: synthesis, physical properties, and nonlinear optical response.

    Sara Eisler;Aaron D. Slepkov;Erin Elliott;Thanh Luu

  • Oligomeric and Polymeric Systems with a Cross-conjugated π-Framework†

    Mojtaba Gholami;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Structure−Property Relationships in Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores

    Rik R. Tykwinski;Ulrich Gubler;Rainer E. Martin;François Diederich

  • Carbon-atom wires: 1-D systems with tunable properties

    Carlo Spartaco Casari;Matteo Maria Saverio Tommasini;R. R. Tykwinski;Alberto Milani

  • Unified model for singlet fission within a non-conjugated covalent pentacene dimer

    Bettina S. Basel;Johannes Zirzlmeier;Constantin Hetzer;Brian T. Phelan

  • Synthesis and properties of long [ n ]cumulenes ( n ≥ 5)

    Johanna A. Januszewski;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Bandlike transport in pentacene and functionalized pentacene thin films revealed by subpicosecond transient photoconductivity measurements

    O. Ostroverkhova;David Cooke;S. Shcherbyna;R. F. Egerton

  • Carbon-Rich Compounds: From Molecules to Materials

    Michael M. Haley;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • The surprising nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polyyne oligomers

    Aaron D. Slepkov;Frank A. Hegmann;Sara Eisler;Erin Elliott

  • Pentacene Dimers as a Critical Tool for the Investigation of Intramolecular Singlet Fission.

    Constantin Hetzer;Dirk M. Guldi;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Optical and transient photoconductive properties of pentacene and functionalized pentacene thin films: Dependence on film morphology

    Oksana Ostroverkhova;Svitlana Shcherbyna;David G. Cooke;Ray F. Egerton

  • Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly: Solids with Bidirectional Porosity

    Katie Campbell;Christopher J. Kuehl;Michael J. Ferguson;Peter J. Stang

  • Modern Supramolecular Chemistry: Strategies for Macrocycle Synthesis

    François Diederich;Peter J. Stang;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Picosecond transient photoconductivity in functionalized pentacene molecular crystals probed by terahertz pulse spectroscopy.

    F. A. Hegmann;R. R. Tykwinski;K. P. H. Lui;J. E. Bullock

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald University of Alberta
Michael J. Ferguson
Michael J. Ferguson University of Alberta
Frank Hampel
Frank Hampel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Frank A. Hegmann
Frank A. Hegmann University of Alberta
Viktor V. Zhdankin
Viktor V. Zhdankin University of Minnesota
Dirk M. Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Peter J. Stang
Peter J. Stang University of Utah
Murray R. Gray
Murray R. Gray University of Alberta
John E. Anthony
John E. Anthony University of Kentucky

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