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Materials Science

D-Index
81
Citations
27778
World Ranking
2549
National Ranking
146

Chemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
29867
World Ranking
2640
National Ranking
197

Stefan Hecht 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 Stefan Hecht sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 323 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Hecht 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 Stefan Hecht sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Stefan Hecht is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range of areas:

  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Hecht is a frequent contributor to several prominent academic journals and publication venues. The top venues for their work include:

  • Advanced Materials (13 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (7 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (7 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (6 publications)

The scientist has collaborated with multiple researchers on recurring projects. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Paolo Samorí (11 joint publications)
  • Yves Garmshausen (9 joint publications)
  • Martin Herder (8 joint publications)
  • Dragos Mutruc (6 joint publications)
  • Lars Heinke (6 joint publications)

Recent selected publications by Stefan Hecht illustrate the range and impact of their contributions:

  • "Enlightening Materials with Photoswitches" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing" (2020, Nature)
  • "Covalent on-surface polymerization" (2020, Nature Chemistry)
  • "Multiresponsive Nonvolatile Memories Based on Optically Switchable Ferroelectric Organic Field-Effect Transistors" (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • "Donor-Acceptor Dihydropyrenes Switchable with Near-Infrared Light" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

In 2020, Stefan Hecht was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea, signifying an acknowledgment by a European, multidisciplinary academy of scholars.

Best Publications

  • Nano-architectures by covalent assembly of molecular building blocks

    Leonhard Grill;Matthew Dyer;Leif Lafferentz;Mats Persson

  • Dendritic Encapsulation of Function: Applying Nature's Site Isolation Principle from Biomimetics to Materials Science.

    Stefan Hecht;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Photoswitches: From Molecules to Materials

    Maria-Melanie Russew;Stefan Hecht

  • Multivalency as a chemical organization and action principle.

    Carlo Fasting;Christoph A. Schalley;Marcus Weber;Oliver Seitz

  • o-Fluoroazobenzenes as Readily Synthesized Photoswitches Offering Nearly Quantitative Two-Way Isomerization with Visible Light

    David Bléger;Jutta Schwarz;Albert M. Brouwer;Stefan Hecht

  • Visible-Light-Activated Molecular Switches.

    David Bléger;Stefan Hecht

  • Electric field-induced isomerization of azobenzene by STM

    Micol Alemani;Maike V. Peters;Stefan Hecht;Karl-Heinz Rieder

  • Foldamers : structure, properties, and applications

    Stefan Hecht;Ivan Huc;François Diederich

  • Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth

    Leif Lafferentz;Leif Lafferentz;V. Eberhardt;C. Dri;C. Africh

  • Conductance of a single conjugated polymer as a continuous function of its length

    Leif Lafferentz;Francisco Ample;Hao Yu;Stefan Hecht

  • Enlightening Materials with Photoswitches

    Alexis Goulet-Hanssens;Alexis Goulet-Hanssens;Alexis Goulet-Hanssens;Fabian Eisenreich;Fabian Eisenreich;Fabian Eisenreich;Stefan Hecht;Stefan Hecht;Stefan Hecht

  • Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing

    Martin Regehly;Yves Garmshausen;Marcus Reuter;Niklas F. König

  • ortho-Fluoroazobenzenes: visible light switches with very long-lived Z isomers

    Christopher Knie;Manuel Utecht;Fangli Zhao;Hannes Kulla

  • A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

    Kamlesh Kumar;Christopher Knie;David Bléger;Mark A. Peletier

  • Artificial light-gated catalyst systems.

    Ragnar S. Stoll;Stefan Hecht

  • Remote-controlling chemical reactions by light: Towards chemistry with high spatio-temporal resolution

    Robert Göstl;Antti Senf;Stefan Hecht

  • Improving the fatigue resistance of diarylethene switches.

    Martin Herder;Bernd M Schmidt;Lutz Grubert;Michael Pätzel

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YgbB protein converts 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate to 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate.

    Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Christoph A. Schuhr;Stefan Hecht

  • Flexible non-volatile optical memory thin-film transistor device with over 256 distinct levels based on an organic bicomponent blend

    Tim Leydecker;Martin Herder;Egon Pavlica;Gvido Bratina

  • Covalent on-surface polymerization

    Leonhard Grill;Stefan Hecht

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YchB protein of Escherichia coli phosphorylates the 2-hydroxy group of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol.

    Holger Lüttgen;Felix Rohdich;Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Koch
Norbert Koch Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Paolo Samorì
Paolo Samorì University of Strasbourg
Felix Rohdich
Felix Rohdich Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Eisenreich
Wolfgang Eisenreich Technical University of Munich
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley
Peter Saalfrank
Peter Saalfrank University of Potsdam
Christian Joachim
Christian Joachim Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Akimitsu Narita
Akimitsu Narita Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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