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Vladimir Stepanenko

Vladimir Stepanenko

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9580
World Ranking
14329
National Ranking
1046

Vladimir Stepanenko 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 Vladimir Stepanenko sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 104 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vladimir Stepanenko 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 Vladimir Stepanenko sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vladimir Stepanenko is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany, where their research primarily focuses on materials science, with an emphasis on materials chemistry. They have contributed extensively to subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, organic chemistry, biomaterials, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics, particularly in luminescence and fluorescent materials, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, and supramolecular self-assembly in materials. Other key areas include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organic light-emitting diodes research, and metal-organic frameworks associated with synthesis and applications.

Stepanenko has authored numerous papers published in notable scientific journals and venues. Some recent contributions include:

  • An Efficient Narrowband Near-Infrared at 1040 nm Organic Photodetector Realized by Intermolecular Charge Transfer Mediated Coupling Based on a Squaraine Dye, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Persistent Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Triarylboranes: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Polymorphism in Squaraine Dye Aggregates by Self-Assembly Pathway Differentiation: Panchromatic Tubular Dye Nanorods versus J-Aggregate Nanosheets, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Control of self-assembly pathways toward conglomerate and racemic supramolecular polymers, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Self-Sorting Supramolecular Polymerization: Helical and Lamellar Aggregates of Tetra-Bay-Acyloxy Perylene Bisimide, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent publication venues for Stepanenko include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Stepanenko often collaborates with several researchers. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Frank Würthner
  • Matthias Stolte
  • Kazutaka Shoyama
  • Lara Kleine-Kleffmann
  • David Bialas

Best Publications

  • Photoluminescence and Conductivity of Self-Assembled π–π Stacks of Perylene Bisimide Dyes

    Zhijian Chen;Vladimir Stepanenko;Volker Dehm;Paulette Prins

  • Supramolecular Construction of Fluorescent J-Aggregates Based on Hydrogen-Bonded Perylene Dyes†

    Theo E. Kaiser;Hao Wang;Vladimir Stepanenko;Frank Würthner

  • Mechanism of self-assembly process and seeded supramolecular polymerization of perylene bisimide organogelator.

    Soichiro Ogi;Vladimir Stepanenko;Kazunori Sugiyasu;Masayuki Takeuchi

  • Control of H‐ and J‐Type π Stacking by Peripheral Alkyl Chains and Self‐Sorting Phenomena in Perylene Bisimide Homo‐ and Heteroaggregates

    Suhrit Ghosh;Xue-Qing Li;Vladimir Stepanenko;Frank Würthner

  • Preparation and Characterization of Regioisomerically Pure 1,7-Disubstituted Perylene Bisimide Dyes

    Frank Würthner;Vladimir Stepanenko;Zhijian Chen;Chantu R Saha-Möller

  • Fluorescent J-Aggregates of Core-Substituted Perylene Bisimides: Studies on Structure−Property Relationship, Nucleation−Elongation Mechanism, and Sergeants-and-Soldiers Principle

    Theo E. Kaiser;Vladimir Stepanenko;Frank Würthner

  • Supramolecular Polymorphism in One-Dimensional Self-Assembly by Kinetic Pathway Control

    Marius Wehner;Merle Insa Silja Röhr;Michael Bühler;Vladimir Stepanenko

  • Impact of Alkyl Spacer Length on Aggregation Pathways in Kinetically Controlled Supramolecular Polymerization.

    Soichiro Ogi;Vladimir Stepanenko;Johannes Thein;Frank Würthner

  • A Black Perylene Bisimide Super Gelator with an Unexpected J‐Type Absorption Band

    Frank Würthner;Christoph Bauer;Vladimir Stepanenko;Shiki Yagai

  • Near-IR Absorbing J-Aggregate of an Amphiphilic BF2-Azadipyrromethene Dye by Kinetic Cooperative Self-Assembly

    Zhijian Chen;Yong Liu;Wolfgang Wagner;Vladimir Stepanenko

  • Supramolecular block copolymers by kinetically controlled co-self-assembly of planar and core-twisted perylene bisimides

    Daniel Görl;Xin Zhang;Vladimir Stepanenko;Frank Würthner

  • Microtubular Self-Assembly of Covalent Organic Frameworks.

    Bappaditya Gole;Vladimir Stepanenko;Sabrina Rager;Matthias Grüne

  • One-dimensional luminescent nanoaggregates of perylene bisimides

    Frank Würthner;Zhijian Chen;Volker Dehm;Vladimir Stepanenko

  • Living Supramolecular Polymerization of a Perylene Bisimide Dye into Fluorescent J-Aggregates

    Wolfgang Wagner;Marius Wehner;Vladimir Stepanenko;Soichiro Ogi

  • Self-assembly and (hydro)gelation triggered by cooperative π-π and unconventional C-H···X hydrogen bonding interactions.

    Christina Rest;María José Mayoral;Katharina Fucke;Jennifer Schellheimer

  • Supramolecular Block Copolymers by Seeded Living Polymerization of Perylene Bisimides

    Wolfgang Wagner;Marius Wehner;Vladimir Stepanenko;Frank Würthner

  • Cooperative supramolecular polymerization driven by metallophilic Pd···Pd interactions.

    María José Mayoral;Christina Rest;Vladimir Stepanenko;Jennifer Schellheimer

  • Functional organogels from highly efficient organogelator based on perylene bisimide semiconductor.

    Xue-Qing Li;Vladimir Stepanenko;Zhijian Chen;Paulette Prins

  • Waste-Free and Facile Solid-State Protection of Diamines, Anthranilic Acid, Diols, and Polyols with Phenylboronic Acid

    Gerd Kaupp;M. Reza Naimi‐Jamal;Vladimir Stepanenko

  • An Efficient Narrowband Near-Infrared at 1040 nm Organic Photodetector Realized by Intermolecular Charge Transfer Mediated Coupling Based on a Squaraine Dye.

    Jin Hong Kim;Andreas Liess;Matthias Stolte;Ana-Maria Krause

  • High-Performance Organic Thin-Film Transistors of J-Stacked Squaraine Dyes

    Marcel Gsänger;Eva Kirchner;Matthias Stolte;Christian Burschka

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Würthner
Frank Würthner University of Würzburg
Gustavo Fernández
Gustavo Fernández University of Münster
Matthias Stolte
Matthias Stolte University of Würzburg
Xin Zhang
Xin Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Laurens D. A. Siebbeles
Laurens D. A. Siebbeles Delft University of Technology
Shiki Yagai
Shiki Yagai Chiba University
Zengqi Xie
Zengqi Xie South China University of Technology
Ivan G. Scheblykin
Ivan G. Scheblykin Lund University
Thomas Bein
Thomas Bein Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ferdinand C. Grozema
Ferdinand C. Grozema Delft University of Technology

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