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Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications

Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1952. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and applications of polydiacetylene supramolecular chemosensors, including their immobilization, micropatterning, and use in label-free biosensors. The papers cover various aspects such as colorimetric and fluorescent sensors, nanocomposites, thermochromism, and vesicle-based detection systems.

  • Polydiacetylene
  • Supramolecules
  • Chemosensors
  • Colorimetric Sensors
  • Fluorescent Sensors
  • Nanocomposites
  • Micropatterning
  • Biosensors
  • Thermochromism
  • Vesicles
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+42%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
60% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications

Which countries lead Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.7k and 299 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 India 299 works
  3. 3 United States 234 works
  4. 4 Japan 148 works
  5. 5 South Korea 136 works
  6. 6 Italy 67 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 64 works
  8. 8 France 61 works
  9. 9 Germany 57 works
  10. 10 ?? 51 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 59.8%India: 10.8%United States: 8.4%Japan: 5.3%6 others listed: 15.7%60%largest
China1,665 · 59.8%India299 · 10.8%United States234 · 8.4%Japan148 · 5.3%6 others listed437 · 15.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications research, followed by Sichuan University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 91 works
  2. 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 43 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
  4. 4 Jiangnan UniversityChina 28 works
  5. 5 Jilin UniversityChina 28 works
  6. 6 South China University of TechnologyChina 28 works
  7. 7 Donghua UniversityChina 23 works
  8. 8 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 22 works
  9. 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 20 works
  10. 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Yury G. Gogotsi and Róbert Langer.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  3. 3 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  4. 4 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
  10. 10 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications?

The most cited paper in Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications is "Functional Supramolecular Polymers" (Takuzo Aida, Egbert W. Meijer, Samuel Isaac Stupp, 2012), with 3,705 citations. Next come "A stretchable carbon nanotube strain sensor for human-motion detection" (3,247) and "Casting Metal Nanowires Within Discrete Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes" (2,543).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Functional Supramolecular Polymers Takuzo Aida, Egbert W. Meijer, Samuel Isaac Stupp · Science Open access 16 Feb 2012 3,705
2 A stretchable carbon nanotube strain sensor for human-motion detection Takeo Yamada, Yuhei Hayamizu, Yuki Yamamoto et al. · Nature Nanotechnology 27 Mar 2011 3,247
3 Casting Metal Nanowires Within Discrete Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes Meital Reches, Ehud Gazit · Science 25 Apr 2003 2,543
4 Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials Xiaoyu Zheng, Howon Lee, Todd H. Weisgraber et al. · Science Open access 19 Jun 2014 2,311
5 Supramolecular gels: Functions and uses Neralagatta M. Sangeetha, Uday Maitra · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2005 2,040
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Where is Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications research done?

The largest centres of Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi, Suzhou and Changchun.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 226 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 123 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 82 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 73 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 73 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 72 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 68 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 64 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 60 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 31.8 works9.8×
  2. SuzhouCN · 28.8 works5.1×
  3. ChangchunCN · 42.1 works4.8×
  4. KolkataIN · 31.1 works4.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan University, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and South China University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sichuan UniversityChina 77.019.9%6.4×43 +35.5%
2Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 75.828.6%17.1×22 +53.5%
3South China University of TechnologyChina 65.916.4%8.6×28 +58.5%
4Jilin UniversityChina 65.019.6%8.3×28 +25.6%
5Guangxi UniversityChina 61.427.3%5.5×10 +337.9%
6Qingdao UniversityChina 59.120.6%7.2×14 +235.1%
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 57.519.1%4.1×20 +4.8%
8Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.919.6%19.9×14 +265.2%
9Tongji UniversityChina 55.820.6%3.0×14 +165.2%
10China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 54.224.2%6.3×9 +57.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, country by country

Is Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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