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Average Journal Impact-Factor: 7.5, Citations per Paper > 75
Total Citations > 4500, SCI-Publications = 56, Patents = 14, Book Chapters = 3, H-index: 28
72. R. Ozdemir, H. Usta, S. Sonmezoglu* "Dopant-Free 2,7-Dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT)-Based Hole Transporting Layer for Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells " 2020, To be submitted.
71. A. Can, H. Usta* "Indenofluorene-Based Semiconducting Materials for Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Photovoltaics" 2020, Submitted, Under Review.
70. R. Ozdemir, K. Ahn, İ. Deneme, Y. Zorlu, D. Kim, M.-G. Kim, H. Usta* "Engineering Functionalized Low LUMO [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophenes (BTBTs): Unusual Molecular and Charge Transport Properties" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 15253-15267. (IF = 7.1) [Link] (Invited Article for the Themed Issue: Celebrating Tobin Marks’ 75th Birthday)
69. H. Usta*, D. Alimli, R. Ozdemir, E. Tekin, F. Alkan, R. Kacar, A. G. Altas, S. Dabak, A. G. Gürek, E. Mutlugun, A. F. Yazici, A. Can "A Hybridized Local and Charge Transfer Excited State for Solution-Processed Non-doped Green Electroluminescence Based on Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 8047-8060. (IF = 7.1) [Link] (Selected as the back cover)
68. D. Ho, H.-Y. Jeong, M. N. Le, H. Usta, H.-I. Kwon, M.-G. Kim*, C. Kim* "Microstructural Modulation of Organic Passivation Layers for Metal Oxide Semiconductors to Achieve High Bias Stability" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 11209-11222. (IF = 7.1) [Link]
67. G. Demirel*, R. L. Gieseking, R. Özdemir, S. Kahmann, M. A. Loi,* G. C. Schatz*, A. Facchetti*, H. Usta* "Molecular Engineering of Organic Semiconductors Enables Noble Metal-Comparable SERS Enhancement and Sensitivity" Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 5502. (IF = 11.9) [Link]
66. H. Usta*, D. Alimli, R. Ozdemir, S. Dabak, Y. Zorlu, F. Alkan, E. Tekin, A. Can "Highly Efficient Deep-Blue Electroluminescence Based on a Solution-Processable A-π-D-π-A Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene) Small Molecule" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 44474-44486. (IF = 8.8) [Link] (Selected as the front cover)
65. H. Usta*, D. Kim, R. Özdemir, Y. Zorlu, S. Kim, M. C. R. Delgado, A. Harbuzaru, S. Kim, G. Demirel, J. Hong, Y.-G. Ha, K. Cho, A. Facchetti*, M.-G. Kim* "High Electron Mobility in [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT)-Based Field-Effect Transistors: Toward N-Type BTBTs" Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 5254-5263. (IF = 10.2) (Selected as the cover) [Link]
64. E. Ozcan, M. Özdemir, D. Ho, Y. Zorlu, R. Özdemir, C. Kim*, H. Usta*, B. Cosut* "Solution-Processable Meso-Phenyl BODIPY-Based N-Channel Semiconductor with Enhanced Fluorescence Emission" ChemPlusChem (Wiley), 2019, 84, 1423-1431. (IF = 3.4) (Selected as the cover and published in the Special Issue: π-Conjugated (Macro)molecules and their Applications) [Link]
63. V. Figa*, H. Usta*, R. Macaluso, U. Salzner, M. Ozdemir, B. Kulyk, O. Krupka, M. Bruno "Electrochemical polymerization of ambipolar carbonyl-functionalized indenofluorene with memristive properties" Optical Materials (Elsevier), 2019, 94, 187-195. (IF =2.7) [Link]
62. X. Liu, I. Balla, V. K. Sangwan, H. Usta, A. Facchetti, T. J. Marks, and M. C. Hersam* "Ultrahigh Vacuum Self-Assembly of Rotationally Commensurate C8-BTBT/MoS2/Graphene MixedDimensional Heterostructures" Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 1761–1766. (IF = 10.2) [Link]
61. D. Ho, R. Ozdemir, H. Kim, T. Earmme, H. Usta*, C. Kim* "Recent Developments in BODIPY-Based Semiconducting Materials for Organic Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Transistors", ChemPlusChem (Wiley), 2019, 1, 18-37.(IF = 3.4) (Among the most downloaded articles in 2019, Readers’ Choice Special Collection) [Link]
60. R. Özdemir, S. Park, İ. Deneme, Y. Park, Y. Zorlu, H. A. Alidağı, K. Harmandar, C. Kim*, H. Usta* "Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted Indenofluorenes: Carbonyl versus Dicyanovinylene Functionalization in One-Dimensional Molecular Crystals and Solution-Processed N-Channel OFETs" Organic Chemistry Frontiers (RSC), 2018, 5, 2912-2924. (IF = 5.5) (Selected as the Cover) [Link]
59. "Cyano-Derivatized Oligophenylacetylene-Based Fluorescent Small Molecules Suitable For Use in Organic Light-Emitting Diode Applications and Their Use in Organic Light-Emitting Diode Applications" World Intellectual Property Organization: WIPO-PCT, 2019, WO/2019/234563. [Link]
58. H. Usta, D. Boudinet, J. Quinn, A. Facchetti, US Patent, 2018, US9911927B2, Granted. [Link]
57. G. Demirel*, H. Usta*, M. Yilmaz, M. Celik, H. A. Alidağı, F. Buyukserin "Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS): An adventure from plasmonic metals to organic semiconductors as SERS Platform" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 5314-5335. [Link] (IF = 6.0)
56. M. Ozdemir, S. W. Kim, H. Kim, M.-G. Kim, B. J. Kim*, C. Kim*, H. Usta* "Semiconducting Copolymers based on meso-Substituted BODIPY for Inverted Organic Solar Cells and Field-Effect Transistors" Advanced Electronic Materials, 2018, 4, 1700354. (IF = 6.5) (Selected as the cover and published in the Special Issue: New Materials for Organic Electronics) [Link]
Highlighted in Wiley-Hot Topic: Solar Cells
55. M. A. Khalily, H. Usta*, M. Ozdemir, G. Bakan, F. Dikecoglu, C. Edwards-Gayle, J. A. Hutchinson, I. W. Hamley, M. O. Guler* "Design and Fabrication of Supramolecular Semiconductor Nanowires Formed by Benzothienobenzothiophene (BTBT)-Conjugated Peptides" Nanoscale (RSC), 2018, 10, 9987-9995. [Link] (IF = 7.2)
54. B. D. Choi, J. Park, K.-J. Baeg, M. Kang, J. S. Heo, S. Kim, J. Won, S. Yu, K.-H. Ahn, T. H. Lee, J. Hong, D.-Y. Kim, H. Usta, C. Kim, S. K. Park, M.-G. Kim* "Optimized Activation of Solution-Processed Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors for Flexible Transparent Conductive Electrodes" Advanced Electronic Materials, 2018, 4, 1700386. [Link] (IF = 6.5)
53. A. Facchetti, H. Usta, M. Denti, V. Biondo, C. Soldano, M. Muccini, US Patent, 2017, US9825261B2, Granted. [Link]
52. V. Biondo, G. Generali, A.Stefani, M. Muccini, M. Denti, H. Usta, A. Facchetti, US Patent, 2017, US20170237042A1, Application. [Link]
51. M. Yilmaz, E. Babur, M. Özdemir, R. L. Gieseking, Y. Dede, U. Tamer, G. C. Schatz,* A. Facchetti,* H. Usta,* G. Demirel* "Nanostructured organic semiconductor films for molecular detection with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy" Nature Materials, 2017, 16, 918–924. (IF = 38.89) (Highlighted on the cover) [Link]
This work is highlighted by C&EN News and Nature Materials News-Views
50. M. Yilmaz, M. Erkartal, M. Özdemir, Ü. Şen, H. Usta,* G. Demirel* "Three Dimensional Au-Coated Electrosprayed Nanostructured BODIPY Films on Aluminum Foil as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Platforms and Their Catalytic Applications" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 18199–18206. (IF = 8.1) [Link]
49. R. Ozdemir, D. Choi, M. Ozdemir, G. Kwon, H. Kim, U. Sen, C. Kim*, H. Usta* “Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Ultralow Bandgap Molecular Semiconductors for Ambient-Stable and Solution-Processable Ambipolar Organic Field-Effect Transistors” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017, 5, 2368-2379. (IF = 6.0) [Link]
48. M. Ozdemir, D. Choi, Y. Zorlu, B. Cosut, H. Kim, C. Kim*, H. Usta* "A New Rod-Shaped BODIPY-Acetylene Molecule for Solution-Processed Semiconducting Microribbons in N-Channel Organic Field-Effect Transistors" 2017, New Journal of Chemistry (RSC), 2017, 41, 6232-6240. (IF = 3.28) [Link]
47. M. Erkartal, U. Erkilic, B. Tam, H. Usta, O. Yazaydin*, J. T. Hupp*, O. K. Farha*, U. Sen* "From 2-methylimidazole to 1,2,3-triazole: A topological transformation of ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 by bridging ligand replacement" Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 2028-2031. (IF = 6.57) [Link]
46. R. Ozdemir, D. Choi, M. Ozdemir, H. Kim, S. T. Kostakoğlu, M. Erkartal, H. Kim, C. Kim*, H. Usta* "Liquid-Crystalline Semiconductor Molecule with a low-LUMO for Air-Stable and Solution-Processed N-Channel Field-Effect Transistors" ChemPhysChem (Wiley), 2017, 18, 850–861. (IF = 3.14) [Link]
45. A. Tataroğlu, A. G. Al-Sehemi, M. Özdemir, R. Özdemir, H. Usta, A. A. Al-Ghamdi, W. A. Farooq, F. Yakuphanoglu* "Frequency and electric field controllable photodevice: Fytronix Device" Physica B: Condensed Matter (Elsevier), 2017, 519, 53-58. (IF =1.39) [Link]
44. R. Liguori, H. Usta, S. Fusco, A. Facchetti, G. D. Licciardo, L. Di Benedetto, A. Rubino, "Insights into Interface Treatments in P-Channel Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on a Novel Molecular Semiconductor" IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2017, 64, 1-7. (IF = 2.21) [Link]
43. K. Kim, Y. Kim, J. Yang, K. Ha, H. Usta, J. Lee, C. Kim*, "Enhanced mass transfer rate and solubility of methane via addition of alcohols for Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b fermentation" Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (Elsevier), 2017, 46, 350–355. (IF = 4.18) [Link]
42. H. Usta, M. Denti, Chris Sheets, A. Facchetti, US Patent, 2016, US9312501B2, Granted. [Link]
41. R.O. Ocaya, M. Ozdemir, R. Ozdemir, A. Al-Ghamdi, H. Usta, W.A. Farooq, F. Yakuphanoglu* "Ambipolar Small Molecular Semiconductor-Based Heterojunction Diode" Synthetic Metals, 2016, 221, 48–54. (IF = 2.30) [Link]
40. M. Ozdemir, D. Choi, G. Kwon, Y. Zorlu, B. Cosut, H. Kim, A. Facchetti*, C. Kim*, H. Usta* "Solution-Processable BODIPY-Based Small Molecules for Semiconducting Microfibers in Organic Thin-Film Transistors" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 14077–14087. (IF = 8.1) [Link]
39. N. Azum*, L. A. Taib, Y. M. Al Angari, A. M. Asiri, M. Denti, W. Zhao, H. Usta*, A. Facchetti* "π-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Small Molecule Thin-films on Gold Electrodes for Reducing the Metal Work-Function" Thin Solid Films (Elsevier), 2016, 616, 320–327. (IF = 1.76) [Link]
38. M. Erkartal, A. Aslan, S. Dadi, U. Erkilic, O. Yazaydin, H. Usta, U. Sen* "Anhydrous Proton Conducting poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/ poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) (PAMPS)/1,2,4-Triazole Composite Membrane" International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016, 41, 11321–11330. (IF = 3.20) Link
37. G.-S. Ryu, Z. Chen, H. Usta*, Y-Y. Noh*, A. Facchetti* "NaphthaleneDiimide-Based Polymeric Semiconductors. Effect of Chlorine Incorporation and n-Channel Transistors Operating in Water" MRS Communications (Cambridge Journals), 2016, 6, 47-60. (IF = 1.80) [Link]
36. M. Ozdemir, D. Choi, G. Kwon, Y. Zorlu, H. Kim, M.-G. Kim, S.Y. Seo, U. Sen, M. Citir, C. Kim*, H. Usta* "Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of α,ω-Disubstituted Indeno[1,2-b]fluorene-6,12-dione-Thiophene Molecular Semiconductors. Enhancement of Ambipolar Charge Transport Through Synthetic Tailoring of Alkyl Substituents" RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 212-226. (IF = 3.29) [Link]
35. M. Erkartal, H. Usta, M. Citir, U. Sen* "Proton Conducting Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/ Poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) (PAMPS)/ Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8) Ternary Composite Membrane" Journal of Membrane Science, 2016, 499, 156-163. (IF = 5.56) [Link]
34. A. Facchetti, H. Usta, J. Wang, C. Huang, M. Denti, C. Newman, US Patent, 2015, US9067886B2, Granted. [Link]
33. E. Elgazzar, M. Özdemir, H. Usta, A. A. Al-Ghamdi, A. Dere, F. El-Tantawy, F. Yakuphanoglu* "Logarithmic Organic Photodetectors" Synthetic Metals, 2015, 210, 288–296. (IF = 2.30) [Link]
32. M. Ozdemir, S. Genc, R. Ozdemir, Y. Altintas, M. Citir, U. Sen, E. Mutlugun,* H. Usta* "Cis-Trans Isomerization Assisted Synthesis of Yellow Fluorescent Maleic Anhydride Derivatives for White-Light Generation" Synthetic Metals, 2015, 210, 192–200. (IF = 2.30) [Link]
31. M. Yilmaz, M. Ozdemir, H. Erdogan, U. Tamer, U. Sen, A. Facchetti*, H. Usta*, G. Demirel* "Micro-/Nano-Structured Highly Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Films for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Applications" Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25, 5669–5676. (IF = 11.38) [Link]
30. V. Figà, C. Chiappara, F. Ferrante, M. P. Casaletto, F. Principato, Z. Chen, H. Usta, A. Facchetti,* B. Pignataro* "Symmetric Naphthalenediimidequaterthiophenes for Electropolymerized Electrochromic Thin Films" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 5985-5994. (IF = 5.07) [Link]
29. A. Canlier,* U. V. Ucak, H. Usta, C. Chob, J.-Y. Leeb, U. Sen, M. Citir “Development of Highly Transparent Pd-Coated Ag Nanowire Electrode for Displays and Catalysis Applications” Applied Surface Science (Elsevier), 2015, 350, 79-86. (IF = 3.15) [Link]
28. U. Sen,* H. Usta,* O. Acar, M. Citir, A. Canlier, A. Bozkurt, A. Ata "Enhancement of High-Temperature Proton Conductivity of Poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVPA)-Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) (ABPBI) Membranes via In-Situ Polymerization" Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (Wiley), 2015, 216, 106-112. (IF = 2.50) [Link]
27. F. Loffredo, I. A. Grimaldi, R. Miscioscia, G. Nenna, F. Villani, C. Minarini, M. Petrosino, A. Rubino, H. Usta, A. Facchetti " Photosensing properties of pentacene OFETs based on a novel PMMA copolymer gate dielectric" Journal of Display Technology (IEEE), 2015, 11, 533-540. (IF = 1.92) [Link]
26. A. Facchetti, H. Usta, H. Pan, M. Drees, M. Denti, US Patent, 2014, US8883958B2, Granted. [Link]
25. Z. Zhu, H. Pan, M. Drees, H. Usta, S. Lu, A. Facchetti, US Patent, 2014, US8772442B2, Granted. [Link]
24. H. Usta, P. Tan, Y. Xia, Z. Chen, Y. Zheng, A. Facchetti, US Patent, 2014, US8878169B2, Granted. [Link]
23. H. Usta,* C. Sheets, M. Denti, G. Generali, R. Capelli, S. Lu, X. Yu, M. Muccini,* A. Facchetti* “Perfluoroalkyl-Functionalized Thiazole-Thiophene Oligomers as N-Channel Semiconductors in Organic Field-Effect and Light-Emitting Transistors" Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 6542–6556. (IF = 9.41) [Link]
7. T. J. Marks, A. Facchetti, G. Lu, H. Usta, J. Letizia, US Patent, 2009, US7816480B2, Granted. [Link]
6. H. Usta, C. Risko, Z. Wang, H. Huang, M. K. Deliomeroglu, A. Zhukhovitskiy, A. Facchetti,* T. J. Marks* “Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Ladder-Type Molecules and Polymers. Air-Stable, Solution-Processable n-Channel and Ambipolar Semiconductors for Thin-Film Transistors via Experiment and Theory” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 5586-5608. (IF = 13.04) [Link]