2026 Abel Santos: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	43	12430	12021	370	367	153	5587

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Materials Science

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Overview

Abel Santos is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research focuses on several key topics:

Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
Photonic Crystals and Applications
Optical Coatings and Gratings
Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Smart Materials for Construction

Abel Santos has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

Harnessing Slow Light in Optoelectronically Engineered Nanoporous Photonic Crystals for Visible Light-Enhanced Photocatalysis, 2021, ACS Catalysis
Engineering of Broadband Nanoporous Semiconductor Photonic Crystals for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Tunable Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals by Gaussian Pulse Anodization, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Realization of high-quality optical nanoporous gradient-index filters by optimal combination of anodization conditions, 2020, Nanoscale
Spectral Engineering of Tamm Plasmon Resonances in Dielectric Nanoporous Photonic Crystal Sensors, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their frequent coauthors include Cheryl Suwen Law, Andrew D. Abell, Siew Yee Lim, Lluís F. Marsal, and Juan Wang.

Publications by Abel Santos most commonly appear in these venues:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
SSRN Electronic Journal
ACS Applied Nano Materials
Advanced Science
Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide for chemical sensing and biosensors

Abel Santos;Tushar Kumeria;Dusan Losic

289
Citations
Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Platforms: Engineered Surface Chemistry and Structure for Optical Sensing Applications

Tushar Kumeria;Abel Santos;Dusan Losic

223
Citations
Titania nanotube arrays for local drug delivery: recent advances and perspectives.

Dusan Losic;Moom Sinn Aw;Abel Santos;Karan Gulati

172
Citations
Drug-releasing implants: current progress, challenges and perspectives

Abel Santos;Moom Sinn Aw;Manpreet Bariana;Manpreet Bariana;Tushar Kumeria

162
Citations
Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: A Versatile Platform for Optical Biosensors

Abel Santos;Tushar Kumeria;Dusan Losic

150
Citations
Advanced biopolymer-coated drug-releasing titania nanotubes (TNTs) implants with simultaneously enhanced osteoblast adhesion and antibacterial properties.

Tushar Kumeria;Htwe Mon;Moom Sinn Aw;Karan Gulati

146
Citations
An overview of nanotoxicity and nanomedicine research: principles, progress and implications for cancer therapy

Ye Wang;Abel Santos;Andreas Evdokiou;Dusan Losic

145
Citations
Optimizing anodization conditions for the growth of titania nanotubes on curved surfaces

Karan Gulati;Abel Santos;David Findlay;Dusan Losic

145
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Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Barcodes: Toward Smart Optical Biosensors

Abel Boavida dos Santos;Victor S. Balderrama;María Alba;Pilar Formentín

141
Citations
Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals: fundamentals, developments and perspectives

Abel Santos

115
Citations
Structural and optical nanoengineering of nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters for real-time and label-free biosensing applications

Tushar Kumeria;Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman;Abel Santos;Josep Ferré-Borrull

113
Citations
Photoluminescent enzymatic sensor based on nanoporous anodic alumina.

Abel Santos;Gerard Macías;Josep Ferré-Borrull;Josep Pallarès

90
Citations
Low-cost fabrication technologies for nanostructures: state-of-the-art and potential

A Santos;M J Deen;L F Marsal

89
Citations
In situ electrochemical dissolution of the oxide barrier layer of porous anodic alumina fabricated by hard anodization

A. Santos;L. Vojkuvka;J. Pallarés;J. Ferré-Borrull

88
Citations
Porous silicon for drug delivery applications and theranostics: recent advances, critical review and perspectives.

Tushar Kumeria;Steven J. P. McInnes;Shaheer Maher;Abel Santos

87
Citations
Optically Optimized Photoluminescent and Interferometric Biosensors Based on Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: A Comparison

Abel Santos;Tushar Kumeria;Dusan Losic

86
Citations
Ultrasensitive nanoporous interferometric sensor for label-free detection of gold(III) ions

Tushar Kumeria;Abel Santos;Dusan Losic

83
Citations
Nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters for sensing of ionic mercury: toward environmental point-of-analysis systems.

Tushar Kumeria;Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman;Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman;Abel Santos;Josep Ferré-Borrull

81
Citations
Structural tuning of photoluminescence in nanoporous anodic alumina by hard anodization in oxalic and malonic acids

Abel Boavida dos Santos;Maria Alba;Mahbubur M. Rahman;Pilar Formentín

74
Citations
Nanoporous alumina : fabrication, structure, properties and applications

Dusan Losic;Abel (Santos Alejandro) Santos

66
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