2026 Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila: 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	12209	11807	2812	2613	53	11266

Overview

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila is affiliated with Dexcom in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. Additional subfields include Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, most notably Micro and Nano Robotics, Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks, and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies. Other areas of interest include Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

Recent publications reflect these research interests and include:

"Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery" (2020) published in Science Robotics
"Nanoparticle-modified microrobots for in vivo antibiotic delivery to treat acute bacterial pneumonia" (2022) published in Nature Materials
"Fantastic Voyage of Nanomotors into the Cell" (2020) published in ACS Nano
"Multicompartment Tubular Micromotors Toward Enhanced Localized Active Delivery" (2020) published in Advanced Materials
"Physical Disruption of Solid Tumors by Immunostimulatory Microrobots Enhances Antitumor Immunity" (2021) published in Advanced Materials

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes are:

Advanced Materials (2 publications)
Science Robotics (1 publication)
Nature Materials (1 publication)
ACS Nano (1 publication)
Advanced Science (1 publication)

Common collaborators in their research include Joseph Wang, Ronnie H. Fang, Liangfang Zhang, Emil Karshalev, and Rodolfo Mundaca-Uribe.

Best Publications

Wearable biosensors for healthcare monitoring.

Jayoung Kim;Alan S. Campbell;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Joseph Wang

3050
Citations
Micro/Nanorobots for Biomedicine: Delivery, Surgery, Sensing, and Detoxification.

Jinxing Li;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Wei Gao;Liangfang Zhang

1460
Citations
Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Pavimol Angsantikul;Jinxing Li;Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez

575
Citations
Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery

Songsong Tang;Songsong Tang;Fangyu Zhang;Hua Gong;Fanan Wei

378
Citations
Single Cell Real-Time miRNAs Sensing Based on Nanomotors.

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Aída Martín;Aída Martín;Fernando Soto;Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez

328
Citations
Acoustically Propelled Nanomotors for Intracellular siRNA Delivery

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Chava Angell;Fernando Soto;Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez

306
Citations
Enteric Micromotor Can Selectively Position and Spontaneously Propel in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Jinxing Li;Soracha Thamphiwatana;Wenjuan Liu;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila

272
Citations
Smart Materials for Microrobots.

Fernando Soto;Emil Karshalev;Fangyu Zhang;Berta Esteban Fernandez de Avila

272
Citations
Hybrid biomembrane–functionalized nanorobots for concurrent removal of pathogenic bacteria and toxins

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Pavimol Angsantikul;Doris E. Ramírez-Herrera;Fernando Soto

266
Citations
Active Intracellular Delivery of a Cas9/sgRNA Complex Using Ultrasound-Propelled Nanomotors

Malthe Hansen-Bruhn;Malthe Hansen-Bruhn;Berta Esteban Fernández de Ávila;Mara Beltrán-Gastélum;Jing Zhao

246
Citations
Micromotors Spontaneously Neutralize Gastric Acid for pH‐Responsive Payload Release

Jinxing Li;Pavimol Angsantikul;Wenjuan Liu;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila

241
Citations
Biomimetic Platelet‐Camouflaged Nanorobots for Binding and Isolation of Biological Threats

Jinxing Li;Pavimol Angsantikul;Wenjuan Liu;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila

219
Citations
Fantastic Voyage of Nanomotors into the Cell.

Pooyath Lekshmy Venugopalan;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Malay Pal;Ambarish Ghosh

211
Citations
Micromotors for "Chemistry-on-the-Fly".

Emil Karshalev;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Joseph Wang

210
Citations
Nanomotor-Enabled pH-Responsive Intracellular Delivery of Caspase-3: Toward Rapid Cell Apoptosis

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Doris E. Ramírez-Herrera;Susana Campuzano;Pavimol Angsantikul

191
Citations
Biomimetic Micromotor Enables Active Delivery of Antigens for Oral Vaccination.

Xiaoli Wei;Mara Beltrán-Gastélum;Emil Karshalev;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila

188
Citations
Water-Powered Cell-Mimicking Janus Micromotor

Zhiguang Wu;Zhiguang Wu;Jinxing Li;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Tianlong Li;Tianlong Li

180
Citations
RBC micromotors carrying multiple cargos towards potential theranostic applications

Zhiguang Wu;Zhiguang Wu;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Aída Martín;Aída Martín;Caleb Christianson

177
Citations
Lysozyme-Based Antibacterial Nanomotors.

Melek Kiristi;Virendra V. Singh;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Murat Uygun

177
Citations
Aptamer-Modified Graphene-Based Catalytic Micromotors: Off–On Fluorescent Detection of Ricin

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez;Daniela F. Báez;Adrian Jodra

152
Citations
Chitosan-based water-propelled micromotors with strong antibacterial activity

Jorge A. M. Delezuk;Doris E. Ramírez-Herrera;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Joseph Wang

147
Citations
Targeting and isolation of cancer cells using micro/nanomotors.

Weiwei Gao;Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila;Liangfang Zhang;Joseph Wang

143
Citations