2026 C. Jeffrey Brinker: 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	110	693	661	240	221	522	70241

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Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2003 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For his pioneering application of principles of sol-gel chemistry to the self-assembly of functional nanoscale materials.
2002 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For outstanding contributions to the science of sol-gel processing, and for the invention of porous materials with controlled structure.

Overview

C. Jeffrey Brinker is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research spans several key fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Engineering, and Materials Science. These main fields are further specified into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, and Immunology.

The scientist's work predominantly focuses on topics related to nanotechnology and biomedical applications. Key research themes include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Diatoms and Algae Research, Protist diversity and phylogeny, and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, some of the main coauthors are:

Jimin Guo
Wei Zhu
Qi Lei
Achraf Noureddine
Stefan Wuttke

Many of their publications appear in high-impact scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

ACS Nano
Advanced Functional Materials
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
ACS Applied Bio Materials
UNC Libraries

Representative recent papers by C. Jeffrey Brinker include:

"Synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles: toxicity, biomedical and environmental implications" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Materials
"Sol-Gel-Based Advanced Porous Silica Materials for Biomedical Applications" (2020), published in Advanced Functional Materials
"Microneedle Patches Integrated with Biomineralized Melanin Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Skin Tumor Photothermal Therapy and Wound Healing" (2022), published in Advanced Functional Materials
"Cancer vaccines from cryogenically silicified tumour cells functionalized with pathogen-associated molecular patterns" (2021), published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
"Biomimetic Rebuilding of Multifunctional Red Blood Cells: Modular Design Using Functional Components" (2020), published in ACS Nano

Best Publications

Sol-Gel Science: The Physics and Chemistry of Sol-Gel Processing

C. Jeffrey Brinker;George W. Scherer

19770
Citations
Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly: Nanostructures Made Easy**

C. Jeffrey Brinker;Yunfeng Lu;Alan Sellinger;Hongyou Fan

2675
Citations
Continuous formation of supported cubic and hexagonal mesoporous films by sol–gel dip-coating

Lu Yf;Ganguli R;Drewien Ca;Anderson Mt

1929
Citations
Aerosol-assisted self-assembly of mesostructured spherical nanoparticles

Yunfeng Lu;Hongyou Fan;Aaron Stump;Timothy L. Ward

1279
Citations
The targeted delivery of multicomponent cargos to cancer cells by nanoporous particle-supported lipid bilayers

Carlee E. Ashley;Carlee E. Ashley;Eric C. Carnes;Genevieve K. Phillips;David P Padilla

1216
Citations
Template-Based Approaches to the Preparation of Amorphous, Nanoporous Silicas

Narayan K. Raman;and Mark T. Anderson;C. Jeffrey Brinker

1110
Citations
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Nanocarriers: Biofunctionality and Biocompatibility

Derrick Tarn;Carlee E. Ashley;Min Xue;Eric C. Carnes

1016
Citations
Sol-gel transition in simple silicates II☆

C.J. Brinker;K.D. Keefer;D.W. Schaefer;R.A. Assink

961
Citations
Sol → gel → glass: I. Gelation and gel structure

C.J. Brinker;G.W. Scherer

804
Citations
Continuous self-assembly of organic–inorganic nanocomposite coatings that mimic nacre

Alan Sellinger;Pilar M. Weiss;Anh Nguyen;Yunfeng Lu

779
Citations
Chemically Exfoliated MoS2 as Near-Infrared Photothermal Agents

Stanley S. Chou;Bryan Kaehr;Bryan Kaehr;Jaemyung Kim;Brian M. Foley

747
Citations
Self-assembly of mesoscopically ordered chromatic polydiacetylene/silica nanocomposites

Yunfeng Lu;Yunfeng Lu;Yunfeng Lu;Yi Yang;Alan Sellinger;Mengcheng Lu

694
Citations
Self-assembly of ordered, robust, three-dimensional gold nanocrystal/silica arrays.

Hongyou Fan;Hongyou Fan;Kai Yang;Daniel M. Boye;Thomas Sigmon

626
Citations
Silica aerogel films prepared at ambient pressure by using surface derivatization to induce reversible drying shrinkage

Sai S. Prakash;C. Jeffrey Brinker;C. Jeffrey Brinker;Alan J. Hurd;Sudeep M. Rao

613
Citations
Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly of Hybrid Bridged Silsesquioxane Film and Particulate Mesophases with Integral Organic Functionality

Yunfeng Lu;Hongyou Fan;Nilesh Doke;Douglas A. Loy

606
Citations
Rapid prototyping of patterned functional nanostructures

Hongyou Fan;Yunfeng Lu;Aaron Stump;Scott T. Reed

543
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Processing pathway dependence of amorphous silica nanoparticle toxicity: colloidal vs pyrolytic.

Haiyuan Zhang;Darren R. Dunphy;Xingmao Jiang;Huan Meng

485
Citations
Controlled synthesis of 2-D and 3-D dendritic platinum nanostructures.

Yujiang Song;Yi Yang;Craig J Medforth;Eulalia Pereira

464
Citations
Aqueous Sol−Gel Process for Protein Encapsulation

Rimple B. Bhatia† and;C. Jeffrey Brinker;Alok K. Gupta and;Anup K. Singh

462
Citations
Drag reduction on a patterned superhydrophobic surface

Richard Truesdell;Andrea Mammoli;Peter Vorobieff;Frank van Swol;Frank van Swol

434
Citations
Fundamentals of sol-gel dip-coating

C. Jeffrey Brinker;Alan J. Hurd

273
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