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D-Index
110
Citations
70241
World Ranking
693
National Ranking
239

C. Jeffrey Brinker publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Jeffrey Brinker sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 522 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

C. Jeffrey Brinker D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Jeffrey Brinker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly: Nanostructures Made Easy**

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

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

    Lu Yf;Ganguli R;Drewien Ca;Anderson Mt

  • Aerosol-assisted self-assembly of mesostructured spherical nanoparticles

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Nanocarriers: Biofunctionality and Biocompatibility

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

  • Sol-gel transition in simple silicates II☆

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

  • Sol → gel → glass: I. Gelation and gel structure

    C.J. Brinker;G.W. Scherer

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

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

  • Chemically Exfoliated MoS2 as Near-Infrared Photothermal Agents

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

  • Self-assembly of mesoscopically ordered chromatic polydiacetylene/silica nanocomposites

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Rapid prototyping of patterned functional nanostructures

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

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

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

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

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

  • Aqueous Sol−Gel Process for Protein Encapsulation

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

  • Drag reduction on a patterned superhydrophobic surface

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

  • Fundamentals of sol-gel dip-coating

    C. Jeffrey Brinker;Alan J. Hurd

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunfeng Lu
Yunfeng Lu University of California, Los Angeles
Hongyou Fan
Hongyou Fan Sandia National Laboratories
Roger A. Assink
Roger A. Assink Sandia National Laboratories
Gabriel P. Lopez
Gabriel P. Lopez University of New Mexico
George W. Scherer
George W. Scherer Princeton University
Seema Singh
Seema Singh Sandia National Laboratories
Juewen Liu
Juewen Liu University of Waterloo
Atul N. Parikh
Atul N. Parikh University of California, Davis
Andre E. Nel
Andre E. Nel University of California, Los Angeles
Kui Yu
Kui Yu Sichuan University

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