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D-Index
78
Citations
20826
World Ranking
2993
National Ranking
75

David Tai Leong 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 David Tai Leong sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 176 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Tai Leong 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 David Tai Leong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Tai Leong is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics within their domains. These include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

David Tai Leong has contributed to numerous publications, with notable recent papers as follows:

  • Nanoarchitectonics beyond Self-Assembly: Challenges to Create Bio-Like Hierarchic Organization, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Breaking through the basement membrane barrier to improve nanotherapeutic delivery to tumours, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Nanotoxicology and nanomedicine: The Yin and Yang of nano-bio interactions for the new decade, 2021, Nano Today
  • Intrinsic bioactivity of black phosphorus nanomaterials on mitotic centrosome destabilization through suppression of PLK1 kinase, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Self-assembly of stem cell membrane-camouflaged nanocomplex for microRNA-mediated repair of myocardial infarction injury, 2020, Biomaterials

The venues in which they frequently publish include:

  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bioactive Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Small

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, suggesting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Pu Chun Ke
  • Nengyi Ni
  • Kuoran Xing
  • Yang Song
  • Bang Lin Li

Best Publications

  • From Aggregation-Induced Emission of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Ultrabright Au(0)@Au(I)–Thiolate Core–Shell Nanoclusters

    Zhentao Luo;Xun Yuan;Yue Yu;Qingbo Zhang

  • Antimicrobial silver nanomaterials

    Kaiyuan Zheng;Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati;David Tai Leong;Jianping Xie

  • Nanotheranostics ˗ Application and Further Development of Nanomedicine Strategies for Advanced Theranostics

    Madaswamy S. Muthu;David Tai Leong;Lin Mei;Si-Shen Feng

  • Antimicrobial Gold Nanoclusters

    Kaiyuan Zheng;Magdiel I. Setyawati;David Tai Leong;Jianping Xie

  • Identification of a highly luminescent Au22(SG)18 nanocluster.

    Yong Yu;Zhentao Luo;Daniel M. Chevrier;David Tai Leong

  • Titanium dioxide nanomaterials cause endothelial cell leakiness by disrupting the homophilic interaction of VE–cadherin

    M I Setyawati;C Y Tay;S L Chia;S L Goh

  • Nanoparticles promote in vivo breast cancer cell intravasation and extravasation by inducing endothelial leakiness.

    Fei Peng;Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati;Jie Kai Tee;Xianguang Ding

  • Ultrasmall Au(10-12)(SG)(10-12) nanomolecules for high tumor specificity and cancer radiotherapy.

    Xiao-Dong Zhang;Zhentao Luo;Jie Chen;Xiu Shen

  • Balancing the rate of cluster growth and etching for gram-scale synthesis of thiolate-protected Au(25) nanoclusters with atomic precision.

    Xun Yuan;Bin Zhang;Zhentao Luo;Qiaofeng Yao

  • Antimicrobial Cluster Bombs: Silver Nanoclusters Packed with Daptomycin

    Kaiyuan Zheng;Magdiel I. Setyawati;Tze-Peng Lim;David Tai Leong

  • Glutathione-protected silver nanoclusters as cysteine-selective fluorometric and colorimetric probe.

    Xun Yuan;Yuanqi Tay;Xinyue Dou;Zhentao Luo

  • Toward Understanding the Growth Mechanism: Tracing All Stable Intermediate Species from Reduction of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Evolution of Au25 Nanoclusters

    Zhentao Luo;Vairavan Nachammai;Bin Zhang;Ning Yan

  • Understanding and exploiting nanoparticles' intimacy with the blood vessel and blood

    Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati;Chor Yong Tay;Dominic Docter;Roland H. Stauber

  • ANGPTL4 modulates vascular junction integrity by integrin signaling and disruption of intercellular VE-cadherin and claudin-5 clusters.

    Royston-Luke Huang;Ziqiang Teo;Han Chung Chong;Pengcheng Zhu

  • Nanoparticles' interactions with vasculature in diseases

    Jie Kai Tee;Li Xian Yip;Eveline Sheau Tan;Supawan Santitewagun

  • Understanding seed-mediated growth of gold nanoclusters at molecular level.

    Qiaofeng Yao;Xun Yuan;Victor Fung;Yong Yu

  • Gold Nanoparticles Induced Endothelial Leakiness Depends on Particle Size and Endothelial Cell Origin.

    Magdiel I. Setyawati;Chor Yong Tay;Boon Huat Bay;David T. Leong

  • Directing Assembly and Disassembly of 2D MoS2 Nanosheets with DNA for Drug Delivery

    Bang Lin Li;Magdiel I. Setyawati;Linye Chen;Jianping Xie

  • Highly luminescent silver nanoclusters with tunable emissions: cyclic reduction–decomposition synthesis and antimicrobial properties

    Xun Yuan;Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati;Audrey Shu Tan;Choon Nam Ong

  • Low-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanostructures Based Sensors

    Bang Lin Li;Jinping Wang;Hao Lin Zou;Slaven Garaj

  • Highly Luminescent Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters Impregnated in Nanogel

    Nirmal Goswami;Fangxiong Lin;Yanbiao Liu;David Tai Leong

Frequent Co-Authors

Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati
Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati Nanyang Technological University
Chor Yong Tay
Chor Yong Tay Nanyang Technological University
Jianping Xie
Jianping Xie National University of Singapore
Dietmar W. Hutmacher
Dietmar W. Hutmacher Queensland University of Technology
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science
Xun Yuan
Xun Yuan Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Simon M. Cool
Simon M. Cool University of Queensland
Lay Poh Tan
Lay Poh Tan Nanyang Technological University
Si-Shen Feng
Si-Shen Feng National University of Singapore
Nguan Soon Tan
Nguan Soon Tan Nanyang Technological University

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