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Duncan S. Sutherland

Duncan S. Sutherland

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
65
Citations
16219
World Ranking
5591
National Ranking
23

Duncan S. Sutherland 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 Duncan S. Sutherland sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 174 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.

Duncan S. Sutherland 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 Duncan S. Sutherland sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Duncan S. Sutherland is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Engineering, and Materials Science.

Their work is concentrated within several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Sutherland's main research topics include advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, nanofabrication and lithography techniques, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Mapping and identification of soft corona proteins at nanoparticles and their impact on cellular association," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Biodegradable nanocarriers based on chitosan-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles for delivery of methotrexate for application in breast cancer treatment," 2020, Materials Science and Engineering C
  • "Unprecedented Thermal Stability of Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Films up to 1400 °C," 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
  • "Development of a Label-Free LSPR-Apta Sensor for Staphylococcus aureus Detection," 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • "Spectrally selective emitters based on 3D Mo nanopillars for thermophotovoltaic energy harvesting," 2021, Materials Today Physics

Sutherland has frequently published in several venues, with numerous contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ACS Nano, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Nature Communications, and Advanced Functional Materials.

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Ali Shahrokhtash, Hossein Mohammad-Beigi, Kristian Juul-Madsen, Carsten Scavenius, and Jan J. Enghild.

Best Publications

  • Optical properties of gold nanorings

    Javier Aizpurua;P Hanarp;D S. Sutherland;M Kall

  • Toxicity of silver nanoparticles - nanoparticle or silver ion?

    Christiane Beer;Rasmus Bruno Foldbjerg;Yuya Hayashi;Duncan S. Sutherland

  • Sensing Characteristics of NIR Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Gold Nanorings for Application as Ultrasensitive Biosensors

    Elin Maria Kristina Larsson;Joan Alegret;Mikael Käll;Duncan Sutherland

  • Hole–Mask Colloidal Lithography

    Hans Fredriksson;Yury Alaverdyan;Alexander Dmitriev;Christoph Langhammer

  • Optical Properties of Short Range Ordered Arrays of Nanometer Gold Disks Prepared by Colloidal Lithography

    Per Hanarp;and Mikael Käll;Duncan S. Sutherland

  • Nanoscale features influence epithelial cell morphology and cytokine production.

    Ann-Sofie Andersson;Fredrik Bäckhed;Anne von Euler;Agneta Richter-Dahlfors

  • Osteoprogenitor response to semi-ordered and random nanotopographies.

    Matthew John Dalby;David McCloy;Mary Robertson;Hossein Agheli

  • Control of nanoparticle film structure for colloidal lithography

    Per Hanarp;Duncan S Sutherland;Julie Gold;Bengt Kasemo

  • Optical Spectroscopy of Nanometric Holes in Thin Gold Films

    Juris Prikulis;Per Hanarp;Linda Olofsson;Duncan S. Sutherland

  • Protein Adsorption on Model Surfaces with Controlled Nanotopography and Chemistry

    Frédéric A. Denis;Per Hanarp;Duncan S. Sutherland;Julie Gold

  • Localized surface plasmon resonance sensing of lipid-membrane-mediated biorecognition events.

    Andreas Dahlin;Michael Zäch;Tomas Rindzevicius;Mikael Käll

  • Plasmonic sensing characteristics of single nanometric holes.

    Tomas Rindzevicius;Yury Alaverdyan;Andreas Dahlin;Fredrik Höök

  • Antimicrobial Effect of Chitosan Nanoparticles on Streptococcus mutans Biofilms

    Luis E. Chávez de Paz;Anton Resin;Kenneth A. Howard;Duncan S. Sutherland

  • Shedding light on dark plasmons in gold nanorings

    Feng Hao;Elin Maria Kristina Larsson;Tamer Ali;Duncan S. Sutherland

  • Changes in fibroblast morphology in response to nano-columns produced by colloidal lithography.

    Matthew John Dalby;Mathis O. Riehle;Duncan S. Sutherland;Hossein Agheli

  • Enhanced nanoplasmonic optical sensors with reduced substrate effect.

    Alexandre Dmitriev;Carl Hägglund;Si Chen;Hans Fredriksson

  • Fast intracellular dissolution and persistent cellular uptake of silver nanoparticles in CHO-K1 cells: implication for cytotoxicity

    Xiumei Jiang;Teodora Miclăuş;Liming Wang;Rasmus Foldbjerg

  • Response of rat osteoblast-like cells to microstructured model surfaces in vitro.

    Haihong Liao;Ann-Sofie Andersson;Duncan Sutherland;Sarunas Petronis

  • Coherent imaging of nanoscale plasmon patterns with a carbon nanotube optical probe

    R Hillenbrand;F Keilmann;P Hanarp;D S. Sutherland

  • Mapping and identification of soft corona proteins at nanoparticles and their impact on cellular association.

    Hossein Mohammad-Beigi;Yuya Hayashi;Christina Moeslund Zeuthen;Hoda Eskandari

  • Limit-test toxicity screening of selected inorganic nanoparticles to the earthworm Eisenia fetida

    Lars-Henrik Heckmann;Mads B. Hovgaard;Duncan S. Sutherland;Herman Autrup

Frequent Co-Authors

Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Bengt Herbert Kasemo
Bengt Herbert Kasemo Chalmers University of Technology
Mikael Käll
Mikael Käll Chalmers University of Technology
Rikke Louise Meyer
Rikke Louise Meyer Aarhus University
Jan J. Enghild
Jan J. Enghild Aarhus University
Matthew J. Dalby
Matthew J. Dalby University of Glasgow
Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand
Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand Aarhus University
Adam S. G. Curtis
Adam S. G. Curtis University of Glasgow
Javier Aizpurua
Javier Aizpurua University of the Basque Country
Brigitte Städler
Brigitte Städler Aarhus University

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