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D-Index
47
Citations
18972
World Ranking
15456
National Ranking
3902

Igor I. Slowing publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Igor I. Slowing sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 120 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Igor I. Slowing D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Igor I. Slowing sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Igor I. Slowing is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research spans materials science and chemistry, with a particular focus on catalytic processes and nanomaterials.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to several subfields:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Biomaterials

Slowing's work concentrates on key topics such as:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Their recent publications include:

  • Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Catalytic carbon-carbon bond cleavage and carbon-element bond formation give new life for polyolefins as biodegradable surfactants, 2021, Chem
  • Toward hydrogen economy: Selective guaiacol hydrogenolysis under ambient hydrogen pressure, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Two-step conversion of Kraft lignin to nylon precursors under mild conditions, 2020, Green Chemistry
  • Silica-Supported Organolanthanum Catalysts for C-O Bond Cleavage in Epoxides, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors working alongside Slowing include:

  • Pranjali Naik
  • Puranjan Chatterjee
  • James W. Evans
  • Aaron D. Sadow
  • Takeshi Kobayashi

Publication venues where Slowing has been frequently published include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • ChemCatChem

Best Publications

  • Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as controlled release drug delivery and gene transfection carriers

    Igor I. Slowing;Juan L. Vivero-Escoto;Chia-Wen Wu;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery and biosensing applications

    Igor I. Slowing;Brian G. Trewyn;Supratim Giri;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Synthesis and functionalization of a mesoporous silica nanoparticle based on the sol-gel process and applications in controlled release.

    Brian G. Trewyn;Igor I. Slowing;Supratim Giri;Hung-Ting Chen

  • Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Intracellular Controlled Drug Delivery

    Juan L. Vivero-Escoto;Igor I. Slowing;Brian G. Trewyn;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Effect of surface functionalization of MCM-41-type mesoporous silica nanoparticles on the endocytosis by human cancer cells.

    Igor I. Slowing;Brian G. Trewyn;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Intracellular Delivery of Membrane-Impermeable Proteins

    Igor I. Slowing;Brian G. Trewyn;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Photoinduced Intracellular Controlled Release Drug Delivery in Human Cells by Gold-Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere

    Juan L. Vivero-Escoto;Igor I. Slowing;Chian-Wen Wu;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle-Based Double Drug Delivery System for Glucose-Responsive Controlled Release of Insulin and Cyclic AMP

    Yannan Zhao;Brian G. Trewyn;Igor I. Slowing;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Interaction of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with human red blood cell membranes: size and surface effects.

    Yannan Zhao;Xiaoxing Sun;Guannan Zhang;Brian G. Trewyn

  • Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Reducing Hemolytic Activity Towards Mammalian Red Blood Cells

    Igor I. Slowing;Chia-Wen Wu;Juan L. Vivero-Escoto;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Mesoporous silica nanoparticle based controlled release, drug delivery, and biosensor systems

    Brian G. Trewyn;Supratim Giri;Igor I. Slowing;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: structural design and applications

    Igor I. Slowing;Juan Luis Vivero-escoto;Brian G. Trewyn;Victor S.Y. Lin

  • Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

    Akalanka Tennakoon;Xun Wu;Alexander L. Paterson;Smita Patnaik

  • Structurally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles as Transmembrane Delivery Vehicle in Human Cancer Cells

    Tae-Wan Kim;Po-Wen Chung;Igor I. Slowing;Makoto Tsunoda

  • Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research

    Takeshi Kobayashi;Frédéric A. Perras;Igor I. Slowing;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles as stimuli-responsive controlled release systems for intracellular drug/gene delivery

    Yannan Zhao;Juan L Vivero-Escoto;Igor I Slowing;Brian G Trewyn

  • Supported iron nanoparticles for the hydrodeoxygenation of microalgal oil to green diesel

    Kapil Kandel;Kapil Kandel;James W. Anderegg;Nicholas C. Nelson;Nicholas C. Nelson;Umesh Chaudhary;Umesh Chaudhary

  • Selective Hydrogenation of Phenol Catalyzed by Palladium on High-Surface-Area Ceria at Room Temperature and Ambient Pressure

    Nicholas C. Nelson;Nicholas C. Nelson;Juan Sebastian Manzano;Juan Sebastian Manzano;Aaron D. Sadow;Aaron D. Sadow;Steven H. Overbury

  • Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Loaded with Surfactant: Low Temperature Magic Angle Spinning 13C and 29Si NMR Enhanced by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

    Oliver Lafon;Aany S. Lilly Thankamony;Takeshi Kobayashi;Diego Carnevale

  • Cell-induced intracellular controlled release of membrane impermeable cysteine from a mesoporous silica nanoparticle-based drug delivery system.

    Renato Mortera;Juan Vivero-Escoto;Igor I. Slowing;Edoardo Garrone

Frequent Co-Authors

Marek Pruski
Marek Pruski Iowa State University
Victor S.-Y. Lin
Victor S.-Y. Lin United States Department of Energy
Brian G. Trewyn
Brian G. Trewyn Colorado School of Mines
Aaron D. Sadow
Aaron D. Sadow Iowa State University
James W. Evans
James W. Evans Iowa State University
Anja-Verena Mudring
Anja-Verena Mudring Aarhus University
Aaron J. Rossini
Aaron J. Rossini Iowa State University
Wenyu Huang
Wenyu Huang Iowa State University
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University
Geoffrey Bodenhausen
Geoffrey Bodenhausen École Normale Supérieure

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