2026 Kostas Kostarelos: 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	99	1091	1044	43	40	398	40876

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Kostas Kostarelos is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and is an active researcher primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials.

The researcher's publication record includes several recent papers, reflecting the scope and diversity of their scientific contributions. Some notable papers include:

Production and processing of graphene and related materials, 2020, 2D Materials
Trends in Micro-/Nanorobotics: Materials Development, Actuation, Localization, and System Integration for Biomedical Applications, 2020, Advanced Materials
Viscoelastic surface electrode arrays to interface with viscoelastic tissues, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
Nanotools for Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
Full-bandwidth electrophysiology of seizures and epileptiform activity enabled by flexible graphene microtransistor depth neural probes, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology

Their research topics notably focus on:

Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Graphene research and applications
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications

Kostas Kostarelos collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

Neus Lozano
Cyrill Bussy
Sandra Vranic
José A. Garrido
Thomas Kisby

Their publications have appeared consistently in venues such as:

Nature Nanotechnology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nanoscale
Small
ACS Nano

Best Publications

Applications of carbon nanotubes in drug delivery

Alberto Bianco;Kostas Kostarelos;Maurizio Prato

2430
Citations
Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Plasmid DNA Gene Delivery

Davide Pantarotto;Davide Pantarotto;Ravi Singh;David McCarthy;Mathieu Erhardt

1369
Citations
Cellular uptake of functionalized carbon nanotubes is independent of functional group and cell type.

Kostas Kostarelos;Lara Lacerda;Giorgia Pastorin;Wei Wu

1327
Citations
Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes

Alberto Bianco;Kostas Kostarelos;Charalambos D. Partidos;Maurizio Prato

1308
Citations
Tissue biodistribution and blood clearance rates of intravenously administered carbon nanotube radiotracers

Ravi Singh;Davide Pantarotto;Lara Lacerda;Giorgia Pastorin

1300
Citations
Functionalized carbon nanotubes in drug design and discovery.

Maurizio Prato;Kostas Kostarelos;Alberto Bianco

1294
Citations
Carbon nanotubes as nanomedicines: from toxicology to pharmacology.

Lara Lacerda;Alberto Bianco;Maurizio Prato;Kostas Kostarelos

1219
Citations
Binding and condensation of plasmid DNA onto functionalized carbon nanotubes: toward the construction of nanotube-based gene delivery vectors.

Ravi Singh;Davide Pantarotto;David McCarthy;Olivier Chaloin

932
Citations
Promises, facts and challenges for carbon nanotubes in imaging and therapeutics

K. Kostarelos;A. Bianco;M. Prato

870
Citations
Multifunctional biohybrid magnetite microrobots for imaging-guided therapy

Xiaohui Yan;Qi Zhou;Melissa Vincent;Yan Deng

849
Citations
Nanocomposite Hydrogels: 3D Polymer–Nanoparticle Synergies for On-Demand Drug Delivery

Sonia Merino;Cristina Martín;Kostas Kostarelos;Maurizio Prato

800
Citations
Liposomes: From a Clinically Established Drug Delivery System to a Nanoparticle Platform for Theranostic Nanomedicine

Wafa' T Al-Jamal;Kostas Kostarelos

773
Citations
Prospects and Challenges of Graphene in Biomedical Applications

Dimitrios Bitounis;Hanene Ali-Boucetta;Hanene Ali-Boucetta;Byung Hee Hong;Dal Hee Min

716
Citations
Functionalized carbon nanotubes as emerging nanovectors for the delivery of therapeutics

Cédric Klumpp;Kostas Kostarelos;Maurizio Prato;Alberto Bianco

714
Citations
Safety assessment of graphene-based materials: focus on human health and the environment

Bengt Fadeel;Cyrill Bussy;Sonia Merino;Ester Vázquez

617
Citations
Water-based and biocompatible 2D crystal inks for all-inkjet-printed heterostructures

Daryl McManus;Sandra Vranic;Freddie Withers;Veronica Sanchez-Romaguera

600
Citations
Diameter and rigidity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes are critical factors in mesothelial injury and carcinogenesis

Hirotaka Nagai;Yasumasa Okazaki;Shan Hwu Chew;Nobuaki Misawa

586
Citations
Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria‐Like Microrobotic Flagella

Ania Servant;Ania Servant;Famin Qiu;Mariarosa Mazza;Mariarosa Mazza;Kostas Kostarelos;Kostas Kostarelos

551
Citations
The long and short of carbon nanotube toxicity

Kostas Kostarelos

514
Citations
Double functionalisation of carbon nanotubes for multimodal drug delivery

Giorgia Pastorin;Wei Wu;Sébastien Wieckowski;Jean Paul Briand

506
Citations
Classification framework for graphene-based materials

Peter Wick;Anna E. Louw-Gaume;Melanie Kucki;Harald F. Krug

503
Citations