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D-Index
77
Citations
18962
World Ranking
3170
National Ranking
1014

Lintao Cai 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 Lintao Cai sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 256 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lintao Cai 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 Lintao Cai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lintao Cai is affiliated with the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on biomedical engineering, molecular biology, materials chemistry, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research output reflects a strong emphasis on nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, photodynamic therapy, micro and nano robotics, immunotherapy and immune responses, cancer research and treatments, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, and extracellular vesicles in disease.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lintao Cai include Hong Pan, Pengfei Zhang, Ping Gong, Lanlan Liu, and Ruijing Liang, indicating sustained partnerships in their research efforts.

The scientist has contributed to numerous papers in notable publication venues such as Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, and Advanced Healthcare Materials. Their most cited recent papers include:

  • Natural-Killer-Cell-Inspired Nanorobots with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Near-Infrared-II Fluorescence-Guided Glioma Theranostics, 2020, ACS Nano
  • In Situ Photocatalyzed Oxygen Generation with Photosynthetic Bacteria to Enable Robust Immunogenic Photodynamic Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • H2O2-Responsive NIR-II AIE Nanobomb for Carbon Monoxide Boosting Low-Temperature Photothermal Therapy, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Biomimetic Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer with Antigen-Presenting and Hitchhiking Function for Lipid Droplet Targeted Photodynamic Immunotherapy, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Noninvasively immunogenic sonodynamic therapy with manganese protoporphyrin liposomes against triple-negative breast cancer, 2021, Biomaterials

Best Publications

  • Cancer Cell Membrane–Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Homologous-Targeting Dual-Modal Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

    Ze Chen;Pengfei Zhao;Zhenyu Luo;Mingbin Zheng

  • Single-Step Assembly of DOX/ICG Loaded Lipid–Polymer Nanoparticles for Highly Effective Chemo-photothermal Combination Therapy

    Mingbin Zheng;Caixia Yue;Yifan Ma;Ping Gong

  • Smart Human Serum Albumin-Indocyanine Green Nanoparticles Generated by Programmed Assembly for Dual-Modal Imaging-Guided Cancer Synergistic Phototherapy

    Zonghai Sheng;Dehong Hu;Mingbin Zheng;Pengfei Zhao

  • Strontium Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and In Vivo Bone Formation by Activating Wnt/Catenin Signaling

    Fan Yang;Dazhi Yang;Jie Tu;Qixin Zheng

  • Charge transport through self-assembled monolayers of compounds of interest in molecular electronics.

    Fu Ren F. Fan;Jiping Yang;Lintao Cai;David W. Price

  • Self-assembled DNA networks and their electrical conductivity

    Lintao Cai;Hitoshi Tabata;Tomoji Kawai

  • Cell-Membrane Immunotherapy Based on Natural Killer Cell Membrane Coated Nanoparticles for the Effective Inhibition of Primary and Abscopal Tumor Growth.

    Guanjun Deng;Zhihong Sun;Sanpeng Li;Xinghua Peng

  • IR-780 dye loaded tumor targeting theranostic nanoparticles for NIR imaging and photothermal therapy.

    Caixia Yue;Peng Liu;Mingbin Zheng;Mingbin Zheng;Pengfei Zhao

  • Bioinspired Hybrid Protein Oxygen Nanocarrier Amplified Photodynamic Therapy for Eliciting Anti-tumor Immunity and Abscopal Effect

    Zhikuan Chen;Lanlan Liu;Ruijing Liang;Zhenyu Luo

  • Protein-assisted fabrication of nano-reduced graphene oxide for combined in vivo photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy.

    Zonghai Sheng;Liang Song;Jiaxiang Zheng;Dehong Hu

  • Indocyanine green-loaded biodegradable tumor targeting nanoprobes for in vitro and in vivo imaging.

    Cuifang Zheng;Mingbin Zheng;Mingbin Zheng;Ping Gong;Dongxue Jia

  • Oxygen-boosted immunogenic photodynamic therapy with gold nanocages@manganese dioxide to inhibit tumor growth and metastases.

    Ruijing Liang;Lanlan Liu;Huamei He;Zhikuan Chen

  • Effect of local environment on molecular conduction: isolated molecule versus self-assembled monolayer.

    Yoram Selzer;Lintao Cai;Marco A. Cabassi;Yuxing Yao

  • Indocyanine Green Nanoparticles for Theranostic Applications

    Zonghai Sheng;Dehong Hu;Miaomiao Xue;Meng He

  • Co-delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs with vitamin E TPGS by porous PLGA nanoparticles for enhanced chemotherapy against multi-drug resistance.

    Huijun Zhu;Hongbo Chen;Xiaowei Zeng;Zhongyuan Wang

  • Robust ICG theranostic nanoparticles for folate targeted cancer imaging and highly effective photothermal therapy.

    Mingbin Zheng;Pengfei Zhao;Zhenyu Luo;Ping Gong

  • Cancer Cell Membrane-Biomimetic Oxygen Nanocarrier for Breaking Hypoxia-Induced Chemoresistance

    Hao Tian;Zhenyu Luo;Lanlan Liu;Mingbin Zheng

  • Natural-Killer-Cell-Inspired Nanorobots with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Near-Infrared-II Fluorescence-Guided Glioma Theranostics.

    Guanjun Deng;Xinghua Peng;Zhihong Sun;Zhihong Sun;Wei Zheng

  • Metalloporphyrin Complex-Based Nanosonosensitizers for Deep-Tissue Tumor Theranostics by Noninvasive Sonodynamic Therapy.

    Aiqing Ma;Huaqing Chen;Yanhong Cui;Zhenyu Luo

  • Hypoxia-triggered single molecule probe for high-contrast NIR II/PA tumor imaging and robust photothermal therapy.

    Xiaoqing Meng;Jiali Zhang;Zhihong Sun;Lihua Zhou

  • Improving drug accumulation and photothermal efficacy in tumor depending on size of ICG loaded lipid-polymer nanoparticles

    Pengfei Zhao;Mingbin Zheng;Caixia Yue;Zhenyu Luo

  • Ozonation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Assemblies on Rigid Self-Assembled Monolayers

    Lintao Cai;Jeffrey L. Bahr;Yuxing Yao;James M. Tour

  • Polypeptide cationic micelles mediated co-delivery of docetaxel and siRNA for synergistic tumor therapy.

    Cuifang Zheng;Mingbin Zheng;Ping Gong;Jizhe Deng

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping Gong
Ping Gong Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Theresa S. Mayer
Theresa S. Mayer Purdue University West Lafayette
Hitoshi Tabata
Hitoshi Tabata University of Tokyo
James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
David L. Allara
David L. Allara Pennsylvania State University
Xiaochun Wan
Xiaochun Wan Anhui Agricultural University
Youhai H. Chen
Youhai H. Chen University of Pennsylvania
Hairong Zheng
Hairong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ryan T. K. Kwok
Ryan T. K. Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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