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Michael J. Sailor 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 Michael J. Sailor sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 431 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Sailor 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 Michael J. Sailor sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael J. Sailor is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans materials science, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad fields, their work focuses on materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, ophthalmology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research topics include silicon nanostructures and photoluminescence, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, nanowire synthesis and applications, graphene and nanomaterials applications, neuroscience and neural engineering, RNA interference and gene delivery, and quantum dots synthesis and properties.

Michael J. Sailor has published extensively in several venues, with a frequent presence in ACS Sensors, Nanoscale Horizons, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Drug Delivery.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Sailor include:

  • A brain tumor-homing tetra-peptide delivers a nano-therapeutic for more effective treatment of a mouse model of glioblastoma (2020), Nanoscale Horizons
  • Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Embedded in Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanofiber Scaffolds Deliver Neurotrophic Payloads to Enhance Neuronal Growth (2020), Advanced Functional Materials
  • Porous Silicon-Based Nanomedicine for Simultaneous Management of Joint Inflammation and Bone Erosion in Rheumatoid Arthritis (2022), ACS Nano
  • Enteric Polymer-Coated Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for Site-Specific Oral Delivery of IgA Antibody (2020), ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Targeted to the Extracellular Matrix for Therapeutic Protein Delivery in Traumatic Brain Injury (2022), Bioconjugate Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael J. Sailor include Sanahan Vijayakumar, Joanna Wang, Yi-Sheng Lu, Ruhan Fan, and Jonathan M. Zuidema.

The scientist's work has been recognized with several fellowships, including Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2015), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011), and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1994).

Best Publications

  • Biodegradable luminescent porous silicon nanoparticles for in vivo applications.

    Ji-Ho Park;Luo Gu;Geoffrey von Maltzahn;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • A Porous Silicon-Based Optical Interferometric Biosensor

    Victor S.-Y. Lin;Kianoush Motesharei;Kianoush Motesharei;Keiki-Pua S. Dancil;Keiki-Pua S. Dancil;Michael J. Sailor;Michael J. Sailor

  • Mesoporous silicon sponge as an anti-pulverization structure for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

    Xiaolin Li;Meng Gu;Shenyang Y. Hu;Rhiannon Kennard

  • Computationally Guided Photothermal Tumor Therapy Using Long-Circulating Gold Nanorod Antennas

    Geoffrey von Maltzahn;Ji-Ho Park;Amit Agrawal;Nanda Kishor Bandaru

  • Targeting of drugs and nanoparticles to tumors

    Erkki Ruoslahti;Sangeeta N. Bhatia;Sangeeta N. Bhatia;Michael J. Sailor

  • Porous silicon in drug delivery devices and materials

    Emily J. Anglin;Lingyun Cheng;William R. Freeman;Michael J. Sailor

  • Detection of nitroaromatic explosives based on photoluminescent polymers containing metalloles.

    Honglae Sohn;Michael J. Sailor;Douglas Magde;William C. Trogler

  • Porous Silicon in Practice: Preparation, Characterization and Applications

    Michael J. Sailor

  • Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoworms for Tumor Targeting and Imaging.

    Ji-Ho Park;Geoffrey von Maltzahn;Lianglin Zhang;Michael P. Schwartz

  • A Porous Silicon Optical Biosensor: Detection of Reversible Binding of IgG to a Protein A-Modified Surface

    Keiki-Pua S. Dancil;and Douglas P. Greiner;Michael J. Sailor

  • Biomimetic amplification of nanoparticle homing to tumors

    Dmitri Simberg;Tasmia Duza;Ji Ho Park;Markus Essler

  • Nanoparticles that communicate in vivo to amplify tumour targeting

    Geoffrey Von Maltzahn;Ji-Ho Park;Kevin Yu-Ming Lin;Neetu Singh

  • Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals

    Frédérique Cunin;Thomas A. Schmedake;Jamie R. Link;Yang Yang Li

  • Polymer replicas of photonic porous silicon for sensing and drug delivery applications.

    Yang Yang Li;Frédérique Cunin;Jamie R. Link;Ting Gao

  • Hybrid Nanoparticles for Detection and Treatment of Cancer

    Michael J. Sailor;Ji-Ho Park

  • SERS-Coded Gold Nanorods as a Multifunctional Platform for Densely Multiplexed Near-Infrared Imaging and Photothermal Heating.

    Geoffrey von Maltzahn;Andrea Centrone;Ji-Ho Park;Renuka Ramanathan

  • Macroporous p-Type Silicon Fabry−Perot Layers. Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications in Biosensing

    Andreas Janshoff;‡ Keiki-Pua S. Dancil;Claudia Steinem;Douglas P. Greiner

  • Biosensing using porous silicon double-layer interferometers: reflective interferometric Fourier transform spectroscopy.

    Claudia Pacholski;Marta Sartor;Michael J. Sailor;Frédérique Cunin

  • Copper Transporters and the Cellular Pharmacology of the Platinum-Containing Cancer Drugs

    Stephen B. Howell;Roohangiz Safaei;Christopher A. Larson;Michael J. Sailor

  • White Phosphors from a Silicate-Carboxylate Sol-Gel Precursor That Lack Metal Activator Ions

    Will H. Green;Khoa P. Le;Jonathan Grey;Tiffany T. Au

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkki Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
William R. Freeman
William R. Freeman University of California, San Diego
Yang Yang Li
Yang Yang Li City University of Hong Kong
Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
William C. Trogler
William C. Trogler University of California, San Diego
Yeshaiahu Fainman
Yeshaiahu Fainman University of California, San Diego
Duward F. Shriver
Duward F. Shriver Northwestern University
Shana O. Kelley
Shana O. Kelley Northwestern University
Nongjian Tao
Nongjian Tao Arizona State University

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