2026 Michael J. Sailor: 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	103	914	871	300	276	431	41276

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

2170
Citations
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

1868
Citations
Mesoporous silicon sponge as an anti-pulverization structure for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

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

1334
Citations
Computationally Guided Photothermal Tumor Therapy Using Long-Circulating Gold Nanorod Antennas

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

1305
Citations
Targeting of drugs and nanoparticles to tumors

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

1095
Citations
Porous silicon in drug delivery devices and materials

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

1027
Citations
Detection of nitroaromatic explosives based on photoluminescent polymers containing metalloles.

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

798
Citations
Porous Silicon in Practice: Preparation, Characterization and Applications

Michael J. Sailor

718
Citations
Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoworms for Tumor Targeting and Imaging.

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

628
Citations
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

622
Citations
Biomimetic amplification of nanoparticle homing to tumors

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

609
Citations
Nanoparticles that communicate in vivo to amplify tumour targeting

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

558
Citations
Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals

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

551
Citations
Polymer replicas of photonic porous silicon for sensing and drug delivery applications.

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

543
Citations
Hybrid Nanoparticles for Detection and Treatment of Cancer

Michael J. Sailor;Ji-Ho Park

538
Citations
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

518
Citations
Macroporous p-Type Silicon Fabry−Perot Layers. Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications in Biosensing

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

518
Citations
Biosensing using porous silicon double-layer interferometers: reflective interferometric Fourier transform spectroscopy.

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

458
Citations
Copper Transporters and the Cellular Pharmacology of the Platinum-Containing Cancer Drugs

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

450
Citations
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

437
Citations