2026 Philip Demokritou: 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	63	6321	6111	1606	1495	177	10304

Overview

Philip Demokritou is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Pollution.

The main topics of Demokritou's work cover:

Air Quality and Health Impacts
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Frequent publication venues where Demokritou has contributed include:

NanoImpact
Nanomaterials
Journal of Hazardous Materials
Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Environmental Science & Technology

They have collaborated extensively with the following co-authors:

Glen M. DeLoid
Dilpreet Singh
Kee Woei Ng
Dimitrios Bitounis
Jason C. White

Representative recent publications by Philip Demokritou include:

"Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture" (2023, Communications Earth & Environment)
"Enhancing Agrichemical Delivery and Seedling Development with Biodegradable, Tunable, Biopolymer-Based Nanofiber Seed Coatings" (2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
"High-throughput coating with biodegradable antimicrobial pullulan fibres extends shelf life and reduces weight loss in an avocado model" (2022, Nature Food)
"Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation" (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
"Prediction of protein corona on nanomaterials by machine learning using novel descriptors" (2020, NanoImpact)

Best Publications

Estimating the effective density of engineered nanomaterials for in vitro dosimetry

Glen DeLoid;Joel M. Cohen;Tom Darrah;Raymond Derk

332
Citations
Nanotechnology for sustainable food production: promising opportunities and scientific challenges

Sónia M. Rodrigues;Philip Demokritou;Nick Dokoozlian;Christine Ogilvie Hendren

327
Citations
Synthesis of Precision Gold Nanoparticles Using Turkevich Method

Jiaqi Dong;Paul L. Carpinone;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

303
Citations
Preparation, characterization, and in vitro dosimetry of dispersed, engineered nanomaterials

Glen M DeLoid;Joel M Cohen;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

291
Citations
Interactions of engineered nanomaterials in physiological media and implications for in vitro dosimetry

Joel Cohen;Glen DeLoid;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

225
Citations
An integrated approach for the in vitro dosimetry of engineered nanomaterials.

Joel M Cohen;Justin G Teeguarden;Philip Demokritou

221
Citations
Reducing Intestinal Digestion and Absorption of Fat Using a Nature-Derived Biopolymer: Interference of Triglyceride Hydrolysis by Nanocellulose.

Glen M. DeLoid;Ikjot Singh Sohal;Laura R. Lorente;Ramon M. Molina

196
Citations
Nanotechnology to the rescue: using nano-enabled approaches in microbiological food safety and quality.

Mary Eleftheriadou;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

178
Citations
An in vivo and in vitro toxicological characterisation of realistic nanoscale CeO2 inhalation exposures

Philip Demokritou;Samuel Gass;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Joel M. Cohen

178
Citations
High-Throughput Screening Platform for Engineered Nanoparticle-Mediated Genotoxicity Using CometChip Technology

Christa Watson;Jing Ge;Joel Cohen;Georgios Pyrgiotakis

172
Citations
Advanced computational modeling for in vitro nanomaterial dosimetry.

Glen M. DeLoid;Joel M. Cohen;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Sandra V. Pirela

170
Citations
Ingested engineered nanomaterials: state of science in nanotoxicity testing and future research needs

Ikjot Singh Sohal;Kevin S. O’Fallon;Peter Gaines;Philip Demokritou

164
Citations
The yin: an adverse health perspective of nanoceria: uptake, distribution, accumulation, and mechanisms of its toxicity

Robert A. Yokel;Salik Hussain;Stavros Garantziotis;Philip Demokritou

158
Citations
An integrated methodology for assessing the impact of food matrix and gastrointestinal effects on the biokinetics and cellular toxicity of ingested engineered nanomaterials.

Glen M. DeLoid;Yanli Wang;Klara Kapronezai;Laura Rubio Lorente

152
Citations
Toxicological effects of ingested nanocellulose in in vitro intestinal epithelium and in vivo rat models.

Glen M DeLoid;Xiaoqiong Cao;Ramon M Molina;Daniel Imbassahy Silva

145
Citations
Short-term exposure to engineered nanomaterials affects cellular epigenome

Xiaoyan Lu;Isabelle R. Miousse;Sandra V. Pirela;Stepan Melnyk

130
Citations
Protein corona: implications for nanoparticle interactions with pulmonary cells

Nagarjun V. Konduru;Ramon M. Molina;Archana Swami;Flavia Damiani

126
Citations
Physicochemical and colloidal aspects of food matrix effects on gastrointestinal fate of ingested inorganic nanoparticles.

David Julian McClements;David Julian McClements;Hang Xiao;Philip Demokritou

123
Citations
Development of a High Volume Cascade Impactor for Toxicological and Chemical Characterization Studies

P. Demokritou;I. G. Kavouras;S. T. Ferguson;P. Koutrakis

117
Citations
The Role of the Food Matrix and Gastrointestinal Tract in the assessment of biological properties of ingested engineered nanomaterials (iENMs): State of the science and knowledge gaps.

David Julian McClements;Glen DeLoid;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Jo Anne Shatkin

114
Citations
Engineering safer-by-design silica-coated ZnO nanorods with reduced DNA damage potential

Georgios A. Sotiriou;Christa Watson;Kimberly M. Murdaugh;Thomas H. Darrah

106
Citations