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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
34141
World Ranking
3535
National Ranking
98

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Ruxandra Gref is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has a significant body of research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Inorganic Chemistry, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
  • Chemical Society Reviews

Their notable recent papers are:

  • "Metal-organic frameworks for advanced drug delivery," 2021, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
  • "Toxicity of metal-organic framework nanoparticles: from essential analyses to potential applications," 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Nanoscale MOFs: From synthesis to drug delivery and theranostics applications," 2022, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • "Metal-organic frameworks for biological applications," 2024, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Vitamin C-squalene bioconjugate promotes epidermal thickening and collagen production in human skin," 2020, Scientific Reports

Among their frequent collaborators are:

  • Xue Li
  • Charlotte Martineau
  • Christian Serre
  • Ioanna Christodoulou
  • Tom Bourguignon

Best Publications

  • Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging

    Patricia Horcajada;Tamim Chalati;Christian Serre;Brigitte Gillet

  • Metal-organic frameworks in biomedicine.

    Patricia Horcajada;Ruxandra Gref;Tarek Baati;Phoebe K. Allan

  • Biodegradable long-circulating polymeric nanospheres

    Ruxandra Gref;Yoshiharu Minamitake;Maria Teresa Peracchia;Vladimir Trubetskoy

  • 'Stealth' corona-core nanoparticles surface modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG): influences of the corona (PEG chain length and surface density) and of the core composition on phagocytic uptake and plasma protein adsorption.

    R Gref;M Lück;P Quellec;M Marchand

  • BioMOFs: metal-organic frameworks for biological and medical applications.

    Alistair C. McKinlay;Russell E. Morris;Patricia Horcajada;Gérard Férey

  • The controlled intravenous delivery of drugs using PEG-coated sterically stabilized nanospheres.

    R. Gref;A. Domb;P. Quellec;T. Blunk

  • Biodegradable injectable nanoparticles

    Ruxandra Gref;Yoshiharu Minamitake;Robert S. Langer

  • Influence of experimental parameters on the characteristics of poly(lactic acid) nanoparticles prepared by a double emulsion method.

    M F Zambaux;F Bonneaux;R Gref;P Maincent

  • Polysaccharide-decorated nanoparticles.

    Caroline Lemarchand;Ruxandra Gref;Patrick Couvreur

  • Nanoparticles and microparticles of non-linear hydrophilic-hydrophobic multiblock copolymers

    Abraham J. Domb;Ruxandra Gref;Yoshiharu Minamitake;Maria Teresa Peracchia

  • Stealth PLA-PEG nanoparticles as protein carriers for nasal administration.

    M. Tobío;R. Gref;A. Sánchez;R. Langer

  • Metal-organic frameworks for advanced drug delivery

    Siyu He;Li Wu;Xue Li;Hongyu Sun

  • In depth analysis of the in vivo toxicity of nanoparticles of porous iron(III) metal–organic frameworks

    Tarek Baati;Leila Njim;Fadoua Neffati;Abdelhamid Kerkeni

  • Toxicity of metal-organic framework nanoparticles: from essential analyses to potential applications.

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  • Optimisation of the synthesis of MOF nanoparticles made of flexible porous iron fumarate MIL-88A

    Tamim Chalati;P. Horcajada;R. Gref;P. Couvreur

  • Relationship between complement activation, cellular uptake and surface physicochemical aspects of novel PEG-modified nanocapsules

    Vanessa Carla Furtado Mosqueira;Philippe Legrand;Annette Gulik;Olivier Bourdon

  • Biodistribution of long-circulating PEG-grafted nanocapsules in mice: effects of PEG chain length and density.

    Vanessa Carla Furtado Mosqueira;Philippe Legrand;Jean-Louis Morgat;Michel Vert

  • PEG-coated nanospheres from amphiphilic diblock and multiblock copolymers: Investigation of their drug encapsulation and release characteristics1

    Maria Teresa Peracchia;Ruxandra Gref;Yoshiharu Minamitake;Avi Domb

  • Influence of polymer behaviour in organic solution on the production of polylactide nanoparticles by nanoprecipitation.

    Philippe Legrand;Sylviane Lesieur;Amélie Bochot;Ruxandra Gref

  • The effect of a PEG versus a chitosan coating on the interaction of drug colloidal carriers with the ocular mucosa.

    Angela M De Campos;Alejandro Sánchez;Ruxandra Gref;Pilar Calvo

  • Lidocaine-loaded biodegradable nanospheres. I. Optimization of the drug incorporation into the polymer matrix

    T Görner;R Gref;D Michenot;F Sommer

  • Nanoscale MOFs: From synthesis to drug delivery and theranostics applications

    Unknown

  • Surface-engineered nanoparticles for multiple ligand coupling

    Ruxandra Gref;Patrick Couvreur;Gillian Barratt;Evgueni Mysiakine

  • Preparation and characterization of protein C-loaded PLA nanoparticles.

    M.F. Zambaux;F. Bonneaux;R. Gref;R. Gref;E. Dellacherie

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Couvreur
Patrick Couvreur University of Paris-Saclay
Christian Serre
Christian Serre École Normale Supérieure
Patricia Horcajada
Patricia Horcajada IMDEA Energy Institute
Edith Dellacherie
Edith Dellacherie University of Lorraine
Salvatore Sortino
Salvatore Sortino University of Catania
Li Wu
Li Wu University of Iowa
Guillaume Maurin
Guillaume Maurin University of Montpellier
Priscille Brodin
Priscille Brodin University of Lille
Gérard Férey
Gérard Férey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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