2026 Ulrich Wiesner: 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	97	1200	1149	391	364	453	38925

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Materials Science

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Overview

Ulrich Wiesner is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and specializes primarily in Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics of Wiesner's work focus on:

Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Wiesner has contributed extensively to academic journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

Advanced Materials
ACS Nano
Chemistry of Materials
Advanced Functional Materials
Polymer

Among recent published papers, several are notable for their diverse topics and publication venues:

"Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture," 2020, Nature Cell Biology
"The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science," 2020, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
"Use of Ultrasmall Core-Shell Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Melanoma," 2021, JAMA Network Open
"Targeted melanoma radiotherapy using ultrasmall 177Lu-labeled α-melanocyte stimulating hormone-functionalized core-shell silica nanoparticles," 2020, Biomaterials
"Ordered Mesoporous Microcapsules from Double Emulsion Confined Block Copolymer Self-Assembly," 2021, ACS Nano

Wiesner frequently collaborates with other researchers, some of the most common coauthors include:

Peter A. Beaucage
R. Paxton Thedford
Fei Yu
Kai Ma
William R. T. Tait

Best Publications

Demonstration of a spaser-based nanolaser

M A Noginov;G Zhu;A M Belgrave;Reuben Bakker

2631
Citations
Bright and Stable Core−Shell Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles

Hooisweng Ow;Daniel R. Larson;Mamta Srivastava;Barbara A. Baird

1167
Citations
Ultrasmooth organic-inorganic perovskite thin-film formation and crystallization for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells.

Wei Zhang;Michael Saliba;David T. Moore;Sandeep K. Pathak

1098
Citations
Fluorescent silica-based nanoparticles

Ulrich B. Wiesner;Hooisweng Ow

1055
Citations
Fluorescent core–shell silica nanoparticles: towards “Lab on a Particle” architectures for nanobiotechnology

Andrew Burns;Hooisweng Ow;Ulrich Wiesner

1039
Citations
Photoluminescent silica-based sensors and methods of use

Andrew A. Burns;Erik Herz;Tara C. Zedayko;Ulrich Wiesner

952
Citations
Organically Modified Aluminosilicate Mesostructures from Block Copolymer Phases

Markus Templin;Achim Franck;Alexander Du Chesne;Heike Leist

847
Citations
Clinical translation of an ultrasmall inorganic optical-PET imaging nanoparticle probe

Evan Phillips;Oula Penate-Medina;Pat B. Zanzonico;Richard D. Carvajal

754
Citations
Multimodal silica nanoparticles are effective cancer-targeted probes in a model of human melanoma

Miriam Benezra;Oula Penate-Medina;Pat B. Zanzonico;David Schaer

751
Citations
Direct access to thermally stable and highly crystalline mesoporous transition-metal oxides with uniform pores.

Jinwoo Lee;M. Christopher Orilall;Scott Charles Warren;Marleen Kamperman

690
Citations
Enhancement of perovskite-based solar cells employing core-shell metal nanoparticles.

Wei Zhang;Michael Saliba;Samuel D. Stranks;Yao Sun

680
Citations
Plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cells using core-shell metal-insulator nanoparticles.

Michael D. Brown;Teeraporn Suteewong;R. Sai Santosh Kumar;Valerio D’Innocenzo

677
Citations
Ultrasmall nanoparticles induce ferroptosis in nutrient-deprived cancer cells and suppress tumour growth

Sung Eun Kim;Li Zhang;Kai Ma;Michelle Riegman

644
Citations
Ordered mesoporous materials from metal nanoparticle-block copolymer self-assembly.

Scott C. Warren;Lauren C. Messina;Liane Siu Slaughter;Marleen Kamperman

644
Citations
Block copolymer based composition and morphology control in nanostructured hybrid materials for energy conversion and storage: solar cells, batteries, and fuel cells

M. Christopher Orilall;Ulrich Wiesner

587
Citations
A bicontinuous double gyroid hybrid solar cell.

Edward J. W. Crossland;Marleen Kamperman;Mihaela Nedelcu;Caterina Ducati

560
Citations
Block Copolymer−Ceramic Hybrid Materials from Organically Modified Ceramic Precursors

Peter F. W. Simon;Ralph Ulrich;Hans W. Spiess;Ulrich Wiesner

546
Citations
Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles with Efficient Urinary Excretion for Nanomedicine

Andrew A. Burns;Jelena Vider;Hooisweng Ow;Erik Herz

512
Citations
Designed Fabrication of Silica‐Based Nanostructured Particle Systems for Nanomedicine Applications

Yuanzhe Piao;Andrew Burns;Jaeyun Kim;Ulrich Wiesner

492
Citations
Mesophase Structure-Mechanical and Ionic Transport Correlations in Extended Amphiphilic Dendrons

B.-K. Cho;A. Jain;S. M. Gruner;U. Wiesner

470
Citations