2026 Vasileios Koutsos: 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	41	12762	12345	526	505	168	4922

Overview

Vasileios Koutsos is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Pollution.

The scientist's work centers on various topics such as:

Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Silk-based biomaterials and applications
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Koutsos has published in numerous venues, frequently contributing to:

Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
Polymers
Nanomanufacturing and Metrology
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their recent published papers include:

"Fabrication of a Wearable Flexible Sweat pH Sensor Based on SERS-Active Au/TPU Electrospun Nanofibers," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"4D Printing: Materials, Technologies, and Future Applications in the Biomedical Field," 2020, Sustainability
"In Vitro Drug Release, Permeability, and Structural Test of Ciprofloxacin-Loaded Nanofibers," 2021, Pharmaceutics
"High-throughput production of silk fibroin-based electrospun fibers as biomaterial for skin tissue engineering applications," 2020, Materials Science and Engineering C
"Removal of polyester fibre microplastics from wastewater using a UV/H2O2 oxidation process," 2022, Journal of environmental chemical engineering

The researcher collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

Norbert Radacsi
Dipa Ray
Anthony Callanan
Faraz Fazal
Colin Robert

Best Publications

Interactions between polymers and carbon nanotubes: a molecular dynamics study.

Mingjun Yang;Vasileios Koutsos;Michael Zaiser

431
Citations
Elastic properties of suspended multilayer WSe2

Rui Zhang;Vasileios Koutsos;Rebecca Cheung

190
Citations
Self-affine surface morphology of plastically deformed metals.

Michael Zaiser;Frederic Madani Grasset;Frederic Madani Grasset;Vasileios Koutsos;Elias C. Aifantis

158
Citations
Controlled Layer Thinning and p-Type Doping of WSe2 by Vapor XeF2

Rui Zhang;Daniel Drysdale;Vasileios Koutsos;Rebecca Cheung

152
Citations
Structure of chemically end-grafted polymer chains studied by scanning force microscopy in bad-solvent conditions

Vasileios Koutsos;E. W. van der Vegte;E. Pelletier;A. Stamouli

149
Citations
Carbon nanotube/epoxy resin composites using a block copolymer as a dispersing agent

Qianqian Li;Michael Zaiser;Vasileios Koutsos

131
Citations
Fabrication of a Wearable Flexible Sweat pH Sensor Based on SERS-Active Au/TPU Electrospun Nanofibers.

Michael Chung;Michael Chung;William H. Skinner;Colin Robert;Colin J. Campbell

127
Citations
Direct view of structural regimes of end-grafted polymer monolayers : A Scanning force microscopy study

Vasileios Koutsos;E. W. van der Vegte;G. Hadziioannou

110
Citations
4D Printing: Materials, Technologies, and Future Applications in the Biomedical Field

Ankur Bajpai;Anna Baigent;Sakshika Raghav;Conchúr Ó. Brádaigh

104
Citations
In Vitro Drug Release, Permeability, and Structural Test of Ciprofloxacin-Loaded Nanofibers

Luca Éva Uhljar;Sheng Yuan Kan;Norbert Radacsi;Vasileios Koutsos

102
Citations
Morphology of ice wear from rubber–ice friction tests and its dependence on temperature and sliding velocity

Daniel D. Higgins;Brett A. Marmo;Christopher E. Jeffree;Vasileios Koutsos

93
Citations
The effect of evaporation kinetics on nanoparticle structuring within contact line deposits of volatile drops

Alexandros Askounis;Khellil Sefiane;Vasileios Koutsos;Martin E.R. Shanahan

92
Citations
Novel Thermoplastic Fibre-Metal Laminates Manufactured by Vacuum Resin Infusion: The Effect of Surface Treatments on Interfacial Bonding

Dimitrios Mamalis;Winifred Obande;Vasileios Koutsos;Jane R. Blackford

91
Citations
High-throughput production of silk fibroin-based electrospun fibers as biomaterial for skin tissue engineering applications.

Antonios Keirouz;Mariia Zakharova;Jaehoon Kwon;Colin Robert

90
Citations
Minimal oxidation and inflammogenicity of pristine graphene with residence in the lung.

Anja Schinwald;Fiona Murphy;Alexandros Askounis;Vasileios Koutsos

80
Citations
Microstructure of β-Sitosterol:γ-Oryzanol Edible Organogels.

Andrew B. Matheson;Vasileios Koutsos;Georgios Dalkas;Stephen Robert Euston

73
Citations
PDMS-ZnO Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Pressure Sensors.

Karina Jeronimo;Vasileios Koutsos;Rebecca Cheung;Enrico Mastropaolo

71
Citations
Nanomechanics of Biocompatible Hollow Thin-Shell Polymer Microspheres

Emmanouil Glynos;Vasileios Koutsos;W. Norman McDicken;Carmel M. Moran

70
Citations
Chemical, microstructural and mechanical properties of ceramic waste blended cementitious systems

E. Lasseuguette;S. Burns;D. Simmons;E. Francis

70
Citations
On the optimization of low-cost FDM 3D printers for accurate replication of patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm geometry

Michael Chung;Norbert Radacsi;Colin Robert;Edward D. McCarthy

67
Citations
Interface magnetism studied by optical second harmonic generation

G Spierings;V Koutsos;HA Wierenga;Mwj Menno Prins

65
Citations
Nanomechanical properties of phospholipid microbubbles.

Evelyn Buchner Santos;Julia K. Morris;Emmanouil Glynos;Vassilis Sboros

58
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