2026 Vesa-Pekka Lehto: 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	60	7135	6899	32	29	233	11653

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Materials Science

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11653

Overview

Vesa-Pekka Lehto is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work emphasizes key topics including:

Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
Extraction and Separation Processes
Advancements in Battery Materials
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Frequent publication venues for Vesa-Pekka Lehto include:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
SSRN Electronic Journal
Analytical Chemistry

Their recent published papers demonstrate diverse research interests and contributions across multiple scientific disciplines. These include:

Challenges and prospects of nanosized silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries, 2020, Nanotechnology
Systematic design of cell membrane coating to improve tumor targeting of nanoparticles, 2022, Nature Communications
Quantitative Comparison of the Light-to-Heat Conversion Efficiency in Nanomaterials Suitable for Photothermal Therapy, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
From structural design to delivery: mRNA therapeutics for cancer immunotherapy, 2023, Exploration
Recovery of uranium with bisphosphonate modified mesoporous silicon, 2021, Separation and Purification Technology

Vesa-Pekka Lehto collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, indicating active engagement in interdisciplinary research networks. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Wujun Xu
Joakim Riikonen
Konstantin Tamarov
Ondřej Haluska
Rinez Thapa

Best Publications

Mesoporous silicon microparticles for oral drug delivery: loading and release of five model drugs.

J. Salonen;L. Laitinen;A.M. Kaukonen;J. Tuura

636
Citations
Mesoporous silicon in drug delivery applications.

Jarno Salonen;Ann M. Kaukonen;Jouni Hirvonen;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

547
Citations
Cell membrane coating integrity affects the internalization mechanism of biomimetic nanoparticles.

Lizhi Liu;Xuan Bai;Maria Viola Martikainen;Anna Kårlund

369
Citations
Biocompatibility of Thermally Hydrocarbonized Porous Silicon Nanoparticles and their Biodistribution in Rats

Luis M. Bimbo;Mirkka Sarparanta;Hélder A. Santos;Anu J. Airaksinen

363
Citations
Use of thermoanalytical methods in quantification of drug load in mesoporous silicon microparticles

V.-P. Lehto;K. Vähä-Heikkilä;J. Paski;J. Salonen

302
Citations
Mesoporous silica material TUD-1 as a drug delivery system.

T. Heikkilä;J. Salonen;J. Tuura;M.S. Hamdy

290
Citations
Mesoporous systems for poorly soluble drugs

Wujun Xu;Joakim Riikonen;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

264
Citations
Evaluation of Mesoporous TCPSi, MCM-41, SBA-15, and TUD-1 Materials as API Carriers for Oral Drug Delivery

T. Heikkilä;J. Salonen;J. Tuura;N. Kumar

226
Citations
In vitro cytotoxicity of porous silicon microparticles: effect of the particle concentration, surface chemistry and size.

Hélder A. Santos;Joakim Riikonen;Jarno Salonen;Ermei Mäkilä

206
Citations
Predicting the Formation and Stability of Amorphous Small Molecule Binary Mixtures from Computationally Determined Flory−Huggins Interaction Parameter and Phase Diagram

Katja Pajula;Markku Taskinen;Vesa-Pekka Lehto;Jarkko Ketolainen

200
Citations
Fabrication and chemical surface modification of mesoporous silicon for biomedical applications

Jarno Salonen;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

197
Citations
Systematic design of cell membrane coating to improve tumor targeting of nanoparticles

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193
Citations
Drug permeation across intestinal epithelial cells using porous silicon nanoparticles

Luis M. Bimbo;Ermei Mäkilä;Timo Laaksonen;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

186
Citations
Challenges and prospects of nanosized silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries.

Xiuyun Zhao;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

180
Citations
Co-delivery of a hydrophobic small molecule and a hydrophilic peptide by porous silicon nanoparticles

Dongfei Liu;Luis M. Bimbo;Ermei Mäkilä;Francesca Villanova;Francesca Villanova

178
Citations
Semimetallic TiO2 nanotubes.

Robert Hahn;Felix Schmidt-Stein;Jarno Salonen;Stefan Thiemann

177
Citations
Failure of MTT as a Toxicity Testing Agent for Mesoporous Silicon Microparticles

Timo Laaksonen;Hélder Santos;Henna Vihola;Jarno Salonen

176
Citations
Carbon doping of self-organized TiO 2 nanotube layers by thermal acetylene treatment

Robert Hahn;Andrei Ghicov;Jarno Salonen;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

149
Citations
In vivo delivery of a peptide, ghrelin antagonist, with mesoporous silicon microparticles.

M. Kilpeläinen;J. Riikonen;M.A. Vlasova;A. Huotari

140
Citations
Surface chemistry and pore size affect carrier properties of mesoporous silicon microparticles.

T Limnell;J Riikonen;J Salonen;Ann Marie Kaukonen

138
Citations
The comparison of seven different methods to quantify the amorphous content of spray dried lactose

Vesa-Pekka Lehto;Mikko Tenho;Kalle Vähä-Heikkilä;Päivi Harjunen

133
Citations