2026 Volker Mailänder: 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	74	3676	3557	206	199	247	18459

Overview

Volker Mailänder is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, emphasizing the intersection of materials science, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The primary fields of study in their work include:

Materials Science
Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, key subfields explored are:

Molecular Biology
Biomaterials
Biomedical Engineering
Immunology
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

Mailänder's notable research topics encompass:

Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

Biomacromolecules
Acta Biomaterialia
Cells
Nanoscale Horizons
Advanced Materials

Frequent collaborators include:

Katharina Landfester
Johanna Simon
Shuai Jiang
Svenja Morsbach
Michael Fichter

Recent research papers highlight diverse topics and publication years:

"Brush Conformation of Polyethylene Glycol Determines the Stealth Effect of Nanocarriers in the Low Protein Adsorption Regime," 2021, Nano Letters
"Elastic Superhydrophobic and Photocatalytic Active Films Used as Blood Repellent Dressing," 2020, Advanced Materials
"The Influence of Nanoparticle Shape on Protein Corona Formation," 2020, Small
"Alpha-1 antitrypsin inhibits TMPRSS2 protease activity and SARS-CoV-2 infection," 2021, Nature Communications
"Submicrometer-Sized Roughness Suppresses Bacteria Adhesion," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

Protein adsorption is required for stealth effect of poly(ethylene glycol)- and poly(phosphoester)-coated nanocarriers

Susanne Schöttler;Greta Becker;Svenja Winzen;Tobias Steinbach

1287
Citations
Interaction of nanoparticles with cells.

Volker Mailänder;Katharina Landfester

684
Citations
Protein corona of nanoparticles: distinct proteins regulate the cellular uptake.

Sandra Ritz;Susanne Schöttler;Niklas Kotman;Grit Baier

676
Citations
Differential Uptake of Functionalized Polystyrene Nanoparticles by Human Macrophages and a Monocytic Cell Line

Oleg Lunov;Tatiana Syrovets;Cornelia Loos;Johanna Beil

667
Citations
Visualizing the kinetics of tumor-cell clearance in living animals

Thomas J. Sweeney;Volker Mailänder;Amanda A. Tucker;Adesuwa B. Olomu

452
Citations
Platelet lysate from whole blood-derived pooled platelet concentrates and apheresis-derived platelet concentrates for the isolation and expansion of human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells: production process, content and identification of active components

Natalie Fekete;Mélanie Gadelorge;Daniel Fürst;Caroline Maurer

405
Citations
Uptake mechanism of oppositely charged fluorescent nanoparticles in HeLa cells.

Julia Dausend;Anna Musyanovych;Martin Dass;Paul Walther

368
Citations
Uptake of functionalized, fluorescent-labeled polymeric particles in different cell lines and stem cells.

Myriam Ricarda Lorenz;Verena Holzapfel;Anna Musyanovych;Karin Nothelfer

363
Citations
Controlling the Stealth Effect of Nanocarriers through Understanding the Protein Corona

Susanne Schöttler;Susanne Schöttler;Katharina Landfester;Volker Mailänder;Volker Mailänder

337
Citations
Amino-Functionalized Polystyrene Nanoparticles Activate the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Human Macrophages

Oleg Lunov;Tatiana Syrovets;Cornelia Loos;G. Ulrich Nienhaus;G. Ulrich Nienhaus

286
Citations
Pre-adsorption of antibodies enables targeting of nanocarriers despite a biomolecular corona

Manuel Tonigold;Manuel Tonigold;Johanna Simon;Johanna Simon;Diego Estupiñán;Maria Kokkinopoulou

276
Citations
Visualization of the protein corona: towards a biomolecular understanding of nanoparticle-cell-interactions.

Maria Kokkinopoulou;Johanna Simon;Katharina Landfester;Volker Mailänder

275
Citations
Complementary analysis of the hard and soft protein corona: sample preparation critically effects corona composition

Svenja Winzen;Susanne Schoettler;Grit Baier;Christine Rosenauer

268
Citations
Functionalized polystyrene nanoparticles as a platform for studying bio–nano interactions

C. Loos;T. Syrovets;Anna Musyanovych;Volker Mailänder

256
Citations
Preparation of Fluorescent Carboxyl and Amino Functionalized Polystyrene Particles by Miniemulsion Polymerization as Markers for Cells

Verena Holzapfel;Anna Musyanovych;Katharina Landfester;Myriam Ricarda Lorenz

243
Citations
How Shape Influences Uptake: Interactions of Anisotropic Polymer Nanoparticles and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Laura Florez;Christine Herrmann;Jens M. Cramer;Christoph P. Hauser

233
Citations
The challenges of oral drug delivery via nanocarriers.

Jonas Reinholz;Katharina Landfester;Volker Mailänder

226
Citations
From Polymeric Particles to Multifunctional Nanocapsules for Biomedical Applications Using the Miniemulsion Process

Katharina Landfester;Anna Musyanovych;Volker Mailänder

219
Citations
Lysosomal degradation of the carboxydextran shell of coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and the fate of professional phagocytes

Oleg Lunov;Tatiana Syrovets;Carlheinz Röcker;Kyrylo Tron

218
Citations
Biomaterial Surface Hydrophobicity-Mediated Serum Protein Adsorption and Immune Responses.

Rahul Madathiparambil Visalakshan;Melanie N. MacGregor;Salini Sasidharan;Artur Ghazaryan

211
Citations
Resistance of ex vivo expanded CD3+CD56+ T cells to Fas-mediated apoptosis.

Michael R. Verneris;Martin Kornacker;Volker Mailänder;Robert S. Negrin

210
Citations