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Wolfgang J. Parak

Wolfgang J. Parak

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Materials Science
Germany
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
123
Citations
66407
World Ranking
434
National Ranking
24

Wolfgang J. Parak publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang J. Parak sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 541 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Wolfgang J. Parak D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang J. Parak sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang J. Parak is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research spans a broad spectrum within the field of Materials Science, producing a significant body of work with 176 publications.

The scientist's work focuses on various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Key research topics covered by Wolfgang J. Parak include:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies

Their recent scholarly output features the following papers:

  • Impact of Ligands on Structural and Optical Properties of Ag29 Nanoclusters (2021), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Plasmonic bimetallic two-dimensional supercrystals for H2 generation (2023), Nature Catalysis
  • Nanotoxicology and nanomedicine: The Yin and Yang of nano-bio interactions for the new decade (2021), Nano Today
  • X-ray-Based Techniques to Study the Nano-Bio Interface (2021), ACS Nano
  • Best Practices for Using AI When Writing Scientific Manuscripts (2023), ACS Nano

Wolfgang J. Parak frequently publishes in several journals, with the most notable being:

  • ACS Nano (21 publications)
  • Small (9 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (7 publications)
  • Nanoscale (5 publications)
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials (4 publications)

They collaborate extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Neus Feliu (40 joint publications)
  • Indranath Chakraborty (32 joint publications)
  • Florian Schulz (25 joint publications)
  • Dingcheng Zhu (14 joint publications)
  • Luis M. Liz-Marzán (12 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Antibacterial properties of nanoparticles.

    Mohammad J. Hajipour;Katharina M. Fromm;Ali Akbar Ashkarran;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi

  • Biological applications of gold nanoparticles

    Ralph A Sperling;Pilar Rivera Gil;Feng Zhang;Marco Zanella

  • Cytotoxicity of colloidal CdSe and CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles.

    Christian Kirchner;Tim Liedl;Stefan Kudera;Teresa Pellegrino

  • Surface modification, functionalization and bioconjugation of colloidal inorganic nanoparticles

    R. A. Sperling;W. J. Parak

  • Synthesis and Properties of Biocompatible Water-Soluble Silica-Coated CdSe/ZnS Semiconductor Quantum Dots†

    Daniele Gerion;Fabien Pinaud;Shara C. Williams;Wolfgang J. Parak

  • Biological applications of magnetic nanoparticles

    Miriam Colombo;Susana Carregal-Romero;Maria F. Casula;Lucía Gutiérrez;Lucía Gutiérrez

  • Hydrophobic Nanocrystals Coated with an Amphiphilic Polymer Shell: A General Route to Water Soluble Nanocrystals

    Teresa Pellegrino;Liberato Manna;Stefan Kudera;Tim Liedl

  • Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine

    Beatriz Pelaz;Christoph Alexiou;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla;Frauke Alves;Frauke Alves

  • Prospects of Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

    Maksym V. Kovalenko;Liberato Manna;Liberato Manna;Andreu Cabot;Zeger Hens

  • The Role of Ligands in the Chemical Synthesis and Applications of Inorganic Nanoparticles.

    Amelie Heuer-Jungemann;Neus Feliu;Neus Feliu;Ioanna Bakaimi;Majd Hamaly

  • Biological applications of colloidal nanocrystals

    Wolfgang J. Parak;Wolfgang J. Parak;Daniele T. Gerion;Daniele T. Gerion;Teresa Pellegrino;Daniela Zanchet

  • Gold nanoparticles quench fluorescence by phase induced radiative rate suppression.

    E Dulkeith;M Ringler;T A Klar;J Feldmann

  • Surface Functionalization of Nanoparticles with Polyethylene Glycol: Effects on Protein Adsorption and Cellular Uptake

    Beatriz Pelaz;Pablo del Pino;Pauline Maffre;Raimo Hartmann

  • Cellular toxicity of inorganic nanoparticles: Common aspects and guidelines for improved nanotoxicity evaluation

    Stefaan J. Soenen;Pilar Rivera-Gil;José-María Montenegro;Wolfgang J. Parak

  • A quantitative fluorescence study of protein monolayer formation on colloidal nanoparticles.

    Carlheinz Röcker;Matthias Pötzl;Feng Zhang;Wolfgang J. Parak

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioconjugation of Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters toward Biological Labeling Applications

    Cheng-An J. Lin;Ting-Ya Yang;Chih-Hsien Lee;Sherry H. Huang

  • The role of metal nanoparticles in remote release of encapsulated materials

    Andre G Skirtach;Christophe Dejugnat;Dieter Braun;Andrei S Susha

  • LABELLING OF CELLS WITH QUANTUM DOTS

    Wolfgang J Parak;Teresa Pellegrino;Christian Plank

  • A Decade of the Protein Corona

    Pu Chun Ke;Sijie Lin;Wolfgang J. Parak;Thomas P. Davis;Thomas P. Davis

  • Polymer-Coated Nanoparticles Interacting with Proteins and Cells: Focusing on the Sign of the Net Charge

    Dominik Hühn;Karsten Kantner;Christian Geidel;Stefan Brandholt

  • Biodistribution of PEG-modified gold nanoparticles following intratracheal instillation and intravenous injection

    Jens Lipka;Manuela Semmler-Behnke;Ralph A. Sperling;Alexander Wenk

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Andrey L. Rogach
Andrey L. Rogach City University of Hong Kong
G. Ulrich Nienhaus
G. Ulrich Nienhaus Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Teresa Pellegrino
Teresa Pellegrino Italian Institute of Technology
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark C. Hersam
Mark C. Hersam Northwestern University
Liberato Manna
Liberato Manna Italian Institute of Technology
Gleb B. Sukhorukov
Gleb B. Sukhorukov Queen Mary University of London
Molly M. Stevens
Molly M. Stevens University of Oxford

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