Akhilesh Rai

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

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Akhilesh Rai is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Akhilesh Rai has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Microbiology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Akhilesh Rai's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (14 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (7 papers) and Diatoms and Algae Research (5 papers). Akhilesh Rai is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (14 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (7 papers) and Diatoms and Algae Research (5 papers). Akhilesh Rai collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, India and United Kingdom. Akhilesh Rai's co-authors include Absar Ahmad, Murali Sastry, S. Shiv Shankar, Amit Singh, Balaprasad Ankamwar, Carole C. Perry, Asmita Prabhune, Lino Ferreira, Sandra Pinto and Marta B. Evangelista and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Akhilesh Rai

35 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Rapid synthesis of Au, Ag, and bimetallic Au core–Ag shell nanoparticles using Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf broth

2004 2.1k citations S. Shiv Shankar, Akhilesh Rai et al. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →
Biological synthesis of triangular gold nanoprisms

2004 1.3k citations S. Shiv Shankar, Akhilesh Rai et al. profile →
Controlling the Optical Properties of Lemongrass Extract Synthesized Gold Nanotriangles and Potential Application in Infrared-Absorbing Optical Coatings

2005 536 citations S. Shiv Shankar, Akhilesh Rai et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akhilesh Rai Portugal	20	4.2k	2.0k	1.4k	706	645	36	5.6k
Aleš Panáček Czechia	32	5.4k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	700 1.1×	80	7.4k
Libor Kvı́tek Czechia	29	5.1k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	696 1.1×	88	7.3k
Dindyal Mandal India	30	4.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	653 0.5×	916 1.3×	1.4k 2.1×	74	6.7k
Kannan Badri Narayanan South Korea	31	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	422 0.3×	594 0.8×	542 0.8×	79	4.9k
Kyeong Nam Yu South Korea	8	3.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	490 0.4×	417 0.6×	644 1.0×	9	5.2k
Chun‐Nam Lok Hong Kong	34	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	594 0.4×	1.8k 2.6×	1.4k 2.1×	73	6.9k
Dorleta Jiménez de Aberasturi Spain	27	2.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	430 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	63	5.7k
Sujoy K. Das India	41	2.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	414 0.3×	1.0k 1.5×	477 0.7×	105	5.7k
Chi‐Ming Ho Hong Kong	26	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	389 0.3×	1.2k 1.7×	817 1.3×	32	5.0k
Venkataraman Deepak India	24	2.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	257 0.2×	257 0.4×	851 1.3×	42	4.3k

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Pereira, Renato B., et al.. (2025). Cholesterol Functionalized Nanoparticles Are Effective against Helicobacter pylori , the Gastric Bug: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(10). e2404065–e2404065. 1 indexed citations

Behera, Bijayini, R. P. Singh, Komal Sharma, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive review of advanced strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance. Archives of Microbiology. 207(11). 281–281. 1 indexed citations

Mehmood, Mazhar, et al.. (2024). Novel microbial synthesis of titania nanoparticles using probiotic Bacillus coagulans and its role in enhancing the microhardness of glass ionomer restorative materials. Odontology. 112(4). 1123–1134. 8 indexed citations

Rai, Akhilesh, et al.. (2024). Recent Advances in the Development of Antibiotics-Coated Gold Nanoparticles to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance. Antibiotics. 13(2). 124–124. 22 indexed citations

Mehmood, Mazhar, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and clinical efficacy of novel jasmine titania tooth whitening gel on color, surface roughness and morphology. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects. 38. 101206–101206. 9 indexed citations

Rai, Akhilesh, et al.. (2023). Advances in the design of amino acid and peptide synthesized gold nanoparticles for their applications. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 318. 102951–102951. 25 indexed citations

Roelants, Sophie, et al.. (2023). Acidic sophorolipid and antimicrobial peptide based formulation as antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents. Biomaterials Advances. 146. 213299–213299. 13 indexed citations

Diogo, Patrícia, M. Amparo F. Faustino, Paulo Palma, et al.. (2023). May carriers at nanoscale improve the Endodontic’s future?. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 195. 114731–114731. 18 indexed citations

Rai, Akhilesh, Paulo Palma, Tatiana Patrício, et al.. (2022). Antimicrobial peptide-based materials: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10(14). 2384–2429. 93 indexed citations

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Rai, Akhilesh, Tiago Santos, Ana Clara Cristóvão, et al.. (2018). A nanoformulation for the preferential accumulation in adult neurogenic niches. Journal of Controlled Release. 284. 57–72. 36 indexed citations

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Saraiva, Cláudia, Daniela Talhada, Akhilesh Rai, et al.. (2018). MicroRNA-124-loaded nanoparticles increase survival and neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro but do not contribute to stroke outcome in vivo. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193609–e0193609. 33 indexed citations

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Comune, Michela, Akhilesh Rai, Kiran Kumar Chereddy, et al.. (2017). Antimicrobial peptide-gold nanoscale therapeutic formulation with high skin regenerative potential. Journal of Controlled Release. 262. 58–71. 59 indexed citations

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Rai, Akhilesh, Sandra Pinto, Tiago R. Velho, et al.. (2016). One-step synthesis of high-density peptide-conjugated gold nanoparticles with antimicrobial efficacy in a systemic infection model. Biomaterials. 85. 99–110. 143 indexed citations

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Rai, Akhilesh, Sandra Pinto, Marta B. Evangelista, et al.. (2016). High-density antimicrobial peptide coating with broad activity and low cytotoxicity against human cells. Acta Biomaterialia. 33. 64–77. 95 indexed citations

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Ferreira, André F., Akhilesh Rai, Lino Ferreira, & Pedro Simões. (2016). Findings on the interaction of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin-melittin with a gold surface from molecular dynamics studies. European Biophysics Journal. 46(3). 247–256. 10 indexed citations

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Rai, Akhilesh, Asmita Prabhune, & Carole C. Perry. (2012). Entrapment of commercially important invertase in silica particles at physiological pH and the effect of pH and temperature on enzyme activity. Materials Science and Engineering C. 32(4). 785–789. 12 indexed citations

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Rai, Akhilesh & Carole C. Perry. (2009). Facile Fabrication of Uniform Silica Films with Tunable Physical Properties Using Silicatein Protein from Sponges. Langmuir. 26(6). 4152–4159. 40 indexed citations

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Rai, Akhilesh, Amit Singh, Absar Ahmad, & Murali Sastry. (2005). Role of Halide Ions and Temperature on the Morphology of Biologically Synthesized Gold Nanotriangles. Langmuir. 22(2). 736–741. 356 indexed citations

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Shankar, S. Shiv, Akhilesh Rai, Absar Ahmad, & Murali Sastry. (2005). Controlling the Optical Properties of Lemongrass Extract Synthesized Gold Nanotriangles and Potential Application in Infrared-Absorbing Optical Coatings. Chemistry of Materials. 17(3). 566–572. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shankar, S. Shiv, Akhilesh Rai, Absar Ahmad, & Murali Sastry. (2004). Rapid synthesis of Au, Ag, and bimetallic Au core–Ag shell nanoparticles using Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf broth. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 275(2). 496–502. 2111 indexed citations breakdown →

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