Carlos E. Castro

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Carlos E. Castro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos E. Castro has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Carlos E. Castro's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (69 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (59 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers). Carlos E. Castro is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (69 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (59 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers). Carlos E. Castro collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Carlos E. Castro's co-authors include Hai‐Jun Su, Alexander E. Marras, Lifeng Zhou, Hendrik Dietz, Enrique Lin-Shiao, Tobias Wauer, Philipp Wortmann, Do‐Nyun Kim, Mark Bathe and Gaurav Arya and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Carlos E. Castro

89 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

A primer to scaffolded DNA origami 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A primer to scaffolded DNA origami
    2011 735 citations Carlos E. Castro, Do‐Nyun Kim et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlos E. Castro United States 30 2.9k 1.3k 601 295 277 92 3.8k
Mingjie Dai United States 16 2.1k 0.7× 881 0.7× 357 0.6× 121 0.4× 56 0.2× 25 3.0k
Ratmir Derda Canada 36 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 359 0.6× 66 0.2× 79 0.3× 82 3.6k
Shawn M. Douglas United States 16 6.4k 2.2× 2.2k 1.7× 1.5k 2.5× 253 0.9× 108 0.4× 19 6.9k
Bjoern Sander Germany 31 3.3k 1.1× 520 0.4× 312 0.5× 55 0.2× 179 0.6× 73 4.3k
Monika M. Golas Germany 26 3.0k 1.0× 497 0.4× 312 0.5× 55 0.2× 173 0.6× 54 3.7k
Yujia Cui China 23 2.1k 0.7× 905 0.7× 359 0.6× 69 0.2× 69 0.2× 69 4.2k
Barbara Saccà Germany 29 2.9k 1.0× 722 0.5× 378 0.6× 80 0.3× 41 0.1× 63 3.4k
Martin Dufva Denmark 35 1.4k 0.5× 2.2k 1.6× 146 0.2× 52 0.2× 75 0.3× 135 3.7k
Emrah Çelik United States 22 1.1k 0.4× 492 0.4× 116 0.2× 315 1.1× 110 0.4× 62 2.7k
Ido Bachelet Israel 22 2.3k 0.8× 741 0.6× 377 0.6× 99 0.3× 800 2.9× 59 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlos E. Castro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlos E. Castro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos E. Castro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlos E. Castro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlos E. Castro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carlos E. Castro. Carlos E. Castro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duke, Daniel Linden, Teng Teng, Irina V. Martynenko, et al.. (2025). Dynamic DNA superstructures with emergent functions. Nanoscale Horizons. 10(11). 2828–2840. 1 indexed citations
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Castro, Carlos E., Clóvis A. Silva, Paula Homem‐de‐Mello, et al.. (2024). Synthesis, photophysical properties, and photocytotoxic effects of porphyrin-diphenylalanine conjugates on HeLa cells. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1322. 140545–140545. 1 indexed citations
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Duke, Daniel Linden, Tao Ye, Michael G. Poirier, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of DNA origami folding elucidated by mesoscopic simulations. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3015–3015. 19 indexed citations
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Teng, Teng, et al.. (2024). Construction of Reconfigurable and Polymorphic DNA Origami Assemblies with Coiled‐Coil Patches and Patterns. Advanced Science. 11(20). e2307257–e2307257. 4 indexed citations
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Castro, Carlos E., et al.. (2024). Localized Plasmonic Heating for Single-Molecule DNA Rupture Measurements in Optical Tweezers. Nano Letters. 24(10). 3097–3103. 7 indexed citations
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Castro, Carlos E., et al.. (2023). DNA-caged nanoparticles via electrostatic self-assembly. Nanoscale. 15(21). 9390–9402. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuchen, et al.. (2023). Mechanical Design of DNA Origami in the Classroom. Applied Sciences. 13(5). 3208–3208. 2 indexed citations
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Jin, Xin, et al.. (2023). Accelerating the characterization of dynamic DNA origami devices with deep neural networks. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15196–15196. 8 indexed citations
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Poirier, Michael G., et al.. (2022). Low cost and massively parallel force spectroscopy with fluid loading on a chip. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6800–6800. 6 indexed citations
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Sheikhi, Amir, Shu‐Pao Wu, Carlos E. Castro, et al.. (2020). Direct-write 3D printing and characterization of a GelMA-based biomaterial for intracorporeal tissue engineering. Biofabrication. 12(4). 45006–45006. 79 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dengke, et al.. (2019). Quantitative Modeling of Nucleosome Unwrapping from Both Ends. Biophysical Journal. 117(11). 2204–2216. 12 indexed citations
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Lei, Dongsheng, Alexander E. Marras, Jianfang Liu, et al.. (2018). Three-dimensional structural dynamics of DNA origami Bennett linkages using individual-particle electron tomography. Nature Communications. 9(1). 592–592. 46 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengfei, Hao Yan, Thomas H. LaBean, et al.. (2017). Practical aspects of structural and dynamic DNA nanotechnology. MRS Bulletin. 42(12). 889–896. 21 indexed citations
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Marras, Alexander E., Lifeng Zhou, Hai‐Jun Su, & Carlos E. Castro. (2015). Programmable motion of DNA origami mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(3). 713–718. 314 indexed citations
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Lilly, Blaine, et al.. (2013). The exoskeletal structure and tensile loading behavior of an ant neck joint. Journal of Biomechanics. 47(2). 497–504. 12 indexed citations
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Castro, Carlos E., Do‐Nyun Kim, Enrique Lin-Shiao, et al.. (2011). A primer to scaffolded DNA origami. Nature Methods. 8(3). 221–229. 735 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tam, Jenny M., Carlos E. Castro, Robert J. W. Heath, et al.. (2011). Use of an Optical Trap for Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions for Dynamic Live Cell Imaging. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations
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Jungmann, Ralf, Max B. Scheible, Anton Kuzyk, et al.. (2011). DNA origami-based nanoribbons: assembly, length distribution, and twist. Nanotechnology. 22(27). 275301–275301. 56 indexed citations
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Castro, Carlos E., et al.. (2005). FUNDAMENTAÇÃO TEÓRICA PARA IONTOFORESE. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. 9(1). 1–7. 7 indexed citations
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