David Tai Leong

21.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
193 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

David Tai Leong is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Tai Leong has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Materials Chemistry, 70 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 65 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Tai Leong's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (31 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (29 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (28 papers). David Tai Leong is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (31 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (29 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (28 papers). David Tai Leong collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. David Tai Leong's co-authors include Jianping Xie, Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati, Chor Yong Tay, Xun Yuan, Zhentao Luo, Kaiyuan Zheng, Jim Yang Lee, Qingbo Zhang, Yue Yu and Kee Woei Ng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

David Tai Leong

185 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

From Aggregation-Induced Emission of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Ultrabright Au(0)@Au(I)–Thiolate Core–Shell Nanoclusters

2012 1.5k citations Xun Yuan, David Tai Leong et al. profile →
Antimicrobial silver nanomaterials

2017 589 citations Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati, David Tai Leong et al. profile →
Antimicrobial Gold Nanoclusters

2017 518 citations Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati, David Tai Leong et al. ACS Nano profile →
Identification of a Highly Luminescent Au₂₂(SG)₁₈ Nanocluster

2014 504 citations Yong Yu, David Tai Leong et al. profile →
Nanotheranostics ˗ Application and Further Development of Nanomedicine Strategies for Advanced Theranostics

2014 429 citations David Tai Leong et al. profile →
Nanoparticles promote in vivo breast cancer cell intravasation and extravasation by inducing endothelial leakiness

2019 408 citations Fei Peng, Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Titanium dioxide nanomaterials cause endothelial cell leakiness by disrupting the homophilic interaction of VE–cadherin

2013 404 citations Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati, Jianping Xie et al. Nature Communications profile →
Neutrophil extracellular traps-inspired DNA hydrogel for wound hemostatic adjuvant

2024 52 citations David Tai Leong et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Tai Leong Singapore	70	9.8k	5.8k	4.4k	3.7k	3.2k	193	18.0k
Priyabrata Mukherjee United States	56	7.2k 0.7×	5.5k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	147	14.4k
Liming Wang China	67	6.4k 0.6×	5.7k 1.0×	4.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	366	16.0k
Jesús M. de la Fuente Spain	70	5.6k 0.6×	6.0k 1.0×	5.6k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	4.5k 1.4×	279	15.4k
Myung‐Haing Cho South Korea	62	6.2k 0.6×	4.5k 0.8×	6.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.4×	2.9k 0.9×	363	18.1k
Rebekah A. Drezek United States	50	5.1k 0.5×	7.9k 1.3×	3.1k 0.7×	4.1k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	127	14.1k
Alaaldin M. Alkilany Jordan	34	6.4k 0.7×	5.4k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	5.2k 1.4×	4.0k 1.2×	76	14.0k
Aiguo Wu China	72	10.5k 1.1×	9.6k 1.6×	5.6k 1.3×	2.2k 0.6×	3.8k 1.2×	442	21.1k
Yijing Liu China	67	8.2k 0.8×	11.8k 2.0×	4.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.4×	4.8k 1.5×	201	18.0k
Jing Lin China	77	10.6k 1.1×	14.6k 2.5×	4.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	4.7k 1.5×	315	21.7k
Jin Xie United States	67	6.1k 0.6×	8.2k 1.4×	4.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.3×	5.9k 1.8×	232	16.8k

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Wang, Jinping, et al.. (2025). Surface Components and Biological Interactions of Extracellular Vesicles. ACS Nano. 19(9). 8433–8461. 19 indexed citations

Zou, Hao, Hong Qun Luo, Nian Bing Li, et al.. (2025). Chiral Gold Staining Enables In Situ Plasmonic Engineering for Single-Bacterium Microscopic Imaging Analysis. Nano Letters. 25(51). 17747–17756.

Mu, Mengyao, Jie Liu, Ke Ren, et al.. (2025). Real-time magnetic resonance visualization of tumor acidosis as a precognition indicator of therapeutic efficacy. Bioactive Materials. 52. 63–72.

Li, Bang Lin, et al.. (2024). Visible light-powered photodynamic antibacterial chlorophyllin-derived metallochlorins. Chemical Engineering Journal. 504. 158345–158345. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Houjuan, Maonan Wang, Zibiao Li, et al.. (2024). White light powered antimicrobial nanoagents for triple photothermal, chemodynamic and photodynamic based sterilization. Nanoscale Horizons. 9(7). 1190–1199. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Jinping, et al.. (2024). Cell-derived nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 25(1). 2315013–2315013. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingjing, Shuangshuang Wan, Xu Wang, et al.. (2024). Non-discriminating engineered masking of immuno-evasive ligands on tumour-derived extracellular vesicles enhances tumour vaccination outcomes. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(1). 156–166. 25 indexed citations

Zheng, Ying, Hao Zou, Hong Qun Luo, et al.. (2024). Exploiting the Tunneling Coffee Ring Effect of Universal Colorimetric Nanomaterials for Ultrafast On-Site Microbial Monitoring. Analytical Chemistry. 96(45). 18161–18169. 3 indexed citations

Leong, David Tai. (2023). A new dialogue on Yijing -the book of changes in a world of changes, instability, disequilibrium and turbulence. Asian Philosophy. 33(3). 208–232. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Qin, Qirui Liang, Jiaxiang Dou, et al.. (2023). Breaking through the basement membrane barrier to improve nanotherapeutic delivery to tumours. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(1). 95–105. 101 indexed citations

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Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, Qin Wang, Nengyi Ni, et al.. (2023). Engineering tumoral vascular leakiness with gold nanoparticles. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4269–4269. 64 indexed citations

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Leong, David Tai, et al.. (2023). A Conception of Yi (義) Harmony, Fairness and Justice in Management. A Prospective Inquiry Framework. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Wei, Wei, Xuting Liu, Xiaoqi Tao, et al.. (2022). Brain Accumulation and Toxicity Profiles of Silica Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size and Exposure Route. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(12). 8319–8325. 38 indexed citations

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Bondarenko, Olesja, Monika Mortimer, Anne Kahru, et al.. (2021). Nanotoxicology and nanomedicine: The Yin and Yang of nano-bio interactions for the new decade. Nano Today. 39. 101184–101184. 87 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaowen, et al.. (2020). 3-D DNA nanodevices for on-site sensitive detection of antibiotic residues in food. Chemical Communications. 56(83). 12628–12631. 8 indexed citations

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Ariga, Katsuhiko, Xiaofang Jia, Jingwen Song, et al.. (2020). Nanoarchitektonik als ein Ansatz zur Erzeugung bioähnlicher hierarchischer Organisate. Angewandte Chemie. 132(36). 15550–15574. 15 indexed citations

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Ariga, Katsuhiko, Xiaofang Jia, Jingwen Song, et al.. (2020). Nanoarchitectonics beyond Self‐Assembly: Challenges to Create Bio‐Like Hierarchic Organization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(36). 15424–15446. 219 indexed citations

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Peng, Fei, Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati, Jie Kai Tee, et al.. (2019). Nanoparticles promote in vivo breast cancer cell intravasation and extravasation by inducing endothelial leakiness. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(3). 279–286. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ding, Xianguang, Fei Peng, Jun Zhou, et al.. (2018). Defect engineered bioactive transition metals dichalcogenides quantum dots. Nature Communications. 10(1). 41–41. 204 indexed citations

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Yao, Qiaofeng, Xun Yuan, Victor Fung, et al.. (2017). Understanding seed-mediated growth of gold nanoclusters at molecular level. Nature Communications. 8(1). 927–927. 263 indexed citations

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