Diana Vilela

3.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Diana Vilela is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Diana Vilela has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 17 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Diana Vilela's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (17 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers) and Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (9 papers). Diana Vilela is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (17 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers) and Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (9 papers). Diana Vilela collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and United States. Diana Vilela's co-authors include Samuel Sánchez, Jemish Parmar, Alberto Escarpa, Marı́a Cristina González, Katherine Villa, Joseph Wang, Yanli Zhao, Yong‐Fei Zeng, Morgan M. Stanton and Vanessa Gómez‐Vallejo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Diana Vilela

42 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sensing colorimetric approaches based on gold and silver nanoparticles aggregation: Chemical creativity behind the assay. A review

2012 521 citations Diana Vilela, Marı́a Cristina González et al. Analytica Chimica Acta profile →
Graphene-Based Microbots for Toxic Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery from Water

2016 469 citations Diana Vilela, Jemish Parmar et al. profile →
Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors

2018 354 citations Jemish Parmar, Diana Vilela et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder

2021 191 citations Ana C. Hortelão, Maria Guix et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Diana Vilela Spain	24	1.9k	1.6k	805	567	531	42	3.2k
Beatriz Jurado‐Sánchez Spain	40	3.1k 1.7×	3.0k 1.8×	1.0k 1.3×	757 1.3×	967 1.8×	102	5.1k
Bhuvnesh Bharti United States	31	1.5k 0.8×	639 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	328 0.6×	406 0.8×	77	3.3k
Etsuo Kokufuta Japan	38	1.1k 0.6×	254 0.2×	565 0.7×	891 1.6×	562 1.1×	154	4.6k
Olivier J. Cayre United Kingdom	33	1.1k 0.6×	518 0.3×	2.2k 2.7×	150 0.3×	226 0.4×	84	3.7k
Sumit Gangwal United States	14	1.0k 0.6×	528 0.3×	992 1.2×	159 0.3×	180 0.3×	17	2.4k
Borhan Albiss Jordan	23	703 0.4×	326 0.2×	1.2k 1.5×	189 0.3×	82 0.2×	125	2.6k
Bum Jun Park South Korea	37	800 0.4×	272 0.2×	2.7k 3.4×	267 0.5×	170 0.3×	149	4.4k
Dawei Wang China	29	403 0.2×	153 0.1×	864 1.1×	308 0.5×	281 0.5×	95	2.7k
Antonio Stocco France	28	357 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	78 0.1×	85 0.2×	92	2.5k
Yoon‐Hwae Hwang South Korea	35	964 0.5×	134 0.1×	2.3k 2.8×	149 0.3×	211 0.4×	162	3.5k

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Hoppe, Alexander, Marı́a Muñoz, Anabel Villalonga, et al.. (2025). A novel Janus nanomachine based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles anisotropically modified with PAMAM dendrimers for enzyme-controlled drug delivery. Nanoscale. 17(13). 8183–8191. 4 indexed citations

Villalonga, Anabel, Raúl Arteche Díaz, Irene Ojeda, et al.. (2024). Sandwich-Type Electrochemical Aptasensor with Supramolecular Architecture for Prostate-Specific Antigen. Molecules. 29(19). 4714–4714. 3 indexed citations

Torre, Cristina de la, Paula Díez, Anabel Villalonga, et al.. (2024). Self-propelled enzyme-controlled IR-mesoporous silica Janus nanomotor for smart delivery. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 671. 294–302. 11 indexed citations

Villalonga, Anabel, et al.. (2023). An intercommunicated nanosystem for dual delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11(30). 7190–7196. 4 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Manuel, Anabel Villalonga, Paula Díez, et al.. (2022). An enzyme-controlled mesoporous nanomachine for triple-responsive delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10(36). 6983–6990. 4 indexed citations

Villalonga, Anabel, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical aptasensor based on anisotropically modified (Janus-type) gold nanoparticles for determination of C-reactive protein. Microchimica Acta. 189(8). 309–309. 11 indexed citations

Vilela, Diana, et al.. (2022). Micromotor‐in‐Sponge Platform for Multicycle Large‐Volume Degradation of Organic Pollutants. Small. 18(23). e2107619–e2107619. 20 indexed citations

Jiménez‐Falcao, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Sucrose-Responsive Intercommunicated Janus Nanoparticles Network. Nanomaterials. 11(10). 2492–2492. 8 indexed citations

Díez, Paula, Alfredo Sánchez, Cristina de la Torre, et al.. (2021). A glutathione disulfide-sensitive Janus nanomachine controlled by an enzymatic AND logic gate for smart delivery. Nanoscale. 13(44). 18616–18625. 7 indexed citations

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Parmar, Jemish, Diana Vilela, Katherine Villa, Joseph Wang, & Samuel Sánchez. (2018). Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(30). 9317–9331. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Villa, Katherine, Jemish Parmar, Diana Vilela, & Samuel Sánchez. (2018). Metal-Oxide-Based Microjets for the Simultaneous Removal of Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(24). 20478–20486. 119 indexed citations

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Villa, Katherine, Jemish Parmar, Diana Vilela, & Samuel Sánchez. (2018). Core–shell microspheres for the ultrafast degradation of estrogen hormone at neutral pH. RSC Advances. 8(11). 5840–5847. 15 indexed citations

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Vilela, Diana, Ana C. Hortelão, Rafael Balderas‐Xicohténcatl, et al.. (2017). Facile fabrication of mesoporous silica micro-jets with multi-functionalities. Nanoscale. 9(37). 13990–13997. 30 indexed citations

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Pelle, Flavio Della, Diana Vilela, Marı́a Cristina González, et al.. (2015). Antioxidant capacity index based on gold nanoparticles formation. Application to extra virgin olive oil samples. Food Chemistry. 178. 70–75. 43 indexed citations

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Orozco, Jahir, Diana Vilela, Gabriela Valdés‐Ramírez, et al.. (2014). Efficient Biocatalytic Degradation of Pollutants by Enzyme‐Releasing Self‐Propelled Motors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(10). 2866–2871. 71 indexed citations

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Orozco, Jahir, Guanzhi Cheng, Diana Vilela, et al.. (2013). Micromotor‐Based High‐Yielding Fast Oxidative Detoxification of Chemical Threats. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(50). 13276–13279. 171 indexed citations

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Vilela, Diana, et al.. (2013). SU‐8/Pyrex microchip electrophoresis with integrated electrochemical detection for class‐selective electrochemical index determination of phenolic compounds in complex samples. Electrophoresis. 34(14). 2129–2135. 10 indexed citations

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Vilela, Diana, et al.. (2012). Associação entre uso de mochilas escolares e escoliose em adolescentes de escolas públicas e privadas. Motricidade. 8. 803–809. 1 indexed citations

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Vilela, Diana, Marı́a Cristina González, & Alberto Escarpa. (2012). Sensing colorimetric approaches based on gold and silver nanoparticles aggregation: Chemical creativity behind the assay. A review. Analytica Chimica Acta. 751. 24–43. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vilela, Diana, Alejandro Ansón‐Casaos, María T. Martinez, M. González, & Alberto Escarpa. (2012). High NIR-purity index single-walled carbon nanotubes for electrochemical sensing in microfluidic chips. Lab on a Chip. 12(11). 2006–2006. 29 indexed citations

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