Georgios A. Sotiriou

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Georgios A. Sotiriou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Georgios A. Sotiriou has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 23 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Georgios A. Sotiriou's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (39 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (22 papers) and Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (11 papers). Georgios A. Sotiriou is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (39 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (22 papers) and Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (11 papers). Georgios A. Sotiriou collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Sweden and United States. Georgios A. Sotiriou's co-authors include Sotiris E. Pratsinis, Frank Krumeich, Jean‐Christophe Leroux, Alexandra Teleki, Padryk Merkl, Philip Demokritou, Yiannis Deligiannakis, Andreas Meyer, Sven Panke and Melanie Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Georgios A. Sotiriou

88 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Antibacterial Activity of Nanosilver Ions and Particles

2010 689 citations Georgios A. Sotiriou, Sotiris E. Pratsinis Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Georgios A. Sotiriou Switzerland	37	2.6k	1.8k	666	496	483	99	4.4k
Ilana Perelshtein Israel	35	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	673 1.0×	703 1.4×	287 0.6×	111	4.7k
Roberta Brayner France	28	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	523 0.8×	598 1.2×	337 0.7×	65	4.5k
Lucian Barbu–Tudoran Romania	36	1.9k 0.7×	863 0.5×	795 1.2×	576 1.2×	574 1.2×	320	4.6k
Alex Punnoose United States	39	5.2k 2.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 2.2×	525 1.1×	367 0.8×	119	6.7k
Fernand Fiévet France	25	3.1k 1.2×	965 0.5×	996 1.5×	342 0.7×	170 0.4×	39	4.4k
Facundo Ruíz Mexico	33	3.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	546 0.8×	478 1.0×	409 0.8×	118	5.2k
Oswaldo Luiz Alves Brazil	46	5.8k 2.2×	3.4k 1.9×	704 1.1×	926 1.9×	553 1.1×	246	9.0k
Aaron Elbourne Australia	35	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	349 0.5×	274 0.6×	959 2.0×	118	4.9k
Dan V. Goia United States	24	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 2.3×	615 1.2×	397 0.8×	59	4.1k
Hui Liu China	44	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	429 0.6×	971 2.0×	242 0.5×	272	6.6k

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Maheshwari, Ankur, et al.. (2025). In Vitro Evaluation of Flame-Made Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles for Antigen Delivery and Immunostimulation. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(23). 11986–11996.

Teleki, Alexandra, et al.. (2025). Electrospun PLGA fibers with calcium phosphate nanoparticles: effects of nanoparticle crystallinity and carbonate content on osteogenic activity. Biomaterials Science. 13(20). 5863–5873.

Sotiriou, Georgios A., et al.. (2025). Magnetic microfiber hyperthermia for synergistic antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Materials Today Bio. 32. 101862–101862.

Merkl, Padryk, et al.. (2024). Prevention of uropathogenic E. coli biofilm formation by hydrophobic nanoparticle coatings on polymeric substrates. RSC Applied Interfaces. 1(4). 667–670. 1 indexed citations

Thersleff, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Silver/gold nanoalloy implant coatings with antibiofilm activity via pH-triggered silver ion release. Chemical Communications. 60(60). 7729–7732. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Haichun, et al.. (2024). Interplay between a Heptamethine Cyanine Dye Sensitizer (IR806) and Lanthanide Upconversion Nanoparticles. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(29). 2 indexed citations

Li, Haipeng, et al.. (2023). Democratizing robust SERS nano-sensors for food safety diagnostics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144023–144023. 52 indexed citations

Belibasakis, Georgios N., et al.. (2022). Nanostructured Ag‐Bioglass Implant Coatings with Antibacterial and Osteogenic Activity. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(3). 7 indexed citations

Thersleff, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Highly Efficient Near‐IR Photothermal Microneedles with Flame‐Made Plasmonic Nanoaggregates for Reduced Intradermal Nanoparticle Deposition. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9(34). 3 indexed citations

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Merkl, Padryk, et al.. (2021). Plasmonic Coupling in Silver Nanoparticle Aggregates and Their Polymer Composite Films for Near-Infrared Photothermal Biofilm Eradication. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(5). 5330–5339. 46 indexed citations

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Merkl, Padryk, Siwen Long, Gerald M. McInerney, & Georgios A. Sotiriou. (2021). Antiviral Activity of Silver, Copper Oxide and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Coatings against SARS-CoV-2. Nanomaterials. 11(5). 1312–1312. 115 indexed citations

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Merkl, Padryk, Matthias Manne Knopp, Ragna Berthelsen, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Drug–Polymer Solubility on Laser-Induced In Situ Drug Amorphization Using Photothermal Plasmonic Nanoparticles. Pharmaceutics. 13(6). 917–917. 2 indexed citations

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Merkl, Padryk, Matthias Manne Knopp, Ragna Berthelsen, et al.. (2021). The Effect of the Molecular Weight of Polyvinylpyrrolidone and the Model Drug on Laser-Induced In Situ Amorphization. Molecules. 26(13). 4035–4035. 2 indexed citations

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Karlsson, Jens, et al.. (2020). Flame-Made Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles with High Drug Loading for Delivery of Biologics. Molecules. 25(7). 1747–1747. 22 indexed citations

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Bottomley, Amy L., Elizabeth J. Harry, Rose Amal, et al.. (2019). Heritable nanosilver resistance in priority pathogen: a unique genetic adaptation and comparison with ionic silver and antibiotics. Nanoscale. 12(4). 2384–2392. 42 indexed citations

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Spyrogianni, Anastasia, Fabian H. L. Starsich, Kerda Keevend, et al.. (2018). Near‐UV activated, photostable nanophosphors for in vitro dosimetry and dynamic bioimaging. AIChE Journal. 64(8). 2947–2957. 11 indexed citations

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Singh, Dilpreet, L. A. Schifman, Georgios A. Sotiriou, et al.. (2017). Nanofiller Presence Enhances Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Profile on Nanoparticles Released during Thermal Decomposition of Nano-enabled Thermoplastics: Potential Environmental Health Implications. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(9). 5222–5232. 31 indexed citations

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Pratsinis, Anna, Georgios A. Kelesidis, Frank Krumeich, et al.. (2017). Enzyme-Mimetic Antioxidant Luminescent Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Peroxide Biosensing. ACS Nano. 11(12). 12210–12218. 99 indexed citations

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Pratsinis, Anna, et al.. (2012). Cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles. TechConnect Briefs. 3(2012). 296–299. 1 indexed citations

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Camenzind, Adrian, Sotiris E. Pratsinis, & Georgios A. Sotiriou. (2009). Silica-coated Ag nanoparticles by scalable flame technology. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2009). 151–154.

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