Lars Esser

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Lars Esser is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Esser has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomaterials, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lars Esser's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (17 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (6 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (5 papers). Lars Esser is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (17 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (6 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (5 papers). Lars Esser collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United Kingdom. Lars Esser's co-authors include Thomas P. Davis, Cyrille Boyer, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Johan S. Basuki, Hien Duong, Bünyamin Karagöz, Ziqiu Tong, Weisen Zhang, Ami Mehta and Michael R. Whittaker and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Lars Esser

46 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Development of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Blood–Brain Barrier Transfer—Strategies and Challenges

2021 312 citations Weisen Zhang, Ziqiu Tong et al. profile →
Oral nanotherapeutic formulation of insulin with reduced episodes of hypoglycaemia

2024 39 citations Nicholas J. Hunt, Glen P. Lockwood et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Esser Australia	23	693	682	504	443	395	48	2.0k
Baisong Chang China	25	893 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	241 0.5×	1.2k 2.7×	425 1.1×	50	3.0k
Chalermchai Khemtong United States	21	1.3k 1.9×	954 1.4×	451 0.9×	846 1.9×	871 2.2×	45	3.1k
Dariush Hinderberger Germany	32	382 0.6×	241 0.4×	767 1.5×	892 2.0×	1.1k 2.8×	160	3.1k
Jimin Ren United States	22	799 1.2×	635 0.9×	216 0.4×	1.2k 2.7×	659 1.7×	55	3.2k
Jeffrey C. Foster United States	30	632 0.9×	411 0.6×	1.7k 3.4×	685 1.5×	452 1.1×	75	2.7k
Lei Shen China	25	356 0.5×	431 0.6×	653 1.3×	566 1.3×	392 1.0×	78	2.1k
Raluca M. Fratila Spain	25	449 0.6×	693 1.0×	428 0.8×	342 0.8×	402 1.0×	54	1.6k
Adam M. Squires United Kingdom	25	537 0.8×	276 0.4×	432 0.9×	545 1.2×	856 2.2×	80	2.0k
Sandrine Gerber‐Lemaire Switzerland	30	163 0.2×	444 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	421 1.0×	843 2.1×	104	2.5k
Yun‐Wei Chiang Taiwan	30	394 0.6×	226 0.3×	631 1.3×	1.4k 3.0×	743 1.9×	101	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Esser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Esser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Esser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Esser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Esser 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 Lars Esser. Lars Esser is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Malhotra, Ankit, Pouya Dehghankelishadi, David Rudd, et al.. (2025). Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Aptamer-Targeting Porous Silicon Nanocarrier. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(4). 5955–5969. 2 indexed citations

Abdelmoneem, Mona A., Lars Esser, Marcin Wojnilowicz, & Nicolas H. Voelcker. (2025). Surface-Engineered Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for Targeted Osteosarcoma Therapy. Biomacromolecules. 26(8). 5020–5031.

Zhang, Weisen, Ahmed Refaat, Ziqiu Tong, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Angiopep‐2 Density on Polymeric Nanoparticles for Enhanced Blood–Brain Barrier Penetration and Glioblastoma Targeting: Insights From In Vitro and In Vivo Experiments. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(38). 3 indexed citations

Shi, Yue, Xuelian Tao, Ping Du, et al.. (2024). A surface-independent bioglue using photo-crosslinkable benzophenone moiety. RSC Advances. 14(19). 12966–12976. 3 indexed citations

Hunt, Nicholas J., Glen P. Lockwood, Scott Heffernan, et al.. (2024). Oral nanotherapeutic formulation of insulin with reduced episodes of hypoglycaemia. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(4). 534–544. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

Zangabad, Parham Sahandi, Roshan B. Vasani, Ziqiu Tong, et al.. (2024). Porous Silicon Microparticles Enable Sustained Release of GLP‐1R Agonist Peptides for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. Advanced Therapeutics. 7(12). 3 indexed citations

Tong, Ziqiu, Lars Esser, Peter Galettis, et al.. (2023). Fluoropolymer Functionalization of Organ-on-Chip Platform Increases Detection Sensitivity for Cannabinoids. Biosensors. 13(8). 779–779. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Weisen, Ziqiu Tong, Bo Peng, et al.. (2023). Influence of Surface Ligand Density and Particle Size on the Penetration of the Blood–Brain Barrier by Porous Silicon Nanoparticles. Pharmaceutics. 15(9). 2271–2271. 18 indexed citations

Forgham, Helen, Lars Esser, May C. Lai, et al.. (2022). Aerosol delivery of star polymer-siRNA nanoparticles as a therapeutic strategy to inhibit lung tumor growth. Biomaterials. 285. 121539–121539. 33 indexed citations

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Esser, Lars, et al.. (2022). The potential impact of nanomedicine on COVID-19-induced thrombosis. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(1). 11–22. 12 indexed citations

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Hagemeyer, Christoph E., et al.. (2022). Theranostic nanoparticles for the management of thrombosis. Theranostics. 12(6). 2773–2800. 21 indexed citations

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Esser, Lars, et al.. (2022). Ionic Liquid-Based Low-Temperature Synthesis of Crystalline Ti(OH)OF·0.66H₂O: Elucidating the Molecular Reaction Steps by NMR Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies. ACS Omega. 7(6). 5350–5365. 7 indexed citations

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Dervisevic, Muamer, et al.. (2022). Wearable microneedle array-based sensor for transdermal monitoring of pH levels in interstitial fluid. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 222. 114955–114955. 86 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dexiang, Terence Tieu, Lars Esser, et al.. (2022). Differential Surface Engineering Generates Core–Shell Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for Controlled and Targeted Delivery of an Anticancer Drug. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(49). 54539–54549. 9 indexed citations

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Kirchner, Barbara, et al.. (2020). Predicting Vibrational Spectroscopy for Flexible Molecules and Molecules with Non‐Idle Environments. Advanced Theory and Simulations. 4(4). 18 indexed citations

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Şenel, Mehmet, Muamer Dervisevic, Lars Esser, et al.. (2019). Enhanced electrochemical sensing performance by in situ electrocopolymerization of pyrrole and thiophene-grafted chitosan. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 143. 582–593. 20 indexed citations

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Esser, Lars, Nigel A. Lengkeek, Bradford A. Moffat, et al.. (2018). A tunable one-pot three-component synthesis of an¹²⁵I and Gd-labelled star polymer nanoparticle for hybrid imaging with MRI and nuclear medicine. Polymer Chemistry. 9(25). 3528–3535. 10 indexed citations

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Kağa, Sadık, Nghia P. Truong, Lars Esser, et al.. (2017). Influence of Size and Shape on the Biodistribution of Nanoparticles Prepared by Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Biomacromolecules. 18(12). 3963–3970. 102 indexed citations

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Esser, Lars, Nghia P. Truong, Bünyamin Karagöz, et al.. (2016). Gadolinium-functionalized nanoparticles for application as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents via polymerization-induced self-assembly. Polymer Chemistry. 7(47). 7325–7337. 61 indexed citations

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Basuki, Johan S., Lars Esser, Hien Duong, et al.. (2013). Magnetic nanoparticles with diblock glycopolymer shells give lectin concentration-dependent MRI signals and selective cell uptake. Chemical Science. 5(2). 715–726. 98 indexed citations

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