Leo Y. T. Chou

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Leo Y. T. Chou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Y. T. Chou has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biomaterials and 5 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Leo Y. T. Chou's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (21 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers). Leo Y. T. Chou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (21 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers). Leo Y. T. Chou collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Leo Y. T. Chou's co-authors include Warren C. W. Chan, Kyryl Zagorovsky, William M. Shih, Maartje M. C. Bastings, Aileen W. Li, David Mooney, Frances M. Anastassacos, Nandhini Ponnuswamy, Ju Hee Ryu and Bhavik Nathwani and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Leo Y. T. Chou

24 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Strategies for the intracellular delivery of nanoparticles

2010 652 citations Leo Y. T. Chou, Warren C. W. Chan et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Oligolysine-based coating protects DNA nanostructures from low-salt denaturation and nuclease degradation

2017 399 citations Nandhini Ponnuswamy, Maartje M. C. Bastings 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
Leo Y. T. Chou Canada	14	1.2k	701	537	456	337	25	1.9k
Anthony J. Kim United States	25	958 0.8×	704 1.0×	500 0.9×	393 0.9×	194 0.6×	37	2.2k
Andrew E. Prigodich United States	10	2.4k 2.0×	835 1.2×	410 0.8×	590 1.3×	704 2.1×	12	2.9k
I‐Ting Teng United States	19	1.9k 1.5×	807 1.2×	330 0.6×	414 0.9×	90 0.3×	29	2.3k
Zhilei Ge China	29	2.7k 2.2×	1.4k 2.0×	236 0.4×	653 1.4×	279 0.8×	61	3.5k
Steven D. Perrault Canada	16	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 2.1×	1.0k 1.9×	659 1.4×	593 1.8×	19	3.4k
Jason S. Kahn United States	24	1.7k 1.4×	623 0.9×	455 0.8×	487 1.1×	216 0.6×	35	2.4k
Xiangling Xiong United States	19	1.8k 1.5×	1.0k 1.5×	211 0.4×	397 0.9×	126 0.4×	22	2.4k
Carlee E. Ashley United States	14	837 0.7×	744 1.1×	862 1.6×	673 1.5×	75 0.2×	18	2.1k
Sena Cansız United States	17	1.8k 1.4×	771 1.1×	262 0.5×	427 0.9×	125 0.4×	20	2.2k
Tatsiana Lobovkina Sweden	14	985 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	965 1.8×	490 1.1×	217 0.6×	28	2.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2025). Patterned Antigens on DNA Origami Controls the Structure and Cellular Uptake of Immune Complexes. ACS Nano. 19(1). 621–637. 5 indexed citations

Lee, Ryan, et al.. (2024). Rewireable Building Blocks for Enzyme-Powered DNA Computing Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(38). 26148–26160. 2 indexed citations

Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2024). Precision nanoscale patterning of TLR ligands for improved cancer immunotherapy. Cell Reports Methods. 4(5). 100782–100782. 3 indexed citations

Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2024). High‐Throughput, Label‐Free Detection of DNA Origami in Single‐Cell Suspensions Using origamiFISH‐Flow. Small. 20(35). e2400236–e2400236. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Haiwang, Yu Sun, Zhengping Jia, et al.. (2023). Universal, label-free, single-molecule visualization of DNA origami nanodevices across biological samples using origamiFISH. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(1). 58–69. 23 indexed citations

Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2023). Addressing the in vivo delivery of nucleic-acid nanostructure therapeutics. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 199. 114898–114898. 10 indexed citations

Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2021). DNA-Tethered RNA Polymerase for Programmable In vitro Transcription and Molecular Computation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Athanasiadou, Dimitra, et al.. (2021). Peptide-Decorated DNA Nanostructures Promote Site-Specific Hydroxyapatite Growth. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(1). 1692–1698. 13 indexed citations

Chou, Leo Y. T.. (2021). Design Verification as Foundation for Advancing DNA Nanotechnology Applications. ACS Nano. 15(6). 9222–9228. 8 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2021). Engineering DNA Nanostructures to Manipulate Immune Receptor Signaling and Immune Cell Fates. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(4). e2101844–e2101844. 22 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T. & William M. Shih. (2019). In Vitro Transcriptional Regulation via Nucleic-Acid-Based Transcription Factors. ACS Synthetic Biology. 8(11). 2558–2565. 11 indexed citations

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Ponnuswamy, Nandhini, Maartje M. C. Bastings, Bhavik Nathwani, et al.. (2017). Oligolysine-based coating protects DNA nanostructures from low-salt denaturation and nuclease degradation. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15654–15654. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chou, Leo Y. T., Fayi Song, & Warren C. W. Chan. (2016). Engineering the Structure and Properties of DNA-Nanoparticle Superstructures Using Polyvalent Counterions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(13). 4565–4572. 47 indexed citations

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Raeesi, Vahid, Leo Y. T. Chou, & Warren C. W. Chan. (2016). Tuning the Drug Loading and Release of DNA‐Assembled Gold‐Nanorod Superstructures. Advanced Materials. 28(38). 8511–8518. 92 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T., Kyryl Zagorovsky, & Warren C. W. Chan. (2014). DNA assembly of nanoparticle superstructures for controlled biological delivery and elimination. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(2). 148–155. 374 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T. & Warren C. W. Chan. (2012). Fluorescence‐Tagged Gold Nanoparticles for Rapidly Characterizing the Size‐Dependent Biodistribution in Tumor Models. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 1(6). 714–721. 90 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T. & Warren C. W. Chan. (2011). A Strategy to Assemble Nanoparticles with Polymers for Mitigating Cytotoxicity and Enabling Size Tuning. Nanomedicine. 6(5). 767–775. 11 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2011). ChemInform Abstract: Strategies for the Intracellular Delivery of Nanoparticles. ChemInform. 42(16). 1 indexed citations

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Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2010). Strategies for the intracellular delivery of nanoparticles. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(1). 233–245. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chou, Leo Y. T., et al.. (2009). Visualizing Quantum Dots in Biological Samples Using Silver Staining. Analytical Chemistry. 81(11). 4560–4565. 30 indexed citations

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