Michael V. Tran

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 773 citations indexed

About

Michael V. Tran is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael V. Tran has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 773 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael V. Tran's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (6 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (6 papers). Michael V. Tran is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (6 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (6 papers). Michael V. Tran collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Michael V. Tran's co-authors include W. Russ Algar, Rupsa Gupta, Hyungki Kim, Melissa Massey, Kelly Rees, Ghinwa H. Darwish, Kelsi Lix, Katherine D. Krause, Zachary M. Hudson and Hsin-Yun Tsai and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Michael V. Tran

21 papers receiving 765 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.

Photoluminescent Nanoparticles for Chemical and Biological Analysis and Imaging

2021 253 citations W. Russ Algar, Melissa Massey et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael V. Tran Canada	14	368	331	219	105	98	21	773
Georgeta Crivat United States	9	137 0.4×	341 1.0×	125 0.6×	100 1.0×	39 0.4×	9	569
Heejun Choi United States	14	192 0.5×	757 2.3×	193 0.9×	36 0.3×	60 0.6×	20	1.3k
Sule Oncul France	15	406 1.1×	523 1.6×	168 0.8×	54 0.5×	28 0.3×	16	1.1k
Amir Houshang Bahrami Germany	11	130 0.4×	610 1.8×	162 0.7×	16 0.2×	209 2.1×	19	894
Mi-Young Hong South Korea	10	301 0.8×	786 2.4×	192 0.9×	108 1.0×	32 0.3×	11	1.1k
Julie Peterson United States	19	705 1.9×	406 1.2×	313 1.4×	38 0.4×	109 1.1×	30	1.5k
Ilya Mikhalyov Russia	16	291 0.8×	572 1.7×	157 0.7×	60 0.6×	84 0.9×	31	964
Yu-Pin Lin Taiwan	10	229 0.6×	863 2.6×	148 0.7×	165 1.6×	39 0.4×	13	1.2k
Rochelle D. Ahmed United Kingdom	22	273 0.7×	918 2.8×	125 0.6×	211 2.0×	96 1.0×	68	1.3k
Maria Smedh Sweden	16	188 0.5×	249 0.8×	197 0.9×	46 0.4×	98 1.0×	30	780

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Baker, D. G., et al.. (2025). Smartphones as a platform for molecular analysis: concepts, methods, devices and future potential. Lab on a Chip. 25(5). 884–955. 14 indexed citations

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Paisley, Nathan R., Michael V. Tran, Rupsa Gupta, et al.. (2021). Near‐Infrared‐Emitting Boron‐Difluoride‐Curcuminoid‐Based Polymers Exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence as Biological Imaging Probes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(34). 18630–18638. 84 indexed citations

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Paisley, Nathan R., Michael V. Tran, Rupsa Gupta, et al.. (2021). Near‐Infrared‐Emitting Boron‐Difluoride‐Curcuminoid‐Based Polymers Exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence as Biological Imaging Probes. Angewandte Chemie. 133(34). 18778–18786. 10 indexed citations

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Algar, W. Russ, Melissa Massey, Kelly Rees, et al.. (2021). Photoluminescent Nanoparticles for Chemical and Biological Analysis and Imaging. Chemical Reviews. 121(15). 9243–9358. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tran, Michael V., et al.. (2021). Centriole-less pericentriolar material serves as a microtubule organizing center at the base of C. elegans sensory cilia. Current Biology. 31(11). 2410–2417.e6. 27 indexed citations

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Mayder, Don M., Christopher M. Tonge, Giang D. Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Polymer Dots with Enhanced Photostability, Quantum Yield, and Two-Photon Cross-Section using Structurally Constrained Deep-Blue Fluorophores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(41). 16976–16992. 34 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyungki, Michael V. Tran, Eleonora Petryayeva, et al.. (2020). Affinity Immobilization of Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Metal Nanoparticles on Cellulose Paper Substrates. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(47). 53462–53474. 11 indexed citations

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Rees, Kelly, Michael V. Tran, Melissa Massey, et al.. (2020). Dextran-Functionalized Semiconductor Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Bioanalysis and Imaging. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 31(3). 861–874. 29 indexed citations

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Rees, Kelly, Melissa Massey, Michael V. Tran, & W. Russ Algar. (2020). Dextran-Functionalized Quantum Dot Immunoconjugates for Cellular Imaging. Methods in molecular biology. 2135. 143–168. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yongliang, et al.. (2020). Yellow fluorescent protein-based label-free tension sensors for monitoring integrin tension. Chemical Communications. 56(41). 5556–5559. 8 indexed citations

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Darwish, Ghinwa H., Jérémie Asselin, Michael V. Tran, et al.. (2020). Fully Self-Assembled Silica Nanoparticle–Semiconductor Quantum Dot Supra-Nanoparticles and Immunoconjugates for Enhanced Cellular Imaging by Microscopy and Smartphone Camera. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(30). 33530–33540. 25 indexed citations

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Medhi, Riddhiman, et al.. (2019). Porous silver-coated pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel nanocapsules. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 10. 1973–1982. 6 indexed citations

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Tran, Michael V., Kimihiro Susumu, Igor L. Medintz, & W. Russ Algar. (2019). Supraparticle Assemblies of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots for Selective Cell Isolation and Counting on a Smartphone-Based Imaging Platform. Analytical Chemistry. 91(18). 11963–11971. 37 indexed citations

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Tran, Michael V., Hsin-Yun Tsai, Hyungki Kim, et al.. (2019). Fluorescent Heterotelechelic Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Cellular Imaging. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(2). 898–909. 19 indexed citations

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Lix, Kelsi, Michael V. Tran, Melissa Massey, et al.. (2019). Dextran Functionalization of Semiconducting Polymer Dots and Conjugation with Tetrameric Antibody Complexes for Bioanalysis and Imaging. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(1). 432–440. 27 indexed citations

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Tran, Michael V., et al.. (2017). New Class of Glycoside Hydrolase Mechanism-Based Covalent Inhibitors: Glycosylation Transition State Conformations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(31). 10625–10628. 21 indexed citations

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Tran, Michael V., et al.. (2016). Assembly ofCaenorhabditis elegansacentrosomal spindles occurs without evident microtubule-organizing centers and requires microtubule sorting by KLP-18/kinesin-12 and MESP-1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(20). 3122–3131. 37 indexed citations

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Tran, Michael V., et al.. (2015). Kinetochore-independent chromosome segregation driven by lateral microtubule bundles. eLife. 4. e06462–e06462. 58 indexed citations

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BenMohamed, Lbachir, Aziz Alami Chentoufi, Michael V. Tran, et al.. (2011). The Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Encoded Latency-Associated Transcript Promotes Dysfunctional Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Latently Infected Trigeminal Ganglia: A Novel Immune Evasion Mechanism. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 2909–2909. 1 indexed citations

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Chentoufi, Aziz Alami, Michael V. Tran, Gargi Dasgupta, et al.. (2011). The Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Latency-Associated Transcript Promotes Functional Exhaustion of Virus-Specific CD8 ⁺ T Cells in Latently Infected Trigeminal Ganglia: a Novel Immune Evasion Mechanism. Journal of Virology. 85(17). 9127–9138. 64 indexed citations

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