Mostafa A. El‐Sayed

122.1k total citations · 42 hit papers
621 papers, 103.1k citations indexed

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Mostafa A. El‐Sayed is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed has authored 621 papers receiving a total of 103.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 210 papers in Materials Chemistry and 160 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mostafa A. El‐Sayed's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (227 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (99 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers). Mostafa A. El‐Sayed is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (227 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (99 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers). Mostafa A. El‐Sayed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Canada. Mostafa A. El‐Sayed's co-authors include Xiaohua Huang, Stephan Link, Ivan H. El‐Sayed, Prashant K. Jain, Radha Narayanan, Babak Nikoobakht, Clemens Burda, Kyeong-Seok Lee, Wei Qian and Susie Eustis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Mostafa A. El‐Sayed

617 papers receiving 101.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chemistry and Properties of... 1963 2026 1984 2005 2005 2006 2003 2006 2008 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Chemistry and Properties of Nanocrystals of Different Shapes
    2005 6.3k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  2. Cancer Cell Imaging and Photothermal Therapy in the Near-Infrared Region by Using Gold Nanorods
    2006 4.5k citations Xiaohua Huang, Ivan H. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  3. Preparation and Growth Mechanism of Gold Nanorods (NRs) Using Seed-Mediated Growth Method
    2003 4.3k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  4. Calculated Absorption and Scattering Properties of Gold Nanoparticles of Different Size, Shape, and Composition:  Applications in Biological Imaging and Biomedicine
    2006 3.6k citations Prashant K. Jain, Ivan H. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  5. Noble Metals on the Nanoscale: Optical and Photothermal Properties and Some Applications in Imaging, Sensing, Biology, and Medicine
    2008 3.5k citations Prashant K. Jain, Xiaohua Huang et al. profile →
  6. Spectral Properties and Relaxation Dynamics of Surface Plasmon Electronic Oscillations in Gold and Silver Nanodots and Nanorods
    1999 3.3k citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  7. The golden age: gold nanoparticles for biomedicine
    2011 2.8k citations Erik C. Dreaden, Xiaohua Huang et al. profile →
  8. Why gold nanoparticles are more precious than pretty gold: Noble metal surface plasmon resonance and its enhancement of the radiative and nonradiative properties of nanocrystals of different shapes
    2005 2.6k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  9. Some Interesting Properties of Metals Confined in Time and Nanometer Space of Different Shapes
    2001 2.4k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  10. Size and Temperature Dependence of the Plasmon Absorption of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles
    1999 2.2k citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  11. Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Colloidal Platinum Nanoparticles
    1996 2.1k citations Temer S. Ahmadi, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  12. Shape and size dependence of radiative, non-radiative and photothermal properties of gold nanocrystals
    2000 1.9k citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  13. Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles
    2007 1.9k citations Xiaohua Huang, Prashant K. Jain et al. profile →
  14. Gold and Silver Nanoparticles in Sensing and Imaging:  Sensitivity of Plasmon Response to Size, Shape, and Metal Composition
    2006 1.7k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  15. Gold nanoparticles: Optical properties and implementations in cancer diagnosis and photothermal therapy
    2010 1.7k citations Xiaohua Huang, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  16. Gold Nanorods: From Synthesis and Properties to Biological and Biomedical Applications
    2009 1.6k citations Xiaohua Huang, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  17. Surface Plasmon Resonance Scattering and Absorption of anti-EGFR Antibody Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles in Cancer Diagnostics:  Applications in Oral Cancer
    2005 1.5k citations Ivan H. El‐Sayed, Xiaohua Huang et al. profile →
  18. Simulation of the Optical Absorption Spectra of Gold Nanorods as a Function of Their Aspect Ratio and the Effect of the Medium Dielectric Constant
    1999 1.3k citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  19. On the Universal Scaling Behavior of the Distance Decay of Plasmon Coupling in Metal Nanoparticle Pairs: A Plasmon Ruler Equation
    2007 1.3k citations Prashant K. Jain, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  20. Spin—Orbit Coupling and the Radiationless Processes in Nitrogen Heterocyclics
    1963 1.3k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  21. Alloy Formation of Gold−Silver Nanoparticles and the Dependence of the Plasmon Absorption on Their Composition
    1999 1.2k citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  22. Optical Properties and Ultrafast Dynamics of Metallic Nanocrystals
    2003 1.2k citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  23. Gold Nanoparticles: Interesting Optical Properties and Recent Applications in Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy
    2007 1.2k citations Xiaohua Huang, Prashant K. Jain et al. profile →
  24. Catalysis with Transition Metal Nanoparticles in Colloidal Solution:  Nanoparticle Shape Dependence and Stability
    2005 1.1k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  25. Review of Some Interesting Surface Plasmon Resonance-enhanced Properties of Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications to Biosystems
    2007 1.1k citations Prashant K. Jain, Xiaohua Huang et al. Plasmonics profile →
  26. Shape-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Platinum Nanoparticles in Colloidal Solution
    2004 1.0k citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  27. Gold nanorod assisted near-infrared plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) of squamous cell carcinoma in mice
    2008 948 citations Erin B. Dickerson, Erik C. Dreaden et al. Cancer Letters profile →
  28. Au nanoparticles target cancer
    2007 922 citations Prashant K. Jain, Ivan H. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  29. Small Is Different:  Shape-, Size-, and Composition-Dependent Properties of Some Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals
    2004 781 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  30. Plasmonic coupling in noble metal nanostructures
    2010 776 citations Prashant K. Jain, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  31. Evidence for Bilayer Assembly of Cationic Surfactants on the Surface of Gold Nanorods
    2001 771 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  32. Plasmon Coupling in Nanorod Assemblies:  Optical Absorption, Discrete Dipole Approximation Simulation, and Exciton-Coupling Model
    2006 706 citations Prashant K. Jain, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  33. Effect of Catalysis on the Stability of Metallic Nanoparticles:  Suzuki Reaction Catalyzed by PVP-Palladium Nanoparticles
    2003 692 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  34. The `lightning' gold nanorods: fluorescence enhancement of over a million compared to the gold metal
    2000 685 citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  35. Laser-Induced Shape Changes of Colloidal Gold Nanorods Using Femtosecond and Nanosecond Laser Pulses
    2000 674 citations Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  36. Triplet state. Its radiative and nonradiative properties
    1968 634 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed profile →
  37. Nuclear Targeting of Gold Nanoparticles in Cancer Cells Induces DNA Damage, Causing Cytokinesis Arrest and Apoptosis
    2010 532 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  38. Dependence of the Enhanced Optical Scattering Efficiency Relative to That of Absorption for Gold Metal Nanorods on Aspect Ratio, Size, End-Cap Shape, and Medium Refractive Index
    2005 503 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  39. Size Matters: Gold Nanoparticles in Targeted Cancer Drug Delivery
    2012 501 citations Erik C. Dreaden, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  40. Electrically Tunable Plasmonic Behavior of Nanocube–Polymer Nanomaterials Induced by a Redox-Active Electrochromic Polymer
    2014 362 citations Mostafa A. El‐Sayed et al. profile →
  41. Gold nanoparticles in biological optical imaging
    2019 321 citations Yue Wu, Moustafa R. K. Ali et al. profile →
  42. Electrically driven reprogrammable phase-change metasurface reaching 80% efficiency
    2022 229 citations Sajjad Abdollahramezani, Omid Hemmatyar et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mostafa A. El‐Sayed United States 121 50.7k 49.8k 41.8k 19.1k 15.3k 621 103.1k
Luis M. Liz‐Marzán Spain 141 37.8k 0.7× 36.6k 0.7× 27.6k 0.7× 12.6k 0.7× 10.1k 0.7× 668 69.5k
Chad A. Mirkin United States 167 43.5k 0.9× 48.8k 1.0× 49.4k 1.2× 56.8k 3.0× 21.1k 1.4× 977 133.2k
George C. Schatz United States 141 45.9k 0.9× 38.0k 0.8× 37.1k 0.9× 18.7k 1.0× 15.4k 1.0× 1.1k 99.3k
Naomi J. Halas United States 147 52.5k 1.0× 29.6k 0.6× 53.6k 1.3× 12.7k 0.7× 15.7k 1.0× 436 88.8k
Younan Xia United States 213 55.6k 1.1× 83.1k 1.7× 66.0k 1.6× 15.6k 0.8× 46.2k 3.0× 999 174.1k
Taeghwan Hyeon South Korea 157 14.7k 0.3× 48.3k 1.0× 32.7k 0.8× 8.4k 0.4× 25.6k 1.7× 565 92.1k
A. Paul Alivisatos United States 160 23.6k 0.5× 94.7k 1.9× 25.0k 0.6× 15.8k 0.8× 63.4k 4.1× 504 126.9k
Hua Zhang China 190 33.5k 0.7× 86.2k 1.7× 30.5k 0.7× 16.1k 0.8× 69.7k 4.5× 1.9k 159.1k
Hongjie Dai United States 163 16.7k 0.3× 93.4k 1.9× 51.0k 1.2× 11.2k 0.6× 55.5k 3.6× 444 149.4k
Catherine J. Murphy United States 95 26.1k 0.5× 28.3k 0.6× 17.3k 0.4× 11.9k 0.6× 6.9k 0.4× 336 51.3k

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All Works

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Dong, Xueqian, Pengyun Yu, Juan Zhao, et al.. (2023). Structural Dynamics of (RGD)4PGC Peptides in Solvated and Au Nanorod Surface-Bound Forms Examined by Ultrafast 2D IR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(7). 3532–3541. 2 indexed citations
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Abdollahramezani, Sajjad, Omid Hemmatyar, Mohammad Taghinejad, et al.. (2022). Electrically driven reprogrammable phase-change metasurface reaching 80% efficiency. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1696–1696. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nishikiori, Hiromasa, Yosuke Kageshima, Nasrin Hooshmand, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed, & Katsuya Teshima. (2021). Observation of Excited State Proton Transfer between the Titania Surface and Dye Molecule by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(40). 21958–21963. 2 indexed citations
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Nazemi, Mohammadreza, Pengfei Ou, Luke Soule, et al.. (2020). Electrosynthesis of Ammonia Using Porous Bimetallic Pd–Ag Nanocatalysts in Liquid- and Gas-Phase Systems. ACS Catalysis. 10(17). 10197–10206. 41 indexed citations
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Nishikiori, Hiromasa, Yosuke Kageshima, Nasrin Hooshmand, et al.. (2020). Observation of Photoinduced Proton Transfer between the Titania Surface and Dye Molecule. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(7). 4172–4178. 6 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Mostafa A., Nemat Yassin, A. A. Shabaka, et al.. (2015). TOXICOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF GOLD NANORODS IN NORMAL RATS. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 7(12). 41–50. 1 indexed citations
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Ali, Moustafa R. K., et al.. (2014). The Most Effective Gold Nanorod Size for Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy: Theory and In Vitro Experiments. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 9 indexed citations
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Chu, Li‐Kang & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (2009). Bacteriorhodopsin O‐state Photocycle Kinetics: A Surfactant Study. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 86(1). 70–76. 8 indexed citations
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Dickerson, Erin B., Erik C. Dreaden, Xiaohua Huang, et al.. (2008). Gold nanorod assisted near-infrared plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) of squamous cell carcinoma in mice. Cancer Letters. 269(1). 57–66. 948 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jain, Prashant K., Xiaohua Huang, Ivan H. El‐Sayed, & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (2007). Review of Some Interesting Surface Plasmon Resonance-enhanced Properties of Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications to Biosystems. Plasmonics. 2(3). 107–118. 1074 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Xiaohua, Prashant K. Jain, Ivan H. El‐Sayed, & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (2006). Determination of the Minimum Temperature Required for Selective Photothermal Destruction of Cancer Cells with the Use of Immunotargeted Gold Nanoparticles. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 82(2). 412–417. 330 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Mostafa A., et al.. (2006). Optimal sizing and siting of distributed generation. 2. 593–600. 4 indexed citations
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Link, Stephan & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (1999). Size and Temperature Dependence of the Plasmon Absorption of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 103(21). 4212–4217. 2239 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahmadi, Temer S., et al.. (1997). Photofragment Translational Spectroscopy of CH₂I₂ at 304 nm: Polarization Dependence and Energy Partitioning. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 18(12). 1274–1280. 28 indexed citations
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Castro, Dan J., et al.. (1995). A Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Comparison of Cultured Human Fibroblast and Fibrosarcoma Cells: A New Method for Detection of Malignancies. Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery. 13(2). 55–59. 14 indexed citations
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Castro, Dan J., et al.. (1995). A Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic comparison of cultured human fibroblast and fibrosarcoma Cells.. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2389. 543–551. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Song, Stephan L. Logunov, Dongliang Yang, & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (1994). The pH dependence of the subpicosecond retinal photoisomerization process in bacteriorhodopsin: evidence for parallel photocycles. Biophysical Journal. 67(5). 2008–2012. 16 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Mostafa A., et al.. (1993). EFFECTS OF MUTAGENETIC SUBSTITUTION OF PROLINES ON THE RATE OF DEPROTONATION and REPROTONATION OF THE SCHIFF BASE DURING THE PHOTOCYCLE OF BACTERIORHODOPSIN. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 57(s1). 1027–1031. 5 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Mostafa A.. (1986). Applications of lasers in biology. 3. 38. 1 indexed citations

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