Neethu Ninan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Neethu Ninan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Neethu Ninan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Biomaterials and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Neethu Ninan's work include Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (15 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (13 papers) and Wound Healing and Treatments (10 papers). Neethu Ninan is often cited by papers focused on Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (15 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (13 papers) and Wound Healing and Treatments (10 papers). Neethu Ninan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and France. Neethu Ninan's co-authors include Anton Blencowe, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Aurélien Forget, V. Prasad Shastri, Sabu Thomas, Muthunarayanan Muthiah, Anne Elain, In‐Kyu Park, Yves Grohens and Krasimir Vasilev and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Neethu Ninan

42 papers receiving 1.8k 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 and Anti-Inflammatory pH-Responsive Tannic Acid-Carboxylated Agarose Composite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

2016 580 citations Neethu Ninan, Anton Blencowe et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neethu Ninan Australia	19	762	740	418	317	229	48	1.8k
Ayça Bal‐Öztürk Türkiye	23	597 0.8×	503 0.7×	281 0.7×	230 0.7×	186 0.8×	85	1.6k
Xianqin Tong China	16	731 1.0×	627 0.8×	500 1.2×	286 0.9×	136 0.6×	24	2.0k
Qijuan Yuan China	22	958 1.3×	798 1.1×	346 0.8×	227 0.7×	190 0.8×	34	2.0k
Feng Cheng China	27	896 1.2×	813 1.1×	429 1.0×	388 1.2×	374 1.6×	52	2.2k
Canwen Chen China	21	589 0.8×	655 0.9×	500 1.2×	200 0.6×	155 0.7×	38	1.7k
Jhamak Nourmohammadi Iran	28	1.3k 1.7×	898 1.2×	427 1.0×	223 0.7×	271 1.2×	58	2.1k
Bitao Lu China	25	1.1k 1.4×	540 0.7×	835 2.0×	330 1.0×	396 1.7×	43	2.1k
Guangqian Lan China	24	1.0k 1.3×	444 0.6×	781 1.9×	244 0.8×	351 1.5×	38	1.9k
Erya Cai China	18	816 1.1×	807 1.1×	1.1k 2.6×	349 1.1×	176 0.8×	18	2.2k
Helena P. Felgueiras Portugal	26	960 1.3×	637 0.9×	303 0.7×	287 0.9×	203 0.9×	85	2.0k

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Ninan, Neethu, et al.. (2025). Engineering the interfaces of 3D-printed polylactic acid scaffolds with bioactive molecules for bone tissue engineering. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 169. 106903–106903. 1 indexed citations

Ninan, Neethu, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of pomelo oil gelatin coatings on polylactic acid thin films for enhanced antibacterial properties in food packaging. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 60(1). 1 indexed citations

Chan, V. S., et al.. (2025). Therapeutics-Loaded Electrospun Nanofibers: Rational Design and Mechanistic Insights on Managing Chronic Wound Infection. 9–9. 1 indexed citations

Ninan, Neethu, et al.. (2025). Engineered core-shell nanocomposite fibres incorporating bio-ceramics and bioactive molecules for wound repair. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 690. 126533–126533.

Hayles, Andrew, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Neethu Ninan, et al.. (2025). Electrostatic charge at the biomaterial-pathogen interface influences antibiotic efficacy. PubMed. 3(2). 10–10.

Thomas, Nebu George, et al.. (2025). Bioglass in dentistry: A comprehensive review of current applications and innovative frontiers. Journal of Dentistry. 162. 106017–106017.

Ninan, Neethu, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial Textile Coating Armoured with Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitisers to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections. Molecules. 29(6). 1209–1209. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Jianzhong, Neethu Ninan, Agnieszka Mierczyńska-Vasilev, et al.. (2024). Biomimetic Bacterium-like Particles Loaded with Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizers as Plasma Coatings for Implant-Associated Infections. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(15). 18449–18458. 8 indexed citations

Bright, Richard, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial Electrospun Membrane with Hierarchical Bead-on-String Structured Fibres for Wound Infections. Nanomaterials. 14(17). 1429–1429. 1 indexed citations

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Mohan, Sneha, Neethu Ninan, Richard Bright, et al.. (2024). Triboelectric multilayered electrospun co-polyamide-based wound dressings with inherent antibacterial properties. Emergent Materials. 8(1). 589–599. 2 indexed citations

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Pidhatika, Bidhari, Neethu Ninan, Richard Bright, et al.. (2024). Plasma‐assisted surface engineering for value added in starch bioplastics: A study on enhanced surface properties and natural dye immobilization. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 141(12). 3 indexed citations

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Ninan, Neethu, Thabang Calvin Lebepe, Sundararajan Parani, et al.. (2023). Photostable fluorescent Near-infrared colloidal Mn-doped CuInSe/ZnS quantum dots for cancer-bacteria dual imaging. Journal of Luminescence. 258. 119785–119785. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, Hao Wang, Neethu Ninan, et al.. (2023). Silver─Gallium Nano‐Amalgamated Particles as a Novel, Biocompatible Solution for Antibacterial Coatings. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(31). 44 indexed citations

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Pham, Tuyet, Andrew Hayles, Wenshao Li, et al.. (2023). Transforming Spirulina maxima Biomass into Ultrathin Bioactive Coatings Using an Atmospheric Plasma Jet: A New Approach to Healing of Infected Wounds. Small. 20(39). e2305469–e2305469. 12 indexed citations

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Ninan, Neethu, Thabang Calvin Lebepe, Sundararajan Parani, et al.. (2021). Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer and Prostatitis Using near Infra-Red Fluorescent AgInSe/ZnS Quantum Dots. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(22). 12514–12514. 14 indexed citations

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Goh, Christopher, Neethu Ninan, Hanieh Safizadeh Shirazi, et al.. (2020). Iodine complexed poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) plasma polymers as broad-spectrum antiseptic coatings. Applied Surface Science. 537. 147866–147866. 24 indexed citations

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Hammiche, Dalila, Amar Boukerrou, & Neethu Ninan. (2018). Properties of biocomposites based on poly (hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate). AIP conference proceedings. 1981. 20117–20117.

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Ninan, Neethu, Sabu Thomas, & Yves Grohens. (2014). Wound healing in urology. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 82-83. 93–105. 33 indexed citations

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Ninan, Neethu, Muthunarayanan Muthiah, In‐Kyu Park, et al.. (2013). Pectin/carboxymethyl cellulose/microfibrillated cellulose composite scaffolds for tissue engineering. Carbohydrate Polymers. 98(1). 877–885. 210 indexed citations

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Ninan, Neethu, Muthunarayanan Muthiah, In‐Kyu Park, et al.. (2013). Antibacterial and wound healing analysis of gelatin/zeolite scaffolds. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 115. 244–252. 66 indexed citations

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