Rafael B. Lira

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rafael B. Lira is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael B. Lira has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rafael B. Lira's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (11 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers). Rafael B. Lira is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (11 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers). Rafael B. Lira collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Brazil and Netherlands. Rafael B. Lira's co-authors include Rumiana Dimova, Karin A. Riske, Kai Sundmacher, Tanja Vidaković‐Koch, Reinhard Lipowsky, Tom Robinson, Joachim P. Spatz, Ilia Platzman, Barbara Haller and Thomas Heitkamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rafael B. Lira

35 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics

2017 325 citations Marian Weiss, Barbara Haller et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael B. Lira Germany	16	734	398	163	163	152	35	1.1k
Neha P. Kamat United States	21	900 1.2×	350 0.9×	245 1.5×	255 1.6×	199 1.3×	53	1.4k
Tomasz Kalwarczyk Poland	21	643 0.9×	373 0.9×	98 0.6×	202 1.2×	361 2.4×	47	1.4k
Kazuhito V. Tabata Japan	23	1.2k 1.7×	673 1.7×	265 1.6×	253 1.6×	277 1.8×	58	2.0k
Silvina Matysiak United States	19	756 1.0×	262 0.7×	108 0.7×	77 0.5×	502 3.3×	54	1.2k
Jaakko J. Uusitalo Netherlands	8	869 1.2×	236 0.6×	92 0.6×	137 0.8×	303 2.0×	12	1.3k
Agnès Girard-Egrot France	22	866 1.2×	225 0.6×	98 0.6×	136 0.8×	121 0.8×	60	1.3k
Shogo Koga Japan	13	415 0.6×	180 0.5×	196 1.2×	178 1.1×	237 1.6×	23	999
Natalya Bezlyepkina Germany	7	727 1.0×	434 1.1×	83 0.5×	65 0.4×	59 0.4×	7	964
Deny Hartono Singapore	16	398 0.5×	510 1.3×	209 1.3×	120 0.7×	535 3.5×	19	1.5k
N. Amy Yewdall Netherlands	17	638 0.9×	171 0.4×	196 1.2×	111 0.7×	215 1.4×	20	996

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael B. Lira

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Åberg, Christoffer, et al.. (2025). Membrane Fusion‐Based Drug Delivery Liposomes Transiently Modify the Material Properties of Synthetic and Biological Membranes. Small. 21(12). e2408039–e2408039. 4 indexed citations

Lira, Rafael B., et al.. (2024). Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of flexible and rigid dyes probes the biophysical properties of synthetic and biological membranes. Biophysical Journal. 123(12). 1592–1609. 7 indexed citations

Oliveira, Luciana Coutinho de, Rafael B. Lira, Karin A. Riske, et al.. (2023). Model Membranes and Antimicrobial Activities of pH-Sensitive Copolymers. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 1 indexed citations

Benk, Amelie S., Rafael B. Lira, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam, et al.. (2022). Integrin α_IIbβ₃ Activation and Clustering in Minimal Synthetic Cells. Advanced NanoBiomed Research. 2(4). 5 indexed citations

Lira, Rafael B., et al.. (2022). GM1 asymmetry in the membrane stabilizes pores. Biophysical Journal. 121(17). 3295–3302. 7 indexed citations

Otrin, Lado, Agata Witkowska, Nika Marušič, et al.. (2021). En route to dynamic life processes by SNARE-mediated fusion of polymer and hybrid membranes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4972–4972. 28 indexed citations

Marušič, Nika, Lado Otrin, Ziliang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Constructing artificial respiratory chain in polymer compartments: Insights into the interplay betweenbo₃oxidase and the membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(26). 15006–15017. 49 indexed citations

Lira, Rafael B., et al.. (2020). Selective Partitioning of (Biomacro)molecules in the Crowded Environment of Double-Hydrophilic Block Copolymers. Macromolecules. 53(22). 10179–10188. 15 indexed citations

Plucinski, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Aggregation and Crosslinking of Poly(N,N‐dimethylacrylamide)‐b‐pullulan Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 221(13). 11 indexed citations

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Lira, Rafael B. & Rumiana Dimova. (2019). Fusion assays for model membranes: a critical review. 229–270. 13 indexed citations

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Piontek, Melissa C., Rafael B. Lira, & Wouter H. Roos. (2019). Active probing of the mechanical properties of biological and synthetic vesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1865(4). 129486–129486. 28 indexed citations

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Ivanov, Ivan, Rafael B. Lira, T.‐Y. Dora Tang, et al.. (2019). Directed Growth of Biomimetic Microcompartments. Advanced Biosystems. 3(6). e1800314–e1800314. 27 indexed citations

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Lira, Rafael B., Tom Robinson, Rumiana Dimova, & Karin A. Riske. (2018). Highly Efficient Protein-free Membrane Fusion: A Giant Vesicle Study. Biophysical Journal. 116(1). 79–91. 81 indexed citations

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Lira, Rafael B., et al.. (2018). Study of the Fusion Mechanism of Fusogenic Cationic Liposomes with Anionic Model Membranes. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 606a–606a. 6 indexed citations

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Lira, Rafael B., et al.. (2018). Mimicking Cell Pinocytosis: Lipid Vesicles Engulfment of Oil-in-Water Droplets. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 94a–95a. 1 indexed citations

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Weiss, Marian, Barbara Haller, Jan‐Willi Janiesch, et al.. (2017). Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics. Nature Materials. 17(1). 89–96. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lira, Rafael B., Rumiana Dimova, & Karin A. Riske. (2017). Stability of Charged Membranes: The Role of Pore Edge Tension. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 174a–174a. 2 indexed citations

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Mattei, Bruno, Rafael B. Lira, Katia R. Perez, & Karin A. Riske. (2016). Membrane permeabilization induced by Triton X-100: The role of membrane phase state and edge tension. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 202. 28–37. 73 indexed citations

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Yu, Miao, Rafael B. Lira, Karin A. Riske, Rumiana Dimova, & Hao Lin. (2015). Ellipsoidal Relaxation of Deformed Vesicles. Physical Review Letters. 115(12). 128303–128303. 36 indexed citations

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Lira, Rafael B., et al.. (2011). Non-specific interactions of CdTe/Cds Quantum Dots with human blood mononuclear cells. Micron. 43(5). 621–626. 9 indexed citations

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