Simion Aştilean

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

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Simion Aştilean is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simion Aştilean has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 116 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 80 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Simion Aştilean's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (111 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (43 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (35 papers). Simion Aştilean is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (111 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (43 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (35 papers). Simion Aştilean collaborates with scholars based in Romania, France and United Kingdom. Simion Aştilean's co-authors include Monica Potara, Cosmin Farcǎu, Monica Focşan, Sanda Boca, Philippe Lalanne, Cosmin Leordean, Valentin Canpean, Monica Baia, Patrice L. Baldeck and Ana‐Maria Gabudean and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Simion Aştilean

215 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simion Aştilean Romania	47	3.9k	3.5k	2.9k	1.8k	1.2k	219	7.7k
Jeffrey N. Anker United States	30	5.3k 1.4×	4.2k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	83	8.5k
Alexander Wei United States	47	3.8k 1.0×	3.7k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	982 0.8×	167	8.8k
Amanda J. Haes United States	36	5.5k 1.4×	5.4k 1.5×	2.8k 1.0×	3.4k 1.9×	1.5k 1.3×	75	9.4k
Matthew Rycenga United States	32	3.4k 0.9×	4.8k 1.4×	4.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	42	7.8k
Eduardo A. Coronado Argentina	26	5.8k 1.5×	7.2k 2.1×	4.9k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	81	11.1k
Igor Nabiev Russia	46	2.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	4.4k 1.5×	3.3k 1.9×	1.6k 1.3×	303	8.7k
Xing Yi Ling Singapore	54	3.4k 0.9×	4.1k 1.2×	4.8k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	186	9.8k
Oara Neumann United States	28	2.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	837 0.5×	828 0.7×	36	6.5k
Dong Qin United States	40	4.7k 1.2×	4.0k 1.2×	4.6k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	96	10.6k
George Chumanov United States	34	2.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	993 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	107	6.1k

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Chapelle, Marc Lamy de la, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Metal Nanoclusters: From Novel Synthesis to Emerging Applications. Molecules. 30(19). 3848–3848. 1 indexed citations

Maniu, Dana, et al.. (2025). Graphene-mediated surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for DNA Detection&hybridization: Breakthroughs and challenges. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 286. 117610–117610. 3 indexed citations

Craciun, Ana-Maria, Simion Aştilean, Monica Focşan, & Marc Lamy de la Chapelle. (2024). Gold nanoparticles conjugated with fluorophore-labeled DNA: Overview of sensing and imaging applications. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 180. 117913–117913. 11 indexed citations

Suarasan, Sorina, et al.. (2024). Aptamer-conjugated gold nanoparticles for portable, ultrasensitive naked-eye detection of C-reactive protein based on the Tyndall effect. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1307. 342626–342626. 11 indexed citations

Polonschii, Cristina, et al.. (2023). Progress in the Optical Sensing of Cardiac Biomarkers. Biosensors. 13(6). 632–632. 18 indexed citations

Suarasan, Sorina, et al.. (2023). Controlling the optical and morphological stability of 4-mercaptobenzoic acid-modified triangular silver nanoplates in saline environments. Applied Surface Science. 638. 158126–158126. 3 indexed citations

Suciu, Maria, Raluca Borlan, Andreea Campu, et al.. (2023). NIR photothermal-activable drug-conjugated microcapsules for in vitro targeted delivery and release: An alternative treatment of diabetic retinopathy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 635. 122700–122700. 11 indexed citations

Craciun, Ana-Maria, et al.. (2022). Glutathione-capped gold nanoclusters as near-infrared-emitting efficient contrast agents for confocal fluorescence imaging of tissue-mimicking phantoms. Microchimica Acta. 189(9). 337–337. 10 indexed citations

Suarasan, Sorina, Andreea Campu, Adriana Vulpoi, Manuela Banciu, & Simion Aştilean. (2022). Assessing the Efficiency of Triangular Gold Nanoparticles as NIR Photothermal Agents In Vitro and Melanoma Tumor Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 13724–13724. 10 indexed citations

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Potara, Monica, et al.. (2022). Probing polyvinylpyrrolidone-passivated graphene oxide nanoflakes as contrast agents inside tissue-like phantoms via multimodal confocal microscopy. Talanta. 247. 123581–123581. 2 indexed citations

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Moraillon, A., Éric Larquet, Monica Potara, et al.. (2021). SERS characterization of aggregated and isolated bacteria deposited on silver-based substrates. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 413(5). 1417–1428. 19 indexed citations

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Campu, Andreea, Frédéric Lerouge, Ana-Maria Craciun, et al.. (2020). Microfluidic platform for integrated plasmonic detection in laminal flow. Nanotechnology. 31(33). 335502–335502. 4 indexed citations

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Campu, Andreea, Ana-Maria Craciun, Monica Focşan, & Simion Aştilean. (2019). Assessment of the photothermal conversion efficiencies of tunable gold bipyramids under irradiation by two laser lines in a NIR biological window. Nanotechnology. 30(40). 405701–405701. 27 indexed citations

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Potara, Monica, Sorina Suarasan, Adriana Vulpoi, et al.. (2019). Fabrication of gold–silver core–shell nanoparticles for performing as ultrabright SERS-nanotags inside human ovarian cancer cells. Nanotechnology. 30(31). 315701–315701. 27 indexed citations

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Suarasan, Sorina, Ana-Maria Craciun, Emilia Licărete, et al.. (2019). Intracellular Dynamic Disentangling of Doxorubicin Release from Luminescent Nanogold Carriers by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) under Two-Photon Excitation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(8). 7812–7822. 29 indexed citations

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Focşan, Monica, et al.. (2019). Controlling the end-to-end assembly of gold nanorods to enhance the plasmonic response in near infrared. Materials Research Express. 6(9). 95038–95038. 13 indexed citations

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Campu, Andreea, Frédéric Lerouge, Denis Château, et al.. (2018). Gold NanoBipyramids Performing as Highly Sensitive Dual-Modal Optical Immunosensors. Analytical Chemistry. 90(14). 8567–8575. 50 indexed citations

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Potara, Monica, Sanda Boca, Emilia Licărete, et al.. (2013). Chitosan-coated triangular silver nanoparticles as a novel class of biocompatible, highly sensitive plasmonic platforms for intracellular SERS sensing and imaging. Nanoscale. 5(13). 6013–6013. 58 indexed citations

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Iosin, Monica, Olivier Stéphan, Simion Aştilean, Alain Duperray, & Patrice L. Baldeck. (2007). Microstructuration of protein matrices by laser-induced photochemistry. Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials. 9(3). 716–720. 19 indexed citations

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Chiş, Vasile, et al.. (2007). Density functional theory investigation of p-aminothiophenol molecules adsorbed on gold nanoparticles. Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials. 9(3). 733–736. 29 indexed citations

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