Thomas Pons

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Pons is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Pons has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Pons's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (67 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (41 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (26 papers). Thomas Pons is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (67 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (41 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (26 papers). Thomas Pons collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Thomas Pons's co-authors include Igor L. Medintz, Hedi Mattoussi, Benoît Dubertret, James B. Delehanty, Nicolas Lequeux, Kim E. Sapsford, Kimihiro Susumu, Elsa Cassette, Jérôme Mertz and Lina Bezdetnaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Pons

103 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Energy Transfer with Semiconductor Quantum Dot Bioconjugates: A Versatile Platform for Biosensing, Energy Harvesting, and Other Developing Applications

2016 599 citations Niko Hildebrandt, Thomas Pons et al. profile →
Cadmium-Free CuInS₂/ZnS Quantum Dots for Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging with Reduced Toxicity

2010 459 citations Thomas Pons, Emilie Pic et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Pons France	45	5.4k	3.1k	2.2k	1.9k	1.1k	107	7.4k
H. Tetsuo Uyeda United States	20	6.3k 1.2×	3.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	938 0.9×	31	8.7k
James M. Tsay United States	13	5.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	786 0.7×	18	7.5k
Gobalakrishnan Sundaresan United States	22	4.7k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	679 0.6×	47	8.3k
Peter Gin United States	8	6.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	980 0.9×	13	7.7k
Niko Hildebrandt France	49	5.4k 1.0×	4.6k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	161	8.5k
W. Russ Algar Canada	49	5.5k 1.0×	5.6k 1.8×	3.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	863 0.8×	134	9.6k
Vasudevanpillai Biju Japan	43	4.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	154	7.2k
Michael H. Stewart United States	38	4.0k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	847 0.8×	89	6.9k
Eunkeu Oh United States	42	4.1k 0.8×	3.8k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	135	8.0k
James B. Delehanty United States	46	3.8k 0.7×	4.2k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	870 0.8×	125	7.6k

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Xu, Xiangzhen, Corentin Dabard, Mathieu G. Silly, et al.. (2025). Determination of band alignment of core/shell colloidal CdSe/CdS quantum dots, by optical and X-ray photo-electron spectroscopies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100024–100024. 2 indexed citations

Gupta, Vaibhav, José Luis Montaño‐Priede, Rijil Thomas, et al.. (2025). Photoluminescence Enhancement at Telecom Wavelengths from PbS/CdS Quantum Dots coupled to a Plasmonic Crescent Metasurface. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(40). 19474–19482.

Pons, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Targeting of 3D oral cancer spheroids by αVβ6 integrin using near-infrared peptide-conjugated IRDye 680. Cancer Cell International. 24(1). 228–228. 3 indexed citations

Béal, Jérémie, et al.. (2023). Micropatterning of Quantum Dots for Biofunctionalization and Nanoimaging. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(10). 8444–8452.

Ayoub, J. A., et al.. (2023). Mineralogical Characterization of the Biodegradation of Sewage Cementitious Materials in the Presence of H2S. 2 indexed citations

Pons, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Quantum Dots Mediated Imaging and Phototherapy in Cancer Spheroid Models: State of the Art and Perspectives. Pharmaceutics. 14(10). 2136–2136. 26 indexed citations

Xu, Xiangzhen, et al.. (2020). Microcavity-Enhanced Fluorescence Energy Transfer from Quantum Dot Excited Whispering Gallery Modes to Acceptor Dye Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 15(1). 1445–1453. 28 indexed citations

Yakavets, Ilya, et al.. (2019). The targeting ability of fluorescent quantum dots to the folate receptor rich tumors. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 26. 150–156. 19 indexed citations

Trapiella‐Alfonso, Laura, Thomas Pons, Nicolas Lequeux, et al.. (2018). Clickable-Zwitterionic Copolymer Capped-Quantum Dots for in Vivo Fluorescence Tumor Imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(20). 17107–17116. 46 indexed citations

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Tasso, Mariana, Laura Trapiella‐Alfonso, Xiangzhen Xu, et al.. (2017). Zwitterionic Silane Copolymer for Ultra-Stable and Bright Biomolecular Probes Based on Fluorescent Quantum Dot Nanoclusters. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(21). 18161–18169. 12 indexed citations

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Ishida, Yohei, et al.. (2017). Real-Space Investigation of Energy Transfer through Electron Tomography. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(51). 28395–28402. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhenhua, Gary Sitbon, Thomas Pons, Artem A. Bakulin, & Zhuoying Chen. (2015). Reduced Carrier Recombination in PbS - CuInS2 Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10626–10626. 54 indexed citations

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Sitbon, Gary, Mariana Tasso, Aurélie François, et al.. (2014). Multimodal Mn-doped I–III–VI quantum dots for near infrared fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging: from synthesis to in vivo application. Nanoscale. 6(15). 9264–9272. 48 indexed citations

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David, Nicolás, et al.. (2014). PATHWAY DETECTION AND GEOMETRICAL DESCRIPTION FROM ALS DATA IN FORESTED MOUNTANEOUS AREA. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations

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Sitbon, Gary, et al.. (2014). Enhancing fluorescence in vivo imaging using inorganic nanoprobes. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 34. 65–72. 35 indexed citations

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Oh, Eunkeu, Fredrik K. Fatemi, Marc Currie, et al.. (2013). Imaging: PEGylated Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Bioconjugation, and Application to One‐ and Two‐Photon Cellular Imaging (Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 5/2013). Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 30(5). 393–393. 1 indexed citations

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Helle, Marion, Elsa Cassette, Lina Bezdetnaya, et al.. (2012). Visualisation of Sentinel Lymph Node with Indium-Based near Infrared Emitting Quantum Dots in a Murine Metastatic Breast Cancer Model. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e44433–e44433. 45 indexed citations

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Cassette, Elsa, Thomas Pons, Cécile Bouet, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and Characterization of Near-Infrared Cu−In−Se/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots for In vivo Imaging. Chemistry of Materials. 22(22). 6117–6124. 165 indexed citations

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Marchal, Frédéric, et al.. (2008). Quantum dots in oncological surgery: the future for surgical margin status. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 20 indexed citations

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Medintz, Igor L., Thomas Pons, James B. Delehanty, et al.. (2008). Intracellular Delivery of Quantum Dot−Protein Cargos Mediated by Cell Penetrating Peptides. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 19(9). 1785–1795. 131 indexed citations

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