Tuna Yücel

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Tuna Yücel is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tuna Yücel has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biomaterials, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tuna Yücel's work include Silk-based biomaterials and applications (9 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (5 papers). Tuna Yücel is often cited by papers focused on Silk-based biomaterials and applications (9 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (5 papers). Tuna Yücel collaborates with scholars based in United States. Tuna Yücel's co-authors include David L. Kaplan, Michael L. Lovett, Xiaoqin Wang, Rucsanda C. Preda, Danielle N. Rockwood, Peggy Cebe, Qiang Lü, Joel P. Schneider, Darrin J. Pochan and Xiao Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Biomaterials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tuna Yücel

14 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

2011 2.4k citations Danielle N. Rockwood, Rucsanda C. Preda et al. Nature Protocols profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tuna Yücel United States	13	3.5k	1.5k	1.1k	544	310	14	4.3k
Shenzhou Lu China	32	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	871 0.8×	438 0.8×	211 0.7×	127	4.1k
Young Hwan Park South Korea	35	3.1k 0.9×	908 0.6×	776 0.7×	543 1.0×	264 0.9×	53	3.7k
Yasushi Tamada Japan	33	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	653 0.6×	635 1.2×	226 0.7×	109	3.8k
F. Philipp Seib United Kingdom	33	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	295 0.5×	242 0.8×	68	3.4k
José Carlos Rodríguez‐Cabello Spain	47	3.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	556 1.0×	185 0.6×	240	6.7k
Fatemeh Mottaghitalab Iran	32	2.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	725 0.7×	187 0.3×	197 0.6×	60	3.8k
Michael L. Lovett United States	16	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	877 0.8×	427 0.8×	242 0.8×	16	4.4k
Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina Australia	38	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	922 0.9×	362 0.7×	181 0.6×	95	5.2k
Banani Kundu India	25	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	560 0.5×	264 0.5×	193 0.6×	47	3.5k
Rangam Rajkhowa Australia	31	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	607 0.6×	289 0.5×	162 0.5×	100	3.9k

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Lovett, Michael L., et al.. (2015). Silk hydrogels for sustained ocular delivery of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapeutics. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 95(Pt B). 271–278. 95 indexed citations

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Micklitsch, Christopher M., Scott H. Medina, Tuna Yücel, et al.. (2015). Influence of Hydrophobic Face Amino Acids on the Hydrogelation of β-Hairpin Peptide Amphiphiles. Macromolecules. 48(5). 1281–1288. 42 indexed citations

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Yücel, Tuna, Michael L. Lovett, & David L. Kaplan. (2014). Silk-based biomaterials for sustained drug delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 190. 381–397. 272 indexed citations

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Yücel, Tuna, et al.. (2014). Silk fibroin rods for sustained delivery of breast cancer therapeutics. Biomaterials. 35(30). 8613–8620. 36 indexed citations

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Rockwood, Danielle N., Rucsanda C. Preda, Tuna Yücel, et al.. (2011). Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin. Nature Protocols. 6(10). 1612–1631. 2406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yücel, Tuna, Peggy Cebe, & David L. Kaplan. (2011). Structural Origins of Silk Piezoelectricity. Advanced Functional Materials. 21(4). 779–785. 148 indexed citations

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Yan, Congqi, Ayşegül Altunbaş, Tuna Yücel, et al.. (2010). Injectable solid hydrogel: mechanism of shear-thinning and immediate recovery of injectable β-hairpin peptide hydrogels. Soft Matter. 6(20). 5143–5143. 292 indexed citations

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Yücel, Tuna, Peggy Cebe, & David L. Kaplan. (2009). Vortex-Induced Injectable Silk Fibroin Hydrogels. Biophysical Journal. 97(7). 2044–2050. 302 indexed citations

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Yücel, Tuna, et al.. (2009). Non-equilibrium silk fibroin adhesives. Journal of Structural Biology. 170(2). 406–412. 72 indexed citations

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Leisk, Gary G., et al.. (2009). Electrogelation for Protein Adhesives. Advanced Materials. 22(6). 711–715. 170 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoqin, Tuna Yücel, Qiang Lü, Xiao Hu, & David L. Kaplan. (2009). Silk nanospheres and microspheres from silk/pva blend films for drug delivery. Biomaterials. 31(6). 1025–1035. 352 indexed citations

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Salick, Daphne A., et al.. (2009). Folding, Self-Assembly, and Bulk Material Properties of a De Novo Designed Three-Stranded β-Sheet Hydrogel. Biomacromolecules. 10(5). 1295–1304. 68 indexed citations

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Yücel, Tuna. (2008). Early-time, beta-hairpin peptide self -assembly and hydrogelation: Structure, kinetics, and shear-recovery. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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Yücel, Tuna, Christopher M. Micklitsch, Joel P. Schneider, & Darrin J. Pochan. (2008). Direct Observation of Early-Time Hydrogelation in β-Hairpin Peptide Self-Assembly. Macromolecules. 41(15). 5763–5772. 78 indexed citations

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