Volker Mailänder

16.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
250 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Volker Mailänder is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Mailänder has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Biomaterials, 99 papers in Molecular Biology and 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Volker Mailänder's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (100 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (42 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (42 papers). Volker Mailänder is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (100 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (42 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (42 papers). Volker Mailänder collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Volker Mailänder's co-authors include Katharina Landfester, Anna Musyanovych, Susanne Schöttler, Johanna Simon, Frederik R. Wurm, G. Ulrich Nienhaus, Tatiana Syrovets, Svenja Winzen, Kristin Mohr and Svenja Morsbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Volker Mailänder

245 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

Protein adsorption is required for stealth effect of poly... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2016 2015 2011 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Protein adsorption is required for stealth effect of poly(ethylene glycol)- and poly(phosphoester)-coated nanocarriers
    2016 1.0k citations Katharina Landfester, Volker Mailänder et al. profile →
  2. Protein Corona of Nanoparticles: Distinct Proteins Regulate the Cellular Uptake
    2015 516 citations Anna Musyanovych, Katharina Landfester et al. Biomacromolecules profile →
  3. Differential Uptake of Functionalized Polystyrene Nanoparticles by Human Macrophages and a Monocytic Cell Line
    2011 510 citations Anna Musyanovych, Volker Mailänder et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Volker Mailänder Germany 63 5.8k 4.5k 4.3k 3.2k 2.0k 250 13.7k
Zhengwei Mao China 62 5.0k 0.9× 6.2k 1.4× 3.0k 0.7× 3.9k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 266 13.8k
Jiwei Cui China 51 4.3k 0.7× 4.5k 1.0× 2.2k 0.5× 3.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.4× 244 12.2k
Dagmar Fischer Germany 43 5.6k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 7.0k 1.6× 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 131 14.6k
Si‐Xue Cheng China 61 5.7k 1.0× 5.3k 1.2× 4.3k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 942 0.5× 272 13.4k
Sangyong Jon South Korea 62 5.6k 1.0× 6.7k 1.5× 7.2k 1.7× 3.2k 1.0× 602 0.3× 219 16.4k
Xintao Shuai China 66 6.7k 1.2× 6.4k 1.4× 5.0k 1.2× 2.4k 0.8× 691 0.4× 287 14.4k
Linqi Shi China 63 3.7k 0.6× 4.7k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 4.1k 1.3× 906 0.5× 356 13.7k
Seungpyo Hong United States 45 6.0k 1.0× 5.9k 1.3× 6.5k 1.5× 2.7k 0.8× 607 0.3× 159 15.0k
Bruno G. De Geest Belgium 57 3.7k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 3.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 3.4k 1.8× 256 11.2k
Wuli Yang China 66 5.1k 0.9× 6.1k 1.4× 3.0k 0.7× 5.7k 1.8× 1.1k 0.5× 227 14.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volker Mailänder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fu, Fangqin, Yu Gao, Ting He, et al.. (2025). Physiological pH Transition‐Driven Protein Corona Dynamics Regulate Cellular Uptake and Inflammatory Responses of Silica Nanoparticles. Advanced Science. 12(43). e02788–e02788.
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He, Ting, Yuanyuan Niu, Volker Mailänder, et al.. (2025). The Distribution of Complement Proteins in Soft and Hard Coronas Impacts Macrophage Uptake of Nanoparticles. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 15(6). e03534–e03534. 1 indexed citations
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Landfester, Katharina, et al.. (2024). Effect of Protein Corona on the Specificity and Efficacy of Nanobioconjugates to Treat Intracellular Infections. Macromolecular Bioscience. 24(2). 1 indexed citations
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Jung, Carina, Michael Fichter, Paul M. Schneider, et al.. (2024). Nanobodies Outperform Antibodies – Rapid Functionalization with Equal In Vivo Targeting Properties. Advanced Materials. 36(52). e2412563–e2412563. 5 indexed citations
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Mateos‐Maroto, Ana, Meiyu Gai, Johanna Simon, et al.. (2023). Systematic modulation of the lipid composition enables the tuning of liposome cellular uptake. Acta Biomaterialia. 158. 463–474. 17 indexed citations
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Han, Shen, Johanna Simon, Anke Kaltbeitzel, et al.. (2023). Endosomal sorting results in a selective separation of the protein corona from nanoparticles. Nature Communications. 14(1). 295–295. 30 indexed citations
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Simon, Johanna, et al.. (2022). Proteomics reveals differential adsorption of angiogenic platelet lysate proteins on calcium phosphate bone substitute materials. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Champanhac, Carole, Jiong‐Wei Wang, G. Storm, et al.. (2021). Nanomedicine at the crossroads – A quick guide for IVIVC. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 179. 113829–113829. 43 indexed citations
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Pfitzner, Felix, Martin Lange, Marcus von der Au, et al.. (2021). Transparent polycarbonate coated with CeO2 nanozymes repel Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 biofilms. Nanoscale. 14(1). 86–98. 18 indexed citations
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Thiramanas, Raweewan, et al.. (2020). Temperature Sensing in Cells Using Polymeric Upconversion Nanocapsules. Biomacromolecules. 21(11). 4469–4478. 30 indexed citations
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Mailänder, Volker, et al.. (2020). Polysaccharide-Based pH-Responsive Nanocapsules Prepared with Bio-Orthogonal Chemistry and Their Use as Responsive Delivery Systems. Biomacromolecules. 21(7). 2764–2771. 26 indexed citations
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Morsbach, Svenja, Grazia Gonella, Volker Mailänder, et al.. (2018). Engineering von Proteinen an Oberflächen: Von komplementärer Charakterisierung zu Materialoberflächen mit maßgeschneiderten Funktionen. Angewandte Chemie. 130(39). 12806–12830. 3 indexed citations
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Renz, Patricia, Johanna Simon, Ingo Lieberwirth, et al.. (2018). Highly Loaded Semipermeable Nanocapsules for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Macromolecular Bioscience. 18(4). e1700387–e1700387. 10 indexed citations
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Kokkinopoulou, Maria, Johanna Simon, Katharina Landfester, Volker Mailänder, & Ingo Lieberwirth. (2017). Visualization of the protein corona: towards a biomolecular understanding of nanoparticle-cell-interactions. Nanoscale. 9(25). 8858–8870. 223 indexed citations
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Sun, Wen, Raweewan Thiramanas, Leonardo D. Slep, et al.. (2017). Photoactivation of Anticancer Ru Complexes in Deep Tissue: How Deep Can We Go?. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(45). 10832–10837. 62 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhijun, Raweewan Thiramanas, Chaoming Xie, et al.. (2017). Upconversion Nanocarriers Encapsulated with Photoactivatable Ru Complexes for Near‐Infrared Light‐Regulated Enzyme Activity. Small. 13(46). 40 indexed citations
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Dass, Martin, et al.. (2013). Polymeric nanoparticles of different sizes overcome the cell membrane barrier. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 84(2). 265–274. 59 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Steffen, Ludwika Kreja, Anna Musyanovych, et al.. (2009). Effect of functionalised fluorescence-labelled nanoparticles on mesenchymal stem cell differentiation. Biomaterials. 31(8). 2064–2071. 43 indexed citations

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