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Michael S. Strano

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Biomedical Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Graphene research and applications, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.
h-index
111
citations
79,292
works
757
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

In Vivo Detection of IAA Using IAA Nanosensor
Methods in molecular biology 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
A Near-Infrared Fluorescent Nanosensor for Direct and Real-Time Measurement of Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Plants
ACS Nano 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
Corona Dynamics of Nanoparticles and Their Functional Design Space in Molecular Sensing
ACS Nano 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
A molecularly impermeable polymer from two-dimensional polyaramids
Nature 2025cited by 5position: lastdoi
A Nanosensor Platform for Biologging in Marine Animals
ACS Sensors 2025cited by 4position: lastdoi
Colorimetric sensing for translational applications: from colorants to mechanisms
Chemical Society Reviews 2024cited by 147position: middledoi
Decoding early stress signaling waves in living plants using nanosensor multiplexing
Nature Communications 2024cited by 82position: middledoi
Polymeric Nanocarriers Autonomously Cross the Plant Cell Wall and Enable Protein Delivery for Stress Sensing
Advanced Materials 2024cited by 16position: middledoi
Chromatic covalent organic frameworks enabling in-vivo chemical tomography
Nature Communications 2024cited by 13position: lastdoi
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple
Nature Catalysis 2024cited by 13position: lastdoi
Environmental damping and vibrational coupling of confined fluids within isolated carbon nanotubes
Nature Communications 2024cited by 2position: lastdoi
Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores
Chemical Reviews 2023cited by 188position: middledoi
Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants
Nature Biotechnology 2023cited by 76position: middledoi
Near-Infrared Fluorescent Carbon Nanotube Sensors for the Plant Hormone Family Gibberellins
Nano Letters 2023cited by 66position: lastdoi
Design of Biodegradable, Climate-Specific Packaging Materials That Sense Food Spoilage and Extend Shelf Life
ACS Nano 2023cited by 61position: middledoi
Investigations of Vacancy-Assisted Selective Detection of NO<sub>2</sub> Molecules in Vertically Aligned SnS<sub>2</sub>
ACS Sensors 2023cited by 56position: lastdoi
Single-Crystal 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Plant Biotechnology
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 52position: lastdoi
Colloidal robotics
Nature Materials 2023cited by 39position: lastdoi
Prolonged photostability in hexagonal boron nitride quantum emitters
Communications Materials 2023cited by 39position: lastdoi
In-Vivo fluorescent nanosensor implants based on hydrogel-encapsulation: investigating the inflammation and the foreign-body response
Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023cited by 23position: lastdoi
Irreversible synthesis of an ultrastrong two-dimensional polymeric material
Nature 2022cited by 124position: lastdoi
Gas Separations using Nanoporous Atomically Thin Membranes: Recent Theoretical, Simulation, and Experimental Advances
Advanced Materials 2022cited by 80position: middledoi
A wavelength-induced frequency filtering method for fluorescent nanosensors in vivo
Nature Nanotechnology 2022cited by 53position: lastdoi
Molecular Recognition and <i>In Vivo</i> Detection of Temozolomide and 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide for Glioblastoma Using Near-Infrared Fluorescent Carbon Nanotube Sensors
ACS Nano 2022cited by 27position: lastdoi
Emergent microrobotic oscillators via asymmetry-induced order
Nature Communications 2022cited by 15position: lastdoi
A theory of mechanical stress-induced H2O2 signaling waveforms in Planta
Journal of Mathematical Biology 2022cited by 10position: lastdoi
Nanophotonic biosensors harnessing van der Waals materials
Nature Communications 2021cited by 155position: lastdoi
Nanosensor Detection of Synthetic Auxins <i>In Planta</i> using Corona Phase Molecular Recognition
ACS Sensors 2021cited by 67position: lastdoi
Direct Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Porous Single‐Layer Graphene Membranes with High Gas Permeances and Selectivities
Advanced Materials 2021cited by 60position: lastdoi
Genetic Manipulation of M13 Bacteriophage for Enhancing the Efficiency of Virus‐Inoculated Perovskite Solar Cells with a Certified Efficiency of 22.3%
Advanced Energy Materials 2021cited by 44position: middledoi

Grants

Theory and Computationally Guided Molecular Recognition Design for Single-Cell Population Chemical Analysis: Renewal
NSF2521876$450,0002025–2028PIRePORTER
Conference: NT24 (Nanotech 2024)
NSF2426169$31,0002024–2025PIRePORTER
Developing Nanosensor Chemical Cytometry (NCC) to Support the Development of Cellular Therapeutics
NSF2124194$420,0612021–2025PIRePORTER
Understanding Gas Transport through Nanopores in Graphene Membranes
NSF1907716$300,0002019–2022PIRePORTER
RUI-Collaborative Research-Electrokinetic Transport and Electric Field Control of Ion Motion through the Interior of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
NSF1904453$58,8712019–2022PIRePORTER
Collaborative Proposal:RUI: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanopores for Motion Control of Biologically Important Molecules and Ions and Undergraduate Training in Nanopore Transport
NSF1306529$30,0002013–2016PIRePORTER
Near Infrared Fluorescent Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Novel Solution Phase Optical Sensing Materials Proposal Renewal
NSF1213622$400,0002012–2015PIRePORTER
EAGER: Continuous, Catalyzed Thermopower Wave Generators Powered by Renewable Biofuels: A New Fuel Cell Concept
NSF1239073$81,4572012–2013PIRePORTER
NIRT: Single molecule detection in living cells using carbon nanotube optical probes
NSF0753036$999,2652007–2011PIRePORTER
NIRT: Single molecule detection in living cells using carbon nanotube optical probes
NSF0708459$999,2652007–2007PIRePORTER
Near Infrared Fluorescent Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Novel Solution Phase Optical Sensing Materials - Proposal Renewal
NSF0753020$298,1242007–2010PIRePORTER
Near Infrared Fluorescent Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Novel Solution Phase Optical Sensing Materials - Proposal Renewal
NSF0651903$298,1242007–2007PIRePORTER
PECASE: Understanding and Exploiting the Surface Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes: Optical Methods and Chemical Pathways for Manipulation, Control and Assembly at the Nanoscale
NSF0758352$275,5172007–2011PIRePORTER
PECASE: Understanding and Exploiting the Surface Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes: Optical Methods and Chemical Pathways for Manipulation, Control and Assembly at the Nanoscale
NSF0449147$398,8342005–2008PIRePORTER
Sensors: Near Infrared Fluorescent Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Solution Phase Optical Sensing Materials
NSF0330350$324,9662004–2006PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Volodymyr B. Koman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology25 papers (2016–2025)Daniel Blankschtein · Massachusetts Institute of Technology21 papers (2012–2024)Ananth Govind Rajan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology15 papers (2015–2019)Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew · National University of Singapore15 papers (2016–2025)Qing Hua Wang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology15 papers (2012–2017)Markita P. Landry · Massachusetts Institute of Technology14 papers (2013–2017)Nigel F. Reuel · Massachusetts Institute of Technology14 papers (2012–2015)Sebastian Kruss · Massachusetts Institute of Technology13 papers (2013–2017)Albert Tianxiang Liu · Palo Alto University12 papers (2017–2023)Gili Bisker · Massachusetts Institute of Technology12 papers (2014–2022)Pingwei Liu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology12 papers (2016–2022)Min Hao Wong · Massachusetts Institute of Technology11 papers (2015–2020)Kourosh Kalantar‐Zadeh · The University of Sydney11 papers (2012–2017)Xun Gong · Massachusetts Institute of Technology11 papers (2014–2025)Jingqing Zhang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 papers (2012–2014)Zhe Yuan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 papers (2017–2023)Seon‐Yeong Kwak · Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 papers (2015–2020)Duc Thinh Khong · Nanyang Technological University10 papers (2020–2026)Chih‐Jen Shih · Massachusetts Institute of Technology9 papers (2012–2016)Gajendra Singh · Massachusetts Institute of Technology9 papers (2020–2025)