Alba Marcellan

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alba Marcellan is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alba Marcellan has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Medicine, 20 papers in Biomaterials and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alba Marcellan's work include Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (29 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (13 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers). Alba Marcellan is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (29 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (13 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers). Alba Marcellan collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Belgium. Alba Marcellan's co-authors include Dominique Hourdet, Séverine Rose, Ludwik Leibler, Costantino Creton, Paul Elzière, Hui Guo, Nicolas Sanson, Tetsuharu Narita, Wei‐Chun Lin and Wei Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alba Marcellan

56 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nanoparticle solutions as adhesives for gels and biological tissues

2013 666 citations Séverine Rose, Paul Elzière et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alba Marcellan France	24	1.1k	1.1k	741	577	574	59	2.8k
Ruobing Bai United States	25	2.3k 2.1×	1.1k 1.0×	771 1.0×	830 1.4×	906 1.6×	63	4.1k
Hailong Fan China	24	1.6k 1.5×	603 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	824 1.4×	386 0.7×	45	3.8k
Daniel R. King Japan	25	1.3k 1.1×	743 0.7×	511 0.7×	594 1.0×	641 1.1×	45	2.4k
Takayuki Nonoyama Japan	34	2.4k 2.2×	2.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.9×	808 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	77	4.6k
Mutian Hua United States	25	2.5k 2.2×	978 0.9×	819 1.1×	793 1.4×	1.5k 2.6×	39	4.6k
Honglei Guo China	21	899 0.8×	730 0.7×	483 0.7×	454 0.8×	497 0.9×	69	2.2k
Abu Bin Ihsan Japan	12	1.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.8×	905 1.6×	29	3.4k
Yutaka Katsuyama Japan	12	2.1k 1.9×	2.3k 2.2×	1.2k 1.6×	803 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	121	4.4k
Yinyu Zhang China	17	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	668 1.2×	703 1.2×	29	3.1k
Wesley R. Burghardt United States	32	1.1k 1.0×	457 0.4×	640 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	561 1.0×	108	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Alba Marcellan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alba Marcellan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bresson, Bruno, et al.. (2025). Formulation of Sustainable Materials from Agar/Glycerol/Water Gels: An Alternative to Polyurethane Foams in Single-Use Applications. Gels. 11(10). 842–842.

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Marcellan, Alba, et al.. (2023). Sol/gel transition of thermoresponsive Hyaluronan: From liquids to elastic and sticky materials. Carbohydrate Polymers. 310. 120715–120715. 15 indexed citations

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Pantoustier, Nadège, et al.. (2023). Role of Polymer–Particle Adhesion in the Reinforcement of Hybrid Hydrogels. Macromolecules. 56(19). 8024–8038. 1 indexed citations

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Bresson, Bruno, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of damage and fracture of aramid fibers: Focus on the role of microfibril cooperativity in fracture toughness. Journal of Polymer Science. 61(20). 2549–2558. 5 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Tasuku, et al.. (2023). Inverse mechanical-swelling coupling of a highly deformed double-network gel. Science Advances. 9(19). eabp8351–eabp8351. 23 indexed citations

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Guo, Hui, Gaëlle Le Fer, Thi Nga Tran, et al.. (2022). Mechanism insights in controlling host–guest (de)complexation by thermoresponsive polymer phase transitions. Polymer Chemistry. 13(25). 3742–3749. 1 indexed citations

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Joanne, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Anisotropic dense collagen hydrogels with two ranges of porosity to mimic the skeletal muscle extracellular matrix. Biomaterials Advances. 144. 213219–213219. 15 indexed citations

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Hu, Yubing, Zhao Li, Xiaofan Ji, et al.. (2021). Hydrophilicity‐Hydrophobicity Transformation, Thermoresponsive Morphomechanics, and Crack Multifurcation Revealed by AIEgens in Mechanically Strong Hydrogels. Advanced Materials. 33(39). e2101500–e2101500. 79 indexed citations

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Salameh, Chrystelle, Yan Wang, Marc Robin, et al.. (2020). Origin of transparency in scattering biomimetic collagen materials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(22). 11947–11953. 20 indexed citations

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Haque, Md. Anamul, Kunpeng Cui, Muhammad Ilyas, et al.. (2020). Lamellar Bilayer to Fibril Structure Transformation of Tough Photonic Hydrogel under Elongation. Macromolecules. 53(12). 4711–4721. 10 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Francisco M., Alba Marcellan, Juliette Peltzer, et al.. (2019). Self‐Assembled Collagen Microparticles by Aerosol as a Versatile Platform for Injectable Anisotropic Materials. Small. 16(4). e1902224–e1902224. 17 indexed citations

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Ronsin, Olivier, et al.. (2019). Environmental Nanoparticle-Induced Toughening and Pinning of a Growing Crack in a Biopolymer Hydrogel. Physical Review Letters. 123(15). 158002–158002. 7 indexed citations

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Marlière, C., et al.. (2017). Recent advances in studying single bacteria and biofilm mechanics. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 247. 573–588. 39 indexed citations

14.

Meddahi‐Pellé, Anne, Aurélie Legrand, Alba Marcellan, et al.. (2014). Organ Repair, Hemostasis, and In Vivo Bonding of Medical Devices by Aqueous Solutions of Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(25). 6369–6373. 204 indexed citations

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Meddahi‐Pellé, Anne, Aurélie Legrand, Alba Marcellan, et al.. (2014). Organ Repair, Hemostasis, and In Vivo Bonding of Medical Devices by Aqueous Solutions of Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie. 126(25). 6487–6491. 12 indexed citations

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Rose, Séverine, et al.. (2013). Nanoparticle solutions as adhesives for gels and biological tissues. Nature. 505(7483). 382–385. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rose, Séverine, Alexandre Dizeux, Tetsuharu Narita, Dominique Hourdet, & Alba Marcellan. (2013). Time Dependence of Dissipative and Recovery Processes in Nanohybrid Hydrogels. Macromolecules. 46(10). 4095–4104. 118 indexed citations

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Marcellan, Alba, et al.. (2010). An experimental investigation of fracture by cavitation of model elastomeric networks. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 48(13). 1409–1422. 71 indexed citations

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Marcellan, Alba, Philippe Colomban, & Anthony R. Bunsell. (2004). (Nano)structure, skin/core and tension behaviour of polyamide fibres. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 35(4). 308–315. 29 indexed citations

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Marcellan, Alba, Anthony R. Bunsell, R. Piques, & Philippe Colomban. (2003). Micro-mechanisms, mechanical behaviour and probabilistic fracture analysis of PA 66 fibres. Journal of Materials Science. 38(10). 2117–2141. 29 indexed citations

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