Alberta Ferrarini

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Alberta Ferrarini is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberta Ferrarini has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 50 papers in Spectroscopy and 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alberta Ferrarini's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (78 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (45 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (33 papers). Alberta Ferrarini is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (78 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (45 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (33 papers). Alberta Ferrarini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Alberta Ferrarini's co-authors include G. R. Luckhurst, P. L. Nordio, Giorgio J. Moro, Cristina Greco, Gian Piero Spada, Silvia Pieraccini, Mirko Cestari, Pier Luigi Nordio, Elisa Frezza and Bakir A. Timimi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Alberta Ferrarini

123 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Phase behavior and properties of the liquid-crystal dimer 1′′,7′′-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane: A twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

2011 534 citations Alberta Ferrarini, G. R. Luckhurst et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberta Ferrarini Italy	39	3.0k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	1.0k	126	4.4k
Satyendra Kumar United States	37	3.5k 1.2×	923 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	161	4.7k
Eva Körblová United States	29	4.2k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	75	4.7k
Georg H. Mehl United Kingdom	41	4.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.9×	935 0.9×	201	5.7k
J. K. Vij Ireland	38	5.0k 1.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	2.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.5×	336	6.7k
G. Heppke Germany	36	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	830 0.8×	212	4.4k
Michi Nakata United States	28	2.7k 0.9×	969 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	824 0.7×	519 0.5×	52	3.3k
J. W. Goodby United Kingdom	25	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	685 0.7×	61	3.7k
Michael Hird United Kingdom	37	4.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	3.6k 2.4×	1.6k 1.4×	585 0.6×	128	6.4k
M. R. de la Fuente Spain	28	2.5k 0.8×	868 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	427 0.4×	98	3.0k
S. Krishna Prasad India	42	4.7k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.7×	2.9k 2.5×	853 0.8×	354	6.6k

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Pirazzini, Marco, et al.. (2025). Mannose Targeting and Hydrophobic Tuning of Polycationic Vectors for Efficient Immunostimulatory CpG Delivery. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(47). 22637–22656.

Sedona, Francesco, G. Speranza, Alessandra Del Giudice, et al.. (2025). Structural Insights into the Mechanical Behavior of Large-Area 2D Covalent Organic Framework Nanofilms. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(17). 25819–25827. 2 indexed citations

Bera, A. K., Tanushree Das, Alberta Ferrarini, et al.. (2025). Non-monotonous Concentration Dependent Solvation of ATP Could Help to Rationalize Its Anomalous Impact on Various Biophysical Processes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(17). 4305–4314. 2 indexed citations

Gabrielli, Valeria, Denis Badocco, G. Speranza, et al.. (2024). Mechanically Adaptive Metal-Coordinated Electrogel Membranes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(36). 48280–48292.

Kundu, Achintya, et al.. (2024). Structure and Dynamics of ATP and the ATP–Zn²⁺ Complex in Solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(39). 10039–10045. 1 indexed citations

Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2024). Molecular shape, elastic constants and spontaneous twist in chiral and achiral nematics: insights from a generalised Maier–Saupe framework. Liquid Crystals. 51(6). 898–918. 2 indexed citations

Gießelmann, Frank, et al.. (2024). Elasticity of lyotropic nematic liquid crystals: a review of experiments, theory and simulation. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 12(1). 57–104. 1 indexed citations

Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2023). Modeling of minimal systems based on ATP-Zn coordination for chemically fueled self-assembly. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(8). 6102–6111. 6 indexed citations

Gabrielli, Valeria, Alberta Ferrarini, & Marco Frasconi. (2023). A study across scales to unveil microstructural regimes in the multivalent metal driven self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals. Nanoscale. 15(32). 13384–13392. 4 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2023). On the elusive saddle–splay and splay–bend elastic constants of nematic liquid crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(3). 4 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous Twisting of Achiral Hard Rod Nematics. Physical Review Letters. 130(2). 28102–28102. 5 indexed citations

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Gabrielli, Valeria, et al.. (2022). Insights into the Gelation Mechanism of Metal-Coordinated Hydrogels by Paramagnetic NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics. Macromolecules. 55(2). 450–461. 22 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2021). From Bend to Splay Dominated Elasticity in Nematics. Crystals. 11(7). 831–831. 6 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2021). Microscopic modelling of nematic elastic constants beyond Straley theory. Soft Matter. 18(3). 648–661. 7 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (2020). Interplay of Particle Morphology and Director Distortions in Nematic Fluids. Physical Review Letters. 125(26). 267802–267802. 5 indexed citations

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Greco, Cristina, Alberta Ferrarini, G. R. Luckhurst, Bakir A. Timimi, & H. Zimmermann. (2018). Structural insights into the twist-bend nematic phase from the integration of ² H-NMR data and modelling: CB7CB and CB6OCB as case studies. Liquid Crystals. 45(13-15). 2361–2375. 8 indexed citations

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Greco, Cristina, G. R. Luckhurst, & Alberta Ferrarini. (2013). Enantiotopic discrimination and director organization in the twist-bend nematic phase. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(36). 14961–14961. 53 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, Silvia Pieraccini, Stefano Masiero, & Gian Piero Spada. (2009). Chiral amplification in a cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystal doped with helicene-like derivatives. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 5. 50–50. 21 indexed citations

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Pieraccini, Silvia, Alberta Ferrarini, & Gian Piero Spada. (2007). Chiral doping of nematic phases and its application to the determination of absolute configuration. Chirality. 20(5). 749–759. 68 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Alberta, et al.. (1999). A first principles and mean field investigation of the conformational properties of 5CB. Molecular Physics. 97(4). 541–550. 15 indexed citations

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