Alberto Casu

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Alberto Casu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Casu has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Alberto Casu's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (13 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Alberto Casu is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (13 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Alberto Casu collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Alberto Casu's co-authors include Liberato Manna, Alessandro Genovese, Mirko Prato, Andrea Falqui, Teresa Pellegrino, Luca De Trizio, Mauro Povia, Chandramohan George, Pier Carlo Ricci and Karol Miszta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Casu

73 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Copper Sulfide Nanocrystals with Tunable Composition by R... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Copper Sulfide Nanocrystals with Tunable Composition by Reduction of Covellite Nanocrystals with Cu+ Ions
    2013 418 citations Mirko Prato, Alberto Casu 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
Alberto Casu Italy 25 2.0k 1.2k 593 517 478 76 2.7k
Ajay Singh United States 25 2.4k 1.2× 1.9k 1.5× 381 0.6× 460 0.9× 472 1.0× 51 2.9k
Ting Yu China 24 2.1k 1.0× 903 0.7× 357 0.6× 456 0.9× 305 0.6× 75 2.7k
Edward A. Lewis United Kingdom 26 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 437 0.7× 296 0.6× 388 0.8× 48 2.5k
Xufan Li United States 31 3.4k 1.7× 1.6k 1.3× 730 1.2× 423 0.8× 421 0.9× 61 4.0k
Aaron E. Saunders United States 25 3.0k 1.5× 1.6k 1.3× 860 1.5× 942 1.8× 492 1.0× 33 3.6k
Maya Bar‐Sadan Israel 33 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 2.1× 331 0.6× 370 0.8× 83 3.1k
Wensheng Shi China 31 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 622 1.0× 816 1.6× 749 1.6× 127 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Casu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Casu, Alberto, Claudio Melis, Giorgio Divitini, et al.. (2025). An In Situ TEM Study of the Diffusivity of Gold Atoms in Nanocomposite Thin Films by Zirconia Co-Deposition: Implication for Neuromorphic Devices. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(4). 1762–1772. 1 indexed citations
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Pisano, Giuditta, Alberto Casu, & Fabrizio Pilo. (2025). Resilience-oriented planning of distribution networks with a two-stage approach. IET conference proceedings.. 2024(27). 453–457.
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Casu, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Visible light enhanced catalytic activity of Aun subnanoclusters: the importance of d–sp interband transitions. Chemical Communications. 60(63). 8204–8207. 1 indexed citations
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Casu, Alberto, Angelica Chiodoni, Yurii P. Ivanov, et al.. (2024). In Situ TEM Investigation of Thermally Induced Modifications of Cluster-Assembled Gold Films Undergoing Resistive Switching: Implications for Nanostructured Neuromorphic Devices. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(7). 7203–7212. 11 indexed citations
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Berre, Carole Le, Andrea Falqui, Alberto Casu, et al.. (2022). Tuning CO2 hydrogenation selectivity on Ni/TiO2 catalysts via sulfur addition. Catalysis Science & Technology. 12(22). 6856–6864. 1 indexed citations
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Magro, Roberta Dal, Alberto Casu, Andrea Falqui, et al.. (2021). Oxidative Stress Boosts the Uptake of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles by Changing Brain Endothelium Microvilli Pattern. Antioxidants. 10(2). 266–266. 10 indexed citations
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Caddeo, Francesco, Alberto Casu, Danilo Loche, et al.. (2020). Thermally stable surfactant-free ceria nanocubes in silica aerogel. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 583. 376–384. 4 indexed citations
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Falqui, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Anomalous electrical conduction and negative temperature coefficient of resistance in nanostructured gold resistive switching films. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19613–19613. 23 indexed citations
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Pullia, A., et al.. (2020). Complex electrical spiking activity in resistive switching nanostructured Au two-terminal devices. Nanotechnology. 31(23). 234001–234001. 40 indexed citations
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Garino, Nadia, Tania Limongi, Bianca Dumontel, et al.. (2019). A Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals Finely Tuned for Biological Applications. Nanomaterials. 9(2). 212–212. 73 indexed citations
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González, Beatriz Santiago, Angelo Monguzzi, Valerio Pinchetti, et al.. (2017). “Quantized” Doping of Individual Colloidal Nanocrystals Using Size-Focused Metal Quantum Clusters. ACS Nano. 11(6). 6233–6242. 23 indexed citations
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Stassi, Stefano, Andrea Lamberti, Ignazio Roppolo, et al.. (2017). Evolution of nanomechanical properties and crystallinity of individual titanium dioxide nanotube resonators. Nanotechnology. 29(8). 85702–85702. 6 indexed citations
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Mula, Guido, Tony Printemps, Christophe Licitra, et al.. (2017). Doping porous silicon with erbium: pores filling as a method to limit the Er-clustering effects and increasing its light emission. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5957–5957. 11 indexed citations
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Christodoulou, Sotirios, F. Rajadell, Alberto Casu, et al.. (2015). Band structure engineering via piezoelectric fields in strained anisotropic CdSe/CdS nanocrystals. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7905–7905. 65 indexed citations
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Casu, Alberto, Maria Francesca Casula, G. Concas, et al.. (2014). ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles dispersed in a highly porous silica aerogel matrix: a magnetic study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(10). 4843–4843. 37 indexed citations
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Carta, Daniela, Maria Francesca Casula, Andrea Falqui, et al.. (2014). Direct sol–gel synthesis of doped cubic mesoporous SBA-16 monoliths. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 194. 157–166. 8 indexed citations
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Pallavicini, Piersandro, Alice Donà, Alberto Casu, et al.. (2013). Triton X-100 for three-plasmon gold nanostars with two photothermally active NIR (near IR) and SWIR (short-wavelength IR) channels. Chemical Communications. 49(56). 6265–6265. 108 indexed citations
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Casu, Alberto, Pier Carlo Ricci, & A. Anedda. (2009). Structural characterization of Lu0.7Y0.3AlO3 single crystal by Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 40(9). 1224–1228. 11 indexed citations
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Casu, Alberto, Maria Francesca Casula, Anna Corrias, et al.. (2008). The influence of composition and porosity on the magnetic properties of FeCo–SiO2nanocomposite aerogels. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(7). 1043–1052. 26 indexed citations

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