Alberto Saiani

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Alberto Saiani is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Saiani has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Biomaterials, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alberto Saiani's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (55 papers), Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (20 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (16 papers). Alberto Saiani is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (55 papers), Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (20 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (16 papers). Alberto Saiani collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Iraq. Alberto Saiani's co-authors include Aline F. Miller, Rein V. Ulijn, Julie E. Gough, Andrew M. Smith, Vineetha Jayawarna, Mohd Sajid Ali, Thomas A. Jowitt, Michael L. Turner, Paolo Coppo and Richard J. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Saiani

110 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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Nanostructured Hydrogels for Three‐Dimensional Cell Culture Through Self‐Assembly of Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl–Dipeptides

2006 909 citations Aline F. Miller, Alberto Saiani et al. profile →
Fmoc‐Diphenylalanine Self Assembles to a Hydrogel via a Novel Architecture Based on π–π Interlocked β‐Sheets

2007 861 citations Alberto Saiani et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Investigating the co-assembly of amphipathic peptides 2025 ·Faraday Discussions ·Zixuan Liu, Alberto Saiani, (unknown)	1
2	Effect of C-Terminal Residue on the Phase Behavior and Properties of β-Sheet Forming Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels 2025 ·Biomacromolecules ·(unknown), Chaoyu Yang, Richard A. Bryce, (unknown), Alberto Saiani	0
3	RGD‐functionalised self‐assembling peptide hydrogel induces a proliferative profile in human osteoblasts in vitro 2024 ·Journal of Peptide Science ·L. Díaz, Julie E. Gough, Aline F. Miller, Alberto Saiani	1
4	Toward Water-Resistant, Tunable Perovskite Absorbers Using Peptide Hydrogel Additives 2024 ·ACS Applied Energy Materials ·(unknown), Dawei Zhao, (unknown), Xuzhao Liu, Alberto Saiani, Alexei Preobrajenski, Alexander Generalov, Ben F. Spencer, Alex S. Walton, Andrew G. Thomas, Wendy R. Flavell	2
5	Effect of supramolecular peptide hydrogel scaffold charge on HepG2 viability and spheroid formation 2024 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry B ·(unknown), Cosimo Ligorio, Maria O’Brien, Richard F. Collins, (unknown), (unknown), Alberto Saiani, Julie E. Gough	2
6	Advancing Our Understanding of the Chronically Denervated Schwann Cell: A Potential Therapeutic Target? 2022 ·Biomolecules ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alberto Saiani, Adam J. Reid	9
7	Substrate Stiffness-Driven Membrane Tension Modulates Vesicular Trafficking via Caveolin-1 2022 ·ACS Nano ·Dariusz Lachowski, Carlos Matellan, Sahana Gopal, Ernesto Cortés, Benjamin Robinson, Alberto Saiani, Aline F. Miller, Molly M. Stevens, Armando E. del Río Hernández	46
8	Synthesis and characterization of hard copolymer polyurethane/functionalized graphene nanocomposites: Investigation of morphology, thermal stability, and rheological properties 2022 ·Journal of Applied Polymer Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Alberto Saiani	6
9	Acidic and basic self-assembling peptide and peptide-graphene oxide hydrogels: characterisation and effect on encapsulated nucleus pulposus cells 2022 ·Acta Biomaterialia ·Cosimo Ligorio, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Judith A. Hoyland, Alberto Saiani	23
10	Analysis of the Foaming Window for Thermoplastic Polyurethane with Different Hard Segment Contents 2021 ·Polymers ·Mercedes Santiago‐Calvo, (unknown), Victoria Bernardo, Judith Martín‐de León, Alberto Saiani, Fernando Villafañe, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez‐Pérez	6
11	Effect of dispersion methods on the performance of novel rigid copolymer polyurethane nanocomposites based on graphene nanofillers 2021 ·Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alberto Saiani	5
12	Neutrally charged self-assembling peptide hydrogel recapitulates in vitro mechanisms of breast cancer progression 2021 ·Materials Science and Engineering C ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aline F. Miller, Alberto Saiani, Olga Tsigkou	17
13	Quantitative nanomechanical properties evaluation of a family of β-sheet peptide fibres using rapid bimodal AFM 2021 ·Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials ·Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Jonathan Moffat, Alberto Saiani	6
14	RNA extraction from self-assembling peptide hydrogels to allow qPCR analysis of encapsulated cells 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Victoria L. Workman, Mohamed A. Elsawy, Aline F. Miller, Delvac Oceandy, Alberto Saiani	11
15	Self-assembling peptide hydrogel for intervertebral disc tissue engineering 2016 ·Acta Biomaterialia ·Simon Wan, (unknown), Stephen M. Richardson, Catherine L.R. Merry, Alberto Saiani, Julie E. Gough	111
16	Density, DSC, X-ray and NMR measurements through the gel and lamellar phase transitions of 1-myristoyl-2-stearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (MSPC) and 1-stearoyl-2-myristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (SMPC): observation of slow relaxation processes and mechanisms of phase transitions 2012 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·John W. Jones, Leo Lue, Alberto Saiani, G. J. T. Tiddy	6
17	Using small angle scattering (SAS) to structurally characterise peptide and protein self-assembled materials 2010 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·(unknown), Alberto Saiani	81
18	Effect of Encapsulating a Pseudo-Decapeptide Containing Arginine on PLGA: A Solid-State NMR Study 2010 ·Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alberto Saiani, Yaroslav Z. Khimyak	3
19	Selective synthesis of double temperature-sensitive polymer–peptide conjugates 2008 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), Cameron Alexander, Nicola Tirelli, Aline F. Miller, Alberto Saiani	28
20	Phase behavior and morphology of high hard block content polyurethanes. 2007 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Alberto Saiani, J. S. Higgins	0

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