Alessandro Magazzù

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Magazzù is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Magazzù has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Magazzù's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (16 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (10 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (10 papers). Alessandro Magazzù is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (16 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (10 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (10 papers). Alessandro Magazzù collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Sweden and Türkiye. Alessandro Magazzù's co-authors include Onofrio M. Maragò, P. G. Gucciardi, M. G. Donato, Carlos Marcuello, Giovanni Volpe, Marc Lamy de la Chapelle, Raymond Gillibert, Fabienne Lagarde, Rosalba Saija and Morgan Tardivel and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Magazzù

28 papers receiving 973 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Investigation of Soft Matter Nanomechanics by Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Tweezers: A Comprehensive Review
    2023 107 citations Alessandro Magazzù, Carlos Marcuello Nanomaterials profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Magazzù Italy 13 489 477 221 158 132 30 1.0k
Hua Gao China 17 218 0.4× 258 0.5× 27 0.1× 27 0.2× 226 1.7× 82 802
Zhuo Chen China 22 497 1.0× 827 1.7× 33 0.1× 13 0.1× 648 4.9× 110 1.5k
Yongyi Chen China 16 210 0.4× 107 0.2× 45 0.2× 31 0.2× 47 0.4× 98 796
Peng Zhao China 21 381 0.8× 787 1.6× 9 0.0× 28 0.2× 141 1.1× 70 1.5k
Sheng Li China 18 94 0.2× 124 0.3× 19 0.1× 31 0.2× 148 1.1× 121 1.2k
Fumihito Mishima Japan 17 88 0.2× 479 1.0× 11 0.0× 57 0.4× 96 0.7× 91 972
Jiawei Huang China 22 276 0.6× 392 0.8× 26 0.1× 9 0.1× 113 0.9× 82 1.3k
Hiroki Kobayashi Japan 21 92 0.2× 312 0.7× 25 0.1× 13 0.1× 186 1.4× 114 1.3k
Jiasen Zhang China 24 573 1.2× 881 1.8× 13 0.1× 20 0.1× 541 4.1× 133 1.8k
Yanling Yang China 13 204 0.4× 49 0.1× 23 0.1× 15 0.1× 52 0.4× 66 624

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Magazzù

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Magazzù, Alessandro, M. G. Donato, Onofrio M. Maragò, et al.. (2025). Dynamics of Pulsed-Laser Interaction with Janus Particles. ACS Photonics. 12(4). 1936–1943. 1 indexed citations
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Ferretti, Stefano, Alessandro Magazzù, Antonino Foti, et al.. (2024). Contactless Manipulation and Raman Analysis of Cometary Analogs and Micrometeorites by Acoustic Levitation. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 287–287. 1 indexed citations
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Bernatová, Silvie, M. G. Donato, Onofrio M. Maragò, et al.. (2024). Detection of microplastics and nanoplastics: Are Raman tweezers and enhanced Raman methods the solution for sub 20 μm particles?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 309. 10001–10001. 1 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, R Caruso, Rosalba Saija, et al.. (2023). Optical Calibration of Holographic Acoustic Tweezers. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–8. 4 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, Giuseppe Pesce, Antonio Sasso, et al.. (2023). Optimal calibration of optical tweezers with arbitrary integration time and sampling frequencies: a general framework [Invited]. Biomedical Optics Express. 14(12). 6442–6442. 4 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro & Carlos Marcuello. (2023). Investigation of Soft Matter Nanomechanics by Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Tweezers: A Comprehensive Review. Nanomaterials. 13(6). 963–963. 107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Magazzù, Alessandro, M. G. Donato, Antonino Foti, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Dust Grains by Optical Tweezers for Space Applications. The Astrophysical Journal. 942(1). 11–11. 5 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, Agnese Callegari, Antônio A. R. Neves, et al.. (2022). Faster and More Accurate Geometrical-Optics Optical Force Calculation Using Neural Networks. ACS Photonics. 10(1). 234–241. 11 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, Maria Antonia Iatı̀, Rosalba Saija, et al.. (2021). Optical tweezers in a dusty universe. The European Physical Journal Plus. 136(3). 8 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, et al.. (2021). FORMA: expanding applications of optical tweezers. 30–30. 1 indexed citations
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Neves, Antônio A. R., Partha Patra, Qiwei Li, et al.. (2019). Beam Displacement due to Thermal Blooming in Optical Tweezers. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). AW4E.3–AW4E.3.
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Gillibert, Raymond, Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Morgan Tardivel, et al.. (2019). Raman Tweezers for Small Microplastics and Nanoplastics Identification in Seawater. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(15). 9003–9013. 235 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, et al.. (2019). Dynamics of optically trapped particles tuned by critical Casimir forces and torques. AT3E.2–AT3E.2. 1 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, Maria Antonia Iatì, Francesco Patti, et al.. (2018). Optical tweezers and their applications. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 218. 131–150. 170 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, et al.. (2018). Microscopic Engine Powered by Critical Demixing. Physical Review Letters. 120(6). 68004–68004. 45 indexed citations
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Donato, M. G., A. Mazzulla, P. Pagliusi, et al.. (2016). Light-induced rotations of chiral birefringent microparticles in optical tweezers. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31977–31977. 34 indexed citations
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Irrera, Alessia, Alessandro Magazzù, Pietro Artoni, et al.. (2016). Photonic Torque Microscopy of the Nonconservative Force Field for Optically Trapped Silicon Nanowires. Nano Letters. 16(7). 4181–4188. 36 indexed citations
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Magazzù, Alessandro, Donatella Spadaro, M. G. Donato, et al.. (2015). Optical tweezers: a non-destructive tool for soft and biomaterial investigations. RENDICONTI LINCEI. 26(S2). 203–218. 14 indexed citations
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Donato, M. G., R. Hernández, A. Mazzulla, et al.. (2014). Polarization-dependent optomechanics mediated by chiral microresonators. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3656–3656. 70 indexed citations
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Mondelli, C., Manuel Sánchez del Río, Miguel A. González, et al.. (2012). Role of water on formation and structural features of Maya blue. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 340. 12109–12109. 12 indexed citations

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