Alessandro Sala

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Sala is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Sala has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Sala's work include Graphene research and applications (23 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (9 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers). Alessandro Sala is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (23 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (9 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers). Alessandro Sala collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Alessandro Sala's co-authors include Tevfik Onur Menteş, Andrea Locatelli, Lucía Aballe, Michael Foerster, Thomas Schmidt, Dayane de Souza Chaves, Olivier Boulle, L. D. Buda-Prejbeanu, S. Auffret and J. Vogel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Sala

65 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Room-temperature chiral magnetic skyrmions in ultrathin magnetic nanostructures

2016 774 citations Olivier Boulle, J. Vogel et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Alessandro Sala

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Yoshinori Kotani Japan

Thomas Thersleff Sweden

Federica Bondino Italy

Michael Merz Germany

Yu‐Zhong Zhang China

Hao Ding China

Fei Han China

Boby Joseph Italy

Shiyu Wu United States

Jun Dai China

Yoshinori Kotani Japan

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894 ×1.0

434 ×0.8

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574 ×1.2

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Sala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alessandro Sala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alessandro Sala based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alessandro Sala. Alessandro Sala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kratky, Tim, Jürgen Kraus, Peter Leidinger, et al.. (2025). Making Use of Si Contaminants during Chemical Vapor Deposition of Graphene on Cu: Synthesis of a Stable Material with the Textbook-like Band Structure of Free-Standing Graphene. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(28). 40937–40950.

Giorgio, C. Di, Cinzia Cepek, Iulia Cojocariu, et al.. (2025). Two-dimensional diboron trioxide crystal composed by boroxol groups. Science. 390(6768). 95–99. 1 indexed citations

Sala, Alessandro, Iulia Cojocariu, Manuel Gruber, et al.. (2025). Correlation‐Driven d ‐Band Modifications Promote Chemical Bonding at 3 d ‐Ferromagnetic Surfaces. Small. 22(13). e08952–e08952.

Sala, Alessandro, Roberto Costantini, Martina Dell’Angela, et al.. (2024). Co(III), Co(II), Co(I): Tuning Single Cobalt Metal Atom Oxidation States in a 2D Coordination Network. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(48). 8 indexed citations

Sala, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Site-Dependent Oxidation States of Single Cobalt Atoms in a Porphyrin-Based Monolayer on Graphene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(4). 1737–1745. 5 indexed citations

Scardamaglia, Mattia, Alexei Preobrajenski, Nikolay A. Vinogradov, et al.. (2024). Growth and Redox Properties of Boron on Al(111): Competing Affinities in the Case of Honeycomb AlB₂. ACS Nano. 18(20). 12749–12759. 1 indexed citations

Kratky, Tim, Peter Leidinger, Patrick Zeller, et al.. (2024). The fate of graphene on copper: Intercalation / de-intercalation processes and the role of silicon. Carbon. 226. 119172–119172. 2 indexed citations

Sala, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Ligation of Carbon Monoxide at Cobalt Single-Metal-Atom Sites in a Surface-Confined Metal–Organic Network: Oxidation State, Anharmonicity, and Long-Range Lateral Interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(37). 15613–15623. 2 indexed citations

Günther, Sebastian, Tim Kratky, Jürgen Kraus, et al.. (2023). Versatile procedure for the correction of non-isochromatism in XPEEM spectroscopic imaging. Ultramicroscopy. 250. 113756–113756. 4 indexed citations

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Zou, Zhiyu, Alessandro Sala, Mirco Panighel, et al.. (2022). In Situ Observation of C−C Coupling and Step Poisoning During the Growth of Hydrocarbon Chains on Ni(111). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(1). e202213295–e202213295. 3 indexed citations

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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Cinzia Cepek, et al.. (2020). “Inside out” growth method for high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene. Carbon. 171. 704–710. 24 indexed citations

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Caragliu, Andrea, Paolo Landoni, & Alessandro Sala. (2019). Network Contracts and Firm Performance: Evidence from Matching Estimates of a Regional Programme Impact. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 18(2). 173–192. 2 indexed citations

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Stredansky, Matuš, Alessandro Sala, Roberto Costantini, et al.. (2018). On-surface synthesis of a 2D boroxine framework: a route to a novel 2D material?. Chemical Communications. 54(32). 3971–3973. 45 indexed citations

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Baeumer, Christoph, Rudolf Valenta, Christoph Schmitz, et al.. (2017). Subfilamentary Networks Cause Cycle-to-Cycle Variability in Memristive Devices. ACS Nano. 11(7). 6921–6929. 102 indexed citations

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Juge, Roméo, Soong‐Geun Je, Dayane de Souza Chaves, et al.. (2017). Magnetic skyrmions in confined geometries: Effect of the magnetic field and the disorder. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 455. 3–8. 40 indexed citations

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Boulle, Olivier, J. Vogel, Hongxin Yang, et al.. (2016). Room-temperature chiral magnetic skyrmions in ultrathin magnetic nanostructures. Nature Nanotechnology. 11(5). 449–454. 774 indexed citations breakdown →

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Locatelli, Andrea, et al.. (2015). Island Ripening via a Polymerization-Depolymerization Mechanism. Physical Review Letters. 115(13). 136102–136102. 11 indexed citations

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Menteş, Tevfik Onur, Giovanni Zamborlini, Alessandro Sala, & Andrea Locatelli. (2014). Cathode lens spectromicroscopy: methodology and applications. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 5. 1873–1886. 76 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas, Alessandro Sala, Helder Marchetto, E. Umbach, & H.‐J. Freund. (2012). First experimental proof for aberration correction in XPEEM: Resolution, transmission enhancement, and limitation by space charge effects. Ultramicroscopy. 126. 23–32. 55 indexed citations

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Barbani, Niccoletta, et al.. (2011). Hydroxyapatite/gelatin/gellan sponges as nanocomposite scaffolds for bone reconstruction. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 23(1). 51–61. 39 indexed citations

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