Andrea Silva

419 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 312 citations indexed

About

Andrea Silva is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Silva has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 312 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Andrea Silva's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Graphene research and applications (7 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers). Andrea Silva is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Graphene research and applications (7 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers). Andrea Silva collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Italy. Andrea Silva's co-authors include Tomáš Polcar, Denis Kramer, Paolo Nicolini, Victor E. P. Claerbout, Guangyu Zhang, Rong Yang, Mengzhou Liao, Luojun Du, Jiahao Yuan and Takashi Taniguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, ACS Nano and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Silva

14 papers receiving 306 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.

UItra-low friction and edge-pinning effect in large-lattice-mismatch van der Waals heterostructures

2021 210 citations Mengzhou Liao, Paolo Nicolini et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrea Silva Germany	8	249	140	82	64	51	16	312
J.D. Liu China	10	138 0.6×	81 0.6×	51 0.6×	149 2.3×	27 0.5×	30	317
Shandan Bai Japan	9	338 1.4×	148 1.1×	225 2.7×	39 0.6×	196 3.8×	19	421
Jinhuan Wang China	5	291 1.2×	191 1.4×	136 1.7×	131 2.0×	110 2.2×	7	432
Junquan Huang China	8	309 1.2×	45 0.3×	55 0.7×	167 2.6×	55 1.1×	16	363
Günther Vogg Germany	10	198 0.8×	106 0.8×	46 0.6×	135 2.1×	21 0.4×	20	305
Marcos G. Menezes Brazil	11	264 1.1×	82 0.6×	19 0.2×	113 1.8×	15 0.3×	30	318
Srinivasu Kunuku Taiwan	12	298 1.2×	33 0.2×	125 1.5×	115 1.8×	17 0.3×	19	341
Jaehun Chung South Korea	8	290 1.2×	78 0.6×	46 0.6×	102 1.6×	14 0.3×	15	358
Taketomo Nakamura Japan	12	265 1.1×	124 0.9×	33 0.4×	102 1.6×	20 0.4×	36	500
В. В. Ефремов Russia	9	157 0.6×	101 0.7×	15 0.2×	161 2.5×	43 0.8×	63	290

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16 of 16 papers shown

Silva, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Green exfoliation of van der Waals–based magnetic nanocomposites for hyperthermia applications. Materials & Design. 255. 114176–114176.

Mercer, Michael P., et al.. (2024). First Principles Calculation of Sodium Intercalation in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2024-02(9). 1366–1366.

Silva, Andrea, Xiang Gao, Roberto Guerra, et al.. (2024). Emerging Chirality and Moiré Dynamics in Twisted Layered Material Heterostructures. ACS Nano. 18(45). 30957–30965. 3 indexed citations

Buzio, Renato, Andrea Gerbi, Cristina Bernini, et al.. (2023). Dissipation Mechanisms and Superlubricity in Solid Lubrication by Wet-Transferred Solution-Processed Graphene Flakes: Implications for Micro Electromechanical Devices. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(13). 11443–11454. 13 indexed citations

Mescola, Andrea, Andrea Silva, Ali Khosravi, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic rheology and friction of suspended graphene. Physical Review Materials. 7(5). 7 indexed citations

Liao, Mengzhou, Andrea Silva, Luojun Du, et al.. (2023). Twisting Dynamics of Large Lattice-Mismatch van der Waals Heterostructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(15). 19616–19623. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Jin, Ali Khosravi, Andrea Silva, et al.. (2023). Bending stiffness collapse, buckling, topological bands of freestanding twisted bilayer graphene. Physical review. B.. 108(8). 7 indexed citations

Panizon, Emanuele, Andrea Silva, Xin Cao, et al.. (2022). Frictionless nanohighways on crystalline surfaces. Nanoscale. 15(3). 1299–1316. 7 indexed citations

Cao, Xin, Andrea Silva, Emanuele Panizon, et al.. (2022). Moiré-Pattern Evolution Couples Rotational and Translational Friction at Crystalline Interfaces. Physical Review X. 12(2). 9 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea, et al.. (2022). Pettifor maps of complex ternary two-dimensional transition metal sulfides. npj Computational Materials. 8(1). 5 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea, et al.. (2022). Design Guidelines for Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys. Chemistry of Materials. 34(23). 10279–10290. 9 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea, Erio Tosatti, & Andrea Vanossi. (2022). Critical peeling of tethered nanoribbons. Nanoscale. 14(17). 6384–6391. 4 indexed citations

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Liao, Mengzhou, Paolo Nicolini, Luojun Du, et al.. (2021). UItra-low friction and edge-pinning effect in large-lattice-mismatch van der Waals heterostructures. Nature Materials. 21(1). 47–53. 210 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silva, Andrea, et al.. (2021). Multi‐scale model predicting friction of crystalline materials. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9(4). 3 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea, Victor E. P. Claerbout, Tomáš Polcar, Denis Kramer, & Paolo Nicolini. (2020). Exploring the Stability of Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(40). 45214–45221. 17 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea, Tomáš Polcar, & Denis Kramer. (2020). Phase behaviour of (Ti:Mo) S2 binary alloys arising from electron-lattice coupling. Computational Materials Science. 186. 110044–110044. 4 indexed citations

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