Andrea Vanossi

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Andrea Vanossi is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Vanossi has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 25 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Andrea Vanossi's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (73 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (34 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (27 papers). Andrea Vanossi is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (73 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (34 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (27 papers). Andrea Vanossi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Israel and Germany. Andrea Vanossi's co-authors include Erio Tosatti, Nicola Manini, Michael Urbakh, Stefano Zapperi, Andrea Benassi, Roberto Guerra, O. M. Braun, Giuseppe E. Santoro, Clemens Bechinger and Rosario Capozza and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Vanossi

91 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale 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. Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale
    2013 420 citations Andrea Vanossi, Nicola Manini et al. profile →

Peers

Andrea Vanossi
José V. Anguita United Kingdom
A. I. Volokitin Germany
Wei Yu China
Yann Le Bouar France
Gil Cohen Israel
A. A. Maznev United States
V. K. Tewary United States
Y. K. Fetisov Russia
V.R. Velasco Spain
R.L. Sommer Brazil
José V. Anguita United Kingdom
Andrea Vanossi
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrea Vanossi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrea Vanossi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrea Vanossi 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 Andrea Vanossi. Andrea Vanossi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manini, Nicola, M. Colombo, Andrea Vanossi, et al.. (2025). Striped Twisted State in the Orientational Epitaxy on Quasicrystals. Physical Review Letters. 134(6). 66202–66202.
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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
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Guerra, Roberto, et al.. (2023). Electric-field frictional effects in confined zwitterionic molecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(28). 19037–19045. 5 indexed citations
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Panizon, Emanuele, Andrea Silva, Xin Cao, et al.. (2022). Frictionless nanohighways on crystalline surfaces. Nanoscale. 15(3). 1299–1316. 7 indexed citations
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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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Cao, Xin, Emanuele Panizon, Andrea Vanossi, et al.. (2021). Pervasive orientational and directional locking at geometrically heterogeneous sliding interfaces. Physical review. E. 103(1). 12606–12606. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Xin, Emanuele Panizon, Andrea Vanossi, et al.. (2020). Pile-up transmission and reflection of topological defects at grain boundaries in colloidal crystals. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3079–3079. 9 indexed citations
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Cao, Xin, Emanuele Panizon, Andrea Vanossi, Nicola Manini, & Clemens Bechinger. (2019). Orientational and directional locking of colloidal clusters driven across periodic surfaces. Nature Physics. 15(8). 776–780. 28 indexed citations
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Vanossi, Andrea, Dirk Dietzel, André Schirmeisen, et al.. (2018). Recent highlights in nanoscale and mesoscale friction. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 9. 1995–2014. 26 indexed citations
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Guerra, Roberto, et al.. (2017). Graphene on h-BN: to align or not to align?. Nanoscale. 9(25). 8799–8804. 21 indexed citations
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Capozza, Rosario, et al.. (2017). Velocity dependence of sliding friction on a crystalline surface. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 8. 2186–2199. 13 indexed citations
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Mandelli, Davide, Andrea Vanossi, Nicola Manini, & Erio Tosatti. (2015). Friction Boosted by Equilibrium Misalignment of Incommensurate Two-Dimensional Colloid Monolayers. Physical Review Letters. 114(10). 108302–108302. 23 indexed citations
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Vanossi, Andrea, et al.. (2011). Modeling friction: from nano to meso scales. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Benassi, Andrea, Andrea Vanossi, & Erio Tosatti. (2011). Nanofriction in cold ion traps. Nature Communications. 2(1). 236–236. 71 indexed citations
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Paolicelli, G., Karine Mougin, Andrea Vanossi, & S. Valeri. (2008). Adhesion detachment and movement of gold nanoclusters induced by dynamic atomic force microscopy. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 20(35). 354011–354011. 12 indexed citations
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Manini, Nicola, Andrea Vanossi, Giuseppe E. Santoro, & Erio Tosatti. (2007). Dynamic hysteresis of a confined lubricant under shear. Physical Review E. 76(4). 46603–46603. 9 indexed citations
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Vanossi, Andrea, Nicola Manini, Fabio Caruso, Giuseppe E. Santoro, & Erio Tosatti. (2007). Static Friction on the Fly: Velocity Depinning Transitions of Lubricants in Motion. Physical Review Letters. 99(20). 206101–206101. 28 indexed citations
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Braun, O. M., Andrea Vanossi, & Erio Tosatti. (2005). Incommensurability of a Confined System under Shear. Physical Review Letters. 95(2). 26102–26102. 38 indexed citations
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Braun, O. M., et al.. (2005). Transition from smooth sliding to stick-slip motion in a single frictional contact. Physical Review E. 72(5). 56116–56116. 39 indexed citations

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