Ciro Chiappini

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ciro Chiappini is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ciro Chiappini has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ciro Chiappini's work include Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (18 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (17 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (13 papers). Ciro Chiappini is often cited by papers focused on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (18 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (17 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (13 papers). Ciro Chiappini collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Ciro Chiappini's co-authors include Ennio Tasciotti, Biana Godin, Paolo Decuzzi, Jonathan O. Martinez, Mauro Ferrari, Molly M. Stevens, Mauro Ferrari, Takemi Tanaka, Xia Liu and M. Ferrari and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ciro Chiappini

69 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Synthetic nanoparticles functionalized with biomimetic leukocyte membranes possess cell-like functions

2012 939 citations Anne L. van de Ven, Ciro Chiappini et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Size and shape effects in the biodistribution of intravascularly injected particles

2009 749 citations Paolo Decuzzi, Biana Godin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ciro Chiappini United Kingdom	29	2.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.2k	439	72	4.9k
Giuseppe Battaglia United Kingdom	55	2.7k 1.0×	3.1k 1.7×	3.3k 2.0×	2.6k 2.1×	204 0.5×	157	10.2k
Wenfu Zheng China	40	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	289 0.7×	115	5.4k
Omid Veiseh United States	38	4.3k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	4.5k 2.7×	1.4k 1.1×	270 0.6×	79	9.0k
Adah Almutairi United States	38	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	295 0.7×	84	5.3k
Takao Aoyagi Japan	44	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.6×	800 0.7×	199 0.5×	198	7.3k
Alexander Kros Netherlands	50	1.8k 0.6×	3.8k 2.1×	2.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	223 0.5×	196	7.8k
J. Andrew MacKay United States	34	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.7×	2.5k 1.5×	675 0.5×	158 0.4×	98	6.6k
Bryan Ronain Smith United States	33	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	176 0.4×	90	7.4k
Soong Ho Um South Korea	33	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	827 0.7×	121 0.3×	132	5.6k
Andrew Tsourkas United States	52	3.8k 1.4×	3.7k 2.0×	3.1k 1.9×	1.9k 1.5×	136 0.3×	143	8.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ciro Chiappini

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Wang, Cong, Yin Wang, William Edwards, et al.. (2026). Caveolar Endocytosis Governs Nanoneedle Transfection. ACS Nano. 20(6). 4663–4676.

Wang, Cong, Valeria Caprettini, Magnus T. Jensen, et al.. (2025). Nanoneedles enable spatiotemporal lipidomics of living tissues. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(9). 1262–1272. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Cong, et al.. (2025). Porous Silicon Nanoneedles Efficiently Deliver Adenine Base Editor to Correct a Recurrent Pathogenic COL7A1 Variant in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Advanced Materials. 37(17). e2414728–e2414728. 4 indexed citations

Caprettini, Valeria, Martti Kaasalainen, Cong Wang, et al.. (2024). Spatially‐Resolved Organoid Transfection by Porous Silicon‐Mediated Optoporation. Advanced Materials. 36(49). e2407650–e2407650. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Shiyue, Anahid A. Birjandi, K. L. Andrew Chan, et al.. (2023). Opto‐Lipidomics of Tissues. Advanced Science. 11(14). e2302962–e2302962. 10 indexed citations

Kim, Hongki, et al.. (2023). CRISPR/Cas-Assisted Nanoneedle Sensor for Adenosine Triphosphate Detection in Living Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(43). 49964–49973. 23 indexed citations

Phillips, Thomas, Valeria Caprettini, Stefania Marcotti, et al.. (2023). A method for reproducible high‐resolution imaging of 3D cancer cell spheroids. Journal of Microscopy. 291(1). 30–42. 8 indexed citations

Hsu, Chia‐Chen, Andrea Serio, Sahana Gopal, et al.. (2022). Biophysical Regulations of Epigenetic State and Notch Signaling in Neural Development Using Microgroove Substrates. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(29). 32773–32787. 17 indexed citations

Kit‐Anan, Worrapong, Manuel Mazo, Brian Wang, et al.. (2021). Multiplexing physical stimulation on single human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes for phenotype modulation. Biofabrication. 13(2). 25004–25004. 11 indexed citations

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Hansel, Catherine S., Spencer W. Crowder, Samuel J. Cooper, et al.. (2019). Nanoneedle-Mediated Stimulation of Cell Mechanotransduction Machinery. ACS Nano. 13(3). 2913–2926. 112 indexed citations

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Onesto, Valentina, et al.. (2019). A quantitative approach for determining the role of geometrical constraints when shaping mesenchymal condensations. Biomedical Microdevices. 21(2). 44–44. 2 indexed citations

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Bergholt, Mads S., Andrea Serio, James S. McKenzie, et al.. (2017). Correlated Heterospectral Lipidomics for Biomolecular Profiling of Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis. ACS Central Science. 4(1). 39–51. 49 indexed citations

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Fine, Daniel H., Alessandro Grattoni, Shyam S. Bansal, et al.. (2013). Biocomposites: Silicon Micro‐ and Nanofabrication for Medicine (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 5/2013). Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2(5). 625–625. 3 indexed citations

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Rosa, Enrica De, Ciro Chiappini, Dongmei Fan, et al.. (2011). Agarose Surface Coating Influences Intracellular Accumulation and Enhances Payload Stability of a Nano-delivery System. Pharmaceutical Research. 28(7). 1520–1530. 22 indexed citations

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Serda, Rita E., Aaron Mack, Merlyn Pulikkathara, et al.. (2010). Cellular Association and Assembly of a Multistage Delivery System. Small. 6(12). 2 indexed citations

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Ferrati, Silvia, Aaron Mack, Ciro Chiappini, et al.. (2010). Intracellular trafficking of silicon particles and logic-embedded vectors. Nanoscale. 2(8). 1512–1512. 44 indexed citations

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Serda, Rita E., Aaron Mack, Merlyn Pulikkathara, et al.. (2010). Drug delivery: Cellular Association and Assembly of a Multistage Delivery System Small 12/2010. Small. 6(12). 1 indexed citations

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Chiappini, Ciro, Xuewu Liu, Jean R. Fakhoury, & Mauro Ferrari. (2010). Nanostructures: Biodegradable Porous Silicon Barcode Nanowires with Defined Geometry (Adv. Funct. Mater. 14/2010). Advanced Functional Materials. 20(14). 1 indexed citations

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Chiappini, Ciro, Xuewu Liu, Jean R. Fakhoury, & Mauro Ferrari. (2010). Biodegradable Porous Silicon Barcode Nanowires with Defined Geometry. Advanced Functional Materials. 20(14). 2231–2239. 176 indexed citations

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Serda, Rita E., Jianhua Gu, Rohan Bhavane, et al.. (2009). The association of silicon microparticles with endothelial cells in drug delivery to the vasculature. Biomaterials. 30(13). 2440–2448. 130 indexed citations

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