Eleonora Secchi

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Eleonora Secchi is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eleonora Secchi has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eleonora Secchi's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (16 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (9 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (8 papers). Eleonora Secchi is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (16 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (9 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (8 papers). Eleonora Secchi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Eleonora Secchi's co-authors include Roman Stocker, Roberto Rusconi, Stefano Buzzaccaro, Roberto Piazza, Alessandro Siria, Lydéric Bocquet, Antoine Niguès, Giovanni Savorana, Leo Eberl and Alessandra Vitale 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

Eleonora Secchi

48 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves

2020 259 citations Hongri Gu, Quentin Boehler et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eleonora Secchi Switzerland	20	606	392	305	232	221	52	1.5k
Guanglai Li United States	17	653 1.1×	459 1.2×	548 1.8×	293 1.3×	104 0.5×	36	1.7k
Xu Zheng China	26	767 1.3×	171 0.4×	292 1.0×	577 2.5×	164 0.7×	156	2.1k
Vasily Kantsler United Kingdom	23	1.1k 1.8×	365 0.9×	932 3.1×	197 0.8×	198 0.9×	28	2.2k
Carine Douarche France	14	306 0.5×	341 0.9×	353 1.2×	115 0.5×	97 0.4×	22	820
Shunichi Suzuki Japan	19	181 0.3×	480 1.2×	126 0.4×	430 1.9×	134 0.6×	150	1.7k
Xin Yong United States	22	330 0.5×	120 0.3×	248 0.8×	682 2.9×	148 0.7×	88	1.6k
Youchuang Chao Hong Kong	19	511 0.8×	175 0.4×	58 0.2×	373 1.6×	86 0.4×	44	1.2k
Seiichi Sudo Japan	25	429 0.7×	124 0.3×	121 0.4×	488 2.1×	91 0.4×	149	1.7k
James W. Swan United States	30	768 1.3×	286 0.7×	468 1.5×	1.1k 4.9×	110 0.5×	91	2.4k
Jason Riordon Canada	23	836 1.4×	187 0.5×	87 0.3×	133 0.6×	124 0.6×	46	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eleonora Secchi

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All Works

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Savorana, Giovanni, et al.. (2025). Stress-hardening behaviour of biofilm streamers. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9497–9497.

Ugolini, Giovanni Stefano, et al.. (2024). Microfluidic approaches in microbial ecology. Lab on a Chip. 24(5). 1394–1418. 22 indexed citations

Secchi, Eleonora, et al.. (2023). Genotoxic stress stimulates eDNA release via explosive cell lysis and thereby promotes streamer formation of Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 cultured in a microfluidic device. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 96–96. 7 indexed citations

Secchi, Eleonora, et al.. (2023). Morphogenesis of Biofilms in Porous Media and Control on Hydrodynamics. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(14). 5666–5677. 19 indexed citations

Charlton, Sam, Amber N. Bible, Eleonora Secchi, et al.. (2023). Microstructural and Rheological Transitions in Bacterial Biofilms. Advanced Science. 10(27). e2207373–e2207373. 16 indexed citations

Savorana, Giovanni, et al.. (2022). A microfluidic platform for characterizing the structure and rheology of biofilm streamers. Soft Matter. 18(20). 3878–3890. 18 indexed citations

Secchi, Eleonora, Giovanni Savorana, Alessandra Vitale, et al.. (2022). The structural role of bacterial eDNA in the formation of biofilm streamers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(12). e2113723119–e2113723119. 58 indexed citations

Secchi, Eleonora, et al.. (2022). Competition between growth and shear stress drives intermittency in preferential flow paths in porous medium biofilms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2122202119–e2122202119. 42 indexed citations

Caldara, Marina, Cristina Belgiovine, Eleonora Secchi, & Roberto Rusconi. (2022). Environmental, Microbiological, and Immunological Features of Bacterial Biofilms Associated with Implanted Medical Devices. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 35(2). e0022120–e0022120. 84 indexed citations

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Charlton, Sam, et al.. (2022). The role of biofilm matrix composition in controlling colony expansion and morphology. Interface Focus. 12(6). 20220035–20220035. 10 indexed citations

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Linsenmeier, Miriam, Maria Hondele, Fulvio Grigolato, et al.. (2022). Dynamic arrest and aging of biomolecular condensates are modulated by low-complexity domains, RNA and biochemical activity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3030–3030. 60 indexed citations

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Secchi, Eleonora, et al.. (2022). A Microfluidic Platform to Study Bioclogging in Porous Media. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Salek, M. Mehdi, Vicente I. Fernandez, Glen G D’Souza, et al.. (2021). An interdisciplinary and application-oriented approach to teach microfluidics. Biomicrofluidics. 15(1). 14104–14104. 5 indexed citations

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Stocker, Roman, et al.. (2021). Patterning of Microorganisms and Microparticles through Sequential Capillarity-assisted Assembly. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Secchi, Eleonora, Alessandra Vitale, Gastón L. Miño, et al.. (2020). The effect of flow on swimming bacteria controls the initial colonization of curved surfaces. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2851–2851. 91 indexed citations

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Gu, Hongri, Quentin Boehler, Haoyang Cui, et al.. (2020). Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2637–2637. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seybold, H. J., Eleonora Secchi, Joaquín Jiménez‐Martínez, et al.. (2020). Mapping the local viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids flowing through disordered porous structures. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11733–11733. 20 indexed citations

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Buzzaccaro, Stefano, Eleonora Secchi, Giovanni Brambilla, Roberto Piazza, & Luca Cipelletti. (2012). Equilibrium concentration profiles and sedimentation kinetics of colloidal gels under gravitational stress. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(28). 284103–284103. 14 indexed citations

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Piazza, Roberto, Stefano Buzzaccaro, & Eleonora Secchi. (2012). The unbearable heaviness of colloids: facts, surprises, and puzzles in sedimentation. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(28). 284109–284109. 24 indexed citations

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Sato, Sanai, et al.. (2003). NADPH-dependent reductases and polyol formation in human leukemia cell lines. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 143-144. 363–371. 6 indexed citations

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