Francesca Serra

956 total citations
41 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Francesca Serra is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Serra has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Francesca Serra's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (30 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (17 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (10 papers). Francesca Serra is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (30 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (17 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (10 papers). Francesca Serra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Denmark. Francesca Serra's co-authors include Eugene M. Terentjev, Min Su Kim, Kathleen J. Stebe, Yimin Luo, Tommaso Bellini, Marco Buscaglia, Yan Ji, Shu Yang, Randall D. Kamien and Daniel A. Beller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Serra

41 papers receiving 746 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Serra United States 17 502 274 227 210 118 41 763
Martin Urbanski Germany 12 592 1.2× 121 0.4× 219 1.0× 262 1.2× 129 1.1× 22 699
Sathyanarayana Paladugu India 16 566 1.1× 161 0.6× 178 0.8× 247 1.2× 71 0.6× 37 753
Karla G. Gutierrez‐Cuevas United States 13 572 1.1× 238 0.9× 445 2.0× 215 1.0× 185 1.6× 14 994
A. V. Emelyanenko Russia 19 790 1.6× 121 0.4× 288 1.3× 258 1.2× 119 1.0× 69 916
Scott J. Woltman United States 5 478 1.0× 151 0.6× 154 0.7× 199 0.9× 144 1.2× 10 710
Haridas Mundoor United States 12 405 0.8× 84 0.3× 298 1.3× 203 1.0× 118 1.0× 27 655
Peter C. Mushenheim United States 11 498 1.0× 212 0.8× 241 1.1× 131 0.6× 356 3.0× 11 1.0k
Emre Büküşoğlu Türkiye 18 864 1.7× 425 1.6× 395 1.7× 285 1.4× 210 1.8× 42 1.2k
Nattaporn Chattham Thailand 13 544 1.1× 115 0.4× 182 0.8× 152 0.7× 102 0.9× 51 755
Rebecca J. Carlton United States 8 483 1.0× 97 0.4× 195 0.9× 130 0.6× 120 1.0× 11 738

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Serra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Serra

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesca Serra. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesca Serra 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 Francesca Serra. Francesca Serra 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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Zhao, Yongfeng, et al.. (2025). Integer topological defects offer a methodology to quantify and classify active cell monolayers. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2452–2452. 2 indexed citations
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Serra, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Effect of smectic polymers on cholesteric liquid crystals. Physical review. E. 110(5). 54703–54703. 1 indexed citations
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Schrettl, Stephen, Nicholas B. Tito, Ye Yang, et al.. (2023). Reversible Microscale Assembly of Nanoparticles Driven by the Phase Transition of a Thermotropic Liquid Crystal. ACS Nano. 17(11). 9906–9918. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yun, et al.. (2023). Migration and division in cell monolayers on substrates with topological defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(30). e2301197120–e2301197120. 10 indexed citations
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Yao, Tianyi, Žiga Kos, Yimin Luo, et al.. (2022). Nematic Colloidal Micro‐Robots as Physically Intelligent Systems. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(44). 13 indexed citations
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Kim, Min Su & Francesca Serra. (2022). Quasicrystalline Arrays and Moiré Patterns in Nematic Liquid Crystals for Soft Photonics. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(22). 8 indexed citations
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Beller, Daniel A., et al.. (2021). Emergence and stabilization of transient twisted defect structures in confined achiral liquid crystals at a phase transition. Soft Matter. 17(14). 3848–3854. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Min Su & Francesca Serra. (2020). Topological Defect Arrays in Nematic Liquid Crystals Assisted by Polymeric Pillar Arrays: Effect of the Geometry of Pillars. Crystals. 10(4). 314–314. 15 indexed citations
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Luo, Yimin, et al.. (2019). Colloids in confined liquid crystals: a plot twist in the lock-and-key mechanism. Soft Matter. 15(26). 5220–5226. 5 indexed citations
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Luo, Yimin, et al.. (2018). Tunable colloid trajectories in nematic liquid crystals near wavy walls. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3841–3841. 35 indexed citations
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Luo, Yimin, Francesca Serra, & Kathleen J. Stebe. (2016). Experimental realization of the “lock-and-key” mechanism in liquid crystals. Soft Matter. 12(28). 6027–6032. 23 indexed citations
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Luo, Yimin, Francesca Serra, Daniel A. Beller, et al.. (2016). Around the corner: Colloidal assembly and wiring in groovy nematic cells. Physical review. E. 93(3). 32705–32705. 20 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Akihiro, Gregory P. Smith, Youngwoo Yi, et al.. (2016). Phases and structures of sunset yellow and disodium cromoglycate mixtures in water. Physical review. E. 93(1). 12704–12704. 14 indexed citations
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Serra, Francesca, Shane M. Eaton, Roberto Cerbino, et al.. (2013). Liquid Crystals: Nematic Liquid Crystals Embedded in Cubic Microlattices: Memory Effects and Bistable Pixels (Adv. Funct. Mater. 32/2013). Advanced Functional Materials. 23(32). 4060–4060. 2 indexed citations
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Araki, Takeaki, Francesca Serra, & Hajime Tanaka. (2013). Defect science and engineering of liquid crystals under geometrical frustration. Soft Matter. 9(34). 8107–8107. 39 indexed citations
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Serra, Francesca, et al.. (2010). Single-mode laser tuning from cholesteric elastomers using a “notch” band-gap configuration. Optics Express. 18(2). 575–575. 47 indexed citations
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Ji, Yan, et al.. (2008). Effect of crosslinking on the photonic bandgap in deformable cholesteric elastomers. Optics Express. 16(8). 5320–5320. 34 indexed citations
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Cristofolini, Luigi, Marco Fontana, Francesca Serra, et al.. (2005). Microstructural analysis of the effects of incorporation of myelin basic protein in phospholipid layers. European Biophysics Journal. 34(8). 1041–1048. 13 indexed citations
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Varandas, C. A. F., et al.. (1997). Determination of Compound Properties for Superconducting Magnets by Combined Theoretical and Experimental Method. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1007–1010. 1 indexed citations
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Serra, Francesca. (1996). Calvino e il pulviscolo di Palomar. 1 indexed citations

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