Manuel Natali

828 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

Manuel Natali is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Natali has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Manuel Natali's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (7 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (4 papers). Manuel Natali is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (7 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (4 papers). Manuel Natali collaborates with scholars based in Ireland and United States. Manuel Natali's co-authors include Silvia Giordani, Laura Soldi, J. Desper, Christer B. Aakeröy, Kevin Flavin, T. S. Perova, Dania Movia and Antoin Douglawi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Carbon and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Natali

7 papers receiving 735 citations

Hit Papers

Molecular switches as photocontrollable “smart” receptors 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Molecular switches as photocontrollable “smart” receptors
    2012 429 citations Manuel Natali, Silvia Giordani Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manuel Natali Ireland 7 652 361 225 220 84 7 743
Qianfu Luo China 15 743 1.1× 252 0.7× 363 1.6× 137 0.6× 139 1.7× 42 885
Stefan Thumser Germany 13 512 0.8× 394 1.1× 424 1.9× 153 0.7× 100 1.2× 15 760
B. S. Lukyanov Russia 16 902 1.4× 683 1.9× 417 1.9× 160 0.7× 47 0.6× 123 1.1k
Sam‐Rok Keum South Korea 17 572 0.9× 325 0.9× 292 1.3× 126 0.6× 40 0.5× 57 790
Saemi Oh United States 3 563 0.9× 302 0.8× 245 1.1× 56 0.3× 95 1.1× 3 678
M. B. Lukyanova Russia 14 538 0.8× 413 1.1× 233 1.0× 103 0.5× 35 0.4× 51 669
Fynn Röhricht Germany 11 510 0.8× 233 0.6× 295 1.3× 67 0.3× 73 0.9× 17 632
Н. А. Волошин Russia 15 752 1.2× 465 1.3× 297 1.3× 161 0.7× 37 0.4× 75 832
Michael Kathan Germany 13 657 1.0× 281 0.8× 585 2.6× 120 0.5× 197 2.3× 17 1.0k
Diederik Roke Netherlands 11 544 0.8× 256 0.7× 537 2.4× 173 0.8× 153 1.8× 12 925

Countries citing papers authored by Manuel Natali

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manuel Natali

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Manuel Natali. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Manuel Natali. The network helps show where Manuel Natali may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Natali

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Natali, Manuel & Silvia Giordani. (2012). Molecular switches as photocontrollable “smart” receptors. Chemical Society Reviews. 41(10). 4010–4010. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Natali, Manuel, et al.. (2012). Photo-controlled release of zinc metal ions by spiropyran receptors anchored to single-walled carbon nanotubes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(17). 6034–6034. 27 indexed citations
3.
Natali, Manuel & Silvia Giordani. (2011). Interaction studies between photochromic spiropyrans and transition metal cations: the curious case of copper. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(6). 1162–1171. 54 indexed citations
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Natali, Manuel, Christer B. Aakeröy, J. Desper, & Silvia Giordani. (2010). The role of metal ions and counterions in the switching behavior of a carboxylic acid functionalized spiropyran. Dalton Transactions. 39(35). 8269–8269. 66 indexed citations
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Natali, Manuel, Laura Soldi, & Silvia Giordani. (2010). A photoswitchable Zn (II) selective spiropyran-based sensor. Tetrahedron. 66(38). 7612–7617. 92 indexed citations
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Flavin, Kevin, et al.. (2010). Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with optically switchable spiropyrans. Carbon. 48(10). 2815–2824. 47 indexed citations
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Aakeröy, Christer B., et al.. (2009). The balance between closed and open forms of spiropyrans in the solid state. CrystEngComm. 12(4). 1027–1033. 28 indexed citations

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