Maria Francesca Casula

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
107 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Maria Francesca Casula is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Francesca Casula has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 22 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Maria Francesca Casula's work include Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (31 papers), Aerogels and thermal insulation (21 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers). Maria Francesca Casula is often cited by papers focused on Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (31 papers), Aerogels and thermal insulation (21 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers). Maria Francesca Casula collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Austria. Maria Francesca Casula's co-authors include Wolfgang J. Parak, Anna Corrias, A. Paul Alivisatos, Young‐wook Jun, Davide Prosperi, Susana Carregal‐Romero, Johannes T. Heverhagen, M. P. Morales, Ingrid Böhm and Miriam Colombo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Maria Francesca Casula

107 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biological applications of magnetic nanoparticles

2012 1.0k citations Maria Francesca Casula, Wolfgang J. Parak et al. profile →
The Role of Ligands in the Chemical Synthesis and Applications of Inorganic Nanoparticles

2019 890 citations Amelie Heuer‐Jungemann, Neus Feliu et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Surfactant-Assisted Elimination of a High Energy Facet as a Means of Controlling the Shapes of TiO₂ Nanocrystals

2003 513 citations Maria Francesca Casula et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Francesca Casula Italy	31	3.4k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	907	107	5.3k
Lionel Nicole France	30	4.0k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	688 0.6×	677 0.7×	45	6.1k
Pedro Tartaj Spain	38	2.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	823 0.9×	92	5.5k
Corinne Chanéac France	39	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.7×	798 0.7×	786 0.9×	109	6.5k
Anna Roig Spain	51	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.9k 2.1×	208	7.9k
Yongxing Hu United States	38	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	60	6.3k
Byung Hyo Kim South Korea	29	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	814 0.9×	68	5.3k
Yosun Hwang South Korea	17	3.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	22	6.3k
Elena Lorena Salabaş Germany	8	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	8	6.3k
Benoît P. Pichon France	31	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	996 0.7×	926 0.8×	571 0.6×	103	3.3k
Hongwei Ma China	38	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	843 0.6×	626 0.5×	669 0.7×	184	5.7k

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Loche, Danilo, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Aerogels for Room-Temperature Catalytic Production of Bis(indolyl)methane Derivatives. Molecules. 29(10). 2223–2223. 2 indexed citations

Olla, Chiara, Stefania Porcu, Luigi Stagi, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Nitrogen Doping on the Optical Properties of Carbon Dots Synthesized from Citric Acid. Nanomaterials. 13(8). 1344–1344. 14 indexed citations

Artizzu, Flavia, Luca Pilia, Angela Serpe, et al.. (2023). Anion-Induced Structural Diversity and Optical Chromism in a Series of Cyano-Bridged Heterometallic 3d-4f Coordination Polymers. Molecules. 28(6). 2871–2871. 5 indexed citations

Carboni, Davide, Luigi Stagi, Luca Malfatti, et al.. (2023). In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Hyperbranched Poly-L-Lysine Modified by L-Arginine against Different SARS-CoV-2 Variants. Nanomaterials. 13(24). 3090–3090. 5 indexed citations

Lodi, Matteo Bruno, Nicola Curreli, Luca Pilia, et al.. (2021). Influence of Magnetic Scaffold Loading Patterns on Their Hyperthermic Potential Against Bone Tumors. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 69(6). 2029–2040. 19 indexed citations

Ren, Junkai, Luigi Stagi, Carlo Maria Carbonaro, et al.. (2020). Defect-assisted photoluminescence in hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets. 2D Materials. 7(4). 45023–45023. 25 indexed citations

Caddeo, Francesco, Danilo Loche, Maria Francesca Casula, & Anna Corrias. (2020). Growing CeO2 Nanoparticles Within the Nano-Porous Architecture of the SiO2 Aerogel. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 57–57. 8 indexed citations

Caddeo, Francesco, Alberto Casu, Danilo Loche, et al.. (2020). Thermally stable surfactant-free ceria nanocubes in silica aerogel. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 583. 376–384. 4 indexed citations

Mais, Laura, Simonetta Palmas, Michele Mascia, et al.. (2019). Porous Ni Photocathodes Obtained by Selective Corrosion of Ni-Cu Films: Synthesis and Photoelectrochemical Characterization. Catalysts. 9(5). 453–453. 14 indexed citations

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Casula, Maria Francesca, Andrea Falqui, Elisa Sogne, et al.. (2019). Occupational Fine/Ultrafine Particles and Noise Exposure in Aircraft Personnel Operating in Airport Taxiway. Environments. 6(3). 35–35. 9 indexed citations

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Casula, Maria Francesca, et al.. (2019). Driving the polymerization of PEDOT:PSS by means of a nanoporous template: Effects on the structure. Polymer. 185. 121941–121941. 9 indexed citations

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Heuer‐Jungemann, Amelie, Neus Feliu, Ioanna Bakaimi, et al.. (2019). The Role of Ligands in the Chemical Synthesis and Applications of Inorganic Nanoparticles. Chemical Reviews. 119(8). 4819–4880. 890 indexed citations breakdown →

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Caddeo, Francesco, Danilo Loche, Maria Francesca Casula, & Anna Corrias. (2018). Evidence of a cubic iron sub-lattice in t-CuFe2O4 demonstrated by X-ray Absorption Fine Structure. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 797–797. 45 indexed citations

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Corrias, Anna, Giannantonio Cibin, Gavin Mountjoy, et al.. (2015). Insights into the Structure of Dot@Rod and Dot@Octapod CdSe@CdS Heterostructures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(28). 16338–16348. 9 indexed citations

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Medda, Luca, Maria Francesca Casula, Maura Monduzzi, & Andrea Salis. (2014). Adsorption of Lysozyme on Hyaluronic Acid Functionalized SBA-15 Mesoporous Silica: A Possible Bioadhesive Depot System. Langmuir. 30(43). 12996–13004. 29 indexed citations

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Aresti, M., Michele Saba, Maria Francesca Casula, et al.. (2013). Charge separation in Pt-decorated CdSe@CdS octapod nanocrystals. Nanoscale. 6(4). 2238–2243. 15 indexed citations

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Carta, Daniela, et al.. (2013). Carbon nanotubes synthesis over FeCo-based catalysts supported on SBA-16. UNICA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Cagliari). 8(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Falcaro, Paolo, Luca Malfatti, Tongjit Kidchob, et al.. (2009). Hierarchical Porous Silica Films with Ultralow Refractive Index. Chemistry of Materials. 21(10). 2055–2061. 47 indexed citations

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Carta, Daniela, G. Navarra, Maria Francesca Casula, et al.. (2007). X-ray Absorption Investigation of the Formation of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles in an Aerogel Silica Matrix. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111(17). 6308–6317. 50 indexed citations

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Casula, Maria Francesca, Anna Corrias, & G. Paschina. (2000). Nickel oxide–silica and nickel–silica aerogel and xerogel nanocomposite materials. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 15(10). 2187–2194. 27 indexed citations

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