Maurizio Prato

1.3k total papers · 87.1k total citations
876 papers, 64.6k citations indexed

About

Maurizio Prato is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurizio Prato has authored 876 papers receiving a total of 64.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 563 papers in Materials Chemistry, 338 papers in Organic Chemistry and 236 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Maurizio Prato's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (266 papers), Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (252 papers) and Graphene research and applications (189 papers). Maurizio Prato is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (266 papers), Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (252 papers) and Graphene research and applications (189 papers). Maurizio Prato collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and France. Maurizio Prato's co-authors include Alberto Bianco, Kostas Kostarelos, Dirk M. Guldi, Nikos Tagmatarchis, Michele Maggini, Dimitrios Tasis, Tatiana Da Ros, Gianfranco Scorrano, Ester Vázquez and Davide Pantarotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Maurizio Prato

863 papers receiving 63.3k citations

Hit Papers

Chemistry of Carbon Nanot... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2006 1993 2000 2002 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes
    2006 3.5k citations Dimitrios Tasis, Nikos Tagmatarchis et al. profile →
  2. Addition of azomethine ylides to C60: synthesis, characterization, and functionalization of fullerene pyrrolidines
    1993 1.1k citations Michele Maggini, Gianfranco Scorrano et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Excited-State Properties of C60 Fullerene Derivatives
    2000 984 citations Dirk M. Guldi, Maurizio Prato Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  4. Organic Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes
    2002 967 citations Vasilios Georgakilas, Konstantinos Kordatos et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Translocation of bioactive peptides across cell membranes by carbon nanotubesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: details of the synthesis and characterization, cell culture, TEM, epifluorescence and confocal microscopy images of CNTs 1, 2 and fluorescein. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b311254c/
    2003 819 citations Davide Pantarotto, Jean‐Paul Briand et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  6. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Drug Design and Discovery
    2007 815 citations Maurizio Prato, Kostas Kostarelos et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  7. Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes
    2004 810 citations Alberto Bianco, Kostas Kostarelos et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  8. Molecular design of strong single-wall carbon nanotube/polyelectrolyte multilayer composites
    2002 801 citations Arif A. Mamedov, Nicholas A. Kotov et al. Nature Materials profile →
  9. Tissue biodistribution and blood clearance rates of intravenously administered carbon nanotube radiotracers
    2006 788 citations Ravi Singh, Davide Pantarotto et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Plasmid DNA Gene Delivery
    2004 786 citations Davide Pantarotto, Ravi Singh et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  11. Fulleropyrrolidines:  A Family of Full-Fledged Fullerene Derivatives
    1998 735 citations Maurizio Prato, Michele Maggini Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  12. A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications
    2022 710 citations Luka Đorđević∞, Francesca Arcudi et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  13. [60]Fullerene chemistry for materials science applications
    1997 691 citations Maurizio Prato Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →
  14. Fullerene derivatives: an attractive tool for biological applications
    2003 662 citations Susanna Bosi, Tatiana Da Ros et al. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →
  15. Nanocomposite Hydrogels: 3D Polymer–Nanoparticle Synergies for On-Demand Drug Delivery
    2015 656 citations Sonia Merino, Cristina Martín et al. ACS Nano profile →
  16. Promises, facts and challenges for carbon nanotubes in imaging and therapeutics
    2009 620 citations Kostas Kostarelos, Alberto Bianco et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  17. Carbon nanotubes as nanomedicines: From toxicology to pharmacology☆
    2006 615 citations Lydia Lacerda, Andrea Bianco et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
  18. Decorating carbon nanotubes with metal or semiconductor nanoparticles
    2007 575 citations Vasilios Georgakilas, Lucia Pasquato et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →
  19. Promises, facts and challenges for graphene in biomedical applications
    2017 565 citations Giacomo Reina, José M. González‐Domínguez et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  20. Binding and Condensation of Plasmid DNA onto Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes:  Toward the Construction of Nanotube-Based Gene Delivery Vectors
    2005 560 citations Ravi Singh, Davide Pantarotto et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  21. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Are Non-Cytotoxic and Preserve the Functionality of Primary Immune Cells
    2006 541 citations Giorgia Pastorin, Riccardo Marega et al. Nano Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Maurizio Prato 42.4k 21.3k 18.0k 12.4k 7.4k 876 64.6k
He Tian 45.1k 1.1× 10.2k 0.5× 18.7k 1.0× 15.6k 1.3× 9.2k 1.2× 986 70.0k
Bin Liu 45.2k 1.1× 28.2k 1.3× 8.2k 0.5× 16.5k 1.3× 15.3k 2.1× 1.1k 72.1k
Katsuhiko Ariga 26.7k 0.6× 11.4k 0.5× 10.2k 0.6× 15.4k 1.2× 9.2k 1.2× 966 54.6k
Yanli Zhao 34.3k 0.8× 16.4k 0.8× 10.2k 0.6× 11.1k 0.9× 7.5k 1.0× 777 57.0k
Yen Wei 24.5k 0.6× 22.1k 1.0× 10.8k 0.6× 9.7k 0.8× 5.3k 0.7× 1.2k 60.3k
Kwang S. Kim 37.7k 0.9× 16.1k 0.8× 8.3k 0.5× 24.8k 2.0× 6.8k 0.9× 856 76.2k
Jacky W. Y. Lam 80.9k 1.9× 24.7k 1.2× 25.7k 1.4× 26.4k 2.1× 13.1k 1.8× 825 98.2k
Helmuth Möhwald 23.7k 0.6× 13.7k 0.6× 12.2k 0.7× 11.0k 0.9× 11.4k 1.5× 920 63.4k
Frank Caruso 22.4k 0.5× 19.5k 0.9× 10.7k 0.6× 11.2k 0.9× 11.8k 1.6× 717 68.4k
Daoben Zhu 43.6k 1.0× 16.3k 0.8× 12.1k 0.7× 39.1k 3.1× 5.7k 0.8× 1.1k 83.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurizio Prato

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