Michele Cacioppo

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michele Cacioppo is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Cacioppo has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Materials Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michele Cacioppo's work include Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (12 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (7 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (4 papers). Michele Cacioppo is often cited by papers focused on Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (12 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (7 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (4 papers). Michele Cacioppo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Michele Cacioppo's co-authors include Francesca Arcudi, Maurizio Prato, Luka Đorđević∞, I. Jénnifer Gómez, Blanca Arnáiz, Norberto Micali, Roberto Purrello, Alessandro D’Urso, Thomas Bürgi and Francesco Paolucci and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michele Cacioppo

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dot... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 200 400 600
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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.

  1. A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications
    2022 732 citations Luka Đorđević∞, Francesca Arcudi et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michele Cacioppo Italy 8 1.0k 296 234 183 110 18 1.3k
Pengli Zuo China 12 886 0.8× 351 1.2× 253 1.1× 144 0.8× 48 0.4× 16 1.2k
Md Palashuddin Sk India 21 1.1k 1.1× 259 0.9× 226 1.0× 253 1.4× 151 1.4× 36 1.4k
Happy Tan Singapore 8 741 0.7× 220 0.7× 145 0.6× 99 0.5× 92 0.8× 9 894
Chunlei Xia China 13 1.8k 1.8× 363 1.2× 257 1.1× 338 1.8× 230 2.1× 22 2.2k
Qiao Zeng China 16 565 0.5× 325 1.1× 162 0.7× 195 1.1× 128 1.2× 29 1.0k
Kenneth N. Tackett United States 12 1.8k 1.7× 462 1.6× 289 1.2× 181 1.0× 276 2.5× 14 2.0k
Jiafu Xiao China 16 826 0.8× 312 1.1× 142 0.6× 192 1.0× 215 2.0× 28 1.1k
Bing Nie China 8 1.1k 1.1× 108 0.4× 172 0.7× 138 0.8× 84 0.8× 22 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michele Cacioppo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michele Cacioppo

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Bassan, Elena, et al.. (2025). Direct Conversion of Ethanol to Ethyl Acetate by Dynamic Polyoxometalate/Carbon Nanohorn Electrocatalytic Interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(38). 34840–34848.
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Cacioppo, Michele, Francesco Paolucci, Marcella Bonchio, et al.. (2025). Exploiting the Functionality of Cerium Oxide‐Modified Carbon Nanohorns Catalysts Toward Enhanced CO 2 Reduction Performance. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(21).
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Marullo, Salvatore, et al.. (2024). Fast and Efficient Sensing of Drugs in Water Using Self‐Assembling D‐Glucamine‐Functionalized Naphthalenediimide and 1,8‐Naphthalimide Fluorophores. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(61). e202401944–e202401944. 2 indexed citations
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Bellich, Barbara, Michele Cacioppo, Rita De Zorzi, et al.. (2024). Interactions of biofilm polysaccharides produced by human infective bacteria with molecules of the quorum sensing system. A microscopy and NMR study. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 281(Pt 2). 136222–136222. 1 indexed citations
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Cacioppo, Michele, Rita De Zorzi, Zois Syrgiannis, et al.. (2023). Microscopy and modelling investigations on the morphology of the biofilm exopolysaccharide produced by Burkholderia multivorans strain C1576. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253(Pt 6). 127294–127294. 2 indexed citations
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Amato, Francesco, Michele Cacioppo, M.N.P. Carreño, et al.. (2023). Improving Solar Cells Efficiency with PMMA-Carbon Dots Nanocomposites. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Cacioppo, Michele, Francesco Amato, M.N.P. Carreño, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of fluorescent PMMA-carbon nanodots optical films and their feasibility in improving solar cells efficiency using low-cost sustainable materials. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 42(1). 183–195. 1 indexed citations
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Đorđević∞, Luka, Francesca Arcudi, Michele Cacioppo, & Maurizio Prato. (2022). A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(2). 112–130. 732 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mattinzoli, Deborah, Michele Cacioppo, Masami Ikehata, et al.. (2022). Carbon dots conjugated to SN38 for improved colorectal anticancer therapy. Materials Today Bio. 16. 100286–100286. 17 indexed citations
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Yan, Huijie, Michele Cacioppo, Francesca Arcudi, et al.. (2021). Influence of the chirality of carbon nanodots on their interaction with proteins and cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7208–7208. 44 indexed citations
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Arcudi, Francesca, Luka Đorđević∞, Sara Rebeccani, et al.. (2021). Lighting up the Electrochemiluminescence of Carbon Dots through Pre‐ and Post‐Synthetic Design. Advanced Science. 8(13). 2100125–2100125. 78 indexed citations
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Đorđević∞, Luka, Philipp Haines, Michele Cacioppo, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and excited state processes of arrays containing amine-rich carbon dots and unsymmetrical rylene diimides. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 4(12). 3640–3648. 16 indexed citations
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Cacioppo, Michele, Tobías Scharl, Luka Đorđević∞, et al.. (2020). Symmetry‐Breaking Charge‐Transfer Chromophore Interactions Supported by Carbon Nanodots. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(31). 12779–12784. 34 indexed citations
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Cacioppo, Michele, Tobías Scharl, Luka Đorđević∞, et al.. (2020). Symmetry‐Breaking Charge‐Transfer Chromophore Interactions Supported by Carbon Nanodots. Angewandte Chemie. 132(31). 12879–12884. 2 indexed citations
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Amato, Francesco, Michele Cacioppo, Francesca Arcudi, et al.. (2019). Nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots/PMMA nanocomposites for solar cells applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 74. 1105–1110. 6 indexed citations
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Đorđević∞, Luka, Francesca Arcudi, Alessandro D’Urso, et al.. (2018). Design principles of chiral carbon nanodots help convey chirality from molecular to nanoscale level. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3442–3442. 204 indexed citations
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Gómez, I. Jénnifer, Blanca Arnáiz, Michele Cacioppo, Francesca Arcudi, & Maurizio Prato. (2018). Nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots for bioimaging and delivery of paclitaxel. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(35). 5540–5548. 151 indexed citations

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