Mohammad Reza Kasaai

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

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Mohammad Reza Kasaai is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Food Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammad Reza Kasaai has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomaterials, 13 papers in Food Science and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mohammad Reza Kasaai's work include Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (14 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (5 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (4 papers). Mohammad Reza Kasaai is often cited by papers focused on Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (14 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (5 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (4 papers). Mohammad Reza Kasaai collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Canada and Germany. Mohammad Reza Kasaai's co-authors include Joseph Arul, Gérard Charlet, V. Tam Bui, Katherine A. M. Creber, See Leang Chin, Hamed Hamishehkar, Jamshid Farmani, Paul Paquin, M. Farzaneh and Khosro Khajeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Carbohydrate Polymers and Trends in Food Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Mohammad Reza Kasaai

42 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Zein and zein -based nano-materials for food and nutrition applications: A review

2018 342 citations Mohammad Reza Kasaai Trends in Food Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mohammad Reza Kasaai Iran	24	1.3k	665	375	343	326	48	2.6k
K.V. Harish Prashanth India	21	1.2k 1.0×	481 0.7×	329 0.9×	494 1.4×	183 0.6×	39	2.7k
Jianhong Yang China	33	1.7k 1.3×	399 0.6×	462 1.2×	477 1.4×	324 1.0×	69	3.2k
Luc Picton France	35	899 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	422 1.1×	308 0.9×	216 0.7×	121	3.1k
Sérgio Paulo Campana Filho Brazil	30	1.6k 1.2×	310 0.5×	558 1.5×	498 1.5×	287 0.9×	103	3.0k
Adriana Pinotti Argentina	28	1.5k 1.2×	673 1.0×	370 1.0×	163 0.5×	219 0.7×	49	2.5k
Hu Tang China	30	962 0.7×	464 0.7×	528 1.4×	542 1.6×	489 1.5×	72	3.0k
Ali Ehsani Iran	33	1.2k 1.0×	540 0.8×	494 1.3×	340 1.0×	583 1.8×	60	2.8k
Waldo Argüelles‐Monal Mexico	32	1.9k 1.5×	587 0.9×	636 1.7×	509 1.5×	399 1.2×	60	3.9k
Kozo Ogawa Japan	25	1.4k 1.1×	436 0.7×	516 1.4×	327 1.0×	277 0.8×	60	2.7k
Jaime Lizardi‐Mendoza Mexico	32	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.8×	580 1.5×	662 1.9×	312 1.0×	109	4.2k

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2025). "Chitosan- Based Materials with Antibacterial Activities As a Biotechnological Material for Biomedical Applications: A MiniReview". 6(1).

Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2025). Oxidative and hydrolytic deteriorations of lipids and several alternative pathways for their protections: An overview. 3(1). 238–238.

Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2024). Zein-Based Nanomaterials for Food and Agriculture Applications: A Review. 271–292.

Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2024). How Do We Set Up or Choose An Optimal Procedure to Determine the Molecular Weight of Polymers with A Good Accuracy Using Size Exclusion Chromatography or Viscometry? A Mini-Review. 12(1). 8–14. 1 indexed citations

Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2024). Biopolymers as Fillers of Biopolymer Matrices to Fabricate Green Nano-composites for Food Coating and Packaging: A Review. 1–14.

Motamedzadegan, Ali, et al.. (2022). Physicochemical and sensory characteristics of foam mat dried ricotta cheese as a function of raw material composition and drying temperature. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 46(5). 4 indexed citations

Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2021). Bio-nano-composites containing at least two components, chitosan and zein, for food packaging applications: A review of the nano-composites in comparison with the conventional counterparts. Carbohydrate Polymers. 280. 119027–119027. 36 indexed citations

Milani, Jafar Mohammadzadeh, et al.. (2019). Use of encapsulated maltogenic amylase in malotodextrins with different formulations in making gluten-free breads. LWT. 110. 182–189. 19 indexed citations

Kasaai, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2018). Isolation and structural characterization of a polysaccharide derived from a local gum: Zedo (Amygdalus scoparia Spach). Food Hydrocolloids. 87. 915–924. 28 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2018). Molecular Weight Distribution for Biopolymers: A Review. 6(1). 39–44. 9 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2018). Zein and zein -based nano-materials for food and nutrition applications: A review. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 79. 184–197. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2017). Treatment of Kraft paper with citrus wastes for food packaging applications: Water and oxygen barrier properties improvement. Food Packaging and Shelf Life. 12. 59–65. 23 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2008). Calculation of viscometric constants, hydrodynamic volume, polymer–solvent interaction parameter, and expansion factor for three polysaccharides with different chain conformations. Carbohydrate Research. 343(13). 2266–2277. 20 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza, Joseph Arul, & Gérard Charlet. (2008). Fragmentation of chitosan by ultrasonic irradiation. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 15(6). 1001–1008. 56 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza. (2007). A review of several reported procedures to determine the degree of N-acetylation for chitin and chitosan using infrared spectroscopy. Carbohydrate Polymers. 71(4). 497–508. 341 indexed citations

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Hadipour, Nasser L., et al.. (2007). Theoretical investigation of hydrogen bonding effects on oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen chemical shielding and electric field gradient tensors of chitosan/HI salt. Carbohydrate Research. 342(16). 2396–2403. 6 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza, See Leang Chin, & Joseph Arul. (2003). Kinetic aspects of chitosan fragmentation by femtosecond laser. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 159(3). 207–211. 2 indexed citations

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Kasaai, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2003). The interaction of femtosecond and nanosecond laser pulses with the surface of glass. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 319(1-2). 129–135. 42 indexed citations

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Théberge, F., S. Petit, Atsushi Iwasaki, Mohammad Reza Kasaai, & S. L. Chin. (2002). Ultrafast intense laser “explosion” of hardwood. Applied Surface Science. 191(1-4). 328–333. 4 indexed citations

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MacKenzie, Kenneth J.D., et al.. (1979). Effect of electric fields on solid-state reactions between oxides. Journal of Materials Science. 14(2). 333–338. 11 indexed citations

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