N. E. Zafeiropoulos

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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N. E. Zafeiropoulos is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, N. E. Zafeiropoulos has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in N. E. Zafeiropoulos's work include Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (14 papers), Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (8 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (6 papers). N. E. Zafeiropoulos is often cited by papers focused on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (14 papers), Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (8 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (6 papers). N. E. Zafeiropoulos collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Greece. N. E. Zafeiropoulos's co-authors include Caroline Baillie, Costas Panayiotou, V. Tserki, Frank Simon, F.L. Matthews, Daryl R. Williams, K. M. Entwistle, P.J. Herrera‐Franco, Mark Hughes and Timothy G. Rials and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemistry of Materials, Chemical Communications and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

N. E. Zafeiropoulos

24 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Review: Current international research into cellulosic fibres and composites

2001 702 citations Caroline Baillie, N. E. Zafeiropoulos et al. Journal of Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. E. Zafeiropoulos Germany	16	1.8k	1.2k	481	354	309	24	2.4k
S. N. Maiti India	29	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	357 0.7×	389 1.1×	287 0.9×	113	2.6k
M. G. Kumaran India	21	1.8k 1.0×	800 0.7×	549 1.1×	395 1.1×	233 0.8×	30	2.1k
Yong Lei China	23	1.7k 0.9×	795 0.7×	292 0.6×	277 0.8×	575 1.9×	65	2.6k
Kutlay Sever Türkiye	25	1.4k 0.8×	795 0.7×	450 0.9×	352 1.0×	318 1.0×	70	1.9k
János Móczó Hungary	30	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	292 0.6×	373 1.1×	342 1.1×	83	2.7k
Han Min Zeng China	21	2.1k 1.2×	646 0.5×	513 1.1×	540 1.5×	426 1.4×	39	2.6k
H. Ismail Malaysia	36	3.3k 1.9×	1.2k 1.0×	554 1.2×	666 1.9×	366 1.2×	182	3.8k
Zachariah Oommen India	20	1.6k 0.9×	607 0.5×	419 0.9×	379 1.1×	140 0.5×	31	1.8k
B. V. Kokta Canada	36	3.1k 1.7×	1.6k 1.4×	754 1.6×	752 2.1×	624 2.0×	140	3.9k
Siti Hasnah Kamarudin Malaysia	14	1.0k 0.6×	607 0.5×	338 0.7×	290 0.8×	292 0.9×	20	1.7k

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Vázquez, A., M. López, Elena Serrano, et al.. (2008). Structural and ordering behavior of lamellar polystyrene‐block‐polybutadiene‐block‐polystyrene triblock copolymer containing layered silicates. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 110(6). 3624–3637. 6 indexed citations

Agrawal, Mukesh, Andrij Pich, N. E. Zafeiropoulos, et al.. (2007). Polystyrene−ZnO Composite Particles with Controlled Morphology. Chemistry of Materials. 19(7). 1845–1852. 98 indexed citations

García, Ignacio, N. E. Zafeiropoulos, Andreas Janke, et al.. (2007). Functionalization of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles with poly(methyl methacrylate) brushes via grafting‐from atom transfer radical polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 45(5). 925–932. 66 indexed citations

García, Ignacio, Agnieszka Tercjak, N. E. Zafeiropoulos, Manfred Stamm, & Iñaki Mondragòn. (2007). Generation of core/shell iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles with polystyrene brushes by atom transfer radical polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 45(20). 4744–4750. 28 indexed citations

Zafeiropoulos, N. E., et al.. (2006). A study of the effect of surface treatments on the tensile strength of flax fibres: Part I. Application of Gaussian statistics. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 38(2). 621–628. 48 indexed citations

Tserki, V., P. Matzinos, N. E. Zafeiropoulos, & Costas Panayiotou. (2006). Development of biodegradable composites with treated and compatibilized lignocellulosic fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 100(6). 4703–4710. 67 indexed citations

Bocchini, Sergio, Giulia Fornasieri, Laurence Rozes, et al.. (2005). New hybrid organic–inorganic nanocomposites based on functional [Ti16O16(OEt)24(OEMA)8] nano-fillers. Chemical Communications. 2600–2600. 39 indexed citations

Tserki, V., Costas Panayiotou, & N. E. Zafeiropoulos. (2005). A Study of the Effect of Acetylation and Propionylation on the Interface of Natural Fibre Biodegradable Composites. Advanced Composites Letters. 14(2). 31 indexed citations

Tserki, V., N. E. Zafeiropoulos, Frank Simon, & Costas Panayiotou. (2005). A study of the effect of acetylation and propionylation surface treatments on natural fibres. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 36(8). 1110–1118. 482 indexed citations

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Rozes, Laurence, Giulia Fornasieri, Costantino Creton, et al.. (2005). Reinforcement of polystyrene by covalently bonded oxo-titanium clusters. Progress in Solid State Chemistry. 33(2-4). 127–135. 29 indexed citations

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Figiel, Łukasz, N. E. Zafeiropoulos, & Bernd Lauke. (2004). Numerical analysis of the elastic constants' effect on the delamination propagation in a curved layered composite beam under cyclic shear loading. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 36(2). 153–162. 4 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., et al.. (2003). An experimental investigation of modified and unmodified flax fibres with XPS, ToF-SIMS and ATR-FTIR. Journal of Materials Science. 38(19). 3903–3914. 80 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., Caroline Baillie, & J. Hodgkinson. (2002). Engineering and characterisation of the interface in flax fibre/polypropylene composite materials. Part II. The effect of surface treatments on the interface. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 33(9). 1185–1190. 111 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., Daryl R. Williams, Caroline Baillie, & F.L. Matthews. (2002). Engineering and characterisation of the interface in flax fibre/polypropylene composite materials. Part I. Development and investigation of surface treatments. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 33(8). 1083–1093. 274 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E.. (2002). The Application of Weibull Statistics on Fragmentation Data. Advanced Composites Letters. 11(2). 2 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., Caroline Baillie, & F.L. Matthews. (2001). The Effect of Transcrystallinity on the Interface of Green Flax/Polypropylene Composite Materials. Advanced Composites Letters. 10(5). 13 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., Caroline Baillie, & F.L. Matthews. (2001). A study of transcrystallinity and its effect on the interface in flax fibre reinforced composite materials. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 32(3-4). 525–543. 140 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., Caroline Baillie, & F.L. Matthews. (2001). An Investigation of the Effect of Processing Conditions on the Interface of Flax/Polypropylene Composites. Advanced Composites Letters. 10(6). 9 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., Caroline Baillie, & F.L. Matthews. (2000). A Study of the Effect of Surface Treatments on the Thermal Stability of Flax Fibres. Advanced Composites Letters. 9(4). 7 indexed citations

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Zafeiropoulos, N. E., P.C. Varelidis, C. D. Papaspyrides, Theodor Stern, & G. Marom. (1999). Characterisation of LDPE residual matrix deposited on glass fibres by a dissolution/reprecipitation recycling process. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 30(7). 831–838. 12 indexed citations

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