Paolo Nicolini

54 total papers · 1.6k total citations
41 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Paolo Nicolini is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Nicolini has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Paolo Nicolini's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (7 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (7 papers). Paolo Nicolini is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (7 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (7 papers). Paolo Nicolini collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Italy and United Kingdom. Paolo Nicolini's co-authors include Tomáš Polcar, Diego Frezzato, Riccardo Chelli, Victor E. P. Claerbout, R. Conti, Denis Kramer, Mengzhou Liao, Rong Yang, Guangyu Zhang and Luojun Du and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Nature Materials and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Nicolini

39 papers receiving 769 citations

Hit Papers

UItra-low friction and ed... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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. UItra-low friction and edge-pinning effect in large-lattice-mismatch van der Waals heterostructures
    2021 206 citations Mengzhou Liao, Paolo Nicolini et al. Nature Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Paolo Nicolini 392 248 205 149 96 41 794
E. Beaugnon 164 0.4× 74 0.3× 101 0.5× 118 0.8× 119 1.2× 24 887
Anders Lervik 242 0.6× 222 0.9× 41 0.2× 49 0.3× 68 0.7× 41 847
Kohei Otomo 99 0.3× 76 0.3× 160 0.8× 80 0.5× 52 0.5× 48 783
Kranthi K. Mandadapu 212 0.5× 198 0.8× 41 0.2× 59 0.4× 35 0.4× 47 853
Martin Klein 236 0.6× 190 0.8× 122 0.6× 308 2.1× 58 0.6× 51 866
M. Ataka 446 1.1× 121 0.5× 102 0.5× 129 0.9× 196 2.0× 48 872
Yair Shokef 232 0.6× 145 0.6× 47 0.2× 331 2.2× 20 0.2× 39 1.0k
H See 224 0.6× 79 0.3× 65 0.3× 88 0.6× 61 0.6× 23 942
R. W. Pryor 727 1.9× 134 0.5× 241 1.2× 85 0.6× 335 3.5× 34 1.0k
Duan Chen 320 0.8× 131 0.5× 58 0.3× 52 0.3× 221 2.3× 37 763

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Nicolini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paolo Nicolini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Nicolini

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

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