Pier Luca Palla

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Pier Luca Palla is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pier Luca Palla has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Pier Luca Palla's work include Composite Material Mechanics (13 papers), Thermal properties of materials (11 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Pier Luca Palla is often cited by papers focused on Composite Material Mechanics (13 papers), Thermal properties of materials (11 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Pier Luca Palla collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Switzerland. Pier Luca Palla's co-authors include Stefano Giordano, Luciano Colombo, Emiliano Cadelano, Fabrizio Cleri, Fabio Manca, E. Lampin, Fabio Pavanello, Assil Bouzid, Carlo Pierleoni and Carlo Massobrio and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Pier Luca Palla

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Elastic properties of hydrogenated graphene 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Elastic properties of hydrogenated graphene
    2010 571 citations Emiliano Cadelano, Pier Luca Palla et al. Physical Review B profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pier Luca Palla France 16 1.2k 329 255 239 231 33 1.6k
Sang Xiong China 18 894 0.8× 278 0.8× 236 0.9× 194 0.8× 485 2.1× 108 1.4k
Jesse Maassen Canada 20 1.5k 1.3× 337 1.0× 101 0.4× 196 0.8× 685 3.0× 46 1.8k
Alireza Nojeh Canada 20 1.2k 1.0× 306 0.9× 99 0.4× 336 1.4× 450 1.9× 106 1.6k
Takashi Komine Japan 20 727 0.6× 530 1.6× 72 0.3× 206 0.9× 142 0.6× 130 1.2k
Benny Lassen Denmark 16 645 0.5× 367 1.1× 74 0.3× 510 2.1× 459 2.0× 63 1.3k
Takuma Shiga Japan 20 1.6k 1.4× 213 0.6× 97 0.4× 101 0.4× 349 1.5× 54 1.8k
M. M. de Lima Spain 21 560 0.5× 688 2.1× 104 0.4× 508 2.1× 721 3.1× 68 1.3k
Kiran Sasikumar United States 19 557 0.5× 116 0.4× 120 0.5× 122 0.5× 189 0.8× 36 888
Bo Yan China 20 651 0.5× 231 0.7× 123 0.5× 412 1.7× 623 2.7× 182 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pier Luca Palla

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Palla, Pier Luca, Giuseppe Patera, Fabrizio Cleri, & Stefano Giordano. (2020). A stochastic force model for the ballistic-diffusive transition of heat conduction. Physica Scripta. 95(7). 75703–75703. 9 indexed citations
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Manca, Fabio, et al.. (2020). Rate-dependent force–extension models for single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments. Physical Biology. 17(5). 56002–56002. 8 indexed citations
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Martin, Évelyne, Pier Luca Palla, Fabrizio Cleri, et al.. (2018). On the occurrence of size effects in the calculation of thermal conductivity by first-principles molecular dynamics: The case of glassy GeTe4. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 498. 190–193. 12 indexed citations
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Palla, Pier Luca, et al.. (2016). Length dependence of thermal conductivity by approach-to-equilibrium molecular dynamics. Physical review. B.. 94(5). 43 indexed citations
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Manca, Fabio, Pier Luca Palla, Fabrizio Cleri, & Stefano Giordano. (2016). Characteristic lengths in natural bundle assemblies arising from fiber-matrix energy competition: A floquet-based homogenization theory. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 60. 145–165. 4 indexed citations
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Palla, Pier Luca & Stefano Giordano. (2016). Transport properties of multigrained nanocomposites with imperfect interfaces. Journal of Applied Physics. 120(18). 8 indexed citations
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Manca, Fabio, Stefano Giordano, Pier Luca Palla, & Fabrizio Cleri. (2015). Stochastic mechanical degradation of multi-cracked fiber bundles with elastic and viscous interactions. The European Physical Journal E. 38(5). 131–131. 8 indexed citations
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Manca, Fabio, Stefano Giordano, Pier Luca Palla, & Fabrizio Cleri. (2014). Scaling Shift in Multicracked Fiber Bundles. Physical Review Letters. 113(25). 255501–255501. 17 indexed citations
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Lampin, E., et al.. (2013). Thermal conductivity from approach-to-equilibrium molecular dynamics. Journal of Applied Physics. 114(3). 100 indexed citations
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Manca, Fabio, Stefano Giordano, Pier Luca Palla, Fabrizio Cleri, & Luciano Colombo. (2012). Monte Carlo simulations of single polymer force-extension relations. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 383. 12016–12016. 6 indexed citations
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Giordano, Stefano & Pier Luca Palla. (2012). Conduction degradation in anisotropic multi-cracked materials. The European Physical Journal B. 85(2). 8 indexed citations
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Giordano, Stefano, Pier Luca Palla, Emiliano Cadelano, & Michele Brun. (2011). Elastic behavior of inhomogeneities with size and shape different from their hosting cavities. Mechanics of Materials. 44. 4–22. 4 indexed citations
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Palla, Pier Luca, Stefano Giordano, & Luciano Colombo. (2010). Lattice model describing scale effects in nonlinear elasticity of nanoinhomogeneities. Physical Review B. 81(21). 13 indexed citations
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Cadelano, Emiliano, Pier Luca Palla, Stefano Giordano, & Luciano Colombo. (2009). Nonlinear Elasticity of Monolayer Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 102(23). 235502–235502. 362 indexed citations
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Giordano, Stefano, Pier Luca Palla, & Luciano Colombo. (2009). Nonlinear elasticity of composite materials. The European Physical Journal B. 68(1). 89–101. 26 indexed citations
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Giordano, Stefano, Pier Luca Palla, & Luciano Colombo. (2008). Effective permittivity of materials containing graded ellipsoidal inclusions. The European Physical Journal B. 66(1). 29–35. 20 indexed citations
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Palla, Pier Luca, Carlo Pierleoni, & Giovanni Ciccotti. (2008). Bulk viscosity of the Lennard-Jones system at the triple point by dynamical nonequilibrium molecular dynamics. Physical Review E. 78(2). 21204–21204. 16 indexed citations
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Giordano, Stefano & Pier Luca Palla. (2008). Dielectric behavior of anisotropic inhomogeneities: interior and exterior point Eshelby tensors. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 41(41). 415205–415205. 29 indexed citations
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Palla, Pier Luca, Stefano Giordano, & Luciano Colombo. (2008). Interfacial elastic properties betweena-Siandc-Si. Physical Review B. 78(1). 6 indexed citations

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