Rafik Naccache

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
86 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Rafik Naccache is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafik Naccache has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rafik Naccache's work include Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (30 papers), Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (24 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (18 papers). Rafik Naccache is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (30 papers), Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (24 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (18 papers). Rafik Naccache collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Rafik Naccache's co-authors include John A. Capobianco, Fiorenzo Vetrone, Venkataramanan Mahalingam, Emma Martín Rodríguez, Jun‐Ray Macairan, J. Garcı́a Solé, Daniel Jaque, Ángeles Juarranz, Laura Martínez Maestro and Adolfo Speghini and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Rafik Naccache

82 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

Temperature Sensing Using Fluorescent Nanothermometers

2010 1.3k citations Fiorenzo Vetrone, Rafik Naccache et al. profile →
The Active‐Core/Active‐Shell Approach: A Strategy to Enhance the Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide‐Doped Nanoparticles

2009 663 citations Fiorenzo Vetrone, Rafik Naccache et al. profile →
Microwave-assisted synthesis of carbon dots and their applications

2019 368 citations Tayline V. de Medeiros, Jun‐Ray Macairan et al. profile →
Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

2020 330 citations Thilo Hofmann, Gregory V. Lowry et al. Nature Food profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafik Naccache Canada	37	6.0k	2.3k	1.8k	782	765	86	7.1k
Sanyang Han China	29	5.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	448 0.6×	1.6k 2.1×	72	7.1k
Christian Würth Germany	37	3.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	394 0.5×	355 0.5×	75	5.2k
Sai Xu China	39	3.9k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	802 0.4×	763 1.0×	251 0.3×	210	4.9k
Xiao‐Bao Yang China	38	6.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	868 0.5×	515 0.7×	320 0.4×	176	7.5k
Yuhai Zhang China	38	4.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	553 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	336 0.4×	106	5.8k
Ping Huang China	63	10.8k 1.8×	6.1k 2.7×	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	245	13.0k
Rik Van Deun Belgium	53	7.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	466 0.3×	465 0.6×	2.3k 3.0×	218	8.8k
Tobias Unruh Germany	37	2.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	522 0.3×	684 0.9×	321 0.4×	187	5.3k
Hironori Kaji Japan	50	6.3k 1.1×	5.5k 2.4×	1.1k 0.6×	295 0.4×	626 0.8×	258	10.8k
P. S. Ghosh India	39	4.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	186 0.2×	360 0.5×	115	7.3k

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Chevallier, Pascale, et al.. (2025). pH-Sensitive Release of Functionalized Chiral Carbon Dots from PLGA Coatings on Titanium Alloys for Biomedical Applications. Polymers. 17(19). 2667–2667.

Adeola, Adedapo O., et al.. (2025). Advances, challenges, and perspectives in developing CuInX₂ (X = S, Se) nanomaterials for solar energy conversion applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(35). 28819–28844.

Adeola, Adedapo O., et al.. (2024). Emerging hazardous chemicals and biological pollutants in Canadian aquatic systems and remediation approaches: A comprehensive status report. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176267–176267. 11 indexed citations

Naccache, Rafik, et al.. (2024). Corn Stover Lignin as a Solid Acid Catalyst for the Esterification of Oleic Acid. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 42(3). 4 indexed citations

Naccache, Rafik, et al.. (2024). Exploiting the potential of calcined sodium citrate as a novel and efficient heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel synthesis. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(14). 3864–3877. 5 indexed citations

Naccache, Rafik, et al.. (2024). Shining a light on cells: amine-passivated fluorescent carbon dots as bioimaging nanoprobes. Materials Advances. 5(9). 3662–3674. 3 indexed citations

Sadeghi, Amir, et al.. (2023). Ratiometric Sensing of Glyphosate in Water Using Dual Fluorescent Carbon Dots. Sensors. 23(11). 5200–5200. 16 indexed citations

Medeiros, Tayline V. de, et al.. (2023). Engineering the Surface Chemistry and Morphology of Polymeric Carbon Nitrides Towards Greener Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Synthesis. Small. 19(31). e2300541–e2300541. 7 indexed citations

Medeiros, Tayline V. de, et al.. (2023). Electroconductive Collagen‐Carbon Nanodots Nanocomposite Elicits Neurite Outgrowth, Supports Neurogenic Differentiation and Accelerates Electrophysiological Maturation of Neural Progenitor Spheroids. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(3). e2301894–e2301894. 4 indexed citations

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Medeiros, Tayline V. de, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen-doped carbon dots in transesterification reactions for biodiesel synthesis. RSC Applied Interfaces. 1(1). 86–97. 10 indexed citations

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Macairan, Jun‐Ray, et al.. (2022). Selective detection of nitrotyrosine using dual-fluorescent carbon dots. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 279. 121444–121444. 10 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Thilo, Gregory V. Lowry, Subhasis Ghoshal, et al.. (2020). Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture. Nature Food. 1(7). 416–425. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Junliang, Riccardo Piccoli, Lucas V. Besteiro, et al.. (2020). Terahertz three-dimensional monitoring of nanoparticle-assisted laser tissue soldering. Biomedical Optics Express. 11(4). 2254–2254. 17 indexed citations

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Dong, Junliang, Riccardo Piccoli, Andrew Bruhács, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the photothermal conversion efficiency of plasmonic nanoparticles by means of terahertz radiation. APL Photonics. 4(12). 31 indexed citations

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Haro‐González, P., Blanca del Rosal, Laura Martínez Maestro, et al.. (2013). Optical trapping of NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+ upconverting fluorescent nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 5(24). 12192–12192. 64 indexed citations

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Naccache, Rafik, Pascale Chevallier, Jean Lagueux, et al.. (2013). Imaging: High Relaxivities and Strong Vascular Signal Enhancement for NaGdF₄ Nanoparticles Designed for Dual MR/Optical Imaging (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 11/2013). Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2(11). 1477–1477. 6 indexed citations

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Mahalingam, Venkataramanan, Rafik Naccache, Fiorenzo Vetrone, & John A. Capobianco. (2011). Enhancing upconverted white light in Tm^3+/Yb^3+/Ho^3+-doped GdVO_4 nanocrystals via incorporation of Li^+ ions. Optics Express. 20(1). 111–111. 85 indexed citations

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Maestro, Laura Martínez, Emma Martín Rodríguez, Fiorenzo Vetrone, et al.. (2010). Nanoparticles for highly efficient multiphoton fluorescence bioimaging. Optics Express. 18(23). 23544–23544. 76 indexed citations

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Vetrone, Fiorenzo, Rafik Naccache, Christopher G. Morgan, & John A. Capobianco. (2010). Luminescence resonance energy transfer from an upconverting nanoparticle to a fluorescent phycobiliprotein. Nanoscale. 2(7). 1185–1185. 25 indexed citations

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Mahalingam, Venkataramanan, Rafik Naccache, Fiorenzo Vetrone, & John A. Capobianco. (2009). Sensitized Ce³⁺ and Gd³⁺ Ultraviolet Emissions by Tm³⁺ in Colloidal LiYF₄ Nanocrystals. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(38). 9660–9663. 58 indexed citations

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