Robert Prucek

9.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Robert Prucek is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Prucek has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Robert Prucek's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (28 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (21 papers) and Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (9 papers). Robert Prucek is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (28 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (21 papers) and Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (9 papers). Robert Prucek collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Poland. Robert Prucek's co-authors include Radek Zbořil, Aleš Panáček, Libor Kvı́tek, Milan Kolář, Renata Večeřová, Virender K. Sharma, Jana Soukupová, Taťjana Nevěčná, Naděžda Pizúrová and Jan Filip and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Prucek

67 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Silver Colloid Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Their Antibacterial Activity

2006 1.9k citations Aleš Panáček, Libor Kvı́tek et al. profile →
Effect of Surfactants and Polymers on Stability and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles (NPs)

2008 819 citations Libor Kvı́tek, Aleš Panáček et al. profile →
Antifungal activity of silver nanoparticles against Candida spp.

2009 788 citations Aleš Panáček, Milan Kolář et al. profile →
Bacterial resistance to silver nanoparticles and how to overcome it

2017 773 citations Aleš Panáček, Libor Kvı́tek et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Prucek Czechia	33	5.1k	2.9k	1.0k	1.0k	782	68	7.6k
Tingyue Gu United States	65	8.1k 1.6×	2.6k 0.9×	903 0.9×	855 0.8×	501 0.6×	264	14.1k
Ivan Sondi Croatia	24	4.6k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	725 0.7×	647 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	54	7.1k
Suparna Mukherji India	38	3.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	581 0.6×	727 0.7×	612 0.8×	135	7.7k
José Rubén Morones‐Ramírez Mexico	26	6.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.1×	767 0.7×	891 0.9×	921 1.2×	75	9.7k
Aleš Panáček Czechia	32	5.4k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	827 1.1×	80	7.4k
Libor Kvı́tek Czechia	29	5.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	768 1.0×	88	7.3k
Oswaldo Luiz Alves Brazil	46	5.8k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	704 0.7×	535 0.5×	926 1.2×	246	9.0k
Kishore M. Paknikar India	43	3.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	459 0.4×	704 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	127	8.4k
Ashok M. Raichur India	46	3.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	489 0.5×	536 0.5×	1.5k 1.9×	163	7.5k
Katherine B. Holt United Kingdom	30	5.6k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	660 0.6×	904 0.9×	698 0.9×	73	8.5k

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Mistrík, Martin, Milan Kolář, Kateřina Langová, et al.. (2025). Revealing the mechanism of synergistic antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles in combination with vancomycin against Enterococcus species by fluorescence microscopy visualization. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 13(35). 10903–10915.

Prucek, Robert, Aleš Panáček, Josef Kašlík, et al.. (2025). The Solvothermal Method: An Efficient Tool for the Preparation of Ni-Based Catalysts with High Activity in CO2 Methanation. Nanomaterials. 15(17). 1379–1379. 1 indexed citations

Večeřová, Renata, Tomáš Malina, Martin Petr, et al.. (2025). Selenium nanoparticles: influence of reducing agents on particle stability and antibacterial activity at biogenic concentrations. Nanoscale. 17(13). 8170–8182. 3 indexed citations

Prucek, Robert, et al.. (2024). Nanodiamond Supported Ultra-Small Palladium Nanoparticles as an Efficient Catalyst for Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions. Catalysts. 14(1). 53–53. 8 indexed citations

Panáček, David, Renata Večeřová, Milan Kolář, et al.. (2024). E. coli and S. aureus resist silver nanoparticles via an identical mechanism, but through different pathways. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1552–1552. 17 indexed citations

Prucek, Robert, Aleš Panáček, Josef Kašlík, et al.. (2024). NiO Nano- and Microparticles Prepared by Solvothermal Method—Amazing Catalysts for CO2 Methanation. Molecules. 29(20). 4838–4838. 1 indexed citations

Prucek, Robert, et al.. (2024). CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over In2O3 Decorated by Metals of the Iron Triad. Molecules. 29(22). 5325–5325. 2 indexed citations

Prucek, Robert, et al.. (2024). Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy effective substrates based on silver particle layers: Analytical applications, spectral reproducibility, benefits, and future developments. Optical Materials. 159. 116542–116542. 2 indexed citations

Prucek, Robert, et al.. (2023). A sonochemical approach for a silver particle layer SERS substrates preparation and subsequent application in qualitative analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100158–100158. 1 indexed citations

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Kolařík, Jan, Robert Prucek, Jiří Tuček, et al.. (2018). Impact of inorganic ions and natural organic matter on arsenates removal by ferrate(VI): Understanding a complex effect of phosphates ions. Water Research. 141. 357–365. 40 indexed citations

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Kvı́tek, Libor, Robert Prucek, Aleš Panáček, et al.. (2018). Simple size-controlled synthesis of Au nanoparticles and their size-dependent catalytic activity. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4589–4589. 308 indexed citations

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Panáček, Aleš, Libor Kvı́tek, Monika Smékalová, et al.. (2017). Bacterial resistance to silver nanoparticles and how to overcome it. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(1). 65–71. 773 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Changseok, Libor Machala, Ivo Medřík, et al.. (2017). Degradation of the cyanotoxin microcystin-LR using iron-based photocatalysts under visible light illumination. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(23). 19435–19443. 15 indexed citations

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Kralchevska, R., Robert Prucek, Jan Kolařík, et al.. (2016). Remarkable efficiency of phosphate removal: Ferrate(VI)-induced in situ sorption on core-shell nanoparticles. Water Research. 103. 83–91. 87 indexed citations

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Panáček, Aleš, Monika Smékalová, Renata Večeřová, et al.. (2016). Silver nanoparticles strongly enhance and restore bactericidal activity of inactive antibiotics against multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 142. 392–399. 127 indexed citations

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Smékalová, Monika, Virginia Aragón, Aleš Panáček, et al.. (2015). Enhanced antibacterial effect of antibiotics in combination with silver nanoparticles against animal pathogens. The Veterinary Journal. 209. 174–179. 96 indexed citations

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Kvı́tek, Libor, Aleš Panáček, Robert Prucek, et al.. (2015). Comparative Study of Antimicrobial Activity of AgBr and Ag Nanoparticles (NPs). PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119202–e0119202. 43 indexed citations

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Prucek, Robert, Jiří Tuček, Jan Kolařík, et al.. (2015). Ferrate(VI)-Prompted Removal of Metals in Aqueous Media: Mechanistic Delineation of Enhanced Efficiency via Metal Entrenchment in Magnetic Oxides. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(4). 2319–2327. 125 indexed citations

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Krajewski, Stefanie, Robert Prucek, Aleš Panáček, et al.. (2013). Hemocompatibility evaluation of different silver nanoparticle concentrations employing a modified Chandler-loop in vitro assay on human blood. Acta Biomaterialia. 9(7). 7460–7468. 117 indexed citations

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Prucek, Robert, Václav Ranc, Libor Kvı́tek, et al.. (2012). Reproducible discrimination between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy with infrared excitation. The Analyst. 137(12). 2866–2866. 47 indexed citations

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