Roberto Pilot

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Roberto Pilot is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Pilot has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Roberto Pilot's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (21 papers), Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (9 papers) and Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (7 papers). Roberto Pilot is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (21 papers), Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (9 papers) and Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (7 papers). Roberto Pilot collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Belgium. Roberto Pilot's co-authors include Vincenzo Amendola, Marco Frasconi, Onofrio M. Maragò, Maria Antonia Iatı̀, Christian Durante, Raffaella Signorini, Laura Orian, Laura Fabris, Manjari Bhamidipati and Gian Andrea Rizzi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Pilot

41 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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.

Surface plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles: a review

2017 1.5k citations Vincenzo Amendola, Roberto Pilot et al. profile →
A Review on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

2019 700 citations Roberto Pilot, Raffaella Signorini et al. Biosensors profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Pilot Italy	20	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	742	631	43	3.3k
Oleksiy Lyutakov Czechia	34	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	772 1.0×	565 0.9×	189	3.7k
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud United States	28	1.4k 0.8×	988 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	539 0.7×	411 0.7×	67	2.7k
Chuhong Zhu China	29	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	552 0.7×	887 1.4×	106	3.3k
Laura Fabris United States	30	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	444 0.6×	1.3k 2.1×	69	3.9k
Song Bo Li China	3	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	587 0.8×	939 1.5×	6	3.5k
Nicolás Pazos‐Pérez Spain	38	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	423 0.6×	952 1.5×	76	4.0k
Rajapandiyan Panneerselvam China	22	2.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	607 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	42	4.0k
Rajesh Sardar United States	31	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	933 1.3×	940 1.5×	69	3.7k
Wei Ji China	40	2.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	2.5k 2.1×	1.0k 1.4×	1.5k 2.4×	123	4.9k
Judith Langer Spain	22	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	376 0.5×	992 1.6×	35	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Roberto Pilot

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberto Pilot

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Pilot

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luisetto, Roberto, Roberto Pilot, Paola Contessa, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Pathophysiological Mechanisms Among Crystal-Induced Arthropathies. 3(2). 7–7.

Pilot, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Near-Infrared Multiwavelength Raman Anti-Stokes/Stokes Thermometry of Titanium Dioxide. Chemosensors. 12(9). 191–191.

Arboleda, David Muñetón, et al.. (2024). Rhodium nanospheres for ultraviolet and visible plasmonics. Nanoscale Horizons. 10(2). 336–348. 2 indexed citations

Pilot, Roberto, et al.. (2023). Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Nanothermometry in the Biological Environment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16–16. 1 indexed citations

Gross, Silvia, et al.. (2023). A Sol-Gel/Solvothermal Synthetic Approach to Titania Nanoparticles for Raman Thermometry. Sensors. 23(5). 2596–2596. 6 indexed citations

Gabrielli, Valeria, et al.. (2022). Insights into the Gelation Mechanism of Metal-Coordinated Hydrogels by Paramagnetic NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics. Macromolecules. 55(2). 450–461. 22 indexed citations

Pantano, Maria F., et al.. (2022). Large freestanding 2D covalent organic framework nanofilms exhibiting high strength and stiffness. Materials Today Chemistry. 26. 101007–101007. 23 indexed citations

Pilot, Roberto, et al.. (2022). Au–Ag Alloy Nanocorals with Optimal Broadband Absorption for Sunlight-Driven Thermoplasmonic Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(25). 28924–28935. 16 indexed citations

Pilot, Roberto & Michele Massari. (2021). Silver nanoparticle aggregates: Wavelength dependence of their SERS properties in the first transparency window of biological tissues. Chemical Physics Impact. 2. 100014–100014. 13 indexed citations

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Pedron, Danilo, et al.. (2021). Contactless Temperature Sensing at the Microscale Based on Titanium Dioxide Raman Thermometry. Biosensors. 11(4). 102–102. 11 indexed citations

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Weber, Verena, Laura Brigo, Giovanna Brusatin, et al.. (2021). Hybrid Sol-Gel Surface-Enhanced Raman Sensor for Xylene Detection in Solution. Sensors. 21(23). 7912–7912. 4 indexed citations

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Brandiele, Riccardo, Federico Poli, Roberto Pilot, et al.. (2020). Nitrogen‐Doped Mesoporous Carbon Electrodes Prepared from Templating Propylamine‐Functionalized Silica. ChemElectroChem. 7(8). 1914–1921. 12 indexed citations

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Pedron, Danilo, et al.. (2020). Biocompatible Temperature Nanosensors Based on Titanium Dioxide. MDPI (MDPI AG). 16–16. 1 indexed citations

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Pilot, Roberto, Raffaella Signorini, Christian Durante, et al.. (2019). A Review on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Biosensors. 9(2). 57–57. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pilot, Roberto. (2018). SERS detection of food contaminants by means of portable Raman instruments. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 49(6). 954–981. 90 indexed citations

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Daniel, Giorgia, Riccardo Brandiele, Luca Nodari, et al.. (2018). Platinum-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: Fe-Nx modified mesoporous carbon prepared from biosources. Journal of Power Sources. 402. 434–446. 43 indexed citations

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Pilot, Roberto & Renato Bozio. (2017). Validation of SERS enhancement factor measurements. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 49(3). 462–471. 18 indexed citations

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Bertorelle, Franck, Roberto Pilot, Lucio Litti, et al.. (2017). Safe core-satellite magneto-plasmonic nanostructures for efficient targeting and photothermal treatment of tumor cells. Nanoscale. 10(3). 976–984. 30 indexed citations

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Orian, Laura, Roberto Pilot, & Renato Bozio. (2017). In Silico Stark Effect: Determination of Excited-State Polarizabilities of Squaraine Dyes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(8). 1587–1596. 3 indexed citations

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Michieli, Niccolò, Roberto Pilot, Valentina Russo, et al.. (2016). Oxidation effects on the SERS response of silver nanoprism arrays. RSC Advances. 7(1). 369–378. 59 indexed citations

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