Sonia Amigoni

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sonia Amigoni is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Amigoni has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 19 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sonia Amigoni's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (27 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (10 papers). Sonia Amigoni is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (27 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (10 papers). Sonia Amigoni collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Senegal. Sonia Amigoni's co-authors include Frédéric Guittard, Elisabeth Taffin de Givenchy, Thierry Darmanin, Elena Celia, Chantal Larpent, Matthieu O. Sonnati, Rachel Méallet‐Renault, Robert B. Pansu, Caroline Cannizzo and Richard Kofman and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Amigoni

59 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Recent advances in designing superhydrophobic surfaces

2013 609 citations Elena Celia, Thierry Darmanin et al. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →
Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Electrochemical Processes

2013 399 citations Thierry Darmanin, Elisabeth Taffin de Givenchy et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia Amigoni France	20	1.4k	1.1k	642	457	424	61	2.6k
Weijian Xu China	28	579 0.4×	608 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	626 1.4×	339 0.8×	113	3.3k
Peter C. Thüne Netherlands	26	334 0.2×	732 0.7×	910 1.4×	415 0.9×	82 0.2×	63	2.2k
Marat O. Gallyamov Russia	24	340 0.2×	551 0.5×	497 0.8×	425 0.9×	42 0.1×	138	1.8k
Zonglin Chu China	27	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 2.2×	572 1.3×	248 0.6×	53	4.6k
W. Ming Netherlands	22	690 0.5×	402 0.4×	628 1.0×	146 0.3×	147 0.3×	36	1.7k
Volkan Filiz Germany	34	350 0.3×	939 0.9×	1.9k 2.9×	726 1.6×	294 0.7×	103	3.7k
Laurent Billon France	38	1.1k 0.8×	714 0.7×	1.5k 2.4×	527 1.2×	104 0.2×	161	4.2k
Rolf A. T. M. van Benthem Netherlands	31	335 0.2×	482 0.4×	704 1.1×	137 0.3×	103 0.2×	108	2.8k
Hongbing Chen China	31	355 0.3×	551 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	256 0.6×	80 0.2×	134	3.6k
R.D. Sanderson South Africa	32	262 0.2×	784 0.7×	592 0.9×	468 1.0×	78 0.2×	116	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonia Amigoni

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Amigoni

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guittard, Frédéric, Sonia Amigoni, & Thierry Darmanin. (2025). Bioinspired and Biomimetic Wetting Properties. ACS Nano. 19(41). 36005–36026.

Orange, François, et al.. (2022). Effect of Electrolyte Nature on Micellar Soft-Template Electropolymerization in Organic Solvent to Form Nanoporous Polymer Films with a Bioinspired Strategy. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 19(2). 547–553. 2 indexed citations

Orange, François, et al.. (2021). Micellar formation by soft template electropolymerization in organic solvents. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 590. 260–267. 23 indexed citations

Ceccone, Giacomo, Miaobo Pan, A Gaucher, et al.. (2021). A bioinspired approach to fabricate fluorescent nanotubes with strong water adhesion by soft template electropolymerization and post-grafting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 606(Pt 1). 236–247. 4 indexed citations

Amigoni, Sonia, et al.. (2019). Cupric Oxide Nanostructures from Plasma Surface Modification of Copper. Biomimetics. 4(2). 42–42. 12 indexed citations

Hugelier, Siewert, Cyril Ruckebusch, Michel Sliwa, et al.. (2018). Superhydrophobic polypyrene films to prevent Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm adhesion on surfaces: high efficiency deciphered by fluorescence microscopy. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 17(8). 1023–1035. 9 indexed citations

Hurel, Charlotte, et al.. (2018). Functionalized and grafted TiO2, CeO2, and SiO2 nanoparticles—ecotoxicity on Daphnia magna and relevance of ecofriendly polymeric networks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(21). 21216–21223. 8 indexed citations

Amigoni, Sonia, et al.. (2016). Barrier cream based on CeO2 nanoparticles grafted polymer as an active compound against the penetration of organophosphates. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 267. 17–24. 15 indexed citations

Amigoni, Sonia, et al.. (2015). New CeO 2 nanoparticles-based topical formulations for the skin protection against organophosphates. Toxicology Reports. 2. 1007–1013. 33 indexed citations

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Celia, Elena, Sonia Amigoni, Elisabeth Taffin de Givenchy, et al.. (2014). A spiral designed surface based on amino-perylene grafted polyacrylic acid. Chemical Communications. 50(81). 12034–12036. 3 indexed citations

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Darmanin, Thierry, Elisabeth Taffin de Givenchy, Sonia Amigoni, & Frédéric Guittard. (2013). Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Electrochemical Processes. Advanced Materials. 25(10). 1378–1394. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hurel, Charlotte, et al.. (2013). Toxicity assessment of silica nanoparticles, functionalised silica nanoparticles, and HASE-grafted silica nanoparticles. The Science of The Total Environment. 450-451. 120–128. 36 indexed citations

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Celia, Elena, Thierry Darmanin, Elisabeth Taffin de Givenchy, Sonia Amigoni, & Frédéric Guittard. (2013). Recent advances in designing superhydrophobic surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 402. 1–18. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Besbes, Souhail, et al.. (2013). Investigation of structure–surface properties relationship of semi-fluorinated polymerizable cationic surfactants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 408. 125–131. 15 indexed citations

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Givenchy, Elisabeth Taffin de, et al.. (2011). Giant Brainlike Aggregates from New Fluorocarbon/Hydrocarbon Hybrid Cationic Surfactants. Langmuir. 27(5). 1668–1674. 17 indexed citations

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Darmanin, Thierry, et al.. (2010). Connector Ability To Design Superhydrophobic and Oleophobic Surfaces from Conducting Polymers. Langmuir. 26(16). 13545–13549. 36 indexed citations

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Givenchy, Elisabeth Taffin de, et al.. (2009). Fabrication of Superhydrophobic PDMS Surfaces by Combining Acidic Treatment and Perfluorinated Monolayers. Langmuir. 25(11). 6448–6453. 81 indexed citations

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Méallet‐Renault, Rachel, et al.. (2005). Fluorescent nanoparticles as selective Cu(ii) sensors. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 5(3). 300–310. 59 indexed citations

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Amigoni, Sonia, et al.. (2004). Chimie Organique : Cours. 1 indexed citations

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Méallet‐Renault, Rachel, Robert B. Pansu, Sonia Amigoni, & Chantal Larpent. (2004). Metal-chelating nanoparticles as selective fluorescent sensor for Cu²⁺. Chemical Communications. 2344–2345. 92 indexed citations

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