Violetta Ferri

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Violetta Ferri is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Violetta Ferri has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Violetta Ferri's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (9 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (5 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (2 papers). Violetta Ferri is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (9 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (5 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (2 papers). Violetta Ferri collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Violetta Ferri's co-authors include Maria Anita Rampi, Paolo Samorı́, Michael Zharnikov, Giuseppina Pace, Mark Elbing, Marcel Mayor, Michael D. Dickey, Christian Grave, Marco Cavazzini and Carsten von Hänisch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Violetta Ferri

13 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Light‐Powered Electrical ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2008 2007 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers
    2008 279 citations Violetta Ferri, Mark Elbing et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Cooperative light-induced molecular movements of highly ordered azobenzene self-assembled monolayers
    2007 262 citations Giuseppina Pace, Violetta Ferri et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Violetta Ferri Italy 11 755 610 269 176 170 13 1.1k
Wendy Fan United States 12 680 0.9× 368 0.6× 286 1.1× 174 1.0× 137 0.8× 18 1.2k
Christian Grave Italy 13 460 0.6× 498 0.8× 217 0.8× 347 2.0× 142 0.8× 14 1.0k
Jaesung Yang South Korea 20 545 0.7× 779 1.3× 189 0.7× 216 1.2× 114 0.7× 59 1.2k
Omar Hassan Omar Italy 19 526 0.7× 409 0.7× 239 0.9× 297 1.7× 85 0.5× 43 1.2k
Rıfat Çapan Türkiye 20 550 0.7× 442 0.7× 369 1.4× 258 1.5× 107 0.6× 120 1.3k
Martin Weiter Czechia 25 920 1.2× 850 1.4× 288 1.1× 201 1.1× 86 0.5× 105 1.7k
Sameer Patwardhan Netherlands 19 460 0.6× 935 1.5× 120 0.4× 160 0.9× 124 0.7× 24 1.4k
Thea M. Wilson United States 16 617 0.8× 914 1.5× 63 0.2× 241 1.4× 113 0.7× 18 1.3k
Patrizio Salice Italy 16 325 0.4× 741 1.2× 330 1.2× 156 0.9× 64 0.4× 22 1.1k
A. Schmidt Germany 19 589 0.8× 497 0.8× 135 0.5× 187 1.1× 205 1.2× 30 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Violetta Ferri

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Fields of papers citing papers by Violetta Ferri

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Violetta Ferri

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Elbing, Mark, Alfred Błaszczyk, Carsten von Hänisch, et al.. (2008). Single Component Self‐Assembled Monolayers of Aromatic Azo‐Biphenyl: Influence of the Packing Tightness on the SAM Structure and Light‐Induced Molecular Movements. Advanced Functional Materials. 18(19). 2972–2983. 78 indexed citations
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Tuccitto, Nunzio, Violetta Ferri, Marco Cavazzini, et al.. (2008). Highly conductive ∼40-nm-long molecular wires assembled by stepwise incorporation of metal centres. Nature Materials. 8(1). 41–46. 254 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, Mark Elbing, Giuseppina Pace, et al.. (2008). Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers. Angewandte Chemie. 120(18). 3455–3457. 77 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, Mark Elbing, Giuseppina Pace, et al.. (2008). Innentitelbild: Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers (Angew. Chem. 18/2008). Angewandte Chemie. 120(18). 3336–3336. 4 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, Sergio Ferro, Carlos A. Martínez‐Huitle, & Achille De Battisti. (2008). Electrokinetic extraction of surfactants and heavy metals from sewage sludge. Electrochimica Acta. 54(7). 2108–2118. 34 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, Mark Elbing, Giuseppina Pace, et al.. (2008). Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(18). 3407–3409. 279 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milani, Federico, Christian Grave, Violetta Ferri, Paolo Samorı́, & Maria Anita Rampi. (2007). Ultrathin π‐Conjugated Polymer Films for Simple Fabrication of Large‐Area Molecular Junctions. ChemPhysChem. 8(4). 515–518. 37 indexed citations
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Pace, Giuseppina, Violetta Ferri, Christian Grave, et al.. (2007). Cooperative light-induced molecular movements of highly ordered azobenzene self-assembled monolayers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(24). 9937–9942. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ferri, Violetta, Emiliana Costa, Matteo Biancardo, Roberto Argazzi, & Carlo Alberto Bignozzi. (2006). Electrochromic properties of mixed valence binuclear ruthenium complexes adsorbed on nanocrystalline SnO2 films. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 360(3). 1131–1137. 10 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, et al.. (2006). Electrochemical characterization of redox centers organized at Hg surfaces. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 360(3). 1095–1101. 3 indexed citations
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Tran, Elizabeth, Marco Duati, Violetta Ferri, et al.. (2006). Experimental Approaches for Controlling Current Flowing through Metal–Molecule–Metal Junctions. Advanced Materials. 18(10). 1323–1328. 45 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, Marco Scoponi, Carlo Alberto Bignozzi, et al.. (2004). Near-Field Optical Addressing of Luminescent Photoswitchable Supramolecular Systems Embedded in Inert Polymer Matrices. Nano Letters. 4(5). 835–839. 26 indexed citations
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Bignozzi, Carlo Alberto, Violetta Ferri, & Marco Scoponi. (2003). Syntheses and Characterization of Luminescent Polymers Containing Rhenium(I) Pyridinyl‐Carbonyl Complexes. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 204(15). 1851–1862. 16 indexed citations

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