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Materials Science

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54
Citations
12398
World Ranking
8822
National Ranking
157

Chemistry

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Citations
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Emanuela Zaccarelli publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emanuela Zaccarelli sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 167 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Emanuela Zaccarelli D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emanuela Zaccarelli sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Emanuela Zaccarelli is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy, focusing on interdisciplinary scientific research. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily Materials Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. These broad fields reflect a research portfolio encompassing the study of materials at molecular and macroscopic levels, with applications in biological systems and mechanical contexts.

Their publications address several main topics, including:

  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

Their subfields of study underscore a strong emphasis on Materials Chemistry alongside Food Science, Molecular Medicine, Mechanical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Zaccarelli's research has been published in several key venues, among which are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Soft Matter
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Macromolecules
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

Some of their recent papers include:

  • On the Role of Competing Interactions in Charged Colloids with Short-Range Attraction, 2020, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
  • Two-step deswelling in the Volume Phase Transition of thermoresponsive microgels, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Effect of Internal Architecture on the Assembly of Soft Particles at Fluid Interfaces, 2021, ACS Nano
  • In-situ study of the impact of temperature and architecture on the interfacial structure of microgels, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The Asakura-Oosawa theory: Entropic forces in physics, biology, and soft matter, 2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics

Collaboration is a notable feature in Zaccarelli's career, with frequent co-authors including Letizia Tavagnacco, José Ruiz-Franco, Fabrizio Camerin, Simona Sennato, and Elena Buratti. The consistent collaboration with these researchers suggests longstanding research partnerships within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Gelation of particles with short-range attraction

    Peter J. Lu;Emanuela Zaccarelli;Fabio Ciulla;Andrew B. Schofield

  • Colloidal gels: equilibrium and non-equilibrium routes

    Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Phase Diagram of Patchy Colloids: Towards Empty Liquids

    Emanuela Bianchi;Julio Largo;Piero Tartaglia;Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Equilibrium cluster phases and low-density arrested disordered states: the role of short-range attraction and long-range repulsion.

    Francesco Sciortino;Stefano Mossa;Emanuela Zaccarelli;Piero Tartaglia

  • Higher-order glass-transition singularities in colloidal systems with attractive interactions

    Kenneth A. Dawson;Giuseppe Foffi;Matthias Fuchs;Wolfgang Götze

  • A fresh look at the Laponite phase diagram

    Barbara Ruzicka;Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Observation of empty liquids and equilibrium gels in a colloidal clay

    Barbara Ruzicka;Emanuela Zaccarelli;Laura Zulian;Roberta Angelini

  • The physics of protein self-assembly

    Jennifer J. McManus;Patrick Charbonneau;Emanuela Zaccarelli;Neer Asherie

  • Ground-state clusters for short-range attractive and long-range repulsive potentials.

    S. Mossa;F. Sciortino;P. Tartaglia;E. Zaccarelli

  • One-dimensional cluster growth and branching gels in colloidal systems with short-range depletion attraction and screened electrostatic repulsion.

    Francesco Sciortino;Piero Tartaglia;Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Hard spheres: crystallization and glass formation

    P. N. Pusey;E. Zaccarelli;C. Valeriani;E. Sanz

  • Crystallization of hard-sphere glasses.

    E. Zaccarelli;C. Valeriani;E. Sanz;Wilson Poon

  • Phase equilibria and glass transition in colloidal systems with short-ranged attractive interactions: Application to protein crystallization

    Giuseppe Foffi;Gavin D. McCullagh;Aonghus Lawlor;Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Colloidal systems with competing interactions: from an arrested repulsive cluster phase to a gel

    Juan Carlos Fernandez Toledano;Francesco Sciortino;Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Colloidal glasses and gels: The interplay of bonding and caging

    Emanuela Zaccarelli;Wilson C. K. Poon

  • Confirmation of anomalous dynamical arrest in attractive colloids: a molecular dynamics study.

    E. Zaccarelli;G. Foffi;G. Foffi;K. A. Dawson;S. V. Buldyrev

  • Theoretical and numerical study of the phase diagram of patchy colloids: Ordered and disordered patch arrangements

    Emanuela Bianchi;Piero Tartaglia;Emanuela Zaccarelli;Francesco Sciortino

  • Model for Reversible Colloidal Gelation

    E. Zaccarelli;S. V. Buldyrev;E. La Nave;A. J. Moreno

  • Fluid–solid transitions in soft-repulsive colloids

    Divya Paloli;Divya Paloli;Priti S. Mohanty;Jérôme J. Crassous;Jérôme J. Crassous;Emanuela Zaccarelli

  • Evidence of a higher-order singularity in dense short-ranged attractive colloids.

    Francesco Sciortino;Piero Tartaglia;Emanuela Zaccarelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Sciortino
Francesco Sciortino Sapienza University of Rome
Kenneth A. Dawson
Kenneth A. Dawson University College Dublin
Sergey V. Buldyrev
Sergey V. Buldyrev Yeshiva University
Christos N. Likos
Christos N. Likos University of Vienna
Wilson C. K. Poon
Wilson C. K. Poon University of Edinburgh
Eduardo Sanz
Eduardo Sanz Complutense University of Madrid
Peter Schurtenberger
Peter Schurtenberger Lund University
Juan Colmenero
Juan Colmenero University of the Basque Country
Dimitris Vlassopoulos
Dimitris Vlassopoulos Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Hartmut Löwen
Hartmut Löwen Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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