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Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

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Materials Science

D-Index
100
Citations
42632
World Ranking
1042
National Ranking
343

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to the development of silkbased optical structures and photonic devices, and important advances in ultrafast nonlinear optics and photonic crystal fibers
  • 2012 - OSA Fellows For contributions in ultrafast nonlinear optics, photonic crystal fibers and for pioneering the development of silk optical applications and silk-based photonic structures and devices.
  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Fiorenzo G. Omenetto is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions to biomaterials and biomedical engineering. The scientist's work spans several specialized fields, including molecular biology, mechanical engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Throughout their career, Omenetto has published extensively in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Bioinspired Biomaterial Composite for All-Water-Based High-Performance Adhesives," 2021, Advanced Science
  • "Stimuli-responsive composite biopolymer actuators with selective spatial deformation behavior," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Light-activated shape morphing and light-tracking materials using biopolymer-based programmable photonic nanostructures," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Silk materials at the convergence of science, sustainability, healthcare, and technology," 2022, Applied Physics Reviews
  • "Large-Scale Patterning of Reactive Surfaces for Wearable and Environmentally Deployable Sensors," 2020, Advanced Materials

Omenetto has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Giulia Guidetti
  • Giusy Matzeu
  • Marco Lo Presti
  • Gianluca M. Farinola
  • Giorgio Rizzo

Recognition of their work includes several fellowships and honors:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2019)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2013), with citation acknowledging contributions to silk-based optical structures, photonic devices, ultrafast nonlinear optics, and photonic crystal fibers
  • OSA Fellow (2012), noted for work in ultrafast nonlinear optics, photonic crystal fibers, and pioneering silk optical applications and photonic structures
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2011)

Best Publications

  • Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics

    Dae Hyeong Kim;Jonathan Viventi;Jason J. Amsden;Jianliang Xiao

  • New opportunities for an ancient material.

    Fiorenzo G. Omenetto;David L. Kaplan

  • Terahertz-field-induced insulator-to-metal transition in vanadium dioxide metamaterial

    Mengkun Liu;Harold Y. Hwang;Hu Tao;Andrew C. Strikwerda

  • A Physically Transient Form of Silicon Electronics

    Suk Won Hwang;Hu Tao;Dae Hyeong Kim;Huanyu Cheng

  • Injectable, Cellular-Scale Optoelectronics with Applications for Wireless Optogenetics

    Tae Il Kim;Tae Il Kim;Jordan G. McCall;Yei Hwan Jung;Xian Huang

  • Graphene-based wireless bacteria detection on tooth enamel

    Manu Sebastian Mannoor;Hu Tao;Jefferson D. Clayton;Amartya Sengupta

  • Ultra-sensitive vibrational spectroscopy of protein monolayers with plasmonic nanoantenna arrays.

    Ronen Adato;Ahmet A. Yanik;Jason J. Amsden;David L. Kaplan

  • Waterproof AlInGaP optoelectronics on stretchable substrates with applications in biomedicine and robotics

    Rak Hwan Kim;Dae Hyeong Kim;Jianliang Xiao;Jianliang Xiao;Bong Hoon Kim;Bong Hoon Kim

  • Silk Materials – A Road to Sustainable High Technology

    Hu Tao;David L. Kaplan;Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

  • Over 4000 nm bandwidth of mid-IR supercontinuum generation in sub-centimeter segments of highly nonlinear tellurite PCFs.

    P Domachuk;N A Wolchover;M Cronin-Golomb;A Wang

  • Transformation and control of ultra-short pulses in dispersion-engineered photonic crystal fibres

    W. H. Reeves;Dmitry V. Skryabin;F. Biancalana;Jonathan C Knight

  • In vivo bioresponses to silk proteins

    Amy E. Thurber;Fiorenzo G. Omenetto;David L. Kaplan

  • Silk film biomaterials for cornea tissue engineering

    Brian D. Lawrence;Jeffrey K. Marchant;Mariya A. Pindrus;Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

  • Extruded soft glass photonic crystal fiber for ultrabroad supercontinuum generation

    V V Ravi Kumar;A George;W Reeves;J Knight

  • Highly tunable elastomeric silk biomaterials.

    Benjamin P. Partlow;Craig W. Hanna;Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina;Jodie E. Moreau

  • Silkworm silk-based materials and devices generated using bio-nanotechnology

    Wenwen Huang;Shengjie Ling;Shengjie Ling;Chunmei Li;Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

  • Transient, Biocompatible Electronics and Energy Harvesters Based on ZnO

    Canan Dagdeviren;Suk Won Hwang;Yewang Su;Yewang Su;Stanley Kim

  • Silk‐Based Conformal, Adhesive, Edible Food Sensors

    Hu Tao;Mark A. Brenckle;Miaomiao Yang;Jingdi Zhang

  • Effect of processing on silk-based biomaterials: reproducibility and biocompatibility.

    Lindsay S. Wray;Xiao Hu;Jabier Gallego;Irene Georgakoudi

  • A new route for silk

    Fiorenzo G. Omenetto;David L. Kaplan

  • Bioactive silk protein biomaterial systems for optical devices.

    Brian D Lawrence;Mark Cronin-Golomb;Irene Georgakoudi;David L Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
Hu Tao
Hu Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jonathan Knight
Jonathan Knight University of Bath
Antoinette J. Taylor
Antoinette J. Taylor Los Alamos National Laboratory
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Mark Cronin-Golomb
Mark Cronin-Golomb Tufts University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
P. St. J. Russell
P. St. J. Russell Max Planck Society
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University

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