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Francesco Meinardi

Francesco Meinardi

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
11304
World Ranking
7977
National Ranking
131

Francesco Meinardi 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 Francesco Meinardi sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 233 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesco Meinardi 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 Francesco Meinardi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesco Meinardi is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy. Within these broad areas, they concentrate largely on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, radiation, nuclear and high energy physics, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The main topics covered in Meinardi's work include perovskite materials and applications, luminescence properties of advanced materials, radiation detection and scintillator technologies, quantum dots synthesis and properties, luminescence and fluorescent materials, organic light-emitting diodes research, and lanthanide and transition metal complexes.

Meinardi has published frequently in a variety of scientific venues. Notable publication outlets include:

  • ACS Energy Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Recent papers by Meinardi reflect a focus on luminescent and scintillating nanomaterials with applications in photonics and energy. Among these works are:

  • Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal-organic framework nanocrystals, 2021, Nature Photonics
  • Sb-Doped Metal Halide Nanocrystals: A 0D versus 3D Comparison, 2021, ACS Energy Letters
  • Consensus statement: Standardized reporting of power-producing luminescent solar concentrator performance, 2022, Joule
  • Extreme γ-ray radiation hardness and high scintillation yield in perovskite nanocrystals, 2022, Nature Photonics
  • Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sergio Brovelli, Matteo L. Zaffalon, Angelo Monguzzi, Francesco Carulli, and Valerio Pinchetti. These co-authors have contributed to numerous projects and publications alongside Meinardi.

Best Publications

  • Large-area luminescent solar concentrators based on /`Stokes-shift-engineered/' nanocrystals in a mass-polymerized PMMA matrix

    Francesco Meinardi;Annalisa Colombo;Kirill A. Velizhanin;Roberto Simonutti

  • Highly efficient large-area colourless luminescent solar concentrators using heavy-metal-free colloidal quantum dots

    Francesco Meinardi;Hunter McDaniel;Francesco Carulli;Annalisa Colombo

  • Upconversion-induced fluorescence in multicomponent systems: Steady-state excitation power threshold

    A. Monguzzi;J. Mezyk;F. Scotognella;R. Tubino

  • Low power, non-coherent sensitized photon up-conversion: modelling and perspectives.

    Angelo Monguzzi;Riccardo Tubino;Sajjad Hoseinkhani;Marcello Campione

  • Luminescent solar concentrators for building-integrated photovoltaics

    Francesco Meinardi;Francesco Bruni;Sergio Brovelli

  • Highly efficient luminescent solar concentrators based on earth-abundant indirect-bandgap silicon quantum dots

    Francesco Meinardi;Samantha Ehrenberg;Lorena Dhamo;Francesco Carulli

  • Intersystem crossing processes in nonplanar aromatic heterocyclic molecules.

    Karin Schmidt;Sergio Brovelli;Veaceslav Coropceanu;David Beljonne

  • Doped Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Reabsorption-Free Luminescent Solar Concentrators

    Francesco Meinardi;Quinten A. Akkerman;Francesco Bruni;Sungwook Park

  • Upconversion-induced delayed fluorescence in multicomponent organic systems: Role of Dexter energy transfer

    A. Monguzzi;R. Tubino;F. Meinardi

  • Low-Power-Photon Up-Conversion in Dual-Dye-Loaded Polymer Nanoparticles

    Angelo Monguzzi;Michel Frigoli;Chantal Larpent;Riccardo Tubino

  • Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal–organic framework nanocrystals

    J. Perego;I. Villa;A. Pedrini;E. C. Padovani

  • Achieving the photon up-conversion thermodynamic yield upper limit by sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation.

    S. Hoseinkhani;R. Tubino;F. Meinardi;A. Monguzzi

  • Multicomponent Polymeric Film for Red to Green Low Power Sensitized Up-Conversion

    Angelo Monguzzi;Riccardo Tubino;Francesco Meinardi

  • Superradiance in molecular H aggregates.

    F. Meinardi;M. Cerminara;A. Sassella;R. Bonifacio

  • Sb-Doped Metal Halide Nanocrystals: A 0D versus 3D Comparison.

    Dongxu Zhu;Matteo L. Zaffalon;Juliette Zito;Juliette Zito;Francesca Cova

  • Extreme γ-ray radiation hardness and high scintillation yield in perovskite nanocrystals

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  • Ce3' or Tb3'-doped phosphate and silicate scintillating glasses

    S Baccaro;R Dall'Igna;P Fabeni;M Martini

  • Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications

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  • Bismuth‐Based Coordination Polymers with Efficient Aggregation‐Induced Phosphorescence and Reversible Mechanochromic Luminescence

    Oksana Toma;Magali Allain;Francesco Meinardi;Alessandra Forni

  • Role of Nonradiative Defects and Environmental Oxygen on Exciton Recombination Processes in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Monica Lorenzon;Luca Sortino;Quinten A Akkerman;Sara Accornero

  • Trap-Mediated Two-Step Sensitization of Manganese Dopants in Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Valerio Pinchetti;Abhinav Anand;Quinten A. Akkerman;Quinten A. Akkerman;Davide Sciacca

  • High Efficiency Up-Converting Single Phase Elastomers for Photon Managing Applications

    Angelo Monguzzi;Francesco Bianchi;Alberto Bianchi;Michele Mauri

  • High Stokes shift perylene dyes for luminescent solar concentrators

    Alessandro Sanguineti;Mauro Sassi;Riccardo Turrisi;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Sensitized NIR erbium(III) emission in confined geometries: a new strategy for light emitters in telecom applications.

    Agnieszka Mech;Angelo Monguzzi;Francesco Meinardi;Jakub Mezyk

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Brovelli
Sergio Brovelli University of Milano-Bicocca
Chiara Botta
Chiara Botta National Research Council (CNR)
Liberato Manna
Liberato Manna Italian Institute of Technology
Victor I. Klimov
Victor I. Klimov Los Alamos National Laboratory
Riccardo Ruffo
Riccardo Ruffo University of Milano-Bicocca
Wan Ki Bae
Wan Ki Bae Sungkyunkwan University
Mirko Prato
Mirko Prato Italian Institute of Technology
Emanuele Rimini
Emanuele Rimini National Research Council (CNR)
Franco Cacialli
Franco Cacialli Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Piero Sozzani
Piero Sozzani University of Milano-Bicocca

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