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77
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28130
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3068
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54

Francesco Stellacci 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 Stellacci sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 314 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesco Stellacci 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 Stellacci sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2017 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Francesco Stellacci is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on molecular biology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry.

Their scholarly work addresses significant topics such as respiratory viral infections research, lipid membrane structure and behavior, influenza virus research studies, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, immune response and inflammation, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Recent publications include:

  • Toward Nanotechnology-Enabled Approaches against the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Nanotechnology-based disinfectants and sensors for SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Modified cyclodextrins as broad-spectrum antivirals, 2020, Science Advances
  • Chemical sensing with Au and Ag nanoparticles, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • An antiviral trap made of protein nanofibrils and iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology

Frequent co-authors in their work include Paulo Jacob Silva, Caroline Tapparel, Matteo Gasbarri, Valeria Cagno, and Quy K. Ong.

Their work has appeared in a range of publication venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nanoscale, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), ACS Nano, and Advanced Materials.

In addition to research articles, Francesco Stellacci has contributed to book publications. A notable book is "Digital Health Technology for Better Aging," published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Awards conferred to Francesco Stellacci include membership in the Academia Europaea since 2019 and the European Academy of Sciences since 2017.

Best Publications

  • Effect of Surface Properties on Nanoparticle–Cell Interactions

    Ayush Verma;Francesco Stellacci

  • Surface-structure-regulated cell-membrane penetration by monolayer-protected nanoparticles

    Ayush Verma;Oktay Uzun;Yuhua Hu;Ying Hu

  • Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles: A surface science insight

    Benjamin Le Ouay;Francesco Stellacci

  • Superwetting nanowire membranes for selective absorption

    Jikang Yuan;Xiaogang Liu;Xiaogang Liu;Ozge Akbulut;Junqing Hu

  • Low-voltage organic transistors with an amorphous molecular gate dielectric

    Marcus Halik;Hagen Klauk;Ute Zschieschang;Günter Schmid

  • A Study of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Silver Nanoparticles by the Discrete Dipole Approximation Method: Effect of Shape, Size, Structure, and Assembly

    Vincenzo Amendola;Osman M. Bakr;Osman M. Bakr;Francesco Stellacci

  • Divalent Metal Nanoparticles

    Gretchen A. DeVries;Markus Brunnbauer;Ying Hu;Alicia M. Jackson

  • Spontaneous assembly of subnanometre-ordered domains in the ligand shell of monolayer-protected nanoparticles

    Alicia M. Jackson;Jacob W. Myerson;Francesco Stellacci

  • Conductivity in organic semiconductors hybridized with the vacuum field

    E. Orgiu;J. George;J. A. Hutchison;E. Devaux

  • Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting

    Scott C. Warren;Scott C. Warren;Kislon Voïtchovsky;Hen Dotan;Celine M. Leroy

  • Toward Nanotechnology-Enabled Approaches against the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Carsten Weiss;Marie Carriere;Laura Fusco;Laura Fusco;Ilaria Capua

  • Integration of Photosynthetic Protein Molecular Complexes in Solid-State Electronic Devices

    Rupa Das;Patrick J. Kiley;Michael Segal;Julie Norville

  • A general mechanism for intracellular toxicity of metal-containing nanoparticles

    Stefania Sabella;Randy P. Carney;Virgilio Brunetti;Maria Ada Malvindi

  • Broad-spectrum non-toxic antiviral nanoparticles with a virucidal inhibition mechanism

    Valeria Cagno;Patrizia Andreozzi;Marco D'Alicarnasso;Paulo Jacob Silva

  • Silver Nanoparticles with Broad Multiband Linear Optical Absorption

    Osman M. Bakr;Osman M. Bakr;Vincenzo Amendola;Christine M. Aikens;Wim Wenseleers

  • Nanotechnology-based disinfectants and sensors for SARS-CoV-2.

    Sepehr Talebian;Gordon G. Wallace;Avi Schroeder;Francesco Stellacci

  • From Nano- to Micrometer Scale: The Role of Antisolvent Treatment on High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

    S. Paek;P. Schouwink;E. Nefeli Athanasopoulou;K. T. Cho

  • High-Yield Synthesis of Multi-Branched Urchin-Like Gold Nanoparticles

    Osman M. Bakr;Benjamin H. Wunsch;Francesco Stellacci

  • Entropy-Mediated Patterning of Surfactant-Coated Nanoparticles and Surfaces

    Chetana Singh;Pradip K. Ghorai;Mark A. Horsch;Alicia M. Jackson

  • Effect of Particle Diameter and Surface Composition on the Spontaneous Fusion of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles with Lipid Bilayers

    Reid C. Van Lehn;Prabhani U. Atukorale;Randy P. Carney;Yu Sang Yang

  • Laser and Electron‐Beam Induced Growth of Nanoparticles for 2D and 3D Metal Patterning

    Francesco Stellacci;Christina A. Bauer;Timo Meyer-Friedrichsen;Wim Wenseleers

Frequent Co-Authors

Darrell J. Irvine
Darrell J. Irvine Scripps Research Institute
Osman M. Bakr
Osman M. Bakr King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Joseph W. Perry
Joseph W. Perry Georgia Institute of Technology
Seth R. Marder
Seth R. Marder University of Colorado Boulder
Sharon C. Glotzer
Sharon C. Glotzer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marcus Halik
Marcus Halik University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Xiaogang Liu
Xiaogang Liu National University of Singapore
Molly M. Stevens
Molly M. Stevens University of Oxford
John T. L. Thong
John T. L. Thong National University of Singapore

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