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Libero Liggieri

Libero Liggieri

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
7439
World Ranking
14548
National Ranking
508

Libero Liggieri publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Libero Liggieri sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 179 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Libero Liggieri D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Libero Liggieri is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has an active research profile focused primarily on the chemistry and medicine domains. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably organic chemistry, materials chemistry, food science, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and ocean engineering.

The research activity covers several main topics, including surfactants and colloidal systems, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, proteins in food systems, lipid membrane structure and behavior, retinal and macular surgery, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, as well as electrostatics and colloid interactions.

Liggieri has contributed to various academic venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Colloids and Interfaces
  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Coatings

Several recent papers demonstrate the scope of Liggieri's research interests:

  • Emulsification and emulsion stability: The role of the interfacial properties, 2020, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • New view of the adsorption of surfactants at water/alkane interfaces - Competitive and cooperative effects of surfactant and alkane molecules, 2020, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Biocompatibility of intraocular liquid tamponade agents: an update, 2021, Eye
  • Recent developments in emulsion characterization: Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy beyond average values, 2020, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Methods and models to investigate the physicochemical functionality of pulmonary surfactant, 2021, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

Within these publications, collaborations with coauthors are frequent. The principal coauthors include:

  • Francesca Ravera
  • Eva Santini
  • R. Miller
  • Eduardo Guzmán
  • V.I. Kovalchuk

Liggieri's research contributions notably intersect chemistry and medicine, emphasizing the physicochemical properties and functionality of colloidal and interfacial systems. This includes investigation of surfactants' behaviors, emulsion stability, and applications in medical fields such as retinal surgery and pulmonary drug delivery.

The diversity of research themes and the consistent publication record across specialized journals reflect engagement with both fundamental and applied aspects of colloid and interface science, tailored towards biological and food system contexts.

Best Publications

  • Emulsification and emulsion stability: The role of the interfacial properties.

    Francesca Ravera;Katarzyna Dziza;Eva Santini;Luigi Cristofolini

  • Effect of nanoparticles on the interfacial properties of liquid/liquid and liquid/air surface layers.

    Francesca Ravera;Eva Santini;Giuseppe Loglio;Michele Ferrari

  • Drop and bubble shape analysis as tool for dilational rheology studies of interfacial layers.

    G. Loglio;P. Pandolfini;R. Miller;A. V. Makievski

  • Influence of surface processes on the dilational visco-elasticity of surfactant solutions.

    Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Eva Santini;Libero Liggieri

  • Liquid–liquid interfacial properties of mixed nanoparticle–surfactant systems

    Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Libero Liggieri;Giuseppe Loglio

  • An automatic technique for measuring the surface tension of liquid metals

    L. Liggieri;A. Passerone

  • Wettability of silica nanoparticle–surfactant nanocomposite interfacial layers

    Armando Maestro;Eduardo Guzmán;Eva Santini;Francesca Ravera

  • A diffusion-based approach to mixed adsorption kinetics

    Libero Liggieri;Francesca Ravera;Alberto Passerone

  • Adsorption and partitioning of surfactants in liquid-liquid systems.

    Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Libero Liggieri

  • Interfacial rheology of Span 80 adsorbed layers at paraffin oil–water interface and correlation with the corresponding emulsion properties

    Eva Santini;Libero Liggieri;Linda Sacca;Daniele Clausse

  • Effect of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Nanoparticles on the Surface Pressure Response of DPPC Monolayers

    Eduardo Guzmán;Libero Liggieri;Eva Santini;Michele Ferrari

  • Sorption kinetics considered as a renormalized diffusion process

    Francesca Ravera;Libero Liggieri;Annie Steinchen

  • Adsorption kinetics of alkylphosphine oxides at water/hexane interface. 1. Pendant drop experiments

    M. Ferrari;L. Liggieri;F. Ravera;C. Amodio

  • DPPC–DOPC Langmuir monolayers modified by hydrophilic silica nanoparticles: Phase behaviour, structure and rheology

    Eduardo Guzmán;Libero Liggieri;Eva Santini;Michele Ferrari

  • Wide-frequency dilational rheology investigation of mixed silica nanoparticle–CTAB interfacial layers

    L. Liggieri;E. Santini;E. Guzmán;A. Maestro

  • Dynamic properties of mixed nanoparticle/surfactant adsorption layers

    P. A. Yazhgur;B. A. Noskov;L. Liggieri;S. Y. Lin

  • Adsorption Kinetics of Alkylphosphine Oxides at Water/Hexane Interface: 2. Theory of the Adsorption with Transport across the Interface in Finite Systems

    L. Liggieri;F. Ravera;M. Ferrari;A. Passerone

  • Mixed DPPC-cholesterol Langmuir monolayers in presence of hydrophilic silica nanoparticles.

    Eduardo Guzmán;Libero Liggieri;Eva Santini;Michele Ferrari

  • Relaxation of surfactants adsorption layers at liquid interfaces

    Libero Liggieri;Reinhard Miller

  • Measurement of the Partition Coefficient of Surfactants in Water/Oil Systems

    F. Ravera;M. Ferrari;L. Liggieri;R. Miller

  • Determination of equilibrium surface tension values by extrapolation via long time approximations

    A.V. Makievski;V.B. Fainerman;R. Miller;M. Bree

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca Ravera
Francesca Ravera University of Florence
Reinhard Miller
Reinhard Miller Max Planck Society
Jürgen Krägel
Jürgen Krägel Max Planck Society
V. B. Fainerman
V. B. Fainerman Chalmers University of Technology
Ramón G. Rubio
Ramón G. Rubio Complutense University of Madrid
Francisco Ortega
Francisco Ortega Complutense University of Madrid
Maria Teresa Buscaglia
Maria Teresa Buscaglia National Research Council (CNR)
Martin E. Leser
Martin E. Leser University of Fribourg
Victor Starov
Victor Starov Loughborough University
A.W. Neumann
A.W. Neumann University of Toronto

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