2026 Luca De Stefano: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	46	11570	11184	261	253	250	5944

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Materials Science

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5944

Overview

Luca De Stefano is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans several interconnected areas within the broader domains of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, materials science, and engineering. The scientist's work lies primarily at the intersection of molecular biology and biomedical engineering, with considerable contributions also to materials chemistry, biomaterials, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The research topics frequently addressed by Luca De Stefano include:

Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
Gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications
Biosensors and analytical detection
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
Silicon nanostructures and photoluminescence
Diatoms and algae research
RNA interference and gene delivery

Among the recent publications connected with this scientist are:

Porous Silicon Optical Devices: Recent Advances in Biosensing Applications, 2021, Sensors
One-Shot Fabrication of Polymeric Hollow Microneedles by Standard Photolithography, 2021, Polymers
Nanostructured Biosilica of Diatoms: From Water World to Biomedical Applications, 2020, Applied Sciences
Recent Advances in the Fabrication and Functionalization of Flexible Optical Biosensors: Toward Smart Life-Sciences Applications, 2021, Biosensors
F-doped ZnO nano- and meso-crystals with enhanced photocatalytic activity in diclofenac degradation, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as:

Ilaria Rea
Principia Dardano
Monica Terracciano
Bruno Miranda
Chiara Tramontano

Preferred venues for publishing their work include:

EPJ Web of Conferences
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Nanomaterials
Small
Advanced Materials Technologies

Best Publications

Marine diatoms as optical chemical sensors

Luca De Stefano;Ivo Rendina;Mario De Stefano;Alfredo Bismuto

154
Citations
DNA Optical Detection Based on Porous Silicon Technology: from Biosensors to Biochips

Luca De Stefano;Paolo Arcari;Annalisa Lamberti;Carmen Sanges

138
Citations
The Gas-Detection Properties of Light-Emitting Diatoms

Stefano Lettieri;Antonio Setaro;Luca De Stefano;Mario De Stefano

136
Citations
Diatomite biosilica nanocarriers for siRNA transport inside cancer cells

Ilaria Rea;Nicola M. Martucci;Luca De Stefano;Immacolata Ruggiero

127
Citations
Diatomite silica nanoparticles for drug delivery

Immacolata Ruggiero;Monica Terracciano;Nicola M Martucci;Luca De Stefano

120
Citations
Treatment and recycling of asbestos-cement containing waste

F. Colangelo;R. Cioffi;M. Lavorgna;L. Verdolotti

117
Citations
Diatoms Green Nanotechnology for Biosilica-Based Drug Delivery Systems.

Monica Terracciano;Luca De Stefano;Ilaria Rea

113
Citations
Porous Silicon Optical Devices: Recent Advances in Biosensing Applications

Rosalba Moretta;Luca De Stefano;Monica Terracciano;Ilaria Rea

110
Citations
Optical properties of diatom nanostructured biosilica in Arachnoidiscus sp: micro-optics from mother nature.

Maria Antonietta Ferrara;Principia Dardano;Luca De Stefano;Ilaria Rea

107
Citations
Surface bioengineering of diatomite based nanovectors for efficient intracellular uptake and drug delivery

Monica Terracciano;Monica Terracciano;Monica Terracciano;Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi;Alexandra Correia;Ilaria Rea

105
Citations
Smart optical sensors for chemical substances based on porous silicon technology.

Luca De Stefano;Ivo Rendina;Luigi Moretti;Stefania Tundo

101
Citations
Nanostructures in diatom frustules: functional morphology of valvocopulae in Cocconeidacean monoraphid taxa.

Mario De Stefano;Luca De Stefano

101
Citations
A Mechanochemical Approach to Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Fabrication

Luigi Russo;Francesco Colangelo;Raffaele Cioffi;Ilaria Rea

100
Citations
A Photolithographic Approach to Polymeric Microneedles Array Fabrication

Principia Dardano;Alessandro Caliò;Vincenza Di Palma;Maria Fortuna Bevilacqua

95
Citations
Photonic band gaps analysis of Thue-Morse multilayers made of porous silicon.

Luigi Moretti;Ilaria Rea;Lucia Rotiroti;Ivo Rendina

93
Citations
Periodic versus aperiodic: Enhancing the sensitivity of porous silicon based optical sensors

Luigi Moretti;Ilaria Rea;Luca De Stefano;Ivo Rendina

82
Citations
Colorimetric Immunosensor by Aggregation of Photochemically Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles.

Marzia Iarossi;Chiara Schiattarella;Ilaria Rea;Luca De Stefano

81
Citations
Optical sensing of flammable substances using porous silicon microcavities

Luca De Stefano;Ivo Rendina;Luigi Moretti;Andrea Mario Rossi

75
Citations
Porous silicon-based optical microsensor for the detection of L-glutamine.

Luca De Stefano;Lucia Rotiroti;Ivo Rendina;Luigi Moretti

72
Citations
Aminosilane functionalizations of mesoporous oxidized silicon for oligonucleotide synthesis and detection

Luca De Stefano;Giorgia Oliviero;Jussara Amato;Nicola Borbone

72
Citations