2026 Mohamed Naceur Belgacem: 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	78	2941	2842	54	53	269	24080

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in France Leader Award

Overview

Mohamed Naceur Belgacem is affiliated with the Grenoble Institute of Technology in France. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences as well as engineering. The scientist's work spans various subfields including biomaterials, biomedical engineering, food science, plant science, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics of their research encompass advanced cellulose research studies, nanocomposite films for food packaging, lignin and wood chemistry, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, botanical research and applications, and polysaccharides composition and applications.

Belgacem has published extensively, with a strong presence in journals such as Cellulose, Carbohydrate Polymers, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Industrial Crops and Products, and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Recent publications include:

Natural acidic deep eutectic solvent to obtain cellulose nanocrystals using the design of experience approach (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
Alkaline treatment combined with enzymatic hydrolysis for efficient cellulose nanofibrils production (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
Polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate from the surface of cellulose nanocrystals for the elaboration of PLA-based nanocomposites (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
Amidation of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanocrystals using aromatic aminated molecules (2020, Colloid & Polymer Science)
Multilayers of Renewable Nanostructured Materials with High Oxygen and Water Vapor Barriers for Food Packaging (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

Belgacem has frequently collaborated with a group of co-authors, notably Julien Bras, Ramzi Khiari, Younes Moussaoui, Faten Mannai, and Hanedi Elhleli.

In addition to journal articles, Belgacem has contributed to book publications, including a title published by CRC Press: Annual Plant: Sources of Fibres, Nanocellulose and Cellulosic Derivatives (2023).

Best Publications

Production of cellulose nanofibrils: A review of recent advances

Oleksandr Nechyporchuk;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Julien Bras

1693
Citations
Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources

Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Alessandro Gandini

1448
Citations
Short natural-fibre reinforced polyethylene and natural rubber composites: Effect of silane coupling agents and fibres loading

M. Abdelmouleh;S. Boufi;M.N. Belgacem;A. Dufresne

904
Citations
Furan Derivatives and Furan Chemistry at the Service of Macromolecular Materials

Alessandro Gandini;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem

875
Citations
Nanofibrillated Cellulose Surface Modification: A Review.

Karim Missoum;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Julien Bras

744
Citations
Recent Catalytic Advances in the Chemistry of Substituted Furans from Carbohydrates and in the Ensuing Polymers

Claude Moreau;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Alessandro Gandini

718
Citations
Recent advances in surface-modified cellulose nanofibrils

Fleur Rol;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Alessandro Gandini;Julien Bras;Julien Bras

677
Citations
Modification of cellulosic fibres with functionalised silanes: development of surface properties

M. Abdelmouleh;S. Boufi;M.N. Belgacem;A.P. Duarte

529
Citations
An integrated process to produce vanillin and lignin-based polyurethanes from Kraft lignin

E.A. Borges da Silva;M. Zabkova;J.D. Araújo;C.A. Cateto

506
Citations
Cassava bagasse cellulose nanofibrils reinforced thermoplastic cassava starch

Eliangela de M. Teixeira;Daniel Pasquini;Antônio A.S. Curvelo;Elisângela Corradini

501
Citations
The surface modification of cellulose fibres for use as reinforcing elements in composite materials

Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Alessandro Gandini

472
Citations
Crab shell chitin whiskers reinforced natural rubber nanocomposites. 3. Effect of chemical modification of chitin whiskers.

Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair;Alain Dufresne;Alessandro Gandini;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem

349
Citations
Kinetics of hydrolysis and self condensation reactions of silanes by NMR spectroscopy

Marie-Christine Brochier Salon;Pierre-Alain Bayle;Makki Abdelmouleh;Sami Boufi

317
Citations
Optimization study of lignin oxypropylation in view of the preparation of polyurethane rigid foams

Carolina Andreia Cateto;Maria Filomena Barreiro;Alírio Egídio Rodrigues;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem

304
Citations
Silane adsorption onto cellulose fibers: hydrolysis and condensation reactions.

Marie-Christine Brochier Salon;Makki Abdelmouleh;Sami Boufi;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem

304
Citations
Current Progress in Rheology of Cellulose Nanofibril Suspensions.

Oleksandr Nechyporchuk;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Frédéric Pignon

297
Citations
Controlled heterogeneous modification of cellulose fibers with fatty acids: Effect of reaction conditions on the extent of esterification and fiber properties

C. S. R. Freire;A. J. D. Silvestre;C. Pascoal Neto;M. N. Belgacem

297
Citations
Effect of corona modification on the mechanical properties of polypropylene/cellulose composites

M. N. Belgacem;P. Bataille;S. Sapieha

284
Citations
Surface characterization of cellulose fibres by XPS and inverse gas chromatography

M. N. Belgacem;G. Czeremuszkin;S. Sapieha;A. Gandini

282
Citations
Oxypropylation of Lignins and Preparation of Rigid Polyurethane Foams from the Ensuing Polyols

Hamid Nadji;Cécile Bruzzèse;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Ahmed Benaboura

262
Citations
Chemical modification of wood

Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Alessandro Gandini

13
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