2026 Pierangelo Metrangolo: 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	77	3061	2957	27	24	340	33076
Chemistry	81	3184	2876	55	48	376	34972

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Pierangelo Metrangolo is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on materials science with an emphasis on materials chemistry, molecular biology, biomaterials, organic chemistry, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within these fields, including:

X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Pierangelo Metrangolo has published extensively, contributing to notable journals frequently appearing in venues like The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry - A European Journal, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Small, and CrystEngComm. Their top publication venues by number of works include:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Chemistry - A European Journal
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
Small
CrystEngComm

Co-authorship plays a significant role in their research output, with regular collaborations involving:

Giancarlo Terraneo
Giuseppe Resnati
Andrea Pizzi
Francesca Baldelli Bombelli
Nicola Demitri

Selected recent publications by Pierangelo Metrangolo include:

Halogen Bonding in Perovskite Solar Cells: A New Tool for Improving Solar Energy Conversion, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Graphene and its derivatives: understanding the main chemical and medicinal chemistry roles for biomedical applications, 2021, Journal of nanostructure in chemistry
Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023), 2024, Pure and Applied Chemistry
Chalcogen Bonds Involving Selenium in Protein Structures, 2021, ACS Chemical Biology
Host-Enhanced Phenyl-Perfluorophenyl Polar−π Interactions, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

The Halogen Bond

Gabriella Cavallo;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Roberto Milani;Tullio Maria Pilati

3936
Citations
Halogen Bonding Based Recognition Processes: A World Parallel to Hydrogen Bonding †

Pierangelo Metrangolo;Hannes Neukirch;Tullio Pilati;Giuseppe Resnati

2118
Citations
Definition of the halogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)

Gautam R. Desiraju;P. Shing Ho;Lars Kloo;Anthony C. Legon

2034
Citations
Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry

Pierangelo Metrangolo;Franck Meyer;Tullio Pilati;Giuseppe Resnati

1725
Citations
Organic fluorine compounds: a great opportunity for enhanced materials properties.

Ricarda Berger;Giuseppe Resnati;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Edwin Weber

1518
Citations
Halogen bonding: a paradigm in supramolecular chemistry.

Pierangelo Metrangolo;Giuseppe Resnati

1162
Citations
The halogen bond in the design of functional supramolecular materials: recent advances.

Arri Priimagi;Gabriella Cavallo;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Giuseppe Resnati

878
Citations
Halogen Bonding versus Hydrogen Bonding in Driving Self-Assembly Processes Perfluorocarbon-hydrocarbon self-assembly, part IX. This work was supported by MURST (Cofinanziamento '99) and EU (COST-D12-0012). We thank Dr. A. Lunghi and Dr. P. Cardillo (Stazione Sperimentale Combustibili, S. Donato Milanese, Italy) for ARC experiments. Part VIII: ref. 9.

E Corradi;SV Meille;MT Messina;P Metrangolo

699
Citations
Halogen bonding : fundamentals and applications

P. Metrangolo;G. Resnati;H. D. Arman

587
Citations
(19)F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): from design of materials to clinical applications.

Ilaria Tirotta;Valentina Dichiarante;Claudia Pigliacelli;Gabriella Cavallo

530
Citations
Halogen Bonding versus Hydrogen Bonding in Driving Self-Assembly Processes

Eleonora Corradi;Stefano V. Meille;Maria T. Messina;Pierangelo Metrangolo

519
Citations
Definition of the chalcogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)

Christer B. Aakeroy;David L. Bryce;Gautam R. Desiraju;Antonio Frontera

515
Citations
Halogen bonding: a general route in anion recognition and coordination

Gabriella Cavallo;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Tullio Pilati;Giuseppe Resnati

511
Citations
Halogen bonding in halocarbon–protein complexes: a structural survey

Emilio Parisini;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Tullio Pilati;Giuseppe Resnati

492
Citations
The fluorous effect in biomolecular applications

Massimo Cametti;Benoit Crousse;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Roberto Milani;Roberto Milani

490
Citations
Halogen Versus Hydrogen

Pierangelo Metrangolo;Giuseppe Resnati

475
Citations
Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation

Lorenzo Meazza;Jonathan A. Foster;Katharina Fucke;Pierangelo Metrangolo

469
Citations
Halogen bonding in metal-organic-supramolecular networks

Roberta Bertani;Paolo Sgarbossa;Alfonso Venzo;Francesco Lelj

387
Citations
Crystal Engineering through Halogen Bonding: Complexes of Nitrogen Heterocycles with Organic Iodides

Rosa D. B. Walsh;Clifford W. Padgett;Pierangelo Metrangolo;Giuseppe Resnati

384
Citations
Halogen bonding and pi...pi stacking control reactivity in the solid state.

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322
Citations
Ditopic Ion Transport Systems: Anion–π Interactions and Halogen Bonds at Work†

Andreas Vargas Jentzsch;Daniel Emery;Jiri Mareda;Pierangelo Metrangolo

312
Citations