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Plinio Innocenzi

Plinio Innocenzi

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
61
Citations
12598
World Ranking
6827
National Ranking
110

Plinio Innocenzi 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 Plinio Innocenzi sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 282 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Plinio Innocenzi 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 Plinio Innocenzi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Plinio Innocenzi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy, primarily engaged in the field of Materials Science. Their work extensively covers several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research focuses on key topics such as:

  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Among recent publications authored by Innocenzi are:

  • Carbon-based antiviral nanomaterials: graphene, C-dots, and fullerenes. A perspective, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Carbon dots as oxidant-antioxidant nanomaterials, understanding the structure-properties relationship. A critical review, 2023, Nano Today

Frequent collaborators in Innocenzi's work include:

  • Luca Malfatti
  • Luigi Stagi
  • Davide Carboni
  • Junkai Ren
  • Sebastiano Garroni

Plinio Innocenzi has contributed to publications in various scientific journals, often publishing multiple times in these venues:

  • Materials
  • Nanomaterials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
  • ACS Omega

In terms of book contributions, Innocenzi has published with Springer International Publishing, including the book titled Mesoporous Ordered Silica Films in 2021.

The scope of Innocenzi's research spans understanding the synthesis-structure relationships of nanomaterials, especially carbon dots, and exploring their applications in antiviral nanomaterials, luminescent devices, and catalysis. The publications reflect an interest in nanostructured materials and their functional capabilities in advanced material science and bio-related technologies.

Best Publications

  • Infrared spectroscopy of sol–gel derived silica-based films: a spectra-microstructure overview

    Plinio Innocenzi

  • Mesoporous thin films: properties and applications

    Plinio Innocenzi;Luca Malfatti

  • Hydrophobic, Antireflective, Self-Cleaning, and Antifogging Sol−Gel Coatings: An Example of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Cells

    Marco Faustini;Lionel Nicole;Cédric Boissière;Plinio Innocenzi

  • Hybrid materials for optics and photonics.

    Benedicte Lebeau;Plinio Innocenzi

  • Organic–inorganic hybrid materials for non-linear optics

    Plinio Innocenzi;Bénédicte Lebeau

  • Order−Disorder Transitions and Evolution of Silica Structure in Self-Assembled Mesostructured Silica Films Studied through FTIR Spectroscopy

    Plinio Innocenzi;Paolo Falcaro;David Grosso;Florence Babonneau

  • Mesoporous hybrid thin films: the physics and chemistry beneath.

    Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia;Plinio Innocenzi

  • Structure and properties of sol-gel coatings from methyltriethoxysilane and tetraethoxysilane

    P. Innocenzi;M. O. Abdirashid;M. Guglielmi

  • Carbon-based antiviral nanomaterials: graphene, C-dots, and fullerenes. A perspective

    Plinio Innocenzi;Luigi Stagi

  • New Synthetic Route to (3-Glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxysilane-Based Hybrid Organic−Inorganic Materials

    Plinio Innocenzi;Giovanna Brusatin;Massimo Guglielmi;Roberta Bertani

  • Fluorescence Properties of the Ru(bpy)32+ Complex Incorporated in Sol−Gel-Derived Silica Coating Films

    Plinio Innocenzi;and Hiromitsu Kozuka;Toshinobu Yoko

  • Fullerene-Based Organic−Inorganic Nanocomposites and Their Applications

    Plinio Innocenzi;Giovanna Brusatin

  • Hierarchical Mesoporous Films: From Self-Assembly to Porosity with Different Length Scales

    Plinio Innocenzi;Luca Malfatti;Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia

  • Carbon Dots from Citric Acid and its Intermediates Formed by Thermal Decomposition

    Robert Ludmerczki;Stefania Mura;Carlo Maria Carbonaro;Istvan M. Mandity;Istvan M. Mandity

  • Competitive Polymerization between Organic and Inorganic Networks in Hybrid Materials

    Plinio Innocenzi;Giovanna Brusatin;Florence Babonneau

  • Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Sol-Gel Materials Based on Epoxy-Amine Systems

    Plinio Innocenzi;Tongjit Kidchob;Toshinobu Yoko

  • Silica Orthorhombic Mesostructured Films with Low Refractive Index and High Thermal Stability

    Paolo Falcaro;David Grosso;Heinz Amenitsch;Plinio Innocenzi

  • Microstructural and optical properties of sol-gel silica-titania waveguides

    G. Brusatin;M. Guglielmi;P. Innocenzi;A. Martucci

  • Order−Disorder in Self-Assembled Mesostructured Silica Films: A Concepts Review

    Plinio Innocenzi;Luca Malfatti;Tongjit Kidchob;Paolo Falcaro

  • Optical and surface properties of inorganic and hybrid organic–inorganic silica–titania sol–gel planar waveguides

    P. Innocenzi;Alessandro Martucci;Massimo Guglielmi;L. Armelao

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Falcaro
Paolo Falcaro Graz University of Technology
Heinz Amenitsch
Heinz Amenitsch Graz University of Technology
Massimo Guglielmi
Massimo Guglielmi University of Padua
Alessandro Martucci
Alessandro Martucci University of Padua
Michele Maggini
Michele Maggini University of Padua
David Grosso
David Grosso Aix-Marseille University
Florence Babonneau
Florence Babonneau Sorbonne University
Enrico Traversa
Enrico Traversa University of Rome Tor Vergata
Toshinobu Yoko
Toshinobu Yoko Kyoto University
Anita J. Hill
Anita J. Hill Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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