2026 Riccardo Ferrando: 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	60	6930	6697	111	107	253	18848

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Materials Science

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18848

Overview

Riccardo Ferrando is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy and focuses on research within materials science, earth and planetary sciences, and physics and astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, atmospheric science, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist's research centers primarily on topics such as nanoparticles nucleation and surface interactions, advanced chemical physics studies, catalytic processes in materials science, nanocluster synthesis and applications, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, machine learning in materials science, and theoretical and computational physics.

Riccardo Ferrando has a significant publication record, with notable recent papers including:

"Shape control of size-selected naked platinum nanocrystals," 2021, Nature Communications
"Structure and orientation effects in the coalescence of Au clusters," 2020, Nanoscale
"Shape Changes in AuPd Alloy Nanoparticles Controlled by Anisotropic Surface Stress Relaxation," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
"Growth mechanisms from tetrahedral seeds to multiply twinned Au nanoparticles revealed by atomistic simulations," 2022, Nanoscale Horizons
"One-Step Growth of Core-Shell (PtPd)@Pt and (PtPd)@Pd Nanoparticles in the Gas Phase," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Their frequent co-authors include Diana Nelli, Cesare Roncaglia, Alberto Giacomello, Manoj Settem, and El yakout El koraychy.

The main venues where Riccardo Ferrando has published are:

Nanoscale
Faraday Discussions
arXiv (Cornell University)
Nanoscale Advances
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Nanoalloys: From Theory to Applications of Alloy Clusters and Nanoparticles

Riccardo Ferrando;Julius Jellinek;Roy L. Johnston

4114
Citations
Collective and single particle diffusion on surfaces

T. Ala-Nissila;R. Ferrando;S. C. Ying

636
Citations
Crossover among structural motifs in transition and noble-metal clusters

Francesca Baletto;R Ferrando;A Fortunelli;F Montalenti

571
Citations
Magic Polyicosahedral Core-Shell Clusters

G Rossi;A Rapallo;C Mottet;A Fortunelli

440
Citations
Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. I. Size-mismatched Ag–Cu, Ag–Ni, and Au–Cu systems

Arnaldo Rapallo;Giulia Rossi;Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli

382
Citations
Growth of three-shell onionlike bimetallic nanoparticles.

Francesca Baletto;C Mottet;R Ferrando

311
Citations
Microscopic mechanisms of the growth of metastable silver icosahedra

Francesca Baletto;C Mottet;R Ferrando

264
Citations
Morphological instability of core-shell metallic nanoparticles

Davide Bochicchio;Riccardo Ferrando

238
Citations
Searching for the optimum structures of alloy nanoclusters

Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli;Roy L. Johnston

236
Citations
Quantum effects on the structure of pure and binary metallic nanoclusters

Riccardo Ferrando;A. Fortunelli A.;Giulia Rossi

235
Citations
Single impurity effect on the melting of nanoclusters

C Mottet;G Rossi;Francesca Baletto;R Ferrando

233
Citations
Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. II. Size-matched Ag-Pd, Ag-Au, and Pd-Pt systems.

Giulia Rossi;Riccardo Ferrando;Arnaldo Rapallo;Alessandro Fortunelli

233
Citations
Growth simulations of silver shells on copper and palladium nanoclusters

Francesca Baletto;C Mottet;R Ferrando

223
Citations
Theoretical Studies of Palladium−Gold Nanoclusters: Pd−Au Clusters with up to 50 Atoms

Faye Pittaway;Lauro Oliver Paz-Borbón;Roy L. Johnston;Haydar Arslan

199
Citations
Symmetry breaking and morphological instabilities in core-shell metallic nanoparticles.

Riccardo Ferrando

192
Citations
Transition from core–shell to Janus chemical configuration for bimetallic nanoparticles

Cyril Langlois;Z.L. Li;Jinjiang Yuan;Damien Alloyeau

189
Citations
Reentrant morphology transition in the growth of free silver nanoclusters

F. Baletto;C. Mottet;R. Ferrando

182
Citations
Jumps and concerted moves in Cu, Ag, and Au(110) adatom self-diffusion

F. Montalenti;R. Ferrando

176
Citations
Searching for low-energy structures of nanoparticles: a comparison of different methods and algorithms

G Rossi;R Ferrando

167
Citations
Size-dependent transition to high-symmetry chiral structures in AgCu, AgCo, AgNi, and AuNi nanoalloys.

Davide Bochicchio;Riccardo Ferrando

153
Citations