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D-Index
40
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7385
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12796
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260

Riccardo Rurali 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 Riccardo Rurali sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 207 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Riccardo Rurali 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 Riccardo Rurali sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Riccardo Rurali is affiliated with the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to topics related to thermal properties of materials and advanced thermoelectric materials and devices.

Their scholarly work is distributed across various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. This diverse range illustrates a multidisciplinary approach to materials science research.

Rurali has published in several notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Physical Review B
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Materials Horizons

Among their recent papers are:

  • Observation of second sound in a rapidly varying temperature field in Ge, 2021, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
  • Transition metal-decorated germanene for NO, N2 and O2 sensing: A DFT study, 2022, Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Giant Thermal Transport Tuning at a Metal/Ferroelectric Interface, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • How Concerted Are Ionic Hops in Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes?, 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Interplay Between Doping, Morphology, and Lattice Thermal Conductivity in PEDOT:PSS, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials

The main research topics covered in these works include:

  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography

Riccardo Rurali collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Claudio Cazorla, Jorge Íñiguez, Ilaria Zardo, Xavier Cartoixà, and Miquel López-Suárez. These collaborations reflect a strong network in the academic community with shared interests in materials science and engineering.

Best Publications

  • A nanomechanical mass sensor with yoctogram resolution

    J. Chaste;A. Eichler;J. Moser;G. Ceballos

  • Subnanometer motion of cargoes driven by thermal gradients along carbon nanotubes

    Amelia Barreiro;Riccardo Rurali;Eduardo R. Hernández;Joel Moser

  • Colloquium: Structural, electronic, and transport properties of silicon nanowires

    Riccardo Rurali

  • Fullerene Coalescence in Nanopeapods: A Path to Novel Tubular Carbon

    E. Hernandez;V. Meunier;B. W. Smith;R. Rurali

  • Metallic and semimetallic silicon 100 nanowires.

    Riccardo Rurali;Nicolas Lorente

  • Silicon-germanium nanowires: chemistry and physics in play, from basic principles to advanced applications.

    Michele Amato;Maurizia Palummo;Riccardo Rurali;Stefano Ossicini

  • Polarity Assignment in ZnTe, GaAs, ZnO, and GaN-AlN Nanowires from Direct Dumbbell Analysis

    Maria de la Mata;Cesar Magen;Jaume Gazquez;Muhammad Iqbal Bakti Utama

  • Quantum-size effects in hafnium-oxide resistive switching

    Shibing Long;Xiaojuan Lian;Carlo Cagli;Xavier Cartoixà

  • Electronic transport between graphene layers covalently connected by carbon nanotubes.

    Frederico D. Novaes;Riccardo Rurali;Pablo Ordejón

  • Scaling theory put into practice: first-principles modeling of transport in doped silicon nanowires.

    Troels Markussen;Riccardo Rurali;Antti-Pekka Jauho;Mads Brandbyge

  • Electronic transport through Si nanowires : Role of bulk and surface disorder

    Troels Markussen;Riccardo Rurali;Mads Brandbyge;Antti-Pekka Jauho

  • Prediction of ordered phases of encapsulated C60, C70, and C78 inside carbon nanotubes.

    Karla S. Troche;Vitor R. Coluci;Scheila F. Braga;David D. Chinellato

  • Trocadero: a multiple-algorithm multiple-model atomistic simulation program

    R. Rurali;E. Hernández

  • Single-molecule manipulation and chemistry with the STM

    Nicolas Lorente;R. Rurali;H. Tang

  • Thermal Rectification by Design in Telescopic Si Nanowires.

    Xavier Cartoixà;Luciano Colombo;Riccardo Rurali

  • A review on III–V core–multishell nanowires: growth, properties, and applications

    Miquel Royo;Marta De Luca;Riccardo Rurali;Ilaria Zardo

  • Band-offset driven efficiency of the doping of SiGe core-shell nanowires

    R. Rurali;M. Amato;S. Ossicini

  • Prediction of giant electroactuation for papyruslike carbon nanoscroll structures: First-principles calculations

    R. Rurali;V. R. Coluci;D. S. Galvao

  • Comment on "Molecular distortions and chemical bonding of a large pi-conjugated molecule on a metal surface".

    R. Rurali;Nicolas Lorente;P. Ordejon

  • Transport properties of oxygen vacancy filaments in metal/crystalline or amorphous HfO 2 /metal structures

    Xavier Cartoixà;Riccardo Rurali;Jordi Suñé

  • Electronic and structural properties of silicon carbide nanowires

    R. Rurali

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo Ordejón
Pablo Ordejón Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
Luciano Colombo
Luciano Colombo University of Cagliari
Stefano Ossicini
Stefano Ossicini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Antti-Pekka Jauho
Antti-Pekka Jauho Technical University of Denmark
Jordi Suñé
Jordi Suñé Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mads Brandbyge
Mads Brandbyge Technical University of Denmark
Adrian Bachtold
Adrian Bachtold ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Douglas S. Galvao
Douglas S. Galvao State University of Campinas
Enric Canadell
Enric Canadell Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona

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