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Argentina
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
14536
World Ranking
8049
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Roberto Carlos Salvarezza is affiliated with the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with a specific emphasis on Materials Chemistry and related subfields such as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Demography, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their scientific work covers multiple main topics including:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America
  • Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics

Recent publications by Salvarezza include:

  • "Effect of Ligands on the Stability of Gold Nanoclusters", 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Shedding Light on the Interfacial Structure of Low-Coverage Alkanethiol Lattices", 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Dynamics of RS-(Au-SR)x Staple Motifs on Metal Surfaces: From Nanoclusters to 2D Surfaces", 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Unraveling the Causes of the Instability of Aun(SR)x Nanoclusters on Au(111)", 2021, Chemistry of Materials
  • "No volveremos a ser los mismos, asistimos a un cambio de mentalidad en la relación entre ciencia, tecnología y sociedad", 2021, Ciencia, tecnología y política

Frequent co-authors in their scholarly work include:

  • Evangelina Pensa
  • Pilar Carro
  • Luis Miguel Azofra
  • Tim Albrecht
  • Gabriel M. Bilmes

The most common venues where Salvarezza publishes research are:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Ciencia, tecnología y política
  • Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico y Social

Among their recognitions, Roberto Carlos Salvarezza was awarded the title of Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Self-assembled monolayers of thiols and dithiols on gold: new challenges for a well-known system

    C. Vericat;M. E. Vela;G. Benitez;P. Carro

  • The Chemistry of the Sulfur–Gold Interface: In Search of a Unified Model

    Evangelina Laura Pensa;Emiliano Cortés;Gastón Corthey;Pilar Carro

  • Self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols on Au(111): surface structures, defects and dynamics

    C. Vericat;M. E. Vela;R. C. Salvarezza

  • Surface characterization of sulfur and alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

    C Vericat;M E Vela;G A Benitez;J A Martin Gago

  • Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals: A review article on sulfur-metal chemistry and surface structures

    Carolina Vericat;María Elena Vela;Gastón Corthey;Evangelina Laura Pensa

  • Kinetics of Passivation and Pitting Corrosion of Polycrystalline Copper in Borate Buffer Solutions Containing Sodium Chloride.

    M. R. G. De Chialvo;R. C. Salvarezza;D. Vasquez Moll;A. J. Arvia

  • Spontaneous adsorption of silver nanoparticles on Ti/TiO2 surfaces. Antibacterial effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    C.Y. Flores;C. Diaz;A. Rubert;G.A. Benítez

  • Nano/microscale order affects the early stages of biofilm formation on metal surfaces.

    C Díaz;P L Schilardi;R C Salvarezza;M Fernández Lorenzo de Mele

  • Monitoring the Electrochemistry of Single Molecules by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Emiliano Cortés;Pablo G. Etchegoin;Eric C. Le Ru;Alejandro Fainstein

  • Citrate-Capped Silver Nanoparticles Showing Good Bactericidal Effect against Both Planktonic and Sessile Bacteria and a Low Cytotoxicity to Osteoblastic Cells

    Constanza Yanel Flores;Alejandro Guillermo Miñan;Claudia Alejandra Grillo;Roberto Carlos Salvarezza

  • Sulfur−Substrate Interactions in Spontaneously Formed Sulfur Adlayers on Au(111)

    C. Vericat;M. E. Vela;and G. Andreasen;R. C. Salvarezza

  • The Evaluation of Surface Diffusion Coefficients of Gold and Platinum Atoms at Electrochemical Interfaces from Combined STM‐SEM Imaging and Electrochemical Techniques

    C. Alonso;Roberto Carlos Salvarezza;J. M. Vara;Alejandro Jorge Arvia

  • Fractal surfaces of gold and platinum electrodeposits. Dimensionality determination by scanning tunneling microscopy

    J. M. Gómez-Rodríguez;A. M. Baró;L. Vázquez;Roberto Carlos Salvarezza

  • Spontaneously Formed Sulfur Adlayers on Gold in Electrolyte Solutions: Adsorbed Sulfur or Gold Sulfide?

    P. G. Lustemberg;C. Vericat;G. A. Benitez;M. E. Vela

  • The influence of slow Cu(OH) 2 phase formation on the electrochemical behaviour of copper in alkaline solutions

    J. Gomez Becerra;Roberto Carlos Salvarezza;Alejandro Jorge Arvia

  • The surface diffusion of gold atoms on gold electrodes in acid solution and its dependence on the presence of foreign adsorbates

    C. Alonso;Roberto Carlos Salvarezza;J. M. Vara;Alejandro Jorge Arvia

  • Electrochemical behaviour of copper in aqueous moderate alkaline media, containing sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, and sodium perchlorate

    M. Pérez Sánchez;M. Barrera;Sergio G. González;Ricardo M. Souto

  • Self-affine fractal vapour-deposited gold surfaces characterization by scanning tunnelling microscopy

    Roberto Carlos Salvarezza;L. Vázquez;P. Herrasti;P. Ocón

  • Edward-Wilkinson Behavior of Crystal Surfaces Grown By Sedimentation of SiO2 Nanospheres.

    RC Salvarezza;L Vázquez;H Míguez;R Mayoral

  • A comparative study on the passivation and localized corrosion of α, β, and α + β brass in borate buffer solutions containing sodium chloride—I. Electrochemical data

    Jose Carlos Morales;Guillermina T. Fernández;Pedro Esparza;Sergio G. González

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Jorge Arvia
Alejandro Jorge Arvia National University of La Plata
Omar Azzaroni
Omar Azzaroni National University of La Plata
L. Vázquez
L. Vázquez Spanish National Research Council
Emiliano Cortés
Emiliano Cortés Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ricardo M. Souto
Ricardo M. Souto University of La Laguna
Klaus Kern
Klaus Kern Max Planck Society
A. M. Baró
A. M. Baró Spanish National Research Council
Ernesto J. Calvo
Ernesto J. Calvo University of Buenos Aires
Pablo G. Etchegoin
Pablo G. Etchegoin MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Mario Ruben
Mario Ruben Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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