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D-Index
38
Citations
5744
World Ranking
8063
National Ranking
295

Overview

Roberto Orru is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and has an extensive research profile primarily focused on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their body of work spans 44 publications in Engineering and 29 in Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Ceramics and Composites.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors

Roberto Orru has published multiple papers in frequent venues such as:

  • Ceramics International
  • Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • Materials
  • Marine Drugs
  • International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Recent publications by Roberto Orru include:

  • Electrospun PCL/PGS Composite Fibers Incorporating Bioactive Glass Particles for Soft Tissue Engineering Applications, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Nanoparticles from Microalgae and Their Biomedical Applications, 2023, Marine Drugs
  • Ultra high temperature high-entropy borides: Effect of graphite addition on oxides removal and densification behaviour, 2020, Ceramics International
  • Spark plasma sintering and optical characterization of lunar regolith simulant, 2022, Acta Astronautica
  • Hydroxyapatite/bioactive glass functionally graded materials (FGM) for bone tissue engineering, 2020, Journal of the European Ceramic Society

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Roberto Orru include:

  • Giacomo Cao
  • Sebastiano Garroni
  • Antonio Mario Locci
  • Roberta Licheri
  • Simone Barbarossa

Best Publications

  • Consolidation/synthesis of materials by electric current activated/assisted sintering

    Roberto Orrù;Roberta Licheri;Antonio Mario Locci;Alberto Cincotti

  • Novel processing route for the fabrication of bulk high-entropy metal diborides

    Giovanna Tallarita;Roberta Licheri;Sebastiano Garroni;Roberto Orrù

  • Sardinian natural clinoptilolites for heavy metals and ammonium removal: experimental and modeling

    Alberto Cincotti;Nicola Lai;Roberto Orru;Giacomo Cao

  • Heavy Metals Uptake by Sardinian Natural Zeolites: Experiment and Modeling

    Alberto Cincotti;Anna Mameli;Antonio Mario Locci;Roberto Orru

  • Combination of SHS and SPS techniques for fabrication of fully dense ZrB2-ZrC-SiC composites

    Roberta Licheri;Roberto Orrù;Clara Musa;Giacomo Cao

  • High-entropy transition metal diborides by reactive and non-reactive spark plasma sintering: A comparative investigation

    Giovanna Tallarita;Roberta Licheri;Sebastiano Garroni;Sebastiano Garroni;Simone Barbarossa

  • Effect of ball milling on simultaneous spark plasma synthesis and densification of TiC-TiB2 composites

    Antonio M. Locci;Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao;Zuhair A. Munir

  • Consolidation via spark plasma sintering of HfB2/SiC and HfB2/HfC/SiC composite powders obtained by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis

    Roberta Licheri;Roberto Orrù;Clara Musa;Antonio Mario Locci

  • Self-propagating combustion synthesis and plasma spraying deposition of TiC–Fe powders

    Roberta Licheri;Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao;Angelo Crippa

  • Field-activated pressure-assisted synthesis of NiTi

    Antonio Mario Locci;Antonio Mario Locci;Roberto Orru;Giacomo Cao;Z. A. Munir

  • Kinetics and related engineering aspects of catalytic liquid-phase oxidation of p-xylene to terephthalic acid

    Alberto Cincotti;Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao

  • Titanium diboride ceramics for solar thermal absorbers

    Elisa Sani;Marco Meucci;Luca Mercatelli;Andrea Balbo

  • Simultaneous spark plasma synthesis and densification of TiC-TiB2 composites

    Antonio M. Locci;Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao;Zuhair A. Munir

  • A novel macrokinetic approach for mechanochemical reactions

    Francesco Delogu;Roberto Orru;Giacomo Cao

  • Modeling of SPS apparatus: Temperature, current and strain distribution with no powders

    A. Cincotti;A. M. Locci;R. Orrù;G. Cao

  • Synthesis, consolidation and characterization of monolithic and SiC whiskers reinforced HfB2 ceramics

    Clara Musa;Roberto Orrù;Diletta Sciti;Laura Silvestroni

  • Synthesis of dense nanometric MoSi2 through mechanical and field activation

    R.V.A. Orru;R.V.A. Orru;J. Woolman;G. Cao;Z.A. Munir

  • Chemically-activated combustion synthesis of TiC-Ti composites

    Roberta Licheri;Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao

  • Comparison of Reactive and Non-Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering Routes for the Fabrication of Monolithic and Composite Ultra High Temperature Ceramics (UHTC) Materials

    Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao

  • Mechanistic investigation of the field-activated combustion synthesis (FACS) of titanium aluminides

    R. Orru;G. Cao;Z.A. Munir

  • Field-activated combustion synthesis of titanium aluminides

    Roberto Orru;Giacomo Cao;Za Munir

  • Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering of rhenium diboride

    Antonio Mario Locci;Roberta Licheri;Roberto Orrù;Giacomo Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Giacomo Cao
Giacomo Cao University of Cagliari
Zuhair A. Munir
Zuhair A. Munir University of California, Davis
Diletta Sciti
Diletta Sciti National Research Council (CNR)
Laura Silvestroni
Laura Silvestroni National Research Council (CNR)
Valeria Cannillo
Valeria Cannillo University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Horst Hahn
Horst Hahn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ludo Froyen
Ludo Froyen KU Leuven
Mario Maglione
Mario Maglione Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Massimo Castagnola
Massimo Castagnola Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Giovanni Neri
Giovanni Neri University of Messina

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