REPORT

ACTIVITIES

UPGRADE

2009 - 2010

STRUCTURE AND STAFF

65 professors from different disciplines, 11 technician and about 70 young researchers in

training are affiliated to NIS Centre. Since when NIS became "Interdepartmental

Centre" in 2007 affiliation is ruled by the Centre's Statute. At the moment of the

affiliation request the applicants have to demonstrate a comprovate activity in at least

one of the Research Lines developped within the Center. Affiliation is individual,

voluntary and free of charge. All affiliates are requested to supply data needed for

institutional operation (included evaluation processes), to declare the affiliation in the

publications related to NIS research lines, to develop their activities with collaborative

spirit and sharing of specific expertieses and knowledges. Affiliation is conditional to a

three years evaluation of scientific production. Affiliates participate to the assembly and

to scientific activities and have access to the Centre's resources. Direction and

management of the Centre are entrusted to the Scientific Council and to the Director.

NIS’s temporary contract personnel (Ph.D. students, post-doc and grant holders and

employees with temporary contracts) is an essential resource for research and

education activities at NIS. Expenses for all these people is one of the most important

cost of NIS, which supplied in the years 2009-2010 many grants founded mostly by

specific projects financed by European, National and Regional funds agencies.

STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRE Denomination:

Centre of Excellence Nanostructured Interfaces and Interfaces (NIS)

Legal state:

Excellence centre under D.M. n.193 of 17/10/2003. Interdepartmental centre of the Università

degli Studi di Torino under art. 63 and 25 of the University's statute. Administration is entrusted to

the Dipartimento di Chimica IFM of the Università degli Studi di Torino.

Affiliated institutions:

Dipartimento di Chimica IFM. Dipartimento di Chimica Generale e Organica, Dipartimento di

Chimica Analitica, Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze,

Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche e

Petrologiche.

Bodies and offices:

Director, Scientific Council (decision-making function), Secretary.

Director: Adriano Zecchina

Scientific council: Prof. Ermanno Barni, Prof. Livio Battezzati, Prof. Silvia Bordiga, Prof. Emilio

Carbone, Prof. Oscar Chiantore, Prof. Salvatore Coluccia, Prof. Roberto Dovesi, Prof. Bice Fubini,

Prof. Elio Giamello, Prof. Davide Lovisolo, Prof. Claudio Manfredotti, Prof. Claudio Minero, Prof.

Claudio Morterra,Prof. Lorenza Operti.

Secretary: Gabriele Ricchiardi

PERMANENT STAFF (the departments of membership and contact details are available at http://www.unito.it)

Professor Emeritus (2):

Cesare PISANI

Adriano ZECCHINA

Full Professor (19):

Ermanno BARNI

Marcello BARICCO

Livio BATTEZZATI

Flora BOCCUZZI

Emilio CARBONE

Oscar CHIANTORE

Salvatore COLUCCIA

Luigi COSTA

Roberto DOVESI

Giovanni FERRARIS

Bice FUBINI

Giovanna GHIOTTI

Elio GIAMELLO

Gianfranco GILARDI

Davide LOVISOLO

Claudio MANFREDOTTI

Claudio MINERO

Claudio MORTERRA

Lorenza OPERTI

Associate Professor (17):

Ornella ABOLLINO

Guido BOFFETTA

Silvia BORDIGA

Valentina CARABELLI

Anna CHIORINO

Carlo LAMBERTI

Renzo LEVI

Maria Paola LUDA

Gianmario MARTRA

Valter MAURINO

Luca MUNARON

Giuseppe RIONTINO

Domenica SCARANO

Giuseppe SPOTO

Piero UGLIENGO

Guido VISCARDI

Ettore VITTONE

Researcher (27):

Claudia BAROLO

Paola BENZI

Gloria BERLIER

Pierangiola BRACCO

Valentina BRUNELLA

Paola CALZA

Silvia CASASSA

Alberto CASTELLERO

Giuseppina CERRATO

Mario CHIESA

Bartolomeo CIVALLERI

Silvia DE MARCHIS

Ivana FENOGLIO

Anna Maria FERRARI

Alessandra FIORIO PLA

Enrica GIANOTTI

Roberto GIUSTETTO

Alessandro LO GIUDICE

Giuliana MAGNACCA

Mery MALANDRINO

Maria Cristina PAGANINI

Mauro PRENCIPE

Pierluigi QUAGLIOTTO

Gabriele RICCHIARDI

Paola RIZZI

Dominique SCALARONE

Marco TRUCCATO

Marco ZANETTI

Technician (14):

Angelo AGOSTINO

Susanna ANTONIOTTI

Luca BERTINETTI

Roberto BUSCAINO

Alessandro DAMIN

Patrizia DAVIT

Ivana FENOGLIO

Alessandra GILARDINO

Maela MANZOLI

Giuseppe MARIELLA

Sara MORANDI

Tommaso POLI

Maura TOMATIS

Francesco TURCI

TEMPORARY STAFF 2009-2010 A numerous list of affiliates is made by people working at NIS

with a temporary contract: Ph.D. students, post-doc, grant

holders and employees.

People whose contracts will end before July 2011 are marked

with an asterisk [*].

PD: Post Doc

PhD: PhD student

O: other, grant holders

NAME SURNAME ROLE DEPARTMENT Agnese

Diego

Sara

Elena

M.D. Ahsan

Migen

Hanaa

Gianmarco

Stefano

Danilo

Satyajit

Irina

Chiara

Andrea

Lorenzo

Cristina

Sara

Alessio

Lorenzo

Sagar

Victor

Paolo

Luisa

Jinhyung

Diego

Rebecca

Federico

Eugenio Riccardo

Andrea

Carmen

Daphiny

Christopher

M.Mastabur

Mizanur

Wasikur

Chiara

Jonathan

Federico

Federico

Kalaivani

Behnam

Loredana

David

Monica

Floriana

Jenny

Hao

Liu

Pollyanna

Olena

GIACOMINO

GIANOLIO

GOSSO

GROPPO

HABIB

HALO

HODDAH

IELUZZI

LIVRAGHI

LUSSANA

MAHAPATRA

MAKASHINA

MANFREDOTTI

MARCANTONI

MASCHIO

MASSOLINO

MAURELLI

MEYER

MINO

MOTILAL NAVARRO-TABLEROS

OLIVERO

PALUMBO

PARK

PELLEREJ

PLOEGER

PICOLLO

PINATEL

PIOVANO

PLAPCIANU

POTTMAIER

PURSELL

RAHMAN

RAHMAN KHAN

RAHMAN

RIEDO

ROJO-RUIZ

RUFFINATTI

SXAGLIONE

SEENIVASAN

SEYYEDI

VALENZANO

VANDAEL

VARESE

VINDIGNI

VITILLO

WANG

WEI

ZAMBURLIN

ZAVOROTYNSKA

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Chimica analitica

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Neuroscienze

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica IFM

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

ChimicaIFM

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Biologia animale e dell’uomo

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica IFM

Biologia animale e dell’uomo

Chimica IFM

NAME SURNAME ROLE DEPARTMENT Giovanni

Valentina

Paolo

Emma

Katia

Nadia

Fabrizio

Alfio

Mahbuba

Andrea

Fabio

Caterina

Serena

Luca

Francesca

Emanuela

Elisa

Andriy

Oksana

Claudia

Giuseppe

Gabriele

Leandro

Marcella

Stefano

Federico

Sachin

Valentina

Elisabetta

Marta

Valentina

Simona

Marco

Chiara

Raffaella

Livia

Silvia

Gaia

Mauro

Gianluca

Ugo

Jacopo

Daniela

Mara

AGOSTINI

AINA

ARIANO

ARTUSO

BARBERA

BARBERO

BARDELLI

BATTIATO

BEAGUN

BEDINI

BELLOTTI

BENZI

BERTARIONE R.R.

BONANDINI

BONINO

BOTTINELLI

BORFECCHIA

BUDNYK

BUDNYK

BUSCO

CAPUTO

CALDERONI

CALORE

CADONI

CAGLIERO

CESANO

CHAVAN

COMUNANZA

COLOMBO

CORNO

CROCELLA'

DALMAZZO

DE LA PIERRE

DEMARIA

DEMICHELIS

DINCA GEORGETA

FARCITO

FENOGLIO

FERRERO

FIORE

FINARDI

FORNERIS

GAVELLO

GHIAZZA

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Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Biologia animale e dell’uomo

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica analitica

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

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Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM – NISLabVCO

Chimica Generale e Organica

Sc. mineral. e petrologiche

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Neuroscienze

Neuroscienze

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Biologia animale e dell’uomo

Fisica sperimentale

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Biologia animale e dell’uomo

Chimica Generale e Organica

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Chimica IFM

Fisica sperimentale

Neuroscienze

Chimica IFM

STATISTICS

The graph summarizes the personnel (Ph.D. students, post-doc, grant holders

and employed) with temporary contracts affiliated to NIS along the years:

2006-2008 (dark orange), 2009-2010 (orange) and projection for 2011 (salmon).

RESEARCH LINES 1. Nanostructured metallic materials

2. Methods for materials and surfaces modeling

3. Thin polyfunctional nano- and micro-structured layers of semi- and super-

conductor

materials

4. Surface chemistry

5. Hydrogen: materials for its production and storage

6. Nanostructured materials for adsorption and catalysis

7. Photoactive materials and molecules

8. Supramolecular chemistry

9. Biocompatibility, bioactivity and toxicity of nanomaterials

10. Biophysics, biosensors and neurochips

11. Technology and knowledge transfer

12. Nanostructured, nanocomposite and functional polymer materials and

carbons

NANOSTRUCTURED METALLIC MATERIALS (1) Baricco, M.; S. Enzo; T. A. Baser; M. Satta; G. Vaughan and A.

R. Yavari, Amorphous/nanocrystalline composites analysed by the Rietveld

method, J. Alloy. Compd., 495, 2010, 377-381.

(2) Battezzati, L., Thermodynamic, transport and mechanical

properties of amorphous metallic alloys: relation to the glass transition, J.

Alloy. Compd., 495, 2010, 294-298.

(3) Bouchareb, A.; B. Bendjemil; R. Piccin and M. Baricco,

Influence of rare-earth substitution for iron in FeCrMoCB bulk metallic

glasses, Chin. Phys. Lett. , 27, 2010.

(4) Ferragut, R.; F. Moia; F. Fiori; D. Lussana and G. Riontino,

Small-angle X-ray scattering study of the early stages of precipitation in a Mg-

Nd-Gd (EV31) alloy, J. Alloy. Compd., 495, 2010, 408-411.

(5) Fiore, G.; I. Ichim and L. Battezzati, Thermal analysis, fragility

and viscosity of Au-based metallic glasses, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 356, 2010,

2218-2222.

(6) Fonnelop, J. E.; M. Corno; H. Grove; E. Pinatel; M. H. Sorby; P.

Ugliengo; M. Baricco and B. C. Hauback, Experimental and computational

investigations on the AlH3/AlF3 system, J. Alloy. Compd., 509, 2010, 10-14.

(7) Matteis, P.; P. R. Spena; C. Pozzi; T. A. Baser; M. Baricco; L.

Battezzati; D. Firrao and A. Castellero, Fracture Behavior in Cu46.5Zr46.5Al7 and

Cu46.5Zr41.5Al7Y5 Bulk Metallic Glasses, Metall. Mater. Trans. A-Phys. Metall.

Mater. Sci., 41A, 2010, 1767-1774.

(8) Piccin, R.; M. Baricco; P. Tiberto; N. Lupu and H. Chiriac,

Thermal and magnetic properties in (FeBSi)NbY bulk glassy alloys,

Transactions on Magnetics, 46, 2010, 393-396.

(9) Scaglione, F.; A. Gebert and L. Battezzati, Dealloying of an Au-

based amorphous alloy, Intermetallics, 18, 2010, 2338-2342.

(10) Baricco, M.; T. A. Baser; J. Das and J. Eckert, Correlation

between Poisson ratio and Mohr-Coulomb coefficient in metallic glasses, J.

Alloy. Compd., 483, 2009, 125-131.

(11) Barucca, G.; R. Ferragut; D. Lussana; P. Mengucci; F. Moia and

G. Riontino, Phase transformations in QE22 Mg alloy, Acta Mater., 57, 2009,

4416-4425.

(12) Baser, T. A.; J. Das; J. Eckert and M. Baricco, Glass formation

and mechanical properties of (Cu50Zr50)100-xAlx (x=0, 4, 5, 7) bulk metallic

glasses, J. Alloy. Compd., 483, 2009, 146-149.

(13) Battezzati, L. and D. Baldissin, Corrigendum to "Quantitative

evaluation of lengthscales for temperature rise in shear bands and for failure

of metallic glasses" [Scripta Materialia 59 (2008) 223–226], Scr. Mater., 60,

2009, 475-475.

(14) Battezzati, L. and G. M. Mortarino, On thermophysical and

mechanical properties of glass-forming alloys, J. Alloy. Compd., 483, 2009, 222-

226.

(15) Cazottes, S.; F. Danoix; A. Fnidiki; D. Lemarchand and M.

Baricco, Influence of structural parameters on magnetoresistive properties of

CuFeNi melt spun ribbons, Ultramicroscopy, 109, 2009, 625-630.

(16) Curiotto, S.; E. Johnson; F. Celegato; M. Coisson and N. Pryds,

Giant magnetoresistance in melt spun Cu85Co10Ni5, J. Magn. Magn. Mater.,

321, 2009, 131-136.

(17) Fiore, G. and L. Battezzati, Thermodynamic properties of the

Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 undercooled liquid, J. Alloy. Compd., 483, 2009, 54-56.

(18) Palumbo, M.; L. Battezzati; A. Pasturel; S. Gottlieb-

Schonmeyer and W. Assmus, Thermodynamic and ab initio investigation of the

Cu-Dy system, Calphad-Comput. Coupling Ph. Diagrams Thermochem. , 33,

2009, 511-516.

(19) Palumbo, M.; J. Urgnani; D. Baldissin; L. Battezzati and M.

Baricco, Thermodynamic assessment of the H-La-Ni system, Calphad, 33, 2009,

162-169.

(20) Satta, M.; P. Rizzi and M. Baricco, Glass-formation and

hardness of Cu-Y alloys, J. Alloy. Compd., 483, 2009, 50-53.

(21) Tiberto, P.; R. Piccin; N. Lupu; H. Chiriac and M. Baricco,

Magnetic properties of Fe-Co-based bulk metallic glasses, J. Alloy. Compd.,

483, 2009, 608-612.

(22) Uhlenhaut, D. I.; F. H. Dalla Torre; A. Castellero; C. A. P.

Gomez; N. Djourelov; G. Krauss; B. Schmitt; B. Patterson and J. F. Loffler,

Structural analysis of rapidly solidified Mg-Cu-Y glasses during room-

temperature embrittlement, Philos. Mag., 89, 2009, 233-248.

Runnig and Approved Projects EU 6FP MC-RTN: COSY

Complex Solid State

Reactions for Energy

Efficient Hydrogen

Storage

Local Coordinator:

M.Baricco

2007-2010

www.cosy-net.eu

EU 6FP NoE: CMA

Complex Metallic Alloys

Local Coordinator:

L.Battezzati

2005-2010

www.cma-ecnoe.org

EU 7FP FLYHY

Fluorine substituted High

Capacity Hydrides

for Hydrogen Storage

at Low Working

Temperatures

Local Coordinator:

M.Baricco

2009-2011

www.flyhy.eu

REGIONE PIEMONTE

PIATTAFORMA

AEROSPAZIO

SMAT - Sistema di

Monitoraggio Avanzato del

Territorio

Local Coordinator:

L.Battezzati

2009-2011

REGIONE PIEMONTE

PIATTAFORMA

AEROSPAZIO

STEPS - Sistemi e

tecnologie per l’esplorazione

spaziale

Local Coordinator:

L.Battezzati

2009-2011

EU 7FP DIVERSITY

Improving the gender

diversity management in

materials research

institutions

2009-2011

EUROPEAN SPACE

AGENCY

THERMOLAB

2009-2011

VIGONI

Ti-based bulk metallic

glasses

2010-2011

POLO REGIONALE

MECCATRONICA

Bonding in Al-based alloys

2010-2011

Collaborations and Contracts Decro 2011

High temperature

oxidation of stainless

steels

(Cogne SpA, Aosta)

2009-2011

Synthesis and

characterisation of

thermoelectric materials

(Centro Ricerche Fiat,

Orbassano (TO))

2010

Comital

Miglioramento della

struttura di nastri in leghe

di Alluminio ottenuti per

colata continua.

2009-2010

METHODS FOR THE MODELING OF MATERIALS

AND CRYSTALLINE SURFACES (1) Atrei, A.; A. M. Ferrari; D. Szieberth; B. Cortigiani and G.

Rovida, Lepidocrocite-like structure of the TiO2 monolayer grown on Ag(100),

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 11587-11595.

(2) Civalleri, B.; L. Maschio; P. Ugliengo and C. M. Zicovich-Wilson,

Role of dispersive interactions in the CO adsorption on MgO(001): periodic

B3LYP calculations augmented with an empirical dispersion term, Phys. Chem.

Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 6382-6386.

(3) Demichelis, R.; B. Civalleri; M. Ferrabone and R. Dovesi, On

the performance of eleven DFT functionals in the description of the

vibrational properties of aluminosilicates, Internat. J. Quant. Chem., 110, 2010,

406-415.

(4) Demichelis, R.; Y. Noel; P. D'Arco; L. Maschio; R. Orlando and

R. Dovesi, Structure and energetics of imogolite: a quantum mechanical ab

initio study with B3LYP hybrid functional, J. Mater. Chem., 20, 2010, 10417-

10425.

(5) Erba, A.; C. Pisani; S. Casassa; L. Maschio; M. Schutz and D.

Usvyat, MP2 versus density-functional theory study of the Compton profiles of

crystalline urea, Phys. Rev. B, 81, 2010, Art. n. 165108.

(6) Ferrari, A. M.; M. Lessio; D. Szieberth and L. Maschio, On the

stability of dititanate nanotubes: a density functional theory study, J. Phys.

Chem. C, 114, 2010, 21219-21225.

(7) Ferrari, A. M.; D. Szieberth; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson and R.

Demichelis, Anatase(001) 3 ML nanotubes, the first TiO2 nanotube with

negative strain energies: a DFT prediction, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1, 2010, 2854-

2857.

(8) Mareschi, K.; D. Rustichelli; V. Comunanza; R. De Fazio; C.

Cravero; E. Carbone; C. Benedetto and F. Fagioli, Multipotent mesenchymal

stem cells from amniotic fluid originate neural precursors with functional

voltage-gated sodium channels, Cytom. Part A, 77A, 2010, 173-174.

(9) Maschio, L.; D. Usvyat and B. Civalleri, Ab initio study of van

der Waals and hydrogen-bonded molecular crystals with a periodic local-MP2

method, Crystengcomm, 12, 2010, 2429-2435.

(10) Maschio, L.; D. Usvyat; M. Schutz and B. Civalleri, Periodic

local Moller-Plesset second order perturbation theory method applied to

molecular crystals: study of solid NH3 and CO2 using extended basis sets, J.

Chem. Phys., 132, 2010, Art. n. 134706.

(11) Meyer, A.; F. Pascale; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson and R. Dovesi,

Magnetic interactions and electronic structure of uvarovite and andradite

garnets. An ab initio all-electron simulation with the CRYSTAL06 program,

Internat. J. Quant. Chem., 110, 2010, 338-351.

(12) Mignon, P.; P. Ugliengo; M. Sodupe and E. R. Hernandez, Ab

initio molecular dynamics study of the hydration of Li+, Na

+ and K

+ in a

montmorillonite model. Influence of isomorphic substitution, Phys. Chem.

Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 688-697.

(13) Noel, Y.; P. D'Arco; R. Demichelis; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson and R.

Dovesi, On the use of symmetry in the ab initio quantum mechanical

simulation of nanotubes and related materials, J. Comput. Chem., 31, 2010,

855-862.

(14) Ottonello, G.; B. Civalleri; J. Ganguly; W. F. Perger; D.

Belmonte and M. V. Zuccolini, Thermo-chemical and thermo-physical

properties of the high-pressure phase anhydrous B (Mg14Si5O24): An ab-initio

all-electron investigation, Am. Miner., 95, 2010, 563-573.

(15) Shishkina, A. V.; A. I. Stash; B. Civalleri; A. Ellern and V. G.

Tsirelson, Electron-density and electrostatic-potential features of

orthorhombic chlorine trifluoride, Mendeleev. Commun., 20, 2010, 161-164.

(16) Swarbrick, J. C.; Y. Kvashnin; K. Schulte; K. Seenivasan; C.

Lamberti and P. Glatzel, Ligand identification in titanium complexes using X-

ray valence-to-core emission spectroscopy, Inorg. Chem., 49, 2010, 8323-8332.

(17) Szieberth, D.; A. M. Ferrari and X. Dong, Adsorption of glycine

on the anatase (101) surface: an ab initio study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12,

2010, 11033-11040.

(18) Tosoni, S.; B. Civalleri and P. Ugliengo, Hydrophobic behavior

of dehydroxylated silica surfaces: a B3LYP periodic study, J. Phys. Chem. C,

114, 2010, 19984-19992.

(19) Usvyat, D.; L. Maschio; C. Pisani and M. Schutz, Second order

local Moller-Plesset perturbation theory for periodic systems: the CRYSCOR

code, Z. Phys. Chemie-Int. J. Res. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 224, 2010, 441-454.

(20) Valenzano, L.; B. Civalleri; S. Chavan; G. T. Palomino; C. Arean

and S. Bordiga, Computational and experimental studies on the adsorption of

CO, N2, and CO2 on Mg-MOF-74, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 11185-11191.

(21) Valenzano, L.; F. Pascale; M. Ferrero and R. Dovesi, Ab initio

quantum-mechanical prediction of the IR and Raman spectra of Ca3Cr2Si3O12

Uvarovite Garnet, Int. J. Quantum. Chem., 110, 2010, 416-421.

(22) Walker, A. M.; B. Civalleri; B. Slater; C. Mellot-Draznieks; F.

Cora; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson; G. Roman-Perez; J. M. Soler and J. D. Gale,

Flexibility in a metal-organic framework material controlled by weak

dispersion forces: the bistability of MIL-53(Al), Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit., 49,

2010, 7501-7503.

(23) Zicovich-Wilson, C. M. and A. Erba, A fundamental connection

between symmetry and spatial localization properties of basis sets, Theor.

Chem. Acc., 126, 2010, 165-175.

(24) Zicovich-Wilson, C. M.; B. Kirtman; B. Civalleri and A. Ramirez-

Solis, Periodic density functional theory calculations for 3-dimensional

polyacetylene with empirical dispersion terms, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12,

2010, 3289-3293.

(25) Civalleri, B.; P. Ugliengo; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson and R. Dovesi,

Ab initio modeling of layered materials with the CRYSTAL code: an overview,

Z. Kristall., 224, 2009, 241-250.

(26) Erba, A.; S. Casassa; L. Maschio and C. Pisani, DFT and local-

MP2 periodic study of the structure and stability of two proton-ordered

polymorphs of ice, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 2009, 2347-2354.

(27) Ferrari, A. M.; L. Valenzano; A. Meyer; R. Orlando and R.

Dovesi, Quantum-mechanical ab initio simulation of the Raman and IR spectra

of Fe3Al2Si3O12 almandine, J. Phys. Chem. A, 113, 2009, 11289-11294.

(28) Halo, M.; S. Casassa; L. Maschio and C. Pisani, Periodic local-

MP2 computational study of crystalline neon, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11,

2009, 586-592.

(29) Halo, M.; S. Casassa; L. Maschio and C. Pisani, Local MP2

periodic study of rare-gas crystals, Chem. Phys. Lett., 467, 2009, 294-298.

(30) Meyer, A.; P. D'Arco; R. Orlando and R. Dovesi, Andradite-

uvarovite solid solutions. An ab initio all-electron quantum mechanical

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(31) Mignon, P.; P. Ugliengo and M. Sodupe, Theoretical study of

the adsorption of RNA/DNA bases on the external surfaces of Na+-

montmorillonite, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009, 13741-13749.

(32) Musso, F.; M. Sodupe; M. Corno and P. Ugliengo, H-bond

features of fully hydroxylated surfaces of crystalline silica polymorphs: a

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(33) Ottonello, G.; B. Civalleri; J. Ganguly; M. V. Zuccolini and Y.

Noel, Thermophysical properties of the alpha-beta-gamma polymorphs of

Mg2SiO4: a computational study, Phys. Chem. Miner., 36, 2009, 87-106.

(34) Ottonello, G.; M. V. Zuccolini and B. Civalleri, Thermo-

chemical and thermo-physical properties of stishovite: An ab-initio all-

electron investigation, Calphad-Comput. Coupling Ph. Diagrams Thermochem.,

33, 2009, 457-468.

(35) Perger, W. F.; J. Criswell; B. Civalleri and R. Dovesi, Ab-initio

calculation of elastic constants of crystalline systems with the CRYSTAL code,

Comput. Phys. Commun., 180, 2009, 1753-1759.

(36) Pisani, C.; L. Maschio; S. Casassa; M. Halo and A. Erba, A local-

MP2 approach to the ab initio study of electron correlation in crystals and to

the simulation of vibrational spectra: the case of Ice XI, Theor. Chem. Acc.,

123, 2009, 327-335.

(37) Prencipe, M.; Y. Noel; M. Bruno and R. Dovesi, The vibrational

spectrum of lizardite-1T [Mg3Si2O5(OH)4] at the G point: A contribution from

an ab initio periodic B3LYP calculation, Am. Miner., 94, 2009, 986-994.

(38) Torres, F. J.; B. Civalleri; A. Meyer; P. Musto; A. R. Albunia; P.

Rizzo and G. Guerra, Normal vibrational analysis of the syndiotactic

polystyrene s(2/1)2 helix, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 2009, 5059-5071.

(39) Ugliengo, P.; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson; S. Tosoni and B. Civalleri,

Role of dispersive interactions in layered materials: a periodic B3LYP and

B3LYP-D* study of Mg(OH)2, Ca(OH)2 and kaolinite, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 2009,

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(40) Vitillo, J. G.; E. Groppo; S. Bordiga; S. Chavan; G. Ricchiardi and

A. Zecchina, Stability and Reactivity of Grafted Cr(CO)3 Species on MOF

Linkers: A Computational Study, Inorg. Chem., 48, 2009, 5439-5448.

Runnig and Approved Projects EU 7FP FLYHY

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for Hydrogen Storage at Low Working

Temperatures

Local Coordinator: M.Baricco

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Improved solid state H2 storage systems

Fuel Cell Coupled Solid State Hydrogen

Storage Tank: SSH2S

Coordinator: M.Baricco

2011-2013

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THIN POLYFUNCTIONAL NANO- AND MICRO-

STRUCTURED LAYERS OF SEMI- AND SUPER-

CONDUCTOR MATERIALS (1) Aldica, G.; S. Cagliero; A. Agostino; C. Lamberti and M.

Truccato, 17 keV-photon induced damage of Bi-2212 whiskers by synchrotron

μ-beam exposure, Supercond. Sci. Technol, 24, 2011, Art. n. 035009.

(2) Almaviva, S.; I. Ciancaglioni; R. Consorti; F. De Notaristefani; C.

Manfredotti; M. Marinelli; E. Milani; A. Petrucci; G. Prestopino; C. Verona and

G. Verona-Rinati, Synthetic single crystal diamond dosimeters for conformal

radiation therapy application, Diam. Relat. Mat., 19, 2010, 217-220.

(3) Bosia, F.; S. Calusi; L. Giuntini; S. Lagomarsino; A. Lo Giudice;

M. Massi; P. Olivero; F. Picollo; S. Sciortino; A. Sordini; M. Vannoni and E.

Vittone, Finite element analysis of ion-implanted diamond surface swelling,

Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B, 268, 2010, 2991-2995.

(4) Bruna, M.; A. Vaira; A. Battiato; E. Vittone and S. Borini,

Graphene strain tuning by control of the substrate surface chemistry, Appl.

Phys. Lett., 97, 2010, Art. n. 021911.

(5) Carabelli, V.; S. Gosso; A. Marcantoni; Y. Xu; E. Colombo; Z.

Gao; E. Vittone; E. Kohn; A. Pasquarelli and E. Carbone, Nanocrystalline

diamond microelectrode arrays fabricated on sapphire technology for high-

time resolution of quantal catecholamine secretion from chromaffin cells,

Biosens. Bioelectron., 26, 2010, 92-98.

(6) Manfredotti, C.; P. Bonino; M. De La Pierre; E. Vittone and C.

Manfredotti, About orientation dependence of physico-chemical properties of

HPHT diamond surfaces thermally treated in H2 and D2 environments, Diam.

Relat. Mat. , 19, 2010, 279-283.

(7) Manfredotti, C.; S. Calusi; A. Lo Giudice; L. Giuntini; M. Massi;

P. Olivero and A. Re, Luminescence centers in proton irradiated single crystal

CVD diamond, Diam. Relat. Mat., 19, 2010, 854-860.

(8) Olivero, P.; G. Amato; F. Bellotti; S. Borini; A. Lo Giudice; F.

Picollo and E. Vittone, Direct fabrication and IV characterization of sub-surface

conductive channels in diamond with MeV ion implantation, Eur. Phys. J. B,

75, 2010, 127-132.

(9) Olivero, P.; S. Calusi; L. Giuntini; S. Lagomarsino; A. Lo Giudice;

M. Massi; S. Sciortino; M. Vannoni and E. Vittone, Controlled variation of the

refractive index in ion-damaged diamond, Diam. Relat. Mat. , 19, 2010, 428-

431.

(10) Picollo, F.; P. Olivero; F. Bellotti; Z. Pastuovic; N. Skukan; A. Lo

Giudice; G. Amato; M. Jaksic and E. Vittone, Formation of buried conductive

micro-channels in single crystal diamond with MeV C and He implantation,

Diam. Relat. Mat., 19, 2010, 466-469.

(11) Speranza, G.; S. Torrengo; M. Filippi; L. Minati; E. Vittone; A.

Pasquarelli; M. Dipalo and E. Kohn, In situ thermal treatment of UV-oxidized

diamond hydrogenated surface, Surf. Sci., 604, 2010, 753-761.

(12) Almaviva, S.; I. Ciancaglioni; R. Consorti; F. De Notaristefani; C.

Manfredotti; M. Marinelli; E. Milani; A. Petrucci; G. Prestopino; C. Verona and

G. Verona-Rinati, Synthetic single crystal diamond dosimeters for Intensity

Modulated Radiation Therapy applications, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A, 608,

2009, 191-194.

(13) Antoniotti, P.; L. Operti; R. Rabezzana; F. Turco; S. Borocci and

F. Grandinetti, Positive ion chemistry of SiH4/NF3 gaseous mixtures studied by

ion trap mass spectrometry, Eur. J. Mass Spectrom., 15, 2009, 209-220.

(14) Antoniotti, P.; L. Operti; R. Rabezzana; F. Turco; G. A. Vaglio

and F. Grandinetti, Ion/Molecule reactions in SiH4/H2S and GeH4/H2S mixtures,

44, 2009, 725-734.

(15) Antoniotti, P.; L. Operti; R. Rabezzana; F. Turco; C. Zanzottera;

M. Giordani and F. Grandinetti, Gas-phase reactions of XH3+ (X = C, Si, Ge) with

NF3: a comparative investigation on the detailed mechanistic aspects, J. Mass

Spectrom., 44, 2009, 1348-1358.

(16) Arrais, A.; P. Benzi; E. Bottizzo and C. Demaria, Correlations

among hydrogen bonding configuration, structural order and optical

coefficients in hydrogenated amorphous germanium obtained by x-ray-

activated chemical vapour deposition, J. Phys. D-Appl. Phys., 42, 2009, Art. n.

105406.

(17) Cagliero, S.; A. Agostino; M. M. R. Khan; M. Truccato; F. Orsini;

M. Marinone; G. Poletti and A. Lascialfari, Crystalline instability of Bi-2212

superconducting whiskers near room temperature, Appl. Phys. A-Mater. Sci.

Process., 95, 2009, 479-484.

(18) Cagliero, S.; A. Piovano; C. Lamberti; M. M. R. Khan; A.

Agostino; G. Agostini; D. Gianolio; L. Mino; J. A. Sans; C. Manfredotti and M.

Truccato, Synchrotron study of oxygen depletion in a Bi-2212 whisker

annealed at 363 K, J. Synchrot. Radiat., 16, 2009, 813-817.

(19) De La Pierre, M.; S. Cagliero; A. Agostino; G. C. Gazzadi and M.

Truccato, Size-dependent resistivity in a micro-processed YBa2Cu3O7-d

superconducting whisker, Supercond. Sci. Technol., 22, 2009, Art. n. 045011.

(20) Khan, M. M. R.; S. Cagliero; A. Agostino; M. Beagum; C.

Plapcianu and M. Truccato, Control of the oxygen doping in Bi-2212 whiskers

by means of their synthesis process, Supercond. Sci. Technol., 22, 2009, Art. n.

085011.

(21) Lo Giudice, A.; A. Re; S. Calusi; L. Giuntini; M. Massi; P.

Olivero; G. Pratesi; M. Albonico and E. Conz, Multitechnique characterization

of lapis lazuli for provenance study, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 395, 2009, 2211-

2217.

(22) Olivero, P.; G. Amato; F. Bellotti; O. Budnyk; E. Colombo; M.

Jaksic; C. Manfredotti; Z. Pastuovic; F. Picollo; N. Skukan; M. Vannoni and E.

Vittone, Direct fabrication of three-dimensional buried conductive channels in

single crystal diamond with ion microbeam induced graphitization, Diam.

Relat. Mat., 18, 2009, 870-876.

(23) Torrengo, S.; L. Minati; M. Filippi; A. Miotello; M. Ferrari; A.

Chiasera; E. Vittone; A. Pasquarelli; M. Dipalo; E. Kohn and G. Speranza, XPS

and UPS investigation of the diamond surface oxidation by UV irradiation,

Diam. Relat. Mat., 18, 2009, 804-807.

(24) Vittone, E.; N. Skukan; Z. Pastuovic; P. Olivero and M. Jaksic,

Charge collection efficiency mapping of interdigitated 4H-SiC detectors, Nucl.

Instrum. Methods B, 267, 2009, 2197-2202.

Runnig and Approved Projects REGIONE PIEMONTE Converging

technologies. Biotechnology - ICT

Nabla. Nanostructured antibacterial

coatings

Local Coordinator: E.Vittone

2009-2011

SURFACE CHEMISTRY (1) Petitjean, H.; K. Tarasov; F. Delbecq; P. Sautet; J. M. Krafftt; P.

Bazin; M. C. Paganini; E. Giamello; M. Che; H. Lauron-Pernot and G. Costentin,

Quantitative investigation of MgO Bronsted basicity: DFT, IR, and calorimetry

study of methanol adsorption, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 2010, 3008-3016.

(2) Napoli, F.; M. Chiesa; E. Giamello; G. Preda; C. Di Valentin; F.

Gallino and G. Pacchioni, Formation of superoxo species by interaction of O2

with Na atoms deposited on MgO powders: a combined continuous-wave EPR

(CW-EPR), hyperfine sublevel correlation (HYSCORE) and DFT study, Chem.-

Eur. J., 16, 2010, 6776-6785.

(3) Napoli, F.; M. Chiesa; E. Giamello; M. Fittipaldi; C. Di Valentin;

F. Gallino and G. Pacchioni, N2- radical anions trapped in bulk polycrystalline

MgO, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 5187-5192.

(4) Mino, L.; D. Gianolio; G. Agostini; A. Piovano; M. Truccato; A.

Agostino; S. Cagliero; G. Martinez-Criado; S. Codato and C. Lamberti, Structural

characterization of Multi-Quantum Wells in electroabsorption-modulated

lasers by using synchrotron radiation micrometer-beams, Adv. Mater., 22,

2010, 2050–2054.

(5) Mino, L.; A. Agostino; S. Codato and C. Lamberti, Study of

epitaxial selective area growth In1-xGaxAs films by synchrotron mu-XRF

mapping, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 25, 2010, 831-836.

(6) Minella, M.; M. G. Faga; V. Maurino; C. Minero; E. Pelizzetti; S.

Coluccia and G. Martra, Effect of fluorination on the surface properties of

Titania P25 powder: An FTIR study, Langmuir, 26, 2010, 2521-2527.

(7) Gallino, F.; C. Di Valentin; G. Pacchioni; M. Chiesa and E.

Giamello, Nitrogen impurity states in polycrystalline ZnO. A combined EPR and

theoretical study, J. Mater. Chem., 20, 2010, 689-697.

(8) Crocella, V. and M. C, On the ambient temperature Gas-Solid

interaction of acetone with some silica-supported d0 metal oxides, J. Phys.

Chem. C 114, 2010, 18972-18987.

(9) Chiesa, M.; M. C. Paganini and E. Giamello, EPR of charge

carriers stabilized at the surface of metal oxides, Appl. Magn. Reson., 37, 2010,

605-618.

(10) Chiesa, M.; E. Giamello and M. Che, EPR characterization and

reactivity of surface-localized inorganic radicals and radical ions, Chem. Rev.,

110, 2010, 1320-1347.

(11) Budnyk, A. P.; A. Damin; G. Agostini and A. Zecchina, Gold

nanoparticle aggregates immobilized on high surface area silica substrate for

efficient and clean SERS applications, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 3857-3862.

(12) Bonandini, L.; N. Barbero; K. Costabello; C. Pavan; F. Parisi and

G. Viscardi, Roll-to-Roll atmospheric plasma treatment: a green and efficient

process to improve the hydrophilicity of a PET surface, ChemSusChem, 3, 2010,

591-596.

(13) Bianchi, C. L.; S. Ardizzone; G. Cappelletti; G. Cerrato; W.

Navarrini and M. Sansotera, Nanostructured TiO2 modified by

perfluoropolyethers: gas phase photocatalytic activity, J. Mater. Res., 25,

2010, 96-103.

(14) Yeates, R. M.; M. J. Murdoch; P. D. Southon; A. C. McLaughlin;

R. F. Howe; F. Bonino; S. Bordiga and A. Damin, AM-6: a microporous one-

dimensional ferromagnet, Dalton Trans., 2009, 8025-8032.

(15) Preda, G.; G. Pacchioni; M. Chiesa and E. Giamello, The

reactivity of CO2 with K atoms adsorbed on MgO powders, Phys. Chem. Chem.

Phys., 11, 2009, 8156-8164.

(16) Napoli, F.; M. Chiesa; S. Livraghi; E. Giamello; S. Agnoli; G.

Granozzi; G. Pacchioni and C. Di Valentin, The nitrogen photoactive centre in

N-doped titanium dioxide formed via interaction of N atoms with the solid.

Nature and energy level of the species, Chem. Phys. Lett., 477, 2009, 135-138.

(17) Morandi, S.; M. C. Paganini; E. Giamello; M. Bini; D. Capsoni;

V. Massarotti and G. Ghiotti, Structural and spectroscopic characterization of

Mo1-xWxO3-delta mixed oxides, J. Solid State Chem., 182, 2009, 3342-3352.

(18) Mikhaylov, R. V.; A. A. Lisachenko; B. N. Shelimov; V. B.

Kazansky; G. Martra; G. Alberto and S. Coluccia, FTIR and TPD analysis of

surface species on a TiO2 photocatalyst exposed to NO, CO, and NO-CO

mixtures: effect of UV-Vis light irradiation, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009, 20381-

20387.

(19) Damin, A.; J. G. Vitillo; G. Ricchiardi; S. Bordiga; C. Lamberti; E.

Groppo and A. Zecchina, Modeling CO and N2 adsorption at Cr surface species

of Phillips catalyst by hybrid density functionals: effect of Hartree-Fock

exchange percentage, J. Phys. Chem. A, 113, 2009, 14261-14269.

(20) Crocella, V.; G. Cerrato; G. Magnacca and C. Morterra,

Adsorption of acetone on nonporous and mesoporous silica, J. Phys. Chem. C,

113, 2009, 16517-16529.

(21) Chiesa, M.; E. Giamello and S. Van Doorslaer, Ammoniated

electrons stabilized at the surface of MgO, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 2009,

12664-12670.

(22) Chavan, S.; F. Bonino; J. G. Vitillo; E. Groppo; C. Lamberti; P. D.

C. Dietzel; A. Zecchina and S. Bordiga, Response of CPO-27-Ni towards CO, N2

and C2H4, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 2009, 9811-9822.

(23) Cerrato, G.; G. Magnacca; C. Morterra; J. Montero and J. A.

Anderson, Modification to the surface properties of titania by addition of

india, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009, 20401-20410.

(24) Cadoni, M. and G. Ferraris, Two new members of the

rhodesite mero-plesiotype series close to delhayelite and hydrodelhayelite:

synthesis and crystal structure, Eur. J. Mineral., 21, 2009, 485-493.

HYDROGEN: MATERIALS FOR ITS

PRODUCTION AND STORAGE (1) Arean, C. O.; S. Chavan; C. P. Cabello; E. Garrone and G. T.

Palomino, Thermodynamics of hydrogen adsorption on the metal-organic

frameworks, ChemPhysChem, 11, 2010, 3237-3242.

(2) Baricco, M.; M. Palumbo; E. Pinatel; M. Corno and P. Ugliengo,

Thermodynamic database for Hydrogen storage materials, Advances in Science

and Technologies, 72, 2010, 213-218.

(3) Figueroa-Gerstenmaier, S.; C. Daniel; G. Milano; G. Guerra; O.

Zavorotynska; J. G. Vitillo; A. Zecchina and G. Spoto, Storage of hydrogen as a

guest of a nanoporous polymeric crystalline phase, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,

12, 2010, 5369-5374.

(4) Pottmaier, D.; S. Garroni; M. D. Barò and M. Baricco,

Hydrogen desorption reactions of the Na-Mg-B-H system, Advances in Science

and Technologies, 72, 2010, 164-169.

(5) Figueroa-Gerstenmaier, S.; C. Daniel; G. Milano; J. G. Vitillo; O.

Zavorotynska; G. Spoto and G. Guerra, Hydrogen adsorption by delta and

epsilon crystalline phases of syndiotactic polystyrene aerogels,

Macromolecules, 43, 2010, 8594-8601.

(6) Corno, M.; E. Pinatel; P. Ugliengo and M. Baricco, A

computational study on the effect of fluorine substitution in LiBH4, J. Alloy.

Compd. , 2010, in press.

(7) Fernandez, J. F.; F. Leardini; J. Bodega; C. Sanchez; J. M.

Joubert; F. Cuevas; E. Leroy; M. Baricco and M. Feuerbacher, Interaction of

hydrogen with the beta-Al3Mg2 complex metallic alloy: experimental

reliability of theoretical predictions, J. Alloy. Compd., 472, 2009, 565-570.

(8) Dolci, F.; M. Di Chio; M. Baricco and E. Giamello, The

interaction of hydrogen with oxidic promoters of hydrogen storage in

magnesium hydride, Mater. Res. Bull., 44, 2009, 194-197.

(9) Vindigni, F.; M. Manzoli; A. Chiorino and F. Boccuzzi,

Catalytically active gold sites: nanoparticles, borderline sites, clusters, cations,

anions? FTIR spectra analysis of 12

CO and of 12

CO -13

CO isotopic mixtures, Gold

Bulletin, 42, 2009, 106-112.

Runnig and Approved Projects EU 6FP MC-RTN:COSY

Complex Solid State

Reactions for Energy

Efficient Hydrogen

Storage

Local Coordinator:

M.Baricco

2007-2010

www.cosy-net.eu

POLO REGIONALE

IDROGENO ED EDILIZIA

SOSTENIBILE

H2FC –

Hydrogen to Fuel Cells

2010-2012

EU 7FP FLYHY

Fluorine substituted High

Capacity Hydrides

for Hydrogen Storage

at Low Working

Temperatures

Local Coordinator:

M.Baricco

2009-2011

www.flyhy.eu

POLO REGIONALE

IDROGENO ED EDILIZIA

SOSTENIBILE

FA-H2FC –

Integrated system for

energy storage

2010-2011

EU-7FP FCH-JU-2009-1

Improved solid state H2

storage systems

Fuel Cell Coupled Solid

State Hydrogen Storage

Tank: SSH2S

Coordinator: M.Baricco

2011-2013

www.ssh2s.eu

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR ADSORPTION AND CATALYSIS (1) Agostini, G.; E. Groppo; A. Piovano; R. Pellegrini; G. Leofanti

and C. Lamberti, Preparation of Supported Pd Catalysts: From the Pd

Precursor Solution to the Deposited Pd2+

Phase, Langmuir, 26, 2010, 11204-

11211.

(2) Agostini, G.; C. Lamberti; L. Palin; M. Milanesio; N. Danilina; B.

Xu; M. Janousch and J. A. van Bokhoven, In Situ XAS and XRPD Parametric

Rietveld Refinement To Understand Dealumination of Y Zeolite Catalyst, J.

Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 2010, 667-678.

(3) Berlier, G.; C. Lamberti; M. Rivallan and G. Mul,

Characterization of Fe sites in Fe-zeolites by FTIR spectroscopy of adsorbed

NO: are the spectra obtained in static vacuum and dynamic flow set-ups

comparable?, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 358-364.

(4) Bonino, F.; A. Damin; A. Piovano; C. Lamberti; S. Bordiga and

A. Zecchina, Direct Evidence of Highly Dispersed Iron in Fe–silicalite: A Raman

Spectroscopic Study, 2, 2010, 1867-3899.

(5) Bordiga, S.; F. Bonino; K. P. Lillerud and C. Lamberti, X-ray

absorption spectroscopies: useful tools to understand metallorganic

frameworks structure and reactivity, Chem. Soc. Rev., 39, 2010, 4885-4927.

(6) Budnyk, A. P.; A. Damin; G. Agostini and A. Zecchina, Gold

Nanoparticle Aggregates Immobilized on High Surface Area Silica Substrate for

Efficient and Clean SERS Applications, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 3857-3862.

(7) Cadoni, M.; Y. L. Cheah and G. Ferraris, New RE microporous

heteropolyhedral silicates containing 415

16

18

2 tetrahedral sheets, Acta

Crystall. B-Struct. Sc., 66, 2010, 158-164.

(8) Cadoni, M. and G. Ferraris, Two new silicate structures based

on a rhodesite-type heteropolyhedral microporous framework, Acta

Crystallogr. B, 66, 2010, 151-157.

(9) Castoldi, L.; L. Lietti; I. Nova; R. Matarrese; P. Forzatti; F.

Vindigni; S. Morandi; F. Prinetto and G. Ghiotti, Alkaline- and alkaline-earth

oxides based lean NOx traps: effect of the storage component on the catalytic

reactivity, Chem. Eng. J., 161, 2010, 416-423.

(10) Chavan, S.; J. G. Vitillo; M. J. Uddin; F. Bonino; C. Lamberti; E.

Groppo; K. P. Lillerud and S. Bordiga, Functionalization of UiO-66 Metal-

Organic Framework and Highly Cross-Linked Polystyrene with Cr(CO)3: In Situ

Formation, Stability, and Photoreactivity, Chem. Mat., 22, 2010, 4602-4611.

(11) Crocella, V.; G. Cerrato; G. Magnacca; C. Morterra; F. Cavani;

S. Cocchi; S. Passeri; D. Scagliarini; C. Flego and C. Perego, The balance of acid,

basic and redox sites in Mg/Me-mixed oxides: The effect on catalytic

performance in the gas-phase alkylation of m-cresol with methanol, J. Catal.,

270, 2010, 125-135.

(12) Crocella, V.; G. Cerrato; G. Magnacca; C. Morterra; F. Cavani;

L. Maselli and S. Passeri, Gas-phase phenol methylation over Mg/Me/O (Me =

Al, Cr, Fe) catalysts: mechanistic implications due to different acid-base and

dehydrogenating properties, Dalton Trans., 39, 2010, 8527-8537.

(13) Dzierzak, J.; E. Bottinelli; G. Berlier; E. Gianotti; E. Stulz; R. M.

Kowalczyk and R. Raja, The role of isolated active centres in high-performance

bioinspired selective oxidation catalysts, Chem. Commun., 2010, in press.

(14) Evangelisti, C.; N. Panziera; A. D'Alessio; L. Bertinetti; M.

Botavina and G. Vitulli, New monodispersed palladium nanoparticles stabilized

by poly-(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone): Preparation, structural study and catalytic

properties, J. Catal., 272, 2010, 246-252.

(15) Forzatti, P.; L. Lietti; I. Nova; S. Morandi; F. Prinetto and G.

Ghiotti, Reaction pathway of the reduction by CO under dry conditions of NOx

species stored onto Pt-Ba/Al2O3 Lean NOx Trap catalysts, J. Catal. , 274, 2010,

163-175.

(16) Gastaldi, D.; F. Canonico; S. Irico; D. Pellerej and M. C.

Paganini, Near-infrared spectroscopy investigation on the hydration degree of

a cement paste, J. Mater. Sci., 45, 2010, 3169-3174.

(17) Ghedini, E.; F. Menegazzo; M. Signoretto; M. Manzoli; F. Pinna

and G. Strukul, Mesoporous silica as supports for Pd-catalyzed H2O2 direct

synthesis: Effect of the textural properties of the support on the activity and

selectivity, J. Catal., 273, 2010, 266-273.

(18) Ghedini, E.; M. Signoretto; F. Pinna; V. Crocella; L. Bertinetti

and G. Cerrato, Controlled release of metoprolol tartrate from nanoporous

silica matrices, Microporous Mesoporous Mat., 132, 2010, 258-267.

(19) Gianolio, D.; E. Groppo; J. G. Vitillo; A. Damin; S. Bordiga; A.

Zecchina and C. Lamberti, Direct evidence of adsorption induced CrII mobility

on the SiO2 surface upon complexation by CO, Chem. Commun., 46, 2010, 976-

978.

(20) Gianotti, E.; V. N. Shetti; M. Manzoli; J. A. L. Blaine; W. C.

Pearl; R. D. Adams; S. Coluccia and R. Raja, Synergistic Behavior of Bimetallic

Rhenium Cluster Catalysts: Spectroscopic Investigation into the Nature of the

Active Site, Chem.-Eur. J., 16, 2010, 8202-8209.

(21) Groppo, E.; W. Liu; O. Zavorotynska; G. Agostini; G. Spoto; S.

Bordiga; C. Lamberti and A. Zecchina, Subnanometric Pd Particles Stabilized

Inside Highly Cross-Linked Polymeric Supports, Chem. Mat., 22, 2010, 2297-

2308.

(22) Hickey, N.; I. Boscarato; J. Kašpar; L. Bertinetti; M. Botavina

and G. Martra, Effect of the support on activity of silver catalysts for the

selective reduction of NO by propene, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 100, 2010, 102-

115

(23) Lamberti, C.; A. Zecchina; E. Groppo and S. Bordiga, Probing

the surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts by in situ IR spectroscopy, Chem. Soc.

Rev., 39, 2010, 4951-5001.

(24) Manzoli, M.; F. Boccuzzi; V. Trevisan; F. Menegazzo; M.

Signoretto and F. Pinna, Au/ZrO2 catalysts for LT-WGSR: Active role of sulfates

during gold deposition, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 96, 2010, 28-33.

(25) Maurelli, S.; M. Ruszak; S. Witkowski; P. Pietrzyk; M. Chiesa

and Z. Sojka, Spectroscopic CW-EPR and HYSCORE investigations of Cu2+

and

O2- species in copper doped nanoporous calcium aluminate (12CaO center dot

7Al2O3), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 10933-10941.

(26) Muddada, N. B.; U. Olsbye; L. Caccialupi; F. Cavani; G.

Leofanti; D. Gianolio; S. Bordiga and C. Lamberti, Influence of additives in

defining the active phase of the ethylene oxychlorination catalyst, Phys.

Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 5605-5618.

(27) Muddada, N. B.; U. Olsbye; G. Leofanti; D. Gianolio; F. Bonino;

S. Bordiga; T. Fuglerud; S. Vidotto; A. Marsella and C. Lamberti, Quantification

of copper phases, their reducibility and dispersion in doped-CuCl2/Al2O3

catalysts for ethylene oxychlorination, Dalton Trans., 39, 2010, 8437-8449.

(28) Murray, L. J.; M. Dinca; J. Yano; S. Chavan; S. Bordiga; C. M.

Brown and J. R. Long, Highly-Selective and Reversible O2 Binding in Cr3(1,3,5-

benzenetricarboxylate)2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 2010, 7856–7857.

(29) Nova, I.; L. Lietti; P. Forzatti; F. Prinetto and G. Ghiotti,

Experimental investigation of the reduction of NOx species by CO and H2 over

Pt-Ba/Al2O3 lean NOx trap systems, Catal. Today, 151, 2010, 330-337.

(30) Paterson, J.; M. Potter; E. Gianotti and R. Raja, Engineering

active sites for enhancing synergy in heterogeneous catalytic oxidations,

Chem. Commun., 47, 2010, 517-519.

(31) Pavino, D.; S. Squadrone; M. Cocchi; G. Martra; D. Marchis

and M. C. Abete, Towards a routine application of vibrational spectroscopy to

the detection of bone fragments in feedingstuffs: Use and validation of a NIR

scanning microscopy method, Food Chem., 121, 2010, 826-831.

(32) Prinetto, F.; M. Manzoli; S. Morandi; F. Frola; G. Ghiotti; L.

Castoldi; L. Lietti and P. Forzatti, Pt-K/Al2O3 NSR Catalysts: Characterization of

Morphological, Structural and Surface Properties, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 2010,

1127-1138.

(33) Ravon, U.; G. Chaplais; C. Chizallet; B. Seyyedi; F. Bonino; S.

Bordiga; N. Bats and D. Farrusseng, Investigation of Acid Centers in MIL-53(Al,

Ga) for Brønsted-Type Catalysis: In Situ FTIR and Ab Initio Molecular

Modeling, 2, 2010, 1235-1238.

(34) Singh, J.; C. Lamberti and J. A. van Bokhoven, Advanced X-ray

absorption and emission spectroscopy: in situ catalytic studies, Chem. Soc.

Rev., 39, 2010, 4754-4766.

(35) Tabakova, T.; M. Manzoli; F. Vindigni; V. Idakiev and F.

Boccuzzi, CO-Free Hydrogen Production for Fuel Cell Applications over

Au/CeO2 Catalysts: FTIR Insight into the Role of Dopant, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114,

2010, 3909-3915.

(36) Vishnuvarthan, M.; E. Gianotti; A. J. Paterson; R. Raja; A.

Piovano; B. F. and G. Berlier, Spectroscopic Investigation into the Nature of the

Active Sites for Epoxidation Reactions Using Vanadium-Based

Aluminophosphate Catalysts, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater., 2010, in press.

(37) Zamani, S.; M. Chiesa; V. Meynen; Y. Xiao; B. Prelot; J. Zajac; F.

Verpoort; P. Cool and S. Van Doorslaer, Accessibility and Dispersion of Vanadyl

Sites of Vanadium Silicate-1 Nanoparticles Deposited in SBA-15, J. Phys. Chem.

C, 114, 2010, 12966-12975.

(38) Zecchina, A.; C. O. Arean and E. Groppo, Highly Unsaturated

CrII/SiO2 Single-Site Catalysts for Reducing Nitrogen Oxides with CO: Reaction

Intermediates and Catalytic Cycle, Chemcatchem, 2, 2010, 259-262.

(39) Agostini, G.; R. Pellegrini; G. Leofanti; L. Bertinetti; S.

Bertarione; E. Groppo; A. Zecchina and C. Lambertit, Determination of the

Particle Size, Available Surface Area, and Nature of Exposed Sites for Silica-

Alumina-Supported Pd Nanoparticles: A Multitechnical Approach, J. Phys.

Chem. C, 113, 2009, 10485-10492.

(40) Ardizzone, S.; C. L. Bianchi; G. Cappelletti; R. Annunziata; G.

Cerrato; C. Morterra and P. Scardi, Liquid phase reactions catalyzed by Fe- and

Mn-sulphated ZrO2, Appl. Catal. A-Gen., 360, 2009, 137-144.

(41) Arena, F.; G. Italiano; K. Barbera; G. Bonura; L. Spadaro and F.

Frusteri, Basic evidences for methanol-synthesis catalyst design, Catal. Today,

143, 2009, 80-85.

(42) Aronica, L. A.; E. Schiavi; C. Evangelisti; A. M. Caporusso; P.

Salvadori; G. Vitulli; L. Bertinetti and G. Martra, Solvated gold atoms in the

preparation of efficient supported catalysts: Correlation between

morphological features and catalytic activity in the hydrosilylation of 1-

hexyne, J. Catal., 266, 2009, 250-257.

(43) Bleken, F.; M. Bjorgen; L. Palumbo; S. Bordiga; S. Svelle; K. P.

Lillerud and U. Olsbye, The Effect of Acid Strength on the Conversion of

Methanol to Olefins Over Acidic Microporous Catalysts with the CHA

Topology, Top. Catal., 52, 2009, 218-228.

(44) Chavan, S.; J. G. Vitillo; E. Groppo; F. Bonino; C. Lamberti; P. D.

C. Dietzel and S. Bordiga, CO Adsorption on CPO-27-Ni Coordination Polymer:

Spectroscopic Features and Interaction Energy, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009,

3292-3299.

(45) Chiorino, A.; M. Manzoli; F. Menegazzo; M. Signoretto; F.

Vindigni; F. Pinna and F. Boccuzzi, New insight on the nature of catalytically

active gold sites: Quantitative CO chemisorption data and analysis of FTIR

spectra of adsorbed CO and of isotopic mixtures, J. Catal., 262, 2009, 169-176.

(46) Estephane, J.; E. Groppo; A. Damin; J. G. Vitillo; D. Gianolio; C.

Lamberti; S. Bordiga; C. Prestipino; S. Nikitenko; E. A. Quadrelli; M. Taoufik; J.

M. Basset and A. Zecchina, Structure and Enhanced Reactivity of Chromocene

Carbonyl Confined inside Cavities of NaY Zeolite, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009,

7305-7315.

(47) Estephane, J.; E. Groppo; J. G. Vitillo; A. Damin; C. Lamberti; S.

Bordiga and A. Zecchina, Chromocene in porous polystyrene: an example of

organometallic chemistry in confined spaces, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11,

2009, 2218-2227.

(48) Gianotti, E.; M. Vishnuvarthan; G. Berlier; L. Marchese and S.

Coluccia, FTIR Study of Cobalt Containing Aluminophosphates with Chabasite

Like Structure by Using CO and NO as Molecular Probes, Catal. Lett., 133,

2009, 27-32.

(49) Holm, M. S.; S. Svelle; F. Joensen; P. Beato; C. H. Christensen;

S. Bordiga and M. Bjorgen, Assessing the acid properties of desilicated ZSM-5

by FTIR using CO and 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (collidine) as molecular probes,

Appl. Catal. A-Gen., 356, 2009, 23-30.

(50) Martins, G. A. V.; C. Gieck; S. Coluccia; L. Marchese and H. O.

Pastore, One Step Further in Understanding the Role of Hydrogen Bonds in

Directing the Synthesis of CHA Analogue Molecular Sieves, J. Phys. Chem. C,

113, 2009, 10675-10680.

(51) Martra, G.; L. Bertinetti; C. Gerbaldi; R. Maggi; G. Sartori and

S. Coluccia, Pd/SiO2 as Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Heck Reaction:

Evidence for a Sensitivity to the Surface Structure of Supported Particles,

Catal. Lett., 132, 2009, 50-57.

(52) Menegazzo, F.; F. Pinna; M. Signoretto; V. Trevisan; F.

Boccuzzi; A. Chiorino and M. Manzoli, Quantitative determination of sites able

to chemisorb CO on Au/ZrO2 catalysts, Appl. Catal. A-Gen., 356, 2009, 31-35.

(53) Neatu, S.; V. I. Parvulescu; G. Epure; N. Petrea; V. Somoghi; G.

Ricchiardi; S. Bordiga and A. Zecchina, M/TiO2/SiO2 (M = Fe, Mn, and V)

catalysts in photo-decomposition of sulfur mustard, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 91,

2009, 546-553.

(54) Pellegrini, R.; G. Leofanti; G. Agostini; L. Bertinetti; S.

Bertarione; E. Groppo; A. Zecchina and C. Lamberti, Influence of K-doping on a

Pd/SiO2-Al2O3 catalyst, J. Catal., 267, 2009, 40-49.

(55) Pellegrini, R.; G. Leofanti; G. Agostini; E. Groppo; M. Rivallan

and C. Lamberti, Pd-Supported Catalysts: Evolution of Support Porous Texture

along Pd Deposition and Alkali-Metal Doping, Langmuir, 25, 2009, 6476-6485.

(56) Raja, R.; R. D. Adams; D. A. Blom; W. C. Pearl; E. Gianotti and J.

M. Thomas, New Catalytic Liquid-Phase Ammoxidation Approach to the

Preparation of Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Langmuir, 25, 2009, 7200-7204.

(57) Rivallan, M.; G. Ricchiardi; S. Bordiga and A. Zecchina,

Adsorption and reactivity of nitrogen oxides (NO2, NO, N2O) on Fe-zeolites, J.

Catal., 264, 2009, 104-116.

(58) Takeuchi, M.; G. Martra; S. Coluccia and M. Anpo, Evaluation

of the adsorption states of H2O on oxide surfaces by vibrational absorption:

near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy, J. Near Infrared Spec., 17, 2009, 373-384.

(59) Uccello-Barretta, G.; C. Evangelisti; P. Raffa; F. Balzano; S.

Nazzi; G. Martra; G. Vitulli and P. Salvadori, The control of the growth of Pt

clusters in solution: A way to prepare Pt particles of tailored size, J.

Organomet. Chem., 694, 2009, 1813-1817.

(60) Vankova, S.; E. Groppo; M. Chiesa; A. Damin; C. Barolo; G.

Spoto and A. Zecchina, Spectroscopic investigation of the encapsulation and

the reactivity towards NO of a Co(II)

-porphyrin inside a cross-linked polymeric

matrix, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 2009, 4060-4067.

(61) Vindigni, F.; M. Manzoli; A. Chiorino and F. Boccuzzi,

Catalytically active gold sites: nanoparticles, borderline sites, clusters, cations,

anions? FTIR spectra analysis of 12

CO and of 12

CO-13

CO isotopic mixtures, Gold

Bull., 42, 2009, 106-112.

(62) Vishnuvarthan, M.; V. Murugesan; E. Gianotti; L. Bertinetti; S.

Coluccia and G. Berlier, Coexistence of framework Co2+

and non framework

Co0 in CoAPO-5, Microporous Mesoporous Mat., 123, 2009, 91-99.

(63) Yeates, R. M.; M. J. Murdoch; P. D. Southon; A. C. McLaughlin;

R. F. Howe; F. Bonino; S. Bordiga and A. Damin, AM-6: a microporous one-

dimensional ferromagnet, Dalton Trans., 2009, 8025-8032.

Runnig and Approved Projects EU FP7 NMP: NanoMOF

Collaborative, large-scale

integrating project

"Nanoporous Metal-Organic

Frameworks for Production"

Local Coordinator: S.Bordiga

2009-2012

MINISTERO

DELL’AMBIENTE E DELLA

TUTELA DEL TERRITORIO

E DEL MARE

METISOL Produzione di

miscele Metano-idrogeno con

cicli termochimicialimentati

ad energia solare e sistemi di

stoccaggio a bordo veicolo

Local Coordinator: G.Spoto

2011-2013

Collaborations and Contracts Investigation of acidic

zeolites in MTH process

and mechanisms of coke

formation (Topsøe).

Oxychlorination catalysts

for dicloroethylene: CuCl

on Al2O3 (In-gap, Norway).

Supported

Metal catalysts for

selective hydrogenation

reaction (oxides, polymers,

carbons) (Chimet).

Cr-based heterogeneous

polymerisation catalysts,

Ziegler Natta polyethylene

catalyst (CPE - Lyon; Eni-

Istituto Guido Donegani).

Getter per H2O e CO2

(SAES Getter)

Highly dispersed

nanostructured MoS2 for

dehydrosulfurization (Eni

San Donato Milanese).

Photodegradation of

pollutant - TiO2 based

materials (Buzzi UniCEM,

BASF).

PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS AND MOLECULES (1) Abbotto, A.; F. Sauvage; C. Barolo; F. De Angelis; S. Fantacci;

M. Graetzel; N. Manfredi; C. Marinzi and M. K. Nazeeruddin, Panchromatic

ruthenium sensitizer based on electron-rich heteroarylvinylene π-conjugated

quaterpyridine for dye-sensitized solar cells Dalton Trans., 2010, in press.

(2) Bottinelli, E.; I. Miletto; G. Caputo; S. Coluccia and E. Gianotti,

Photoactive Ru Complex Embedded in Mesostructured MCM-41

Nanoparticles, J. Fluoresc., 2010, in press.

(3) Carniato, F.; C. Bisio; G. Paul; G. Gatti; L. Bertinetti; S. Coluccia

and L. Marchese, On the hydrothermal stability of MCM-41 mesoporous silica

nanoparticles and the preparation of luminescent materials, J. Mater. Chem.,

20, 2010, 5504-5509.

(4) Cesano, F.; S. Bertarione; M. J. Uddin; G. Agostini; D. Scarano

and A. Zecchina, Designing TiO2 Based Nanostructures by Control of Surface

Morphology of Pure and Silver Loaded Titanate Nanotubes, J. Phys. Chem. C,

114, 2010, 169-178.

(5) Deiana, C.; E. Fois; S. Coluccia and G. Martra, Surface

Structure of TiO2 P25 Nanoparticles: Infrared Study of Hydroxy Groups on

Coordinative Defect Sites, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 21531-21538.

(6) Livraghi, S.; M. C. Paganini and E. Giamello, SO2 reactivity on

the MgO and CaO surfaces: A CW-EPR study of oxo-sulphur radical anions, J.

Mol. Catal. A-Chem., 322, 2010, 39-44.

(7) Miletto, I.; A. Gilardino; P. Zamburlin; S. Dalmazzo; D. Lovisolo;

G. Caputo; G. Viscardi and G. Martra, Highly bright and photostable cyanine

dye-doped silica nanoparticles for optical imaging: Photophysical

characterization and cell tests, Dyes Pigments, 84, 2010, 121-127.

(8) Mortati, L.; I. Miletto; G. Alberto; G. Caputo and M. P. Sassi,

Behaviour of Fluorescence Emission of Cyanine Dyes, Cyanine Based

Fluorescent Nanoparticles and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots in Water Solution

Upon Specific Thermal Treatments, J. Fluoresc., 2010, in press.

(9) Agostini, G.; S. Usseglio; E. Groppo; M. J. Uddin; C. Prestipino;

S. Bordiga; A. Zecchina; P. L. Solari and C. Lamberti, From Isolated Ag+ Ions to

Aggregated Ag0 Nanoclusters in Silver-Exchanged Engelhard Titanosilicate

(ETS-10) Molecular Sieve: Reversible Behavior, Chem. Mat., 21, 2009, 1343-

1353.

(10) Alberto, G.; I. Miletto; G. Viscardi; G. Caputo; L. Latterini; S.

Coluccia and G. Martra, Hybrid Cyanine-Silica Nanoparticles: Homogeneous

Photoemission Behavior of Entrapped Fluorophores and Consequent High

Brightness Enhancement, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009, 21048-21053.

(11) Barbero, N.; E. Barni; C. Barolo; P. Quagliotto; G. Viscardi; L.

Napione; S. Pavan and F. Bussolino, A study of the interaction between

fluorescein sodium salt and bovine serum albumin by steady-state

fluorescence, Dyes Pigment., 80, 2009, 307-313.

(12) Barbero, N.; L. Napione; P. Quagliotto; S. Pavan; C. Barolo; E.

Barni; F. Bussolino and G. Viscardi, Fluorescence anisotropy analysis of protein-

antibody interaction, Dyes Pigment., 83, 2009, 225-229.

(13) Benzi, C.; C. A. Bertolino; I. Miletto; P. Ponzio; C. Barolo; G.

Viscardi; S. Coluccia and G. Caputo, The design, synthesis and characterization

of a novel acceptor for real time polymerase chain reaction using both

computational and experimental approaches, Dyes Pigment., 83, 2009, 111-

120.

(14) Colombo, E.; A. Bosio; S. Calusi; L. Giuntini; A. Lo Giudice; C.

Manfredotti; M. Massi; P. Olivero; A. Romeo; N. Romeo and E. Vittone, IBIC

analysis of CdTe/CdS solar cells, Nucl. Instrum. Methods B, 267, 2009, 2181-

2184.

(15) Gianotti, E.; C. A. Bertolino; C. Benzi; G. Nicotra; G. Caputo; R.

Castino; C. Isidoro and S. Coluccia, Photoactive Hybrid Nanomaterials:

Indocyanine Immobilized in Mesoporous MCM-41 for "In-Cell" Bioimaging,

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 1, 2009, 678-687.

(16) Livraghi, S.; A. M. Czoska; M. C. Paganini and E. Giamello,

Preparation and spectroscopic characterization of visible light sensitized N

doped TiO2 (rutile), J. Solid State Chem., 182, 2009, 160-164.

(17) Livraghi, S.; K. Elghniji; A. M. Czoska; M. C. Paganini; E.

Giamello and M. Ksibi, Nitrogen-doped and nitrogen-fluorine-codoped

titanium dioxide. Nature and concentration of the photoactive species and

their role in determining the photocatalytic activity under visible light, J.

Photochem. Photobiol. A-Chem., 205, 2009, 93-97.

(18) Napoli, F.; M. Chiesa; S. Livraghi; E. Giamello; S. Agnoli; G.

Granozzi; G. Pacchioni and C. Di Valentin, The nitrogen photoactive centre in

N-doped titanium dioxide formed via interaction of N atoms with the solid.

Nature and energy level of the species, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 477, 2009, 135-138.

(19) Neatu, S.; V. I. Parvulescu; G. Epure; N. Petrea; V. Somoghi; G.

Ricchiardi; S. Bordiga and A. Zecchina, M/TiO2/SiO2 (M = Fe, Mn, and V)

catalysts in photo-decomposition of sulfur mustard, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 91,

2009, 546-553.

(20) Salassa, L.; C. Garino; G. Salassa; C. Nervi; R. Gobetto; C.

Lamberti; D. Gianolio; R. Bizzarri and P. J. Sadler, Ligand-Selective

Photodissociation from [Ru(bpy)(4AP)4]2+

: a Spectroscopic and Computational

Study, Inorg. Chem., 48, 2009, 1469-1481.

(21) Yeates, R. M.; M. J. Murdoch; P. D. Southon; A. C. McLaughlin;

R. F. Howe; F. Bonino; S. Bordiga and A. Damin, AM-6: a microporous one-

dimensional ferromagnet, Dalton Trans., 2009, 8025-8032.

Runnig and Approved Projects EU FP7 NMP: INNOVASOL

Collaborative, large-scale

integrating project

Innovative Materials for Future

Generation Excitonic Solar Cells

Coordinator: S.Coluccia

2009-2012

REGIONE PIEMONTE CIPE

2008 NUOVI SISTEMI DI

PRODUZIONE

GP-Solar

Automatic tracking Systems

with novel integrated

functionalities for Photovoltaic

and hybrid Photovoltaic-

Thermal solar panels.

Local Coordinator: G.Ricchiardi

2009-2011

Collaborations and Contracts Photodegradation of pollutant

TiO2 based materials dye-sensitized

Photovoitaic cells

(Buzzi UniCEM BASF and ENI)

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY (1) Barus, S.; M. Zanetti; P. Bracco; S. Musso; A. Chiodoni and A.

Tagliaferro, Influence of MWCNT morphology on dispersion and thermal

properties of polyethylene nanocomposites, Pol. Degr. Stab., 95, 2010, 756-

762.

(2) Bordiga, S.; F. Bonino; K. P. Lillerud and C. Lamberti, X-ray

absorption spectroscopies: useful tools to understand metallorganic

frameworks structure and reactivity, Chem. Soc. Rev., 39, 2010, 4885-4927.

(3) Estephane, J.; E. Groppo; J. G. Vitillo; A. Damin; D. Gianolio; C.

Lamberti; S. Bordiga; E. A. Quadrelli; J. M. Basset; G. Kervern; L. Emsley; G.

Pintacuda and A. Zecchina, A Multitechnique Approach to Spin-Flips for Cp2CrII

Chemistry in Confined State, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 4451-4458.

(4) Masciocchi, N.; S. Galli; V. Colombo; A. Maspero; G.

Palmisano; B. Seyyedi; C. Lamberti and S. Bordiga, Cubic Octanuclear NiII

Clusters in Highly Porous Polypyrazolyl-Based Materials, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

132, 2010, 7902–7904.

(5) Ploeger, R.; D. Scalarone and O. Chiantore, Non-invasive

characterisation of binding media on painted glass magic lantern plates using

mid-infrared fibre-optic reflectance spectroscopy, J. Cult. Herit., 11, 2010, 35-

41.

(6) Salassa, L.; E. Borfecchia; T. Ruiu; C. Garino; D. Gianolio; R.

Gobetto; P. J. Sadler; M. Cammarata; M. Wulff and C. Lamberti, Photo-induced

pyridine substitution in cis-[Ru(bpy)2(py)2]Cl2: a snapshot by time-resolved X-

ray solution scattering, Inorg. Chem., 49, 2010, 11240-11248.

(7) Tikariha, D.; K. K. Ghosh and P. Quagliotto, Micellization of

Gemini Surfactants in Polymer Solutions, Tenside Surfactants Deterg., 47,

2010, 162-165.

(8) Tikariha, D.; K. K. Ghosh; P. Quagliotto and S. Ghosh, Mixed

Micellization Properties of Cationic Monomeric and Gemini Surfactants, J.

Chem. Eng. Data, 55, 2010, 4162-4167.

(9) Barbero, N.; P. Quagliotto; C. Barolo; E. Artuso; R. Buscaino

and G. Viscardi, Characterization of monomeric and gemini cationic

amphiphilic molecules by fluorescence intensity and anisotropy. Part 2, Dyes

Pigment., 83, 2009, 396-402.

(10) Kolay, S.; K. K. Ghosh and P. Quagliotto, Micellization

behavior of [C16-12-C16], 2Br- gemini surfactant in binary aqueous-solvent

mixtures, Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 348, 2009, 234-239.

(11) Quagliotto, P.; N. Barbero; C. Barolo; E. Artuso; C. Compari; E.

Fisicaro and G. Viscardi, Synthesis and properties of cationic surfactants with

tuned hydrophylicity, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 340, 2009, 269-275.

(12) Quagliotto, P.; N. Barbero; C. Barolo; K. Costabello; L.

Marchese; S. Coluccia; K. Kalyanasundaram and G. Viscardi, Characterization of

monomeric and gemini cationic amphiphilic molecules by fluorescence

intensity and anisotropy, Dyes Pigment., 82, 2009, 124-129.

(13) Quagliotto, P.; C. Barolo; N. Barbero; E. Barni; C. Compari; E.

Fisicaro and G. Viscardi, Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Fluorinated

Gemini Pyridinium Surfactants, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2009, 3167-3177.

(14) Vankova, S.; E. Groppo; M. Chiesa; A. Damin; C. Barolo; G.

Spoto and A. Zecchina, Spectroscopic investigation of the encapsulation and

the reactivity towards NO of a CoII-porphyrin inside a cross-linked polymeric

matrix, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 2009, 4060-4067.

(15) Vitillo, J. G.; E. Groppo; S. Bordiga; S. Chavan; G. Ricchiardi and

A. Zecchina, Stability and Reactivity of Grafted Cr(CO)3 Species on MOF

Linkers: A Computational Study, Inorg. Chem., 48, 2009, 5439-5448.

BIOCOMPATIBILITY, BIOACTIVITY AND

TOXICITY OF NANOMATERIALS (1) Alfè, M.; F. Stanzione; E. Carella; M. Ghiazza; M. Tomatis; I.

Fenoglio and A. Ciajolo, A Role of nanostructure and adsorbed organic

compounds on radical activity of flame formed soot, Chemical Engineering

Transactions, 22, 2010, 53-58

(2) Bergandi, L.; V. Aina; S. Garetto; G. Malavasi; E. Aldieri; E.

Laurenti; L. Matera; C. Morterra and D. Ghigo, Fluoride-containing bioactive

glasses inhibit pentose phosphate oxidative pathway and glucose 6-

phosphate dehydrogenase activity in human osteoblasts, Chem.-Biol. Interact.,

183, 2010, 405-415.

(3) Boffa, V.; D. G. Perrone; E. Montoneri; G. Magnacca; L.

Bertinetti; L. Garlasco and R. Mendichi, A Waste-Derived Biosurfactant for the

Preparation of Templated Silica Powders, Chemsuschem, 3, 2010, 445-452.

(4) Calza, P.; S. Marchisio; C. Medana and C. Baiocchi, Fate of

antibacterial spiramycin in river waters, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 396, 2010, 1539-

1550.

(5) Carlotti, M. E.; E. Ugazio; S. Sapino; D. Vione; B. Fubini and S.

Morel, Effect of Propylene Glycol and Ethanol on the UVB-Induced

Peroxidation of Linoleic Acid and Lipids of Porcine Skin, in the Presence of

Different TiO2 Specimens, J. Dispersion Sci. Technol., 31, 2010, 994-1003.

(6) Corno, M.; A. Rimola; V. Bolis and P. Ugliengo, Hydroxyapatite

as a key biomaterial: quantum-mechanical simulation of its surfaces in

interaction with biomolecules, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 6309-6329.

(7) Fubini, B.; M. Ghiazza and I. Fenoglio, Physico-chemical

features of engineered nanoparticles relevant to their toxicity,

Nanotoxicology, 4, 2010, 347-363.

(8) Giussani, L.; E. Fois; E. Gianotti; G. Tabacchi; A. Gamba and S.

Coluccia, On the Compatibility Criteria for Protein Encapsulation inside

Mesoporous Materials, Chemphyschem, 11, 2010, 1757-1762.

(9) Livraghi, S.; I. Corazzari; M. C. Paganini; G. Ceccone; E.

Giamello; B. Fubini and I. Fenoglio, Decreasing the oxidative potential of TiO2

nanoparticles through modification of the surface with carbon: a new strategy

for the production of safe UV filters, Chem. Commun., 46, 2010, 8478-8480.

(10) Lusvardi, G.; G. Malavasi; V. Aina; L. Bertinetti; G. Cerrato; G.

Magnacca; C. Morterra and L. Menabue, Bioactive Glasses Containing Au

Nanoparticles. Effect of Calcination Temperature on Structure, Morphology,

and Surface Properties, Langmuir, 26, 2010, 10303-10314.

(11) Miletto, I.; A. Gilardino; P. Zamburlin; S. Dalmazzo; D. Lovisolo;

G. Caputo; G. Viscardi and G. Martra, Highly bright and photostable cyanine

dye-doped silica nanoparticles for optical imaging: Photophysical

characterization and cell tests, Dyes Pigment., 84, 2010, 121-127.

(12) Montoneri, E.; V. Boffa; S. Bottigliengo; M. Casciola; M.

Sganappa; A. Marigo; G. Speranza; L. Minati; S. Torrengo; G. Alberti and L.

Bertinetti, A new polyfunctional acid material for solid state proton

conductivity in dry environment: Nafion doped with

difluoromethandiphosphonic acid, Solid State Ionics, 181, 2010, 578-585.

(13) Riedo, C.; D. Scalarone and O. Chiantore, Advances in

identification of plant gums in cultural heritage by thermally assisted

hydrolysis and methylation, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 396, 2010, 1559-1569.

(14) Rimola, A.; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson; R. Dovesi and P. Ugliengo,

Search and Characterization of Transition State Structures in Crystalline

Systems Using Valence Coordinates, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 6, 2010, 1341-

1350.

(15) Rimola, A.; M. Sodupe and P. Ugliengo, Deep-space glycine

formation via Strecker-type reactions activated by ice water dust mantles. A

computational approach, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 2010, 5285-5294.

(16) Rimola, A.; B. Civalleri and P. Ugliengo, Physisorption of

aromatic organic contaminants at the surface of hydrophobic/hydrophilic

silica geosorbents: a B3LYP-D modeling study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12,

2010, 6357-6366.

(17) Rodriguez-Rodriguez, C.; A. Rimola; L. Rodriguez-Santiago; P.

Ugliengo; A. Alvarez-Larena; H. Gutierrez-de-Teran; M. Sodupe and P. Gonzalez-

Duarte, Crystal structure of thioflavin-T and its binding to amyloid fibrils:

insights at the molecular level, Chem. Comm., 46, 2010, 1156-1158.

(18) Sakhno, Y.; L. Bertinetti; M. Iafisco; A. Tampieri; N. Roveri and

G. Martra, Surface hydration and cationic sites of nanohydroxyapatites with

amorphous or crystalline surfaces: A comparative study, J. Phys. Chem. C 114,

2010, 16640-16648

(19) Tomatis, M.; F. Turci; R. Ceschino; C. Riganti; E. Gazzano; G.

Martra; D. Ghigo and B. Fubini, High aspect ratio materials: role of surface

chemistry vs. length in the historical "long and short amosite asbestos fibers",

Inhal. Toxicol., 22, 2010, 984-998.

(20) Turci, F.; M. Tomatis; I. G. Lesci; N. Roveri and B. Fubini, The

iron-related molecular toxicity mechanism of synthetic asbestos nano-fibres:

a model study for high aspect ratio nanoparticles. , Chem.-Eur. J., 2010, in

press.

(21) Turci, F.; E. Ghibaudi; M. Colonna; B. Boscolo; I. Fenoglio and

B. Fubini, An Integrated Approach to the Study of the Interaction between

Proteins and Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 26, 2010, 8336-8346.

(22) Aina, V.; G. Malavasi; A. F. Pla; L. Munaron and C. Morterra,

Zinc-containing bioactive glasses: Surface reactivity and behaviour towards

endothelial cells, Acta Biomater., 5, 2009, 1211-1222.

(23) Bertinetti, L.; R. Ceschino; D. Bollati; E. Landi; A. Tampieri and

G. Martra, Protein adsorption on nanohydroxyapatites: Spectroscopic

investigations at molecular level, Key Engineering Materials, 396, 2009, 77-80.

(24) Bertinetti, L.; C. Drouet; C. Combes; C. Rey; A. Tampieri; S.

Coluccia and G. Martra, Surface Characteristics of Nanocrystalline Apatites:

Effect of Mg Surface Enrichment on Morphology, Surface Hydration Species,

and Cationic Environments, Langmuir, 25, 2009, 5647-5654.

(25) Carlotti, M. E.; E. Ugazio; S. Sapino; I. Fenoglio; G. Greco and

B. Fubini, Role of particle coating in controlling skin damage photoinduced by

titania nanoparticles, Free Radic. Res. , 43, 2009, 312-322.

(26) Carlotti, M. E.; E. Ugazio; L. Gastaldi; S. Sapino; D. Vione; I.

Fenoglio and B. Fubini, Specific effects of single antioxidants in the lipid

peroxidation caused by nano-titania used in sunscreen lotions, J. Photochem.

Photobiol. B-Biol. , 96, 2009, 130-135.

(27) Contessotto, L.; E. Ghedini; F. Pinna; M. Signoretto; G. Cerrato

and V. Crocella, Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Silica Gel Carriers with Controlled

Drug-Delivery Properties, Chem.-Eur. J., 15, 2009, 12043-12049.

(28) Corno, M. and A. Pedone, Vibrational features of phospho-

silicate glasses: Periodic B3LYP simulations, Chem. Phys. Lett., 476, 2009, 218-

222.

(29) Corno, M.; C. Busco; V. Bolis; S. Tosoni and P. Ugliengo, Water

Adsorption on the Stoichiometric (001) and (010) Surfaces of Hydroxyapatite:

A Periodic B3LYP Study, Langmuir, 25, 2009, 2188-2198.

(30) Favero-Longo, S.; F. Turci; M. Tomatis; R. Compagnoni; R.

Piervittori and B. Fubini, The Effect of Weathering on Ecopersistence,

Reactivity, and Potential Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Asbestos and

Asbestiform Minerals, Toxicol. Env. Health Part A, 72, 2009, 305-314.

(31) Fenoglio, I.; G. Greco; S. Livraghi and B. Fubini, Non-UV-

Induced Radical Reactions at the Surface of TiO2 Nanoparticles That May

Trigger Toxic Responses, Chem.-Eur. J., 15, 2009, 4614-4621.

(32) Lison, D.; J. Laloy; I. Corazzari; J. Muller; V. Rabolli; N. Panin; F.

Huaux; I. Fenoglio and B. Fubini, Sintered Indium-Tin-Oxide (ITO) Particles: A

New Pneumotoxic Entity, Toxicol. Sci., 108, 2009, 472-481.

(33) Lusvardi, G.; G. Malavasi; L. Menabue; V. Aina and C.

Morterra, Fluoride-containing bioactive glasses: Surface reactivity in

simulated body fluids solutions, 5, 2009, 3548-3562.

(34) Palazzo, B.; D. Walsh; M. Iafisco; E. Foresti; L. Bertinetti; G.

Martra; C. L. Bianchi; G. Cappelletti and N. Roveri, Amino acid synergetic effect

on structure, morphology and surface properties of biomimetic apatite

nanocrystals, Acta Biomater., 5, 2009, 1241-1252.

(35) Rimola, A.; P. Ugliengo and M. Sodupe, Formation versus

Hydrolysis of the Peptide Bond from a Quantum-mechanical Viewpoint: The

Role of Mineral Surfaces and Implications for the Origin of Life, Int. J. Mol. Sci.,

10, 2009, 746-760.

(36) Rimola, A.; M. Sodupe and P. Ugliengo, Affinity Scale for the

Interaction of Amino Acids with Silica Surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009,

5741-5750.

(37) Rimola, A. and P. Ugliengo, The role of defective silica

surfaces in exogenous delivery of prebiotic compounds: clues from first

principles calculations, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 2009, 2497-2506.

(38) Rimola, A.; M. Corno; C. M. Zicovich-Wilson and P. Ugliengo,

Ab initio modeling of protein/biomaterial interactions: competitive

adsorption between glycine and water onto hydroxyapatite surfaces, Phys.

Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 2009, 9005-9007.

(39) Sodupe, M.; L. Rodriguez-Santiago; A. Rimola and P. Ugliengo,

Is the Peptide Bond Formation Activated by Cu2+

Interactions? Insights from

Density Functional Calculations, Orig. Life Evol. Biosph., 39, 2009, 269-270.

(40) Ugliengo, P.; A. Rimola and M. Sodupe, In Silico Prebiotic

Chemistry: Aluminosilicate Surfaces As Promoters for the Peptide Bond

Formation, Orig. Life Evol. Biosph., 39, 2009, 197-198.

Runnig and Approved Projects REGIONE PIEMONTE CIPE 2006

NANOSAFE

Nanoparticles: from their impact on the

environment and human health to safer

production and usage

Coordinator: B.Fubini

2008-2011

BIOPHYSICS, BIOSENSORS AND NEUROCHIPS (1) Affatato, S.; M. Zavalloni; M. Spinelli; L. Costa; P. Bracco and

M. Viceconti, Long-term in-vitro wear performance of an innovative thermo-

compressed cross-linked polyethylene, Tribol. Int., 43, 2010, 22-28.

(2) Ariano, P.; P. Zamburlin; R. D'Alessandro; J. Meldolesi and D.

Lovisolo, Differential repression by the transcription factor REST/NRSF of the

various Ca2+

signalling mechanisms in pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, Cell

Calcium, 47, 2010, 360-368.

(3) Carabelli, V.; S. Gosso; A. Marcantoni; A. Pasquarelli; Y. Xu; E.

Colombo; Z. Gao; J. Scharpf; E. Kohn; E. Carbone and Z. Gao, Quantal release

detection of catecholamines from chromaffin cells by nanocrystalline

diamond microelectrode arrays fabricated on sapphire technology., Biosens.

Bioelectron., 2010, in press.

(4) Comunanza, V.; A. Marcantoni; D. H. Vandael; S. Mahapatra;

D. Gavello; V. Navarro-Tableros; V. Carabelli and E. Carbone, Cav1.3 as

pacemaker channels in adrenal chromaffin cells: specific role on exo- and

endocytosis?, Channels (Austin) 4, 2010, in press.

(5) Fiorio Pla, A.; T. Genova; E. Pupo; C. Tomatis; A. Genazzani; R.

Zaninetti and L. Munaron, Multiple roles of protein kinase A on arachidonic

acid-mediated Ca2+

entry and tumor-derived human endothelial cells

migration., Mol. Cancer. Res. , 2010, in press.

(6) Gao, Z.; V. Carabelli; E. Carbone; E. Colombo; F. Demaria; M.

Dipalo; S. Gosso; C. Manfredotti; A. Pasquarelli; S. Rossi; Y. Xu; E. Vittone and E.

Kohn, Transparent diamond microelectrodes for biochemical application,

Diam. Relat. Mat., 19, 2010, 1021-1026.

(7) Mancardi, D.; A. Florio Pla; F. Moccia; F. Tanzi and L. Munaron,

Old and new gasotransmitters in the cardiovascular system: focus on the role

of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. ,

Curr. Pharm. Biotech., 2010, in press.

(8) Marcantoni, A.; D. H. Vandael; S. Mahapatra; V. Carabelli; M.

J. Sinnegger-Brauns; J. Striessnig; E. Carbone and H. Hoddah, Loss of Cav1.3

channels reveals the critical role of L- and BK-channel coupling in pace-making

mouse adrenal chromaffin cells. , J. Neurosci., 30, 2010, 491-504.

(9) Moccia, F.; G. Bertoni; A. Florio Pla; S. Dragoni; E. Pupo; A.

Merlino; D. Mancardi; L. Munaron and F. Tanzi, Hydrogen sulfide regulates

intracellular Ca2+

concentration in endothelial cells from excised rat aorta. ,

Curr. Pharm. Biotech., 2010, in press.

(10) Racchetti, G.; A. Lorusso; C. Schulte; D. Gavello; V. Carabelli; R.

D'Alessandro and J. Meldolesi, Rapid neurite outgrowth in neurosecretory cells

and neurons is sustained by the exocytosis of a cytoplasmic organelle, the

enlargeosome. , Journal of Cell Science 123, 2010, 165-170.

(11) Vandael, D.; A. Marcantoni; S. Mahapatra; A. Caro; P. Ruth; A.

Zuccotti; M. Knipper and E. Carbone, Cav1.3 and BK channel coupling for

timing and regulating cell firing., Mol. Neurobiol., 42, 2010, 185-198.

(12) Vandael, D. H.; A. Marcantoni; S. Mahapatra; A. Caro; P. Ruth;

A. Zuccotti; M. Knipper and E. Carbone, Ca(v)1.3 and BK channels for timing

and regulating cell firing, Mol. Neurobiol., 42, 2010, 185-198.

(13) Antoniotti, S.; P. Fattori; C. Tomatis; E. Pessione and L.

Munaron, Arachidonic acid and calcium signals in human breast tumor-

derived endothelial cells: a proteomic study, J. Recept. Signal Transduct., 29,

2009, 257-265.

(14) Ariano, P.; O. Budnyk; S. Dalmazzo; D. Lovisolo; C.

Manfredotti; P. Rivolo and E. Vittone, On diamond surface properties and

interactions with neurons, Eur. Phys. J. E, 30, 2009, 149-156.

(15) Ariano, P.; A. Lo Giudice; A. Marcantoni; E. Vittone; E. Carbone

and D. Lovisolo, A diamond-based biosensor for the recording of neuronal

activity, Biosens. Bioelectron., 24, 2009, 2046-2050.

(16) Bussolati, B.; D. Ribatti; L. Munaron; A. Bartorelli and G.

Bussolati, Anti-angiogenic properties of calcium trifluoroacetate, Microvasc.

Res., 78, 2009, 272-277.

(17) Carbone, E. and V. Carabelli, O2 sensing in chromaffin cells:

new duties for T-type channels, J. Physiol.-London, 587, 2009, 1859-1860.

(18) Gilardino, A.; S. Farcito; P. Zamburlin; C. Audisio and D.

Lovisolo, Specificity of the Second Messenger Pathways Involved in Basic

Fibroblast Growth Factor-Induced Survival and Neurite Growth in Chick Ciliary

Ganglion Neurons, J. Neurosci. Res., 87, 2009, 2951-2962.

(19) Hoddah, H.; A. Marcantoni; V. Carabelli; V. Comunanza and E.

Carbone, L-type channel inhibition by CB1 cannabinoid receptors is mediated

by PTX-sensitive G proteins and cAMP/PKA in GT1-7 hypothalamic neurons. ,

Cell Calcium 46, 2009, 303-312.

(20) Marcantoni, A.; V. Carabelli; D. H. Vandael; V. Comunanza and

E. Carbone, PDE type-4 inhibition increases L-type Ca2+

currents, action

potential firing, and quantal size of exocytosis in mouse chromaffin cells,

Pflugers Arch., 457, 2009, 1093-1110.

(21) Mareschi, K.; D. Rustichelli; V. Comunanza; R. De Fazio; C.

Cravero; G. Morterra; B. Martinoglio; E. Medico; E. Carbone; C. Benedetto and

F. Fagioli, Multipotent mesenchymal stem cells from amniotic fluid originate

neural precursors with functional voltage-gated sodium channels,

Cytotherapy, 11, 2009, 534-547.

(22) Monti, D.; P. Ariano; C. Distasi; P. Zamburlin; S. Bernascone

and M. Ferraro, Entropy measures of cellular aggregation, Physica A, 388,

2009, 2762-2770.

(23) Munaron, L., A Tridimensional Model of Proangiogenic

Calcium Signals in Endothelial Cells. , Open Biol. J. , 16, 2009, 114-129.

(24) Munaron, L. and A. F. Pla, Endothelial Calcium Machinery and

Angiogenesis: Understanding Physiology to Interfere with Pathology, Curr.

Med. Chem., 16, 2009, 4691-4703.

(25) Zamburlin, P.; D. Lovisolo; P. Ariano; R. Panero and M. Ferraro,

A quantitative approach to the dynamics of neurite sprouting induced by a

neurotrophic factor, J. Neurosci. Methods, 185, 2009, 178-183.

Runnig and Approved Projects EUROPEAN PROJECT CAVNET

Marie Curie Research Training Networks,

L-type calcium channels in health and

disease.

http://www.cav-net.org/

Local Coordinator: E.Carbone

REGIONE PIEMONTE Converging

technologies. Biotechnology -

Nanotechnology

METREGEN Metrology on a cellular and

macromolecular scale for regenerative

medicine

Local Coordinator: G.Caputo

2009-2011

Polo di Innovazione BioPMed

Progetto di ricerca industriale e sviluppo

sperimentale MicroDiBi: Microchips di

diamante per “drug-screening” e

applicazioni biomediche

Partners: NIS-Unito, INRIM, Politecnico,

Crisel Instruments s.r.l., Politronica,

BionicaTech, Trustech

2011-2013

TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (1) Finardi U., Temporal and spatial relations between patents

and scientific journal articles: the case of nanotechnologies, Working Paper

Ceris-Cnr, 2010, 1591-0709.

(2) Coccia M., U. Finardi and D. Margon, Research trends in

nanotechnology studies across geo-economic areas, Working Paper Ceris-Cnr,

2010, 1591-0709.

(3) Finardi U. and G. Vitali, Nanotech cluster in Piedmont,

Working Paper Ceris-Cnr, 2009, 1591-0709.

(4) Caputo G., C. G. Cortese, F. Emanuel, U. Finardi, C. Ghislieri

and S. Coluccia, Nanothecnologies: what they are and how we imagine them,

Ed. Araba Fenice, 2009.

NANOSTRUCTURED, NANOCOMPOSITE AND

FUNCTIONAL POLYMER MATERIALS AND

CARBONS (1) Barus, S.; P. Bracco; S. Musso; A. Chiodoni; A. Tagliaferro and

M. Zanetti, Influence of MWCNT morphology on dispersion and thermal

properties of polyethylene nanocomposites, Polym. Degrad. Stabil., 95, 2010,

756-762.

(2) Battiston, S.; A. Leto; M. Minella; R. Gerbasi; E. Miorin; M.

Fabrizio; S. Daolio; E. Tondello and G. Pezzotti, Cathodoluminescence

Evaluation of Oxygen Vacancy Population in Nanostructured Titania Thin

Films for Photocatalytic Applications, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 2010, 5295-5298.

(3) Battiston, S.; M. Minella; R. Gerbasi; F. Visentin; P. Guerriero;

A. Leto; G. Pezzotti; E. Miorin; M. Fabrizio and C. Pagura, Growth of titanium

dioxide nanopetals induced by single wall carbon nanohorns, Carbon, 48,

2010, 2470-2477.

(4) Mussi, V.; C. Biale; S. Visentin; N. Barbero; M. Rocchia and U.

Valbusa, Raman analysis and mapping for the determination of COOH groups

on oxidized single walled carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 48, 2010, 3391-3398.

(5) Ploeger, R.; D. Scalarone; T. Poli and O. Chiantore, Mid-

infrared fiber optic reflection spectroscopy analysis of artists' alkyd paints on

different supports, Appl. Spectrosc., 2010, in press.

(6) Rahman, M. M.; F. Cesano; F. Bardelli; D. Scarano and A.

Zecchina, Hybrid SnO2/carbon composites: From foams to films by playing

with the reaction conditions, Catal. Today, 150, 2010, 84-90.

(7) Scalarone, D.; J. Tata; F. Caldera; M. Lazzari and O. Chiantore,

Porous and Worm-like Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures from PS-b-PEO Block

Copolymer Micellar Solutions, Mater. Chem. Phys., 2010, in press.

(8) Visentin, S.; N. Barbero; S. Musso; V. Mussi; C. Biale; R.

Ploeger and G. Viscardi, A sensitive and practical fluorimetric test for CNT

acidic site determination, Chem. Commun., 46, 2010, 1443-1445.

(9) Baggiani, C.; L. Anfossi; P. Baravalle; C. Giovannoli; G. Giraudi;

C. Barolo and G. Viscardi, Determination of banned Sudan dyes in food

samples by molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction-high performance

liquid chromatography, J. Sep. Sci., 32, 2009, 3292-3300.

(10) Barus, S.; M. Zanetti; M. Lazzari and L. Costa, Preparation of

polymeric hybrid nanocomposites based on PE and nanosilica, Polymer, 50,

2009, 2595-2600.

(11) Bertarione, S.; F. Bonino; F. Cesano; S. Jain; M. Zanetti; D.

Scarano and A. Zecchina, Micro-FTIR and Micro-Raman Studies of a Carbon

Film Prepared from Furfuryl Alcohol Polymerization, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113,

2009, 10571-10574.

(12) Biale, C.; V. Mussi; U. Valbusa; S. Visentin; G. Viscardi; N.

Barbero; N. Pedemonte and L. Galietta, Carbon nanotubes for targeted drug

delivery IEEE NANO, 2009, 644-646.

(13) Carniato, T.; C. Bisio; G. Gatti; E. Boccaleri; L. Bertinetti; S.

Coluccia; O. Monticelli and L. Marchese, Titanosilsesquioxanes Embedded in

Synthetic Clay as a Hybrid Material for Polymer Science, Angew. Chem.-Int.

Edit., 48, 2009, 6059-6061.

(14) Cesano, F.; S. Bertarione; D. Scarano; G. Spoto and A.

Zecchina, Designing of carbon nanofilaments-based composites for innovative

applications, Diam. Relat. Mat., 18, 2009, 979-983.

(15) Costa, L.; I. Carpentieri and P. Bracco, Post electron-beam

irradiation oxidation of orthopedic Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene

(UHMWPE) stabilized with vitamin E, Polym. Degrad. Stabil., 94, 2009, 1542-

1547.

(16) Fantini, D. and L. Costa, Dye, fluorophores and pigment

coloration of nanofibers produced by electrospinning, Polym. Adv. Technol.,

20, 2009, 111-121.

(17) Gesti, S.; M. Zanetti; M. Lazzari; L. Franco and J. Puiggali,

Degradable polyoctamethylene suberate/clay nanocomposites. Crystallization

studies by DSC and simultaneous SAXS/WAXD synchrotron radiation, Eur.

Polym. J., 45, 2009, 398-409.

(18) Lazzari, M.; D. Scalarone; C. Riedo and O. Chiantore,

Compositional analysis of fluorinated and unfluorinated acrylic copolymers, J.

Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 85, 2009, 321-326.

(19) Ploeger, R.; S. Musso and O. Chiantore, Contact angle

measurements to determine the rate of surface oxidation of artists' alkyd

paints during accelerated photo-ageing, Prog. Org. Coat., 65, 2009, 77-83.

(20) Ploeger, R.; D. Scalarone and O. Chiantore, Thermal analytical

study of the oxidative stability of artists’ alkyd paints, Polym. Degrad. Stabil.,

94, 2009, 2036–2041.

(21) Poli, T.; A. Elia and O. Chiantore, Surfaces finishing and

materials: fiber-optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) problems in Cultural

Heritage diagnostic, e-PS, 6, 2009, 174-179.

(22) Tata, J.; D. Scalarone; M. Lazzari and O. Chiantore, Control of

morphology orientation in thin films of PS-b-PEO diblock copolymers and PS-

b-PEO/resorcinol molecular complexes, Eur. Polym. J., 45, 2009, 2520-2528.

Runnig and Approved Projects REGIONE PIEMONTE Converging

technologies. Nanotechnology / New

Materials - ICT

NANOCONTACT Carbon Nanotubes based

Conductive Composites Laser Activated for

Integrated Sensors, Switches and Wirings

Coordinator: D.Scarano

2009-2011

MANUNET ERA – Net Project

Laser cleaning, polishing and multi spectral

analisys

of surfaces for artworks, artwork

restoration and industrial

applications

Local Coordinator: O.Chiantore

2009-2011

AN EVALUATION OF NIS RESEARCH PRODUCTION The NIS Centre is engaged in a process of self-evaluation of its scientific activity, also in

terms of quantitative research productivity, according to accepted international

bibliometric standards. The scientific activity of a team of scientists can be evaluated in

terms of: i) the number of published articles (defining the overall quantity of work); ii)

the impact factor (IF) of the journal where the articles have been published (defining the

quality of the research product as evaluated by a few but highly qualified independent

scientists: Editors and Reviewers); iii) the total number of citations received by each

published paper (defining the quality of the research product as evaluated by all

scientists working world-wide on the topics). The evaluation of the scientific activity of

the NIS scientists has been done here below according to these objective criteria. In the

period ranging from end 2004 to October 2010, NIS scientists have published 575

articles in international journals classified in the “ISI Web of Science” database.

Distributions along the activity years of the published articles (on top) and relative citations

received (on bottom) by the NIS scientists. Orange data are a projection of the expected papers

and citations at the end of 2010 based on the data collected in the first 36 weeks of the 2010

The research activity covers the most relevant aspects of Chemistry, Materials

Science, Physics, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Engineering and

Metallurgy, and has been published on prestigious journals, as detailed here

below. These graphs report the ranking scientific disciplines and international

journals where NIS articles mostly appear. This represents an evaluation

passed on the quantitative level.

On bottom: Distribution of published articles among different scientific disciplines. As a single

journal may be classified in different disciplines the sum over all column exceed the total number of

articles (461). On top: 10 journals where the published papers by NIS have appeared.

Coming to the qualitative evaluation, here follows the list of the most prestigious

journals (ranked with their IF) where NIS researches have published

JOURNAL PUBLISHER N. Article JOURN.

IF

Chem. Rev.

Nat. Mater.

ACS

Nature Pub.Group

1

1

35.900

29.504

Chem.Soc. Rev RSC 3 20.086

Accounts Chem. Res. ACS 1 18.203

Surf. Sci. Rep. Elsevier 1 13.462

Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. Wiley-VCH 4 11.829

Coord. Chem. Rev Elsevier 1 11.225

J. Am. Chem. Soc. ACS 8 8.580

Adv. Mater. Wiley-VCH 4 8.379

J. Neurosci. Soc. Neuroscience 2 7.178

J. Cell Sci. Comp Biologists 1 6.144

Chem. Commun. RSC 8 5.504

Biosens. Bioelectron. Elsevier 2 5.429

Chem.-Eur. J. Wiley-VCH 1 5.382

Chem. Mater. ACS 14 5.368

J. Catal. Elsevier 21 5.288

Appl. Catal. B-Environ. Elsevier 5 5.252

J. Med. Chem. ACS 1 4.802

Chem.Sus.Chem Wiley-VCH 1 4.767

J. Physiol.-(London) Wiley-Blackwell 3 4.764

Mol. Neurobiol. Springer 2 4.735

Carbon Elsevier 1 4.504

Biophys. J. Biophysical Soc. 1 4.390

Cell Calcium Elsevier 3 4.288

Adv. Catal Elsevier 1 3.571

From this table we learn that 90 articles (20% of the total NIS Production) have been

published on journals with an IF higher than 4.0. Note that the median IF of the journal

belonging to the scientific disciplines of interest for NIS is much lower: Chemistry:

Physical (1.739); Materials Science: Multidisciplinary (0.985); Physics, Atomic, Molecular

& Chem.( 1.538); Chemistry: Multidisciplinary (1.032); Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

(1.438); Engineering: Chemical (0.791); Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engin. (0.437);

Physics: Condensed Matter (1.259); Physics: Applied (1.284); Chemistry: Applied

(0.862). This means that the scientific results of NIS scientists appear, by far, on best

journals of each discipline.

The list of the Top Ten cited works follows here below

ARTICLE TIME

CITED

Nazeeruddin, M.K., De Angelis, F., Fantacci, S., Selloni, A. , Viscardi, G.,

Liska, P., Ito, S., Takeru, B., Grätzel, M., Combined experimental and DFT-

TDDFT computational study of photoelectrochemical cell ruthenium

sensitizers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 2005, 16835-16847.

472

Livraghi S., M. C. Paganini, E. Giamello, A. Selloni, C. Di Valentin and G.

Pacchioni, Origin of photoactivity of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide

under visible light, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 2006, 15666-15671.

156

C. Di Valentin, G. Pacchioni, A. Selloni, S. Livraghi, E. Giamello,

Characterization of paramagnetic species in N-doped TiO2 powders by EPR

spectroscopy and DFT calculations, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 2005, 11414-

11419.

133

Zecchina A., S. Bordiga, J. G. Vitillo, G. Ricchiardi, C. Lamberti, G. Spoto, M.

Bjorgen and K. P. Lillerud, Liquid hydrogen in protonic chabazite, J. Am.

Chem. Soc., 127, 2005, 6361-6366.

104

Groppo E., C. Lamberti, S. Bordiga, G. Spoto and A. Zecchina, The structure

of active centers and the ethylene polymerization mechanism on the

Cr/SiO2 catalyst: A frontier for the characterization methods, Chem. Rev.,

105, 2005, 115-183.

104

Xiao B., P. S. Wheatley, X. B. Zhao, A. J. Fletcher, S. Fox, A. G. Rossi, I. L.

Megson, S. Bordiga, L. Regli, K. M. Thomas and R. E. Morris, High-capacity

hydrogen and nitric oxide adsorption and storage in a metal-organic

framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 2007, 1203-1209.

91

Livraghi S., A. Votta, M. C. Paganini and E. Giamello, The nature of

paramagnetic species in nitrogen doped TiO2 active in visible light

photocatalysis, Chem. Comm., 4, 2005, 498-500.

85

Nazeeruddin M.K., Zakeeruddin S.M., Lagref J.J., Liska P., Comte P., Barolo

C., Viscardi G., Schenk K., Graetzel M., Stepwise Assembly of Amphiphilic

Ruthenium Sensitizers and their Applications in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell.

Coord. Chem. Rev., 248, 2004, 1317-1328.

85

Vitillo J. G., L. Regli, S. Chavan, G. Ricchiardi, G. Spoto, P. D. C. Dietzel, S.

Bordiga and A. Zecchina, Role of exposed metal sites in hydrogen storage

in MOFs, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 2008, 8386-8396.

71

Prestipino C., L. Regli, J. G. Vitillo, F. Bonino, A. Damin, C. Lamberti, A.

Zecchina, P. L. Solari, K. O. Kongshaug and S. Bordiga, Local structure of

framework Cu(II) in HKUST-1 metallorganic framework: Spectroscopic

characterization upon activation and interaction with adsorbates, Chem.

Mat., 18, 2006, 1337-1346.

68

HIGHLIGHTS of 2010

JANUARY

PCCP

2009, 11,

pp 8957–9296

COVER ARTICLE

P. Ugliengo et al.

Ab initio modeling of

protein/biomaterial

interactions: competitive adsorption

between glycine and water onto

hydroxyapatite surfaces

FEBRUARY

NIS Colloquium

MOFs: recent results and new

perspectives

MARCH

Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, pp 1443 - 1445

COMMUNICATION

G. Viscardi et al.

A sensitive and practical fluorimetric

test for CNT acidic site

determination

APRIL

Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, pp 976 - 978

COMMUNICATION

C. Lamberti et al.

Direct evidence of

adsorption induced CrII

mobility on the SiO2 surface

upon complexation by CO

ChemCatChem,

2010, 2, pp 259 - 262

COVER PICTURE

A. Zecchina et al.

Highly Unsaturated

CrII/SiO2 Single-Site

Catalysts for Reducing

Nitrogen

Oxides with CO: Reaction

Intermediates and Catalytic

Cycle

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2010, 132, pp 667–678

ARTICLE

G. Agostini et. al.

In Situ XAS and XRPD

Parametric Rietveld

Refinement To Understand

Dealumination of Y Zeolite

Catalyst

MAY

C arbon

2010, 48, pp 3391 - 3398

ARTICLE

V. Mussi et. al.

Raman analysis and mapping for

the determination of COOH

groups on oxidized single walled

carbon nanotubes

JUNE

PCCP

2010, 12, pp 6293-6536.

COVER ARTICLE

P. Ugliengo et al.

Hydroxyapatite as a key

biomaterial:

quantummechanical simulation

of its surfaces in interaction with

biomolecules

Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, pp 1156 - 1158

COMMUNICATION

P. Ugliengo et al.

Crystal structure of thioflavin-T

and its binding to amyloid fibrils:

insights at the molecular level

SEPTEMBER

NIS Colloquium

First chemical steps towards the

origin of life

OCTOBER

ANNUAL MEETING

Cost Action D-41

Inorganic oxides: surface and

interfaces

2i3T incubatore di imprese

La ricerca? Che impresa

NOVEMBER

ORIENTA GIOVANI

energia: la grande sfida per le

prossime generazioni

Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, pp 8478 - 8480

COMMUNICATION

S. Livraghi et al.

Decreasing the oxidative potential

of TiO2 nanoparticles through

modification of the surface with

carbon: a new strategy for the

production of safe UV filtersw

DECEMBER

3 NIS contributions:

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39,

In situ characterization of heterogeneous catalyst

themed iusse

S. Bordiga et al.

X-ray absorption spectroscopies: useful

tools to understand metallorganic

frameworks structure and reactivity

pp 4754 – 4766

C. Lamberti et al.

Probing the surfaces of heterogeneous

catalysts by in situ IR spectroscopy

pp 4885 - 4927

J. Singh, et al.

Advanced X-ray absorption and

emission spectroscopy: in situ catalytic

studies

pp 4951 - 5001

NIS Colloquium

Simulation vs Experiment:

Exsamples of fruitful interplay in Solid

State and Surface Science

Biosensors & Bioelectronics

2010, 26 pp 92-98

ARTICLE

Carabelli et al.

A new biocompatibile device for

electrochemical detection of

neurotransmitter released molecules