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. Benedet, G.A. Rizzi, A. Gasparotto, L. Zeng, G. Pagot, E. Olsson, V. Di Noto, C. Maccato, D. Barreca
“Efficient photoactivated hydrogen evolution promoted by CuxO-gCN-TiO2-Au (x=1,2) nanoarchitectures”
RSC Advances, 2024, 14, 7221
C. Invernizzi, G. Tabacchi, R. Seraglia, M. Benedet, M. Roverso, C. Maccato, S. Bogialli, D. Barreca, E. Fois
“On the fragmentation of Ni(II)
-diketonate-diamine complexes as molecular precursors for NiO films: a theoretical and experimental investigation”
Molecules, 2024, 29, 642
M. Benedet, C. Maccato, G. Pagot, C. Invernizzi, C. Sada, V. Di Noto, G.A. Rizzi, E. Fois, G. Tabacchi, D. Barreca
“Growth of NiO thin films in the presence of water vapor: insights from experiments and theory”
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 22304
R. Brandiele, M. Parnigotto, M. Mazzucato, M. C. Dalconi, F. Bertolotti, G.A. Rizzi, G. Dal Sasso, C. Durante
“The interplay between surface area and sulphur doping of carbon support on Pt NPs nucleation and growth: a synergistic enhancement of catalytic activity for oxygen reduction”
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 344, 123620
P. Ragonese, B. Kalinic, L. Franco, L. Girardi, B. M. Fernández Peréz, D. Carbonera, G. Mattei, G.A. Rizzi, C. Maurizio
“Effect of interfacial SiO
x
defects on the functional properties of Si-transition metal oxide photoanodes for water splitting”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 46933
M. Benedet, G.A. Rizzi, O.I. Lebedev, V. Roddatis, C. Sada, J.-L. Wree, A. Devi, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto, D. Barreca
“Advances in photo-assisted seawater splitting promoted by green iron oxide-carbon nitride photoelectrocatalysts”
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023, 11, 21595
M. Benedet, A. Gallo, C. Maccato, G.A. Rizzi, D. Barreca, O.I. Lebedev, E. Modin, R. McGlynn, D. Mariotti, A. Gasparotto
“Controllable anchoring of graphitic carbon nitride on MnO
2
nanoarchitectures for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 47368
M. Benedet, D. Barreca, E. Fois, R. Seraglia, G. Tabacchi, M. Roverso, G. Pagot, C. Invernizzi, A. Gasparotto, A.A. Heidecker, A. Pöthig, E. Callone, S. Dirè, S. Bogialli, V. Di Noto, C. Maccato
“Interplay between coordination sphere engineering and properties of nickel diketonate-diamine complexes as vapor phase precursors for the growth of NiO thin films”
Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52, 10677
D. Barreca, C. Maccato
“Nanoarchitectonics of metal oxide materials for sustainable technologies and environmental applications”
CrystEngComm, 2023, 25, 3968
Sakthinathan, N. Yamasaki, D. Barreca, C. Maccato, T. Ueda, T. McCormac
“Wells-Dawson type polyoxometalate, [S
2
W
18
O
62
]
4-
-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) films: Voltammetric behaviour and applications to selective bromate detection”
Electrochimica Acta, 2023, 462, 142689
M. Benedet, G.A. Rizzi, A. Gasparotto, N. Gauquelin, A. Orekhov, J. Verbeeck, C. Maccato, D. Barreca
“Functionalization of graphitic carbon nitride systems by cobalt and cobalt-iron oxides boosts solar water oxidation performances”
Applied Surface Science, 2023, 618, 156652
B. Ali, I. Sakthinathan, D. Barreca, C. Maccato, J. Goura, U. Kortz, T. McCormac
“Tetra-Mn
III
-containing 30-tungsto-4-phosphate, [Mn
III
4
(H
2
O)
2
(P
2
W
15
O
56
)
2
]
12
-
: Entrapped PEDOT films, surface analysis and electrochemical study”
Thin Solid Films, 2023, 766, 139610
A.M. Ross, D. Ruiz-Martinez, G.A. Rizzi, F. Cianciaruso, A. Patelli, M. Salerno, F. Schmitz, E. Napolitani, S. Marras, M. Prato, S. Gross, G. Meneghesso, R. Marcilla, F. Scotognella, T. Gatti, F. Lamberti
“Plasmon-assisted operando self-healing of Cu
2
O photocathodes”
Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2023, 7, 2200397
M. Mazzucato, L. Gavioli, V. Balzano, E. Berretti, G.A. Rizzi, D. Badocco, P. Pastore,
A. Zitolo, C. Durante
“Synergistic effect of Sn and Fe in Fe−Nx site formation and activity in Fe−N−C catalyst for ORR”
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2022, 14, 54635
D. Barreca, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto
“Metal oxide nanosystems as chemoresistive gas sensors for chemical warfare agents: a focused review”
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 9, 2102525
M. Benedet, G.A. Rizzi, A. Gasparotto, O.I. Lebedev, L. Girardi, C. Maccato, D. Barreca
“Tailoring oxygen evolution performances of carbon nitride systems fabricated by electrophoresis through Ag and Au plasma functionalization”
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 448, 137645
B. Kalinic, L. Girardi, P. Ragonese, A. Faramawy, G. Mattei, M. Frasconi, R. Baretta, S. Bogialli, M. Roverso, G.A. Rizzi, C. Maurizio
“Diffusion-driven formation of Co
3
O
4
nanopetals layers for photoelectrochemical degradation of organophosphate pesticides”
Applied Surface Science, 2022, 596, 153552
X. Huai, G.A. Rizzi, Y. Wang , Q. Qi , G. Granozzi , W. Fu , Z. Zhang -“Suppressed charge carrier trap states and double photon absorption in substitutional Ta-doped TiO
2
-NT array”
Nano Today, 2022, 43, 101407
J. Fragoso, D. Barreca, L. Bigiani, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, O.I. Lebedev, E. Modin, I. Pavlovic, L. Sánchez, C. Maccato
“Enhanced photocatalytic removal of NO
x
gases by ß-Fe
2
O
3
/CuO and ß-Fe
2
O
3
/WO
3
nanoheterostructures”
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 430, 132757
D. Barreca, L. Bigiani, M. Klotzsche, A. Gasparotto, R. Seraglia, C. Jandl, A. Pöthig, E. Fois, L. Vanin, G. Tabacchi, M. Roverso, S. Bogialli, E. Callone, S. Dirè, C. Maccato
“A versatile Fe(II) diketonate diamine adduct: preparation, characterization and validation in the chemical vapor deposition of iron oxide nanomaterials”
Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 277, 125534
L. Bigiani, A. Gasparotto, T. Andreu, J. Verbeeck, C. Sada, E. Modin, O.I. Lebedev, J.R. Morante, D. Barreca, C. Maccato
“Au-manganese oxide nanostructures by a plasma-assisted process as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution: a chemico-physical investigation”
Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2021, 5, 2000177
C. Maccato, L. Bigiani, L. Girardi, A. Gasparotto, O.I. Lebedev, E. Modin, D. Barreca, G.A. Rizzi
“Plasma-assisted synthesis of Co
3
O
4
-based electrocatalysts on Ni foam substrates for the oxygen evolution reaction”
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021, 8, 2100763
J. Fragoso, D. Barreca, L. Bigiani, C. Sada, O.I. Lebedev, E. Modin, I. Pavlovic, L. Sánchez, C. Maccato
“Tailored Co
3
O
4
-based nanosystems: towards novel photocatalysts for air purification”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 44520
M. Klotzsche, D. Barreca, L. Bigiani, R. Seraglia, A. Gasparotto, L. Vanin, C. Jandl, A. Pöthig, M. Roverso, S. Bogialli, G. Tabacchi, E. Fois, E. Callone, S. Dirè, C. Maccato
“Facile preparation of a cobalt diamine diketonate adduct as a potential vapor phase precursor for Co
3
O
4
films”
Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 10374
D. Barreca, E. Fois, A. Gasparotto, C. Maccato, M. Oriani, G. Tabacchi
“The early steps of molecule-to-material conversion in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD): A case study”
Molecules, 2021, 26, 1988
M.C. Cassani, F. Gambassi, B. Ballarin, D. Nanni, I. Ragazzini, D. Barreca, C. Maccato, A. Guagliardi, N. Masciocchi, A. Kovtun, K. Rubini, E. Boanini
“A Cu(II)-MOF based on a propargyl carbamate-functionalized isophthalate ligand”
RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 20429
L. Bigiani, D. Barreca, A. Gasparotto, T. Andreu, J. Verbeeck, C. Sada, E. Modin, O.I. Lebedev, J.R. Morante, C. Maccato
“Selective anode catalysts for seawater splitting via functionalization of manganese oxides by a plasma-assisted process”
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 284, 119684
L. Bigiani, C. Maccato, T. Andreu, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, E. Modin, O.I. Lebedev, J.R. Morante, D. Barreca
“Quasi-1D Mn
2
O
3
nanostructures functionalized with first-row transition metal oxides as oxygen evolution catalysts”
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3, 9889
L. Bigiani, A. Gasparotto, C. Maccato, C. Sada, J. Verbeeck, T. Andreu, J.R. Morante, D. Barreca
“Dual improvement of β-MnO
2
oxygen evolution electrocatalysts via combined substrate control and surface engineering”
ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 5984
L. Bigiani, T. Andreu, C. Maccato, E. Fois, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, G. Tabacchi, D. Krishnan, J. Verbeeck, J.R. Morante, D. Barreca
“Engineering Au/MnO
2
hierarchical nanoarchitectures for ethanol electrochemical valorization”
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 16902
L. Girardi, G.A. Rizzi, L. Bigiani, D. Barreca, C. Maccato, C. Marega, G. Granozzi
“Copper vanadate nanobelts as anodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting: influence of CoO
x
overlayers on functional performances”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 31448
L. Bigiani, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, E. Bontempi, D. Barreca
“Plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition of F-doped MnO
2
nanostructures on single crystal substrates”
Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 1335
L. Bigiani, D. Zappa, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, E. Comini, D. Barreca
“Hydrogen gas sensing performances of p-type Mn
3
O
4
nanosystems: the role of built-in Mn
3
O
4
/Ag and Mn
3
O
4
/SnO
2
junctions”
Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 511
L. Bigiani, D. Zappa, C. Maccato, E. Comini, D. Barreca, A. Gasparotto
“Quasi-1D MnO
2
nanocomposites as gas sensors for hazardous chemicals”
Applied Surface Science, 2020, 512, 145667
B. Ali, T. McCormac, C. Maccato, D. Barreca, G. Carraro
“Multilayer assemblies of a Cu-phthalocyanine with Dawson type polyoxometalates (POMs) for the electrocatalytic reduction of phosphate”
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2020, 858, 113770
Bigiani, D. Zappa, E. Comini, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto, D. Barreca
“Manganese oxide nanoarchitectures as chemoresistive gas sensors to monitor fruit ripening”
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2020, 20, 3025
A. Gasparotto, C. Maccato, A. Petala, S. Bebelis, C. Sada, D.I. Kondarides, D. Barreca
“Nanoscale Mn
3
O
4
thin film photoelectrodes fabricated by a vapor-phase route”
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, 2, 8294
A. Gasparotto, C. Maccato, C. Sada, G. Carraro, D.I. Kondarides, S. Bebelis, A. Petala, A. La Porta, T. Altantzis, D. Barreca
“Controlled surface modification of ZnO nanostructures with amorphous TiO
2
for photoelectrochemical water splitting”
Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2019, 3, 1900046
D. Bonincontro, A. Lolli, A. Storione, A. Gasparotto, B. Berti, S. Zacchini,
N. Dimitratos, S. Albonetti
“Pt and Pt/Sn carbonyl clusters as precursors for the synthesis of supported metal catalysts for the base-free oxidation of HMF”
Applied Catalysis A: General, 2019, 588, 117279
L. Bigiani, D. Zappa, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, E. Comini, D. Barreca
“Mn
3
O
4
nanomaterials functionalized with Fe
2
O
3
and ZnO: fabrication, characterization, and ammonia sensing properties”
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2019, 6, 1901239
A. Gasparotto, C. Maccato, G. Carraro, C. Sada, U. Lavrenčič Štangar, B. Alessi, C. Rocks, D. Mariotti, A. La Porta, T. Altantzis, D. Barreca
“Surface functionalization of grown-on-tip ZnO nanopyramids: from fabrication to light-triggered applications”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 15881
C. Parise, B. Ballarin, D. Barreca, M.C. Cassani, P. Dambruoso, D. Nanni, I. Ragazzini, E. Boanini
“Gold nanoparticles supported on functionalized silica as catalysts for alkyne hydroamination: a chemico-physical insight”
Applied Surface Science, 2019, 492, 45
L. Bigiani, D. Zappa, D. Barreca, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, G. Tabacchi, E. Fois, E. Comini, C. Maccato
“Sensing nitrogen mustard gas simulant at the ppb scale via selective dual-site activation at Au/Mn
3
O
4
interfaces”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 23692
F. Carella, L. Degli Esposti, D. Barreca, G.A. Rizzi, G. Martra, P. Ivanchenko, G. Escolano Casado, J. Gomez Morales, J.M. Delgado Lòpez, A. Tampieri, M. Iafisco
“Role of citrate in the formation of enamel-like calcium phosphate oriented nanorod arrays”
CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 4684
D. Barreca, F. Gri, A. Gasparotto, G. Carraro, L. Bigiani, T. Altantzis, B. Žener, U. Lavrenčič Štangar, B. Alessi, D. Babu Padmanaban, D. Mariotti, C. Maccato
“Multi-functional MnO
2
nanomaterials for photoactivated applications by a plasma-assisted fabrication route”
Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 98
L. Bigiani, M. Hassan, D. Peddis, C. Maccato, G. Varvaro, C. Sada,
E. Bontempi, S. Martí-Sánchez, J. Arbiol, D. Barreca
“High magnetic coercivity in nanostructured Mn
3
O
4
thin films obtained by chemical vapor deposition”
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2, 1704
L. Bigiani, C. Maccato, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, D. Barreca
“Structure and properties of Mn
3
O
4
thin films grown on single crystal substrates by chemical vapor deposition”
Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 223, 591
B. Ballarin, M.C. Cassani, D. Nanni, C. Parise, D. Barreca, G. Carraro, A. Riminucci, I. Bergenti, V. Morandi, A. Migliori, E. Boanini
“Structure, morphology and magnetic properties of Au/Fe
3
O
4
nanocomposites fabricated by a soft aqueous route”
Ceramics International, 2019, 45, 449
D. Barreca, A. Gasparotto, F. Gri, C. Maccato, E. Comini,
“Plasma-Assisted Growth of β-MnO
2
Nanosystems as Gas
Sensors for Safety and Food Industry Applications”
Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 5, 1800792
L. Bigiani, C. Maccato, G. Carraro, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, E. Comini, D. Barreca
“Tailoring vapor phase fabrication of Mn
3
O
4
nanosystems: from synthesis to gas sensing applications”
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018, 1, 2962
G. Modugno, E. Fabbretti, A. Dalle Vedove, T. Da Ros, C. Maccato, H.S. Hosseini, M. Bonchio, M. Carraro
“Tracking fluorescent polyoxometalates within cells”
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 46, 4955
D. Barreca, F. Gri, A. Gasparotto, T. Altantzis, V. Gombac, P. Fornasiero, C. Maccato
“Insights in the plasma-assisted fabrication and nanoscopic investigation of tailored MnO
2
nanomaterials”
Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 57, 14564
B. Ali, S. Imar, F. Laffir, L. Kailas, C. Maccato, T. McCormac
“Electrochemical, surface and electrocatalytic properties of layer-by-layer multilayer assemblies composed of silver nanoparticles and a Ni(II)-crown type polyoxometalate”
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2018, 824, 75
L. Bigiani, D. Barreca, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, S. Martí-Sanchez, J. Arbiol, C. Maccato
“Controllable vapor phase fabrication of F:Mn
3
O
4
thin films functionalized with Ag and T
i
O
2
”
CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 3016
C. Maccato, L. Bigiani, G. Carraro, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, E. Comini, D. Barreca
“Toward the detection of poisonous chemicals and warfare agents by functional Mn
3
O
4
nanosystems”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 12305
D. Barreca, L. Bigiani, M. Monai, G. Carraro, A. Gasparotto, C. Sada, S. Martí-Sanchez, A. Grau-Carbonell, J. Arbiol, C. Maccato, P. Fornasiero
“Supported Mn
3
O
4
nanosystems for hydrogen production through ethanol photoreforming”
Langmuir, 2018, 34, 4568
D. Barreca, G. Carraro, C. Maccato, T. Altantzis, K. Kaunisto, A. Gasparotto
“Controlled growth of supported ZnO inverted nanopyramids with downward pointing tips”
Crystal Growth & Design, 2018, 18, 2579
B. Ballarin, D. Barreca, M. Bertola, M.C. Cassani, G. Carraro, C. Maccato, A. Mignani, D. Nanni, C. Parise, S. Ranieri
“Gold nanoparticles as markers for fluorinated surfaces containing embedded amide groups”
Applied Surface Science, 2018, 440, 1235
A. Gasparotto, G. Carraro, C. Maccato, C. Sada, J. Balbuena, M. Cruz-Yusta, L. Sánchez, N. Vodišek, U. Lavrencic Štangar, D. Barreca “WO
3
-decorated ZnO nanostructures for light-activated applications” CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 1282
D. Barreca, G. Carraro, E. Fois, A. Gasparotto, F. Gri, R. Seraglia, M. Wilken, A. Venzo, A. Devi, G. Tabacchi, C. Maccato “Manganese(II) molecular sources for Plasma-Assisted CVD of Mn oxides and fluorides: from precursors to growth process” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 1367
C. Maccato, G. Carraro, D. Peddis, G. Varvaro, D. Barreca “Magnetic properties of ε iron(III) oxide nanorod arrays functionalized with gold and copper(II) oxide” Applied Surface Science, 2018, 427, 890
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