Research topics

Carbon Nanostructures for Biomedical applications

J. Sci.: Adv. Mater. Devices, 2024, 9, 100762.
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 3093-3105.
Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 404.
Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 415.
Mater. Chem. Phys., 2018, 214, 265-276.
Nanomedicine 2016, 11, 1929-1946
Nanomed.-Nanotechnol. Biol. Med. 2015, 11, 621-632.
Carbon 2015, 95, 725–730.

Graphene, nanotubes and carbon nanostructures for photovoltaics

Organic functionalized carbon nanostructures for solar energy conversion
Molecules, 2021, 26, 5286.

Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices
in Photoenergy and Thin Film Materials, ed. X.-Y. Yang, Scrivener Publishing 2019, pp. 1-47.

A D-π-A organic dye - reduced graphene oxide covalent dyad
as a new concept photosensitizer for light harvesting applications

Carbon, 2017, 115, 746-753.

Boosting perovskite solar cells performance and stability through doping
a poly-3(hexylthiophene) hole transporting material with
organic functionalized carbon nanostructures
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 7443–7453.

Carbon nanostructures for environmental applications

Enhanced Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye on Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Nanomaterials, 2024, 14, 522.

Carbon Nanostructures for Functional Polymer-Based Nanocomposites

Carbon nanostructures (CNSs), which are made up of extended sp2-hybridized carbon networks, are largely employed as nanofillers for polymer phases to obtain polymer-based nanocomposites (PNCs). Following their inclusion, the polymer matrices are often improved in many ways, such as enhanced electrical and thermal conductivity, increased stability, and mechanical robustness. The chemical functionalization of the external CNS surfaces with organic substituents is often a key tool for their effective and homogeneous incorporation within a polymer phase, avoiding the formation of aggregates, which can lower the performance of the the final material. These CNS-based PNCs can be used as organic functional materials in different applications
that range from clean energy harvesting and storage to sensing and biomedicine.

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 1071-1090.

Chemistry of carbon nanostructures

Organic functionalization of carbon nanotubes through different approaches, including covalent linking, endohedral encapsulation (peapods) and supramolecular (non covalent) exohedral interactions. Characterization through Raman and IR spectroscopy, UV-vis-NIR adsorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectorscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA, available also as a service for non-academic customers).