Publications

For the complete list of publications please refer to Scopus 

2025

A. Sessa, E. Rossi, P. Prete, F. Passarini, M. Itatani, F. Rossi, I. Lagzi, P. Lo Nostro, D. Cespi, R. Cucciniello. Life Cycle Assessment of Solvothermal ZIF-8 Synthesis: Is the Substitution of DMF with Glycerol Carbonate Environmentally Sustainable?. ChemSusChem (2025) e202502019 

P. Prete, S. Acocella, A. Intiso, R. Cucciniello. Determination of Cr (VI) released by leather samples using smartphone-based colorimetry for on-site determination and miniaturization as greener preparation strategy. Green Anal. Chem. 12 (2025) 100232

M. E. Rodrigues, R. Cucciniello, A. Farinha, A. Vrouwenvelder, L. Fortunato. Wetting challenges in treatment of raw textile wastewater by membrane distillation: A case study. Case Studies in Chem. Env. Eng. 11 (2025) 101197

M. D’Angelo, A. Medugno, M. Cuomo, M. C. Ragosta, A. Russo, G. Mazzarotti, G. M. Napolitano, C. A. Iannuzzi, F. Errichiello, L. Frusciante, M. Forino, R. Cucciniello, C. Martinelli, A. Salvati, D. Memoli, G. Nassa, E. Bucci, M. De Laurentiis, A. Giordano, L. Alfano. Castalin induces ROS production, leading to DNA damage and increasing the activity of CHK1 inhibitor in cancer cell lines. Antioxidants 14 (2025) 1096 

2024

A. Melnikova, A. Faggiano, M. Visconti, R. Cucciniello, P. Iannece, N. Kostryukova, A. Proto, A. Fiorentino, L. Rizzo. Photo driven homogeneous advanced oxidation coupled to adsorption process for an effective arsenic removal from drinking water. J. Environ. Manag. 349 (2024) 119568 

D. Cespi, R. Cucciniello*, P.T. Anastas, Sustainable by design approaches. Sust. Chem. Pharm. DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2024.101442

A. Sessa, P. Prete, D. Cespi, N. Scotti, T. Tabanelli, C. Antonetti, V. Russo, R. Cucciniello*, Levulinic acid biorefinery in a life cycle perspective. Curr. Opinion. Green Chem. 50 (2024) 100963 

F. Errichiello, R. Cucciniello*, M. Tomasini, L. Falivene. A. Gambuti, C. Cassiano, M. Forino, Efficient and selective extraction of oleanolic acid from grape pomace with dimethyl carbonate. Green Chem. 26 (2024) 10177-10188 

P. Prete, S. Trano, P. Zaccagnini, L. Fagiolari, J. Amici, A. Lamberti, A. Proto, F. Bella, R. Cucciniello*. Glycerol carbonate and solketal carbonate as circular economy bricks for supercapacitors and potassium batteries. ChemSusChem 17 (2024) e202401636 

P. Prete, M. Visconti, O. Sacco, V. Vaiano, V. Venditto, R. Cucciniello*. Activation of Photo-Fenton-like Process Catalyzed by Fe3+-IDS under Visible LED Light Irradiation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 63 (50) (2024) 21794-21804 

2023

P. Prete, A. Fiorentino. L. Rizzo, A. Proto, R. Cucciniello*. Open the way to turnover frequency determination in (photo)Fenton processes for catalytic activities comparison. Catal. Today 424 (2023) 113864 

C. Pironti, M. Ricciardi, O. Motta, M. Venier, A. Faggiano, R. Cucciniello, O. Motta, A. Proto. Sulphurous air pollutants and exposure events of workers in thermal-mineral springs: a case study of Contursi Terme (Salerno, Italy). Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 30 (2023) 3112-3120

A. Faggiano, M. De Carluccio, A. Fiorentino, M. Ricciardi, R. Cucciniello, A. Proto, L. Rizzo. Photo-Fenton like process as polishing step of biologically treated olive mill wastewater for phenols removal. Sep. Pur. Tech. 305 (2023) 122525-122533 

F. Fierro, D. Lamparelli, A. Genga, R. Cucciniello*, C. Capacchione. I-LDH as a heterogeneous bifunctional catalyst for the conversion of CO2 into cyclic organic carbonates. Mol. Catal. 538 (2023) 112994-113001 

R. Cucciniello, D. Cespi, M. Riccardi, E. Neri, F. Passarini, F.M. Pulselli. Maleic anhydride from bio-based 1-butanol and furfural: a life cycle assessment at pilot scale. Green Chem. 25 (2023) 5922-5935 

R. Cucciniello, M. Tomasini, A. Russo, L. Falivene, A. Gambuti, M. Forino. Experimental and theoretical studies on the acetaldehyde reaction with (+)-catechin. Food Chem. 426 (2023) 136556- 1365662 

P. Prete. D. Iannaccone, A. Proto, M. Tobiszevski, R. Cucciniello*. Development and validation of an eco-compatible UV–Vis spectrophotometric method for the determination of Cu2+ in aqueous matrices. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 415 (2023) 5003-5010 

D. Cespi, R. Luque, C. Len, R. Cucciniello*. Biorefinery chemicals: trend, sources and metrics. Frontiers in Chemistry 11 (2023) 1268526- 1268530 

M. Itatani, N. Nemet, N. Valletti, G. Schuszter, P. Prete, P. Lo Nostro, R. Cucciniello*, F. Rossi, I. Lagzi. Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 Using Glycerol Carbonate. ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 11, 35, (2023) 13043-13049 

2022

C. Pironti, M. Ricciardi, A. Proto, R. Cucciniello, A. Fiorentino, R. Fiorillo, O. Motta, New analytical approach to monitoring air quality in historical monuments through the isotopic ratio of CO2. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 29 (2022) 29385-29390

O. Motta, C. Pironti, M. Ricciardi, C. Rostagno, E. Bolzacchini, L. Ferrero, R. Cucciniello, A. Proto. Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper”: A case study to evaluate the influence of visitors on the Museum preservation systems. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 29 (2022) 29391-29398

R. Cucciniello*, L. Raia, E. Vasca, Air quality evaluation during COVID-19 in Southern Italy: the case study of Avellino city. Environ. Res. 203 (2022) 111803 

P. Prete, D. Cespi, F. Passarini, C. Capacchione, A. Proto, R. Cucciniello*. Glycidol syntheses and valorizations: boosting the glycerol biorefinery. Curr. Opin. Green Chem. 35 (2022) 100624 

N. Valletti, M. Acar, R. Cucciniello, C. Magrini, M. Budroni, D. Tatini, A. Proto, N. Marchettini, P. Lo Nostro, F. Rossi. Glycerol carbonate structuring in aqueous solutions as inferred from mutual diffusion coefficient, density and viscosity measurements in the temperature range 283.15–313.15 K. J. Mol. Liq. 357 (2022) 119114-119121

A. Faggiano, M. Ricciardi, A. Fiorentino, R. Cucciniello*, O. Motta, L. Rizzo, A. Proto. Combination of foam fractionation and photo-Fenton like processes for greywater treatment. Sep. Pur. Tech. 293 (2022) 121114 

V. Capozzi, L. Raia, V. Cretella, C. De Vivo, R. Cucciniello*, The Impact of Meteorological Conditions and Agricultural Waste Burning on PM Levels: A Case Study of Avellino (Southern Italy). Int. J. Environ. Res. Pub. Health 19(19) (2022) 12246

G. Holló, D. Zámbó, A. Deák, F. Rossi, R. Cucciniello, P. Lo Nostro, H. Nabika, B. Baytekin, I. Lagzi, M. Itatani. Effect of the Polarity of Solvents on Periodic Precipitation: Formation of Hierarchical Revert Liesegang Patterns. J. Phys. Chem. B 8 (2022) 8322-8330 

G. Galletti, P. Prete, S. Vanzini, R. Cucciniello, A. Fasolini, J. De Maron, F. Cavani, T. Tabanelli, Glycerol Carbonate as a Versatile Alkylating Agent for the Synthesis of β-Aryloxy Alcohols. ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 10(33) (2022) 10922-10933 

C. Pironti, M. Ricciardi, O. Motta, A. Faggiano, Y. Miele, A. Fiorentino, R. Cucciniello, A. Proto. Evaluation of air pollutants in thermal-mineral springs: A case study of Agnano (Naples, Italy) and Contursi Terme (Salerno, Italy). Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2204 (2022) 012021

2021

I. Zarrella, L. Falivene, V. Galiakberov, A. Fiorentino, R. Cucciniello*, O. Motta, L. Rizzo, N. Krasnogorskaya, A. Proto, Effect of the aqueous matrix on the inactivation of E. coli by permaleic acid, Sci. Tot. Environ. 767 (2021) 144395-144402 

P. Prete, A. Fiorentino, L. Rizzo, A. Proto, R. Cucciniello*, Review of aminopolycarboxylic acids-based metal complexes application to water and wastewater treatment by (photo-)Fenton process at neutral pH. Curr. Opin. Green Chem. 28 (2021) 100451-100456 

T. Tabanelli, D. Cespi, R. Cucciniello*, Sustainable and environmental catalysis. Catalysts 11 (2021) 225 

R. Cucciniello*, P. Anastas, Design for degradation or recycling for reuse? Curr. Opin. Green Chem. 31 (2021) 100528 

R. Cucciniello, M. Forino, L. Picariello, F. Coppola, L. Moio, A. Gambuti. How acetaldehyde reacts with low molecular weight phenolics in white and red wines. Eur. Food Res. Tech. 247 (2021) 2935-2944 

A. Intiso, F. Rossi, A. Proto, R. Cucciniello*. The fascinating world of mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) and its derivates. Rendiconti Lincei 32 (2021)699-708  

A. Fiorentino, P. Prete, L. Rizzo, R. Cucciniello*, A. Proto. Fe3+- IDS as a new green catalyst for water treatment by photo-Fenton process at neutral pH. J. Env. Chem. Eng. 9(6) 2021 106802 

A. Fiorentino, G. Lofrano, R. Cucciniello, M. Carotenuto, O. Motta, A. Proto, L. Rizzo. Disinfection of roof harvested rainwater inoculated with E.coli and Enterococcus and post treatment bacterial regrowth: Conventional vs solar driven advanced oxidation processes. Sci. Tot. Environ. 801 (2021) 149763 

With Paul Anastas

R. Cucciniello*, P. Anastas, Design for degradation or recycling for reuse? Curr. Opin. Green Chem. 31 (2021) 100528 

D. Cespi, I. Esposito, R. Cucciniello*, P. T. Anastas, Beyond the beaker: Benign by design society, Curr. Res. Green Sust. Chem., 3 (2020) 100028-100029