Publications

 

Original Papers

"Revealing the Friction Stress of Microalgae in Microfluidic Devices through Mechanofluorochromism"

Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 10, 2300312 - DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300312 


“Photoisomerization of a 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran analog dye: a combined photophysical and theoretical investigation”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 6282 – DOI: 10.1039/D1CP05170A


“Dimethylazobenzene as a chemical actinometer”

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2022, 21, 825 – DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00162-3


“Triazonine-based photoswitches: synthesis, characterization and photochromic properties”

Chem. commun., 2021, 57, 10079 – DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02746h


“Second generation light-fueled supramolecular pump”

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 29, 10890 – DOI: 10.1021/jacs.06027m


“Artificial supramolecular pumps powered by light”

Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 11076 – DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101163 – Very Important Paper


“Synthesis and properties of photoswitchable diphosphines and gold(I) complexes derived from azobenzenes”

Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 7284 – DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01080H


“Light-Controlled Regioselective Synthesis of Fullerene Bis-Adducts”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 313 – DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009235


“Tunable Photochromic Building Blocks for Molecular Machines and Supramolecular Systems”

EPA Newsletter, December 2020, 99, 38 (Contribution for "Ugo Mazzucato” prize) 


“Photophysical properties of DCM revisited: fluorescence vs photoisomerization”

Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 63, 14341– DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002828 – Very Important Paper


“Precision molecular threading/dethreading”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 35, 14825 – DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003064


“Novel Photo- and Electro-responsive supramolecular systems and molecular machines”

EPA Newsletter, February 2020, 97, 59 (Abstract of thesis on photochemistry)


“Synthesis and Properties of a Redox-switchable Calix[6]arene-based Molecular Lasso”

Org. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 648 - DOI: 10.1039/C9QO01379B


“Threading-gated photochromism in [2]-pseudorotaxanes”

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5104 - DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00913b


“New Geometries for Calix[6]arene-based Rotaxanes”

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2019, 21, 3513 - DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900211


“Photochemical investigation of cyanoazobenzene derivatives as components of artificial supramolecular pumps”

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018, 17, 734 - DOI:10.1039/c8pp00062j


Reviews

“Photoactive Molecular-Based Devices, Machines and Materials: Recent Advances”

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 42, 4589 - DOI:10.1002/ejic.201800923 – Very Important Paper


“Making and Operating Molecular Machines: A Multidisciplinary Challenge”

Chemistry Open, 2018, 7, 169 - DOI: 10.1002/open.201700181

Book chapters

"The Butterfly Effect of Photochromes"

in Specialist Periodical Reports – Photochemistry: Volume 51, S. Crespi, S. Protti (Eds.), pages 509-534

Royal Society of Chemistry, December 2023 (invited contribution) - DOI: 10.1039/BK9781837672301-00509


Chapter 22 - Mechanically-Interlocked systems: Photoactivated rotaxanes and catenanes

in Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry, N. D. McClenaghan, P. Kruger (Eds.), Springer, New York, 2022

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