Personal webpages:

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-1154 

• www.linkedin.com/in/stefano-casalini-b5a10829 

• http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-1154 

• https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=oh0eZKsAAAAJ&hl=it

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefano_Casalini

Degrees: 

1. PhD in Chemistry at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2008). 

2. Chemistry graduation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2003). 

Fields of interest: 

• Development of amperometric sensors.

• Study of the charge-transport across self-assembled monolayers.

• Potentiometric sensors based on liquid-gated transistors.

• Surface engineering of technologically relevant substrates for smart actuation.

• Unconventional cathodic depositions of metals for liquid-gated transistors

• Implementation of 2D materials in electronic devices.

• Iontronic devices.

• Neuromorphic systems.

Participation to past EU projects:

• EU project FP7-NMP-2007-LARGE-1, grant agreement n. 212311,  “Organic Nanomaterials for Electronics and Photonics: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, Processing, Fabrication and Applications” (ONE-P), from 2009 to 2011.

• EU project FP7, grant agreement n. 280772, “Implantable Organic Nano-Electronics” (iONE), from 2012 to 2015.

• TECNIOSpring2015 fellowship (Marie COFUND grant). Project title: “HI-TECH platform for LABel-free biosensors (HITECH_LAB)” (total budget: 133020€), from 2016 to 2018.

• Graphene Flagship – Core 2, Spearhead SH4 project “Multifunctional plaster, sensor for human skin, based on functionalized graphene” (ChemSens) from 2018 to 2019.

Past national project:

1. Principal investigator of the scientific project entitled "On-surface synthesis of CARBON- based nanostructures for Field Effect Transistors (CARBONFET)" - P-DiSC#11NExuS_BIRD2020-UNIPD - total budget: 30917.68€

Running projects:

1. Scientific responsible of the scientific project entitled "Development of electronic devices based on 0D, 1D and 2D materials" of the call Bando Vinci 2021, chapter III. Total budget: 76455.72€

Didacticts:

1. General and Inorganic Chemistry (80 hours, 8 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Forestry and Environmental Technology, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF), University of Padua. Academic year 2025/2026 

2. Laboratory of Chemistry 1 (48 hours, 2 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC), University of Padua. Academic year 2025/2026.

3. Materials design and selection for circular economy, Molecules and materials chemico-physical characterisation (8 hours, 1 ECTS), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2025/2026.

4. General and Inorganic Chemistry (80 hours, 8 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Forestry and Environmental Technology, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF), University of Padua. Academic year 2024/2025.

5. Laboratory of Chemistry 1 (48 hours, 2 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC), University of Padua. Academic year 2024/2025.

6. Materials design and selection for circular economy, Molecules and materials chemico-physical characterisation (8 hours, 1 ECTS), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2024/2025.

7. General and Inorganic Chemistry (80 hours, 8 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Forestry and Environmental Technology, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF), University of Padua. Academic year 2023/2024

8. Laboratory of Chemistry 1 (48 hours, 2 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC), University of Padua. Academic year 2023/2024.

9. Materials design and selection for circular economy, Molecules and materials chemico-physical characterisation (8 hours, 1 ECTS), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2023/2024.

10. Organic semiconductors and their integration in electronic devices (24 hours, 3 ECTS) of the Doctoral Program in Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2023/2024.

11. Laboratory of Chemistry 1 (48 hours, 2 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC), University of Padua. Academic year 2022/2023.

12. Materials design and selection for circular economy, Molecules and materials chemico-physical characterisation (8 hours, 1 ECTS), University of Padua. Academic year 2022/2023.

13. General and Inorganic Chemistry (80 hours, 8 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Forestry and Environmental Technology, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF), University of Padua. Academic year 2022/2023.

14. Chemistry (34 hours, 4 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Optics and Optometry, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DFA), University of Padua. Academic year 2021/2022. Students’ evaluation: general satisfaction (8,82), Organizational aspects (8,84), Didactic action (8,09) 

15. Laboratory of Chemistry 1 (48 hours, 2 ECTS) of the first cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2021/2022.

16. Organic semiconductors and their integration in electronic devices (24 hours, 3 ECTS) of the Doctoral Program in Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2021/2022.

17. Chemistry (34 hours, 4 ECTs) of the first cycle degree course in Optics and Optometry, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DFA), University of Padua. Academic year 2020/2021. Students’ evaluation: general satisfaction (8,80), Organizational aspects (9,22), Didactic action (8,60).

18. Inorganic Chemistry 1, (24 hours): supplementary teaching for the laboratory, University of Padua. Academic year 2020/2021.

19. Inorganic and General Chemistry (24 hours): supplementary teaching for the laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2020/21. Students’ evaluation: general satisfaction (8,60), Organizational aspects (8,47), Didactic action (8,64).

20. Inorganic Chemistry 1, (24 hours): supplementary teaching for the laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2019/20.

21. Organic semiconductors and their integration in electronic devices (24 hours, 3 ECTS) of the Doctoral Program in Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua. Academic year 2019/2020.

Supervision of under-graduate students and post-doc fellows:

1. Mattia Celant (2124247), master thesis title "Elettrodeposizione di metalli accoppiata a transistor ad effetto di campo operanti in liquido"; course Materials Science (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua).

2. Milan Gaia (2108817), master thesis title "Sviluppo e caratterizzazione elettrica di sensori FET con canale in grafene aceto acido per la rilevazione di PFAS"; course Bioengineering (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua).

3. Castellaro Alessandro (2089331), master thesis title "Caratterizzazione e modellizzazione di sensori FET con canale a ossido di grafene ridotto o grafene acido acetico"; course Bioengineering (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua).

4. Ludovica Pradetto Battel (2095315); master thesis title "Studio, sviluppo e caratterizzazione di sensori FET con canale a Grafene Aceto Acido per la rilevazione di urea"; course Bioengineering (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua). 

5. Sorbara Noa Teagan Sian (2043142); master thesis title "Characterization of derivatization reactions of conjugated dienes in plastic pyrolysis oils using 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione"; course Sustainable Chemistry  and Technologies for Circular Economy (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua). 

6. Dr. Rafael Cintra Hensel, post-doc fellow (1 year contract) funded by the project “On-surface synthesis of CARBON- based nanostructures for Field Effect Transistors (CARBONFET)” [P-DiSC#11NExuS_BIRD2020-UNIPD].

7. Davide Grifalconi (1187086); bachelor thesis, title: “Graphene oxide: properties, synthesis and technological applications”; first cycle degree course in Chemistry (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua). 

8. Filippo Mantesso (1240729); master thesis, title: “Synthesis, Characterization and Transfer of Graphene Nanomeshes”; second cycle degree course in Material Science (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua). 

9. Andrea Pollesel (1218607); thesis title: “Study and implementation of a digital control of dual-gated electrolyte-gated transistors for cell stimulation and recording”; second cycle degree course in Electronic Engineering (Department ofInformation Engineering, University of Padua). 

10. Davide Zappetti (1237211); thesis title: “Graphene oxide thin-film transistor: development and optimization of the electrochemical reduction procedure of the semiconductor”; second cycle degree course in Electronic Engineering (Department ofInformation Engineering, University of Padua)..

11. Donatien Benier, master student (Programme Erasmus + Stage) in Control & Durability of Materials, University of Bourgogne (France).

List of publications:

1. Georgian Giani Ilie, Lara Franchin, Ludovica Pradetto Battel, Stefano Bonaldo, Alessandro Paccagnella, Biagio Di Vizio, Stefano Agnoli, Rafael Cintra Hensel, Antonio Ricciardulli, Simone Battiston, Mauro Sambi, Francesco Sedona, Paolo Samor¡, and Stefano Casalini*. High-Yield Fabbrication of Electrolyte-Gated Transistors based on Graphene Acetic Acid, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2026 just accepted

2. Ana Victória Ferreira Deleigo, Gabrielle Coelho Leli, Maria Luisa Braunger, Stefano Casalini, Yasmin Watanabe, Gabriel Ravanhani Schleder, Wilson Tiago Fonseca and Rafael Furlan de Oliveira. Ultrasensitive MicroRNA Detection Combining Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrolyte-Gated Transistors and Machine Learning, Small, 2026, 0:e12199.

3. Tianqi Feng, Ludovica Ceroni, Lisa Eveline Tromp, Clio Siebenmorgen, Stefano Casalini, Enzo Menna,* and Patrick van Rijn*, “Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Myogenic Differentiation for Aligned Topography-Induced Skeletal Muscle Engineering”, Small, 2025, 2504992. Doi: 10.1002/smll.202504992

4. Ludovica Ceroni, Tianqi Feng, Laura Calvillo, Stefano Casalini, Patrick Van Rijn * and Enzo Menna*, “Quaternary ammonium-functionalized carbon nanotubes/alginate nanocomposite hydrogels support myoblast growth and differentiation”, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025, 13, 8105. Doi: 10.1039/d5tb00601e

5. Sara Ruiz-Molina, Carme Martinez-Domingo, Simona Ricci, Stefano Casalini, and Marta Mas-Torrent*, “Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistor for Monitoring Amyloid Aggregation”, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2024, 6, 8998-9008. Doi: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c01673

6. Nicolò Lago, Alessandra Galli, Sarah Tonello, Sara Ruiz-Molina, Saralea Marino, Stefano Casalini, Marco Buonomo, Simona Pisu, Marta Mas-Torrent, Giada Giorgi, Morten Gram Pedersen, Mario Bortolozzi,* and Andrea Cester*, “Single-Cell Membrane Potential Stimulation and Recording by an Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistor”, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2024, 2400134. Doi: 10.1002/aelm.202400134

7. Rafael C. Hensel, Biagio Di Vizio, Elsa M. Materon, Flavio M. Shimizu, Monara Kaelle S.C. Angelim, Gabriela F. de Souza, Jose L.P. Modena, Pedro M.M. Moraes-Vieira, Ricardo B. de Azevedo, Lucio Litti, Stefano Agnoli, Stefano Casalini, Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr.,* “Enhanced performance of impedimetric immunosensors to detect SARS-CoV-2 with bare gold nanoparticles and graphene acetic acid”, Talanta, 2025, 126903. Doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126903

8. L. Franchin, S. Casalini , A. Cester, A. Paccagnella, and S. Bonaldo, “Monitoring of Lactococcus Lactis Growth Based on Reduced-Graphene Oxide TFT for Dairy Industry Applications”. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024, 24,17, 27134.27141. Doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2024.3428345

9. Francesco De Boni, Roberto Pilot, Alberto Milani, Viktoria V. Ivanovskaya, Raichel J. Abraham, Stefano Casalini, Danilo Pedron, Carlo S. Casari, Mauro Sambi and Francesco Sedona *, “Structure and vibrational properties of 1D molecular wires: from graphene to graphdiyne”, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 11211. Doi: 10.1039/d4nr00943f

10. Rafael C. Hensel, Biagio Di Vizio, Verónica Montes-García, Jijin Yang, Georgian G. Ilie, Francesco Sedona, Mauro Sambi, Paolo Samorì, Andrea Cester, Stefano Agnoli, and Stefano Casalini*, “Graphene Acetic Acid-Based Hybrid Supercapacitor and Liquid-Gated Transistor”, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2024, 2300685. Doi: 10.1002/aelm.202300685

11. Matteo Sensi, Rafael Furlan de Oliveira, Marcello Berto, Marina Palmieri, Emilio Ruini, Pietro Antonio Livio, Andrea Conti, Marcello Pinti, Carlo Salvarani, Andrea Cossarizza, Joan M. Cabot, Jordi Ricart, Stefano Casalini, María Begoña González-García, Pablo Fanjul-Bolado, Carlo Augusto Bortolotti, Paolo Samorì, and Fabio Biscarini*, “Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrolyte-Gated Transistor Immunosensor with Highly Selective Multiparametric Detection of Anti-Drug Antibodies”, Advanced Materials 2023, 2211352. Doi: 10.1002/adma.202211352

12. Nicolò Lago, Sara Ruiz Molina, Marta Mas-Torrent, Stefano Casalini, Andrea Cester, “Signal amplification properties of Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT, 2023. Doi: 10.1109/MetroInd4.0IoT57462.2023.10180138

13. Rafael Cintra Hensel, Nicola Comisso, Marco Musiani, Francesco Sedona, Mauro Sambi, Andrea Cester, Nicolò Lago and Stefano Casalini* “Cu-modified electrolyte-gated transistors based on reduced graphene oxide”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023, 11, 8876. Doi: 10.1039/d3tc00596h

14. Anna Fortunato, Rafael Cintra Hensel, Stefano Casalini and Miriam Mba*, “Self-Assembly and Electrical Conductivity of a New [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]-benzothiophene (BTBT)-Peptide Hydrogel”, Molecules, 2023,28, 2917. doi: 10.3390/molecules28072917

15. Ricci S., Buonomo M., Casalini S., Bonacchi S., Meneghetti M. and Litti L.* “High performance multi-purpose nanostructured thin films by inkjet printing: Au micro-electrodes and SERS substrates”, Nanoscale Advances, 2023, doi: 10.1039/d2na00917j.

16. Ivanovskaya V.V., Zobelli A., Basagni A., Casalini S., Colazzo L., de Boni F., de Oteyza D.G., Sambi M., and Sedona F.* “On-Surface Synthesis and Evolution of Self-Assembled Poly(p‑phenylene) Chains on Ag(111): A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 393-402. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06926.

17. de Oliveira R.F., Montes-García V., Livio P.A., González-García M.B., Fanjul-Bolado P., Casalini S.,* and Samorì P.* “Selective Ion Sensing in Artificial Sweat Using Low-Cost Reduced Graphene Oxide Liquid-Gated Plastic Transistors”, Small 2022, 2201861. doi: 10.1002/smll.202201861.

18. Lago N.*, Buonomo M., Cintra Hensel R., Sedona F., Sambi M., Casalini S., Cester A. “Characterization and modeling of reduced-graphene oxide ambipolar thin-film transistors”, Transactions on Electronic Devices 2022, 3192-3198 doi:10.1109/TED.2022.3169451.

19. Lago N., Buonomo M., Ruiz-Molia S., Pollesel A., Cintra Hensel R., Sedona F., Sambi M., Mas-Torrent M., Casalini S.* and Cester A. “Real-time threshold voltage compensation on dual-gate electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors”, Organic Electronics 2022 doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106531.

20. Ranieri A., Borsari M., Casalini S., Di Rocco G., Sola M., Bortolotti C.A.* and Battistuzzi G.*, "How to Turn an Electron Transfer Protein into a Redox Enzyme for Biosensing", 2021, Molecules, 26,4950.

21. Gullace S., Montes-García V., Martín V., Larios D., Girelli Consolaro V., Obelleiro F., Calogero G., Casalini S.*, and Paolo Samorì*, "Universal Fabrication of Highly Efficient Plasmonic Thin-Films for Label-Free SERS Detection", 2021, Small, 2100755.

22. De Boni F., Merlin G., Sedona F.*, Casalini S., Seyyed M.M. and Sambi M., "Templating Effect of Different Low-Miller-Index Gold Surfaces on the Bottom-Up Growth of Graphene Nanoribbons", 2020, ACS Applied Applied Nano Materials, 2, 11497-11507.

23. Montes-García V., De Oliveira R., Wang Y., Berezin A., Fanjul-Bolado P., González García M.B., Hermans T.H., Bonifazi D., Casalini S.* and Samorì P.*,"Harnessing Selectivity and Sensitivity in Ion Sensing via Supramolecular Recognition: A 3D Hybrid Gold Nanoparticle Network Chemiresistor", 2020, Advanced Functional Materials, 2008554.

24. Lancellotti L., Borsari M., Bonifacio A., Bortolotti C.A., Di Rocco G., Casalini S., Ranieri A., Battistuzzi G. and Sola M. "Adsorbing surface strongly influences the pseudoperoxidase and nitrite reductase activity of electrode-bound yeast cytochrome c. The effect of hydrophobic immobilization", 2020, Bioelectrochemistry, 136, 107628.

25. Ricci S., Casalini S.*, Parkula V., Selvaraj M., Saygin G.D., Greco P., Biscarini F., Mas-Torrent M. "Labeel-free immunodetection of alpha-synuclein by using a microfluidics coplanar electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistor", 2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 167, 112433.

26. Sedona F., Fakhrabadi M.M.S., Carlotto S., Mohebbi E., De Boni F., Casalini S., Casarin M. and Sambi M. "On-surface synthesis of extended linear graphyne molecular wires by protecting the alkynyl group", 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 12180-12186.

27. Frank S. Benneckendorf F.S., Rohnacher V., Sauter E., Hillebrandt S., Münch M., Wang C., Casalini S., Ihrig K., Beck S.,  Jänsch D., Freudenberg J., Jaegermann W., Samorì P., Pucci A., Bunz U.H.F., Zharnikov M. and Müllen K. "Tetrapodal Diazatriptycene Enforces Orthogonal Orientation in Self-Assembled Monolayers", 2020, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, 5, 6565-6572.

28. De Oliveira R.F., Livio P.A., Montes-García V., Ippolito S., Eredia M., Fanjul-Bolado P., Gonzalez García M.G., Casalini S.* and Samorì P.*, “Liquid-Gated Transistors Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Flexible and Wearable Electronics”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1905375. 

29. Parkula V., Maglione S., Casalini S. et al. “EGOFET Gated by a Molecular Electronic Switch: A single device memory cell”, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019, 1800875. doi: 10.1002/aelm.201800875

30. Operamolla A., Casalini S. et al. “Tailoring water stability of cellulose nanopaper by surface functionalization”, Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 7390-7400. doi: 10.1039/c8sm00433a

31. Leonardi F., Tamayo A., Casalini S. et al., “Modification of the gate electrode by self-assembled monolayers in flexible electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors: work function vs. capacitance effects”, RSC Advances, 2018, 8, 27509–27515. doi: 10.1039/c8ra05300f

32. Maglione S., Casalini S. et al. “Fluid Mixing for Low-Power ‘Digital Microfluidics’ Using Electroactive Molecular Monolayers”, 2017, Small, 1703344. doi: 10.1002/smll.201703344

33. Berto M., Diacci C.,  D’Agata R., Pinti M., Bianchini E., Di Lauro M., Casalini S., et al. “EGOFET Peptide Aptasensor for Label-Free Detection of Inflammatory Cytokines in Complex Fluids”, Advanced Biosystems, 2017, 1700072. doi: 10.1002/adbi.201700072

34. Zhang Q., Leonardi F., Casalini S. and Mas-Torrent M., “Mercury-Mediated Organic Semiconductor Surface Doping Monitored by Electrolyte-Gated Field-Effect Transistors”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 1703899. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201703899

35. Giusto E., Donega M., Dumitru A.C., Foschi G., Casalini S. et al. “Interfacing Polymer and Tissues: Quantitative Local Assessment of the Foreign Body Reaction of Mononuclear Phagocytes to Polymeric Materials”, Advanced Biosystems, 2017, 1700021. doi: 10.1002/adbi.201700021

36. Casalini S. et al. “Self-assembled monolayers in organic electronics”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2017, 46, 40-71. doi: 10.1039/c6cs00509h.

37. Zhang Q., Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al. “High performing solution-coated electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors for aqueous media operation”, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 39623. doi: 10.1038/srep39623.

38. Berto M., Casalini S. et al. “Biorecognition in organic field-effect transistors biosensors: the role of the density of states of the organic semiconductor”, Analytical Chemistry, 2016, 88(24), 12330-12338. Doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03522

39. Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al “Electrolyte-gated Organic Field-Effect Transistor Based on a Solution Sheared Organic Semiconductor Blend”, Advanced Materials, 2016, doi: 10.1002/adma.201602479.

40. Di Lauro M., Casalini S. et al. “The substrate is a pH-Controlled Second Gate of Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8(46), 31783-31790. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b06952

41. Desbief S., Di Lauro M., Casalini S. et al. “Electrolyte-gated organic synapse transistor interfaced with neurons”, Organic Electronics, 2016, 38, 21-28 doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2016.07.028

42. De Oliveira R.F., Casalini S.* et al. “Water-gated organic transistors on polyethylene naphthalate films”, Flexible and Printed Electronics, 2016, 1(2), 025005. Doi: 10.1088/2058-8585/1/2/025005 

43. Foschi G., Leonardi F., Scala A., Biscarini F., Mazzaglia A. and Casalini S.*, “Electrical Release of dopamine and levodopa mediated amphiphilic β-cyclodextrins immobilized on polycrystalline gold”, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 20025-20032 doi: 10.1039/c5nr05405b.

44. Leonardi F., Casalini S.* et al. “Label-free dopamine sensor based on charge-injection organic gauge”, IEEE Transactions on electron devices, 2015, 62, 4251-4257 doi: 10.1109/TED.2015.2491650.

45. Casalini S. et al. “Surface Immobilized His-Tagged Azurin as a Model Interface for the Investigation of Vectorial Electron transfer in Biological Systems”, Electrochimica Acta, 2015, 178, 638-646 doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.156

46. Casalini S.* et al. “Multi-Scale Sensing of Antibody-Antigen Interactions by Organic Transistors and Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy”, ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 5051-5062 doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00136.

47. Casalini S.* et al. “Electrowetting of Nitro-Functionalized Olygoarylene Thiols Self-Assembled on Polycrystalline Gold”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2015, 7(7), 3902-3909. doi: 10.1021/am509104z

48. Casalini S.* et al., “Self-Assembly of mono- and bi-dentate oligoarylene thiols onto polycristalline Au”, Langmuir, 2013, 29, 13198-13208. doi: 10.1021/la402217c

49. Casalini S.* et al., “Bio-sensing Based on electrochemically-gated organic field-effect transistors”, La chimica e l’industria, 2013, 5, 104-105.

50. Cramer T., Campana A., Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al., “Water-gated organic field effect transistors – opportunities for biochemical sensing and extracellular signal transduction”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2013, 1, 3728-3741. doi: 10.1039/C3TB20340A

51. Casalini S.* et al., “Hydrophilic self-assembly monolayers for pentacene-based thin-film transistors”, Organic Electronics, 2013, 14, 1891-1897. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.03.034

52. Casalini S.* et al., “Organic field-effect transistor for label-free dopamine sensing”, Organic Electronics, 2013, 14, 156-163. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.10.027 

53. Casalini S. et al., “Organic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Device Applications”, Wiley Book, ISBN: 9781118016015, 2013.

54. Casalini S.* et al., “Mono/bidentate thiol oligoarylene-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for interface engineering”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 12155-12163. doi: 10.1039/C2JM30838J.

55. Cramer T., Kyndiah A., Murgia M., Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al. “Double layer capacitance measured by Organic Field-Effect Transistor operated in water”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2012, 100, 143302. doi: 10.1063/1.3699218

56. Casalini S.* et al., “Organic Field-Effect Transistors as new paradigm for large-area molecular junctions”, Org. Electron., 2012, 13, 789-795. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.01.020

57. Albonetti C., Casalini S. et al., “Morphological and mechanical properties of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers investigated via bimodal atomic force microscopy”, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 8823-8825. doi: 10.1039/C1CC12567B

58. Casalini S. et al., “Electron Transfer Properties and Hydrogen Peroxide Electrocatalysis of Cytochrome c variants at Positions 67 and 80”, J. Phys. Chem B, 2010, 114, pp. 1698-1706. doi: 10.1021/jp9090365.

59. Ranieri A., Battistuzzi G., Borsari M., Casalini S. et al., “Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the electron transfer process of spinach plastocyanin adsorbed on a modified gold electrode”; J. Electroan. Chem., 2009, 626, pp. 123-129. doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2008.12.001.

60. Casalini S. et al., “Catalytic reduction of dioxygen and nitrite ion at M80A cytochrome c functionalized electrode”; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(45), pp. 15099-15104. doi: 10.1021/jp0765953.

61. Casalini S. et al., “Electron transfer and electrocatalytic properties of the immobilized M80A cytochrome c variant”; J. Phys. Chem B, 2008, 112(5), pp. 1555-1563. doi: 10.1021/jp0765953.

On-going collaborations:

• Prof. P. Samorì, Nanochemistry Laboratory, Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute (I.S.I.S.), University of Strasbourg (France).

• Dr. M. Mas-Torrent, Institut of Material Science of Barcelona (ICMAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain.

• Dr. M. Musiani, Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy (ICMATE), National Council of Research (CNR), Padova, Italy.

• Prof. A. Cester, Molecular and Organic Semiconductor Technology (MOSLAB), Department of Information Engineering (DEI), University of Padua, Italy.

Extra activities:

1. Review Editor in Frontiers in Sensors (section: Biosensors)

2. Invited and contributed speaker in several International Conferences