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Bombonato E, Fasano V, Pecorari D, Fornasari L, Castagnini F, Marcaccio M, Ronchi P. Electrochemical Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids Embedding 5- and 6-Membered Heteroaromatics. ACS Omega 2024; 9:13081-13085. [PMID: 38524423 PMCID: PMC10955561 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
Using a commercially available potentiostat, the electrochemical synthesis of unnatural amino acids bearing heteroaromatics on the lateral chain has been accomplished. This strategy exploits the side-chain decarboxylative arylation of aspartic/glutamic acid, a reaction that becomes challenging with electron-rich coupling partners such as 5- and 6-membered heteroaromatics. These rings are underrepresented in unnatural amino acids, therefore allowing a wider exploration of the chemical space, given the abundance of the aryl bromides employable in this reaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elena Bombonato
- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi, 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Università degli Studi
di Milano, Via Camillo Golgi, 19, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Analytics
and Early Formulations Department, Global Research and Preclinical
Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A, Largo Francesco Belloli 11/a, Parma 43122, Italy
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- Analytics
and Early Formulations Department, Global Research and Preclinical
Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A, Largo Francesco Belloli 11/a, Parma 43122, Italy
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- Department
of Food and Drug Sciences, University of
Parma, Parco area delle scienze, 27/A, Parma 43124, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi, 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Medicinal
Chemistry and Drug Design Technologies Department, Global Research
and Preclinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici
S.p.A, Largo Francesco
Belloli 11/a, Parma 43122, Italy
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Garbini M, Brunetti A, Pedrazzani R, Monari M, Marcaccio M, Bertuzzi G, Bandini M. Reductive cyclodimerization of chalcones: exploring the "self-adaptability" of galvanostatic electrosynthesis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:404-407. [PMID: 38084060 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04920e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
Abstract
The "self-adaptability" of galvanostatic electrolysis was shown to assist a multistage unprecedented chemo- and diastereoselective electrochemically promoted cyclodimerization of chalcones. The process, all involving the reductive events, delivered densely functionalized cyclopentanes featuring five contiguous stereocenters (25 examples, yields of up to 95%, dr values up to >20 : 1). Dedicated and combined experimental as well as electrochemical investigation revealed the key role of a dynamic kinetic resolution of the aldol intermediate for the reaction mechanism.
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- Mauro Garbini
- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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Marcaccio M, Tosti B, Di Pompeo I, D'Aurizio G, Curcio G. The role of emotional cues in event-based prospective memory. Neurosci Lett 2023:137333. [PMID: 37311507 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Prospective memory (PM) refers to the ability to perform expected actions in the future. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of stimuli with emotional content on the prospective memory, with particular attention to different age groups. METHODS Starting from an experimental paradigm used in a previous study (by Cona et al., 2015), we evaluated whether emotional cues (positive, negative, or neutral images) did influence a prospective memory task based on the event during the performance of an ongoing n-back task in three different age groups. RESULTS A difference emerged between the three investigated groups indicating that positive emotional cues were remembered better than negative and neutral ones. In addition, older subjects resulted slower than others in responding to stimuli and showed the tendency to make more errors in the prospective memory task. CONCLUSIONS As hypothesized, a difference in the performance of the task appears as due to age. In general, the younger participants take the test more accurately (i.e., with fewer errors). This could be explained because the prospective memory deteriorates with increasing age. Behavioral results do not yet allow us to answer the research question on the role of emotional material in prospective memory; more research is needed to clarify these issues.
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- M Marcaccio
- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
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Mobbili G, Romaldi B, Sabbatini G, Amici A, Marcaccio M, Galeazzi R, Laudadio E, Armeni T, Minnelli C. Identification of Flavone Derivative Displaying a 4'-Aminophenoxy Moiety as Potential Selective Anticancer Agent in NSCLC Tumor Cells. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073239. [PMID: 37050002 PMCID: PMC10096842 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Five heterocyclic derivatives were synthesized by functionalization of a flavone nucleus with an aminophenoxy moiety. Their cytotoxicity was investigated in vitro in two models of human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells (A549 and NCI-H1975) by using MTT assay and the results compared to those obtained in healthy fibroblasts as a non-malignant cell model. One of the aminophenoxy flavone derivatives (APF-1) was found to be effective at low micromolar concentrations in both lung cancer cell lines with a higher selective index (SI). Flow cytometric analyses showed that APF-1 induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase through the up-regulation of p21 expression. Therefore, the aminophenoxy flavone-based compounds may be promising cancer-selective agents and could serve as a base for further research into the design of flavone-based anticancer drugs.
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- Giovanna Mobbili
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Specialist Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Specialist Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry G. Ciamician, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Science and Engineering of Matter, Environment and Urban Planning, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Specialist Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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Isopi J, Quartapelle Procopio E, Veronese L, Malferrari M, Valenti G, Panigati M, Paolucci F, Marcaccio M. Electrochemical Characterization and CO 2 Reduction Reaction of a Family of Pyridazine-Bridged Dinuclear Mn(I) Carbonyl Complexes. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031138. [PMID: 36770804 PMCID: PMC9922005 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Three recently synthesized neutral dinuclear carbonyl manganese complexes with the pyridazine bridging ligand, of general formula [Mn2(μ-ER)2(CO)6(μ-pydz)] (pydz = pyridazine; E = O or S; R = methyl or phenyl), have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry in dimethylformamide and acetonitrile both under an inert argon atmosphere and in the presence of carbon dioxide. This family of Mn(I) compounds behaves interestingly at negative potentials in the presence of CO2. Based on this behavior, which is herein discussed, a rather efficient catalytic mechanism for the CO2 reduction reaction toward the generation of CO has been hypothesized.
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- Jacopo Isopi
- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Consorzio INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Correspondence: (F.P.); (M.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Correspondence: (F.P.); (M.M.)
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Basagni F, Naldi M, Ginex T, Luque FJ, Fagiani F, Lanni C, Iurlo M, Marcaccio M, Minarini A, Bartolini M, Rosini M. Inhibition of β-Amyloid Aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Key Role of (Pro)electrophilic Warheads. ACS Med Chem Lett 2022; 13:1812-1818. [DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.2c00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Filippo Basagni
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Science, and Gastronomy, Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB) and Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, Avinguda Prat de la Riba 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Science, and Gastronomy, Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB) and Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, Avinguda Prat de la Riba 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
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- Department of Drug Sciences (Pharmacology Section), University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 14, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences (Pharmacology Section), University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 14, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Xu X, Gunasekaran S, Renken S, Ripani L, Schollmeyer D, Kim W, Marcaccio M, Musser A, Narita A. Synthesis and Characterizations of 5,5'-Bibenzo[rst]pentaphene with Axial Chirality and Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2200004. [PMID: 35156332 PMCID: PMC9259715 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Exploration of novel biaryls consisting of two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) units can be an important strategy toward further developments of organic materials with unique properties. In this study, 5,5'-bibenzo[rst]pentaphene (BBPP) with two benzo[rst]pentaphene (BPP) units is synthesized in an efficient and versatile approach, and its structure is unambiguously elucidated by X-ray crystallography. BBPP exhibits axial chirality, and the (M)- and (P)-enantiomers are resolved by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography and studied by circular dichroism spectroscopy. These enantiomers have a relatively high isomerization barrier of 43.6 kcal mol-1 calculated by density functional theory. The monomer BPP and dimer BBPP are characterized by UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The results indicate that both BPP and BBPP fluoresce from a formally dark S1 electronic state that is enabled by Herzberg-Teller intensity borrowing from a neighboring bright S2 state. While BPP exhibits a relatively low photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), BBPP exhibits a significantly enhanced PLQY due to a greater S2 intensity borrowing. Moreover, symmetry-breaking charge transfer in BBPP is demonstrated by spectroscopic investigations in solvents of different polarity. This suggests high potential for singlet fission in such π-extended biaryls through appropriate molecular design.
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- Xiushang Xu
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer ResearchAckermannweg 10Mainz55128Germany
- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials UnitOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University1919‐1 Tancha, Onna‐sonKunigami‐gunOkinawa904‐0495Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical BiologyCornell UniversityIthacaNY14853USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical BiologyCornell UniversityIthacaNY14853USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 2Bologna40126Italy
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- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg University MainzDuesbergweg 10–14Mainz55128Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical BiologyCornell UniversityIthacaNY14853USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 2Bologna40126Italy
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical BiologyCornell UniversityIthacaNY14853USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer ResearchAckermannweg 10Mainz55128Germany
- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials UnitOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University1919‐1 Tancha, Onna‐sonKunigami‐gunOkinawa904‐0495Japan
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Pijeat J, Chaussy L, Simoës R, Isopi J, Lauret J, Paolucci F, Marcaccio M, Campidelli S. Thermally Induced Synthesis of Anthracene-, Pyrene- and Naphthalene-Fused Porphyrins. ChemistryOpen 2021; 10:997-1003. [PMID: 34617692 PMCID: PMC8495684 DOI: 10.1002/open.202100201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
The synthesis of π-extended porphyrins containing anthracenyl moieties still represents an important challenge. Here, we report on the synthesis of a series of unsubstituted naphthyl-, pyrenyl- and anthracenyl-fused zinc porphyrin derivatives. To this aim, meso-substitued porphyrins are synthesized and the fusion of the PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon) on the β-positions are performed through thermally induced dehydro-aromatization. The fused zinc-porphyrin derivatives are fully characterized and their optical absorption and photoluminescence properties are reported. We also demonstrate that zinc can be removed from the porphyrin core, giving rise to pure C, H, N materials. This work constitutes the first step towards the synthesis of the fully-fused tetra-anthracenylporphyrin.
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- Joffrey Pijeat
- Université Paris-SaclayCEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN91191Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
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- Université Paris-SaclayCEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN91191Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
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- Université Paris-SaclayCEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN91191Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Université Paris SaclayENS Paris-SaclayCentrale Supelec, CNRS, LUMIN91405Orsay CedexFrance
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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Marano S, Minnelli C, Ripani L, Marcaccio M, Laudadio E, Mobbili G, Amici A, Armeni T, Stipa P. Insights into the Antioxidant Mechanism of Newly Synthesized Benzoxazinic Nitrones: In Vitro and In Silico Studies with DPPH Model Radical. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10081224. [PMID: 34439472 PMCID: PMC8388956 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10081224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Synthetic nitrone spin-traps are being explored as therapeutic agents for the treatment of a wide range of oxidative stress-related pathologies, including but not limited to stroke, cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases. In this context, increasing efforts are currently being made to the design and synthesis of new nitrone-based compounds with enhanced efficacy. The most researched nitrones are surely the ones related to α-phenyl-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) and 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) derivatives, which have shown to possess potent biological activity in many experimental animal models. However, more recently, nitrones with a benzoxazinic structure (3-aryl-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazin-N-oxides) have been demonstrated to have superior antioxidant activity compared to PBN. In this study, two new benzoxazinic nitrones bearing an electron-withdrawing methoxycarbonyl group on the benzo moiety (in para and meta positions respect to the nitronyl function) were synthesized. Their in vitro antioxidant activity was evaluated by two cellular-based assays (inhibition of AAPH-induced human erythrocyte hemolysis and cell death in human retinal pigmented epithelium (ARPE-19) cells) and a chemical approach by means of the α,α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay, using both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and UV spectrophotometry. A computational approach was also used to investigate their potential primary mechanism of antioxidant action, as well as to rationalize the effect of functionalization on the nitrones reactivity toward DPPH, chosen as model radical in this study. Further insights were also gathered by exploring the nitrone electrochemical properties via cyclic voltammetry and by studying their kinetic behavior by means of EPR spectroscopy. Results showed that the introduction of an electron-withdrawing group in the phenyl moiety in the para position significantly increased the antioxidant capacity of benzoxazinic nitrones both in cell and cell-free systems. From the mechanistic point of view, the calculated results closely matched the experimental findings, strongly suggesting that the H-atom transfer (HAT) is likely to be the primary mechanism in the DPPH quenching.
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- Stefania Marano
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’Ambiente ed Urbanistica (SIMAU), Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (S.M.); (E.L.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA), Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (C.M.); (G.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (L.R.); (M.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (L.R.); (M.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’Ambiente ed Urbanistica (SIMAU), Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (S.M.); (E.L.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA), Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (C.M.); (G.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Specialistiche ed Odontostomatologiche-Sez. Biochimica, Biologia e Fisica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (A.A.); (T.A.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Specialistiche ed Odontostomatologiche-Sez. Biochimica, Biologia e Fisica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (A.A.); (T.A.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’Ambiente ed Urbanistica (SIMAU), Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (S.M.); (E.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-071-2204409
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Zanut A, Rossetti M, Marcaccio M, Ricci F, Paolucci F, Porchetta A, Valenti G. DNA-Based Nanoswitches: Insights into Electrochemiluminescence Signal Enhancement. Anal Chem 2021; 93:10397-10402. [PMID: 34213888 PMCID: PMC8382220 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a powerful transduction technique that has rapidly gained importance as a powerful analytical technique. Since ECL is a surface-confined process, a comprehensive understanding of the generation of ECL signal at a nanometric distance from the electrode could lead to several highly promising applications. In this work, we explored the mechanism underlying ECL signal generation on the nanoscale using luminophore-reporter-modified DNA-based nanoswitches (i.e., molecular beacon) with different stem stabilities. ECL is generated according to the "oxidative-reduction" strategy using tri-n-propylamine (TPrA) as a coreactant and Ru(bpy)32+ as a luminophore. Our findings suggest that by tuning the stem stability of DNA nanoswitches we can activate different ECL mechanisms (direct and remote) and, under specific conditions, a "digital-like" association curve, i.e., with an extremely steep transition after the addition of increasing concentrations of DNA target, a large signal variation, and low preliminary analytical performance (LOD 22 nM for 1GC DNA-nanoswtich and 16 nM for 5GC DNA-nanoswitch). In particular, we were able to achieve higher signal gain (i.e., 10 times) with respect to the standard "signal-off" electrochemical readout. We demonstrated the copresence of two different ECL generation mechanisms on the nanoscale that open the way for the design of customized DNA devices for highly efficient dual-signal-output ratiometric-like ECL systems.
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- Alessandra Zanut
- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Quartapelle Procopio E, Boni A, Veronese L, Marcaccio M, Mercandelli P, Valenti G, Panigati M, Paolucci F. Dinuclear Re(I) Complexes as New Electrocatalytic Systems for CO
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Reduction. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘‘ Giacomo Ciamician'' Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna via F. Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Università degli Studi di Milano Via Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘‘ Giacomo Ciamician'' Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna via F. Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Università degli Studi di Milano Via Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘‘ Giacomo Ciamician'' Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna via F. Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Università degli Studi di Milano Via Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
- Consorzio INSTM via G. Giusti 9 50121 Firenze Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘‘ Giacomo Ciamician'' Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna via F. Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Bruno C, Ussano E, Barucca G, Vanossi D, Valenti G, Jackson EA, Goldoni A, Litti L, Fermani S, Pasquali L, Meneghetti M, Fontanesi C, Scott LT, Paolucci F, Marcaccio M. Wavy graphene sheets from electrochemical sewing of corannulene. Chem Sci 2021; 12:8048-8057. [PMID: 34194694 PMCID: PMC8208314 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00898f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The presence of non-hexagonal rings in the honeycomb carbon arrangement of graphene produces rippled graphene layers with valuable chemical and physical properties. In principle, a bottom-up approach to introducing distortion from planarity of a graphene sheet can be achieved by careful insertion of curved polyaromatic hydrocarbons during the growth of the lattice. Corannulene, the archetype of such non-planar polyaromatic hydrocarbons, can act as an ideal wrinkling motif in 2D carbon nanostructures. Herein we report an electrochemical bottom-up method to obtain egg-box shaped nanographene structures through a polycondensation of corannulene that produces a new conducting layered material. Characterization of this new polymeric material by electrochemistry, spectroscopy, electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), scanning probe microscopy, and laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry provides strong evidence that the anodic polymerization of corannulene, combined with electrochemically induced oxidative cyclodehydrogenations (Scholl reactions), leads to polycorannulene with a wavy graphene-like structure. A bottom-up synthesis of wavy graphene structures obtained through an anodic polymerization process, combined with an electrochemically triggered oxidative cyclodehydrogenation, of the bowl-shaped polyaromatic hydrocarbon corannulene.![]()
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- Carlo Bruno
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, Ambiente ed Urbanistica, Università Politecnica delle Marche via Brecce Bianche 12 60131 Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia via Campi 183 41100 Modena Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 02467-3860 USA
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- Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. s.s. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park 34012 Trieste Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria 'E. Ferrari', Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia Via Vivarelli 10 41125 Modena Italy .,Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. s.s. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park 34012 Trieste Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria 'E. Ferrari', Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia Via Vivarelli 10 41125 Modena Italy
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- Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 02467-3860 USA .,Chemistry Department, University of Nevada Reno NV 89511 USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Soligo M, Felsani FM, Da Ros T, Bosi S, Pellizzoni E, Bruni S, Isopi J, Marcaccio M, Manni L, Fiorito S. Distribution in the brain and possible neuroprotective effects of intranasally delivered multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale Adv 2021; 3:418-431. [PMID: 36131737 PMCID: PMC9418508 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00869a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are currently under active investigation for their use in several biomedical applications, especially in neurological diseases and nervous system injury due to their electrochemical properties. Nowadays, no CNT-based therapeutic products for internal use appear to be close to the market, due to the still limited knowledge on their fate after delivery to living organisms and, in particular, on their toxicological profile. The purpose of the present work was to address the distribution in the brain parenchyma of two intranasally delivered MWCNTs (MWCNTs 1 and a-MWCNTs 2), different from each other, the first being non electroconductive while the second results in being electroconductive. After intranasal delivery, the presence of CNTs was investigated in several brain areas, discriminating the specific cell types involved in the CNT uptake. We also aimed to verify the neuroprotective potential of the two types of CNTs, delivering them in rats affected by early diabetic encephalopathy and analysing the modulation of nerve growth factor metabolism and the effects of CNTs on the neuronal and glial phenotypes. Our findings showed that both CNT types, when intranasally delivered, reached numerous brain areas and, in particular, the limbic area that plays a crucial role in the development and progression of major neurodegenerative diseases. Furthermore, we demonstrated that electroconductive MWCNTs were able to exert neuroprotective effects through the modulation of a key neurotrophic factor and probably the improvement of neurodegeneration-related gliosis.
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- Marzia Soligo
- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 00133 Rome Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 00133 Rome Italy
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- INSTM - Trieste Unit, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste Via Licio Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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- INSTM - Trieste Unit, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste Via Licio Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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- INSTM - Trieste Unit, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste Via Licio Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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- Former Medical Director Sanofi - Genzyme, Italy, currently Orchard Therapeutics 108 Cannon Street London UK
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna Via Selmi, 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna Via Selmi, 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 00133 Rome Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 00133 Rome Italy
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Zanut A, Palomba F, Rossi Scota M, Rebeccani S, Marcaccio M, Genovese D, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Paolucci F, Prodi L. Frontispiz: Dye‐Doped Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced ECL‐Based Immunoassay Analytical Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202084961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Alessandra Zanut
- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Tandon School of Engineering New York University Brooklyn NY 11201 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Department of Biomedical Engineering University of California Irvine Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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Zanut A, Palomba F, Rossi Scota M, Rebeccani S, Marcaccio M, Genovese D, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Paolucci F, Prodi L. Frontispiece: Dye‐Doped Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced ECL‐Based Immunoassay Analytical Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202084961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Alessandra Zanut
- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Tandon School of Engineering New York University Brooklyn NY 11201 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Department of Biomedical Engineering University of California Irvine Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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Zanut A, Palomba F, Rossi Scota M, Rebeccani S, Marcaccio M, Genovese D, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Paolucci F, Prodi L. Dye‐Doped Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced ECL‐Based Immunoassay Analytical Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Alessandra Zanut
- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Tandon School of Engineering New York University Brooklyn NY 11201 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Department of Biomedical Engineering University of California Irvine Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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Zanut A, Palomba F, Rossi Scota M, Rebeccani S, Marcaccio M, Genovese D, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Paolucci F, Prodi L. Dye‐Doped Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced ECL‐Based Immunoassay Analytical Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:21858-21863. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Alessandra Zanut
- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Tandon School of Engineering New York University Brooklyn NY 11201 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Current address: Department of Biomedical Engineering University of California Irvine Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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Zanut A, Fiorani A, Canola S, Saito T, Ziebart N, Rapino S, Rebeccani S, Barbon A, Irie T, Josel HP, Negri F, Marcaccio M, Windfuhr M, Imai K, Valenti G, Paolucci F. Insights into the mechanism of coreactant electrochemiluminescence facilitating enhanced bioanalytical performance. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2668. [PMID: 32472057 PMCID: PMC7260178 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16476-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a powerful transduction technique with a leading role in the biosensing field due to its high sensitivity and low background signal. Although the intrinsic analytical strength of ECL depends critically on the overall efficiency of the mechanisms of its generation, studies aimed at enhancing the ECL signal have mostly focused on the investigation of materials, either luminophores or coreactants, while fundamental mechanistic studies are relatively scarce. Here, we discover an unexpected but highly efficient mechanistic path for ECL generation close to the electrode surface (signal enhancement, 128%) using an innovative combination of ECL imaging techniques and electrochemical mapping of radical generation. Our findings, which are also supported by quantum chemical calculations and spin trapping methods, led to the identification of a family of alternative branched amine coreactants, which raises the analytical strength of ECL well beyond that of present state-of-the-art immunoassays, thus creating potential ECL applications in ultrasensitive bioanalysis.
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- Alessandra Zanut
- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
- Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882, Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8504, Japan
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- Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Nonnenwald 2, 82377, Penzberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882, Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8504, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882, Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8504, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Maiorova LA, Erokhina SI, Pisani M, Barucca G, Marcaccio M, Koifman OI, Salnikov DS, Gromova OA, Astolfi P, Ricci V, Erokhin V. Encapsulation of vitamin B 12 into nanoengineered capsules and soft matter nanosystems for targeted delivery. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 182:110366. [PMID: 31351273 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Targeted delivery of vitamins to a desirable area is an active branch in a modern pharmacology. The most important and difficult delivery of vitamin B12 is that to bone marrow and nerve cells. Herein we present a first step towards the development of two types of smart carriers, polymer capsules and lyotropic liquid-crystalline nanosystems, for vitamin B12 targeted delivery and induced release. A vitamin B12 encapsulation technique into nanoengineered polymeric capsules produced by layer-by-layer assembling of polymeric shells on CaCO3 templates has been developed. The effectiveness of the process was demonstrated by optical absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and small-angle X-ray diffraction. TEM and AFM analyses performed on capsules after their drying, confirmed the presence of the vitamin B12 inside the capsules in the form of crystalline nanoaggregates, 50-300 nm in diameter. Soft lipid nanovectors consisting of amphiphilic phytantriol molecules, which in water excess spontaneously self-assembly in 3D well-ordered inverse bicontinuous cubic bulk phase, were used as alternative carriers for vitamin B12. It was shown that about 30% of the vitamin added in the preparation of the soft lipid system was actually encapsulated in cubosomes and that no structural changes occurred upon loading. The Vitamin stabilizes the lipid system playing the role of its structure-forming element. The biocompatible nature, the stability and the feasibility of these systems make them good candidates as carriers for hydrophilic vitamins.
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- Larissa A Maiorova
- Institute of Macroheterocyclic Compounds, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevskii pr., 7, 153000, Ivanovo, Russia.
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, CNR-IMEM, Parma, 43124, Italy; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia
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- Department SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131, Ancona, Italy.
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- Department SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Macroheterocyclic Compounds, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevskii pr., 7, 153000, Ivanovo, Russia; Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 ul. Akademicheskaya, 153045, Ivanovo, Russia
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- Institute of Macroheterocyclic Compounds, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevskii pr., 7, 153000, Ivanovo, Russia
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- Institute of Pharmacoinformatics, Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control", Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia
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- Department SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, CNR-IMEM, Parma, 43124, Italy
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, CNR-IMEM, Parma, 43124, Italy; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia.
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Sabatino P, D'Agostino S, Isopi J, Rubino S, Marcaccio M, Girasolo MA. Nanowire iron(III) coordination polymer based on 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine and chloride ligands. Polyhedron 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2019.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Molinari A, Guadagnini L, Marcaccio M, Guadagnini A. Geostatistical multimodel approach for the assessment of the spatial distribution of natural background concentrations in large-scale groundwater bodies. Water Res 2019; 149:522-532. [PMID: 30500687 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.09.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Quantification of the (spatially distributed) natural contributions to the chemical signature of groundwater resources is an emerging issue in the context of competitive groundwater uses as well as water regulation and management frameworks. Here, we illustrate a geostatistically-based approach for the characterization of spatially variable Natural Background Levels (NBLs) of target chemical species in large-scale groundwater bodies yielding evaluations of local probabilities of exceedance of a given threshold concentration. The approach is exemplified by considering three selected groundwater bodies and focusing on the evaluation of NBLs of ammonium and arsenic, as detected from extensive time series of concentrations collected at monitoring boreholes. Our study is motivated by the observation that reliance on a unique NBL value as representative of the natural geochemical signature of a reservoir can mask the occurrence of localized areas linked to diverse strengths of geogenic contributions to the groundwater status. We start from the application of the typical Pre-Selection (PS) methodology to the scale of each observation borehole to identify local estimates of NBL values. The latter are subsequently subject to geostatistical analysis to obtain estimates of their spatial distribution and the associated uncertainty. A multimodel framework is employed to interpret available data. The impact of alternative variogram models on the resulting spatial distributions of NBLs is assessed through probabilistic weights based on model identification criteria. Our findings highlight that assessing possible impacts of anthropogenic activities on groundwater environments with the aim of designing targeted solutions to restore a good groundwater quality status should consider a probabilistic description of the spatial distribution of NBLs. The latter is useful to provide enhanced information upon which one can then build decision-making protocols embedding the quantification of the associated uncertainty.
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- A Molinari
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy.
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- Arpae Emilia-Romagna, Direzione Tecnica, Largo Caduti del Lavoro 6, 40122, Bologna, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy; University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Mobbili G, Crucianelli E, Barbon A, Marcaccio M, Pisani M, Dalzini A, Ussano E, Bortolus M, Stipa P, Astolfi P. Correction: Liponitroxides: EPR study and their efficacy as antioxidants in lipid membranes. RSC Adv 2019. [PMCID: PMC9073097 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra90073j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Correction for ‘Liponitroxides: EPR study and their efficacy as antioxidants in lipid membranes’ by Giovanna Mobbili et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 98955–98966.
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- Giovanna Mobbili
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Università di Padova
- I-35131 Padova
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- Università di Bologna
- I-40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Università di Padova
- I-35131 Padova
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- Università di Bologna
- I-40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Università di Padova
- I-35131 Padova
- Italy
- Department of Material Sciences
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- Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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Arnaboldi S, Cauteruccio S, Grecchi S, Benincori T, Marcaccio M, Biroli AO, Longhi G, Licandro E, Mussini PR. Thiahelicene-based inherently chiral films for enantioselective electroanalysis. Chem Sci 2018; 10:1539-1548. [PMID: 30809372 PMCID: PMC6357859 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03337d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Enantiopure inherently chiral films with helicoidal stereogenicity of outstanding enantiodiscrimination potentialities for chiral redox probes and as spin filters.
Chiral electroanalysis could be regarded as the highest recognition degree in electrochemical sensing, implying the ability to discriminate between specular images of an electroactive molecule, particularly in terms of significant peak potential difference. A groundbreaking strategy was recently proposed, based on the use of “inherently chiral” molecular selectors, with chirality and key functional properties originating from the same structural element. Large differences in peak potentials have been observed for the enantiomers of different chiral molecules, also of applicative interest, using different selectors, all of them based on atropisomeric biheteroaromatic scaffolds of axial stereogenicity. However, helicene systems also provide inherently chiral building blocks with attractive features. In this paper the enantiodiscrimination performances of enantiopure inherently chiral films obtained by electrooxidation of a thiahelicene monomer with helicoidal stereogenicity are presented for the first time. The outstanding potentialities of this novel approach are evaluated towards chiral probes with different chemical nature and bulkiness, in comparison with a representative case of the so far exploited class of inherently chiral selectors with axial stereogenicity. It is also verified that the high enantiodiscrimination ability holds as well for electron spins, as for atropisomeric selectors.
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- Serena Arnaboldi
- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Golgi, 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy . ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Golgi, 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy . ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Golgi, 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy . ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia , Università degli Studi dell'Insubria , Via Valleggio 11 , 22100 Como , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician" , Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna , Via Selmi 2 , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (CNR-ISTM) , SmartMatLab Centre , Via Golgi, 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale , Università degli Studi di Brescia , Viale Europa 11 , 25123 Brescia , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Golgi, 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy . ; ;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Golgi, 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy . ; ;
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Villani E, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Mattarozzi L, Barison S, Garoli D, Cattarin S, Paolucci F. Coreactant electrochemiluminescence at nanoporous gold electrodes. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.04.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Valenti G, Rampazzo E, Kesarkar S, Genovese D, Fiorani A, Zanut A, Palomba F, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Prodi L. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence from metal complexes-based nanoparticles for highly sensitive sensors applications. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Lan T, Soavi F, Marcaccio M, Brunner PL, Sayago J, Santato C. Electrolyte-gated transistors based on phenyl-C 61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) films: bridging redox properties, charge carrier transport and device performance. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:5490-5493. [PMID: 29756620 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03090a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The n-type organic semiconductor phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), a soluble fullerene derivative well investigated for organic solar cells and transistors, can undergo several successive reversible, diffusion-controlled, one-electron reduction processes. We exploited such processes to shed light on the correlation between electron transfer properties, ionic and electronic transport as well as device performance in ionic liquid (IL)-gated transistors. Two ILs were considered, based on bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [TFSI] as the anion and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium [EMIM] or 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium [PYR14] as the cation. The aromatic structure of [EMIM] and its lower steric hindrance with respect to [PYR14] favor a 3D (bulk) electrochemical doping. As opposed to this, for [PYR14] the doping seems to be 2D (surface-confined). If the n-doping of the PCBM is pursued beyond the first electrochemical process, the transistor current vs. gate-source voltage plots in [PYR14][TFSI] feature a maximum that points to the presence of finite windows of high conductivity in IL-gated PCBM transistors.
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- Tian Lan
- Polytechnique Montréal, Département de Génie Physique, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada.
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Mengozzi L, El Garah M, Gualandi A, Iurlo M, Fiorani A, Ciesielski A, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Samorì P, Cozzi PG. Phenoxyaluminum(salophen) Scaffolds: Synthesis, Electrochemical Properties, and Self-Assembly at Surfaces of Multifunctional Systems. Chemistry 2018; 24:11954-11960. [PMID: 29603481 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Salophens and Salens are Schiff bases generated through the condensation of two equivalents of salicylaldehyde with either 1,2-phenylenediamines or aliphatic diamines, respectively. Both ligands have been extensively exploited as key building blocks in coordination chemistry and catalysis. In particular, their metal complexes have been widely used for various catalytical transformations with high yield and selectivity. Through the modification of the phenol unit it is possible to tune the steric hindrance and electronic properties of Salophen and Salen. The introduction of long aliphatic chains in salicylaldehydes can be used to promote their self-assembly into ordered supramolecular structures on solid surfaces. Herein, we report a novel method towards the facile synthesis of robust and air-stable [Al(Salophen)] derivatives capable of undergoing spontaneous self-assembly at the graphite/solution interface forming highly-ordered nanopatterns. The new synthetic approach relies on the use of [MeAlIII (Salophen)] as a building unit to introduce, via a simple acid/base reaction with functionalized acidic phenol derivatives, selected frameworks integrating multiple functions for efficient surface decoration. STM imaging at the solid/liquid interface made it possible to monitor the formation of ordered supramolecular structures. In addition, the redox properties of the Salophen derivatives functionalized with ferrocene units in solution and on surface were unraveled by cyclic voltammetry. The use of a five-coordinate aluminum alkyl Salophen precursor enables the tailoring of new Salophen molecules capable of undergoing controlled self-assembly on HOPG, and thereby it can be exploited to introduce multiple functionalities with subnanometer precision at surfaces, ultimately forming ordered functional patterns.
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- Luca Mengozzi
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 700, 8 alleé Gaspard Monge, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 700, 8 alleé Gaspard Monge, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 700, 8 alleé Gaspard Monge, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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Zhou Z, Spisak SN, Xu Q, Rogachev AY, Wei Z, Marcaccio M, Petrukhina MA. Frontispiece: Fusing a Planar Group to a π-Bowl: Electronic and Molecular Structure, Aromaticity and Solid-State Packing of Naphthocorannulene and its Anions. Chemistry 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201881465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zheng Zhou
- Department of Chemistry; University at Albany, State University of New York; Albany NY 12222 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University at Albany, State University of New York; Albany NY 12222 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago IL 60616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago IL 60616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University at Albany, State University of New York; Albany NY 12222 USA
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry; University at Albany, State University of New York; Albany NY 12222 USA
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Zhou Z, Spisak SN, Xu Q, Rogachev AY, Wei Z, Marcaccio M, Petrukhina MA. Fusing a Planar Group to a π-Bowl: Electronic and Molecular Structure, Aromaticity and Solid-State Packing of Naphthocorannulene and its Anions. Chemistry 2018; 24:3455-3463. [PMID: 29328530 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Molecular and electronic structure, reduction electron transfer and coordination abilities of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) having a planar naphtho-group fused to the corannulene bowl have been investigated for the first time using a combination of theoretical and experimental tools. A direct comparison of naphtho[2,3-a]corannulene (C28 H14 , 1) with parent corannulene (C20 H10 , 2) revealed the effect of framework topology change on electronic properties and aromaticity of 1. The presence of two reduction steps for 1 was predicted theoretically and confirmed experimentally. Two reversible one-electron reduction processes with the formal reduction potentials at -2.30 and -2.77 V versus Fc+/0 were detected by cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements, demonstrating accessibility of the corresponding mono- and dianionic states of 1. The products of the singly and doubly reduced napththocorannulene were prepared using chemical reduction with Group 1 metals and isolated as sodium and rubidium salts. Their X-ray diffraction study revealed the formation of "naked" mono- and dianions crystallized as solvent-separated ion products with one or two sodium cations as [Na+ (18-crown-6)(THF)2 ][C28 H14- ] and [Na+ (18-crown-6)(THF)2 ]2 [C28 H142- ] (3⋅THF and 4⋅THF, respectively). The dianion of 1 was also isolated as a contact-ion complex with two rubidium countercations, [{Rb+ (18-crown-6)}2 (C28 H142- )] (5⋅THF). The structural consequences of adding one and two electrons to the carbon framework of 1 are compared for 3, 4 and 5. Changes in aromaticity and charge distribution stemming from the stepwise electron acquisition are discussed based on DFT computational study.
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- Zheng Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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Valenti G, Iurlo M, Claramunt RM, Accorsi G, Paolucci F, Farrán MÁ, Marcaccio M. Redox Properties and Interchromophoric Electronic Interactions in Isoalloxazine−Anthraquinone Dyads. ChemElectroChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201701374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Giovanni Valenti
- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED); Paseo Senda del Rey 9 28040 Madrid Spain
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- CNR NANOTEC, Institute of Nanotechnology c/o Campus Ecotekne; University of Salento; Via Monteroni 73100 Lecce Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED); Paseo Senda del Rey 9 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Soldà A, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Giorgio M, Pelicci PG, Paolucci F, Rapino S. Glucose and Lactate Miniaturized Biosensors for SECM-Based High-Spatial Resolution Analysis: A Comparative Study. ACS Sens 2017; 2:1310-1318. [PMID: 28836760 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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With the aim of developing miniaturized enzymatic biosensors suitable for in vitro diagnostic applications, such as monitoring of metabolites at single cell level, glucose and lactate biosensors were fabricated by immobilizing enzymes (glucose oxidase and lactate oxidase, respectively) on 10 μm Pt ultramicroelectrodes. These electrodes are meant to be employed as probes for scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), which is a unique technique for high-spatial-resolution electrochemical-based analysis. The use of enzymatic moieties improves sensitivity, time scale response, and information content of the microprobes; however, protein immobilization is a key step in the biosensor preparation that greatly affects the overall performance. A crucial aspect is the miniaturization of the sensing, preserving their sensitivity. In this work, we investigated the most common enzyme immobilization techniques. Several fabrication routes are reported and the main figures of merit, such as sensitivity, detection limit, response time, reproducibility, spatial resolution, biosensor efficiency, permeability, selectivity, and the ability to block electro-active interfering species, are investigated and compared. With the intent of using the microprobes for in vitro functional imaging of single living cells, we carefully evaluate the spatial resolution achieved by our modified electrodes on 2D SECM imaging. Metabolic activity of single MCF10A cells were obtained by monitoring the glucose concentrations in close proximity of single living cell, using the UME-based biosensor probes prepared. A voltage-switch approach was implemented to disentangle the topographical contribution of the cells enabling quantitative measurements of cellular uptakes.
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- Alice Soldà
- Chemistry
Department “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Chemistry
Department “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Chemistry
Department “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Experimental
Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Experimental
Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Chemistry
Department “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Chemistry
Department “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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Kesarkar S, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Bossi A, Prodi L, Paolucci F. Cover Picture: Iridium(III)-Doped Core-Shell Silica Nanoparticles: Near-IR Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence in Water (ChemElectroChem 7/2017). ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Sagar Kesarkar
- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari-CNR and SmartMatLab; Center; Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari-CNR and SmartMatLab; Center; Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Kesarkar S, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Bossi A, Prodi L, Paolucci F. Iridium (III)-Doped Core-Shell Silica Nanoparticles: Near-IR Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence in Water. ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Sagar Kesarkar
- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari-CNR and SmartMatLab; Center; Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari-CNR and SmartMatLab; Center; Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Kesarkar S, Rampazzo E, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Bossi A, Prodi L, Paolucci F. Iridium(III)-Doped Core-Shell Silica Nanoparticles: Near-IR Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence in Water. ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Sagar Kesarkar
- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari-CNR and SmartMatLab; Center; Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari-CNR and SmartMatLab; Center; Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “ G. Ciamician”; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Valenti G, Boni A, Melchionna M, Cargnello M, Nasi L, Bertoni G, Gorte RJ, Marcaccio M, Rapino S, Bonchio M, Fornasiero P, Prato M, Paolucci F. Co-axial heterostructures integrating palladium/titanium dioxide with carbon nanotubes for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13549. [PMID: 27941752 PMCID: PMC5159813 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Considering the depletion of fossil-fuel reserves and their negative environmental impact, new energy schemes must point towards alternative ecological processes. Efficient hydrogen evolution from water is one promising route towards a renewable energy economy and sustainable development. Here we show a tridimensional electrocatalytic interface, featuring a hierarchical, co-axial arrangement of a palladium/titanium dioxide layer on functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The resulting morphology leads to a merging of the conductive nanocarbon core with the active inorganic phase. A mechanistic synergy is envisioned by a cascade of catalytic events promoting water dissociation, hydride formation and hydrogen evolution. The nanohybrid exhibits a performance exceeding that of state-of-the-art electrocatalysts (turnover frequency of 15000 H2 per hour at 50 mV overpotential). The Tafel slope of ∼130 mV per decade points to a rate-determining step comprised of water dissociation and formation of hydride. Comparative activities of the isolated components or their physical mixtures demonstrate that the good performance evolves from the synergistic hierarchical structure.
Hydrogen evolution by water electrolysis is a promising route to 'green energy', but efficiency is still an issue. Here, the authors make mixed organic/inorganic hierarchical nanostructures with high hydrogen evolution activity, identifying synergic effects in the material contributing to enhanced efficiency.
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- Giovanni Valenti
- Department of Chemistry 'Giacomo Ciamician', University of Bologna and INSTM, via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry 'Giacomo Ciamician', University of Bologna and INSTM, via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and INSTM, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- IMEM-CNR Institute, Parco area delle Scienze 37/A, Parma 43124, Italy
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- IMEM-CNR Institute, Parco area delle Scienze 37/A, Parma 43124, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry 'Giacomo Ciamician', University of Bologna and INSTM, via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry 'Giacomo Ciamician', University of Bologna and INSTM, via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and ITM-CNR, University of Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and INSTM, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy.,ICCOM-CNR Trieste Associate Unit, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and INSTM, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy.,Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián 20009, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry 'Giacomo Ciamician', University of Bologna and INSTM, via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy.,ICMATE-CNR Bologna Associate Unit, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy
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Valenti G, Rampazzo E, Bonacchi S, Petrizza L, Marcaccio M, Montalti M, Prodi L, Paolucci F. Variable Doping Induces Mechanism Swapping in Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Ru(bpy)32+ Core–Shell Silica Nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:15935-15942. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Giovanni Valenti
- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry ‘‘G. Ciamician’’, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- ICMATE-CNR
Bologna Associate Unit, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Valenti G, Rampazzo E, Biavardi E, Villani E, Fracasso G, Marcaccio M, Bertani F, Ramarli D, Dalcanale E, Paolucci F, Prodi L. An electrochemiluminescence-supramolecular approach to sarcosine detection for early diagnosis of prostate cancer. Faraday Discuss 2016; 185:299-309. [PMID: 26394608 DOI: 10.1039/c5fd00096c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Monitoring Prostate Cancer (PCa) biomarkers is an efficient way to diagnosis this disease early, since it improves the therapeutic success rate and suppresses PCa patient mortality: for this reason a powerful analytical technique such as electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is already used for this application, but its widespread usability is still hampered by the high cost of commercial ECL equipment. We describe an innovative approach for the selective and sensitive detection of the PCa biomarker sarcosine, obtained by a synergistic ECL-supramolecular approach, in which the free base form of sarcosine acts as co-reagent in a Ru(bpy)3(2+)-ECL process. We used magnetic micro-beads decorated with a supramolecular tetraphosphonate cavitand (Tiiii) for the selective capture of sarcosine hydrochloride in a complex matrix like urine. Sarcosine determination was then obtained with ECL measurements thanks to the complexation properties of Tiiii, with a protocol involving simple pH changes - to drive the capture-release process of sarcosine from the receptor - and magnetic micro-bead technology. With this approach we were able to measure sarcosine in the μM to mM window, a concentration range that encompasses the diagnostic urinary value of sarcosine in healthy subjects and PCa patients, respectively. These results indicate how this ECL-supramolecular approach is extremely promising for the detection of sarcosine and for PCa diagnosis and monitoring, and for the development of portable and more affordable devices.
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- Giovanni Valenti
- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, University of Parma and Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali Unità di Ricerca Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, Immunology Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, University of Parma and Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali Unità di Ricerca Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, Immunology Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, University of Parma and Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali Unità di Ricerca Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Petrizza L, Genovese D, Valenti G, Iurlo M, Fiorani A, Paolucci F, Rapino S, Marcaccio M. Electrochemical and Surface Characterization of Dense Monolayers Grafted on ITO and Si/SiO2
Surfaces via Tetra(tert
-Butoxy)Tin Linker. ELECTROANAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Luca Petrizza
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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El Garah M, Santana Bonilla A, Ciesielski A, Gualandi A, Mengozzi L, Fiorani A, Iurlo M, Marcaccio M, Gutierrez R, Rapino S, Calvaresi M, Zerbetto F, Cuniberti G, Cozzi PG, Paolucci F, Samorì P. Molecular design driving tetraporphyrin self-assembly on graphite: a joint STM, electrochemical and computational study. Nanoscale 2016; 8:13678-13686. [PMID: 27376633 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr03424a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Tuning the intermolecular interactions among suitably designed molecules forming highly ordered self-assembled monolayers is a viable approach to control their organization at the supramolecular level. Such a tuning is particularly important when applied to sophisticated molecules combining functional units which possess specific electronic properties, such as electron/energy transfer, in order to develop multifunctional systems. Here we have synthesized two tetraferrocene-porphyrin derivatives that by design can selectively self-assemble at the graphite/liquid interface into either face-on or edge-on monolayer-thick architectures. The former supramolecular arrangement consists of two-dimensional planar networks based on hydrogen bonding among adjacent molecules whereas the latter relies on columnar assembly generated through intermolecular van der Waals interactions. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) at the solid-liquid interface has been corroborated by cyclic voltammetry measurements and assessed by theoretical calculations to gain multiscale insight into the arrangement of the molecule with respect to the basal plane of the surface. The STM analysis allowed the visualization of these assemblies with a sub-nanometer resolution, and cyclic voltammetry measurements provided direct evidence of the interactions of porphyrin and ferrocene with the graphite surface and offered also insight into the dynamics within the face-on and edge-on assemblies. The experimental findings were supported by theoretical calculations to shed light on the electronic and other physical properties of both assemblies. The capability to engineer the functional nanopatterns through self-assembly of porphyrins containing ferrocene units is a key step toward the bottom-up construction of multifunctional molecular nanostructures and nanodevices.
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- M El Garah
- ISIS & iCFRC, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Institute for Materials and Max Bergamann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- ISIS & iCFRC, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute for Materials and Max Bergamann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute for Materials and Max Bergamann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Via Selmi2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- ISIS & iCFRC, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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Galván-Miranda EK, Castro-Cruz HM, Arturo Arias-Orea J, Iurlo M, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Macías-Ruvalcaba NA. Synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and electrochemiluminescence properties of A2B2 zinc porphyrins: the effect of π-extended conjugation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:15025-38. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01926a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of A2B2 porphyrins: the effect of extended conjugation.
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- Elizabeth K. Galván-Miranda
- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- Bologna
- Italy
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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Rapino S, Marcu R, Bigi A, Soldà A, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Pelicci PG, Giorgio M. Scanning electro-chemical microscopy reveals cancer cell redox state. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fiorani A, Rapino S, Fioravanti G, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F. Local desorption of thiols by scanning electrochemical microscopy: patterning and tuning the reactivity of self-assembled monolayers. J Solid State Electrochem 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-015-3020-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mazzaro R, Boni A, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Ortolani L, Morandi V, Ceroni P, Bergamini G. Uniform Functionalization of High-Quality Graphene with Platinum Nanoparticles for Electrocatalytic Water Reduction. ChemistryOpen 2015; 4:268-73. [PMID: 26246987 PMCID: PMC4522175 DOI: 10.1002/open.201402151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Graphene-metal composites have potential as novel catalysts due to their unique electrical properties. Here, we report the synthesis of a composite material comprised of monodispersed platinum nanoparticles on high-quality graphene obtained by using two different exfoliation techniques. The material, prepared via an easy, low-cost and reproducible procedure, was evaluated as an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. The turnover frequency at zero overpotential (TOF0 in 0.1 m phosphate buffer, pH 6.8) was determined to be approximately 4600 h(-1). This remarkably high value is likely due to the optimal dispersion of the platinum nanoparticles on the graphene substrate, which enables the material to be loaded with only very small amounts of the noble metal (i.e., Pt) despite the very highly active surface. This study provides a new outlook on the design of novel materials for the development of robust and scalable water-splitting devices.
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- Raffaello Mazzaro
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy ; Institute for Microelectronics & Microsystems (IMM)-Bologna, National Research Council (CNR) Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy ; Interuniversity Consortium for Science & Technology of Materials-Bologna Research Unit (INSTM UdR Bologna) Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy ; Institute for Energetics & Interphases (IENI)-National Research Council (CNR), Bologna Associate Unit, University of Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute for Microelectronics & Microsystems (IMM)-Bologna, National Research Council (CNR) Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute for Microelectronics & Microsystems (IMM)-Bologna, National Research Council (CNR) Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy ; Interuniversity Consortium for Science & Technology of Materials-Bologna Research Unit (INSTM UdR Bologna) Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy ; Center for Nanoscience & Technology, Istituto Italiano Tecnologia (IIT) at PoliMi Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Mobbili G, Crucianelli E, Barbon A, Marcaccio M, Pisani M, Dalzini A, Ussano E, Bortolus M, Stipa P, Astolfi P. Liponitroxides: EPR study and their efficacy as antioxidants in lipid membranes. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra18963b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Fighting lipid peroxidation on its own ground: the antioxidant activity of new synthesized lipid-functionalized nitroxides is maximized in the PUFA region and correlates with the nitroxide location within the lipid bilayer as found by EPR spectroscopy.
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- Giovanna Mobbili
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Università di Padova
- I-35131 Padova
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- Università di Bologna
- I-40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Materials
- Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Università di Padova
- I-35131 Padova
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- Università di Bologna
- I-40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Università di Padova
- I-35131 Padova
- Italy
- Department of Material Sciences
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- Department of Materials
- Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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- Department of Materials
- Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
- I-60131 Ancona
- Italy
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Valenti G, Fiorani A, Di Motta S, Bergamini G, Gingras M, Ceroni P, Negri F, Paolucci F, Marcaccio M. Molecular Size and Electronic Structure Combined Effects on the Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Sulfurated Pyrene-Cored Dendrimers. Chemistry 2014; 21:2936-47. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Rapino S, Treossi E, Palermo V, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Zerbetto F. Playing peekaboo with graphene oxide: a scanning electrochemical microscopy investigation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:13117-20. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06368f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Iurlo M, Mengozzi L, Rapino S, Marcaccio M, Perone RC, Masiero S, Cozzi P, Paolucci F. New Approaches toward Ferrocene–Guanine Conjugates: Synthesis and Electrochemical Behavior. Organometallics 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/om5002809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Matteo Iurlo
- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Alma Mater Studiorum-Università
di Bologna and INSTM, Unit of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo
Ciamician”, via Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Molinari A, Ayora C, Marcaccio M, Guadagnini L, Sanchez-Vila X, Guadagnini A. Geochemical modeling of arsenic release from a deep natural solid matrix under alternated redox conditions. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2014; 21:1628-1637. [PMID: 23949112 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2054-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Dissolved arsenic (As) concentrations detected in groundwater bodies of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) exhibit values which are above the regulation limit and could be related to the natural composition of the host porous matrix. To support this hypothesis, we present the results of a geochemical modeling study reproducing the main trends of the dynamics of As, Fe, and Mn concentrations as well as redox potential and pH observed during batch tests performed under alternating redox conditions. The tests were performed on a natural matrix extracted from a deep aquifer located in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy). The solid phases implemented in the model were selected from the results of selective sequential extractions performed on the tested matrix. The calibrated model showed that large As concentrations have to be expected in the solution for low crystallinity phases subject to dissolution. The role of Mn oxides on As concentration dynamics appears significant in strongly reducing environments, particularly for large water-solid matrix interaction times. Modeled data evidenced that As is released firstly from the outer surface of Fe oxihydroxides minerals exhibiting large concentrations in water when persistent reducing conditions trigger the dissolution of the crystalline structure of the binding minerals. The presence of organic matter was found to strongly affect pH and redox conditions, thus influencing As mobility.
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- A Molinari
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Arpa Emilia-Romagna, Largo Caduti del Lavoro 6, 40122, Bologna, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
- Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Marcaccio M, Paolucci F. Making and exploiting fullerenes, graphene, and carbon nanotubes. Preface. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2014; 348:v-vi. [PMID: 25302358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Baggerman J, Haraszkiewicz N, Wiering PG, Fioravanti G, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Kay ER, Leigh DA, Brouwer AM. Induction of motion in a synthetic molecular machine: effect of tuning the driving force. Chemistry 2013; 19:5566-77. [PMID: 23564495 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201204016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rotaxane molecular shuttles were studied in which a tetralactam macrocyclic ring moves between a succinamide station and a second station in which the structure is varied. Station 2 in all cases is an aromatic imide, which is a poor hydrogen-bond acceptor in the neutral form, but a strong one when reduced with one or two electrons. When the charge density on the hydrogen-bond-accepting carbonyl groups in station 2 is reduced by changing a naphthalimide into a naphthalene diimide radical anion, the shuttling rate changes only slightly. When station 2 is a pyromellitimide radical anion, however, the shuttling rate is significantly reduced. This implies that the shuttling rate is not only determined by the initial unbinding of the ring from the first station, as previously supposed. An alternative reaction mechanism is proposed in which the ring binds to both stations in the transition state.
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- Jacob Baggerman
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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