Chimica: Recent submissions
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Chiral organocatalysts mediated asymmetric oxyfunctionalization and tandem reaction
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2015-03-13)Asymmetric organocatalysis is a new rapidly growing field whose huge potential is becoming more and more evident.This PhD project has been conceived and developed in the context of non-covalent organocatalysis. The aim ... -
Towards the rational design of new catalysts for organic transformations
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-02-28)The main goal of this PhD thesis has been providing a computational support to the development of new or better performing catalysts, leading to the synthesis of new materials. In this context, it is worth remembering ... -
Olefin Metathesis Reactions Promoted by Ru-Catalysts with a Syn Substituted N-heterocyclic Carbene Backbone
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-03-06)The development of efficient catalytic systems dedicated to the formation of C−C double bonds from simple to highly functionalized alkenes represents a great challenge in modern organic synthesis. In addressing this ... -
Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Cyclopeptoids and Cyclopeptides
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-01-29)Aim of the research project has been the synthesis of cyclopeptides and cyclopeptoids in order to investigate their structural properties and catalytic activities. In particular, studies of the arrangement and the ... -
New Technologies in Tires: From Layered Nanofillers to Metathesis Reactions
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-03-07)Tires are annually manufactured in more than one billion of artefacts and the ever increasing demand is on the basis of the efforts in finding new solutions for more performant, sustainable and durable products. This PhD ... -
Transport properties of drug precursor molecules in nanoporous polymers
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-02-28)This PhD thesis is framed in the European project CUSTOM, which aims to develop a small size device able to detect drug precursors molecules in the air, even when they are just in traces. The project is part of the ... -
Polymeric aerogels
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-03-07)Aerogels are a unique class of materials characterized by a highly porous network, being attractive for many applications such as thermal and acoustic insulation, capacitors or catalysis. In more recent years, polymeric ... -
Development of molecular models of interfaces using a multi-scale hybrid particle-field approach: application to composite materials and biomembranes
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-03-07)The rule of the interface in systems including polymer composites and block-‐ copolymer interacting with biomembrane has been investigated by computational approach. In particular, for the poly ... -
Synthesis and properties of linear and cyclic peptoids
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-03-26)Le strutture e le attività metaboliche di tutte le cellule si basano su una vasta gamma di molecole comprendenti: amminoacidi, carboidrati, lipidi e nucleotidi, insieme alle forme polimeriche di questi composti. Ognuna di ... -
New catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-02-16)The Ring-Opening Polymerization of cyclic esters by metal complexes via coordination-insertion mechanism represents the most effective and versatile method for preparing aliphatic polyesters with a good control in terms ... -
Functionalized Syndiotactic Polystyrene
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-02-14)La sintesi di materiali polimerici da metodo di modificazione, per ottenere le proprietà desiderate in polimeri, è un argomento importante in chimica dei polimeri e tecnologia. Molto spesso, proprietà desiderate non sono ... -
Polymorphism and co-crystalline phases of polymers
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-02-04)Crystalline phases are extremely relevant for properties and applications of many polymeric materials. In fact, their amount, structure and morphology constitute the main factors controlling physical properties of fibers, ... -
Materiali ibridi e nanostrutturati derivati da copolimeri multiblocco polistirene-polibutadiene: sintesi e applicazioni
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-02-16)Scopo della presente tesi di Dottorato di Ricerca in Chimica, avente ampio carattere di esplorazione e innovazione, è stato quello di sviluppare materiali ibridi di natura organica ed inorganica con controllo della morfologia ... -
Design e sintesi di analoghi delle azumammidi, potenti inibitori degli enzimi HDACs
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-03-07)Le azumammidi sono cinque ciclopeptidi di origine marina, isolate nel 2003 da Fusetani et al dalla spugna Mycale izuensis e brevettate dalla Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical. L'interesse destato da questi metaboliti secondari ... -
Synthesis,characterization and catalytic activity of organometallic complexes of group 3 and 4 with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-02-21)The synthesis and characterization of a zirconium complex, having two alkoxide funtionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, and its behaviour as catalyst in the polymerization of ethylene and propylene, have been ... -
Enzymatic synthesis of macrolactones
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-02-24)Macrolactones are a large and structurally diverse class of compounds. Natural products having a macrolactone structure have been isolated from many natural sources such as plants, insects, marine organism and bacteria. ... -
Redox proteins for the development of biosensors
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-02-21)In recent years the field of chemical sensors and optical biosensors has been developed considereably. A biosensor is a device composed of a biological component (Borisov and Wolfbeis 2008) that interacts with a target ... -
A molecular dymanics view of structure and reactivity
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-02-21)The eld of computer simulations has developed into a very important branch of science providing a guess at the interactions between molecules to obtain predictions of properties as accurate as required, subject to ...