Over the last 30 years a growing interest has been direct toward the biomolecular recognition of calixarene derivatives and more in particular to the interaction with druggable target(s).1,2 The aim of this PhD thesis was ...

Over the past decades, aliphatic polyesters have found rapidly increasing interest. Linear aliphatic polyesters, such as poly(glycolide) (PGA), poly(lactide) (PLA), poly(ε−caprolactone) (PCL) and their copolymers have found ...

In this PhD thesis attention has been focused on the theoretical design of organic small molecules for next generation electronics. The task of this thesis has concerned with the theoretical analysis of the operational ...

Gold Nanoparticles are nanomaterials whose properties are completely different from the ones of the bulk material. Nowadays many chemists have been using them as catalysts which work under mild conditions and respect the ...

My PhD research activity aimed to enrich the realm of peptoids1 with novel compounds and new insights into their behavior and properties, investigating their potential applications. A new class of cyclic “arylopeptoids” ...

In 2010, the Prof. Neri’s group showed that the calix[6]arene hosts were able to recognize dialkylammonium axles when they were coupled with the weakly coordinating Tetrakis[3,5 bis(triFluoromethyl)Phenyl]Borate (TFPB−) ...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been known for long time as a toxic molecule in biological systems. More recent studies have shown that mammals can produce H2S in a controlled fashion, suggesting that it’s important in maintaining ...

In this PhD work, a series of eight new group 4 metal complexes 1−8 (1 = (t- BuOS)2TiCl2; 2 = (CumOS)2TiCl2; 3 = (t-BuOS)2Zr(CH2Ph)2; 4 = (CumOS)2Zr(CH2Ph)2); 5 = (t-BuOS)2Ti(OiPr)2; 6 = (t-BuOS)2Zr(OtBu)2; 7 = (t- ...