Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are evolutionarily conserved components of the innate immune system. They have a broad spectrum of action against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Therefore, AMP are studied as probable substitutes ...

Recently, considerable attention has been devoted to developing superhydrophobic surfaces due to their advantageous antimicrobial and self-cleaning properties. While significant effort has been devoted to their fabrication, ...

The cell membrane functions as a platform for the assembly of many signal transduction pathways and provides an additional level of regulation in cell signaling networks. The complex dynamic structure of the plasma membrane ...

The clinical use of ionizing radiation to obtain a necrosing or cytotoxic radiobiological effect on tumoral lesions requires wide and complex physical and dosimetrical procedures. In particular, it is necessary to calculate ...

New layered carbon-based materials were prepared and exhaustively characterized exploiting different characterization techniques, such as thermogravimetry (TGA), differential thermal calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform ...

In this PhD thesis work, Ruthenium catalysts were covalently and non-covalently linked to carbon-based nanomaterials, in order to give self-repairing ability to the aeronautical materials. These supported catalysts have ...

Aliphatic polyesters are emerging as an important class of materials alternatives to te petroleum-based polymers. They are often biodegradable and can be produced from renewable feedstocks. In this context, the developmentof ...

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 ...

Olefin metathesis is one of the most important chemical transformations for the formation of carbon-carbon double bonds. The possibility to build up highly funtionalised alkenes starting from simple olefins makes this ...

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 ...