• New applications of Ester/Amide surrogates in organic synthesis 

      Volpe, Chiara (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2021-04-22)
      Masked esters/amides are scaffolds endowed with a great potential in the field of organic synthesis. This PhD project has been conceived, in the context of non-covalent organocatalysis, with the aim to exploit unsaturated ...
    • New catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters 

      D'Auria, Ilaria (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 ...
    • New insights into peptoids' chemistry: synthesis, characterization and properties 

      Meli, Alessandra (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2016-05-11)
      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” ...
    • New metal catalysts for the synthesis of polyolefins and bioderived polymers 

      Lapenta, Rosita (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-02-28)
      The aim of PhD project is the synthesis of new metal catalysts active in the polymerization of polar monomer and α-olefins. In the last decade, transition metal complexes bearing tetradentate bis(phenolato) ligands are ...
    • New perspectives in phase transfer catalysis 

      Sicignano, Marina (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2020-02-11)
      The increasing demand for the stereoselective synthesis of bioactive compounds in both industrial and academic research has led to the rapid development of a variety of diastereo- and enantio-selective processes using phase ...
    • New Technologies in Tires: From Layered Nanofillers to Metathesis Reactions 

      Mauro, Marco (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 ...
    • Novel macrocyclic systems in asymmetric phase-transfer catalysis 

      Schettini, Rosaria (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-02-27)
      In the great realm of organic synthesis, phase-transfer catalysis (PTC) is a well recognized methodology which plays a key role both in industry and academia research. This process involves reactions that take place between ...
    • Olefin Metathesis Reactions Promoted by Ru-Catalysts with a Syn Substituted N-heterocyclic Carbene Backbone 

      Perfetto, Alessandra (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 ...
    • Olive oil and oleate affect hepatic proteome and mitochondrial dynamics: in vivo and in vitro approaches 

      De Sousa, Isy Faria (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2021-05-27)
      The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been pointed out as a nutritional approach to prevent metabolic disturbances leading to obesity, diabetes and liver steatosis. These properties have been largely attributed to oleic acid and ...
    • Pharmacological potential and phytochemical profile of three unexplored medicinal plants 

      Faraone, Immacolata (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2019-02-06)
      Nature is a wide source of biologically active compounds investigated with the purpose to be used as drugs due to their biological activity and also useful in pharmaceutical discovery and drug design. Nowadays, medicinal ...
    • Phisical chemistry of plasmas and applications to cultural heritage and material science 

      Smaldone, Antonella (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-03-04)
      In this project, the attention has been focused on the laser ablation process and on laser induced plasmas spectroscopic study for two different technological applications. First of all, the analytical LIBS (Lase Induced ...
    • Polymeric aerogels 

      Longo, Simona (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 ...
    • Polymeric films with co-crystalline and nanoporous crystalline phases: orientations, chirality and possible applications in photonic crystals 

      Ianniello, Graziella (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2015)
      Polymers can crystallize in different crystalline forms; polymorphism is the term to indicate this ability. It is known that processing and physical properties of polymer-based materials are strongly affected by the ...
    • Polymorphism and co-crystalline phases of polymers 

      Fasano, Gianluca (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, ...
    • Redox proteins for the development of biosensors 

      De Martino, Franco (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 ...
    • Ruthenium metathesis precatalysts with unsymmetrical Nheterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands 

      Paradiso, Veronica (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-03-07)
      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 ...
    • Small organic molecules for next generation electronics 

      Velardo, Amalia (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2016-03-16)
      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 ...
    • Solid state dynamic behaviour of organic molecules 

      Pierri, Giovanni (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2020-02-13)
      The main interactions characterizing the crystals of organic molecules are weak interactions such as hydrogen bonds, van der Waals forces, hydrophobic interactions, etc.1 Considering the weak nature of the forces involved, ...
    • Stereoselectivity in asymmetric processes and molecular assemblies 

      Marsico, Giulia (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2020-02-19)
      The aim of this thesis was to explore different areas of organic chemistry in which the stereocontrol in the design of chemical processes and/or molecular assemblies is necessary. Therefore, the stereoselectivity in ...
    • Supported gold nanoparticles as promising catalysts in sustainable organic synthesis 

      Dentoni Litta, Antonella (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2021-03-23)
      Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) emerged as very promising catalysts in a lot of organic reactions and industrial applications. These catalysts are in fact capable of catalysing chemical processes under mild conditions ...