Nature has always inspired supramolecular chemists who, with the aim to mimic the structural features of the natural receptors, have designed artificial systems with amazing functions and properties. Therefore, in the last ...

In recent decades, the historical and artistic heritage has undergone a greater degradation than in the past, in relation to the synergic action of atmospheric pollution, climate changes, and biological contamination. The ...

The progressive reduction in the availability of oil resources, the unstoppable increase in their costs and the growing need for efficient environmental protection, imply an urgent development of new technologies for the ...

Since the synthesis, the isolation, and the characterization of the first stable N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in 1991 by Arduengo and collaborators, this class of ligands has attracted the attention of researchers for ...

Celiac disease (CD) is a life-long gluten-sensitive immune-mediated disorder that primarily affects the small intestine of genetically susceptible individuals worldwide. Type 2 transglutaminase (TG2) has two crucial roles ...

Sustainability is a global level challenge for tanning industry whose production is based on Cr(III) salts for more than 90%, negatively impacting both biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Societal challenges ...

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 ...

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 ...

Negli ultimi tre decenni, l'uso dei calixareni come host macrociclici nella chimica supramolecolare ha acquisito una rilevanza crescente, soprattutto per la costruzione di macchine molecolari. Pertanto, è importante capire ...

The aim of this PhD project is the combination of a pH clock reaction (the enzymatic urea-urease reaction) with pH-responsive materials to generate a chemo-mechanical coupling. A clock reaction is characterized by a latent ...