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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
16512
World Ranking
4343
National Ranking
83

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Bice Fubini is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has a research profile primarily situated in the field of Medicine. Their work extensively covers subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

Their research focuses on topics such as Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, Occupational Health and Safety Research, Building Materials and Conservation, Arsenic Contamination and Mitigation, Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications, Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications.

Fubini's recent published papers include the following:

  • "Nearly free surface silanols are the critical molecular moieties that initiate the toxicity of silica particles" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Quantitative Flow Cytometric Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Impairment in RAW 264.7 Macrophages after Exposure to Pristine, Acid Functionalized, or Annealed Carbon Nanotubes" (2020) in Nanomaterials
  • "Morphological and chemical properties of fibrous antigorite from lateritic deposit of New Caledonia in view of hazard assessment" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Cytotoxicity of fibrous antigorite from New Caledonia" (2022) in Environmental Research
  • "Analyse de revues épidémiologiques et toxicologiques (R-Amstar adaptée) - expertise Anses" (2020) in Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail/Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l'environnement

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail/Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l'environnement
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nanomaterials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include Maura Tomatis, Francesco Turci, Clémence Fourneau, Jean-François Bernaudin, and Patrick Brochard.

Best Publications

  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) generation by silica in inflammation and fibrosis

    Bice Fubini;Andrea Hubbard

  • Endocytosis, oxidative stress and IL-8 expression in human lung epithelial cells upon treatment with fine and ultrafine TiO2: role of the specific surface area and of surface methylation of the particles.

    Seema Singh;Tingming Shi;Tingming Shi;Rodger Duffin;Rodger Duffin;Catrin Albrecht

  • Generation of superoxide ions at oxide surfaces

    Masakazu Anpo;Michel Che;Bice Fubini;Edoardo Garrone

  • Reactivity of carbon nanotubes: free radical generation or scavenging activity?

    Ivana Fenoglio;Maura Tomatis;Dominique Lison;Julie Muller

  • Physico-chemical features of engineered nanoparticles relevant to their toxicity.

    Bice Fubini;Mara Ghiazza;Ivana Fenoglio

  • Structural Defects Play a Major Role in the Acute Lung Toxicity of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: Physicochemical Aspects.

    Ivana Fenoglio;Giovanna Greco;Maura Tomatis;Julie Muller

  • Chemical aspects of the toxicity of inhaled mineral dusts

    B. Fubini;C. Otero Areán

  • Surface chemistry and quartz hazard

    B Fubini

  • Cobalt in hard metals and cobalt sulfate, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and vanadium pentoxide

    Mario Altamirano-Lozano;Detmar Beyersmann;Dean E. Carter;Bruce A. Fowler

  • Surface reactivity in the pathogenic response to particulates.

    Bice Fubini

  • Hydrophilic and hydrophobic sites on dehydrated crystalline and amorphous silicas

    Vera Bolis;Bice Fubini;Leonardo Marchese;Gianmario Martra

  • Free radical generation at the solid/liquid interface in iron containing minerals

    Bice Fubini;Laura Mollo;Elio Giamello

  • Non‐UV‐Induced Radical Reactions at the Surface of TiO2 Nanoparticles That May Trigger Toxic Responses

    Ivana Fenoglio;Giovanna Greco;Stefano Livraghi;Bice Fubini

  • Multiple aspects of the interaction of biomacromolecules with inorganic surfaces.

    Ivana Fenoglio;Bice Fubini;Elena Maria Ghibaudi;Francesco Turci

  • The surface area rather than the surface coating determines the acute inflammatory response after instillation of fine and ultrafine TiO2 in the rat

    Doris Höhr;Yvonne Steinfartz;Roel P.F. Schins;Ad M. Knaapen

  • The chemisorption of carbon monoxide on various transition aluminas

    Giuseppe Della Gatta;Bice Fubini;Giovanna Ghiotti;Claudio Morterra

  • Experimental and Quantum Chemical Studies on the Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide on Alkali-Metal-Exchanged ZSM-5 Zeolites

    B. Bonelli;Bartolomeo Civalleri;Bice Fubini;Piero Ugliengo

  • Physicochemical Mechanism of the Interaction between Cobalt Metal and Carbide Particles To Generate Toxic Activated Oxygen Species

    Dominique Lison;Philippe Carbonnelle;Laura Mollo;Robert Lauwerys

  • Hydrophobic and hydrophilic behavior of micelle-templated mesoporous silica

    Anne Cauvel;and Daniel Brunel;Francesco Di Renzo;Edoardo Garrone and

  • Role of iron in the reactivity of mineral fibers.

    Bice Fubini;Laura Mollo

  • Toxic Potential of Mineral Dusts

    Bice Fubini;Ivana Fenoglio

Frequent Co-Authors

Elio Giamello
Elio Giamello University of Turin
Vera Bolis
Vera Bolis University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Dario Ghigo
Dario Ghigo University of Turin
Gianmario Martra
Gianmario Martra University of Turin
Edoardo Garrone
Edoardo Garrone Polytechnic University of Turin
Dominique Lison
Dominique Lison Université Catholique de Louvain
Claudio Morterra
Claudio Morterra University of Turin
C. Otero Areán
C. Otero Areán University of the Balearic Islands
Silvia Perotto
Silvia Perotto University of Turin
Amalia Bosia
Amalia Bosia University of Turin

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