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Ferruccio Trifiro

Ferruccio Trifiro

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
24634
World Ranking
6754
National Ranking
155

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ferruccio Trifirò is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and contributes to several fields related to chemistry and biomedical engineering. Their research spans diverse topics including thermochemical biomass conversion processes, pesticide exposure and toxicity, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

Their published work includes the following notable papers:

  • "Advice on assistance and protection provided by the Scientific Advisory Board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: Part 3. On medical care and treatment of injuries from sulfur mustard" (2021, Toxicology)
  • "The several hydrotalcites investigated as precursors of catalysts by Angelo Vaccari" (2024, Catalysis Today)
  • "Recent ECHA and POP Restrictions on the Use of Substances from the PFAS Family" (2025, Mathews Journal of Pharmaceutical Science)
  • "A Career in Catalysis: Fabrizio Cavani" (2023, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Pyrogasification to Produce Biogas and Biomethane from Wood Wastes" (2022, Annales de Chimie Science des Matériaux)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ferruccio Trifirò include:

  • Tommaso Tabanelli
  • Nikolaos Dimitratos
  • Stefania Albonetti
  • Christopher M. Timperley
  • Jonathan E. Forman

Their publications have appeared in multiple journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • TECNICA ITALIANA-Italian Journal of Engineering Science
  • Mathews Journal of Pharmaceutical Science
  • Toxicology
  • Catalysis Today
  • ACS Catalysis

Research subfields represented in their body of work include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Plant Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Insect Science

Key topics within their research portfolio are:

  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Among their recognized distinctions, Ferruccio Trifirò became a member of the Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Hydrotalcite-type anionic clays: Preparation, properties and applications.

    Fabrizio Cavani;Ferruccio Trifirò;Angelo Vaccari

  • Mechanistic aspects of maleic anhydride synthesis from C4 hydrocarbons over phosphorus vanadium oxide

    Gabriele Centi;Ferruccio Trifiro;Jerry R. Ebner;Victoria M. Franchetti

  • The oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane and propane as an alternative way for the production of light olefins

    F. Cavani;F. Trifirò

  • Key Aspects of Catalyst Design for the Selective Oxidation of Paraffins

    Stefania Albonetti;Fabrizio Cavani;Ferruccio Trifirò

  • Physicochemical characterization of V-silicalite

    G. Centi;S. Perathoner;F. Trifiro;A. Aboukais

  • Alternative processes for the production of styrene

    F. Cavani;F. Trifirò

  • Chemical and Physical Characterization of Alumina-Supported Chromia-Based Catalysts and Their Activity in Dehydrogenation of Isobutane

    F. Cavani;M. Koutyrev;F. Trifirò;A. Bartolini

  • Selective oxidation of light alkanes: interaction between the catalyst and the gas phase on different classes of catalytic materials

    F Cavani;F Trifirò

  • Preparation and characterization of nickel-aluminum mixed oxides obtained by thermal decomposition of hydrotalcite-type precursors

    O. Clause;B. Rebours;E. Merlen;F. Trifiró

  • Catalysts for low-temperature methanol synthesis: preparation of Cu-Zn-Al mixed oxides via hydrotalcite-like precursors

    C. Busetto;G. Del Piero;G. Manara;F. Trifirò

  • Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane andn-Butane on VOx/Al2O3Catalysts

    T. Blasco;A. Galli;J.M. López Nieto;F. Trifiró

  • Surface acidity of vanadyl pyrophosphate, active phase in n-butane selective oxidation

    Guido Busca;Gabriele Centi;Ferruccio Trifiro;Vincenzo Lorenzelli

  • Chemical and spectroscopic study of the nature of a vanadium oxide monolayer supported on a high-surface-area TiO2 anatase

    Guido. Busca;Gabriele. Centi;Leonardo. Marchetti;Ferruccio. Trifiro

  • Ni/Mg/Al anionic clay derived catalysts for the catalytic partial oxidation of methane : Residence time dependence of the reactivity features

    F. Basile;L. Basini;M.D' Amore;G. Fornasari

  • Preparation and thermal reactivity of nickel/chromium and nickel/aluminium hydrotalcite-type precursors

    O. Clause;M. Gazzano;F. Trifiro;A. Vaccari

  • Sustainable Industrial Chemistry. Principles, Tools and Industrial Examples.

    Fabrizio Cavani;G. Centi;S. Perathoner;Ferruccio Trifiro

  • Nature and mechanism of formation of vanadyl pyrophosphate: Active phase in n-butane selective oxidation

    Guido Busca;Fabrizio Cavani;Gabriele Centi;Ferruccio Trifirò

  • Surface structure and reactivity of V$z.sbnd;Ti$z.sbnd;O catalysts prepared by solid-state reaction 1. Formation of a VIV interacting layer

    G. Centi;E. Giamello;D. Pinelli;F. Trifiró

  • Propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile : an overview

    Gabriele Centi;Robert K. Grasselli;Ferruccio Trifiro

  • A Comparison of the Reactivity of “Nonequilibrated” and “Equilibrated” V–P–O Catalysts: Structural Evolution, Surface Characterization, and Reactivity in the Selective Oxidation ofn-Butane andn-Pentane

    S. Albonetti;F. Cavani;F. Trifirò;P. Venturoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Cavani
Fabrizio Cavani University of Bologna
Angelo Vaccari
Angelo Vaccari University of Bologna
Gabriele Centi
Gabriele Centi University of Messina
Guido Busca
Guido Busca University of Genoa
Massimo Gazzano
Massimo Gazzano National Research Council (CNR)
Stefano Zacchini
Stefano Zacchini University of Bologna
Jean-Luc Dubois
Jean-Luc Dubois Trinseo (France)
Richard G. Finke
Richard G. Finke Colorado State University
Alessandro Trovarelli
Alessandro Trovarelli University of Udine
Edoardo Garrone
Edoardo Garrone Polytechnic University of Turin

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