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Gerardino D'Errico is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with particular emphasis on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and molecular biology. Their research also intersects with renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and biomaterials.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • Multifunctional mats by antimicrobial nanoparticles decoration for bioinspired smart wound dressing solutions, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering C
  • Hybrid humic acid/titanium dioxide nanomaterials as highly effective antimicrobial agents against gram(−) pathogens and antibiotic contaminants in wastewater, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Rhamnolipid Self-Aggregation in Aqueous Media: A Long Journey toward the Definition of Structure-Property Relationships, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Antioxidant Properties of Agri-Food Byproducts and Specific Boosting Effects of Hydrolytic Treatments, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Exploiting bioderived humic acids: A molecular combination with ZnO nanoparticles leads to nanostructured hybrid interfaces with enhanced pro-oxidant and antibacterial activity, 2022, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gerardino D'Errico include:

  • Luigi Paduano
  • Rodolfo Esposito
  • Giuseppe Vitiello
  • Irene Russo Krauss
  • Noemi Gallucci

D'Errico frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Antioxidants

Best Publications

  • Atypical Structural and π-Electron Features of a Melanin Polymer That Lead to Superior Free-Radical-Scavenging Properties†

    Lucia Panzella;Gennaro Gentile;Gerardino D'Errico;Nicola F. Della Vecchia

  • Tris buffer modulates polydopamine growth, aggregation, and paramagnetic properties.

    Nicola Fyodor Della Vecchia;Alessandra Luchini;Alessandra Napolitano;Gerardino D’Errico

  • Chemistry of Lipid A: At the Heart of Innate Immunity

    Antonio Molinaro;Otto Holst;Flaviana Di Lorenzo;Maire Callaghan

  • Protic ionic liquids as p-dopant for organic hole transporting materials and their application in high efficiency hybrid solar cells.

    Antonio Abate;Derek J. Hollman;Joël Teuscher;Sandeep Pathak

  • Diffusion Coefficients for the Binary System Glycerol + Water at 25 °C. A Velocity Correlation Study

    Gerardino D'Errico;Ornella Ortona;and Fabio Capuano;Vincenzo Vitagliano

  • Effect of glycerol on micelle formation by ionic and nonionic surfactants at 25 °C

    Gerardino D'Errico;Donato Ciccarelli;Ornella Ortona

  • Red human hair pheomelanin is a potent pro-oxidant mediating UV-independent contributory mechanisms of melanomagenesis.

    Lucia Panzella;Loredana Leone;Giorgia Greco;Giorgia Greco;Giuseppe Vitiello

  • Physicochemical properties of mixed micellar aggregates containing CCK peptides and Gd complexes designed as tumor specific contrast agents in MRI.

    Antonella Accardo;Diego Tesauro;Paola Roscigno;Eliana Gianolio

  • Short Time Dynamics of Solvent Molecules and Supramolecular Organization of Poly (vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels Obtained by Freeze/Thaw Techniques

    Rosa Ricciardi;Gerardino D'errico;Finizia Auriemma;Guylaine Ducouret

  • Solvent Polarity and pH Effects on the Magnetic Properties of Ionizable Nitroxide Radicals: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study of 2,2,5,5-Tetramethyl-3-carboxypyrrolidine and 2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-4-carboxypiperidine Nitroxides

    Gloria A. A. Saracino;Annamaria Tedeschi;Gerardino D'errico;Roberto Improta

  • Exploring the role of unnatural amino acids in antimicrobial peptides

    Rosario Oliva;Marco Chino;Katia Pane;Valeria Pistorio

  • Ruthenium-based complex nanocarriers for cancer therapy

    Gaetano Mangiapia;Gerardino D’Errico;Luca Simeone;Carlo Irace

  • Temperature and concentration effects on supramolecular aggregation and phase behavior for poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide)- b-poly(propylene oxide) copolymers of different composition in aqueous mixtures, 1.

    Gerardino D'Errico;Luigi Paduano;Ali Khan

  • Covalently linked hopanoid-lipid A improves outer-membrane resistance of a Bradyrhizobium symbiont of legumes

    Alba Silipo;Giuseppe Vitiello;Djamel Gully;Luisa Sturiale

  • Structural and mechanical properties of UV-photo-cross-linked poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) hydrogels

    Gerardino D'Errico;Marco De Lellis;Gaetano Mangiapia;Annarnaria Tedeschi

  • Electronic properties of TiO2-based materials characterized by high Ti3+ self-doping and low recombination rate of electron–hole pairs

    A. Aronne;Marzia Fantauzzi;C. Imparato;Davide Atzei

  • Transport Properties for Aqueous Sodium Sulfonate Surfactants.

    Onofrio Annunziata;Lucia Costantino;Gerardino D'Errico;Luigi Paduano

  • Interaction of Anticancer Ruthenium Compounds with Proteins: High-Resolution X-ray Structures and Raman Microscopy Studies of the Adduct between Hen Egg White Lysozyme and AziRu.

    Alessandro Vergara;Gerardino D’Errico;Daniela Montesarchio;Gaetano Mangiapia

  • Interaction between Alzheimer's Aβ(25–35) peptide and phospholipid bilayers: The role of cholesterol

    Gerardino D'Errico;Giuseppe Vitiello;Ornella Ortona;Annamaria Tedeschi

  • The aggregative behavior of hydrophobically modified chitosans with high substitution degree in aqueous solution

    Ornella Ortona;Gerardino D’Errico;Gaetano Mangiapia;Donato Ciccarelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Paduano
Luigi Paduano University of Naples Federico II
Marco d'Ischia
Marco d'Ischia University of Naples Federico II
Alessandra Napolitano
Alessandra Napolitano University of Naples Federico II
Aurel Radulescu
Aurel Radulescu Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lucia Panzella
Lucia Panzella University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Molinaro
Antonio Molinaro University of Naples Federico II
Paolo Rovero
Paolo Rovero University of Florence
Alessandro Pezzella
Alessandro Pezzella University of Naples Federico II
Stefania Galdiero
Stefania Galdiero University of Naples Federico II
Ettore Novellino
Ettore Novellino University of Naples Federico II

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