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Gianluca M. Farinola

Gianluca M. Farinola

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
9466
World Ranking
16289
National Ranking
612

Overview

Gianluca M. Farinola is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and specializes primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their research encompasses related subfields such as Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covers a number of specific topics including Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Diatoms and Algae Research, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Silk-based Biomaterials and Applications, Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Danilo Vona, Massimo Trotta, Roberta Ragni, Gabriella Buscemi, and Stefania R. Cicco.

They have published extensively in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • MRS Advances
  • ChemSusChem

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and focus areas of their collaborative research efforts:

  • Bioinspired Biomaterial Composite for All-Water-Based High-Performance Adhesives (2021, Advanced Science)
  • Sustainable protocols for direct C-H bond arylation of (hetero)arenes (2022, Green Chemistry)
  • Dark State of the Thiele Hydrocarbon: Efficient Solvatochromic Emission from a Nonpolar Centrosymmetric Singlet Diradicaloid (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Chlorophylls as Molecular Semiconductors: Introduction and State of Art (2021, Advanced Materials Technologies)
  • Bio-Inspired Redox-Adhesive Polydopamine Matrix for Intact Bacteria Biohybrid Photoanodes (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

Best Publications

  • Electroluminescent materials for white organic light emitting diodes

    Gianluca M. Farinola;Roberta Ragni

  • Fluorinated organic materials for electronic and optoelectronic applications: the role of the fluorine atom

    Francesco Babudri;Gianluca M. Farinola;Francesco Naso;Roberta Ragni

  • A sensitivity-enhanced field-effect chiral sensor.

    Luisa Torsi;Gianluca M. Farinola;Francesco Marinelli;M. Cristina Tanese

  • Blue emitting iridium complexes: synthesis, photophysics and phosphorescent devices

    Roberta Ragni;Edward A. Plummer;Edward A. Plummer;Klemens Brunner;Johannes W. Hofstraat

  • Synthesis of conjugated oligomers and polymers: the organometallic way

    Francesco Babudri;Gianluca M. Farinola;Francesco Naso

  • Substituent-dependence of the optical nonlinearities in poly(2,5-dialkoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) polymers investigated by the Z-scan technique

    T. Cassano;R. Tommasi;M. Ferrara;F. Babudri

  • Printed Solar Cells and Energy Storage Devices on Paper Substrates

    Francesca Brunetti;Alessandra Operamolla;Sergio Castro‐Hermosa;Giulia Lucarelli

  • Multiple Routes to Smart Nanostructured Materials from Diatom Microalgae: A Chemical Perspective.

    Roberta Ragni;Stefania R. Cicco;Danilo Vona;Gianluca M. Farinola

  • Organic and Organometallic Fluorinated Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics: A Survey on Recent Research

    Roberta Ragni;Angela Punzi;Francesco Babudri;Gianluca Maria Farinola

  • Bioinspired Biomaterial Composite for All-Water-Based High-Performance Adhesives

    Marco Lo Presti;Giorgio Rizzo;Gianluca M Farinola;Gianluca M Farinola;Fiorenzo G Omenetto

  • Sustainable protocols for direct C-H bond arylation of (hetero)arenes

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  • Synthesis of Poly(arylenevinylene)s with Fluorinated Vinylene Units

    Francesco Babudri;Antonio Cardone;Gianluca M. Farinola;Carmela Martinelli

  • Biosilica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials from bio-medicine to photonics

    Roberta Ragni;Stefania Cicco;Danilo Vona;Gabriella Leone

  • Melanin Layer on Silicon: an Attractive Structure for a Possible Exploitation in Bio-Polymer Based Metal- Insulator-Silicon Devices

    Marianna Ambrico;Paolo F. Ambrico;Antonio Cardone;Teresa Ligonzo

  • Iridium(III) complexes with sulfonyl and fluorine substituents : Synthesis, stereochemistry and effect of functionalisation on their photophysical properties

    Roberta Ragni;Enrico Orselli;Gregg S. Kottas;Omar Hassan Omar

  • Rhodium(I) catalyzed polymerization of phenylacetylene in ionic liquids

    Piero Mastrorilli;Cosimo Francesco Nobile;Vito Gallo;Gian Paolo Suranna

  • Chemically Modified Diatoms Biosilica for Bone Cell Growth with Combined Drug‐Delivery and Antioxidant Properties

    Stefania R. Cicco;Danilo Vona;Elvira De Giglio;Stefania Cometa

  • TiO2 nanocrystals ? MEH-PPV composite thin films as photoactive material

    A Petrella;M Tamborra;P.D Cozzoli;M.L Curri

  • Aligning single-walled carbon nanotubes by means of Langmuir-Blodgett film deposition: Optical, morphological, and photo-electrochemical studies

    Gabriele Giancane;Andrés Ruland;Vito Sgobba;Daniela Manno

  • Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Conjugated Polyenes via a Homocoupling Reaction of Unsaturated Silanes.

    Francesco Babudri;Angela R. Cicciomessere;Gianluca M. Farinola;Vito Fiandanese

  • Enhancing the Light Harvesting Capability of a Photosynthetic Reaction Center by a Tailored Molecular Fluorophore

    Francesco Milano;Rocco Roberto Tangorra;Omar Hassan Omar;Roberta Ragni

  • Molecular and Supramolecular Architectures of Organic Semiconductors for Field-Effect Transistor Devices and Sensors: A Synthetic Chemical Perspective

    Alessandra Operamolla;Gianluca M. Farinola

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Agostiano
Angela Agostiano University of Bari Aldo Moro
Maria Losurdo
Maria Losurdo National Research Council (CNR)
Luisa Torsi
Luisa Torsi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giovanni Bruno
Giovanni Bruno National Research Council (CNR)
Luisa De Cola
Luisa De Cola University of Strasbourg
Pier Giorgio Zambonin
Pier Giorgio Zambonin University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giuseppe Gigli
Giuseppe Gigli University of Salento
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto Tufts University
Guglielmo Lanzani
Guglielmo Lanzani Italian Institute of Technology
Francesco Palmisano
Francesco Palmisano University of Bari Aldo Moro

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