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Giovanna Barbarella is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work encompasses various topics such as Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials.

Barbarella has published several research papers in diverse scientific venues, including:

  • Semicrystalline Polythiophene-Based Nanoparticles Deposited from Water on Flexible PET/ITO Substrates as a Sustainable Approach toward Long-Lasting Solid-State Electrochromic Devices, 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Human Serum Albumin-Oligothiophene Bioconjugate: A Phototheranostic Platform for Localized Killing of Cancer Cells by Precise Light Activation, 2021, JACS Au
  • Processable Thiophene-Based Polymers with Tailored Electronic Properties and their Application in Solid-State Electrochromic Devices Using Nanoparticle Films, 2021, Advanced Electronic Materials
  • In Vivo Bioengineering of Fluorescent Conductive Protein-Dye Microfibers, 2020, iScience
  • Supramolecular Thiophene-Based Materials: A Few Examples of the Interplay between Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties and Applications, 2021, Organic Materials

Frequent collaborators include Mattia Zangoli, Francesca Di Maria, Giuseppe Gigli, Tiago Moreira, and César A. T. Laia. Among these, collaboration with Mattia Zangoli and Francesca Di Maria has been especially notable, each appearing in eight coauthored works.

Barbarella's publications have appeared repeatedly in journals such as ACS Applied Polymer Materials, JACS Au, Advanced Electronic Materials, iScience, and Organic Materials, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach intersecting chemistry, physics, and biology.

Best Publications

  • The Versatile Thiophene: An Overview of Recent Research on Thiophene-Based Materials†

    Giovanna Barbarella;Manuela Melucci;Giovanna Sotgiu

  • Bright White Organic Light-Emitting Devices from a Single Active Molecular Material

    M. Mazzeo;V. Vitale;F. Della Sala;M. Anni

  • Regiochemistry and conformation of poly(3-hexylthiophene) via the synthesis and the spectroscopic characterization of the model configurational triads

    Giovanna Barbarella;Alessandro Bongini;Massimo Zambianchi

  • Operating characteristics of a semiconducting polymer laser pumped by a microchip laser

    G. A. Turnbull;P. Andrew;William L. Barnes;I. D. W. Samuel

  • Tuning Solid-State Photoluminescence Frequencies and Efficiencies of Oligomers Containing One Central Thiophene-S,S-dioxide Unit

    Giovanna Barbarella;Laura Favaretto;Giovanna Sotgiu;Massimo Zambianchi

  • FROM EASILY OXIDIZED TO EASILY REDUCED THIOPHENE-BASED MATERIALS

    Giovanna Barbarella;Laura Favaretto;Massimo Zambianchi;Olga Pudova

  • Oligothiophene S,S-Dioxides. Synthesis and Electronic Properties in Relation to the Parent Oligothiophenes

    G. Barbarella;L. Favaretto;G. Sotgiu;M. Zambianchi

  • High-efficiency oligothiopene-based light-emitting diodes

    G. Gigli;G. Barbarella;L. Favaretto;F. Cacialli

  • Rigid-Core Oligothiophene-S,S-dioxides with High Photoluminescence Efficiencies Both in Solution and in the Solid State

    Giovanna Barbarella;Laura Favaretto;Giovanna Sotgiu;Luciano Antolini

  • Organic single-layer white light-emitting diodes by exciplex emission from spin-coated blends of blue-emitting molecules

    M. Mazzeo;D. Pisignano;F. Della Sala;J. Thompson

  • Amplified spontaneous emission and efficient tunable laser emission from a substituted thiophene-based oligomer

    Dario Pisignano;Marco Anni;Giuseppe Gigli;Roberto Cingolani

  • Solvent-free, microwave-assisted synthesis of thiophene oligomers via Suzuki coupling.

    Manuela Melucci;Giovanna Barbarella;Giovanna Sotgiu

  • Solution-Phase Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Unsubstituted and Modified α-Quinque- and Sexithiophenes

    M. Melucci;G. Barbarella;M. Zambianchi;P. Di Pietro

  • Modified Oligothiophenes with High Photo- and Electroluminescence Efficiencies

    G. Barbarella;L. Favaretto;G. Sotgiu;M. Zambianchi

  • The deformability of the thiophene ring: a key to the understanding of the conformational properties of oligo- and polythiophenes

    Giovanna Barbarella;Massimo Zambianchi;Alessandro Bongini;Luciano Antolini

  • Organic Light‐Emitting Transistors Based on Solution‐Cast and Vacuum‐Sublimed Films of a Rigid Core Thiophene Oligomer

    Fabio Cicoira;Clara Santato;Manuela Melucci;Laura Favaretto

  • Oligothiophene-S,S-dioxides: a New Class of Thiophene-based Materials

    Giovanna Barbarella;Olga Pudova;Catia Arbizzani;Marina Mastragostino

  • Solid-State Conformation, Molecular Packing, and Electrical and Optical Properties of Processable β-Methylated Sexithiophenes

    Giovanna Barbarella;Massimo Zambianchi;Luciano Antolini;Paolo Ostoja

  • Multifunctional nanostructures based on inorganic nanoparticles and oligothiophenes and their exploitation for cellular studies.

    Alessandra Quarta;Riccardo Di Corato;Liberato Manna;Simona Argentiere

  • Crystal structure of 4,4′,3″,4‴‐Tetramethyl2,2′:5′,2″:5″,2‴‐tetrathiophene: A comparison with the conformation in solution

    Giovanna Barbarella;Massimo Zambianchi;Alessandro Bongini;Luciano Antolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Gigli
Giuseppe Gigli University of Salento
Roberto Cingolani
Roberto Cingolani Italian Institute of Technology
Dario Pisignano
Dario Pisignano University of Pisa
Massimo Gazzano
Massimo Gazzano National Research Council (CNR)
Marina Mastragostino
Marina Mastragostino University of Bologna
Guglielmo Lanzani
Guglielmo Lanzani Italian Institute of Technology
Massimiliano Cavallini
Massimiliano Cavallini National Research Council (CNR)
Franco Cacialli
Franco Cacialli Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Paolo Samorì
Paolo Samorì University of Strasbourg
Fabio Biscarini
Fabio Biscarini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

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