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Giuseppe Falini

Giuseppe Falini

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10908
World Ranking
13839
National Ranking
470

Overview

Giuseppe Falini is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has a research focus primarily in materials science, with extensive contributions to biomaterials and related subfields. Their research spans topics related to calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, bone tissue engineering materials, and coral and marine ecosystems.

The scientist's frequent research topics include:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology

Falini has published extensively in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Falini include:

  • Simona Fermani
  • Devis Montroni
  • Stefano Goffredo
  • Carla Triunfo
  • Fiorella Prada

Recent notable papers by Falini and colleagues demonstrate a focus on biomineralization processes and sustainable material transformation:

  • "Calcium carbonate: controlled synthesis, surface functionalization, and nanostructured materials" (2022) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Crystal nucleation and growth of spherulites demonstrated by coral skeletons and phase-field simulations" (2020) in Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Influence of proteins on mechanical properties of a natural chitin-protein composite" (2020) in Acta Biomaterialia
  • "A sustainable one-pot method to transform seashell waste calcium carbonate to osteoinductive hydroxyapatite micro-nanoparticles" (2023) in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • "New Material Perspective for Waste Seashells by Covalent Functionalization" (2021) in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

The research addresses fundamental aspects of materials science in the context of biological and environmental interfaces, with interdisciplinary connections to biomedical engineering, molecular biology, oceanography, and ecology. The scholar demonstrates activity in the fields of biomaterials and biomedical engineering while also exploring marine biology and ecosystem-related studies.

Best Publications

  • Control of Aragonite or Calcite Polymorphism by Mollusk Shell Macromolecules

    Giuseppe Falini;Shira Albeck;Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Structure of the nacreous organic matrix of a bivalve mollusk shell examined in the hydrated state using cryo-TEM.

    Yael Levi-Kalisman;Giuseppe Falini;Lia Addadi;Steve Weiner

  • Supramolecular assembly of amelogenin nanospheres into birefringent microribbons.

    Chang Du;Giuseppe Falini;Giuseppe Falini;Simona Fermani;Simona Fermani;Christopher Abbott;Christopher Abbott

  • Magnesium influence on hydroxyapatite crystallization

    A. Bigi;G. Falini;E. Foresti;A. Ripamonti

  • Biologically inspired synthesis of bone-like composite: Self-assembled collagen fibers/hydroxyapatite nanocrystals

    Anna Tampieri;Giancarlo Celotti;Elena Landi;Monica Sandri

  • Tubular-shaped stoichiometric chrysotile nanocrystals.

    Giuseppe Falini;Elisabetta Foresti;Massimo Gazzano;Alessandro F. Gualtieri

  • Biologically inspired growth of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals inside self-assembled collagen fibers

    N. Roveri;G. Falini;M. C. Sidoti;Anna Tampieri

  • Oriented Crystallization of Vaterite in Collagenous Matrices

    Giuseppe Falini;Simona Fermani;Massimo Gazzano;Alberto Ripamonti

  • How Strong Is the Coordination Bond between a Histidine Tag and Ni - Nitrilotriacetate? An Experiment of Mechanochemistry on Single Molecules.

    Matteo Conti;Giuseppe Falini;Bruno Samorì

  • Rietveld structure refinements of calcium hydroxylapatite containing magnesium

    A. Bigi;G. Falini;E. Foresti;M. Gazzano

  • Analytical pyrolysis of dipeptides containing proline and amino acids with polar side chains. Novel 2,5-diketopiperazine markers in the pyrolysates of proteins

    Daniele Fabbri;Alessio Adamiano;Giuseppe Falini;Rossella De Marco

  • Crystallization of calcium carbonate in presence of magnesium and polyelectrolytes

    G. Falini;M. Gazzano;A. Ripamonti

  • Solvent-induced modulation of collective photophysical processes in fluorescent silica nanoparticles.

    Marco Montalti;Luca Prodi;Nelsi Zaccheroni;Giuseppe Falini

  • Chitin-Silk Fibroin Interactions: Relevance to Calcium Carbonate Formation in Invertebrates

    G. Falini;S. Weiner;L. Addadi

  • Influence on the Formation of Aragonite or Vaterite by Otolith Macromolecules

    Giuseppe Falini;Simona Fermani;Silvia Vanzo;Marin Miletic

  • Hydroxyapatite/polyacrylic acid nanocrystals

    Enrico Bertoni;Adriana Bigi;Giuseppe Falini;Silvia Panzavolta

  • Effect of inorganic anions on the morphology and structure of magnesium calcite.

    Damir Kralj;Jasminka Kontrec;Ljerka Brečević;Giuseppe Falini

  • Biomimetic Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs by Means of Collagenous Matrices

    Giuseppe Falini;Simona Fermani;Massimo Gazzano;Alberto Ripamonti

  • Thioredoxin-dependent regulation of photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase: autonomous vs. CP12-dependent mechanisms.

    Paolo Bernardo Trost;Simona Fermani;Lucia Marri;Mirko Zaffagnini

  • Protein crystallization on polymeric film surfaces

    Simona Fermani;Giuseppe Falini;Massimiliano Minnucci;Alberto Ripamonti

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvy Dubinsky
Zvy Dubinsky Bar-Ilan University
Oren Levy
Oren Levy Bar-Ilan University
Norberto Roveri
Norberto Roveri University of Bologna
Boaz Pokroy
Boaz Pokroy Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Francesco Zerbetto
Francesco Zerbetto University of Bologna
Massimo Gazzano
Massimo Gazzano National Research Council (CNR)
Marco Montalti
Marco Montalti University of Bologna
Bruno Capaccioni
Bruno Capaccioni University of Bologna
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Adriana Bigi
Adriana Bigi University of Bologna

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