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Overview

Maria Cristina Menziani is affiliated with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy. Their research primarily falls within the field of Materials Science, with a focus on Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, and Physiology. The scientist's work encompasses various specialized topics, including Glass properties and applications, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Maria Cristina Menziani include Alfonso Pedone, Federica Lodesani, Shingo Urata, Francesco Tavanti, and Francesco Muniz-Miranda.

Publication venues where their work appears regularly include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Scientific Reports, Physical Review Materials, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, and Molecules.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Maria Cristina Menziani are:

  • Structural origins of the Mixed Alkali Effect in Alkali Aluminosilicate Glasses: Molecular Dynamics Study and its Assessment, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Unraveling the complexity of amyloid polymorphism using gold nanoparticles and cryo-EM, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Improved empirical force field for multicomponent oxide glasses and crystals, 2021, Physical Review Materials
  • Novel Pet-Degrading Enzymes: Structure-Function from a Computational Perspective, 2021, ChemBioChem
  • O2 Activation over Ag-Decorated CeO2(111) and TiO2(110) Surfaces: A Theoretical Comparative Investigation, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • A new self-consistent empirical interatomic potential model for oxides, silicates, and silica-based glasses.

    Alfonso Pedone;Gianluca Malavasi;M. Cristina Menziani;and Alastair N. Cormack

  • Insight into Elastic Properties of Binary Alkali Silicate Glasses; Prediction and Interpretation through Atomistic Simulation Techniques

    Alfonso Pedone;Gianluca Malavasi;Alastair N. Cormack;Ulderico Segre

  • New Insights into the Atomic Structure of 45S5 Bioglass by Means of Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and Accurate First-Principles Simulations

    Alfonso Pedone;Thibault Charpentier;Gianluca Malavasi;Maria Cristina Menziani

  • Blue copper proteins: A comparative analysis of their molecular interaction properties

    F. De Rienzo;R.R. Gabdoulline;M. C. Menziani;R.C. Wade

  • Molecular Dynamics Studies of Stress−Strain Behavior of Silica Glass under a Tensile Load

    Alfonso Pedone;Gianluca Malavasi;M. Cristina Menziani;Ulderico Segre

  • Evidence of Catalase Mimetic Activity in Ce3+/Ce4+ Doped Bioactive Glasses

    Valentina Nicolini;Elisa Gambuzzi;Gianluca Malavasi;Ledi Menabue

  • Elucidation of the structural role of fluorine in potentially bioactive glasses by experimental and computational investigation.

    Gigliola Lusvardi;Gianluca Malavasi;M. Cortada;Ledi Menabue

  • Computational Insight into the Effect of CaO/MgO Substitution on the Structural Properties of Phospho-Silicate Bioactive Glasses

    Alfonso Pedone;Gianluca Malavasi;M. Cristina Menziani

  • Role of Magnesium in Soda-Lime Glasses : Insight into Structural, Transport, and Mechanical Properties through Computer Simulations

    Alfonso Pedone;Gianluca Malavasi;M. Cristina Menziani;Ulderico Segre

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of Na2O−CaO−SiO2−ZnO Glasses

    Gigliola Lusvardi;Gianluca Malavasi;Ledi Menabue;Maria Cristina Menziani

  • Qualitative and quantitative structure-property relationships analysis of multicomponent potential bioglasses.

    L. Linati;Gigliola Lusvardi;Gianluca Malavasi;Ledi Menabue

  • Design, Synthesis, Structural Studies, Biological Evaluation, and Computational Simulations of Novel Potent AT1 Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists Based on the 4-Phenylquinoline Structure.

    Andrea Cappelli;Gal.la Pericot Mohr;Andrea Gallelli;Milena Rizzo

  • Electrostatic Analysis and Brownian Dynamics Simulation of the Association of Plastocyanin and Cytochrome F

    Francesca De Rienzo;Razif R. Gabdoulline;M. Cristina Menziani;Pier G. De Benedetti

  • The structure of fluoride-containing bioactive glasses: new insights from first-principles calculations and solid state NMR spectroscopy

    Alfonso Pedone;Thibault Charpentier;Maria Cristina Menziani

  • Computational simulations of solid state NMR spectra: a new era in structure determination of oxide glasses

    Thibault Charpentier;Maria Cristina Menziani;Alfonso Pedone

  • Theoretical investigation of substrate specificity for cytochromes P450 IA2, P450 IID6 and P450 IIIA4.

    Francesca De Rienzo;Francesca Fanelli;M. Cristina Menziani;Pier G. De Benedetti

  • Site-Selective Surface-Enhanced Raman Detection of Proteins

    Paolo Matteini;Maximilien Cottat;Francesco Tavanti;Elizaveta Panfilova

  • Mapping and Fitting the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor Binding Site by Carboxamide Derivatives. Comparison of Different Approaches to Quantitative Ligand−Receptor Interaction Modeling

    Maurizio Anzini;Andrea Cappelli;Salvatore Vomero;Michele Seeber

  • Competitive Binding of Proteins to Gold Nanoparticles Disclosed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Francesco Tavanti;Alfonso Pedone;Maria Cristina Menziani

  • Void size distribution in MD-modelled silica glass structures

    Gianluca Malavasi;M. Cristina Menziani;Alfonso Pedone;Ulderico Segre

  • Novel Potent and Selective Central 5-HT3 Receptor Ligands Provided with Different Intrinsic Efficacy. 1. Mapping the Central 5-HT3 Receptor Binding Site by Arylpiperazine Derivatives

    A. Cappelli;M. Anzini;S. Vomero;L. Mennuni

  • Study of the structural role of gallium and aluminum in 45S5 bioactive glasses by molecular dynamics simulations.

    Gianluca Malavasi;Alfonso Pedone;Maria Cristina Menziani

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfonso Pedone
Alfonso Pedone University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Carlo Adamo
Carlo Adamo Institut Universitaire de France
Maria J. Ramos
Maria J. Ramos University of Porto
Thibault Charpentier
Thibault Charpentier University of Paris-Saclay
Ilaria Ciofini
Ilaria Ciofini Chimie ParisTech
Alastair N. Cormack
Alastair N. Cormack Alfred University
Vincenzo Barone
Vincenzo Barone Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Cristina Leonelli
Cristina Leonelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Bartolomeo Civalleri
Bartolomeo Civalleri University of Turin

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