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Piero Sozzani is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. They have also contributed to subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

Their scholarly work centers on topics such as Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Magnetism in coordination complexes, and Crystallography and molecular interactions.

Among the frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Nature Chemistry

Their recent papers include:

  • Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal-organic framework nanocrystals, 2021, Nature Photonics
  • Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Fast motion of molecular rotors in metal-organic framework struts at very low temperatures, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Modulation of porosity in a solid material enabled by bulk photoisomerization of an overcrowded alkene, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Construction of Multi-Stimuli Responsive Highly Porous Switchable Frameworks by In Situ Solid-State Generation of Spiropyran Switches, 2023, Advanced Materials

The scientist collaborates frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Silvia Bracco
  • Jacopo Perego
  • Angiolina Comotti
  • Charl X. Bezuidenhout
  • Giacomo Prando

Best Publications

  • Methane and Carbon Dioxide Storage in a Porous van der Waals Crystal

    P. Sozzani;S. Bracco;A. Comotti;L. Ferretti

  • Nanochannels of two distinct cross-sections in a porous Al-based coordination polymer

    Angiolina Comotti;Silvia Bracco;Piero Sozzani;Satoshi Horike

  • Photoinduced reversible switching of porosity in molecular crystals based on star-shaped azobenzene tetramers

    Massimo Baroncini;Simone d'Agostino;Giacomo Bergamini;Paola Ceroni

  • A Porous Crystalline Molecular Solid Explored by Hyperpolarized Xenon

    Piero Sozzani;Angiolina Comotti;Roberto Simonutti;Thomas Meersmann

  • Highly ordered alignment of a vinyl polymer by host–guest cross-polymerization

    Gaetano Distefano;Hirohito Suzuki;Masahiko Tsujimoto;Seiji Isoda

  • Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal–organic framework nanocrystals

    J. Perego;I. Villa;A. Pedrini;E. C. Padovani

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of cement-based materials

    P. Colombet;A.-R. Grimmer;H. Zanni;P. Sozzani

  • The First “Charm Bracelet” Conjugated Polymer: An Electroconducting Polythiophene with Covalently Bound Fullerene Moieties

    Tiziana Benincori;Elisabetta Brenna;Franco Sannicolò;Licia Trimarco

  • Exploring Single-File Diffusion in One-Dimensional Nanochannels by Laser-Polarized 129Xe NMR Spectroscopy

    Thomas Meersmann;John W. Logan;Roberto Simonutti;Stefano Caldarelli

  • Methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage in nanoporous dipeptide-based materials

    Angiolina Comotti;Silvia Bracco;Gaetano Distefano;Piero Sozzani

  • Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications

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  • Conformation and Molecular Dynamics of Single Polystyrene Chain Confined in Coordination Nanospace

    Takashi Uemura;Satoshi Horike;Kana Kitagawa;Motohiro Mizuno

  • Engineering switchable rotors in molecular crystals with open porosity.

    Angiolina Comotti;Silvia Bracco;Atsushi Yamamoto;Atsushi Yamamoto;Mario Beretta

  • Molecular Rotors Built in Porous Materials

    Angiolina Comotti;Silvia Bracco;Piero Sozzani

  • Microporous Hyper-Cross-Linked Aromatic Polymers Designed for Methane and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption

    M. Errahali;G. Gatti;Lorenzo Tei;G. Paul

  • The first route to highly stable crystalline microporous zirconium phosphonate metal–organic frameworks

    Marco Taddei;Ferdinando Costantino;Fabio Marmottini;Angiolina Comotti

  • Flexible porous molecular materials responsive to CO2, CH4 and Xe stimuli

    Irene Bassanetti;Silvia Bracco;Angiolina Comotti;Mattia Negroni

  • Molecular rotors in porous organic frameworks.

    Angiolina Comotti;Silvia Bracco;Teng Ben;Shilun Qiu

  • 2D multinuclear NMR, hyperpolarized xenon and gas storage in organosilica nanochannels with crystalline order in the walls.

    Angiolina Comotti;Silvia Bracco;Patrizia Valsesia;Lisa Ferretti

  • A double helix of opposite charges to form channels with unique CO2 selectivity and dynamics

    Guolong Xing;Irene Bassanetti;Silvia Bracco;Mattia Negroni

  • MAS NMR characterization of syndiotactic polypropylene: crystal structure and amorphous phase conformation

    Piero Sozzani;Roberto Simonutti;Maurizio Galimberti

  • Hemiisotactic polypropylene: a key point in the elucidation of the polymerization mechanism with metallocene catalysts

    Mario Farina;Giuseppe Di Silvestro;Piero Sozzani

Frequent Co-Authors

Angiolina Comotti
Angiolina Comotti University of Milano-Bicocca
Simona Galli
Simona Galli University of Insubria
Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa Kyoto University
Takashi Uemura
Takashi Uemura University of Tokyo
Francesco Meinardi
Francesco Meinardi University of Milano-Bicocca
Shilun Qiu
Shilun Qiu Jilin University
Frank A. Bovey
Frank A. Bovey Nokia (United States)
Andrea Falqui
Andrea Falqui University of Milan
Gianni Zotti
Gianni Zotti National Research Council (CNR)
Giovanni Palmisano
Giovanni Palmisano Khalifa University

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