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Roberto Purrello

Roberto Purrello

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Chemistry

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43
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5968
World Ranking
17310
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687

Overview

Roberto Purrello is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Materials Science, and Chemistry.

Their work includes several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Spectroscopy. The main topics addressed throughout their publications include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA modifications and cancer, and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Roberto Purrello include:

  • The proteasome as a druggable target with multiple therapeutic potentialities: Cutting and non-cutting edges (2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
  • Photodegradation of Antibiotics by Noncovalent Porphyrin-Functionalized TiO2 in Water for the Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Risk Management (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Covalently Conjugated Gold-Porphyrin Nanostructures (2020, Nanomaterials)
  • Recognition and Sensing of Chiral Organic Molecules by Chiral Porphyrinoids: A Review (2021, Chemosensors)
  • Hybrid Porphyrin/DOPA-melanin film as self-assembled material and smart device for dye-pollutant removal in water (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Roberto Purrello has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Chirality
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Molecules
  • Nanoscale

Frequent collaborators include Alessandro D'Urso, Massimiliano Gaeta, Maria Elena Fragalà, Gabriele Travagliante, and Danilo Milardi. These co-authors have contributed extensively alongside Purrello, reflecting a collaborative research environment.

In addition to journal articles, Purrello has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have a book titled Fundamentals of Supramolecular Chirality, published in 2021 by WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Design principles of chiral carbon nanodots help convey chirality from molecular to nanoscale level.

    Luka Ðorđević;Francesca Arcudi;Alessandro D’Urso;Michele Cacioppo

  • From achiral porphyrins to template-imprinted chiral aggregates and further. Self-replication of chiral memory from scratch.

    Rosaria Lauceri;Antonio Raudino;Luigi Monsù Scolaro;Norberto Micali

  • Porphyrin assemblies as chemical sensors

    Roberto Purrello;Sergio Gurrieri;Rosaria Lauceri

  • Template-Imprinted Chiral Porphyrin Aggregates

    Emanuele Bellacchio;Rosaria Lauceri;Sergio Gurrieri;Luigi Monsù Scolaro

  • A cationic zinc porphyrin as a chiroptical probe for Z-DNA.

    Milan Balaz;Massimo De Napoli;Andrea E. Holmes;Angela Mammana

  • UVRR spectroscopy of the peptide bond. 1. Amide S, a nonhelical structure marker, is a C.alpha.H bending mode

    Yang Wang;Roberto Purrello;Trace Jordan;Thomas G. Spiro

  • Interactions of a tetraanionic porphyrin with DNA: from a Z-DNA sensor to a versatile supramolecular device.

    Alessandro D’Urso;Angela Mammana;Milan Balaz;Andrea E. Holmes

  • Vortexes and Nanoscale Chirality

    Alessandro D'Urso;Rosalba Randazzo;Letizia Lo Faro;Roberto Purrello

  • UVRR spectroscopy of the peptide bond. 2. Carbonyl H-bond effects on the ground- and excited-state structures of N-methylacetamide

    Yang Wang;Roberto Purrello;Savas Georgiou;Thomas G. Spiro

  • Chiral H- and J-Type Aggregates of meso-Tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphine on alpha-Helical Polyglutamic Acid Induced by Cationic Porphyrins.

    Roberto Purrello;Luigi Monsu' Scolaro;Emanuele Bellacchio;Sergio Gurrieri

  • Supramolecular Aggregation/Deaggregation in Amphiphilic Dipolar Schiff-Base Zinc(II) Complexes

    Giuseppe Consiglio;Salvatore Failla;Paolo Finocchiaro;Ivan Pietro Oliveri

  • Cellular and molecular effects of protons: apoptosis induction and potential implications for cancer therapy.

    C. Di Pietro;S. Piro;G. Tabbì;M. Ragusa

  • Switching off and on the supramolecular chiral memory in porphyrin assemblies.

    Angela Mammana;Alessandro D'Urso;Rosaria Lauceri;Roberto Purrello

  • Controlling the molecular aggregation. An amphiphilic Schiff-base zinc(II) complex as supramolecular fluorescent probe.

    Giuseppe Consiglio;Salvatore Failla;Ivan Pietro Oliveri;Roberto Purrello

  • Fractal Structures in Homo- and Heteroaggregated Water Soluble Porphyrins

    Norberto Micali;Andrea Romeo;Rosaria Lauceri;Roberto Purrello

  • From self-assembly to noncovalent synthesis of programmable porphyrins' arrays in aqueous solution

    Alessandro D'Urso;Maria Elena Fragalà;Roberto Purrello

  • Re-examination of the formation of dinitrosyl–iron complexes during reaction of S-nitrosothiols with Fe(II)

    Simona Costanzo;Stephane Ménage;Roberto Purrello;Raffaele P Bonomo

  • Chiral memory: induction, amplification, and switching in porphyrin assemblies.

    Lauceri Rosaria;Alessandro D'urso;Angela Mammana;Roberto Purrello

  • pH Modulation of Porphyrins Self-Assembly onto Polylysine

    Roberto Purrello;Emanuele Bellacchio;Sergio Gurrieri;Rosaria Lauceri

  • The proteasome as a druggable target with multiple therapeutic potentialities: Cutting and non-cutting edges.

    G.R. Tundo;D. Sbardella;A.M. Santoro;A. Coletta

  • Resonance Raman characterization of the radical anion and triplet states of zinc tetraphenylporphine

    Robert A. Reed;Roberto Purrello;Kristine Prendergast;Thomas G. Spiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Rizzarelli
Enrico Rizzarelli University of Catania
Nina Berova
Nina Berova Columbia University
Roberto Paolesse
Roberto Paolesse University of Rome Tor Vergata
Silvano Geremia
Silvano Geremia University of Trieste
Thomas G. Spiro
Thomas G. Spiro University of Washington
Lucio Randaccio
Lucio Randaccio University of Trieste
Massimo Coletta
Massimo Coletta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Antonino Gulino
Antonino Gulino University of Catania
Silvio Sammartano
Silvio Sammartano University of Messina
Koji Nakanishi
Koji Nakanishi Columbia University

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