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Rosario Scopelliti is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, notably including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

Rosario Scopelliti has been published extensively in several scientific venues, among which are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent notable publications include:

  • "An Efficient Approach to Fabricate Air-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Addition of a Self-Polymerizing Ionic Liquid," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Identification of a Heteroleptic Pd6L6L'6 Coordination Cage by Screening of a Virtual Combinatorial Library," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Protonated Merocyanine Photoacids in Water," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "Isolation and Characterization of Diazoolefins," 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • "Tuning the Size and Geometry of Heteroleptic Coordination Cages by Varying the Ligand Bent Angle," 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including:

  • Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani
  • Kay Severin
  • Marinella Mazzanti
  • Laurent Maron
  • Ivica Živković

Best Publications

  • A molecularly engineered hole-transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells

    Michael Saliba;Simonetta Orlandi;Taisuke Matsui;Sadig Aghazada

  • A Well‐Defined Iron Catalyst for the Reduction of Bicarbonates and Carbon Dioxide to Formates, Alkyl Formates, and Formamides

    Christopher Federsel;Albert Boddien;Albert Boddien;Ralf Jackstell;Reiko Jennerjahn

  • Nitrile-functionalized pyridinium ionic liquids: Synthesis, characterization, and their application in carbon-carbon coupling reactions

    Dongbin Zhao;Zhaofu Fei;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquids and Their Zwitterions: Synthesis, Characterization and pKa Determination

    Zhaofu Fei;Dongbin Zhao;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones by Polymethylhydrosiloxane in the Presence of Chiral Zinc Catalysts

    H. Mimoun;J. Y. De Saint Laumer;L. Giannini;R. Scopelliti

  • Synthesis and characterization of ionic liquids incorporating the nitrile functionality

    Dongbin Zhao;Zhaofu Fei;Rosario Scopelliti;Paul J. Dyson

  • High‐Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Environmental Stability Based on Amphiphile‐Modified CH3NH3PbI3

    Dongqin Bi;Peng Gao;Rosario Scopelliti;Emad Oveisi

  • Nitrogen reduction and functionalization by a multimetallic uranium nitride complex

    Marta Falcone;Lucile Chatelain;Rosario Scopelliti;Ivica Živković

  • Development of Organometallic Ruthenium−Arene Anticancer Drugs That Resist Hydrolysis

    Wee Han Ang;Elisa Daldini;Claudine Scolaro;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Multicomponent assembly of boronic acid based macrocycles and cages.

    Nicolas Christinat;Rosario Scopelliti;Kay Severin

  • Synthesis and characterisation of some water soluble ruthenium(II)–arene complexes and an investigation of their antibiotic and antiviral properties

    Claire S Allardyce;Paul J Dyson;David J Ellis;Paul A Salter

  • Binding of Organometallic Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) Complexes to an Oligonucleotide: A Combined Mass Spectrometric and Theoretical Study

    Antoine Dorcier;Paul J. Dyson;Christian Gossens;Ursula Rothlisberger

  • A simple spiro-type hole transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells

    Paramaguru Ganesan;Kunwu Fu;Peng Gao;Ines Raabe

  • Lanthanide Helicates Self-Assembled in Water: A New Class of Highly Stable and Luminescent Dimetallic Carboxylates

    Mourad Elhabiri;Rosario Scopelliti;Jean-Claude G. Bünzli;Claude Piguet

  • Development of ruthenium antitumor drugs that overcome multidrug resistance mechanisms.

    Carsten A. Vock;Wee Han Ang;Claudine Scolaro;Andrew D. Phillips

  • New Insights Into the Role of Imidazolium-Based Promoters for the Electroreduction of CO2 on a Silver Electrode

    Genevieve P. S. Lau;Marcel Schreier;Drnitry Vasilyev;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Dinitrogen Rearranging over a Metal−Oxo Surface and Cleaving to Nitride: From the End-On to the Side-On Bonding Mode, to the Stepwise Cleavage of the N⋮N Bonds Assisted by NbIII-calix[4]arene

    Alessandro Caselli;Euro Solari;Rosario Scopelliti;Carlo Floriani

  • Nickel complexes of a pincer NN2 ligand: multiple carbon-chloride activation of CH2Cl2 and CHCl3 leads to selective carbon-carbon bond formation.

    Zsolt Csok;Oleg Vechorkin;Seth B. Harkins;Rosario Scopelliti

  • A coordination cage with an adaptable cavity size.

    Sebastian Mirtschin;Adam Slabon-Turski;Rosario Scopelliti;Aldrik H. Velders

  • Acid-Induced Degradation of Phosphorescent Dopants for OLEDs and Its Application to the Synthesis of Tris-heteroleptic Iridium(III) Bis-cyclometalated Complexes

    Etienne Baranoff;Basile F E Curchod;Julien Frey;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Synthesis of molecular nanostructures by multicomponent condensation reactions in a ball mill.

    Burçak Içli;Nicolas Christinat;Justus Tönnemann;Christian Schüttler

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay Severin
Kay Severin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Euro Solari
Euro Solari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Zhaofu Fei
Zhaofu Fei École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jean-Claude G. Bünzli
Jean-Claude G. Bünzli École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marinella Mazzanti
Marinella Mazzanti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Etienne Baranoff
Etienne Baranoff University of Birmingham
Xile Hu
Xile Hu École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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