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Silvia Bordiga

Silvia Bordiga

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2025
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Chemistry
Italy
2026

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
132
Citations
63315
World Ranking
325
National Ranking
7

Chemistry

D-Index
132
Citations
67903
World Ranking
292
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Silvia Bordiga is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on materials science, chemical engineering, and chemistry. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including materials chemistry, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and process chemistry and technology.

The main topics of Bordiga's research encompass catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, catalysts for methane reforming, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Structure and Reactivity of Oxygen-Bridged Diamino Dicopper(II) Complexes in Cu-Ion-Exchanged Chabazite Catalyst for NH3-Mediated Selective Catalytic Reduction (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Functional Dyes in Polymeric 3D Printing: Applications and Perspectives (2020, ACS Materials Letters)
  • The Role of In Situ/Operando IR Spectroscopy in Unraveling Adsorbate-Induced Structural Changes in Heterogeneous Catalysis (2023, Chemical Reviews)
  • Location and activity of VOx species on TiO2 particles for NH3-SCR catalysis (2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)
  • Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for the Promotional Effect of Acid Sites on the Diffusion of Alkenes through Small-Pore Zeolites (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Bordiga's frequent coauthors include Elisa Borfecchia, Unni Olsbye, Matteo Signorile, Davide Salusso, and Kirill A. Lomachenko. These collaborations have contributed to advancing research across the main areas of catalysis, materials chemistry, and related chemical engineering disciplines.

Their publications are commonly found in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Catalysis, Catalysis Science & Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Catalysis Today.

In 2015, Bordiga was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea, an indication of their involvement in the European scientific community.

Best Publications

  • A new zirconium inorganic building brick forming metal organic frameworks with exceptional stability.

    Jasmina Hafizovic Cavka;Søren Jakobsen;Unni Olsbye;Nathalie Guillou

  • Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons: How Zeolite Cavity and Pore Size Controls Product Selectivity

    Unni Olsbye;Stian Svelle;Morten Bjørgen;Pablo Beato

  • Disclosing the Complex Structure of UiO-66 Metal Organic Framework: A Synergic Combination of Experiment and Theory

    Loredana Valenzano;Bartolomeo Civalleri;Sachin Chavan;Silvia Bordiga

  • Defect Engineering: Tuning the Porosity and Composition of the Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 via Modulated Synthesis

    Greig C. Shearer;Sachin Chavan;Silvia Bordiga;Silvia Bordiga;Stian Svelle

  • Cooperative insertion of CO2 in diamine-appended metal-organic frameworks

    Thomas M. McDonald;Jarad A. Mason;Xueqian Kong;Eric D. Bloch

  • Conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons over zeolite H-ZSM-5 : On the origin of the olefinic species

    Morten Bjørgen;Stian Svelle;Finn Joensen;Jesper Nerlov

  • The Inconsistency in Adsorption Properties and Powder XRD Data of MOF-5 Is Rationalized by Framework Interpenetration and the Presence of Organic and Inorganic Species in the Nanocavities

    Jasmina Hafizovic;Morten Bjørgen;Unni Olsbye;Pascal D. C. Dietzel

  • Tuned to Perfection: Ironing Out the Defects in Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66

    Greig C. Shearer;Sachin Chavan;Jayashree Ethiraj;Jenny G. Vitillo

  • Local Structure of Framework Cu(II) in HKUST-1 Metallorganic Framework: Spectroscopic Characterization upon Activation and Interaction with Adsorbates

    C. Prestipino;L. Regli;J. G. Vitillo;F. Bonino

  • Structure and reactivity of framework and extraframework iron in Fe-silicalite as investigated by spectroscopic and physicochemical methods

    S. Bordiga;R. Buzzoni;F. Geobaldo;C. Lamberti

  • Reactivity of Surface Species in Heterogeneous Catalysts Probed by In Situ X-ray Absorption Techniques

    Silvia Bordiga;Elena Groppo;Giovanni Agostini;Jeroen A. van Bokhoven

  • High-capacity hydrogen and nitric oxide adsorption and storage in a metal-organic framework

    Bo Xiao;Paul S. Wheatley;Xuebo Zhao;Ashleigh J. Fletcher

  • Selective binding of O2 over N2 in a redox-active metal-organic framework with open iron(II) coordination sites.

    Eric D. Bloch;Leslie J. Murray;Wendy L. Queen;Sachin M. Chavan

  • Adsorption properties and structure of CO2 adsorbed on open coordination sites of metal–organic framework Ni2(dhtp) from gas adsorption, IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction

    Pascal D. C. Dietzel;Rune E. Johnsen;Helmer Fjellvåg;Silvia Bordiga

  • Solid-state interactions, adsorption sites and functionality of Cu-ZnO/ZrO2 catalysts in the CO2 hydrogenation to CH3OH

    Francesco Arena;Giuseppe Italiano;Katia Barbera;Silvia Bordiga

  • Probing the surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts by in situ IR spectroscopy

    Carlo Lamberti;Adriano Zecchina;Elena Groppo;Silvia Bordiga

  • H2 storage in isostructural UiO-67 and UiO-66 MOFs.

    Sachin Chavan;Jenny G. Vitillo;Diego Gianolio;Olena Zavorotynska

  • A Consistent Reaction Scheme for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides with Ammonia

    Ton V.W. Janssens;Hanne Falsig;Lars Fahl Lundegaard;Peter N. R. Vennestrøm

  • Oxidation of ethane to ethanol by N2O in a metal–organic framework with coordinatively unsaturated iron(II) sites

    Dianne J. Xiao;Eric D. Bloch;Jarad A. Mason;Wendy L. Queen

  • Electronic and vibrational properties of a MOF-5 metal–organic framework: ZnO quantum dot behaviour

    S. Bordiga;C. Lamberti;G. Ricchiardi;L. Regli

  • Role of Exposed Metal Sites in Hydrogen Storage in MOFs

    Jenny G. Vitillo;Laura Regli;Sachin Chavan;Gabriele Ricchiardi

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Lamberti
Carlo Lamberti University of Turin
Adriano Zecchina
Adriano Zecchina University of Turin
Francesca Bonino
Francesca Bonino University of Turin
Gabriele Ricchiardi
Gabriele Ricchiardi University of Turin
Elena Groppo
Elena Groppo University of Turin
Karl Petter Lillerud
Karl Petter Lillerud University of Oslo
Unni Olsbye
Unni Olsbye University of Oslo
Alessandro Damin
Alessandro Damin University of Turin
Jenny G. Vitillo
Jenny G. Vitillo University of Insubria
Domenica Scarano
Domenica Scarano University of Turin

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