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Vincenzo Balzani

Vincenzo Balzani

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Chemistry
Italy
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
128
Citations
73190
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader 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
  • 2007 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Vincenzo Balzani is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research contributions span multiple scientific disciplines, focusing on topics such as molecular junctions and nanostructures, luminescence and fluorescent materials, supramolecular chemistry and complexes, and studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic including its epidemiological aspects and impacts on air quality.

The recent papers authored by Vincenzo Balzani cover a range of subjects and publication venues:

  • "Ruthenium tris(bipyridine) complexes: Interchange between photons and electrons in molecular-scale devices and machines," 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "A Providential Last Warning," 2020, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • "La pandemia da Covid-19: un provvidenziale avviso dalla Natura," 2020, Bullettin of the Gioenia Academy of Natural Sciences of Catania
  • "The Cultural Revolution: Ecological and Social," 2022, Substantia
  • "The Universe, the Light, the Earth, the Life: the Reality is Greater than We Are," 2020, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Balzani include Paola Ceroni, Alberto Credi, Margherita Venturi, and Sebastiano Campagna.

Publication venues regularly featuring Balzani's work are:

  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Bullettin of the Gioenia Academy of Natural Sciences of Catania
  • Substantia

Their research integrates multiple subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Modeling and Simulation, and Economics and Econometrics.

Books published by Balzani include the title "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds," released in 2023 by Elsevier BV.

Recognitions received over the course of their career consist of:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1996)
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1995)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1989)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • Ru(II) polypyridine complexes: photophysics, photochemistry, eletrochemistry, and chemiluminescence

    A. Juris;V. Balzani;F. Barigelletti;S. Campagna

  • Luminescent and Redox-Active Polynuclear Transition Metal Complexes.

    Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Juris;Margherita Venturi;Sebastiano Campagna

  • Artificial Molecular Machines.

    Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Credi;Françisco M. Raymo;J. Fraser Stoddart

  • The Future of Energy Supply: Challenges and Opportunities

    Nicola Armaroli;Vincenzo Balzani

  • Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) Bis(terpyridine) Complexes in Covalently-Linked Multicomponent Systems: Synthesis, Electrochemical Behavior, Absorption Spectra, and Photochemical and Photophysical Properties

    Jean Pierre Sauvage;Jean Paul Collin;Jean Claude Chambron;Stephane Guillerez

  • Photochemistry of coordination compounds

    Vincenzo Balzani;Vittorio Carassiti

  • Molecular Devices and Machines– A Journey into the Nano World

    Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Credi;Margeritha Venturi

  • Photochemical Conversion of Solar Energy

    Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Credi;Margherita Venturi

  • A Molecular Elevator

    Jovica D. Badjić;Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Credi;Serena Silvi

  • The hydrogen issue

    Nicola Armaroli;Vincenzo Balzani

  • Designing Dendrimers Based on Transition-Metal Complexes. Light-Harvesting Properties and Predetermined Redox Patterns

    Vincenzo Balzani;Sebastiano Campagna;Gianfranco Denti;Alberto Juris

  • Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds: Ruthenium

    Sebastiano Campagna;Fausto Puntoriero;Francesco Nastasi;Giacomo Bergamini

  • Molecular Devices and Machines: Concepts and Perspectives for the Nanoworld

    Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Credi;Margherita Venturi

  • Molecular meccano. 1. [2]Rotaxanes and a [2]catenane made to order

    Pier Lucio Anelli;Peter R. Ashton;Douglas Philp;Marek Pietraszkiewicz

  • Electron transfer in chemistry

    Vincenzo Balzani

  • Supramolecular photochemistry

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  • Bimolecular electron transfer reactions of the excited states of transition metal complexes

    Vincenzo Balzani;Fabrizio Bolletta;Maria Teresa Gandolfi;Mauro Maestri

  • Artificial Molecular-Level Machines: Which Energy To Make Them Work?†

    Roberto Ballardini;Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Credi;and Maria Teresa Gandolfi

  • Logic Operations at the Molecular Level. An XOR Gate Based on a Molecular Machine

    Alberto Credi;Vincenzo Balzani;and Steven J. Langford;J. Fraser Stoddart

  • Photochemistry and photophysics of Ru(II)polypyridine complexes in the Bologna group. From early studies to recent developments

    Vincenzo Balzani;Alberto Juris

  • Complexes of the Ruthenium(II)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine Family. Effect of Electron-Accepting and -Donating Substituents on the Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties

    Mauro Maestri;Nicola Armaroli;Vincenzo Balzani;Edwin C. Constable

  • Photocatalysis - Fundamentals and Applications

    Vincenzo Balzani;G. Ciamician

Frequent Co-Authors

Margherita Venturi
Margherita Venturi University of Bologna
Alberto Credi
Alberto Credi University of Bologna
Paola Ceroni
Paola Ceroni University of Bologna
Mauro Maestri
Mauro Maestri University of Bologna
J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University
Nicola Armaroli
Nicola Armaroli National Research Council (CNR)
Sebastiano Campagna
Sebastiano Campagna University of Messina
Fritz Vögtle
Fritz Vögtle University of Bonn
Alberto Juris
Alberto Juris University of Bologna
Francesco Barigelletti
Francesco Barigelletti University of Bologna

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