Carbon Group

05/09/2024

Brace yourself! We are out with a new work titled "Miscanthus-Derived Biochar as a Platform for the Production of Fillers for the Improvement of Mechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Epoxy Composites" 🌿, published in C as part of the Special Issue "Carbon-Based Polymer Composites: Synthesis, Processing, Characterization and Applications" 📚. The article is now available online 💻.
https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5629/10/3/81

The production of multipurpose sustainable fillers is a matter of great interest, and biochar can play a pivotal role. Biochar is a biomass-derived carbon source that can act as a versatile platform for the engineering of fillers as neat or functionalized materials. In this work, we investigate the....

06/06/2024

Brace yourself! We are out with a new work in collaboration with University of Miami about the significant improvements in both Aβ and tau aggregation inhibition and brain blood barrier pe*******on of Congo Red derived carbon dots! We believe that this research will a crucial groundwork for future therapeutic developments in Alzheimer Disease and other neurodegenerative condition.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706124003064

19/05/2024

Brace yourself! We are out with a new work in collaboration with University of Miami on the conjugation of carbon nanodots with a lipid structure improving the gene transfection efficiency.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.4c02614

An ideal vehicle with a high transfection efficiency is crucial for gene delivery. In this study, a type of cationic carbon dot (CCD) known as APCDs were first prepared with arginine (Arg) and pentaethylenehexamine (PEHA) as precursors and conjugated with oleic acid (OA) for gene delivery. By tuning...

17/04/2024

Brace yourself! We are out with our critical perspective on the organic pollutant removal using bismuth based materials. Have a look to it!

23/01/2024

New year, new paper!

It has been a long journey but we are out with new research in collaboration with University of Miami! Have a look on the novel red emissive Chlorophyllin Carbon Dots for cancer treatment!

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In a groundbreaking development, copper chlorophyllin-based carbon dots (Chl-D CDs) are synthesized, displaying unique red emissive traits, and enhancing photodynamic therapy (PDT) by harnessing Fent...

31/12/2023

Brace yourself! We are out with a new work on red emissive carbon nanodots in collaboration with University of Miami.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927776523006136?via%3Dihub

In this new study, we present an intriguing development in the field of theranostics: the simplistic self-assembly of red-emissive amphiphilic porphyr…

29/10/2023

Su Radio 24 la puntata del programma “Si può fare”a tema , con l' intervento di Mauro Giorcelli del e Silvia Scozzafava di .
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mauro-giorcelli-26209816_laustralia-crede-nel-biochar-e-litalia-activity-7124349191769776128-Z28n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

24/10/2023

We are out with our new work! From a collaboration with University of Birmingham here our view on plasma treatment of zirconia!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645423007875

07/10/2023

We are out with our new work! In this review, we paramount the use of biochar for the preparation of catalysts.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/13/10/1336

The development of heterogeneous catalysts is one of the pillars of modern material science. Among all supports, carbonaceous ones are the most popular due to their high surface area, limited cost, and tunable properties. Nevertheless, materials such as carbon black are produced from oil-derived sou...

26/08/2023

From our collaboration with CNR STEMS, here our new work on the investigation of magnetic and electrical properties of iron tailored biochar ! Stay tuned!

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/16/2326

The combination of conductive carbon together with magnetic particles is a consolidated strategy to produce cutting-edge fillers for the production of polymer composites able to shield against microwave radiation. In this work, we developed and characterized an iron-tailored biochar obtained from th...

24/08/2023

Good News! It is out the first paper from PhD research of Mallkarjun Magadalam. Have a look to it!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sstr.202300163