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RESEARCH GROUPS


The research activity of the Department of Chemistry covers many aspects of modern chemical sciences and has reached, in recent years, a good national and international reputation.

The following Research groups are active at the Department

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Prof. Raffaella Porto The study of chemical equilibria and their analytical applications in biological and environmental systems.

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

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Prof. Marcello Longeri

Prof. Giorgio Celebre

Prof. Giuseppina De Luca

 LXNMR_S.C.An.  Laboratory web

Prof. Giuseppe Ranieri

Prof. Luigi Coppola

Dr. Cesare Oliviero Rossi

 

Laboratory Mario Terenzi web

 

Prof. Giuseppe Chidichimo

Dr. Giovanni De Filpo

Dr. Daniela Imbardelli

Dr. Bruna Clara De Simone

Thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals (theoretical studies, NMR and technological applications).

Biomedical NMR Studies: viable cell preparations, body fluids, extracts of deseased tissues.

Prof. Attilio Golemme Thermotropic liquid crystals.

Optical properties of amorphous materials.

Prof. Lionello Pogliani Structure and dynamics of biopharmacological molecules by NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry and molecular dynamics.

INORGANIC AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY

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Prof. Giovanni De Munno

Dr. Donatella Armentano

Synthesis of coordination compounds and their structural characterization by diffractometric X rays analysis.
Prof. Mauro Ghedini

Prof. Alessandra Crispini

Prof. Daniela Pucci

Dr. Iolinda Aiello

Dr. Massimo La Deda

Synthesis of electro- and photoactive supramolecular systems.

Preparation of new materials: metal- containing liquid crystals.

Prof. Francesco Neve Supramolecular and materials chemistry.
Prof. Claudia Zanchini Application of density functional methods to the analysis of isomerization processes and conformational behaviour of molecular and radicalic systems.

ORGANIC AND BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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Prof. Giuseppe Salerno New organic syntheses via organometallic catalysis.

Catalytic systems in homogeneous phases.

Prof. Renato Dalpozzo

Prof. Antonio De Nino

Reactivity of organometallic compounds with electrophiles
Prof. Giovanni Sindona

Dr. Leonardo Di Donna

Dr. Loredana Maiuolo

Prof. Anna M. Napoli

Dr. Antonio Tagarelli

Synthesis and reactivity of bio-organic compounds.

Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry: structure determination of biological and natural compounds.

Prof. Nicola Uccella Synthesis and reactivity of five-membered N,O-Heterocycles.

Synthesis and analytical applications in agriculture and food chemistry.

THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY

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Prof. Nino Russo

Prof. Marirosa Toscano

Prof. Emilia Sicilia

Dr. Maria del C. Michelini

Dr. Tiziana Marino

Quantomechanical methods for the study of polyelectronic systems.

Density functional theory.

Molecular dynamics and reactivity.