Research Areas
- Organic chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
- Photoactive materials
- Surface modification
- Bioapplications
CV
Education
- PhD in Chemistry at University of Genoa (Italy)
- Visiting PhD student, Group of Prof. Luisa De Cola, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Visiting PhD student, Group of Prof. Luisa De Cola, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- MSc (Laurea Degree) in Materials Science at University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
Positions
- Independent Group Leader, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Research Scientist, Institute of Chemical Science and Technologies “G. Natta” (SCITEC), Italian National Research Council (CNR)
- Senior Scientist, group of Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Visiting Scientist, group of Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- DAAD Fellow, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Postdoc, Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies (ISTM), Italian National Research Council (CNR)
- Visiting Postdoc, Group of Prof. Luisa De Cola, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Postdoc, University of Milan (Italy)
Project
- Novel organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) as electrochemiluminescent (ECL) emitters in solution and solid state ( – )
Individual project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: RI 2635/6-1
- Novel organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) as electrochemiluminescent (ECL) emitters in solution and solid state ( – )
Publications
- . . ‘Modulating the G-Quadruplex and Duplex DNA Binding by Controlling the Charge of Fluorescent Molecules.’ Chemistry - A European Journal 29, No. 6: e202203094. doi: 10.1002/chem.202203094.
- . . ‘The Future of Spirobifluorene-Based Molecules as Hole-Transporting Materials for Solar Cells.’ Solar RRL 7, No. 7: 2201108. doi: 10.1002/solr.202201108.
- . . ‘Water-Soluble Organic Dyes as Efficient Anode Interlayer Materials for PEDOT:PSS-Free Inverted Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells.’ Solar RRL 6, No. 2: 2100661. doi: 10.1002/solr.202100661.
- . . ‘Versatile electrochemiluminescent organic emitters.’ Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 34: 100998. doi: 10.1016/j.coelec.2022.100998.
- . . ‘Optical Immunoassays Methods in Protein Analysis: An Overview.’ Chemosensors 10: 326. doi: 10.3390/chemosensors10080326.
- . . ‘Bypassing the statistical limit of singlet generation in sensitized upconversion using fluorinated conjugated systems.’ Photochemical & photobiological sciences 21, No. 5: 913–921. doi: 10.1007/s43630-022-00225-z.
- . ‘Phosphorescence Induction by Host-Guest Complexation with Cyclodextrins – The Role of Regioisomerism and Affinity.’ Chemistry - A European Journal 28, No. 51: e202201081. doi: 10.1002/chem.202201081.
- . . ‘Recent Advances in Injectable Hydrogels for Controlled and Local Drug Delivery.’ Advanced Healthcare Materials 10, No. 1: 2001341. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202001341.
- . . ‘Editorial: Electrochemiluminescence: From Fundamentals to Applications.’ Frontiers in Chemistry 9: 706465. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.706465.
- . . ‘Polyvinylpyridine-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles: An Efficient Catalyst for Suzuki{\textendash}Miyaura Coupling Reactions.’ Catalysts 10, No. 3: 330. doi: 10.3390/catal10030330.
- . . ‘Self-assembled multilayer surfaces of highly fluorescent spirobifluorene-based dye for label-free protein recognition.’ Journal of Materials Chemistry B 7: 4933–4939. doi: 10.1039/C9TB00854C.
- . . Front cover: Self-assembled multilayer surfaces of highly fluorescent spirobifluorene-based dye for label-free protein recognition. doi: 10.1039/c9tb90113b.
- . . ‘Solid state electrochemiluminescence from homogeneous and patterned monolayers of bifunctional spirobifluorene.’ Chemical communications 54, No. 39: 4999–5002. doi: 10.1039/c8cc02066c.
- . . ‘Recent Developments in AIEgens for Non-doped and TADF OLEDs.’ Israel Journal of Chemistry 58. doi: 10.1002/ijch.201800049.
- . . ‘Author Correction: The Staphylococcus aureus extracellular matrix protein (Emp) has a fibrous structure and binds to different extracellular matrices.’ Scientific Reports 8, No. 1. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26315-6.
- . ‘The Staphylococcus aureus extracellular matrix protein (Emp) has a fibrous structure and binds to different extracellular matrices.’ Scientific Reports 7, No. 1. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14168-4.
- . . ‘From Blue to Green: Fine-Tuning of Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence in Bifunctional Organic Dyes.’ Journal of the American Chemical Society 139, No. 5: 2060–2069. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b12247.
- . ‘Fluorescence quenching in beta-cyclodextrin vesicles: membrane confinement and host-guest interactions.’ Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 15: 235–43. doi: 10.1039/C5PP00226E.
- . . ‘Efficient Luminescence from Fluorene- and Spirobifluorene-Based Lanthanide Complexes upon Near-Visible Irradiation.’ Chemistry - A European Journal 20, No. 16: 4598–4607. doi: 10.1002/chem.201305029.
- . . ‘Polar Fluorenes and Spirobifluorenes: Fluorescence and Fluorescence Anisotropy Spectra.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115, No. 39: 11420–11430. doi: 10.1021/jp206592s.
- . . ‘A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Properties of a New Class of Push-Pull Spirobifluorene Compounds.’ European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2010, No. 21: 4004–4016. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201000335.
- . . ‘New erbium complexes emitting in infrared region based on oligothiophene and thiophenefluorene carboxylate.’ Journal of Luminescence 127, No. 2: 601–610. doi: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.03.018.
- . . ‘Semiempirical study of the electronic and optical properties of the Er(8-hydroxyquinolinate)(3) complex.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, No. 41: 19249–19256. doi: 10.1021/jp053314n.
- . . ‘Novel lanthanide complexes for visible and IR emission.’ Synthetic Metals 147, No. 1-3: 143–147. doi: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.05.027.
Dr. Fabio Rizzo
Junior research group leader
