CANDLE^2 - List of Publications

CANDL^2 is a project funded by the Italian Ministry of the University and Research trhough the Research Projects of nationa Interest Programme. The project aims to explore the potential of Carbon dots both in LEDs with controlled chromaticity and in tunable solid-state lasers. To achieve these goals, purposely synthesized CDs are embedded in sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic matrices, to fabricate nanocomposites specifically optimized for lighting and lasing. Plasmonic nanoparticles added to the CD-based nanocomposites cna also be added to enhance the material emission by metal enhanced fluorescence. The CD structure, the chemo-physical properties and the host-guest interactions in the nanocomposites are studied through a combination of optical-structural characterization, atomistic modeling and innovative synthesis.

 

1) “Carbon Dots from Citric Acid and its Intermediates Formed by Thermal Decomposition” Ludmerczki R., Mura S., Carbonaro C.M., Mandity I.M., Carraro M., Senes N., Garroni S., Granozzi G., Calvillo L., Marras S., Malfatti L., Innocenzi P. Chemistry - A European Journal 25,11963 (2019)

2) “Integrating sol-gel and carbon dots chemistry for the fabrication of fluorescent hybrid organic-inorganic films” Mura S., Ludmerczki R., Stagi L., Garroni S., Carbonaro C.M., Ricci P. C., Casula M. F., Malfatti L., Innocenzi P. Scientific Reports, 10, 4770 (2020)

3) “Modulating the Optical Properties of Citrazinic Acid through the Monomer-to-Dimer Transformation” Mura, S., Stagi, L., Malfatti, L., Carbonaro, C.M., Ludmerczki, R., Innocenzi, P. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 124,197 (2020)

4) “Anomalous Optical Properties of Citrazinic Acid under Extreme pH Conditions” Stagi L., Mura S., Malfatti L., Carbonaro C.M., Ricci P.C., Porcu S., Secci F., Innocenzi, P. ACS Omega 5, 10958 (2020)

5) “Oil-dispersible green emitting carbon dots: new insights on a facile and efficient synthesis” Minervini G., Panniello A., Fanizza E., Agostiano A., Curri M. L., Striccoli M. Materials 13,3716 (2020)

6) “How porosity affects the emission of fluorescent carbon dot-silica porous composites” Carbonaro C. M., Thakkar S. V., Ludmerczki R., Olla C., Pinna A., Loche D., Malfatti L., Cesare Marincola F., Casula M.F. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 305, 110302 (2020)

7) “Reversible Aggregation of Molecular-Like Fluorophores Driven by Extreme pH in Carbon Dots” Mura S., Stagi L., Ludmerczki R., Malfatti L., Innocenzi P. Materials 13, 3654 (2020).

8) “Fluorescence-based selective nitrite ion sensing by amino-capped carbon dots” Ludmerczki R., Mura S., Stagi L., Juhász T., Dettori M., Azara A., Innocenzi P., Malfatti L. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 16, 100573 (2021).

9) "Citric Acid Derived Carbon Dots, the Challenge of Understanding the Synthesis-Structure Relationship" Ren J., Malfatti L., Innocenzi P. C, 7, 2 (2021).

10) “Polymerization-Driven Photoluminescence in Alkanolamine-Based C-Dots” Ludmerczki R., Malfatti, L., Stagi L., Meloni M., Carbonaro C.M., Casula M.F., Bogdán D., Mura S., Mándity I.M., Innocenzi P. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27, 2543 (2021).

11) “Formation of citrazinic acid ions and their contribution to optical and magnetic features of carbon nanodots: A combined experimental and computational approach” Mocci F., Olla C., Cappai A., Corpino R., Ricci P.C., Chiriu D., Salis M., Carbonaro C.M. Materials, 14, 770, 1 (2021)

12) “Insight into the Molecular Model in Carbon Dots through Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Citrazinic Acid in Aqueous Solution” Cappai A., Melis C., Stagi L., Ricci P. C., Mocci F., Carbonaro C. M. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 4836 (2021)

13) “Ultrafast Interface Charge Separation in Carbon Nanodot–Nanotube Hybrids” Sciortino A., Ferrante F., Goncalves G., Tobias G., Popescu R., Gerthsen D., Mauro N., Giammona G., Buscarino G., Gelardi F. M., Agnello S, Cannas M., Duca D., Messina F. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 49232 (2021).

14) “Towards N–N-Doped Carbon Dots: A Combined Computational and Experimental Investigation” Olla C., Porcu S., Secci F., Ricci P.C., Carbonaro C.M. Materials 15, 1468 (2022)

15) “Photobleaching and recovery kinetics of a palette of carbon nanodots probed by in situ optical spectroscopy” Terracina A., Armano A., Meloni M., Panniello A., Minervini G., Madonia A., Cannas M., Striccoli M., Malfatti L., Messina F. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14, 36038 (2022)

16) “Highly Photostable Carbon Dots from Citric Acid for Bioimaging” Fiori F., Moukham H., Olia F., Piras D., Ledda S. , Salis A., Stagi L., Malfatti L., Innocenzi P.. Materials 15, 2395 (2022)

17) “Harnessing Molecular Fluorophores in the Carbon Dots Matrix: The Case of Safranin O” Meloni M., Stagi L., Sanna D., Garroni S., Calvillo L., Terracina A., Cannas M., Messina F., Carbonaro C. M., Innocenzi P., Malfatti L. Nanomaterials, 12, 2351 (2022)

18) “Carbon Nanodots from an In Silico Perspective” Mocci F., Engelbrecht L. D. V., Olla C., Cappai A., Casula M. F., Melis C., Stagi L., Laaksonen A., Carbonaro C. M. Chemical Reviews, 122, 13709 (2022)

19) “Photostable carbon dots with intense green emission in an open reactor synthesis” Minervini G., Panniello A., Madonia A., Carbonaro C. M., Mocci F., Sibillano T., Giannini C., Comparelli R., Ingrosso C., Depalo N., Fanizza E., Curri M. L., Striccoli M. Carbon, 198, 230 (2022)

20) “At the root of L-lysine emission in aqueous solutions” Stagi L., Farris R., de Villiers Engelbrecht L., Mocci F., Carbonaro C.M., Innocenzi, P. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 283, 121717 (2022)

21) “Selecting molecular or surface centers in carbon dots-silica hybrids to tune the optical emission: A photo-physics study down to the atomistic level” Olla C., Ricci P. C., Chiriu D., Fantauzzi M., Casula M. F., Mocci F., Cappai A., Porcu S., Stagi L., Carbonaro C.M., Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 634, 402 (2023)

22) “Exploring the Impact of Nitrogen Doping on the Optical Properties of Carbon Dots Synthesized from Citric Acid”, Olla C., Cappai A., Porcu S., Stagi L., Fantauzzi M., Casula M.F., Mocci F., Corpino R., Chiriu D., Ricci P.C., Carbonaro C.M., Nanomaterials, 13, 1344 (2023)

23) “Chemical Design of Efficient Photoelectrodes by Heterogeneous Nucleation of Carbon Dots in Mesoporous Ordered Titania Films” Herrera F. C., Sireus V., Rassu P., Stagi L., Reale M., Sciortino A., Messina F., Soler-Illia G. J. A. A., Malfatti L., Innocenzi P. Chem. Mater., 35, 8009 (2023)

24) “Fluorescent Boron Oxide Nanodisks as Biocompatible Multi-messenger Sensors for Ultrasensitive Ni2+ detection” Terracina A., Mauro N., Le Balle J., Popescu R., Scopelliti M., Buscarino G., Utzeri M. A., Cannas M., Cavallaro G., Messina F., Sciortino A., ACS Applied Nanomaterials 6, 6036 (2023)

25) "Dye-Derived Red Emitting Carbon Dots for Lasing and Solid-State Lighting" Madonia A., Minervini G., Terracina A., Pramanik A., Martorana V., Sciortino A., Carbonaro C. M., Olla C., Sibillano T., Giannini C., Fanizza E., Curri, M., Panniello A., Messina F., Striccoli, ACS Nano 17, 21274 (2023)

26) “Enhancing carbon dots fluorescence via plasmonic resonance energy transfer” Sciortino A., Panniello A., Minervini G., Mauro N., Giammona G., Buscarino G., Cannas M., Striccoli M., Messina F. Materials Research Bulletin 149, 111746 (2022)

27) “One-Pot Synthesis of Dual Color-Emitting CDs: Numerical and Experimental Optimization towards White LEDs” Minervini, G., Madonia, A,; Panniello, A.; Fanizza, E.; Curri, M.L.; Striccoli, M., Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 374

 

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