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  1. Probing Residual Water in G-Quadruplex Structures through Molecular Vibrations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  2. Led-based thermal lens spectrometry with a double-pass probe beam optimized configuration: A complete feasibility study

    Article • Measurement, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  3. Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles: pros and cons of natural compounds

    Article • Nano Express, December 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  4. Molecular mechanisms behind BRACO19 and human telomeric G-quadruplex interaction

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  5. A Raman lens on the active sites in the oxygenation of cyclohexene catalyzed by a Cu-bipyridine homoleptic complex

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  6. Ultraviolet Resonant Raman Scattering of Electrolyte Solutions

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, April 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  7. A Multi-Technique Thorough Synthesis and Characterization of Tannin-Furanic Foams, a Sustainable Biobased Alternative to Foams Derived from Fossil Fuel-Based Chemicals

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  8. Molecular Mechanisms Behind Braco19 and Human Telomeric Gquadruplex Interaction

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  9. Porous aluminum decorated with rhodium nanoparticles: preparation and use as a platform for UV SERS

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  10. Probing molecular arrangements of the organic semiconductor 2,7-Dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2- b][1]benzothiophene thin film at the interface by UV Resonant Raman scattering

    Article • Surfaces and Interfaces, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  11. Cytosine epigenetic modifications and conformational changes in G‐quadruplex DNA: An ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy study

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  12. Raman spectroscopy in pure and doped zinc ferrites nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  13. Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples

    Article • Heritage, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  14. Polyvinylidene Fluoride Aerogels with Tailorable Crystalline Phase Composition

    Article • Gels, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  15. Solvent Vibrations as a Proxy of the Telomere G-Quadruplex Rearrangements across Thermal Unfolding

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  16. Chemical Doping of the Organic Semiconductor C8‐BTBT‐C8 Using an Aqueous Iodine Solution for Device Mobility Enhancement

    Article • Advanced Materials Technologies, February 2022, Wiley

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  17. Revealing hidden molecular nanostructure details in the pellet formulation of ibuprofen by combining Synchrotron and laboratory sources

    Article • Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  18. Conformational plasticity of DNA secondary structures: probing the conversion between i-motif and hairpin species by circular dichroism and ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopies

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  19. Ligand-based drug repurposing strategy identified SARS-CoV-2 RNA G-quadruplex binders

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  20. Strategies and Perspectives for UV Resonance Raman Applicability in Clinical Analyses of Human Sperm RNA

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  21. Chemical constitution of polyfurfuryl alcohol investigated by FTIR and Resonant Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  22. Tannin-furanic foams used as biomaterial substrates for SERS sensing in possible wastewater filter applications

    Article • Materials Research Express, November 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  23. UV Resonance Raman explores protein structural modification upon fibrillation and ligand interaction

    Article • Biophysical Journal, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  24. A multidisciplinary study unveils the nature of a Roman ink of the I century AD

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  25. Influence of polymer binder on the performance of diF-TES-ADT based organic field effect transistor

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  26. FTIR Spectroscopy to Reveal Lipid and Protein Changes Induced on Sperm by Capacitation: Bases for an Improvement of Sample Selection in ART

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  27. Investigation of genomic DNA methylation by UV Resonant Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Biophotonics, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  28. Galvanic Replacement Reaction as a Route to Prepare Nanoporous Aluminum for UV Plasmonics

    Article • Nanomaterials, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  29. Ligand binding to G-quadruplex DNA: new insights from ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  30. Polymorphism of human telomeric quadruplexes with drugs: a multi-technique biophysical study

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  31. Multi-technique analysis of extracellular vesicles: not only size matters

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  32. Understanding the Polymerization of Polyfurfuryl Alcohol: Ring Opening and Diels-Alder Reactions

    Article • Polymers, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  33. Metallic Nanoporous Aluminum–Magnesium Alloy for UV-Enhanced Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  34. Structure of human telomere G-quadruplex in the presence of a model drug along the thermal unfolding pathway

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  35. A combined SR-based Raman and InfraRed investigation of pigmenting matter used in wall paintings: The San Gennaro and San Gaudioso Catacombs (Naples, Italy) case

    Article • The European Physical Journal Plus, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  36. Single-layer graphene modulates neuronal communication and augments membrane ion currents

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  37. Graphene liquid cells for multi-technique analysis of biological cells in water environment

    Article • Journal of Instrumentation, May 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  38. Episodic records of jellyfish ingestion of plastic items reveal a novel pathway for trophic transference of marine litter

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  39. Hydration properties and water structure in aqueous solutions of native and modified cyclodextrins by UV Raman and Brillouin scattering

    Article • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  40. The quality is in the eye of the beholder: The perspective of FTIR and UV resonant Raman spectroscopies on extracted nucleic acids

    Article • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  41. Avoiding Ethanol Presence in DNA Samples Enhances the Performance of Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Analysis

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  42. Correlation between collective and molecular dynamics in pH-responsive cyclodextrin-based hydrogels

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Professor Carlo Punta

  43. Ultrafast reflectivity dynamics of highly excited Si surfaces below the melting transition

    Article • October 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  44. Solute–Solvent Interactions in Aqueous Solutions of Sulfobutyl Ether-β-cyclodextrin As Probed by UV-Raman and FTIR-ATR Analysis

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  45. Spectroscopic investigation of Roman decorated plasters by combining FT-IR, micro-Raman and UV-Raman analyses

    Article • Vibrational Spectroscopy, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  46. Guest–matrix interactions affect the solvation of cyclodextrin-based polymeric hydrogels: a UV Raman scattering study

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta, Dr Francesco D'Amico

  47. Vibrational signatures of the water behaviour upon confinement in nanoporous hydrogels

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta, Dr Francesco D'Amico

  48. Stacking of purines in water: the role of dipolar interactions in caffeine

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  49. Free electron laser-driven ultrafast rearrangement of the electronic structure in Ti

    Article • Structural Dynamics, November 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  50. EIS: the scattering beamline at FERMI

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, April 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio, Gabor Kurdi

  51. Probing the molecular connectivity of water confined in polymer hydrogels

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio, Professor Carlo Punta

  52. Water and polymer dynamics in a model polysaccharide hydrogel: the role of hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio, Professor Carlo Punta

  53. Oxidative damage in DNA bases revealed by UV resonant Raman spectroscopy

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  54. Combining Raman and infrared spectroscopy as a powerful tool for the structural elucidation of cyclodextrin-based polymeric hydrogels

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta, Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  55. Slow-to-fast transition of hydrogen bond dynamics in acetamide hydration shell formation

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  56. Toward an understanding of the thermosensitive behaviour of pH-responsive hydrogels based on cyclodextrins

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta, Dr Francesco D'Amico

  57. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy with Chemical State Selectivity on Histidine and Acetamide Using Synchrotron Radiation

    Article • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, January 2015, Chemical Society of Japan

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  58. Matter under extreme conditions probed by a seeded free-electron-laser

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Gabor Kurdi, Dr Francesco D'Amico

  59. Determination of dynamical parameters in liquids by homodyne transient grating spectroscopy at large angles

    Article • Optics Letters, August 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  60. Spatial correlation between chemical and topological defects in vitreous silica: UV-resonance Raman study

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, June 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  61. Reflectivity enhancement in titanium by ultrafast XUV irradiation

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  62. Thermodynamic hydration shell behavior of glycine

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  63. UV resonant Raman scattering facility at Elettra

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  64. Investigation of Acetic Acid Hydration Shell Formation through Raman Spectra Line-Shape Analysis

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  65. Tunability experiments at the FERMI@Elettra free-electron laser

    Article • New Journal of Physics, November 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  66. Determination of the Ion Temperature in a Stainless Steel Slab Exposed to Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  67. Corrigendum to “A method for estimating the temperature in high energy density free electron laser experiments” Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A [621(1–3) (2010) 643–649]

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  68. Depth Profiling of Melting and Metallization in Si(111) and Si(001) Surfaces

    Article • Physical Review Letters, October 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  69. Control of Structural, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Eumelanin Films by Electrospray Deposition

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  70. Probing phase transitions under extreme conditions by ultrafast techniques: Advances at the Fermi@Elettra free-electron-laser facility

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  71. Probing matter under extreme conditions at Fermi@Elettra: the TIMEX beamline

    Article • May 2011, SPIE

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  72. A beam-shaping system for TIMEX beamline

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  73. A method for estimating the temperature in high energy density free electron laser experiments

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  74. Temperature Dependence of Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics in Acetic Acid−Water Solutions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico, Dr Claudio Masciovecchio

  75. Rubbing effects on the structural and optical properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene) films

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, January 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  76. Lithium intercalation and interfacial kinetics of composite anodes formed by oxidized graphite and copper

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Sonia Dsoke, Dr Francesco D'Amico

  77. Structural, electrical, electronic and optical properties of melanin films

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  78. Dependence on the deposition conditions in the adsorption of C 6 H 8 molecules on a Si ( 100 ) − 2 × 1 surface

    Article • Physical Review B, October 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  79. Mn L2,3 x-ray absorption spectra of a diluted Mn–Ge alloy

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Francesco D'Amico

  80. Photoelectron diffraction of C 6 H 8 ∕ Si ( 001 ) : A model case for photoemission study of organic molecules adsorbed on silicon surfaces

    Article • Physical Review B, June 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Francesco D'Amico