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  1. Balancing activity and stability in POSS supported porphyrin imidazolium catalysts for CO₂ valorization: Evidence of co-activation

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  2. Easy Preparation of Carbon Nano Onion—Poly Ionic Liquid‐Like Hybrids Through the Deep Eutectic Monomer (DEM) Approach and Their Use in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Article • Advanced Sustainable Systems, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  3. Two birds with one stone: nanostructured MWCNTs- Iron-Phthalocyanine/Imidazolium Bromide co-polymer as catalyst for both CO2 valorization and nitro-reduction reactions

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  4. Keggin Heteropolyacid Immobilized on Nanosilica as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Sugar Dehydration in an Aqueous Medium

    Article • Molecules, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  5. Metal phthalocyanines and imidazolium bromide Copolymers supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes: a "lego-like" assembly of hybrid bifunctional materials applied for CO2 conversion

    Article • Carbon, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  6. A new synthetic approach for high surface area mesoporous silica and its use towards sustainable antifouling materials

    Article • RSC Sustainability, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  7. From CO2 to DME: catalytic advances, challenges, and alternatives to conventional gas-phase routes

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  8. Trialkoxysilane Grafting in Alcohols: A Simple Approach towards Modified Silica-Based Materials

    Article • Molecules, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  9. Easy functionalization of carbon nano-onions with disulfides and their use as recyclable heterogeneous organocatalysts

    Article • Carbon, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  10. Polymerizable deep eutectic solvents: Convenient reactive dispersion media for the preparation of novel multi-walled carbon nanotubes-based functional materials

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  11. Phosphonium Salt/Al‐Porphyrin Copolymer as Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalyst for CO2 Conversion to Cyclic Carbonates

    Article • ChemCatChem, December 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  12. Highly cross-linked bifunctional magnesium porphyrin-imidazolium bromide polymer: Unveiling the key role of co-catalysts proximity for CO2 conversion into cyclic carbonates

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  13. A Prato Tour on Carbon Nanotubes: Raman Insights

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  14. Highly Functionalized SWCNTs with a Dopamine Derivative as a Support for Pd Nanoparticles: A Recyclable Catalyst for the Reduction of Nitro Compounds and the Heck Reaction

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  15. POSS-Al-porphyrin-imidazolium cross-linked network as catalytic bifunctional platform for the conversion of CO2 with epoxides

    Article • Fuel, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  16. Air-stable ternary organic solar cells achieved by using fullerene additives in non-fullerene acceptor-polymer donor blends

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  17. Enhanced Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Promoted by Highly Cross-Linked Bifunctional Polymer: Unveiling the Key Role of Co-Catalysts Proximity

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  18. Front Cover: Catechol‐Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Support for Pd Nanoparticles: a Recyclable System for the Heck Reaction (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 45/2022)

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  19. Heterogenizing palladium tetraiodide catalyst for carbonylation reactions

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  20. Is a Catalyst Always Needed? The Case of the Knoevenagel Reaction with Malononitrile

    Article • ChemCatChem, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  21. Is a Catalyst Always Needed? The Case of the Knoevenagel Reaction with Malononitrile

    Article • ChemCatChem, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  22. Catechol‐Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Support for Pd Nanoparticles: a Recyclable System for the Heck Reaction

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  23. New biocides based on imidazolinium-functionalised hybrid mesoporous silica nanoparticles

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  24. Supported Poly(Ionic Liquid)-Heteropolyacid Based Materials for Heterogeneous Catalytic Fructose Dehydration in Aqueous Medium

    Article • Molecules, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  25. Low Angle Bending Detection Semi-transparent Piezoresistive Sensor

    Article • June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  26. First Evidence of Tris(catecholato)silicate Formation from Hydrolysis of an Alkyl Bis(catecholato)silicate

    Article • Molecules, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  27. Carbon nanotube supported aluminum porphyrin-imidazolium bromide crosslinked copolymer: A synergistic bifunctional catalyst for CO2 conversion

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  28. White light emitting silsesquioxane based materials: the importance of a ligand with rigid and directional arms

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  29. Heterogenizing Palladium Tetraiodide Catalyst for Carbonylation Reactions

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  30. Poss-Al-Porphyrin-Imidazolium Cross-Linked Network as Catalytic Bifunctional Platform for the Conversion of Co2 with Epoxides

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  31. New Hybrid Organic‐inorganic Multifunctional Materials Based on Polydopamine‐like Chemistry

    Article • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  32. A Study on the Stability of Carbon Nanoforms–Polyimidazolium Network Hybrids in the Conversion of CO2 into Cyclic Carbonates: Increase in Catalytic Activity after Reuse

    Article • Nanomaterials, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  33. Bending Sensors Based on Thin Films of Semitransparent Bithiophene‐Fulleropyrrolidine Bisadducts

    Article • ChemPlusChem, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  34. Reconsidering TOF calculation in the transformation of epoxides and CO2 into cyclic carbonates

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  35. Tuneable Emission of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Based Nanostructures that Self‐Assemble in the Presence of Europium(III) Ions: Reversible trans ‐to‐ cis Isomerization

    Article • ChemPlusChem, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  36. Straightforward preparation of highly loaded MWCNT–polyamine hybrids and their application in catalysis

    Article • Nanoscale Advances, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  37. POSS nanostructures in catalysis

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  38. Tuneable Emission of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Based Nanostructures that Self‐Assemble in the Presence of Europium(III) Ions: Reversible trans ‐to‐ cis Isomerization

    Article • ChemPlusChem, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  39. Efficient Conversion of Carbon Dioxide by Imidazolium‐Based Cross‐Linked Nanostructures Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Building Blocks

    Article • ChemPlusChem, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  40. SBA‐15/POSS‐Imidazolium Hybrid as Catalytic Nanoreactor: the role of the Support in the Stabilization of Palladium Species for C−C Cross Coupling Reactions.

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  41. Templating effect of carbon nanoforms on highly cross‐linked imidazolium network: Catalytic activity of the resulting hybrids with Pd nanoparticles

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  42. Hybrid Catalysts for CO2 Conversion into Cyclic Carbonates

    Article • Catalysts, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  43. Supported Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane‐Based (POSS) Materials as Highly Active Organocatalysts for the Conversion of CO 2

    Article • ChemCatChem, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  44. Modified Nanocarbons for Catalysis

    Article • ChemCatChem, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  45. Cross-Linked Polyamine from Imidazolium-Based Materials: A Simple Route to Useful Catalytic Materials

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  46. Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in organic solar cells incorporating copolymeric phase-separation modulators

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  47. Supported Ionic Liquids: A Versatile and Useful Class of Materials

    Article • The Chemical Record, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  48. Correction: Supported C60-IL-PdNPs as extremely active nanocatalysts for C–C cross-coupling reactions

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  49. Imidazolium-Functionalized Carbon Nanohorns for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide: Unprecedented Increase of Catalytic Activity after Recycling

    Article • ChemSusChem, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  50. DNA-Binding and Anticancer Activity of Pyrene-Imidazolium Derivatives

    Article • ChemistrySelect, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor Giampaolo Barone, Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  51. Sensor Properties of Pristine and Functionalized Carbon Nanohorns

    Article • Electroanalysis, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Delia Chillura Martino, prof. Carlo Spartaco Casari

  52. Advances in Organic and Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Polymeric Supports for Catalytic Applications

    Article • Molecules, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  53. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube–Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Hybrids for Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Article • ACS Nano, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  54. Proximity Effect using a Nanocage Structure: Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane-Imidazolium Tetrachloro- palladate Salt as a Precatalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction in Water

    Article • ChemCatChem, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  55. Highly Loaded Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Non-Covalently Modified with a Bis-Imidazolium Salt and their Use as Catalyst Supports

    Article • ChemPlusChem, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  56. ChemInform Abstract: Covalently Supported Ionic Liquid Phases: An Advanced Class of Recyclable Catalytic Systems

    Article • ChemInform, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  57. Covalently Supported Ionic Liquid Phases: An Advanced Class of Recyclable Catalytic Systems

    Article • ChemCatChem, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  58. Supported C60-IL-PdNPs as extremely active nanocatalysts for C–C cross-coupling reactions

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  59. ChemInform Abstract: A Simple Procedure for the Oxidation of Alcohols Using [Bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene and a Catalytic Amount of Bromide Ions in Ethyl Acetate.

    Article • ChemInform, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  60. Cross-Linked Thiazolidine Network as Support for Palladium: A New Catalyst for Suzuki and Heck Reactions

    Article • ChemCatChem, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  61. A Simple Procedure for the Oxidation of Alcohols Using [Bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene and a Catalytic Amount of Bromide Ions in Ethyl Acetate

    Article • Synlett, April 2015, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  62. Thiazolium-Based Catalysts for the Etherification of Benzylic Alcohols under Solvent-Free Conditions

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  63. Extremely water-soluble fullerenes

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  64. Carbon Nanoforms can be easily functionalized with disulfides, diselenides and ditellurides

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  65. A polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based catalyst for the efficient synthesis of cyclic carbonates

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  66. Catalytic Synergism in a C60IL10TEMPO2Hybrid in the Efficient Oxidation of Alcohols

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  67. Efficient microwave-mediated synthesis of fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

    Article • RSC Advances, November 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  68. An E-Factor Minimized Protocol for a Sustainable and Efficient Heck Reaction in Flow

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, October 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  69. Highly selective detection of Epinephrine at oxidized Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorns modified Screen Printed Electrodes (SPEs)

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  70. Fullerene as a Platform for Recyclable TEMPO Organocatalysts for the Oxidation of Alcohols

    Article • ChemCatChem, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  71. Evidences of release and catch mechanism in the Heck reaction catalyzed by palladium immobilized on highly cross-linked-supported imidazolium salts

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  72. Recyclable Heterogeneous and Low‐Loading Homogeneous Chiral Imidazolidinone Catalysts for α‐Alkylation of Aldehydes

    Article • ChemPlusChem, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  73. ChemInform Abstract: Non‐Conventional Methods and Media for the Activation and Manipulation of Carbon Nanoforms

    Article • ChemInform, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  74. ChemInform Abstract: Recyclable Catalyst Reservoir: Oxidation of Alcohols Mediated by Noncovalently Supported Bis(imidazolium)‐Tagged 2,2,6,6‐Tetramethylpiperidine 1‐Oxyl.

    Article • ChemInform, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  75. Cross‐Linked Imidazolium Salts as Scavengers for Palladium

    Article • ChemPlusChem, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  76. Non-conventional methods and media for the activation and manipulation of carbon nanoforms

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  77. ChemInform Abstract: Palladium Supported on Cross‐Linked Imidazolium Network on Silica as Highly Sustainable Catalysts for the Suzuki Reaction under Flow Conditions.

    Article • ChemInform, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  78. ChemInform Abstract: “Release and Catch” Catalytic Systems

    Article • ChemInform, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  79. Water in Organocatalytic Reactions

    Article • August 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  80. Palladium Supported on Cross‐Linked Imidazolium Network on Silica as Highly Sustainable Catalysts for the Suzuki Reaction under Flow Conditions

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  81. Recyclable Catalyst Reservoir: Oxidation of Alcohols Mediated by Noncovalently Supported Bis(imidazolium)‐Tagged 2,2,6,6‐Tetramethylpiperidine 1‐Oxyl

    Article • ChemCatChem, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  82. An Atom‐Economical Approach to Functionalized Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Reaction with Disulfides

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  83. An Atom‐Economical Approach to Functionalized Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Reaction with Disulfides

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  84. ChemInform Abstract: “Nonsolvent” Applications of Ionic Liquids in Organocatalysis

    Article • ChemInform, January 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  85. “Release and catch” catalytic systems

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  86. Buckyballs

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  87. ChemInform Abstract: A Liquid—Liquid Biphasic Homogeneous Organocatalytic Aldol Protocol Based on the Use of a Silica Gel Bound Multilayered Ionic Liquid Phase.

    Article • ChemInform, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  88. ChemInform Abstract: Hydrogen Bonding Donor‐Acceptor Carbon Nanostructures

    Article • ChemInform, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  89. ChemInform Abstract: Low‐Loading Asymmetric Organocatalysis

    Article • ChemInform, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  90. A Straightforward Electroactive π‐Extended Tetrathiafulvalene (exTTF) Building Block

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  91. A Liquid–Liquid Biphasic Homogeneous Organocatalytic Aldol Protocol Based on the Use of a Silica Gel Bound Multilayered Ionic Liquid Phase

    Article • ChemCatChem, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  92. Carbon Nanostructures: Covalent and Macromolecular Chemistry

    Article • April 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  93. ChemInform Abstract: Asymmetric Synthesis Using Polymer‐Immobilized Proline Derivatives

    Article • ChemInform, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  94. “Nonsolvent” Applications of Ionic Liquids in Organocatalysis

    Article • March 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  95. Low-loading asymmetric organocatalysis

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  96. Multilayered Supported Ionic Liquids as Catalysts for Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide: A High‐Throughput Study in Supercritical Conditions

    Article • ChemSusChem, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Paolo Pescarmona, Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  97. Polystyrene-supported organocatalysts for α-selenenylation and Michael reactions

    Article • Catalysis Communications, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  98. Multi‐Layered, Covalently Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (mlc‐SILP) as Highly Cross‐Linked Support for Recyclable Palladium Catalysts for the Suzuki Reaction in Aqueous Medium

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  99. Catalytic Methods in Asymmetric Synthesis

    Article • July 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  100. Recyclable Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Reactions

    Article • July 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  101. Asymmetric Synthesis Using Polymer‐Immobilized Proline Derivatives

    Article • June 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  102. ChemInform Abstract: Supported Organocatalysts as a Powerful Tool in Organic Synthesis

    Article • ChemInform, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  103. Chapter 4. Fullerene-Containing Polymers

    Article • January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  104. Chapter 6. Hydrogen Bonding Donor–Acceptor Carbon Nanostructures

    Article • January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  105. New Concepts and Applications in the Macromolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes

    Article • Advanced Materials, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  106. Advances towards Highly Active and Stereoselective Simple and Cheap Proline‐Based Organocatalysts

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  107. Supported Organocatalysts as a Powerful Tool in Organic Synthesis

    Article • March 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  108. ChemInform Abstract: Enhanced Activity and Stereoselectivity of Polystyrene‐Supported Proline‐Based Organic Catalysts for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water.

    Article • ChemInform, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  109. Asymmetric Aldol Reaction with Polystyrene-Supported Proline-Based Catalysts

    Article • Synfacts, December 2009, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  110. Enhanced Activity and Stereoselectivity of Polystyrene‐Supported Proline‐Based Organic Catalysts for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  111. Fullerene Polymers

    Article • September 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  112. Fullerene‐Containing Polymers: An Overview

    Article • September 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  113. Main‐Chain and Side‐Chain C 60 ‐Polymers

    Article • September 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  114. ChemInform Abstract: Water in Stereoselective Organocatalytic Reactions

    Article • ChemInform, April 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  115. ChemInform Abstract: New Simple Hydrophobic Proline Derivatives as Highly Active and Stereoselective Catalysts for the Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Aqueous Medium.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  116. Water in Stereoselective Organocatalytic Reactions

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  117. New Simple Hydrophobic Proline Derivatives as Highly Active and Stereoselective Catalysts for the Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Aqueous Medium

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  118. ChemInform Abstract: Supported Proline and Proline‐Derivatives as Recyclable Organocatalysts

    Article • ChemInform, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  119. ChemInform Abstract: Novel Prolinamide‐Supported Polystyrene as Highly Stereoselective and Recyclable Organocatalyst for the Aldol Reaction.

    Article • ChemInform, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  120. Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reaction Using Polystyrene-Supported Proline Amide

    Article • Synfacts, August 2008, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  121. ChemInform Abstract: First Evidence of Proline Acting as a Bifunctional Catalyst in the Baylis—Hillman Reaction Between Alkyl Vinyl Ketones and Aryl Aldehydes.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  122. Novel Prolinamide‐Supported Polystyrene as Highly Stereoselective and Recyclable Organocatalyst for the Aldol Reaction

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, May 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  123. ChemInform Abstract: New Ionic Liquid‐Modified Silica Gels as Recyclable Materials for L‐Proline‐ or H—Pro—Pro—Asp—NH2‐Catalyzed Aldol Reaction.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  124. Polystyrene-supported proline as recyclable catalyst in the Baylis–Hillman reaction of arylaldehydes and methyl or ethyl vinyl ketone

    Article • Catalysis Communications, March 2008, Elsevier

    Francesca D'Anna, Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  125. First Evidence of Proline Acting as a Bifunctional Catalyst in the Baylis–Hillman Reaction Between Alkyl Vinyl Ketones and Aryl Aldehydes

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  126. ChemInform Abstract: Hydrophobically Directed Aldol Reactions: Polystyrene‐Supported L‐Proline as a Recyclable Catalyst for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in the Presence of Water.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  127. Supported proline and proline-derivatives as recyclable organocatalysts

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  128. Heterogeneous Catalytic Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reaction in Water

    Article • Synfacts, December 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  129. Fullerene Polymers: Synthetic Strategies, Properties and Applications

    Article • October 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  130. Hydrophobically Directed Aldol Reactions: Polystyrene‐Supported L‐Proline as a Recyclable Catalyst for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in the Presence of Water

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  131. Hydrophobically Directed Aldol Reactions: Polystyrene‐Supported L‐Proline as a Recyclable Catalyst for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in the Presence of Water (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 28/2007)

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  132. Fullerene Polymers: Synthesis and Properties

    Article • ChemInform, April 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  133. Polystyrene‐Supported Proline and Prolinamide. Versatile Heterogeneous Organocatalysts Both for Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water and α‐Selenenylation of Aldehydes.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  134. Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water Catalyzed by Polystyrene-Supported Proline

    Article • Synfacts, March 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  135. Chapter 6. Hydrogen Bonding Donor–Acceptor Carbon Nanostructures

    Article • January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  136. Polystyrene-supported proline and prolinamide. Versatile heterogeneous organocatalysts both for asymmetric aldol reaction in water and α-selenenylation of aldehydes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  137. Tetrathiafulvalene-based molecular nanowires

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  138. New ionic liquid-modified silica gels as recyclable materials for l-proline- or H–Pro–Pro–Asp–NH2-catalyzed aldol reaction

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  139. Cyclodextrin‐[6]fullerene Conjugates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Behavior.

    Article • ChemInform, December 2006, Wiley

    Francesca D'Anna, Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  140. Fullerene Polymers:  Synthesis and Properties

    Article • Chemical Reviews, December 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  141. Cyclodextrin-[60]fullerene conjugates: synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical behavior

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, November 2006, Elsevier

    Francesca D'Anna, Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  142. Lipase-catalyzed resolution of anti-6-substituted 1,3-dioxepan-5-ols

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  143. Long-Lived Photoinduced Charges in Donor−Acceptor Anthraquinone-Substituted Thiophene Copolymers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  144. Solid Film versus Solution‐Phase Charge‐Recombination Dynamics of exTTF–Bridge–C60 Dyads

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  145. Topological Effects of a Rigid Chiral Spacer on the Electronic Interactions in Donor–Acceptor Ensembles

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  146. Design, synthesis and photovoltaic properties of [60]fullerene based molecular materials

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  147. Diphenylmethanofullerenes: New and Efficient Acceptors in Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  148. Cover Picture: Probing Molecular Wires: Synthesis, Structural, and Electronic Study of Donor–Acceptor Assemblies Exhibiting Long‐Range Electron Transfer (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2005)

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  149. Probing Molecular Wires: Synthesis, Structural, and Electronic Study of Donor–Acceptor Assemblies Exhibiting Long‐Range Electron Transfer

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  150. Concentration dependence of amplified spontaneous emission in two oligo-(p-phenylenevinylene) derivatives

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, March 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  151. Electronic Communication through π‐Conjugated Wires in Covalently Linked Porphyrin/C60 Ensembles

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  152. Mimicking photosynthesis: covalent [60]fullerene-based donor–acceptor ensembles

    Article • Synthetic Metals, December 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  153. Exceptionally Small Attenuation Factors in Molecular Wires

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  154. Polymer solar cells with novel fullerene-based acceptor

    Article • Thin Solid Films, March 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  155. Donor?acceptor ?double-cable? polythiophenes with tunable acceptor content

    Article • Thin Solid Films, March 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  156. Tuning of the photoinduced charge transfer process in donor-acceptor double-cable copolymers

    Article • February 2004, SPIE

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  157. Donor–acceptor polythiophene copolymers with tunable acceptor content for photoelectric conversion devices

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  158. Tuning of the photoinduced charge transfer process in donor–acceptor double-cable copolymers

    Article • Synthetic Metals, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  159. Synthesis and Photoluminescent Properties of 1,1′‐Binaphthyl‐Based Chiral Phenylenevinylene Dendrimers.

    Article • ChemInform, July 2003, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  160. Synthesis of Soluble Donor−Acceptor Double-Cable Polymers Based on Polythiophene and Tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane (TCAQ)

    Article • Organic Letters, April 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  161. Synthesis and Photoluminescent Properties of 1,1‘-Binaphthyl-Based Chiral Phenylenevinylene Dendrimers

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura

  162. ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of 1,1′‐Binaphthyl‐Based Enantiopure C60 Dimers.

    Article • ChemInform, September 2002, Wiley

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone

  163. Synthesis of 1,1‘-Binaphthyl-Based Enantiopure C60 Dimers

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Francesco Giacalone, Professor José L. Segura