All Stories

  1. Localized phonon polariton resonances in CaF2 nanoparticles

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, October 2026, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  2. Mechanistic Characterization and Control of Branching in the Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity PIM-1

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  3. Long Versus Short Chain Covalent Functionalization in the Preparation of Mechanochromic Polymers

    Article • Chemistry - Methods, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  4. Tailoring crosslinking in polyketone membranes: Toward stable anion exchange materials for water electrolysis

    Article • Polymer, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  5. Dispersed vs. Covalently Integrated Benzothioxanthene Emitters in Sustainable Luminescent Solar Concentrators

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, March 2026, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  6. A Universal AIE‐Luminogen to Probe Polymer Mobility

    Article • Aggregate, March 2026, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  7. Polyketone-modified Ti3C2T composite coatings for enhanced solid lubrication under elevated stress and oxidative environments

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  8. Turning Stress Into Signal: Mechanochromic Materials in Commodity and Technologically Relevant Polymers

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, January 2026, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  9. Fabrication of 3D PEDOT:PSS composite microstructures via two-photon polymerisation

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  10. Pyrolysis-derived telechelic polypropylene enables mechanochromic mapping of cavitation in polyolefin matrices

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  11. Highly sustainable multilayer fluorescent devices for solar energy harvesting

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  12. Enhanced Thermal Oxidative Stability of multi-layer Ti3C2Tₓ Functionalized with Polyketones

    Article • Thermal Advances, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  13. Frontier Orbital Gating of Rectification and Conductance in Tunneling Junctions Comprising Pyridine-Terminated Molecular Wires

    Article • ACS Nanoscience Au, October 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  14. Enhancing Luminescent Solar Concentrators with Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorophores: Overcoming ACQ for Efficient Light Harvesting in PMMA Films

    Article • Translational Chemistry – An Interface Journal, June 2025, Proteomass

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  15. A Multipotent Precursor Approach for the Preparation of High‐Molecular Weight Conjugated Polymers with Redox Active Units

    Article • Small Methods, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  16. Synergistic Double‐Layer Mechanochromic Polymers for Enhanced Strain Sensing and Emission Control

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  17. Investigation of Symmetric and Nonsymmetric Dithienothiophene-dioxide Derivatives as Fluorescent Emitters for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

    Article • ACS Applied Energy Materials, April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  18. Retro-favorskii reaction employing fluoride sources and its use as immobilization strategy

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  19. Tailoring Thermomechanical, Shape Memory and Self-Healing Properties of Furan-Based Polyketone via Diels-Alder Chemistry with Different Bismaleimide Crosslinkers

    Article • Polymers, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  20. Tuneable emission from disordered to ordered aggregates in substituted 9,10-dihydroanthracene polymers

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  21. 35 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2024

    Article • Matter, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  22. Mechanochromic Suction Cups for Local Stress Detection in Soft Robotics

    Article • Advanced Intelligent Systems, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti, Mariacristina Gagliardi

  23. Sustainable luminescent solar concentrators with superior photodegradation resistance employing heptagon-embedded polycyclic aromatic dicarboximides as emitters

    Article • Materials Today Energy, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  24. Evolution of the Microrobots: Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Additive Manufacturing Technologies Turn Small Structures into Microscale Robots

    Article • Micromachines, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Stefano Palagi, Dr Marco Carlotti

  25. Cocrystalline Phases of Umbelliferone with Syndiotactic Polystyrene: A Route to Achieve Optical Brightening Films

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, January 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  26. Assessing the performance of sustainable luminescent solar concentrators based on chemically recycled poly(methyl methacrylate)

    Article • RSC Applied Polymers, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  27. Luminescent Solar Concentrators from Food Substances: A Safe and Simple Experiment to Approach Sunlight Energy Harvesting

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  28. Controlled Molecular Diffusion in Fluorescent Polymer Films for Label‐Free Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds

    Article • Advanced Sensor Research, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti, Davide Comoretto

  29. Facile Handling of 3D Two‐Photon Polymerized Microstructures by Ultra‐Conformable Freestanding Polymeric Membranes

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  30. Retro-Favorskii Reaction Employing Fluoride Sources

    Article • January 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  31. Blending or Bonding? Mechanochromism of an Aggregachromic Mechanophore in a Thermoplastic Elastomer

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, January 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  32. Performant flexible luminescent solar concentrators of phenylpolysiloxanes crosslinked with perylene bisimide fluorophores

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  33. Preparation of different conjugated polymers characterized by complementary electronic properties from an identical precursor

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  34. Invisible Thermoplasmonic Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticle Ink for Anti-counterfeiting Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  35. How to print and erase microthings without much troubles

    Article • Advanced Materials Technologies, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  36. Is it possible to estimate how much an electrode sticks to your molecules without much hassle?

    Article • ACS Physical Chemistry Au, January 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  37. Direct laser writing of liquid crystal elastomers oriented by a horizontal electric field

    Article • Open Research Europe, November 2021, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Stefano Palagi, Dr Marco Carlotti

  38. How to make 3D printed, tiny actuators made of liquid crystals

    Article • Open Research Europe, October 2021, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Stefano Palagi, Dr Marco Carlotti

  39. How to use a candle and oil to prepare an homemade tape to which ice won't stick

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  40. A Perspective on Cephalopods Mimicry and Bioinspired Technologies toward Proprioceptive Autonomous Soft Robots

    Article • Advanced Materials Technologies, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  41. Toward Mechanochromic Soft Material‐Based Visual Feedback for Electronics‐Free Surgical Effectors

    Article • Advanced Science, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti, Mariacristina Gagliardi

  42. How we 3D printed a micro accelerometer (that works)

    Article • March 2021, SPIE

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  43. Engineering Microneedle Patches for Improved Penetration: Analysis, Skin Models and Factors Affecting Needle Insertion

    Article • Nano-Micro Letters, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  44. Conformable on-skin devices for thermo-electro-tactile stimulation: materials, design, and fabrication

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  45. High-Performance Luminescent Solar Concentrators Based on Poly(Cyclohexylmethacrylate) (PCHMA) Films

    Article • Polymers, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  46. Mechanochromic LLDPE Films Doped with NIR Reflective Paliogen Black

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  47. Intermolecular Effects on Tunneling through Acenes in Large-Area and Single-Molecule Junctions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  48. Electrically-Conductive Polyketone Nanocomposites Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide

    Article • Polymers, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  49. Functional Materials for Two‐Photon Polymerization in Microfabrication

    Article • Small, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  50. Systematic experimental study of quantum interference effects in anthraquinoid molecular wires

    Article • Nanoscale Advances, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  51. Two-Terminal Molecular Memory through Reversible Switching of Quantum Interference Features in Tunneling Junctions

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  52. Two‐Terminal Molecular Memory through Reversible Switching of Quantum Interference Features in Tunneling Junctions

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  53. Quantum interference mediated vertical molecular tunneling transistors

    Article • Science Advances, October 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  54. Device-Compatible Chiroptical Surfaces through Self-Assembly of Enantiopure Allenes

    Article • Langmuir, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  55. Controlling destructive quantum interference in tunneling junctions comprising self-assembled monolayers via bond topology and functional groups

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  56. Conformation-driven quantum interference effects mediated by through-space conjugation in self-assembled monolayers

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  57. Pronounced Environmental Effects on Injection Currents in EGaIn Tunneling Junctions Comprising Self-Assembled Monolayers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  58. Enhancing optical efficiency of thin-film luminescent solar concentrators by combining energy transfer and stacked design

    Article • Journal of Luminescence, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  59. A fast and effective procedure for the optical efficiency determination of luminescent solar concentrators

    Article • Solar Energy, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Carlotti

  60. Thermochromic polyethylene films doped with perylene chromophores: experimental evidence and methods for characterization of their phase behaviour

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Andrea Pucci, Dr Marco Carlotti