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  1. Recent Advances in the Application of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for the Conservation of Stone Artefacts, Ecotoxicological Impact and Preventive Measures
  2. Stradivari’s Varnish Revisited: Feature Improvements Using Chemical Modification
  3. Nanostructured Emulsions as Smart Cleaning Materials for Removing Aged Polymer Coatings from Stone Substrates
  4. Heritage Conservation and Restoration: Surface Characterization, Cleaning and Treatments
  5. Biopolymer Gels as a Cleaning System for Differently Featured Wooden Surfaces
  6. Silver-Doped TiO2-PDMS Nanocomposite as a Possible Coating for the Preservation of Serena Stone: Searching for Optimal Application Conditions
  7. Interligand Charge-Transfer Processes in Zinc Complexes
  8. Fluorogenic Detection of Sulfite in Water by Using Copper(II) Azacyclam Complexes
  9. Preliminary Cleaning Approach with Alginate and Konjac Glucomannan Polysaccharide Gel for the Surfaces of East Asian and Western String Musical Instruments
  10. Durable Polymer Coatings: A Comparative Study of PDMS-Based Nanocomposites as Protective Coatings for Stone Materials
  11. New Insights on the Stradivari “Coristo” Mandolin: A Combined Non-Invasive Spectroscopic Approach
  12. Multifunctional and Durable Coatings for Stone Protection Based on Gd-Doped Nanocomposites
  13. Compositional and Morphological Comparison among Three Coeval Violins Made by Giuseppe Guarneri “del Gesù” in 1734
  14. Improving the Protective Properties of Shellac-Based Varnishes by Functionalized Nanoparticles
  15. Surface and Interface Treatments on Wooden Artefacts: Potentialities and Limits of a Non-Invasive Multi-Technique Study
  16. A Preliminary Spectroscopic Approach to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Water- and Silicone-Based Cleaning Methods on Historical Varnished Brass
  17. Comparative study of protective coatings for the conservation of Urban Art
  18. The CRATI Project: New Insights on the Consolidation of Salt Weathered Stone and the Case Study of San Domenico Church in Cosenza (South Calabria, Italy)
  19. Polyamine-Based Organo-Clays for Polluted Water Treatment: Effect of Polyamine Structure and Content
  20. Improving Wood Resistance to Decay by Nanostructured ZnO-Based Treatments
  21. Consolidation of earthen building materials: a comparative study
  22. Preparation and characterization of photocatalytic Gd-doped TiO2 nanoparticles for water treatment
  23. The case of Antonio Stradivari 1718 ex-San Lorenzo violin: History, restorations and conservation perspectives
  24. A Micro-Tomographic Insight into the Coating Systems of Historical Bowed String Instruments
  25. Synchrotron radiation micro-computed tomography for the investigation of finishing treatments in historical bowed string instruments: Issues and perspectives
  26. Bimacrocyclic Effect in Anion Recognition by a Copper(II) Bicyclam Complex
  27. Mid and Near-Infrared Reflection Spectral Database of Natural Organic Materials in the Cultural Heritage Field
  28. Consolidation of bio-calcarenite stone by treatment based on diammonium hydrogenphosphate and calcium hydroxide nanoparticles
  29. Multi-analytical study of Roman frescoes from Villa dei Quintili (Rome, Italy)
  30. Cultural Heritage and historical earthquakes: The diagnostic methodologies applied in an integrated project of conservative restoration in St. Maria Assunta’s church (Cirella di Platì, Italy)
  31. Innovative Monitoring Plan for the Preventive Conservation of Historical Musical Instruments
  32. Approaches for Detecting Madder Lake in Multi-Layered Coating Systems of Historical Bowed String Instruments
  33. A non-invasive stratigraphic study by reflection FT-IR spectroscopy and UV-induced fluorescence technique: The case of historical violins
  34. Multimodal workflow for the creation of interactive presentations of 360 spin images of historical violins
  35. Handwriting Identification of Short Historical Manuscripts
  36. Anion Recognition in Water, Including Sulfate, by a Bicyclam Bimetallic Receptor: A Process Governed by the Enthalpy/Entropy Compensatory Relationship
  37. Elemental analysis as statistical preliminary study of historical musical instruments
  38. Terpyridine derivatives functionalized with (hetero)aromatic groups and the corresponding Ru complexes: Synthesis and characterization as SHG chromophores
  39. Study of the copper effect in iron-gall inks after artificial ageing
  40. Materials and methods in the Stradivari's workshop
  41. 3D modelling and measurements of historical violins
  42. A step forward in disclosing the secret of stradivari's varnish by NMR spectroscopy
  43. Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for the Selective and Sensitive Detection of Cyanide
  44. Spectroscopic Analysis to Characterize Finishing Treatments of Ancient Bowed String Instruments
  45. Alteration processes of pigments exposed to acetic and formic acid vapors
  46. Microstructural investigations on historical organ pipes
  47. Automatic Analysis of UV-Induced Fluorescence Imagery of Historical Violins
  48. Handheld XRF and Raman equipment for the in situ investigation of Roman finds in the Villa dei Quintili (Rome, Italy)
  49. Shellac/nanoparticles dispersions as protective materials for wood
  50. Automatic identification of varnish wear on historical instruments: The case of Antonio Stradivari violins
  51. A combined approach for the attribution of handwriting: the case of Antonio Stradivari’s manuscripts
  52. Anions as Triggers in Controlled Release Protocols from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Macrocyclic Copper(II) Complexes
  53. Chromogenic Detection of Aqueous Formaldehyde Using Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles
  54. Chemical characterization of wood samples colored with iron inks: insights into the ancient techniques of wood coloring
  55. Anion Binding by Dimetallic Nickel(II) and Nickel(III) Complexes of a Face-to-Face Bicyclam: Looking for a Bimacrocyclic Effect
  56. The interaction of Mozobil™with carboxylates
  57. A multi-analytical non-invasive approach to violin materials: The case of Antonio Stradivari “Hellier” (1679)
  58. Color-based automatic detection of worn out varnishes on Stradivari's “Scotland University” violin back plate
  59. Copper(II) Complexes of Cyclams Containing Nitrophenyl Substituents: Push–Pull Behavior and Scorpionate Coordination of the Nitro Group
  60. Semi-automatic system for UV images analysis of historical musical instruments
  61. Hexametaphosphate-Capped Silica Mesoporous Nanoparticles Containing CuIIComplexes for the Selective and Sensitive Optical Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide in Water
  62. Structural modification of alfalfa stems during hot water and enzymatic hydrolysis for sugar production
  63. Highly selective and sensitive detection of glutathione using mesoporous silica nanoparticles capped with disulfide-containing oligo(ethylene glycol) chains
  64. Bistren cryptands and cryptates: versatile receptors for anion inclusion and recognition in water
  65. Photochemical and photocatalytic properties of transition metal compounds
  66. An Interactive Tool for Speed up the Analysis of UV Images of Stradivari Violins
  67. Oxo-Anion Recognition by Mono- and Bisurea Pendant-Arm Macrocyclic Complexes
  68. The golden age of the Neapolitan lutherie (1750–1800): new insights on the varnishes and decorations of ten historic mandolins
  69. Kinetic Buffers
  70. Anti-graffiti nanocomposite materials for surface protection of a very porous stone
  71. A surfactant-assisted probe for the chromo-fluorogenic selective recognition of GSH in water
  72. Study of materials and techniques in painted ceiling panels from a palace in Cremona (Italy, 15th century)
  73. Nanoparticles for conservation of bio-calcarenite stone
  74. Surface coating on Bertesi’s wooden bas relief (seventeenth century)
  75. Surface treatments of wood by chemically modified shellac
  76. Water-repellent properties of fluoroelastomers on a very porous stone: Effect of the application procedure
  77. An Automatic Molecular Dispenser of Chloride
  78. Azo Dyes Functionalized with Alkoxysilyl Ethers as Chemodosimeters for the Chromogenic Detection of the Fluoride Anion
  79. Synthesis of novel diazacyclam copper(II) complexes by template reaction involving sulphonamides as locking fragments
  80. Crosslinked fluorinated polyurethanes for the protection of stone surfaces from graffiti
  81. Template synthesis of azacyclam metal complexes using primary amides as locking fragments
  82. Templated Synthesis of Copper(II) Azacyclam Complexes Using Urea as a Locking Fragment and Their Metal-Enhanced Binding Tendencies towards Anions
  83. Some guidelines for the design of anion receptors
  84. What Anions Do to N−H-Containing Receptors
  85. A Prototype for the Chemosensing of Ba2+Based on Self-Assembling Fluorescence Enhancement
  86. Light-emitting molecular devices based on transition metals
  87. Molecular Devices Based on Metallocyclam Subunits
  88. Metal-Enhanced H-Bond Donor Tendencies of Urea and Thiourea toward Anions:  Ditopic Receptors for Silver(I) Salts
  89. Non-Covalent Aggregation of Discrete Metallo-Supramolecular Helicates into Higher Assemblies by Aromatic Pathways: Structural and Chemical Studies of New Aniline-Based Neutral Metal(II) Dihelicates
  90. Why, on Interaction of Urea-Based Receptors with Fluoride, Beautiful Colors Develop
  91. Urea vs. thiourea in anion recognition
  92. A two-channel chemosensor for the optical detection of carboxylic acids, including cholic acid
  93. Anion-Induced Urea Deprotonation
  94. Nature of Urea−Fluoride Interaction:  Incipient and Definitive Proton Transfer
  95. Does a Reinforced Kinetic Macrocyclic Effect Exist? The Demetallation in Strong Acid of Copper(II) Complexes with Open and Cyclic Tetramines Containing a Piperazine Fragment
  96. The influence of the boat-to-chair conversion on the demetallation of the nickel(ii) complex of an open-chain tetramine containing a piperazine fragment
  97. A chromogenic penta-aza scorpionand for nickel(II) and copper(II) ions
  98. Molecular Motions in the Solid State:  the Thermochromic Nitro−Nitrito Interconversion in Nickel(II) Bis(diamine) Complexes
  99. A two-channel molecular dosimeter for the optical detection of copper(ii)
  100. The design of fluorescent sensors for anions: taking profit from the metal–ligand interaction and exploiting two distinct paradigms
  101. Excimer emission induced by metal ion coordination in 1,8-naphthalimide-tethered iminopyridine ligands
  102. Metal-Induced Assembling/Disassembling of Fluorescent Naphthalenediimide Derivatives Signalled by Excimer Emission
  103. Light-Emitting Molecular Machines: pH-Induced Intramolecular Motions in a Fluorescent Nickel(II) Scorpionate Complex
  104. Water Soluble Molecular Switches of Fluorescence Based on the NiIII/NiIIRedox Change
  105. pH-Controlled Fluorescent Emission in the Nickel(II) Complex of a Bifunctional Tetramine Macrocycle
  106. Coordinative control of photoinduced electron transfer: bulky carboxylates as molecular curtains
  107. Intra-molecular Electronic Energy Transfer in Mono- and Di-nuclear Zinc(II) Supramolecular Complexes
  108. Fluorescence Sensing of Ionic Analytes in Water: From Transition Metal Ions to Vitamin B13
  109. Supramolecular Functions Related to the Redox Activity of Transition Metals
  110. Vinylic Polymerization of Norbornene by Late Transition Metal-Based Catalysis
  111. Zinc(ii) driven intra-molecular electronic energy transfer in a supramolecular assembly held by coordinative interactions
  112. Searching for new fluorescence switches: naphthalene-containing metal complexes whose emission can be controlled by pH variations
  113. Transition Metals as Switches
  114. Molecular events switched by transition metals
  115. A fluorescent molecular thermometer based on the nickel(II) high-spin/low-spin interconversion
  116. A Versatile Fluorescent System for Sensing of H+, Transition Metals, and Aromatic Carboxylates
  117. Controllable Intramolecular Motions That Generate Fluorescent Signals for a Metal Scorpionate Complex
  118. Molecular switches of fluorescence operating through metal centred redox couples
  119. A fluorescent cage for anion sensing in aqueous solution
  120. A fluorescent chemosensor for the copper(II) ion
  121. Fluorescent sensor of imidazole and histidine
  122. (4-Nitrophenyl 1,3,5,8,12-pentaazacyclotetradec-3-yl ketone-N1,N5,N8,N12)copper(II) Dinitrate
  123. Fluorescence Redox Switching Systems Operating through Metal Centres: the NiIII/NiII Couple
  124. Efficient UV polymerisation of 3BCMU: Optical and waveguiding properties of the material
  125. Molecular Recognition of Carboxylate Ions Based on the Metal–Ligand Interaction and Signaled through Fluorescence Quenching
  126. Sensing of transition metals through fluorescence quenching or enhancement. A review
  127. Fluorescent Sensors for Transition Metals Based on Electron-Transfer and Energy-Transfer Mechanisms
  128. Redox Switching of Anthracene Fluorescence through the CuII/CuI Couple
  129. An Anthracene-Based Fluorescent Sensor for Transition Metal Ions
  130. Controlling the acidity of the carboxylic group by a ferrocene based redox switch
  131. Redox switchable ligands suitable for transition metal ions: Protonation, complexation and electrochemical properties of a ferrocene-modified tetraamine diketone and its saturated analogue
  132. Nickel(II) Complexes of Azacyclams: Oxidation and Reduction Behavior and Catalytic Effects in the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide
  133. Appending two non-equivalent ferrocene fragments to a metallocyclam core
  134. The copper(I) complex of a metallocyclam-functionalized phenanthroline: a poorly stable species that is very resistant to oxidation
  135. Ferrocene-metallocyclam conjugates: new redox systems whose two-electron activity can be modulated through the medium
  136. Amides and sulfonamides: efficient molecular padlocks for the template synthesis of azacyclam (1,3,5,8,12-pentaazacyclotetradecane) macrocycles
  137. Novel routes to functionalized cyclam-like macrocycles
  138. Pyridines with an appended metallocyclam subunit. Versatile building blocks to supramolecular multielectron redox systems
  139. Template synthesis of a ferrocene-metallocyclam conjugate
  140. Redox processes in supramolecular coordination compounds
  141. Using platinum(II) as a building block to two-electron redox systems. Crystal structure and redox behavior of cis-[PtII(3-ferrocenylpyridine)2Cl2]
  142. A redox-switchable ligand for which the binding ability is enhanced by oxidation of its ferrocene unit
  143. Ferrocene derivatives as electron carriers for selective oxidation and reduction reactions through a liquid membrane
  144. Electrons and Ions Moving Across Liquid Membranes
  145. Selective transport of anions across liquid membranes using the ferrocenium/ferrocene redox couple
  146. 5-Ferrocenyl-salicylate: a convenient ligand to build up multi-electron redox systems
  147. Entropy contribution to the relative solution stability of copper(III) and nickel(III) tetraazamacrocyclic complexes in aqueous perchloric acid
  148. Catalyzed hydrosilylation of 2-methyl-1-buten-3-yne with methyldichlorosilane; Promotional effect imparted by the presence of a different chlorosilane
  149. Steric effects on the solution chemistry of nickel(II) complexes with N-monomethylated 14-membered tetraaza macrocycles. The blue-to-yellow conversion and the oxidation and reduction behavior
  150. Nickel(III) and Copper(III) Complexes with 13- and 14-membered Tetra-aza Macrocycles. Ring-size and Medium Effects on the MIII/MIIRedox Couple Potentials
  151. Stablization by a strongly acidic medium of trivalent copper tetra-aza macrocyclic complexes