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  1. Bio-Based Pectin-Calcium Film and Foam Adsorbents with Immobilized Fe–BTC MOF for Water Contaminant Removal

    Article • Polymers, January 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  2. Ultrathin water layers on mannosylated gold nanoparticles

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, December 2025, Beilstein Institut

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  3. The glass transition and the dynamics of water within pectin and metal–organic framework nanochannels

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, October 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny, Dr Daniele Cangialosi

  4. Beyond the surface area: The effect of electrospinning versus casting on molecular packing and its impact on the production of efficient PVA-pectin-Fe adsorbents

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  5. Structural characterization of low methoxyl pectin-based adsorbents: the role of water on pectin structure

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  6. Ultrathin water layers on mannosylated gold nanoparticles

    Article • April 2025, Beilstein Institut

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  7. Enhanced tetracycline removal through “in situ” europium incorporation in poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) electrospun mats: Advantages of this strategy in adsorption and reuse over doping

    Article • Chemosphere, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  8. Model Fitting and Analysis of Dielectric Properties in Alcohol-Fuel Blends Using Terahertz and Gigahertz Spectroscopies

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, November 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  9. The glass transition of confined water.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny, Dr Daniele Cangialosi

  10. Efficient antibiotic removal from water using europium-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofiber mats esterified with citric acid

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  11. Chitosan/PVA electrospun nanofiber membranes for the adsorption of As(V) from water

    Article • January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  12. Dual crosslinking of low-methoxyl pectin by calcium and europium for the simultaneous removal of pharmaceuticals and divalent heavy metals

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  13. Effect of Ferrocene on Physicochemical Properties of Biochar Extracted from Windmill Palm Tree (Trachycarpus Fortunei)

    Article • Waste and Biomass Valorization, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  14. Characterising the glass transition temperature-structure relationship through a recurrent neural network

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids X, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  15. The Nature of the Low-Temperature Crossover of Water in Hard Confinement

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, May 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  16. A Review of Pectin-Based Material for Applications in Water Treatment

    Article • Materials, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  17. An in situ approach to entrap ultra-small iron oxide nanoparticles inside hydrophilic electrospun nanofibers with high arsenic adsorption

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  18. Crystallization of Water on Ferritin – Ice Nucleation by Size, Shape or Surface Chemistry?

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  19. Adsorption of Methylene Blue and Tetracycline by Zeolites Immobilized on a PBAT Electrospun Membrane

    Article • Molecules, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  20. Influence of ice formation on the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of aqueous solutions

    Article • Cryobiology, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  21. Electron microscopy and calorimetry of proteins in supercooled water

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  22. Bio-inspired membranes for adsorption of arsenic via immobilized L-Cysteine in highly hydrophilic electrospun nanofibers

    Article • Chemical Engineering Research and Design, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  23. Influence of ice formation on the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of aqueous solutions

    Article • Journal of Molecular Liquids, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  24. Call for Papers: Special Issue on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, June 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  25. Hardening and Fresh State Behaviour of Ternary Cement for Marine Environments: Modification through Nanoadditives

    Article • Materials, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  26. Enhancing arsenic adsorption via excellent dispersion of iron oxide nanoparticles inside poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  27. Dynamics of aqueous peptide solutions in folded and disordered states examined by dynamic light scattering and dielectric spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  28. Isotope Effect on the Dynamics of Hydrophilic Solutions at Supercooled Temperatures

    Article • January 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  29. On the microscopic origins of relaxation processes in aqueous peptide solutions undergoing a glass transition

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, June 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  30. On the microscopic origin of the cryoprotective effect in lysine solutions

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

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  31. Dynamics of Water in Partially Crystallized Solutions of Glass Forming Materials and Polymers: Implications on the Behavior of Bulk Water

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  32. Two-dimensional ordering in 1-propanol-graphite-oxide intercalates: isotopic effects

    Article • Molecular Physics, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  33. Water dynamics in the hydration shells of biological and non-biological polymers

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, June 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny, Jan Swenson

  34. Molecular Insights into Dipole Relaxation Processes in Water–Lysine Mixtures

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  35. The effect of vulcanization additives on the dielectric response of styrene-butadiene rubber compounds

    Article • Polymer, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  36. When water determines the dynamics of solute molecules

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, March 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny, Jan Swenson

  37. Tuning molecular dynamics by hydration and confinement: antiplasticizing effect of water in hydrated prilocaine nanoclusters

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  38. Extended Adam–Gibbs Approach To Describe the Segmental Dynamics of Cross-Linked Miscible Rubber Blends

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  39. Dynamics of nano-confined water in Portland cement - comparison with synthetic C-S-H gel and other silicate materials

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  40. Influence of the Crosslinking Content on the Structural Properties of Polybutadiene Rubbers with Different Isomeric Composition

    Article • Defect and Diffusion Forum, March 2017, Trans Tech Publications

    Silvina Cerveny, Alberto Somoza, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  41. Evidence of Coupling between the Motions of Water and Peptides

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  42. Dynamics and Structure of Poly(ethylene oxide) Intercalated in the Nanopores of Resorcinol–Formaldehyde Resin Nanoparticles

    Article • Macromolecules, July 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  43. Comparative study of thermal, mechanical and structural properties of polybutadiene rubber isomers vulcanized using peroxide

    Article • Polymer Testing, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  44. Linear Viscoelastic and Dielectric Relaxation Response of Unentangled UPy-Based Supramolecular Networks

    Article • Macromolecules, May 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  45. Confined Water as Model of Supercooled Water

    Article • Chemical Reviews, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  46. Structural and Dynamical Studies of C-S-H Gel Synthesized with Nano-Silica Particles and Amine Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles

    Article • September 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  47. Effect of addition of silica- and amine functionalized silica-nanoparticles on the microstructure of calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) gel

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  48. Effect of Chemical Environment on the Dynamics of Water Confined in Calcium Silicate Minerals: Natural and Synthetic Tobermorite

    Article • Langmuir, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  49. Dynamics of amorphous and partially crystallized proline solutions

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  50. Dynamics of deeply supercooled interfacial water

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, December 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Swenson, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  51. Dielectric spectra broadening as a signature for dipole-matrix interaction. IV. Water in amino acids solutions

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

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  52. Dynamics of supercooled water in a biological model system of the amino acid l-lysine

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Silvina Cerveny, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  53. Coupling between amino acid and water dynamics by broadband dielectric spectroscopy

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  54. Cause of the fragile-to-strong transition observed in water confined in C-S-H gel

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

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  55. Chain Length Effects on the Dynamics of Poly(ethylene oxide) Confined in Graphite Oxide: A Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy Study

    Article • Macromolecules, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  56. Influence of Water and Filler Content on the Dielectric Response of Silica-Filled Rubber Compounds

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  57. Confinement of poly(ethylene oxide) in the nanometer-scale pores of resins and carbon nanoparticles

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  58. Dielectric Study of Hydration Water in Silica Nanoparticles

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

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  59. Component dynamics in polyvinylpyrrolidone concentrated aqueous solutions

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, August 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  60. Macromolecular Structure and Vibrational Dynamics of Confined Poly(ethylene oxide): From Subnanometer 2D-Intercalation into Graphite Oxide to Surface Adsorption onto Graphene Sheets

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, April 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    IKERBASQUE Research Professor Jose A. Pomposo, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  61. Two-Dimensional Subnanometer Confinement of Ethylene Glycol and Poly(ethylene oxide) by Neutron Spectroscopy: Molecular Size Effects

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  62. Dielectric spectroscopy in the GHz region on fully hydrated zwitterionic amino acids

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  63. Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopic, Calorimetric, and FTIR‐ATR Investigations of D‐Arabinose Aqueous Solutions

    Article • ChemPhysChem, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  64. Dynamics of Water in Supercooled Aqueous Solutions of Poly(propylene glycol) As Studied by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and Low-Temperature FTIR-ATR Spectroscopy

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

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  65. Quasielastic neutron scattering study of hydrogen motions in an aqueous poly(vinyl methyl ether) solution

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, May 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  66. Effect of hydration on the dielectric properties of C-S-H gel

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  67. Polymers under extreme two-dimensional confinement: Poly(ethylene oxide) in graphite oxide

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stewart Parker, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  68. Water dynamics in poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)–water solution before and after isothermal crystallization

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  69. Sorption and desorption behavior of water and organic solvents from graphite oxide

    Article • Carbon, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  70. Permanent adsorption of organic solvents in graphite oxide and its effect on the thermal exfoliation

    Article • Carbon, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  71. Dynamics of Water Intercalated in Graphite Oxide

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  72. The dynamical behavior of hydrated glutathione: a model for protein–water interactions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  73. Dielectric relaxations in ribose and deoxyribose supercooled water solutions

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, August 2009, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  74. Dynamics of Amorphous and Semicrystalline 1,4-trans-Poly(isoprene) by Dielectric Spectroscopy

    Article • Macromolecules, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Philippe Zinck, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  75. Universal features of water dynamics in solutions of hydrophilic polymers, biopolymers, and small glass-forming materials

    Article • Physical Review E, March 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  76. Broadband dielectric investigation on poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) and its water mixtures

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  77. Hydration Water Dynamics in Solutions of Hydrophilic Polymers, Biopolymers and Other Glass Forming Materials by Dielectric Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  78. Dielectric properties of water in amorphous mixtures of polymers and other glass forming materials

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, December 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  79. Dynamics of confined water in different environments

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  80. Comment on “Pressure Dependence of Fragile-to-Strong Transition and a Possible Second Critical Point in Supercooled Confined Water”

    Article • Physical Review Letters, November 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  81. Water dynamics in n-propylene glycol aqueous solutions

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, May 2006, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  82. Dielectric Investigation of the Low-Temperature Water Dynamics in the Poly(vinyl methyl ether)/H2O System

    Article • Macromolecules, July 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  83. Glass Transition and Relaxation Processes in Supercooled Water

    Article • Physical Review Letters, December 2004, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  84. Dependence of the network structure of cured styrene butadiene rubber on the sulphur content

    Article • Polymer, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Walter Salgueiro, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  85. Relaxations of Hydrogen-Bonded Liquids Confined in Two-Dimensional Vermiculite Clay

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, July 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  86. Contribution of the Methine Group to the Transverse 1H NMR Relaxation in Vulcanized Natural Rubbers

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  87. Influence of the cure level on the monomeric friction coefficient of natural rubber vulcanizates

    Article • Polymer International, March 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  88. Thermal aging of carbon black filled rubber compounds. I. Experimental evidence for bridging flocculation

    Article • Polymer, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  89. Dielectric α- and β-Relaxations in Uncured Styrene Butadiene Rubber

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  90. Characterization of free volume during vulcanization of styrene butadiene rubber by means of positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and dynamic mechanical test

    Article • January 2002, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Walter Salgueiro, Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  91. A numerical simulation of the electrical resistivity of carbon black filled rubber

    Article • Polymer, August 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  92. Glass-transition and secondary relaxation in SBR-1502 from dynamic mechanical data

    Article • Polymer, March 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  93. Some considerations concerning the dynamic mechanical properties of cured styrene-butadiene rubber/polybutadiene blends

    Article • Polymer International, February 2000, Wiley

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  94. Analysis of variation of molecular parameters of natural rubber during vulcanization in conformational tube model. II. Influence of sulfur/accelerator ratio

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, December 1999, Wiley

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  95. Dynamic properties in aluminum filled PMMA

    Article • Polymer, March 1999, Elsevier

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  96. Analysis of the variation of molecular parameters of NR during vulcanization in the frame of the conformational tube model

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, November 1997, Wiley

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny

  97. A non-linear method for the calculation of the loss tangent distribution function

    Article • Rheologica Acta, July 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Silvina Cerveny