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  1. Structural and molecular response in cyclodextrin-based pH-sensitive hydrogels by the joint use of Brillouin, UV Raman and Small Angle Neutron Scattering techniques

    Article • Journal of Molecular Liquids, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  2. Environmentally Sustainable and Ecosafe Polysaccharide-Based Materials for Water Nano-Treatment: An Eco-Design Study

    Article • Materials, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Carlo Punta

  3. Ecofriendly nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for environmental applications: Key issue and consensus recommendations for sustainable and ecosafe nanoremediation

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  4. Microwave-assisted synthesis of TEMPO-labeled hydrogels traceable with MRI

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  5. Lipophilic N -Hydroxyphthalimide Catalysts for the Aerobic Oxidation of Cumene: Towards Solvent-Free Conditions and Back

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  6. TEMPO-mediated oxidation of polysaccharides: An ongoing story

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, June 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  7. Mechanical and Drug Release Properties of Sponges from Cross-linked Cellulose Nanofibers

    Article • ChemPlusChem, June 2017, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  8. Dynamics and interactions of ibuprofen in cyclodextrin nanosponges by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2017, Beilstein Institut

    Professor Carlo Punta

  9. 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

  10. SANS investigation of water adsorption in tunable cyclodextrin-based polymeric hydrogels

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

    Professor Carlo Punta

  11. Flexible hybrid coatings with efficient antioxidation properties

    Article • Food Packaging and Shelf Life, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  12. Transport Properties of Ibuprofen Encapsulated in Cyclodextrin Nanosponge Hydrogels: A Proton HR-MAS NMR Spectroscopy Study

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, August 2016, MyJove Corporation

    Professor Carlo Punta

  13. Tuning structural parameters for the optimization of drug delivery performance of cyclodextrin-based nanosponges

    Article • Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Carlo Punta

  14. An aerogel obtained from chemo-enzymatically oxidized fenugreek galactomannans as a versatile delivery system

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca, Professor Carlo Punta

  15. Surface-Functionalization of Nanostructured Cellulose Aerogels by Solid State Eumelanin Coating

    Article • Biomacromolecules, January 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  16. 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

  17. N-Hydroxyphthalimide catalysts as bioactive pro-oxidants

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  18. 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

  19. Functionalization of Cyclodextrins with N-Hydroxyphthalimide Moiety: A New Class of Supramolecular Pro-Oxidant Organocatalysts

    Article • Molecules, August 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Carlo Punta

  20. TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Cross-Linked with Branched Polyethyleneimine: Nanostructured Adsorbent Sponges for Water Remediation

    Article • ChemPlusChem, June 2015, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  21. Multicomponent versus domino reactions: One-pot free-radical synthesis of β-amino-ethers and β-amino-alcohols

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2015, Beilstein Institut

    Professor Carlo Punta

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Photocatalytic Minisci Reaction

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Effective magnetic moment in cyclodextrin–polynitroxides: potential supramolecular vectors for magnetic resonance imaging

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  28. Dip in colorimetric fluoride sensing by a chemically engineered polymeric cellulose/bPEI conjugate in the solid state

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  29. Anomalous diffusion of Ibuprofen in cyclodextrin nanosponge hydrogels: an HRMAS NMR study

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2014, Beilstein Institut

    Professor Carlo Punta

  30. Synthesis and characterization of a hyper-branched water-soluble β-cyclodextrin polymer

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2014, Beilstein Institut

    Professor Carlo Punta

  31. Glass-like dynamics of new cross-linked polymeric systems: Behavior of the Boson peak

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  32. Aerobic Oxidation of Alkylaromatics using a LipophilicN-Hydroxyphthalimide: Overcoming the Industrial Limit of Catalyst Solubility

    Article • ChemSusChem, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  33. Gel-sol evolution of cyclodextrin-based nanosponges: role of the macrocycle size

    Article • Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Carlo Punta

  34. Hydrogen-bond dynamics of water confined in cyclodextrin nanosponges hydrogel

    Article • Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Carlo Punta

  35. Direct evidence of gel–sol transition in cyclodextrin-based hydrogels as revealed by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Andrea Mele, Professor Carlo Punta

  36. Sunlight Induced Oxidative Photoactivation ofN-Hydroxyphthalimide Mediated by Naphthalene Imides

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  37. Is it possible to implement N‐hydroxyphthalimide homogeneous catalysis for industrial applications? A case study of cumene aerobic oxidation

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  38. O2-Mediated Photocatalytic Functionalization of Organic Compounds: Recent Advances Towards Greener Synthetic Routes

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, October 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Carlo Punta

  39. Metal-free aerobic oxidations mediated by N -hydroxyphthalimide. A concise review

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, July 2013, Beilstein Institut

    Professor Carlo Punta

  40. Ceramic aerogels from TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibre templates: Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic properties

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  41. Selective Monoetherification of 1,4-Hydroquinone Promoted by NaNO2

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, May 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Carlo Punta

  42. Connection between the vibrational dynamics and the cross-linking properties in cyclodextrins-based polymers

    Article • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  43. Understanding the topography effects on competitive adsorption on a nanosized anatase crystal: a molecular dynamics study

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  44. New Advances in Titanium-Mediated Free Radical Reactions

    Article • Molecules, December 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Carlo Punta

  45. Free-radical hydroxymethylation of ketimines generated in situ: a one-pot multicomponent synthesis of β,β-disubstituted-β-aminoalcohols

    Article • Tetrahedron, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  46. Selective catalytic aerobic oxidation of substituted ethylbenzenes under mild conditions

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  47. Organocatalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenes in Continuous Flow using a Multi-Jet Oscillating Disk Reactor

    Article • ChemSusChem, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  48. Hydroperoxidation of Tertiary Alkylaromatics Catalyzed By N-Hydroxyphthalimide and Aldehydes under Mild Conditions

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  49. New domino radical synthesis of aminoalcohols promoted by TiCl4–Zn/t-BuOOH system: selective hydroxyalkylation of amines in alcohol or in cyclic ether cosolvents

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  50. Titanium oxide antibacterial surfaces in biomedical devices

    Article • The International Journal of Artificial Organs, January 2011, Wichtig

    Professor Carlo Punta

  51. Selective Oxido-Reductive Processes by Nucleophilic Radical Addition under Mild Conditions

    Article • September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  52. An Optimized Process to 10-Bromo-1-decanol

    Article • Organic Process Research & Development, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  53. Free-Radical Addition to Ketimines Generated In Situ. New One-Pot Synthesis of Quaternary α-Aminoamides Promoted by a H 2 O 2 /TiCl 4 −Zn/HCONH 2 System

    Article • Organic Letters, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  54. TiO2 in Organic Photosynthesis: Sunlight Induced Functionalization of Heterocyclic Bases

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, July 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Carlo Punta

  55. Reactivity of benzyl radicals: The trapping of primary, secondary and tertiary benzyl radicals with heterocyclic bases

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, July 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  56. N-Hydroxy Derivatives: Key Organocatalysts for the Selective Free Radical Aerobic Oxidation of Organic Compounds

    Article • May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  57. Efficient radical domino approach to β-aminoalcohols from arylamines and alcohols triggered by Ti(III)/t-BuOOH

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  58. Recent Developments in Nucleophilic Radical Addition to Imines: the Key Role of Transition Metals and the New Porta Radical-Type Version of the Mannich and Strecker Reactions

    Article • Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, August 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Carlo Punta

  59. Key Role of Ti(IV) in the Selective Radical−Radical Cross-Coupling Mediated by the Ingold-Fischer Effect

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  60. A New One-Pot, Four-Component Synthesis of 1,2-Amino Alcohols: TiCl 3 / t -BuOOH-Mediated Radical Hydroxymethylation of Imines

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  61. Selective Aerobic Radical Epoxidation of α-Olefins Catalyzed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  62. Free Radical Functionalization of Organic Compounds Catalyzed by N- Hydroxyphthalimide †

    Article • Chemical Reviews, September 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  63. Reductive Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes Promoted by an Aqueous TiCl3/tBuOOH System in Alcoholic Cosolvents

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

    Professor Carlo Punta

  64. Sunlight-induced functionalisation reactions of heteroaromatic bases with aldehydes in the presence of TiO2: A hypothesis on the mechanism

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  65. A green approach to the amidation of heterocyclic bases: the use of sunlight and air

    Article • Research on Chemical Intermediates, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Carlo Punta

  66. Noncovalent paramagnetic complexes: detection of halogen bonding in solution by ESR spectroscopy

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  67. Mechanisms of the aerobic oxidations catalyzed by N-hydroxyderivatives

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  68. Peroxyl Radical Clocks

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  69. Free-Radical Version of the Strecker Synthesis of α-Aminoamides Promoted by Aqueous H 2 O 2 /TiCl 3 /HCONH 2 System

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  70. New Developments in Peroxidation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

    Article • Letters in Organic Chemistry, February 2006, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Carlo Punta

  71. Molecule-induced homolysis of N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) by peracids and dioxirane. A new, simple, selective aerobic radical epoxidation of alkenes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  72. N-Hydroxyphthalimide

    Article • October 2005, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  73. New, Simple and Selective Synthesis of Perfluoroalkylquinones by Perfluoroalkyl Radicals - Enthalpic and Polar Effects

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2005, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  74. Sunlight-induced reactions of some heterocyclic bases with ethers in the presence of TiO2

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  75. Peroxidation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Catalyzed by N -Methyl Benzohydroxamic Acid:  A New and Convenient Method for Selective Synthesis of Hydroperoxides and Alcohols

    Article • Chemical Research in Toxicology, February 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  76. Solvent and Temperature Effects in the Free Radical Aerobic Oxidation of Alkyl and Acyl Aromatics Catalysed by Transition Metal Salts and N -Hydroxyphthalimide:  New Processes for the Synthesis of p -Hydroxybenzoic Acid, Diphenols, and Dienes for Liqu...

    Article • Organic Process Research & Development, March 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Carlo Punta

  77. Enthalpic and polar effects in the reactions of perfluoroalkyl radicals

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, February 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  78. New Selective Metal-Free Oxidations of Primary Alcohols by HNO 3 or HNO 3 and O 2 , Catalyzed by Br 2

    Article • Synlett, January 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Carlo Punta

  79. Mechanisms of the Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones, Catalysed under Mild Conditions by Persistent and Non-Persistent Nitroxyl Radicals and Transition Metal Salts− Polar, Enthalpic, and Captodative Effects

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  80. A New, Convenient, Highly Selective Free-Radical Hydroxymethylation of Heteroaromatic Bases by Persulfate Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol and Glycerol, Catalysed by AgNO 3

    Article • Synlett, January 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Carlo Punta

  81. Selective functionalisation of hydrocarbons by nitric acid and aerobic oxidation catalysed by N-hydroxyphthalimide and iodine under mild conditions

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Punta

  82. Polar effects in free-radical reactions. A novel homolytic acylation of heteroaromatic bases by aerobic oxidation of aldehydes, catalysed byN-hydroxyphthalimide and Co salts

    Article • Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta

  83. Sunlight induced functionalisation of some heterocyclic bases in the presence of polycrystalline TiO2

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  84. A novel, selective free-radical carbamoylation of heteroaromatic bases by Ce(iv) oxidation of formamide, catalysed by N-hydroxyphthalimide

    Article • Chemical Communications, October 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  85. Aerobic Oxidation of N -Alkylamides Catalyzed by N -Hydroxyphthalimide under Mild Conditions. Polar and Enthalpic Effects

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

    Professor Carlo Punta

  86. A new, highly selective synthesis of aromatic aldehydes by aerobic free-radical oxidation of benzylic alcohols, catalysed by n-hydroxyphthalimide under mild conditions. Polar and enthalpic effects

    Article • Chemical Communications, March 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Carlo Punta

  87. A New, Highly Selective, Free-Radical Aerobic Oxidation of Silanes to Silanols Catalysed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide under Mild Conditions.

    Article • Synlett, January 2002, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Carlo Punta

  88. Selective Oxido-Reductive Processes by Nucleophilic Radical Addition under Mild Conditions

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Carlo Punta