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ABDIRISAK AHMED ISSE

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Position

Professore Associato

Address

VIA F. MARZOLO, 1 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498275677

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Publications

Selected recent publications (see the attached file for the complete list)

M. Fantin, A.A. Isse, K. Matyjaszewski, A. Gennaro, “ATRP in Water: Kinetic Analysis of Active and Super-Active Catalysts for Enhanced Polymerization Control”, Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 2696-2705.

F. Lorandi, F. De Bon, M. Fantin, A. A. Isse, A. Gennaro, “Electrochemical characterization of common catalysts and initiators for atom transfer radical polymerization in [BMIm][OTf]”, Electrochem. Commun., 2017, 77, 116-119.

S. Rizzo, S. Arnaboldi, V. Mihali, R. Cirilli, A. Forni, A. Gennaro, A.A. Isse, M. Pierini, P.R. Mussini, F. Sannicolò, “"Inherently chiral" ionic liquid media: effective chiral electroanalysis on achiral electrodes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 2079-2082.

X. Pan, C. Fang, M. Fantin, N. Malhotra, W.Y. So, L.A. Peteanu, A.A. Isse, A. Gennaro, P. Liu, K. Matyjaszewski, “Mechanism of Photoinduced Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Experimental and Computational Studies”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2411-2425.

M. Fantin, A.A. Isse, A. Venzo, A. Gennaro, K.Matyjaszewski, “Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methacrylic Acid: A Won Challenge”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7216-7219.

M. Fantin, A.A. Isse, N. Bortolamei, K. Matyjaszewski, A. Gennaro, “Electrochemical approaches to the determination of rate constants for the activation step in atom transfer radical polymerization”, Electrochim. Acta, 2016,222, 393-401.

S. Arnaboldi, R. Cirilli, A. Forni, A. Gennaro d, A.A. Isse, V. Mihali, P.R. Mussini, M. Pierini, S. Rizzo, F. Sannicolò, “Electrochemistry and Chirality in Bibenzimidazole Systems”, Electrochim. Acta 2015, 179, 250-262.

M. Fantin, A.A. Isse, A. Gennaro, K. Matyjaszewski, “Understanding the Fundamentals of Aqueous ATRP and Defining Conditions for Better Control”, Macromolecules 2015, 48, 6862-6875.

A.A. Isse, L. Scarpa, C. Durante, A. Gennaro, “Reductive cleavage of carbon–chlorine bonds at catalytic and non-catalytic electrodes in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 31228-31236.

D. Konkolewicz, Y. Wang, P. Krys, M. Zhong, A.A. Isse, A. Gennaro, K. Matyjaszewski, “SARA ATRP or SET-LRP. End of controversy?”, Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 4396-4417.

C. Durante, V. Perazzolo, A.A. Isse, M. Favaro, G. Granozzi, A. Gennaro, ” Electrochemical activation of carbon-halogen bonds: electrocatalysis at palladium/copper nanoparticles”, ChemElectroChem, 2014, 1, 1370-1381.

A. Gennaro, A.A. Isse, E. Giussani, P. R. Mussini, I. Primerano, M. Rossi, “Relationship between supporting electrolyte bulkiness and dissociative electron transfer at catalytic and non-catalytic electrodes” Electrochim. Acta, 2013, 89, 52–62.

Y. Wang, M. Zhong, W. Zhu, C.-H. Peng, Y. Zhang, D. Konkolewicz, N. Bortolamei, A.A. Isse, A. Gennaro, K. Matyjaszewski, “Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization in the presence of metallic copper. Comproportionation−disproportionation equilibria and kinetics”, Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 3793-3802.

B. Huang, A.A. Isse, C. Durante, C. Wei, A. Gennaro, “Electrocatalytic properties of transition metals toward reductive dechlorination of polychloroethanes” Electrochim. Acta, 2012, 70, 50–61.

Thesis proposals

Master's Thesis

1) Electrochemical Techniques for Controlled Radical Polymerization

2) Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid on Nanostructured Electrocatalysts

3) Hybrid Polymer-Based Electrocatalytic Materials for the Reduction of Small Molecules

4) Selective Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Using Mesoporous Doped Carbons


Tesi di Laurea Triennale

Besides the above-listed topics, various other areas of research are available for thesis work. These include:
- materials (electrodes, electrolytes, membranes) for the electrochemical conversion and storage of energy
- controlled radical polymerization
- electrocatalytic activation of molecules of low reactivity such as carbon dioxide and alkyl halides
- electrosynthesis.