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SARA BONACCHI
Position
Professoressa Associata
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VIA F. MARZOLO, 1 - PADOVA
Telephone
0498275530
Sara Bonacchi obtained her MSc degree in Chemistry at the University of Firenze (Italy) in 2005 and then, she moved to the Photochemical Nanosciences Laboratory at University of Bologna (Italy), where she obtained her PhD in 2009 under the supervision of Professor Luca Prodi.
In her first postdoc, she engineered new platforms for sensing and bio-imaging applications based on novel nanostructures as core-shell/silica-PEG and metal nanoparticles. In particular, she studied the morphological and photophysical properties of fluorescent labels and sensors based on dye-doped nanoparticles.
In 2013, she moved to 'Institute de Science et d'Ingéniere Supramoléculaires, I.S.I.S.' - Nanochemistry lab (Professor Paolo Samorì) at University of Strasbourg (France) where she was involved in 'Self-Assembled in Confined Space, SACS' European project. In 2014, she was awarded Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow (IEF) for a research project on tuning the electrical and optical properties of monolayer graphene/2D materials-hybrid systems via self-assembled of light switchable molecules.
In 2018, she was appointed Assistant Professor in the Molecular Electrochemistry and Nanosystems
Group, led by Prof. Maran at Department of Chemistry of University of Padova (Italy). Currently, she is an Associate Professor working on molecular photo-electro-catalysts and nanoclusters to generate valuable chemicals.
Scientific Output
She is Co-author of 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 4 book chapters, co-inventor of 5 international patents. Regular dissemination in international conferences in seminars, posters and lectures. H-index = 37.
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=1cU4-vMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2385-9833
Teaching Activities and Students Tutoring
- "Nanosystems" (6CFU, teacher in charge) _ Second cycle degree in INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
- ‘Chimica-Fisica I’’ (10CFU, Assistant Professor) _ First-cycle degree in Materials Science
- "Processi e Tecnologie Elettrochimiche" (6CFU, Assistant Professor) _ Master degree in Industrial Chemistry
- “Reading-Writing-Presenting” _ First-cycle degree in Materials Science and in Chemistry.
Supervision of PhD Stduents in PhD, Master and Bachelor Students.
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Publications
Selected Publications (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2385-9833)
- Gobbi,M.; Bonacchi,S; Lian,J.; Liu,Y.; Wang,W.-Y.; Stoeckel,M.-A.; Squillaci,M.A.; D’Avino,G.; Narita,A.; Müllen,K.; Feng,X.; Olivier,Y.; Beljonne,D.; Samorì,P.; Orgiu,E.
Periodic potentials in hybrid van der Waals heterostructures formed by supramolecular lattices on graphene.
Nature Communications,2017,14767.
- Bonacchi,S.; Gobbi,M.; Ferlauto,L.; Stoeckel,M.-A.; Liscio,F.; Milita,S.; Orgiu,E.; Samorì,P.
High, Anisotropic, and Substrate-Independent Mobility in Polymer Field-Effect Transistors Based on Preassembled Semiconducting Nanofibrils.
ACS Nano, 2017,11,2000.
-Bertolazzi,S.; Bonacchi,S.; Nan,G.; Pershin,A.; Beljonne,D.; Samorì,P.
Engineering Chemically Active Defects in Monolayer MoS2 Transistors via Ion-Beam Irradiation and Their Healing via Vapor Deposition of Alkanethiols.
Adv. Material, 2017, 29, 1606760.
- Bonacchi,S.; Cantelli,A.; Battistelli,G.; Guidetti,G.; Calvaresi,M.; Manzi,J.; Gabrielli,L.; Ramadori,F.; Gambarin,A.; Mancin,F.; Montalti M.
Photoswitchable NIR emitting gold nanoparticles.
Angew.Chem.,Int.Ed. 2016,55,11067.
- Bonacchi,S.; El Garah,M.; Ciesielski,A.; Herder,M.; Conti,S.; Cecchini,M.; Hecht,S.; Samorì,P.
Surface-induced selection during in situ photoswitching at the soli/liquid interface.
Angew.Chem.,Int.Ed. 2015,127,4947.
- Genovese,D.; Bonacchi,S.; Juris,R.; Montalti,M.; Prodi,L.; Rampazzo,E.; Zaccheroni,N.
Prevention of Self-Quenching in Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles by Efficient Energy Transfer.
Angew.Chem.,Int.Ed. 2013,52,5965.
- Cauzzi,D.; Pataccini,R.; Delferro,M.; Dini,F.; Di Natale,C.; Paolesse,R.; Bonacchi,S.; Montalti,M.; Zaccheroni,N.; Calvaresi,M.; Zerbetto,F.; Prodi,L.
Temperature-Dependent Fluorescence of Cu5 Metal Clusters: A Molecular Thermometer.
Angew.Chem.,Int.Ed. 2012,51,9662.
- Valenti,G.; Rampazzo,E.; Bonacchi,S.; Khajvand,T.; Juris,R.; Montalti,M.; Marcaccio,M.; Paolucci,F.; Prodi,L.
A versatile strategy for tuning the color of electrochemiluminescence using silica nanoparticles.
Chem.Commun. 2012,48,4187.
- Rampazzo,E.; Bonacchi,S.; Genovese,D.; Juris,R.; Marcaccio,M.; Montalti,M.; Paolucci,F.; Sgarzi,M.; Valenti,G.; Zaccheroni,N.; Prodi,L.
Nanoparticles in metal complexes-based electrogenerated chemiluminescence for highly sensitive applications. Coord.Chem.Rev. 2012,256,1664.
- Bonacchi,S.; Genovese,D.; Juris,R.; Montalti,M.; Prodi,L.; Rampazzo,E.; Zaccheroni,N.
Luminescent Silica Nanoparticles: Extending the Frontiers of Brightness.
Angew.Chem., Int.Ed. 2011,50,4056.
- Pieraccini,S.; Bonacchi,S.; Lena,S.; Masiero,S.; Montalti,M.; Zaccheroni,N.; Spada,G.
Solvent-induced switching between two supramolecular assemblies of a guanosine-terthiophene conjugate. Org.Biomol.Chem. 2010,8,774.
- Zanarini,S.; Rampazzo,E.; Bonacchi,S.; Juris,R.; Marcaccio,M.; Montalti,M.; Paolucci,F.; Prodi, L.
Iridium Doped Silica-PEG Nanoparticles: Enabling Electrochemiluminescence of Neutral Complexes in Aqueous Media.
J.Am.Chem.Soc. 2009,131,14208.
- Bonacchi,S.; Rampazzo,E.; Montalti,M.; Prodi,L.; Zaccheroni,N.; Mancin,F.; Teolato, P.
Amplified Fluorescence Response of Chemosensors Grafted onto Silica Nanoparticles.
Langmuir 2008,24,8387.
-Rampazzo,E.; Bonacchi,S.; Montalti,M.; Prodi,L.; Zaccheroni,N.
Self-Organizing Core-Shell Nanostructures: Spontaneous Accumulation of Dye in the Core of Doped Silica Nanoparticles.
J.Am.Chem.Soc 2007,129,14251.
Research Area
Current research topic:
- Properties and applications of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters
Post-doctoral research topics:
- Tuning the electrical properties of monolayer 2D materials-hybrid systems (field effect transistor, FET) via self-assembled of light switchable molecules, such as azobenzene, spiropyran derivatives.
- Understanding the correlation between morphology, optical and electrical properties of Langmuir-Blodgett film of perylene-diimide derivatives by means Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Organic Field Effect Transistor (OFET)
- New protocol for the synthesis of dye-doped core-shell silica/PEG nanoparticles.
- Energy transfer (ET) processes between dyes trapped in the silica nanoparticles: efforts toward fluorescent signal amplification and pseudo-stokes shift for biomedical applications.
- Electrochemiluminescent (ECL) probes: metal complexes and ECL active nanoparticles.
- Temperature-dependent fluorescence clusters.
- Photophysical properties of chemosensors and labels.
Thesis proposals
Master Thesis:
1) Electro- Photo Catalysts: mechanism insights (in collaboration with Prof. L. Dell'Amico Group at DiSC)
2) Engineering Functional Metal Nanoclusters Architectures for Bio(sensing and catalytic) applications (in collaboration with Prof. A. Biffis at DiSC)
3) Metal Nanowires as electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction Reaction (in collaboration with Prof. A. Aliprandi and Prof. M. Baron - Organometallics Group at DiSC and Lyondell-Basell, Ferrara)
