Alice Scarpellini

TL;DR: Nanocompression tests on highly porous, geometrically interlocked superstructures fabricated by self-assembly of colloidal CdSe/CdS octapod shaped nanocrystals are reported, showing that, despite being formed via weak van der Waals forces, thesesuperstructures present an elastic response similar to that of porous materials.

TL;DR: In this article, a totally green self-assembled porous system, formed by the combination of a natural polymer with an essential oil, that spontaneously moves on water for hours upon expulsion of the oil, with high velocities reaching 15 cm/s.

TL;DR: In this paper, Germanium (Ge) nanocrystals with and without multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are synthesized in via solvothermal approach.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel approach to fabricating nanocomposites comprising inorganic nanoparticles embedded in an organic matrix is presented, where ultra-fast laser ablation of a titanium metal target in aqueous e-caprolactam monomer solution is used to produce ultra-small TiO2 nanoparticles and to simultaneously initiate the polymerization of the monomer without the use of chemicals.

TL;DR: In this paper, a green way of synthesizing Au NPs of tunable size in aqueous solution of alginate, or incorporated in alginates freestanding polymeric films, that due to their biocompatibility can be used as passive labels or active sensors in biomedical applications.