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Nanoscale Most Popular 2024 Articles
Our article titled "The effect of polymer coating on nanoparticles' interaction with lipid membranes studied by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations" by E. Donadoni, P. Siani, G. Frigerio, C. Milani, Q. Cui and C. Di Valentin was of the most popular articles published in Nanoscale from 2024!
Best Oral Award
September 25 2024: Dr. Edoardo Donadoni has been awarded for the best oral communication with the title:
Bachelor Exam
September 18 2024: Simone Gambari received his Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of nanodiamond models coated with polyethylene glycol for application in nanomedicine".
Bachelor Exam
September 18 2024: Alberto Maria Rizzi received his Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study by Density Functional Theory-based methods of interfaces of graphene with metallated phthalocyanines for gas sensing".
Bachelor Exam
July 16 2024: Martina Giordano received her Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of cysteine adsorption on the titanium dioxide surface using quantum chemistry methods based on Density Functional Theory".
Bachelor Exam
March 21 2024: Marialaura D'Alessio received her Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of models of gold nanoparticles by varying the extent of PEG coating".
Edoardo Kramer Prize 2023
February 29 2024: Prof. Cristiana Di Valentin has been awarded by the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere for her significant results on the design of devices for health.
Bachelor Exam
October 19 2023: Pietro Andreozzi received his Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Comparative evaluation of theoretical methods to reproduce the optical properties of several dye/fluorescent molecules with the additional effect of the anchoring to a substrate".
Bachelor Exam
October 19 2023: Beatrice Quarta Castelbar Albani received her Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Molecular dynamics study of the non-specific binding of glycans to healthy and tumor cell membranes".
Prolusion
June 20 2023: Prof. Cristiana Di Valentin gave a prolusion at the PhD ceremony of the University of Bologna, with the title:
ICTP Poster Award
May 19 2023: PhD student Chiara Daldossi has been awarded by ICTP for the best poster with the title:
PhD defense
March 21 2023: Enrico Bianchetti successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Quantum mechanical modeling of physical and chemical properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and surfaces for nanomedicine and energy conversion". Congratulations Enrico!!!
Bachelor Exam
November 24 2022: Mattia Boriello received his Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of heterointerfaces consisting of porphines deposited on graphene".
Master Exam
February 21 2023: Carolina Milani received her Master's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study and conformational analysis of polymeric (PEG) coating of titanium dioxide nanoparticles for nanomedicine".
CECAM Poster Award
May 20 2022: PhD student Edoardo Donadoni has been awarded by CECAM for the best poster with the title:
Grazioli Prize 2021
February 17 2022: PhD student Edoardo Donadoni has been awarded by the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere for his Master Thesis:
Master Exam
October 28 2021: Mirko Dolce received his Master's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of structural, electronic and chemical properties of TiO2 nanotubes functionalized with Vitamin C".
Master Exam
October 28 2021: Chiara Daldossi received her Master's degree defending the thesis: "Simulation and computational study of the optical spectra of TiO2 nanosystems functionalized with alizarin".
Nordio Prize 2021
PhD student Edoardo Donadoni has been awarded by the Italian Chemical Society – Division of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry for the best Master Thesis in the field of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, entitled "Computational simulation of permeation through phospholipid membranes of different composition by the antitumor drug doxorubicin", with the following motivation:
Master Exam
September 28 2021: Giulia Frigerio received her Master's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of a RGD-functionalized TiO2 nanosystem for active targeting of cancer cells".
Bachelor Exam
September 27 2021: Davide Mascione received his Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of the electronic and catalytic properties of cobalt-doped graphene as an electrode material for the oxygen evolution reaction".
PhD defense
On February 18 2021, Daniele Perilli successfully defended (online) his phD thesis entitled: "QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODELING OF CHEMICAL ACTIVATED 2D MATERIALS ELECTROCATALYSIS AND SENSING". Congratulations Daniele!!!!
Master Exam
October 28 2020: Edoardo Donadoni received his Master's degree defending the thesis: "Computational simulation of permeation through phospholipid membranes of different composition by the antitumor drug Doxorubicin"
Master Exam
October 28 2020: Laura Trovato received her Master's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of catalytic systems of single metal atom trapped graphene matrix on Cu(111) and their activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)"
Master Exam
October 27 2020: Andrea Levy received his Master's degree defending the thesis: "Molecular dynamics study of the interaction between the anticancer drug doxorubicin and a functionalized TiO2 nanocarrier"
Bachelor Exam
February 21 2020: Laura Carosella received her Bachelor's degree defending the thesis: "Computational study of fluorine-doped graphene as active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction at a fuel cell cathode"