Take a closer look at some of the chemistry articles from Italian institutions that have captured global attention in recent years.
Italian researchers have played a central role in advancing chemical science across a wide range of disciplines, consistently publishing highly influential research in ACS journals. To highlight how Italian scientists are shaping global chemistry, we’ve curated a selection of some of the most read articles from 2020-2024 from authors primarily affiliated with Italian institutions. Topics range from Alzheimer’s research and sustainable materials to historical proteomics and wine authentication, underscoring the diversity and impact of Italy’s scientific contributions.
Agricultural & Food Chemistry
Espresso Coffee Mitigates the Aggregation and Condensation of Alzheimer′s Associated Tau Protein
Roberto Tira, Giovanna Viola, Carlo Giorgio Barracchia, Francesca Parolini, Francesca Munari, Stefano Capaldi, Michael Assfalg, and Mariapina D’Onofrio*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01072
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Cyclic Acetals as Novel Long-Lasting Mosquito Repellents
Immacolata Iovinella, Alessandro Mandoli, Cristina Luceri, Mario D’Ambrosio, Beniamino Caputo, Pietro Cobre, and Francesca Romana Dani*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c05537
Use of Untargeted Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Metabolome To Discriminate Italian Monovarietal Red Wines, Produced in Their Different Terroirs
Panagiotis Arapitsas*, Maurizio Ugliano, Matteo Marangon, Paola Piombino, Luca Rolle, Vincenzo Gerbi, Andrea Versari, and Fulvio Mattivi
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c00879
Analytical Chemistry
Effect of Very-Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet on Psoriasis Patients: A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Based Metabolomic Study
Giuseppe Castaldo, Imma Pagano, Manuela Grimaldi, Carmen Marino, Paola Molettieri, Angelo Santoro, Ilaria Stillitano, Rocco Romano, Paola Montoro, Anna Maria D’Ursi*, and Luca Rastrelli*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00646
Count Dracula Resurrected: Proteomic Analysis of Vlad III the Impaler’s Documents by EVA Technology and Mass Spectrometry
Maria Gaetana Giovanna Pittalà, Antonella Di Francesco, Annamaria Cucina, Rosaria Saletti, Gleb Zilberstein, Svetlana Zilberstein, Tudor Arhire, Pier Giorgio Righetti, and Vincenzo Cunsolo*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01461
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Biological & Medicinal Chemistry
Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention through Natural Compounds: Cell-Free, In Vitro, and In Vivo Dissection of Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) Multitarget Activity
Alessandro Palmioli*, Valeria Mazzoni, Ada De Luigi, Chiara Bruzzone, Gessica Sala, Laura Colombo, Chiara Bazzini, Chiara Paola Zoia, Mariagiovanna Inserra, Mario Salmona, Ivano De Noni, Carlo Ferrarese, Luisa Diomede, and Cristina Airoldi*
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00444
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Advanced Wound Dressing for Real-Time pH Monitoring
Federica Mariani*, Martina Serafini, Isacco Gualandi*, Danilo Arcangeli, Francesco Decataldo, Luca Possanzini, Marta Tessarolo, Domenica Tonelli, Beatrice Fraboni, and Erika Scavetta
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00552
Plant-Based, Hydrogel-like Microfibers as an Antioxidant Platform for Skin Burn Healing
Fabrizio Fiorentini*, Giulia Suarato*, Maria Summa, Dalila Miele, Giuseppina Sandri, Rosalia Bertorelli, and Athanassia Athanassiou*
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00214
Glycan Array Evaluation of Synthetic Epitopes between the Capsular Polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae 19F and 19A
Laura Morelli, Luigi Lay, Darielys Santana-Mederos, Yury Valdes-Balbin, Vicente Verez Bencomo, Angela van Diepen, Cornelis H. Hokke, Fabrizio Chiodo*, and Federica Compostella*
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00347
Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry
On-Site Monitoring Indoor Air Quality in Schools: A Real-World Investigation to Engage High School Science Students
Elisa Zagatti, Mara Russo, and Maria Chiara Pietrogrande*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00065
Biodegradable Zein-Based Biocomposite Films for Underwater Delivery of Curcumin Reduce Thermal Stress Effects in Corals
Marco Contardi*, Marta Fadda, Valerio Isa, Yohan D. Louis, Andrea Madaschi, Sara Vencato, Enrico Montalbetti, Laura Bertolacci, Luca Ceseracciu, Davide Seveso, Silvia Lavorano, Paolo Galli, Athanassia Athanassiou*, and Simone Montano
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01166
Benthic Crustacean Digestion Can Modulate the Environmental Fate of Microplastics in the Deep Sea
Alessandro Cau*, Carlo Giacomo Avio, Claudia Dessì, Davide Moccia, Antonio Pusceddu, Francesco Regoli, Rita Cannas, and Maria Cristina Follesa
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07705
Materials Science & Nanoscience
Highly Stable Self-Cleaning Paints Based on Waste-Valorized PNC-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles
Qaisar Maqbool, Orlando Favoni, Thomas Wicht, Niusha Lasemi, Simona Sabbatini, Michael Stöger-Pollach, Maria Letizia Ruello, Francesca Tittarelli, and Günther Rupprechter*
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06203
Electrically Tunable Nonequilibrium Optical Response of Graphene
Eva A. A. Pogna, Andrea Tomadin, Osman Balci, Giancarlo Soavi, Ioannis Paradisanos, Michele Guizzardi, Paolo Pedrinazzi, Sandro Mignuzzi, Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, Marco Polini, Andrea C. Ferrari*, and Giulio Cerullo*
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04937
Ru–Cu Nanoheterostructures for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Water Electrolyzers
Yong Zuo*, Sebastiano Bellani*, Gabriele Saleh, Michele Ferri, Dipak V. Shinde, Marilena Isabella Zappia, Joka Buha, Rosaria Brescia, Mirko Prato, Roberta Pascazio, Abinaya Annamalai, Danilo Oliveira de Souza, Luca De Trizio, Ivan Infante, Francesco Bonaccorso, and Liberato Manna*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06726
Kanatzidisite: A Natural Compound with Distinctive van der Waals Heterolayered Architecture
Luca Bindi*, Xiuquan Zhou, Tianqi Deng, Zhi Li, and Christopher Wolverton*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06433
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