Nicola Armaroli (
Bentivoglio, 2 September 1966) is an
Italian
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chemist
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, research director at the
Italian National Research Council (CNR), director of the scientific magazin
Sapereand member of the
Italian National Academy of Sciences.
Life and research activity
He graduated in Chemistry at the
University of Bologna
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in 1990, where he obtained his
PhD in 1994. He has worked since 1997 at the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF) of the
Italian National Research Council (CNR). Since 2014 he has served as director of ''Sapere'', the first Italian science magazine, established in 1935. From 2019 he has been member of the
Italian National Academy of Sciences.
He is a member of the Executive Board of the
European Chemical Society (EuChemS)
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and
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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(FRSC). He chaired th
Chemistry and Energy Working Partyof the European Chemical Society (2011-2017). He is a member of the editorial board of
Chemistry: A European Journal (
Wiley-VCH
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),
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (
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),
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(
Elsevier
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). In 2001 he won th
International Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize for photochemistry, in 2009 the
Galileo Prize for Scientific Dissemination, in 2017 the ''Enzo Tiezzi'' Gold Medal of the
Italian Chemical Society
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and in 2019 the ''Ravani-Pellati'' Chemistry Award of the
Turin Academy of Sciences.
His research activity concerns the
photochemistry
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and
photophysics of
coordination compounds, carbon
nanostructures
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and
supramolecular systems and materials. This research is of interest for fundamental knowledge and for technological applications such as the conversion of
solar energy
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, new materials for
lighting
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,
catalysis
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and
remote sensing
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.
He actively promotes science dissemination on the topics of energy technologies, natural resources and the environment, on the media and in society.
Publications
Books
* With
Vincenzo Balzani
Vincenzo Balzani (born 15 November 1936 in Forlimpopoli, Italy) is an Italian chemist, now emeritus professor at the University of Bologna.
Career
He has spent most of his professional life at the “Giacomo Ciamician” Department of Chemistr ...
: ''Energia oggi e domani. Prospettive, sfide, speranze'', Bononia University Press, 2004, .
* With Vincenzo Balzani: ''Energia per l’Astronave Terra- Quanta ne usiamo, come la produciamo, che cosa ci riserva il futuro'', Zanichelli 2008, .
* With Vincenzo Balzani: ''Energy for a Sustainable World – From the Oil Age to a Sun-Powered Future'', Wiley-VCH 2011, .
* With Vincenzo Balzani and Nick Serpone: ''Powering Planet Earth – Energy Solutions for the Future'', Wiley-VCH 2013, .
Selected Papers in scientific journals
* Nicola Armaroli, Vincenzo Balzani: ''Solar Electricity and Solar Fuels: Status and Perspectives in the Context of the Energy Transition''. In: ''
Chemistry – A European Journal
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'' (2016), .
* Praveen et al.: ''Oligo(phenylenevinylene) hybrids and self-assemblies: versatile materials for excitation energy transfer''. In: ''
Chemical Society Reviews
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'' 43, Issue 12, (2014), 4222–4242, .
* Costa et al., ''Luminescent Ionic Transition-Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells''. In: ''
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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'' 51, Issue 33, (2012), 8178–8211, .
* Nicola Armaroli, Vincenzo Balzani, ''The Hydrogen Issue''. In: ''
ChemSusChem
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'' 4, Issue 1, (2011), 21–36, .
* Nicola Armaroli, Vincenzo Balzani, ''Towards an electricity-powered world''. In: ''
Energy and Environmental Science
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'' 4, (2011), 3193–3222, .
* Nicola Armaroli, Vincenzo Balzani, ''The Future of Energy Supply: Challenges and Opportunities''. In: ''
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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'' 46, (2007), 52–66, .
* Nicola Armaroli et al., ''Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds: Copper''. In: ''Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds'' 280, (2007), 69-115, .
* Nicola Armaroli, ''Photoactive mono- and polynuclear Cu(I)–phenanthrolines. A viable alternative to Ru(II)–polypyridines?''. In: ''
Chemical Society Reviews
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'' 30, (2001), 113–124, .
* Jean-François Eckert et al., ''Fullerene−Oligophenylenevinylene Hybrids: Synthesis, Electronic Properties, and Incorporation in Photovoltaic Devices''. In: ''
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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'' 122, Issue 31, (2000), 7467–7479, .
* Nicola Armaroli et al., ''Charge‐Transfer Interactions in Face‐to‐Face Porphyrin‐Fullerene Systems: Solvent‐Dependent Luminescence in the Infrared Spectral Region''. In: ''
Chemistry – A European Journal
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'' 6, Issue 9, (2000), 1629–1645, .
* Nicola Armaroli et al., ''Rotaxanes Incorporating Two Different Coordinating Units in Their Thread: Synthesis and Electrochemically and Photochemically Induced Molecular Motions''. In: ''
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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'' 121, Issue 18, (1999), 4397–4408, .
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1966 births
Living people
People from the Province of Bologna
Italian chemists
University of Bologna alumni