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SCI Ugo Croatto Medal 2025 awarded to Dr. M. Peruzzini

Since 2008, the Board of Directors of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) has established this symbolic recognition, awarded annually to one or more members who have significantly contributed to the Division’s activities and to enhancing the image of the Division and Italian Inorganic Chemistry. The award, which consists of a […]

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CNR-ASRT bilateral project

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Title: Novel diagnostics biosensor for breast cancer biomarker using nanomaterials-based metal-organic frameworks. ICCOM Principal Investigator: Maria Caporali. Project type: International. Duration: 01/01/2025- 31/12/2026.

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Seminar Dr. A. M. Ferretti – Florence, 05/09/2025

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Friday 5th September 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Lecture Room 2 Fermi – Building F, Florence CNR Research Area, Sesto Fiorentino (FI). Dr. Anna Maria Ferretti, CNR-SCITEC Milan. Title: “Nanostructured Polymers for Energy Harvesting and Environmental Applications” FLYER

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Light Communication: Towards a New Generation of Wireless Optical Networks

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The National Research Council of Italy (CNR), in collaboration with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, the LENS Laboratory, and the Universities of Florence and Pisa, has developed an innovative wireless communication system based on visible light communication (VLC). The system leverages commercial white LEDs and luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). The results, published in Scientific Reports and Advanced Optical Materials, […]

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Innovative zeolite-supported platinum catalysts for highly efficient propane-to-propylene conversion

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Obtaining feedstocks through catalytic processes is of fundamental importance for the chemical industry. The shale gas revolution has shifted propylene production from naphtha cracking to targeted production with propane dehydrogenation (PDH) as the dominant technology. Recent studies, conducted jointly by Chinese research teams from the Universities of Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Dalian, in collaboration with Professor […]

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CHIRALNANOMAT

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Title: Chiral Nanocluster Materials. ICCOM Principal Investigator: Alessandro Fortunelli. Project type: International. Duration: 01/11/2025 – 30/10/2029. Website: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101227458

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COLOURS and LUCE Projects Presented on TGR Leonardo

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The results of the COLOURS project (Tuscany Region – POR FESR 2014–2020) and the LUCE project (MUR – PRIN 2022 Projects) were featured in a report by TGR Leonardo. Both projects, carried out in collaboration with the University of Pisa, the University of Naples Federico II, Scorpio srl, I&S srl, and Cicci Research srl, focus […]

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Processes Best Paper Award 2025 assigned to a publication of LEaF-Lab laboratory

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The Light-to-Energy and Fuels Laboratory (LEaF Lab) from the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM), Sesto Fiorentino (FI) site, was awarded by MDPI journal, Processes, for the paper “Exploring Different Designs in Thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine-Based Dyes to Enhance Divergent Optical Properties in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” (https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/5/1542) by Franchi, Dessì et al. The paper has been selected […]

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Seminar Dr. F. Bertocchini – Florence, 15/07/2025

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Tuesday 15th July 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Lecture Room 1 Marconi – Building F, Florence CNR Research Area, Sesto Fiorentino (FI). Dr. Federica Bertocchini, Plasticentropy France. Title “Insects and bioremediation: wax worm enzymes and plastic upcycling”. FLYER

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