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Workshop “Chemists who burned diamonds” – Florence, 14/11/2025

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On Friday, November 14, 2025, at the CNR Research Area in Sesto Fiorentino, in the Toraldo di Francia Room, Building F, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 12:40 p.m., the free-admission Workshop “Chemists Who Burned Diamonds” will be held. Organized by CNR-ICCOM in collaboration with the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and the Museo Galileo, […]

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DURALYS

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Title: DURAble, Scalable, and Recyclable Components and Cell Designs for Next Generation Alkaline Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis. ICCOM Principal Investigator: Alessandro Lavacchi. Project type: International. Duration: 01/12/2024- 30/10/2026.

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Second ICCOM Plenary Conference – Bari 9-10/10/2025

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The second CNR-ICCOM Plenary Conference will be held in the Alessandro Leogrande Hall, Student Center (formerly the Post Office) in Bari on Thursday, October 9th and Friday, October 10th, 2025. The event will provide an opportunity to update on the Institute’s latest experimental, theoretical, and computational research in timely fields of research such as fields […]

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BRIGHT NIGHT 2025 – Pisa, 26/09/2025

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This year, the CNR Research Area in Pisa celebrates 25 years since its inauguration on December 6, 2000. To celebrate this important milestone, a rich program of events has been organized for Bright Night – The Night of Researchers in Tuscany, on Friday, 26th September 2025, concurrent with initiatives throughout Europe. After three days of […]

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GIDRM Workshop 2025 – Pisa, 17/11/2025

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On November 17th, 2025 at the “Le Benedettine” Conference Center in Pisa (Piazza S. Paolo a Ripa D’Arno, 16), a workshop will be held entitled: “Porous materials for gas separation and ion exchange membranes: insights from NMR” The workshop, organized within the framework of the PRIN 2022 PNRR In-Motion project by researchers from the University […]

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

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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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