IUPAC invites women and men from all science organizations around the world to attend the Global Women Breakfast 2026 (https://iupac.org/gwb/), a great yearly global initiative to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science. In this occasion we invite all colleagues to participate at the events organized in Pisa and Florence:Pisa: – The Italian Commission for IUPAC […]
Read MoreTitle: Visible-light-activated donor-acceptor systems with thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) properties: preparation, photophysical characterization, and applications in photocatalysis. ICCOM Principal Investigator: Mariangela Di Donato. Project Type: International. Duration: 01/02/2026- 31/01/2028.
Read MoreOn 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, […]
Read MoreTitle: 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.
Read MoreFriday 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
Read MoreThe 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, […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreThe Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society awarded the 2025 PhD Thesis prize to Dr. Francesco D’Amico. Dr. D’Amico, who is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM), Sesto Fiorentino (FI) site, carried out his Ph.D. activity in collaboration between the University of Siena and CNR-ICCOM and […]
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