Other Publications
Papers accepted and/or in press:
Philippe Serp; Jacques Teddy; Andrea Falqui; Anna Corrias; Daniela Carta; Pierre Lecante; Iann Gerber
Influence of particles alloying on the performances of Pt-Ru/CNT catalysts for selective hydrogenation
Accepted for publication in Journal of Catalysis
P.P. Pompa, G. Vecchio, A. Galeone, V. Brunetti, S. Sabella, G. Maiorano, A. Falqui, G. Bertoni, and R. Cingolani
In vivo toxicity assessment of gold nanoparticles in Drosophila melanogaster
Accepted for publication in Nano Research
Daniela Carta, Maria F. Casula, Andrea Falqui, Salvatore Bullita, Anna Corrias
Iron–cobalt nanocrystalline alloy supported on a cubic mesostructured silica matrix: FeCo/SBA-16 porous nanocomposites
Accepted for publication in Journal of Nanoparticle Research
D. Carta, M. F. Casula, A. Corrias, A. Falqui, Á. Dombovári, A. Gálos, Z. Kónya
One-step synthesis and characterisation of FeCo alloy nanoparticles dispersed in a cubic SBA-16 matrix as nanocomposite catalysts
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Andrea Falqui, Danilo Loche, Maria F. Casula, Anna Corrias, Daniele Gozzi, Alessandro Latini
Synthesis and characterization of multi walled carbon nanotube/FeCo nanocomposites
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Papers published
67.
Michela Corricelli, Lucia Curri, Davide Altamura, Cinzia Giannini, Andrea Falqui, Alessandro Genovese
Self-organization of mono- and bi-modal PbS nanocrystal populations in superlattices
Cryst Eng Comm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00874E
66.
G. George, D. Dorfs, G. Bertoni, A. Falqui, T. Pellegrino, A. Roig, A. Quarta, R. Cingolani and L. Manna
A Cast‐Mold Approach to Iron Oxide‐Based Nano‐Containers and to Nanoparticles with a Reactive Concave Surface
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, Advance article, DOI: 10.1021/ja108781w
65.
P. Pallavicini, G. Chirico, M. Collini, G. Dacarro, A. Donà, L. D'Alfonso, A. Falqui, Y. Diaz-Fernandez, S. Freddi, B. Garofalo, A. Genovese, L. Sironi and A. Taglietti
Synthesis of branched Au nanoparticles with tunable near-infrared LSPR using a zwitterionic surfactant
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02682D
64.
Gianni Ciofani, Serena Danti, Delfo D’Alessandro, Leonardo Ricotti, Stefania Moscato, Giovanni Bertoni, Andrea Falqui, Stefano Berrettini, Mario Petrini, Virgilio Mattoli, and Arianna Menciassi
Enhancement of Neurite Outgrowth in Neuronal-Like Cells following Boron Nitride Nanotube-Mediated Stimulation
ACS Nano, 2010, 4 (10), pp 6267–6277
63.
Andrea Falqui, Anna Corrias, Peng Wang, Etienne Snoeck and Gavin Mountjoy
A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of CoFe2O4 Ferrite Nanoparticles in Silica Aerogel Matrix Using HREM and STEM Imaging and EDX Spectroscopy and EELS
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2010, 16(2), pp 200-209
62.
D. Carta, M. F. Casula, P. Floris, A. Falqui, G. Mountjoy, A. Boni, C. Sangregorio and A. Corrias
Synthesis and microstructure of manganese ferrite colloidal nanocrystals
Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010, 12(19), pp 5074-5083
61.
Albert Figuerola, Marijn van Huis, Marco Zanella, Alessandro Genovese, Sergio Marras, Andrea Falqui, Henny W. Zandbergen, Roberto Cingolani and Liberato Manna
Epitaxial CdSe-Au nanocrystal heterostructures by thermal annealing
Nano Letters, 2010, 10(8), pp 3028-3036
60.
Smriti R. Deka, Alessandra Quarta, Riccardo Di Corato, Andrea Falqui, Liberato Manna, Roberto Cingolani and Teresa Pellegrino
Acidic pH-Responsive Nanogels as Smart Cargo Systems for the Simultaneous Loading and Release of Short Oligonucleotides and Magnetic Nanoparticles
Langmuir, 2010, 26(12), pp 10315-10324
59.
Davide Altamura, Michela Corricelli, Liberato De Caro, Antonietta Guagliardi, Andrea Falqui, Alessandro Genovese, Andrei Y. Nikulin, M. Lucia Curri, Marinella Striccoli and Cinzia Giannini
Structural Investigation of Three-Dimensional Self-Assembled PbS Binary Superlattices
Crystal Growth and Design, 2010, 10(8), pp 3770-3774
58.
Isabella R. Franchini, Adriano Cola, Aurora Rizzo, Rosanna Mastria, Anna Persano, Roman Krahne, Alessandro Genovese, Andrea Falqui, Dmitry Baranov, Giuseppe Gigli and Liberato Manna
Phototransport in networks of tetrapod-shaped colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals.
Nanoscale, 2010, 2 (10), pp 2171-2179
57.
Catherine Amiens, Diana Ciuculescu, Andrea Falqui, Olivier Margeat, Pierre Lecante
Organometallic synthesis of CoAl nanoparticles and CoAl /Al nanoparticles and their behaviour upon air exposure
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2010, pp 1599–1603
56.
Despina Fragouli, Raffaella Buonsanti, Giovanni Bertoni, Claudio Sangregorio, Claudia Innocenti, Andrea Falqui, Dante Gatteschi, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Athanassia Athanassiou and Roberto Cingolani
Dynamical Formation of Spatially Localized Arrays of Aligned Nanowires in Plastic Films with Magnetic Anisotropy
ACS Nano, 2010, 4(4), pp 1873–1878
55.
Andrea Falqui, Giovanni Bertoni, Alessandro Genovese, Sergio Marras, Mario Malerba, Isabella R. Franchini and Liberato Manna
Electron Microscopy Studies of Beam-Sensitive PbTe-based nanostructures
Microscopy Research and Technique, 2010, 73(10), pp 944-51
54.
Dmitry Baranov, Angela Fiore, Marijn van Huis, Cinzia Giannini, Andrea Falqui, Ugo Lafont, Henny Zandbergen, Marco Zanella, Roberto Cingolani and Liberato Manna
Assembly of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanorods in Solution by Depletion Attraction
Nano Letters, 2010, 10(2), pp 743–749
53.
Danilo Loche, Maria F. Casula, Andrea Falqui, Sergio Marras and Anna Corrias
Preparation of Mn, Ni, Co Ferrite Highly Porous Silica Nanocomposite Aerogels by an Urea-Assisted Sol-Gel Procedure
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010, 10(2), pp 1008-1016
52.
Isabella R. Franchini, Giovanni Bertoni, Andrea Falqui, Cinzia Giannini, Lin Wang Wang and Liberato Manna
Colloidal PbTe-Au Nanocrystal Heterostructures
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 7, pp 1357-1366
51.
K. Soulantica, F. Wetz, J. Maynadié, A. Falqui, R.P. Tan, T. Blon, B. Chaudret, and M. Respaud
Magnetism of single-crystalline Co nanorods
Applied Physics Letters, 95, 152504 (2009)
50.
Sasanka Deka, Andrea Falqui, Giovanni Bertoni, Claudio Sangregorio, Giordano Poneti, Giovanni Morello, Milena De Giorgi, Cinzia Giannini, Roberto Cingolani, Liberato Manna and P. Davide Cozzoli
Fluorescent Asymmetrically Cobalt-Tipped CdSe@CdS Core@Shell Nanorod Heterostructures Exhibiting Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Behavior
Journal of American Chemical Society, 2009, 131 (35), pp 12817–12828
49.
Anna Corrias, Gavin Mountjoy, Danilo Loche, Victor Puntes, Andrea Falqui, Marco Zanella, Wolfgang J. Parak and Maria F. Casula
Identifying Spinel Phases in Nearly Monodisperse Iron Oxide Colloidal Nanocrystal
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113 (43), pp 18667–18675
48.
Daniela Carta, Maria F. Casula, Andrea Falqui, Danilo Loche, Gavin Mountjoy, Claudio Sangregorio and Anna Corrias
A Structural and Magnetic Investigation of the Inversion Degree in Ferrite Nanocrystals MFe2O4 (M = Mn, Co, Ni)
Journal of of Physical-Chemistry C, 2009, 113 (20), 8606–8615
47.
Régis Philippe, Brigitte Caussat, Andrea Falqui, Yolande Kihn, Philippe Kalck, Serge Bordère, Dominique Plee, Patrice Gaillard, Daniel Bernardg, Philippe Serp
An original growth mode of MWCNTs on alumina supported iron catalysts
Journal of Catalysis, 2009, 263(2), pp 345-358
46.
Daniela Carta, Maria F. Casula, Anna Corrias, Andrea Falqui, Danilo Loche, Gavin Mountjoy, and Peng Wang
Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Co and Ni Silicate Hydroxides in Bulk and in Nanostructures within Silica Aerogels
Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21 (5), pp 945–953
45.
Sasanka Deka, Alessandra Quarta, Maria Grazia Lupo, Andrea Falqui, Simona Boninelli, Cinzia Giannini, Giovanni Morello, Milena De Giorgi, Guglielmo Lanzani, Corrado Spinella, Roberto Cingolani, Teresa Pellegrino and Liberato Manna
CdSe/CdS/ZnS double shell nanorods with high photoluminescenceefficiency and their application as bio-labeling probes
Journal of American Chemical Society, 2009, 131 (8), 2948–2958
44.
Revathi R. Bacsa, Jeannette Dexpert-Ghys, Marc Verelst, Andrea Falqui, Bruno Machado, Wolfgang S Bacsa, Peter Chen, Shaik. M. Zakeeruddin, Michael Graetzel and Philippe Serp
Synthesis and structure-property correlation in shape controlled ZnO nanoparticles prepared by Chemical Vapour Synthesis and their application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Advanced Functional Materials, 2009, 19, 875–886
43.
Paolo Falcaro, Luca Malfatti, Tongjit Kidchob, Giacomo Giannini, Andrea Falqui, Maria F. Casula, Heinz Amenitsch, Benedetta Marmiroli, Gianluca Grenci, Plinio Innocenzi
Hierarchical porous silica films with ultra-low refractive index
Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21 (10), 2055–2061
42.
Jérôme Maynadié, Asaf Salant, Andrea Falqui, Marc Respaud, Ehud Shaviv, Uri Banin, Katerina
Soulantica and Bruno Chaudret
Cobalt growth on the tips of CdSe nanorods
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009, 48 (10), 1814-1817
41.
Gavin Mountjoy, Andrea Falqui, Anna Corrias and Mhairi Gass
A transmission electron microscopy study of Fe-Co alloy nanoparticles in a silica aerogel matrix using HREM, EDX, and EELS
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2009, 15 (02), 114-124
40.
M. Casavola, A. Falqui, M. A. Garcia, M. García-Hernández, C. Giannini, R. Cingolani, and P. D. Cozzoli
Exchange-Coupled Bimagnetic Cobalt/Iron Oxide Branched Nanocrystal Heterostructures
Nano Letters, 2009, 9 (1), pp. 366-376
39.
L-M. Lacroix, S. Lachaize, A. Falqui, M. Respaud, and B. Chaudret
Iron Nanoparticles Growth in Organic Super-Structures
Journal of American Chemical Society , 2009, 131 (2), 549-557
38.
D. Carta, M. F. Casula, A. Corrias, A. Falqui, G. Pinna, G. Navarra
Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Synthetic Ferrihydrite Nanoparticles
Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2009, 113, 349-355
37.
Albert Figuerola, Isabella R. Franchini, Angela Fiore, Rosanna Mastria, Andrea Falqui, Giovanni Bertoni, Sara Bals, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Stefan Kudera, Roberto Cingolani, and Liberato Manna
End-to-End Assembly of Shape-Controlled Nanocrystals via a Nano-welding Approach Mediated by Gold Domains
Advanced Materials, 2009, vol. 21 (5), pp. 550-554
36.
Arnaud Glaria, Myrtil L. Kahn, Andrea Falqui, Pierre Lecante, Vincent Collière, Marc Respaud, Bruno Chaudret
An Organometallic Approach for Very Small Maghemite Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Properties
ChemPhysChem, 2008, 9 (14), 2035 – 2041
35.
Y. Soumare, J.-Y. Piquemal, T. Maurer, F. Ott, G. Chaboussant, A. Falqui and G. Viau
Oriented magnetic nanowires with high coercivity
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008, 18 (46), pp. 5696-5702
34.
Daniele Gozzi, Alessandro Latini, Daniela Carta, Anna Corrias, Andrea Falqui, Gavin Mountjoy, Laura Lazzarini, Giancarlo Salviati, Steven Fiddy
Lanthanide doped scandia and yttria cathodoluminescent films: a comparative study
Chemistry of Materials, 2008, 20, 5666–5674
33.
Marco Zanella, Andrea Falqui, Stefan Kudera, Liberato Manna, Maria F. Casula, Wolfgang J. Parak
Growth of colloidal hybrid nanoparticles of fluorescent group II/VI particles on
top of magnetic iron-platinum
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008, 18, 4311 – 4317
32.
Laura Rodríguez-Pérez, Emmanuelle Teuma, Andrea Falqui, Montserrat Gómez, Philippe Serp
Supported Ionic Liquid Phase Catalysis on Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Communications, 2008, (35),4201-4203
31.
L-M. Lacroix, S. Lachaize, A. Falqui, T. Blon, J. Carrey, and M. Respaud, F. Dumestre, C. Amiens, O. Margeat, and B. Chaudret, P. Lecante and E. Snoeck
Ultrasmall iron nanoparticles: Effect of size reduction on anisotropy and magnetization
Journal of Applied Physics 103, 07D521 (2008)
30.
A. Figuerola, A. Fiore, R. Di Corato, A. Falqui, C. Giannini, E. Micotti, A. Lascialfari, M. Corti ,R. Cingolani, T. Pellegrino, P. D. Cozzoli and L. Manna
One-pot Synthesis and Characterization of Size Controlled Bi-magnetic FePt-Iron Oxide Heterodimer Nanocrystals
Journal of American Chemical Society, 2008; 130(4); 1477-1487
29.
A.Casu, M. F. Casula, A. Corrias, A. Falqui, D. Loche, S. Marras and C. Sangregorio
The influence of composition and porosity on the magnetic properties of FeCo-SiO2 nanocomposite aerogels
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008, (7),1043-1052
28.
F. Wetz, K. Soulantica, A. Falqui, M. Respaud, E. Snoeck and B. Chaudret
Hybrid Co–Au Nanorods: Controlling Au Nucleation and Location
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, vol. 46 (37), pp. 7079-7081
27.
D. Ciuculescu, C. Amiens, M. Respaud, A. Falqui, P. Lecante, R. Benfield, L. Jiang, K. Fauth and B. Chaudret
One-Pot Synthesis of Core-Shell FeRh Nanoparticles
Chemistry of Materials, 2007, vol. 19(19), pp. 4624-4626
26.
A. Millan, F. Palacio, A. Falqui, E. Snoeck, V. Serin, A. Bhattacharjiee, V. Ksenofontov, P. Gutlich, I. Gilbert
Maghemite polymer nanocomposites with modulated magnetic properties
Acta Materialia, 2007, vol. 55 (6), pp. 2201-2209
25.
A. Casu, M.F. Casula, A. Corrias, A. Falqui, D. Loche, and S. Marras
Magnetic and Structural Investigation of Highly Porous CoFe2O4-SiO2 Nanocomposite Aerogels
Journal of of Physical-Chemistry C, 2007, vol. 111, pp. 916-922
24.
F. Wetz, K. Soulantica, M. Respaud, A. Falqui, B. Chaudret
Synthesis and magnetic properties of Co nanorod superlattices
Materials Science and Engineering C, 2007, vol. 27 (5), pp. 1162-1166
23.
Cannas C., Falqui A., Musinu A., Peddis D., Piccaluga G.
CoFe2O4 nanocrystalline powders prepared by citrate-gel methods: Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties
Journal of Nanoparticles Research, 2006, vol. 8 (2), pp. 255-267
22.
Casula M.F., Concas G., Congiu F., Corrias A., Falqui A. and Spano G.
Near equiatomic FeCo nanocrystalline alloy embedded in an alumina aerogel matrix: microstructural and related magnetic features
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2005, 109, 23888-23895
21.
Ennas G., Falqui A., Marongiu G. and Paschina G.
Iron-Cobalt Alloy Nanoparticles Embedded in an Alumina Xerogel Matrix
Chemistry of Materials, 2005, 17, 6486-6491
20.
Falqui A., Lampis N., Geddo-Lehmann A. and Pinna G.
Low temperature magnetic behaviour of perovskite compounds PbFe1/2Ta1/2O3 and PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 2005, 22967-22970
19.
Kudera S., Carbone L., Casula M.F., Cingolani R., Falqui A., Snoeck E., Parak W. J. and Manna L.
Selective growth of PbSe on one or on both tips of colloidal semiconductor nanorods
Nano Letters. 5(3):445-449, 2005
18.
Ennas G., Falqui A., Marras S, Sangregorio C., Marongiu G.
Influence of Metal Content on Size, Dispersion and Magnetic Properties of Iron-Cobalt Alloy Nanoparticles Embedded in Silica Matrix
Chemistry of Materials. 16(26):5659-5663, 2004
17.
Corrias A., Casula M.F., Falqui A., Paschina G.
Preparation and characterization of FeCo-Al2O3 and Al2O3 aerogels.
Journal of Sol-Gel Science & Technology. 31(1-3):83-86, 2004.
16.
Corrias A., Casula MF., Falqui A., Paschina G.
Evolution of the structure and magnetic properties of FeCo nanoparticles in an alumina aerogel matrix
Chemistry of Materials. 16(16):3130-3138, 2004.
15.
Congiu F., Concas G., Ennas G., Falqui A., Fiorani D., Marongiu G., Marras S., Spano G., Testa AM.
Magnetic properties of nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 dispersed in amorphous silica
Journal of Magnetism & Magnetic Materials. 272-76 (Part 2 Special Issue SI):1561-1562, 2004.
14.
Bonacchi D., Caneschi A., Dorignac D., Falqui A., Gatteschi D., Rovai D., Sangregorio C., Sessoli R.
Nanosized iron oxide particles entrapped in pseudo-single crystals gamma-cyclodextrin
Chemistry of Materials. 16(10):2016-2020, 2004.
13.
Bonacchi D., Caneschi A., Gatteschi D., Sangregorio C., Sessoli R., Falqui A.
Synthesis and characterisation of metal oxides nanoparticles entrapped in cyclodextrin
Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids. 65 (4 Special Issue SI):719-722, 2004.
12.
Gilbert I., Millan A., Palacio F., Falqui A., Snoeck E., Serin V.
Magnetic properties of maghemite nanoparticles in a polyvinylpyridine matrix
Polyhedron. 22(14-17):2457-2461, 2003.
11.
Casula MF., Corrias A., Falqui A., Serin V., Gatteschi D., Sangregorio C., Fernandez CD., Battaglin G.
Characterization of FeCo-SiO2 nanocomposite films prepared by sol-gel dip coating
Chemistry of Materials. 15(11):2201-2207, 2003.
10.
Falqui A., Serin V., Calmels L., Snoeck E., Corrias A., Ennas G.
EELS investigation of FeCo/SiO2 nanocomposites
Journal of Microscopy. 210 (Part 1):80-88, 2003.
9.
Ennas G., Casula MF., Falqui A., Gatteschi D., Marongiu G., Marras S., Piccaluga G.
Non-stoichiometric CoFe2O4 nanoparticles supported on an amorphous silica matrix
Journal of Sol-Gel Science & Technology. 26(1-3):463-466, 2003.
8.
Navarra G., Falqui A., Piccaluga G., Pinna G.
The structure of a zinc metaphosphate glass. A reverse Monte Carlo study
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 4(19):4817-4822, 2002.
7.
Cannas C., Casula MF., Concas G., Corrias A., Gatteschi D., Falqui A., Musinu A., Sangregorio C., Spano G.
Magnetic properties of gamma-Fe2O3-SiO2 aerogel and xerogel nanocomposite materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry. 11(12):3180-3187, 2001.
6.
Ennas G., Casula MF., Falqui A., Gatteschi D., Marongiu G., Piccaluga G., Sangregorio C., Pinna G.
Nanocrystalline iron-cobalt alloys supported on a silica matrix prepared by the sol-gel method
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 293:1-9, 2001.
5.
Cannas C., Concas G., Falqui A., Musinu A., Spano G., Piccaluga G.
Investigation of the precursors of gamma-Fe2O3 in Fe2O3/SiO2 nanocomposites obtained through sol-gel
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 286(1-2):64-73, 2001.
4.
Cannas C., Concas G., Gatteschi D., Falqui A., Musinu A., Piccaluga G., Sangregorio C., Spano G.
Superparamagnetic behaviour of gamma-Fe2O3 nanoparticles dispersed in a silica matrix
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 3(5): 832-838, 2001.
3.
Ennas G., Falqui A., Piccaluga G., Solinas S., Gatteschi D., Sangregorio C., Benedetti A.
Properties of nanocrystalline nickel particles in Ni-SiO2 composites
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences. 55(6-7):581-588, 2000.
2.
Ennas G., Marongiu G., Musinu A., Falqui A., Ballirano P., Caminiti R.
Characterization of nanocrystalline gamma-Fe2O3 prepared by wet chemical method
Journal of Materials Research. 14(4):1570-1575, 1999.
1.
Balerna A., Bionducci M., Falqui A., Licheri G., Meneghini C., Navarra G., Bettinelli M.
A structural study of Sr Metaphosphate glass by anomalous X-Ray scattering and EXAFS spectroscopy
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 234:607-612, 1998.
