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CURRICULUM Prof. Gianluca Maria Farinola Full Professor of Organic Chemistry Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro President of the Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society (2017-2019) Elected President of the Organic Chemistry Division of EuCheMS (September 2018-2021) Dipartimento di Chimica Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” via Orabona 4, I-70126 Bari, Italy Phone 0039 080 5442064

Fax 0039 080 5442129 e-mail: gianlucamaria.farinola@uniba.it web: http://www.chimica.uniba.it/dipartimento/personale/professori-ordinari/215-farinola-gianluca

Personal Information

Date of birth: 01/01/1968

Nationality: Italian

Education

1992 "Laurea" in Chemistry, University of Bari (summa cum laude).

1997 Ph.D. Chemical Sciences University of Bari.

Academic career

1996 Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari;

2002-2015 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari;

2010 Habilitation Full Professorship in organic chemistry (University of Torino);

2014 Three national habilitations for full professorship in three different disciplines: Organic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry and Chemistry for Engineering;

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2015 (March 2nd) Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari.

Visiting professorships

2017 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University (Laboratories Prof. Fiorenzo Omenetto)

2015 Invited Visiting Professor at the Chemistry Department, University of Angers (France) – CNRS Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou (Laboratories Dr. Jean Roncali)

2013 and 2014 Invited Professor at the University of Strasbourg (France) (Institut de Science et d’Ingégnerie Supramoléculaire – ISIS) (Director Prof. P. Samori)

2009 Visiting Professor University Muenster (Germany) (Laboratories Prof. L. De Cola)

Awards

2008 “Innovation in Organic Synthesis Award” of Interuniversitary Consortium CINMPIS

2003 “Medaglia Ciamician” prize of the Italian Chemical Society

Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and EuCheMS

2018-2021 President of the Organic Chemistry Division of EuCheMS 2017-2019 President of the SCI Organic Chemistry Division; 2014-2017 Italian representative, secretary and treasurer in the Organic Chemistry Division of EucheMS; 2011-2016 Member of the SCI Organic Chemistry Division Committee; 2005-2010 Member of the SCI Regional Committee (Puglia); 2002-2003 Member of the Constituent Committee of the SCI Young Group.

Other professional appointments

2016-2018 - Consultant of the Italian Parliamentary Commettee - Commissione Parlamentare Bicamerale Camera dei Deputati / Senato della Repubblica Italiana di Inchiesta sulle Attività Illecite Connesse al Ciclo dei Rifiuti e su Illeciti Ambientali ad esse Correlati.

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Spin-off: Co-founder and member of the administrative committee of a spin-off company SYNCHIMIA s.r.l. of the University of Bari started in November 2008.

Research

Gianluca Farinola is author of about 145 publications on international peer-reviewed journals (ISI Web of Science H 31), two international patents, and five book chapters. He has presented his research in 109 invited lectures in national and international conferences and schools, in Universities and Research Institutes. He is presently coordinating a research group of about 20 people at the Chemistry Department of the University of Bari. Gianluca Farinola and his group design and synthesize new multifunctional molecular, polymeric and supramolecular photo/electro-active organic materials for applications ranging from organic photonics and electronics to biology. The study covers not only construction and tailored chemical functionalization of molecular structures for control, improvement and introduction of specific properties, but also combination of active organic and organometallic molecules and polymers with biological or inorganic nanostructures resulting in hybrid multifunctional materials with intriguing properties. In many cases, the structures developed have been used as active layers in organic photonic and electronic devices including OLEDs, organic solar cells, organic field effect transistors and sensors. More recently, various biological applications have been targeted and bio-hybrid functional smart structures have been synthesized. In the last ten years the investigation also focused on the use of biological polymers (e.g. melanins, biosilica) and functional macromolecules (e.g. photoenzymes) from microorganisms as active materials for applications ranging from optoelectronics to biomedicine. Selected invited lectures (Overall 109 invitations to give lectures in national and international conferences, schools, universities, research centres and companies). These include invitation to the prestigious Burgenstock conference and to Gordon Conference. Selected Invited lectures at international conferences:

- MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit 2017, Symposium B11 (Modeling, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications of Advanced Biopolymers—Where Form Meets Function) November 28-December 1 2017 (Boston USA)

- Conference on Progress in Organic Optoelectronics, 18-19 december 2017 (Valencia, Spain)

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- 10th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics – ISFOE 2017- July 3-6 (Thessaloniki, Greece)

- Napes Workshop March 27th-28th 2017 (Dublin, Ireland) - MRS Fall meeting 2016, Symposium BM6, (Fabrication, Characterization

and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials) (Boston, USA, November 27th – December 2nd 2016);

- Journee Scientifique Lumomat (Angers, France November 14th 2016)) - SPIE Optics + Photonic Conference 2016 (San Diego, August 28th –

September 1st 2016) - 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and

Plasmonics (Malaga, Spain, July 25-28 2016) - 27th European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry (Amsterdam July

3rd-6th 2016) - Gordon Research Conference: Electronic Processes in Organic Materials

(Barga, Italy, June 5th-10th 2016) - NanoSpain 2016 (March 15th-18th 2016, Logrono, Spain) - MRS Fall meeting 2015, Symposium E (Engineering and Application of

Bioinspired Materials) (Boston, USA, November 29th – December 4th 2015);

- Living materials 2015 (Taillores, France, July 16-19 2015) - ECME 2015 - European Conference on Molecular Electronics (Strasbourg,

September 1st-5th 2015). - Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (21stISFC), Como August 23rd-28th

2015 - European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM) 2014 (Berlin

September 15th-19th 2014) - 48th Burgenstock Conference – EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry

(Brunnen, Switzerland, May 3rd 2013); - 9th Spanish-Italian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry (SISOC IX)

(Tenerife, Spain, February 2012); - International Workshop Advances in Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis

(Munich, July 21-22, 2011); - Funmarch: Functional Molecular Architectures (Bologna, Italy 2010); - 4th Eurpean Conference on Organic Electronics and Related Phenomena

(ECOER ’07) (Varenna, Italy september 2007); - 41th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (Torino, Italy, August 2007); - European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting (Nice,

France June 2006); Selected Invited lectures at international schools:

- Summer Schools on Advanced Macromolecular Topics of the European Polymer Federation – 2017/8th School “Transport Phenomena In Polymers And Hybrid Materials" May 14th-19th 2017, Gargano, Italy.

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- e-WISPOC 15 (European winter School on Physical organic Chemistry, Bressanone Italy, February 1st-6th 2015).

- ISOC 15, International School on Organometallic Chemistry (Camerino, Italy, September 5th-9th 2015).

- International Winterschool on Bioelectronics (Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria February 2014).

- IX International Krutyn Summer School 2012 (Krutyn, Poland, June2012);

- ORION International Summer School(Ostuni, Italy, June 2011);. - One-p summer school (Erice, Italy, april 2010); - European Spring School 2009 European Marie Curie Research training

Network Nanomatch e Threadmill (Peñiscola, Spain April 2009); Selected invited lectures in universities, research centers and companies Universiteit Van Amsterdam Department of Chemistry (November 2003); Ciba Specialty Chemicals S.p.A di Pontecchio Marconi Bologna (May 2004); Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (June 2004); Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienze dei Materiali (November 2006); Centech, Center for Nanotechnology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität di Münster (Germany, November 2009); IMDEA Nanoscience Institute Madrid, Spain (November 2011); Department of Organic and Farmaceutical Chemistry University of Regensburg , Germany (7 November 2011); Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Chimica (November 2011); Università degli Studi di Firenze e CNR ICCOM Firenze (November 2012); Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica (January 2013); ENI Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche Guido Donegani (March 2013); Université Bordeaux 1 - CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (July 2013); Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Italian Institute of Technology, Milan (October 2013); University of Namur, Department of Chemistry (November 2013); Department of Bioelectronics, Centre Microélectronique de Provence, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne (January 2013); Center for Plastic Electronics Imperial College London (November 2014), Institute of Materials Science University of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC, UAB) (May 2015), Chemistry Department, University of Angers (France) (July 2015); TU Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Institute for Materials Science (January 2016), Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva (November 2016), Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (April 2017), Linkoping University (October 2017).

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Main research achievements

1) Development of synthetic methods for semiconducting polymers and small molecules A number of Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling protocols for the synthesis of p-conjugated compounds have developed over the last 15 years in my group. Some of these methods are based on vinylsilanes, which are characterized by high stability and low toxicity. We have used such versatile reactions to synthesize extended polyenic chains and also several classes of conjugated polymers e.g. poly(phenylenevinylene)s (PPVs), poly(aryleneethynylene)s (PPEs) and poly(arylene)s. We have also demonstrated the feasibility of some of these reactions in aqueous environment. More recently, we have focused on C-H activation reaction for direct heteroarylation based polymerization processes as scalable routes to conjugated polymers for plastic solar cells.

2) Synthesis of conjugated polymers and organometallic complexes for OLEDs Several classes of electroluminescent polymers, and particularly poly(phenylenevinylene)s have been designed and synthesized using organometallic cross-coupling reactions. A special expertise of our group is the synthesis of conjugated polymers, small molecules and organometallic complexes with selectively fluorinated backbone. In fact, fluorination has been demonstrated as a convenient structural modification to increase the stability of conjugated materials against photooxidation and to tune the emission color over all the visible spectrum. On this topic, we have also collaborated with industrial partners, and especially with Philips research in Eindhoven and Aachen. The first ever reported blue and white electroluminescent fluorinated PPVs were synthesized and tested in OLED devices. Selective fluorination of ligands of electrophosphorescent Ir complexes has been explored as a structural modification able to improve stability and to tune the color of light emitted.

3) Polymers for photovoltaics Functional polymers for bulk heterojunction solar cells based on different heteroarylene systems, also conjugated with double bonds, have been developed. Fluorination has been explored also in this context as a structural modification able to improve the performances of the resulting materials in polymer solar cells.

4) Functional conjugated polymers for self-assembly and organic electronics Introduction of sulfur atoms, and particularly thiol groups, on conjugated

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backbones generates molecular semiconductors endowed with self-assembling ability on various metallic substrates for application in organic electronics. Self-assembly of conjugated polymers with carbon nanotubes have also been investigated in this context.

5) Synthesis of chiral conjugated polymers Functionalization of conjugated polymers with small enantiopure bio-molecules, such as monosaccarides or amino acids, induces chiral supramolecular architectures in the solid state. Synthetic methods to chiral bio-functionalized polymers have been studied. The chiral organization of the resulting materials in the solid state has been investigated. Finally, a new generation of high performance enantioselective transistor sensors has been demonstrated based on the chiral bio-conjugated polymers as the active thin films

6) Bio-hybrid materials for optoelectronics and nanotechnology, particularly with photosynthetic microorganisms More recently my research interest is also focused on the construction of hybrid functional architectures based on the combination of micro-nano structures obtained from photosynthetic microorganisms and tailored organic molecules. The idea behind this work is to explore the possibility to achieve biotechnological production of nanomaterials and materials for photonics and electronics exploiting structures present in microorganisms, and more specifically photosynthetic microorganisms, which have been optimized for specific functions in billions of years of evolution and can be easily obtained on a big scale and at low costs. In this context we have investigated the bacterial Reaction Center photoenzyme as an efficient photoconverter. This protein has been highly selective functionalized with organic dyes to extend its absorption spectrum, and we have also covalently bound it to molecular semiconductors and employed the resulting construct as the active material in a photosensitized resistor. We have also investigated the silica shells of diatoms as nanostructured silica for application in photonics and biomedicine, upon functionalization with organic molecules. Following the same approach of functionalization of natural or biomimetic materials, we have also studied polydopamine, and in general melanines, and their chemically modified analogues, as active materials in optoelectronic devices.

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Coordination of research project

As Scientific Coordinator

2014-2017 National coordinator of a PRIN Italian National project: “Aqueous processable polymers for plastic solar cells: from materials to photovoltaic modules” (AQUASOL) (The project involves research groups in 4 Institutions: Universities of Bari, Pisa, Roma Tor Vergata and CNR ISMAC Milano) (total cost of the project 370.000 euro).

2012-2015 Coordinator of an industrial research project financed by ENI to the University of Bari (Chemistry Department) concerning the scale-up to the hundreds grams scale of synthesis of conjugated polymers for BHJ solar cells and small molecules for DSSC: “Production of photoactive polymers for photovoltaic cells, production of aromatic intermediates for the synthesis of conjugated polymers and of modified fullerenes and optimization of metal-free dyes for DSSC cells”.

2011-2013 National coordinator of a PRIN National Italian project: “Innovative materials for organic and hybrid photovoltaics” (the project involved research groups in 7 Institutions: Universities of Bari, Catania, Pisa, Genova, Roma Tor Vergata, Lecce and CNR ICM Milano) (total cost of the project 400.000 euro).

2008-2010 National coordinator of a PRIN National Italian project (Research Project of National Interest granted by the Italian Ministery of Universty and Research): “Organic materials for photovoltaics and electro-luminescence: design, synthesis, evaluation” (the project involved research group in 5 Institutions: Universities of Bari, Pisa, Catania, Genova and CNR ISMAC Milano) (total cost of the project 257.000 euro).

2006-2007 Italian coordinator of Italian-German Bilateral Vigoni Project : “Self-assembling of polymers and organometallic complexes for (electro)luminescent materials” .

As Principal Investigator of Research Unit

2018-2021 Scientific Responsible for the University of di Bari of the European Project HyPhOE (Hybrid Electronics based on Photosynthetic Organisms) — H2020 FETOPEN-2016-2017 (Total cost of the Unit 500.000 euro) Starting from 1/9/2018

2016-2020 Scientific responsible for the Chemistry Department for the University of Bari of the European Project XF-ACTOR (Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research Strategy) (Project ID 727987) - H2020-SFS-2016-3 (total cost for the unit 80.000 euro).

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2012-2015 Scientific Responsible for the University of Bari in the Project : “Molecular NAnotechnology for HeAlth and EnvironmenT (MAAT)” PON project of the national Technological District for High Tech (Total cost for the Unit 845.000 Euro).

2007-2013 PO Puglia FESR 2007-2013, Project “Regional laboratory for new nano- and biotechnologies for water filtration: design and construction of biomimetic membranes for industrial, commercial and environmental applications" WAFITECH” (2010-2012). (Total cost for the Unit 350.000 Euro).

Industrial projects: Projects and contracts granted by the following companies: Philips (Eindhoven, Aachen) Ciba Speciality Chemicals (Bologna), Pirelli Labs (Milano) Bridgestone (Roma) ENI (Donegani, Novara).

G. Farinola was also in charge as scientific responsible for the Bari Unit in the project “TRIPLED: High Efficiency Materials for the Next Generation polymer Displays and Lighting Applications” granted by the Netherland government, as a contractor of Philips Research, Eindhoven (2004-2007).

Organization of conferences and international schools

As Scientific Committees member and Conference Chairman

2017 Chair of the Symposium BM03 of the MRS Fall meeting 2017 (Biological and living materials in photonics and electronics) (Boston, USA, November 26th December 1st 2017);

2016 Member of the Program Committee of the European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM) 2016 for the TOM 7 - Organic & Hybrid Semiconductor Materials and Devices;

2016 Co-Chair of the Symposium Orbitaly 2016 – Organic Bioelectronics in Italy (Santa Cesarea Terme, October 26th-28th 2016)

2015 Chair of the Symposium D of the MRS Fall meeting 2015 (Biological and bio-inspired materials in photonics and electronics: Chemistry, Physics and Biology) (Boston, USA, November 29th – December 4th 2015);

2014-2018 Member of the Scientific Commettee of the SISOC – Spanish-Italian Symposium on Organic Chemistry (Editions X, XI, XII);

2011-2019 Member of the Scientific Commettee of the Annual National Conferences of the Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society;

2014 Co-chair of the Symposium: “Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion: Silicon and Beyond” of CIMTECH 2014 and 6th Forum on New Materials (June 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy);

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2013 Co-director of the XIII International Krutyn Summer School 2013 (May 2013, Poland): “Advanced photo- and electrically active molecular and nano-materials at the interface with living systems: challenges and promises for the future bio-medicine”;

2012 Chairman of the International Conference FUTURMAT2 (Second International Meeting on Organic Materials for a Better Future: Design, Synthesis and Properties of Organic Compounds for Solar Energy, Lighting and Bio-Medical Applications) (September 2012, Carovigno, Italy);

2011 Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Krutyn Summer School ”Frontiers in organic, dye sensitized and hybrid solar cells” (May 2013, Krutyn, Poland);

2008- present. Member of the Scientific Committee of the “National School on Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics”.

Commissions of Evaluation

2008 Committee for the selection of an assistant professor position (Ricercatore) University of Pisa;

2010-2011 Reviewer panel for the Projects evaluation University of Padova;

2010-2013, and 2016 Referee for PRIN and Junior FIRB national research projects and external reviewer ERC starting grant;

2012, 2013 Reviewer of research project for the “International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry” – FRC Foundation (Strasbourg, France);

2014 Reviewer of “Strategic Project Grants” of the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada;

Panel for the evaluation for the access to PhD courses of the Universities of Bari (2004, 2006, 20011, 2014), PhD School of Advanced Studies of the University of Camerino (2011, 2012, 2013), PhD courses of the University of Milano Bicocca (2006);

2016 Committee for the selection of an associate professor in organic chemistry at University of Padova and for an associate professor in organic chemistry at University of Lecce;

2016 President of the Committee for the selection of a full professor in organic chemistry at the University of Pavia;

2011-present: Member of the Committee of the PhD School in Chemical and Molecular Sciences, University of Bari.

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2018 Member of the commettee for the selection of 1 Dirigente di Ricerca I livello professionale for CNR (Bando n. 367.160 DR - Area Strategica Materiali Avanzati)

Referee of many international journals including Angew. Chem. Int Ed., European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, ChemComm., Advanced Functional Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Nanoscale (RSC), Journal of the American Chemical Society, Science of Advanced Materials, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry.

Outreach

Gianluca Farinola has given radio, TV and several press interviews about organic materials for plastic solar cells and OLED lighting, and on bio-hybrid materials, with emphasis on the societal impact of these energy-saving and environmental-friendly technologies. He also delivered several invited lectures in front of non-specialized audience (high schools, Accademia dei Lincei, sport clubs).

Main Teaching activities

BC and Master degree

Organic Chemistry first course (Degree in Chemistry – First cycle) (2016-2017)

Organic Chemistry and Laboratory (Degree in Biotechnological Sciences-First cycle) (2001-2017);

Physical Methods in Organic Chemistry (Degree in Environmental Sciences-First cycle) (2001-2005);

Organic Material Devices (Degree in Materials Sciences-First cycle) (2002-2011);

Chemistry of Organic Materials (Master degree in Chemical Sciences and in Chemistry and Technology of Materials-Second Cycle) (2012-2017) Chemistry of Marine Pollutants (Degree in Environmental Sciences-First cycle) (2003-2010).

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PhD and Specialization School

Industrial Organic Chemistry (Specialization school in Biotechnological Applictions) (1998-2003).

MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry (PhD courses in Chemical Sciences and in Chemistry of Materials) (2001-2003).

Conjugated compounds for photonics and electronics (PhD courses in Chemical Sciences and in Chemistry of Materials) (2004).

Advanced course on synthesis and characterization of organic compounds (PhD courses in Chemical Sciences and in Chemistry of Materials) (1998, 2005).

Didactics in Organic Chemistry (Specialization school for high school professors) (2005-2008).

Didactics in Laboratory of Organic Chemistry (Specialization school for high school professors) (2003-2009).

List of Invited Lectures Prof. Gianluca Maria Farinola

INVITED LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS B.1) XXVIII Summer School "A. Corbella" Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society (Gargnano, BS,16-20 June 2003): “Organometallic Compounds in Organic Synthesis: A Critical Survey Covering the Year 2002”. B.2) Plenary Lecture for Medaglia “Giacomo Ciamician” Award. XXI National Conference of the Italian Chemical Society (Torino, 22-27 June 2003) “Synthetic Strategies for the Control of Properties of Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers” (SCI 2003 Atti, Vol. 1 OR-PL-005). B.3) Nano.org Organic Chemistry and Nanotechnologies, Venezia-Marghera, 1-4 April 2004 “Organic Conjugated Materials for Semiconductor Devices: Perspectives of Plastic Electronics” (Program and abstracts, TL3) B.4) European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting, Nice, France, 29 May – 2 June 2006 “Perspectives on Synthesis of Conjugated Materials Functionalized with Small Biomolecules for Sensing Applications” (Scientific Programme, Symposium Q, Q 44 00) B.5) II Scuola sui Materiali Molecolari per Fotonica ed Elettronica, Arbatax (Tortolì), 18-24 June 2006 “Sintesi, struttura molecolare, organizzazione supramolecolare: dal composto organico al materiale per elettronica e fotonica”. (Atti, pag.10) B.6) European Colloqium on Heterocyclic Chemistry ECHC 2006, Bari, 2-5 September 2006 “Synthesis of functionalized phenylene-thiophene oligomers and polymers for enantio-sensing applications” (Book of abstracts, IL4 pag 50) B.7) 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, IWASI 2007, Bari 26,27 June 2007 “Chemical design, synthesis and thin film supramolecular architecture for advanced performance chemo- and bio-sensing organic field effect transistors” B.8) 41th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Torino (Italia), 5 – 11 August 2007 “From synthesis to supramolecular architecture: multilevel control of properties of conjugated polymer”. (Programme and abstracts, S04BK05, pag 104) B.9) Workshop on OLEDs for White Light Emission associato alla 4th Eurpean Conference on Organic Electronics and Related Phenomena (ECOER ’07), Varenna, (Italy), 30 September 2007 two lectured : “OLEDs for white light emission: state of the art, technological expectations” “Organic materials for white light emitting diodes: a chemical perspective”. B.10) COFEM 2008 Giornate di Chimica Organica Fisica e Meccanicistica” , Sestri Levante 24-26 September 2008. “Effects of substituents for the control of properties of organic semiconductors” B.11) European Spring School 2009 "Supramolecular Organized Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Applications" joint school degli European Marie Curie Research training Network Nanomatch e Threadmill, Peñiscola (Spain), 19 - 24 April 2009 “Materials for organic white light emitting diodes”

B.12) III Workshop Nazionale AICING, Functional Materials for Electrical and Electronic Industry” Genova, 14-16 June 2009, Genova (plenary lecture) “From synthesis to supramolecular architecture: multilevel control of properties of organic semiconductors” B.13) European Summer School 2009 Bimore Marie Curie Network, “BIMORE Young Research Meeting”, Otranto, 27 September - 3 October 2009 “Synthesis and properties of polyconjugated polymeric and molecular materials for photonics and electronics” B.14) WHOSE 2009: Workshop on Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, Monte Porzio Catone (Roma),15-16 October 2009 “Conjugated polymers for organic solar cells” B.15) TRAMECH 6 : The Transmediterranean Colloqium on Heterocyclic Chemsitry, Hammamet (Tunisia) 5-7 November 2009 “Multifunctional compounds for organic electronics: building materials with heterocycles” B.16) One-p summer school, 12-18 April 2010, Erice (Italy) “Functional Compounds for Organic electronics: Synthetic logic of Materials Design” B.17) Funmarch: Functional Molecular Architectures, 5-7 May 2010, Bologna (Italy) ”Molecular diversity for organic electronics” B.18) CIMTEC 2010, 12th International Ceramics Congress and 5th Forum on New Materials, Session FJ-1 Material growth and Processing of the Symposium FJ “Materials and Technologies for Solid State Lighting” Montecatini Terme, 13-18 June 2010 “Synthesis of Electroluminescent Masterials for Organic Electronics” tuning emission colour by molecular design” B.19) COFEM Giornate di Chimica Organica Fisica e Meccanicistica, 2,4 September 2010

Roma “Fluorinated materials for electroluminescence: tuning emission by fluorine atoms” B.20) Zeroemission Rome 2010,Roma 9 september 2010 “Esplorando nuovi materiali per il fotovoltaico organico” B.21) XIV Ischia Advanced School of Organic Chemsitry (IASOC School), Ischia 25-29 September 2010 “ Molecular Architectures endowed with optical and electrical properties: synthetic challenges for smart organic materials” B.22) Supramolecular chemistry quo vadis (17-20 October 2010 Taormina) “Molecular and Supramolecular Architectures for Advanced sensing” B.23) SAYCS Sigma Aldrich Young Chemists Symposium 2010 (18-20 October 2010 Pesaro) “Creativity and synthetic logic in developement of multifunctional materials for organic electronics” B.24) European-Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry 2011 (E-WiSPOC 2011), (Bressanone, 30 January- 4 February 2011) “Organic semiconductors for electroluminescence and sensing” B.25) ORION International Summer School, June 5th-10th, 2011 Ostuni (Italy) “Design and synthesis of organic dyes for dye sensitized solar cells” B.26) International Workshop Advances in Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis (Munich, July 21-22, 2011) "Synthesis of organic semiconductors for photovoltaics"

B.27) Workshop Photovoltaics: new frontiers and applications (Lecce, September 28-30, 2011) “Organic Semiconductors for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells” B.28) 9th Spanish-Italian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry (SISOC IX) Tenerife, Spain, February 10-14 2012) “Molecular and polymeric organic semiconductors for plastic solar cells” B.29) 13th RSC-SCI Joint Meeting on Heterocyclic Chemistry (Catania, 10th-12th May 2012) “Photo/electrically active materials based on aromatic heterocycles: from organic photovoltaics to functional bio-hybrids” B.30)6th International School on Organic Photovoltaics ISOPHOS 2012 (Ventotene, May 28th - June 1st 2012) “Organic molecules and polymers for OPV and DSSC: Structural design and synthetic logic” B.31) Congresso del Gruppo Interdivisionale di Chimica Organimetallica Co.G.I.C.O. 2012 Padova, June 5-8 2012 “Molecular Tuning of Emission Color in (Electro)luminescent Organic, Organometallic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials” B.32) IX International Krutyn Summer School 2012 ( Krutyn, Poland, June 12-18, 2012) 1st lecture: “Organic/Organometallic emitters for white organic light emitting diodes" 2nd lecture: “Multifunctional organic semiconductors: tailoring materials by functionalization” B.33) International Workshop Supramolecular chemistry@polimi: where nano meets biology (Milano, June 28-29, 2012). “Combining photo/electrically active molecules with biological structures for advanced functions” B.34) ISMAC Workshop on Self-Assembled Functional Nanostructures dedicated to Alberto Bolognesi. ( Milano, 15 November 2012) “Multifunctional architectures from molecular semiconductors and biological structures” B.35) 48th Burgenstock Conference – EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry (Brunnen, Switzerland, April 28th, May 3rd 2013) “Smart architectures with photo/electro-active molecules and various biological structures” B.36) XIII International Krutyn Summer School 2012 -"Advanced photo- and electrically active molecular and nano-materials at the interface with living systems: challenges and promises for the future bio-medicine"- ( Krutyn, Poland, May 21-27, 2013) 1st lecture: “Hybrid Systems with Organic Semiconductors and Biological Structures" 2nd lecture: “Functional Nanostructures from Photosynthetic Organisms and Molecular Fluorophores” B.37) National Congress of Photochemistry (Potenza, 28 November, 1 December 2013) “Nanohybrids from photoactive organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” B.38) International Winterschool on Bioelectronics: “Bio-compatible, bio-integrated, bio-inspired materials and devices” Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria (February 22nd, March 1st 2014) Topic: “Smart materials with electro/photo-active molecules and biological structures of diverse function and size: from small bio-molecules to photosynthetic microorganisms” B.39) LS14: 14th International Symposium on the Science & Technology of Lighting (Como, June 22-27 2014) “Electrolumiescent Materials for white organic light emitting diodes”

B.40) New frontiers of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana July 10th-11th 2014 “Nanostructured silica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials for biology and medicine” B.41) EOSAM 2014 International Meeting of the European Optical Society (Berlin 11-15 September 2014) “Hybrid photoconverters from molecular dyes and photosynthetic microorganisms” B.42) Workshop Photovoltaics: New Frontiers and Applications (Lecce, 16-18 October 2014) “Hybrid photoconverters from molecular dyes and photosynthetic bacteria” B.43) Workoshop on Chemistry for the Future of Europe: energy, food, environment (Rome, 25-26 November 2014) “Creativity and synthetic logic in development of organic and hybrid materials for energy-related technologies” B.44) New frontiers of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine (Tirana July 10th-11th 2014) “Nanostructured silica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials for biology and medicine” B.45) European-Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry 2015 (E-WiSPOC 2015), (Bressanone, 1- 5 February 2015) “Smart architectures from photosynthetic microorganisms and organic molecules” B.46) Living Materials 2015 (Taillores, France, July 16-19 2015) “Smart nanomaterials from photosynthetic microorganisms” B.47) Orbitaly 2015 – Organic Bioelectronics in Italy from sensors to neuronal interfaces (Modena 10-11 september 2015) “Exploring biotechnological routes to smart materials for electronics, photonics and biomedicine” B.48) Organic Bio-Electronics for Life and Innovation cross-eXamination : OBELIX (Milano, 22,23 giugno 2015) “Hybrid architectures built up from organic molecules and photosynthetic micro-organisms: exploring biotechnological routes to functional materials for photonics, electronics and medicine” B.49) Caparica Conference on Translational Chemistry 2015 (Lisbon, December 9 2015) “Smart nanomaterials from diatoms biosilica and functional organic molecules” B.50) NAPES meeting 2015 Next Generation Platforms for Environmental Sensing (Eindhoven, November 17th-18th 2015) “Smart nanomaterials from diatoms microalgae and functional organic molecules” B.51) ECME 2015 – European Conference on Molecular Electronics ( Strasbourg, 1-5 september 2015) “Photoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic enzymes”

B.52) Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (21stISFC), Como August 23rd-28th 2015 “Poly(arylenevinylene)s with fluorinated double bonds for electroluminescence and photovoltaics” B.53) ISOC 15, International School on Organometallic Chemistry (Camerino, Italy, September 5th-9th 2015). “Organometallic approaches to conjugated molecules and polymers for optoelectronics” B 54) MRS Fall meeting 2015, Symposium E (Engineering and Application of Bioinspired Materials) (Boston, USA, November 29th – December 4th 2015)

“Biosilica from diatoms microalgae: Smart materials from bio-medicine to photonics” B 55) SPIE Optics + Photonic Conference 2016 (San Diego, 28 August - 1 September 2016) “Photoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic bacteria” B 56) NanoSpain Conf 2016 (March 15-18 2016, Logrono, Spain) “Smart nanomaterials built up from functional organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” B 57) 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (Malaga, Spain, July 25-28 2016) “Biotechnological routes to photonic nanostructures from diatoms microalgae and light emitting molecules” B 58) Gordon Research Conference: Electronic Processes in Organic Materials (Barga, Italy, June 5th-10th 2016) “Combining Organic Semiconductors with Photosynthetic Microorganisms: New Concepts in Bio-Optoelectronic Materials” B 59) Enerchem I, First Enerchem Congress (Florence, 18-20 February 2016) “Photoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic bacteria” B 60) 27th European Colloquim on heterocyclic Chemistry (Amsterdam July 3rd-6th 2016) “Photoactive molecular and supramolecular materials built-up with heterocycles” B 61) 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (Malaga, Spain, July 25-28 2016) “Biotechnological routes to photonic nanostructures from diatoms microalgae and light emitting molecules” B 62) SPIE Optics + Photonic Conference 2016 (San Diego, August 28th – September 1st 2016) “Photoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic bacteria” B 63) Journee Scientifique Lumomat (Angers, France November 14th 2016) “Photoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic bacteria” B 64) MRS Fall meeting 2016, Symposium BM6, (Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials) (Boston, USA, November 27th – December 2nd 2016) “Smart nanomaterials from diatoms microalgae and functional organic molecules” B 65) Napes Workshop March 27th-28th 2017 (Dublin, Ireland) “Multifunctional nanomaterials with biosilica from diatoms microalgae” B 66) Summer Schools on Advanced Macromolecular Topics of the European Polymer Federation – 2017/8th School “Transport Phenomena In Polymers And Hybrid Materials" May 14th-19th 2017, Gargano, Italy “Chemistry of conjugated conductive polymers” B 67) 10th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics – ISFOE 2017- July 3-6 (Thessaloniki, Greece) “Phtoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic enzymes” B 68) Orbitaly 2017: Organic Bioelectronics Italy, October 25-27, 2017 (Cagliari, Italy) “Light-responsive materials for bioelectronics with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic bacteria” B 69) Thematic European School on OPV relevant to the ITN Project SEPOMO "Spins for Efficient Photovoltaic Devices based on Organic Molecules” - November 13, 14 2017 (Angers , France)

“The synthetic logic in the preparation of donor conjugated polymers for OPV” B 70) MYCS: Merck Young Chemists Symposium 2017, 13-15 November 2017 (Milano Marittima , Italy) “Smart materials for photonics and electronics with organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” B 71) MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit 2017, Symposium B11: “Modeling, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications of Advanced Biopolymers—Where Form Meets Function” November 28-December 1 2017 (Boston USA) “Biosilica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials from biomedicine to photonics” B 72) Conference on Progress in Organic Optoelectronics, 18-19 September 2017 (Valencia, Spain) “Materials for Optoelectronics from Photosynthetic Microorganisms” B 73) 9th European Symposium on Computing p-Conjugated Compounds, 18-19 January 2018 (Naples, Italy) “A short conversation with an organic chemist: unconventional conjugated molecules and intriguing combinations with biological structures”

INVITED LECTURES IN UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH CENTERS AND COMPANIES

C 1) Università di Lecce ( Settembre 2001) “Novel organic conjugated oligomers and polymers: molecular structure engineering, organometallic synthesis, electrical and optical properties”. C 2) Università di Roma Tor Vegata (Ottobre 2002) “Composti organici policoniugati: una nuova classi di materiali per la fotonica e l’elettronica”. C 3) Universiteit Van Amsterdam (Novembre 2003) “Synthetic strategies for the control of properties of conjugated oligomers and polymers”. C 4) Ciba Specialty Chemicals S.p.A di Pontecchio Marconi Bologna (Maggio 2004); “Organic conjugated materials for semiconductor devices: perspectives of plastic electronics”. C 5)Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Giugno 2004) “Materiali organici coniugati per dispositivi a semiconduttore: prospettive della Elettronica di Plastica”. C 6)Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca per il Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienza dei Materiali (Novembre 2006) “Organic semiconductors functionalized with small biomolecules for advanced sensing applications”. C 7) Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca per il Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienza dei Materiali (Maggio 2007) Titolo: ”From synthesis to supramolecular architecture: control of properties of organic semiconductors”. C 8)Università degli Studi di Catania per il Dottorato Internazionale di Ricerca in Scienze Chimiche (22 Maggio 2009)

Titolo: “Properties and applications of organic compounds for photonics and electronics”. C 9) Università di Camerino, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry Graduate Studies Department of Chemical Sciences (28 maggio 2009) Titolo: “From molecules to materials: synthesis and properties of organic compounds for photonics and electronics” C 10)Centech, Center for Nanotechnology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität di Münster (Germania) (20 novembre 2009) Titolo: “From molecules to materials: functional compounds for organic electronics” C 11) Due conferenza alla scuola di dottorato dell’Università di Palermo (26,27 aprile 2010) “Fluorinated organic semiconductors for organic electronics” “Semiconduttori oganici bio-sostituiti ed altre architetture moleculari multifunzionali per la fotonica e l’elettronica” C 12) IMDEA Nanoscience Institute Madrid, Spain (2 Novembre 2011) “Multifunctional Organic Semiconductors” C13) Department of Organic and Farmaceutical Chemistry University of Regensburg , Germany (7 novembre 2011) “Multifunctional Organic Semiconductors” C 14) Università della Basilicata, Dipartimento di Chimica, Potenza (20 giugno 2011) “Dalle molecole ai materiali: sintesi di composti per l’elettronica organica” C 15) Università degli Studi di Perugia,Dipartimento di Chimica (5 novembre 2011) “Multifunctional organic semiconductors: from optoelectronics to bio-hybrid architectures” C 16) Università degli Studi di Firenze e CNR ICCOM Firenze, Seminario per la Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze Chimiche dell'Università di Firenze (16 novembre 2012) “Multifunctional organic semiconductors: from optoelectronics to bio-hybrid architectures”. C 17) Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica (11 gennaio 2013) “Combining molecular semiconductors with biological structures for advanced functions” C 18) Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Chimica (24 gennaio 2013) “Combining molecular semiconductors with biological structures for advanced functions” C 19) ENI Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche Guido Donegani (13 marzo 2013) “Semiconduttori organici per la conversione dell’energia solare: dal fotovoltaico ai bio-ibridi” C 20) Université Bordeaux 1 - CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (17 luglio 2013) “Combining photo/electro-active molecules with biological structures for advanced functions” C 21) Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano (14 ottobre 2013) “Nanohybrids from functional molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” C 22) University of Namur (5 novembre 2013) “Nanohybrids from functional molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” C 23) CNRS Institut Charles Sadron (ICS) Strasbourg (December 10 th 2013) “Smart architectures with p-conjugated molecules and biological structures” C 24) University of Strasbourg, Faculte de Chemie (December 19th 2013) “Combining photo/electro-active molecules with biological structures for advanced functions” C 25) Department of Bioelectronics, Centre Microélectronique de Provence, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne (17 January 2014).

“Nanohybrids from functional organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” C 26) Institut de Science et d’Ingégnerie Supramoléculaire – ISIS University of Strasbourg (February 17th 2014) “Nanohybrids from functional organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” C 27) University of Milano Bicocca, department of Materials Science (20th June 2014) “Nanohybrids from functional organic molecules and biological structures” C 28) CNR ISMAC Milano (June 24th 2014) “Nanohybrids from functional organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” C29) The center for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London (November 18th 2014) “Nanohybrids from functional organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms” C30) Institute of Materials Science University of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC, UAB) (May 11th 2015) “Combining photo/electro-active molecules with biological structures for advanced functions” C31) Department, University of Angers (France) – CNRS Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou (July 7th 2015) “Hybrid architectures built up from organic molecules and photosynthetic micro-organisms: exploring biotechnological routes to functional materials for photonics, electronics and medicine” and (July 9th 2015) “Conjugated polymers for plastic solar cells: from laboratory synthesis to industrial production” C32) TU Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Institute for Materials Science (January 21st 2016) “Smart architectures from photosynthetic microorganisms and functional organic molecules” C33) Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Trieste (April 19th 2016) “Smart architectures from photosynthetic microorganisms and functional organic molecules” C 34) Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva (November 10th 2016) “Non-conventional routes to organic and hybrid materials for solar energy conversion” C 35) Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (April 25th 2017) “Non-conventional routes to organic and hybrid materials for solar energy conversion: from organometallic methods to biotechnological approaches” C 36) Linkoping University – Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) (Linkoping, Sweden, October 20th 2017) “Hybrid architectures with functional organic molecules and photosynthetic microorganisms”

Pubblications of Prof. Gianluca Maria Farinola

Pubblications in International Journals

1. “A novel and efficient route to (E)-alk-1-enyl boronic acid derivatives from (E)-1-(trimethylsilyl)alk-1-enes and a formal Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction starting with vinylsilanes” G. M. Farinola, V. Fiandanese, L. Mazzone, F. Naso Journal of Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1995, 2523-2524

2. “Synthesis, characterization and properties of a soluble polymer with a poly(phenylenevinylene) structure” F. Babudri, S. R. Cicco, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, A. Bolognesi, W. Porzio Macromolecular Rapid Communications 1996, 17, 905-911

3. “Highly stereoselective synthesis of conjugated polyenes via a homocoupling reaction of unsaturated silanes” F. Babudri, A. R. Cicciomessere, G. M. Farinola, V. Fiandanese, G. Marchese, R. Musio, F. Naso, O. Sciacovelli The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1997, 62, 3291-3298

4. “Reactions on (R) and (S)-1,1,2-triphenyl-1,2-ethandiols induced by aminium salts and protic

acids. Solvent effect” L. Lopez, G. M. Farinola, V. Paradiso, G. Mele, A. Nacci Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 10817-10826

5. “A straightforward route to polyenylsilanes by palladium- or nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions” F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, V. Fiandanese, L. Mazzone, F. Naso Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 1085-1094

6. “Monodeoxygenation of spiro adamantane-1,2-dioxetanes induced by aminium salt”

L. Lopez, G. M. Farinola, A. Nacci, S. Sportelli Tetrahedron, 1998, 54, 6939-6946

7. “A versatile copper-induced synthesis of fluorinated oligo(para-phenylenes)”

F. Babudri, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Tetrahedron, 1998, 54, 14609-14616

8. “Silicon-substitued PPV for LED preparation”

A. Bolognesi, C. Botta, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, O. Hassan, F. Naso Synthetic Metals, 1999, 102, 919

9. “Aminium salt induced cyclodimerization of stilbenes in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol” F. Ciminale, L. Lopez, G. M. Farinola Tetrahedron Letters, 1999, 40, 7267-7270

10. “Strong reduction of interchain interaction by bridged chain substitution in luminescent

phenylenevinylene thin films” L. Chiavarone, M. Di Terlizzi, G. Scamarcio, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Applied Physics Letters 1999, 75, 2053-2055.

11. “Bridged alkoxy substituted PPV light emitting diodes”

L. Chiavarone, G. M. Farinola, A. Losacco, M. Striccoli, L. Torsi, G. Scamarcio, M. Sibilano, S. R. Cicco, F. Babudri, F. Naso Advances in Science and Technology 1999, 27: Innovative Light Emitting Materials, 271-278

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12. “Organometallic chemistry directed towards the synthesis of electroactive materials: stereoselective routes to extended polyconjugated systems” F. Naso, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola Pure and Applied Chemistry 1999, 71, 1485-1492.

13. “Aerobic oxidative cleavage of pinanediols by cobalt (II) acetylacetonate in the presence of 2-methylpropanal” P. Mastrorilli, G. P. Suranna, C. F. Nobile, G. Farinola, L. Lopez

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2000, 156, 279-281

14. “Synthesis and optical investigations of low molecular weight alkoxy-substituted poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s” F. Babudri, S. R. Cicco, L. Chiavarone, G. M. Farinola, L. C. Lopez, F. Naso, G. Scamarcio Journal of Materials Chemistry 2000, 10, 1573-1579.

15. “Preparation and characterisation of organic-inorganic heterojunction based on BDA-PPV/CdS nanocrystals.” G. Leo, M. L. Curri, A. Cola, M. Catalano, M. Lomascolo, L. Manna, F. Quaranta, A. Agostiano, G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, F. Naso, M. Della Monica, L. Vasanelli Materials Science and Engineering B 2000, 74, 175-179

16. “A novel regio- and stereoselective formal cross-coupling reaction of unsaturated silanes with

arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates” F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, D. Panessa The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2000, 65, 1554-1557.

17. “Substituent-dependence of the third-order nonlinear optical properties of 2,5-dialkoxy-PPV

derivatives” T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, M. Ferrara, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Proceedings of SPIE, Linear, Nonlinear and Power-Limiting Organics 2000 4106, 395-403.

18. “A synthetic strategy leading to monodisperse PPV oligomers by coupling reactions of

vinyltrimethylsilanes” F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, L. C. Lopez, M. G. Martinelli, F. Naso The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2001, 66, 3878-3885

19. “Third-order nonlinear optical properties of 2,5-dialkoxy-substituted poly-(p-

phenylenevinylene)s” T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, M. Ferrara, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section b, nonlinear optics , 2001, 27, 489-500

20. “Aminium hexachloroantimonate salts: a latent source of antimony pentachloride” F. Ciminale, L. Lopez, G. M. Farinola, S. Sportelli Tetrahedron Letters, 2001, 42, 5685-5687

21. “Substituent-dependence of the optical nonlinearities in poly(2,5-dialkoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) polymers investigated by the Z-scan technique” T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, M. Ferrara, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso

Chemical Physics, 2001, 272, 111-118

22. “1,3-Diphenyl-1-o-tolyl-3,4-dimethylindan” R. Spagna, G. L. Cascarano, F. Ciminale, G. M. Farinola, L. Lopez Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure report online, 2001, E57(8), o741-o743

23. “Synthesis and characterization of poly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-phenylenevinylene)” F. Babudri, A. Cardone, L. Chiavarone, G. Ciccarella, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, G. Scamarcio

Chemical Communications 2001, 1940-194

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24. “Intrachain charge generation and recombination in alkoxy-substituted poly-(p-

phenylenevinylene) films” S. Stagira, M. Nisoli, G. Lanzani, S. De Silvestri, T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Physical Review B 2001, 64, 205205-1-205205-8

25. “Third-order nonlinear optical properties of copoly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-phenylenevinylene-2,5-dialkoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene)s, a novel class of push-pull substituted PPVs”

G. M. Farinola, T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, F. Naso Proceedings of SPIE, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials, 2001, 4461, 296-303

26. “Rhodium(I) catalyzed polymerization of phenylacetylene in ionic liquids” P. Mastrorilli, C. F. Nobile, V. Gallo, G. P. Suranna, G. Farinola Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2002, 184, 73-78 27. “A general strategy for the synthesis of conjugated polymers based upon the palladium

catalyzed cross-coupling of Grignard reagents with unsaturated halides” F. Babudri, D. Colangiuli, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2002, 2785-2791 28. “Femtosecond relaxation dynamics in dialkoxy substituted poly-(p-phenylenevinylene)

derivatives” T. Cassano; R. Tommasi, G. Lanzani, M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso

Optical Materials, 2002, 21, 325-329 29. “Deposition and application in gas sensors of thin films of a bridged chain dialkoxy PPV

derivative” F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, S. Giancane, F. Naso, R. Rella, A. Scarpa, L. Valli

Material Science and Engineering: C – Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems- 2002, 22, 445-448

30. “High third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility in new fluorinated poly(p-

phenylenevinylene) copolymers measured with the Z-scan technique” T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Optics Letters, 2002, 27, 2176-2178 31. “Synthesis of conjugated polymers by coupling between arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates

and vinyl silanes” R. Ancora, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, R. Ragni European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2002, 4127-4130. 32. “Acid catalysis in the aminium hexachloroantimonate-induced cyclodimerization of 1-aryl-1-

phenylethylenes” F. Ciminale, L. Lopez, G. M. Farinola, S. Sportelli, A. Nacci

European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2002, 3850-3854

33. “Synthesis, characterization and properties of a novel silicon-substituted soluble polymer with a PPV structure”

F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, O. Hassan Omar, F. Naso, C. Botta, A. Bolognesi Arkivoc 2002, xi, 256-263 34. “Spectroscopic ellipsometry for characterization of organic semiconductor polymeric thin

films” M. Losurdo, M. M. Giangregorio, P. Capezzuto, G. Bruno, F. Babudri, D. Colangiuli, G. M.

Farinola, F. Naso Synthetic Metals. 2003, 138, 49-53 35. “Structural effects on third order nonlinear optical properties of PPV derivatives”

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G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, F. Naso, Yu. Dubitsky, A. Zaopo, F. D’Amore, S. M. Pietralunga, Synthetic Metals 2003, 137, 1473-1474

36. “Synthesis of Poly(aryleneethynylenes) bearing glucose units as substituents” F. Babudri, D. Colangiuli, P. A. Di Lorenzo, G. M. Farinola, O. Hassan Omar, F. Naso Chemical Communications 2003, 130-131

37. “Investigation of luminescence in new blue emitting poly(2’,5’-dioctyloxy-4,4’,4’’-

terphenylenevinylene)s” T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Synthetic Metals 2003, 139, 827-830

38. “χ(3) measurements in novel poly(2’,5’-dioctyloxy-4,4’,4’’-terphenylenevinylene) using the Z- scan technique” A. Ronchi, T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Synthetic Metals 2003, 139, 831-834

39. “Nanostructuring poly-[2-methoxy-5-(2’-ethyl-hexiloxy)-p-phenylenevinylene] thin films by

high-temperature soft lithography” D. Pisignano, L. Persano, G. Gigli, R. Cingolani, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Synthetic Metals, 2003, 139, 679-681

40. “Synthesis and optical properties of a copolymer of tetrafluoro- and dialkoxy-substituted

poly(p-phenylenevinylene) with a high percentage of fluorinated units” F. Babudri, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, T. Cassano, L. Chiavarone, R. Tommasi Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2003, 204, 1621-1627

41. “Study of anisotropic optical properties of poly(arylenephenylene) thin films: dependence on

polymer backbone” M. Losurdo, M. M. Giangregorio, P. Capezzuto, G. Bruno, F. Babudri, D. Colangiuli, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Macromolecules 2003, 36, 4492-4497

42. “Thin film construction and characterization and gas-sensing performances of a tailored

phenylene-thienylene copolymer” F. Naso, F. Babudri, D. Colangiuli, G. M. Farinola, F. Quaranta, R. Rella, R. Tafuro, L. Valli Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 9055-9061

43. “Synthesis of conjugated oligomers and polymers: the organometallic way”

F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Journal of Materials Chemistry 2004, 14, 11-34

44. “Soft molding lithography of conjugated polymers”

D. Pisignano, L. Persano, R. Cingolani, G. Gigli, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Applied Physics Letters 2004, 84, 1365-1367

45. “TiO2 nanocrystals-MEH-PPV composite thin films as photoactive material”

A. Petrella, M. Tamborra, P. D. Cozzoli, M. L. Curri, M. Striccoli, P. Cosma, G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, F. Naso, A. Agostiano Thin Solid Films 2004, 451-452, 64-68

46. “Poly(phenyleneethynylene) polymers bearing glucose substituents as promising active

layers in enantioselective chemiresistors” M. C. Tanese, L. Torsi, N. Cioffi, L. A. Zotti, D. Colangiuli, G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, F. Naso, M. M. Giangregorio, L. Sabbatini, P. G. Zambonin Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2004, 100, 17-21

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47. “Tailored Conjugated Polymer Langmuir-Schäfer Thin Films in Sensing Transistors” G. M. Farinola, M. C. Tanese, L. Torsi, D. Colangiuli, S. Conoci, L. Valli, S. Casilli, B. Pignataro, F. Babudri, F. Naso, P. G. Zambonin Proceedings of SPIE, Organic Field Effect Transistors III, 2004, 5522, 36-40.

48. “Chemical sensors based on electroactive polymers: first example of the use of a poly-phenylenethienylene derivative” F. Babudri, F. Naso, D. Colangiuli, G.M. Farinola, R. Rella, R. Tafuro, L. Valli Sensors and Microsystems Proceedings 2004, 140-145 (8th Italian Conference on Sensors and

Microsystems , Trento Italy, feb. 12-14, 2003).

49. “Vibrational spectroscopic study of a push-pull substituted fluorinated poly(p- phenylenevinylene) copolymer” T. Yohannes, H. Neugebauer, G. M. Farinola, C. Winder, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, F. Naso, N. S. Sariciftci Synthetic Metals 2005, 152, 149-152

50. “Blue emitting iridium complexes: synthesis, photophysics and phosphorescent devices”

R. Ragni, E. A. Plummer, K. Brunner, J. W. Hofstraat, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, L. De Cola Journal of Materials Chemistry 2006, 16, 1161-1170

51. “Poly(alkoxyphenylene-thienylene) Langmuir-Shäfer thin films for advanced performance transistors”

M. C. Tanese, G. M. Farinola, B. Pignataro, L. Valli, L. Giotta, S. Conoci, P. Lang, D. Colangiuli, F. Babudri, F. Naso, L. Sabbatini, P. G. Zambonin, L. Torsi Chemistry of Materials, 2006, 18, 778-784.

52. “A straightforward methodology for the introduction of aryl and vinyl substituents in the 5 or 7 position of 8-hydroxyquinoline” F. Babudri, A. Cardone, C. T. Cioffi, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, R. Ragni Synthesis 2006, 8, 1325-1332

53. “Synthesis and chiroptical characterization of an amino acid functionalized dialkoxypoly(p- phenyleneethynylene)”

F. Babudri, D. Colangiuli, L. Di Bari, G. M. Farinola, O. Hassan Omar, F. Naso, G. Pescitelli Macromolecules 2006, 39, 5206-5212

54. “Fluorinated organic materials for electronic and optoelectronic applications: the role of the fluorine atom”

F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, R. Ragni Chemical Communications 2007, 1003-1022

55. “A poly(phenyleneethynylene) polymer bearing amino acid substituents as active layer in enantioselective solid-state sensors”

M. C. Tanese, O. Hassan Omar, L. Torsi, F. Marinelli, D. Colangiuli, G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, F. Naso, L. Sabbatini and P. G. Zambonin Proceedings of SPIE, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics II, 2006, 6192, 61921E/1-61921E/6

56. “Photochemical tuning of light emission in a conjugated polymer containing norbornadiene units in the main chain”

F. Babudri, G. Bilancia, A. Cardone, P. Coppo, L. De Cola, G. M. Farinola, J. W. Hofstraat, F. Naso Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2007, 6, 361-364.

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57. “A Novel stereoselective synthesis of symmetrical (1E,3E)-1,4-Diarylbuta-1,3-dienes” F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, R. Ragni, G. Spina Synthesis 2007, 19, 3088-3092

58. “A Novel cyclization reaction between 2,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)buta-1,3-diene and acyl chlorides

with straightforward formation of polysubstituted furans” F. Babudri, S. R. Cicco, G. M. Farinola, L. C. Lopez, F. Naso, V. Pinto Chemical Communications 2007, 3756-3758

59. “Synthesis of S-acetyl oligoarylenedithiols via Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling” A. Operamolla, O. Hassan Omar, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2007, 72, 10272-10275.

60. “Chemical design, synthesis and thin film supramolecular architecture for advanced performance chemo- and bio-sensing organic field effect transistors” G. M. Farinola, L. Torsi, F. Naso, P. G. Zambonin, L. Valli, M. C. Tanese, O. Hassan Omar, G. Giancane, F. Babudri, F. Palmisano Proceedings of 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces 2007, 36-37

61. “Enhanced chemical sensing organic thin-film transistors” M. C. Tanese, L. Torsi, G. M. Farinola, L. Valli, O. Hassan Omar, G. Giancane, E. Ieva, F. Babudri, F. Palmisano, Naso, P. G. Zambonin Proceedings of SPIE, Organic-based Chemical and Biological Sensors, 2007, 6659, 66590A1-66590A8.

62. “Synthesis of poly(arylenevinylene)s with fluorinated vinylene units” F. Babudri, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, C. Martinelli, R. Mendichi, F. Naso, M. Striccoli European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2008, 1977-1982

63. “Large Blue-Shift in the Optical Spectra of Fluorinated Polyphenylenevinylenes. A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study” M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala, G. M. Farinola, C. Martinelli, G. Gigli Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008, 112, 2996-3004

64. “Synthesis of functionalized anthraquinones via coupling reactions of 2,6-diiodo-1,5-

dioctyloxy-9,10-anthraquinone” F. Babudri, D. De Palma, G. M. Farinola, R. Ragni, F. Naso Synthesis 2008, 8, 1227-1232

65. “Synthesis of oligoarylenevinylenes with fluorinated double bonds” F. Babudri, A. Cardone, L. De Cola, G. M. Farinola, G. K. Kottas, C. Martinelli, F. Naso Synthesis 2008, 10, 1580-1588

66. “A Sensitivity-enhanced field-effect chiral sensor” L. Torsi, G. M. Farinola, F. Marinelli, M. C. Tanese, O. Hassan Omar, L. Valli, F. Babudri, F. Palmisano, P. G. Zambonin, F. Naso Nature Materials 2008, 7, 412-417 (supplementary information sul sito web: www.nature.com/naturematerials, pagg. S1-S16

67. “Synthesis and optical properties of a poly(2’5’-dioctyloxy-4,4’,4’’-terphenylenevinylene) with high content of (Z) vinylene units”

F. Babudri, A. Cardone, T. Cassano, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso, R. Tommasi Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2008, 693, 2631-2636

68. “Nanostructured depth-profile and field-effect properties of poly(alkoxyphenylene-thienylene) Langmuir-Shäfer thin-films” M. C. Tanese, B. Pignataro, G. M. Farinola, D. Colangiuli, L. Valli, L. Giotta, S. Conoci, F. Marinelli, E. Ieva, F. Babudri, F. Naso, L. Sabbatini, P. G. Zambonin, L. Torsi Thin Solid Films 2008, 516, 3263-3269

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69. “Synthesis of substituted conjugated polymers: Tuning properties by functionalization” G.M. Farinola, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, O. Hassan Omar, F. Naso Pure and Applied Chemistry 2008, 80, 1735-1746

70. “Impact of fluorinated vinylene units on supramolecular organization and optical properties of poly(p-phenylenedifluorovinylene)s thin films as a class of blue band gap conjugated polymers”

M. Losurdo, M.M. Giangregorio, P. Capezzuto, G. Bruno, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, C. Martinelli, G.M. Farinola, , F. Naso, M. Büchel

Polymer 2008, 49, 4133-4140

71 R. Ragni, E. Orselli, G. S. Kottas, O. Hassan Omar, F. Babudri, A. Pedone, F. Naso, G.M. Farinola, L. De Cola “Iridium(III) complexes with sulfonyl and fluorine substituents: synthesis, stereochemistry and effect of functionalization on their photophysical properties” Chemistry: A European Journal 2009, 15, 136-148

72 M. Losurdo, M.M. Giangregorio, P. Capezzuto, A. Cardone, C. Martinelli, G.M. Farinola, F. Babudri, F. Naso, M. Büchel, G. Bruno

“Blue gap PPV with fluorinated double bonds: interplay between supramolecular organization and optical properties in thin films”

Advanced Materials 2009, 21, 1115-1120

73 M. Piacenza, D. Comoretto, M. Burger, V. Morandi, F. Marabelli, C. Martinelli, G.M. Farinola, A. Cardone, G. Gigli, F. Della Sala “ Raman spectra of poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s with fluorinated vinylene units: evidence of inter-ring distorsion” ChemPhysChem. 2009, 10, 1284-1290

74 F. Babudri, G.M. Farinola, F. Naso “Organometallic strategies for the synthesis of conjugated oligomers” Synlett, 2009, 17, 2740-2748

75 A. Operamolla, O. Hassan Omar, F. Babudri, M. Vitulli, G.M. Farinola “Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of aryl Grignard reagents with bis(2-bromovinyl)benzenes” Letters in Organic Chemistry 2009, 6, 573-578

76 A. Cardone, C. Martinelli, V. Pinto, F. Babudri, M. Losurdo, G. Bruno, P. Cosma, F. Naso, G.M. Farinola

“Synthesis and characterization of perfluorinated arylenevinylene polymers” Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2010, 48, 285-291

77 S.R. Cicco, G.M. Farinola, C. Martinelli, F. Naso, M. Tiecco

“Pd-promoted homocoupling reactions of unsaturated silanes in aqueous micelles” European Journal of Organic Chemsitry 2010, 12, 2275-2279

78 G. Bruno, F. Babudri, A. Operamolla, G.V. Bianco, M. Losurdo, M.M. Gangregorio, O. Hassan Omar, F. Mavelli, G.M. Farinola, P. Capezzuto, F. Naso

“Tailoring density and optical and thermal behaviour of gold surfaces and nanoparticles exploiting aromatic dithiols”

Langmuir 2010, 26, 8430-8440 79 G. M. Farinola, A. Cardone, F. Babudri, C. Martinelli, F. Naso, G. Bruno and M. Losurdo

“Fluorinated Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s: Synthesis and Optical Properties of an Intriguing Class of Luminescent Polymers” Materials 2010, 3, 3077-3091

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80 G. Giancane, A. Ruland, V. Sgobba, D. Manno, A. Serra, G.M. Farinola, O. Hassan Omar, D.M. Guldi, L. Valli

“Aligning single-wall carbon nanotubes by means of Langmuir–Blodgett film deposition – optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies” Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20, pag 2481-2488

81 V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, A. Ruland, , L. Valli, D. Manno, A. Serra, G.M. Farinola, O. Hassan Omar, D.M. Guldi

“Aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes films by means of Langmuir–Blodgett film deposition – optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies” Abstract of Papers pf the American Chemical Society 2010, 239, 83 PMSE

82 G.M. Farinola, O. Hassan Omar, A. Operamolla, F. Babudri “ Synthesis of organic semiconductors functionalized with biological molecules” ISIE 2010, 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics CDROM Proceedings 2010 pag. 505-5010.

83 M. Ambrico, A. Cardone, T. Ligonzo, V. Augelli, P.F. Ambrico, S. Cicco, G.M. Farinola, M. Filannino, G. Perna, V. Capozzi “Hysteresis-type current-voltage characteristics in Au/eumelanin/ITO/glass structure: Towards melanin based memory devices” Organic Electronics 2010, 11, 1809-1814

84 G.M. Farinola, F. Babudri, A. Cardone, O. Hassan Omar, C. Martinelli, F. Naso, V. Pinto, R.

Ragni “Synthesis of fluorinated organic and organometallic electroluminescent materials: tuning emission in the blue” Advances in Science and Technology 2010, 75, 108-117

85 O. Hassan Omar, F. Babudri, G.M. Farinola, F. Naso, A. Operamolla

“Synthesis of S-Acetyl Oligo-p-aryleneethynylenes tetrathiols” European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, 529-537

86 O. Hassan Omar, F. Babudri, G.M. Farinola, F. Naso, A. Operamolla, A. Pedone

“Synthesis of D-Glucose and L-Phenylalanine Substituted Phenylene-Thiophene Oligomers” Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 486-494

87 A. Operamolla, G.M. Farinola

“Molecular and Supramolecular Architectures of Organic Semiconductors for Field Effect Transistor Devices and Sensors: a Synthetic Chemical Perspective” European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, 423-450

88 G.M. Farinola, R. Ragni

“Electroluminescent Materials for White Organic Light Emitting Diodes” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 3467-3482

89 M. Ambrico, P. F. Ambrico, A. Cardone, T. Ligonzo, S. R. Cicco, R. Di Mundo, V. Augelli,

G. M. Farinola “Melanin layer on silicon: an attractive structure for a possible exploitation in bio-polymer based metal-insulator-silicon devices” Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 3332-3336

90 B. Milian-Medina, S. Varghese, R. Ragni, H. Boerner, E. Ortì, G.M. Farinola, J. Gierschner

“Excited-state switching by per-fluorination of para-oligophenylenes” Journal of Chemical Physics, 2011, 135, 124509

91 A. Operamolla, S. Colella, R. Musio, A. Loiudice, O. Hassan Omar, G. Melcarne, M.

Mazzeo, G. Gigli, G.M. Farinola, F. Babudri

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“Low band gap poly(1,4-arylene-2,5-thienylene)s with benzothiadiazole units: Synthesis, characterization and application in polymer solar cells” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2011 , 95, 3490-3504

92 E. Dilonardo, A. Cardone, C. Martinelli , M. M. Giangregorio, M. Losurdo, P. Capezzuto, G.

M. Farinola, F. Babudria, F. Naso, G. Bruno “Interplay between solid-state organization and optical properties of thin films of poly-arylene-vinylene and -difluorinated vinylene: Fullerene blends” Synth. Met. 2012, 161, 2607-2611

93 A. Cardone, C. Martinelli, F. Babudri, F. Naso, V. Pinto and G. M. Farinola

“Synthesis of fluorinated (electro)luminescent arylenevinylene oligomers and polymers” Current Organic Synthesis, 2012, 9, 150-162

94 S. Bettini, L. Valli, A. Santino, C. Martinelli, G.M. Farinola, A. Cardone, V. Sgobba, G.

Giancane “Spectroscopic investigations, characterization and chemical sensor application of composite Langmuir-Schafer films of anthocyanins and oligophenylenevinylene derivatives” Dyes and Pigments, 2012, 94, 156-162

95 S. Casalini, F. Leonardi, C.A. Bortolotti, A. Operamolla, O. Hassan Omar, L. Paltrinieri, C.

Albonetti, G.M. Farinola, F. Biscarini “Mono/bidentate thiol oligoarylene-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for interface engineering” Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, 12155-12163 DOI: 10.1039/c2jm30838j

96 M. Ambrico, P.F. Ambrico, T. Ligonzo, A. Cardone, S.R. Cicco, A. Lavizzera, V. Augelli,

G.M. Farinola “Memory-like behavior as a feature of electrical signals transmission in melanin-like bio-polymers” Applied Physics Letters 2012, 100, 253702-1 / 253702-5

97 A. Cardone, F. Lopez, F. Affortunato, G. Busco, A. M. Hofer, R. Mallamaci, C.

Martinelli, M. Colella, G. M. Farinola “An aryleneethynylene fluorophore for cell membrane staining” Biochimica and Biophysica Acta: Biomembranes 2012, 1818, 2808-2817

98 F. Milano, R. R. Tangorra, O. Hassan Omar, R. Ragni, A. Operamolla, A. Agostiano, G. M.

Farinola, M. Trotta “Enhancing the Light Harvesting Capability of a Photosynthetic Reaction Center by a Tailored Molecular Fluorophore” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 11019 –11023

99 G. Pescitelli, O. Hassan Omar, A. Operamolla, G. M. Farinola and Lorenzo Di Bari “Chiroptical Properties of Glucose-Substituted Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s in Solution and Aggregate State” Macromolecules 2012, 45, 9626−9630

100 Alessandra Operamolla, Roberta Ragni, Omar H. Omar, Giuliano Iacobellis, Antonio

Cardone, Francesco Babudri and Gianluca M. Farinola “Synthesis of Functionalized Aryleneethynylene Oligomers and Polymers for Organic Electronics by Pd-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions” Current Organic Synthesis 2012, 9, 764-778

101 A. Cardone, C. Martinelli, M. Losurdo, E. Dilonardo, G. Bruno, G. Scavia, S. Destri, P.

Cosma, L. Salamandra, A. Reale, A. Di Carlo, A. Aguirre, B. Milian-Medina, J. Gierschner, G. M. Farinola “Fluoro-Functionalization of Vinylene Units in a Polyarylenevinylene for Polymer Solar Cells: Impact of Fluorination on Morphological and Optical Properties and on Photovoltaic Performances”

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 2013, 1, 715-727 102 M. Ambrico, P. F. Ambrico, A. Cardone, N. F. Della Vecchia, T. Ligonzo, S. R. Cicco, M.

Mastropasqua Talamo, A. Napolitano, V. Augelli, G. M. Farinola, M. d'Ischia “Engineering polydopamine films with tailored behaviour for next-generation eumelanin-related hybrid devices” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013, 1, 1018-1028

103 C. Martinelli, G. M. Farinola, V. Pinto, A. Cardone “Synthetic aspects and electro-optical properties of fluorinated arylenevinylenes for Luminescence and Photovoltaics” Materials, 2013, 6, 1205-1236

104 E. Mesto, F. Scordari, M. Lacalamita, L. De Cola, R. Ragni, G. M. Farinola, “The correct assignment of stereochemistry in di—dichlorido-bis{bis[2-(5-benzylsulfonyl)-3-fluoro-2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl-2N,C1]iridium(III)} toluene monosolvate” Acta Crystallographica Section C-Crystal Structure Communications, 2013, 69, 480-+

105 S. R. Cicco, C. Martinelli, V. Pinto, F. Naso, G. M. Farinola, “Oxidative cross-cuopling of vinylsilanes in water” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2013, 732, 15-20

106 S.Casallini, M. Berto, F. leonardi, A. Operamolla, C. A. Bortolotti, M. Borsari, W. Sun, R. Di Felice, S. Corni, C. Albonetti, Omar H. Omar, G. M. Farinola, F. Biscarini “Self-assembly of mono- and bidentate oligoarylene thiols anto polycrystalline Au” Langmuir, 2013, 29, 13198-13208

107 M. Ambrico, P. F. Ambrico, A. Cardone, S.R. Cicco, F. Palumbo, T. Ligonzo, R. Di Mundo, V. Petta, V. Augelli, P. Favia, G. M. Farinola “Melanin –like polymer layered on a nanotextutered silicon surface for a Hybrid biomimetic interface” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014, 2, 573-582

108 V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, D. Cannoletta, A. Operamolla, Omar H. Omar, G. M. Farinola, D.M. Guldi, L. Valli “Langmuir –Schaefer films for aligned carbon nanotubes functionalized with a conjugate polymer and photoelectrochemical response enhancement” Acs Applied Materials & Interfacec, 2014, 6, 153-158

109 C. Martinelli, A. Cardone, V. Pinto, T. M. Mastropasqua, M. L. D’arienzo, E. Mesto, E.

Schingaro, F. Scordari, F. Naso, R. Musio, G. M. Farinola “Synthesis and structure of conjugated molecules with the benzofulvene core” Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 3424-3427

110 E. Fanizza, C. Urso, V. Pinto, R. Ragni, N. Depalo, M. L. Curri, A. Agostiano, G. M. Farinola, M. Striccoli “Single white light emitting hybrid nonoarchitectures besed on functionalized quantum dots” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014, 2, 5286-5291

111 G. Giancane, S. Bettini, R. Pagano, A. Operamolla, Omar H. Omar, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, L. Valli “Discrimination of mercuric ions in piezoelectric sensors with a conjugated polymeric active layer” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2014,14, 6732-6737

112 C . Martinelli, U. Giovanella, A. Cardone, S. Destri, G. M. Farinola “ A white emitting poly (phenylenevinylene)” Polymer, 2014,55, 5125-5131

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113 G. Marzano, C. V. Ciasca, F. Babudri, G. Bianchi, A. Pellegrino, R. Po, G. M. Farinola “ Organomettalic approaches to conjugated polymers for plastic solar cells: from laboratory synthesis to industrial production” European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, issue 30, 6583-6614

114 S. R. Cicco, M. Ambrico, P. F. Ambrico, T. M. Mastropasqua, A. Cardone, T. Ligonzo, R. d Mundo, C. Giannini, T. Sibillano, G. M. Farinola, P. Manini, A. Napolitano, V. Criscuolo, M. D’Ischia “ A water – soluble eumelanin polymer with typicasl polyelectrolyte behaviour by triethyleneglycol N-functionalization” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 2810-2816

115 S. Casilini, M. Berto, C. A. Bortolotti, G. Foschi, A. Operamolla, M. Di Lauro, Omar H. Omar , A. Liscio, L. Pasquali, M. Montecchi, G. M. Farinola, M. Borsari “ Electrowetting of nitro-functionalized oligoarylene thiols self-assembled on polycrystalline gold” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 3902-3909

116 S. R. Cicco, D. Vona, E. De Giglio, S. Cometa, M. Mattioli-Belmonte, F. Palumbo, R. Ragni, G. M. Farinola “ Chemically modified diatoms biosilica for bone cells growth with combined drug delivery and antioxidant properties” Chem Plus Chem (Wiley – VCH), 2015, 80, 1104-1112

117 E.D. Glowacki, R.R. Tangorra, H. Coskun, D. Farka, A. Operamolla, Y. Kanbur, F. Milano, L. Giotta, G. M. Farinola, N.S. Sariciftci “Bioconjugation of hydrogen-bonded organic semiconductors with functional proteins” Journal of Materials Chemistry C , 2015, 3, 6554-6564

118 A. Operamolla, R. Ragni, F. Milano, Y. Kanbur, F. Milano, R.R. Tangorra, A. Antonucci, A. Agostiano, M. Trotta, G. M. Farinola “Garnishing" the photosynthetic bacterial reaction center for bioelectronics2 Journal of Materials Chemistry C , 2015, 25, 6471-6478

119 M. Ambrico, P.F. Ambrico, T. Ligonzo, A. Cardone, S. R. Cicco, M. D’Ischia, G. M. Farinola “From commercial tyrosine polymers to a tailored polydopamine platform: concepts, issues and challenges en route to melanin-based bioelectronics” Journal of Materials Chemistry C , 2015, 25, 6413-6423

120 W. Mroz, R. Ragni, F. Galeotti, E. Mesto, C. Botta, L. De Cola, G. M. Farinola, U. Giovanella “Influence of electronic and steric effects of substituted ligands coordinated to Ir(III) complexes on the solution processed OLED properties” Journal of Materials Chemistry C , 2015, 28, 7506-7512

121 G. Marzano, D. Kotowski, F. Babudri, A. Pellegrino, R. Musio, S. Luzzati, R. Po, G. M. Farinola “Tin-free synthesis of a ternary random copolymer for BHJ solar cells: Direct (Hetero)Arylation versus Stille Polymerization” Macromolecules , 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01676

122 C. Bonaccorso, F. De Rossi, M. Panigati, CG. Fortuna, G. Forte, TM. Brown, G. M. Farinola, G. Musumarra

“Metal-free synthesis of bisthiophene – core donor acceptor organic photosensitizers for dye – sensitized solar cells” Tetrahedron, 2015 71, 7260 - 7266

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123 R.R. Tangorra, A. Operamolla, F. Milano, OH. Omar, J. Henrard, R. Comparelli, F. Italiano, A. Agostiano, V. De Leo, R. Marotta, A. Falqui, G. M. Farinola, M.Trotta “Assembly of a photosynthetic reaction center with ABA tri-block polymersomes: highlights on protein localization” Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2015, 14, 1844-1852

124 S. Casalini, M. Berto, A. Kovtun, A. Operamolla, G. Di Rocco, P. Facci, A. Liscio, G. M. Farinola, M.Borsari, CA. Bortolotti “Surface Immobilized His-tagged Azurin as a Model Interface for the Investigation of Vectorial Electron Transfer in Biological Systems” Electrochimica Acta 2015, 178, 638-646

125 E. De Giglio, AM. Bonifacio, S.Cometa, D. Vona, M. Mattioli Belmonte, M. Dicarlo, E. Ceci, V. Fino, SR. Cicco, G. M. Farinola “Exploiting a new glycerol-based copolymer as a route to wound healing: Synthesis, characterization and biocompatibility assessment” Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces 2015, 136, 600-611

126 A. Punzi, M.A.M.Capozzi, V. Fino, C. Carlucci, M. Suriano, E. Mesto, E. Schingaro, E. Orgiu, S. Bonacchi, T. Leydecker, P. Samorì, R. Musio, G. M. Farinola “Croconaines as molecular materials for organic electronics: synthesis, solid state structure and use in transistor devices” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2016, 4, 3138-3142

127 R. Milad, J.Q. Shi, A. Aguirre, A.Cardone, B. Milian-Medina, G. M. Farinola, M. Abderrabba, J. Gierschner “Effective conjugation in conjugated polymers with strongly twisted backbones: a case study on fluorinated MEHPPV” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2016, 4, 6900-6906

128 A. Punzi, E. Maiorano, F. Nicoletta, D. Blasi, A. Ardizzone, N. Ventosa, I. Ratera, J. Veciana, G. M. Farinola “1,2,3-Triazole-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Derivatives with Tunable Solubility and Intermolecular Interactions” European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 2617-2627

129 A. Punzi, F. Nicoletta, G. Marzano, C.G. Fortuna, J. Dagar, T.M. Brown, G. M. Farinola “Synthetic Routes to TEG-Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low Band-Gap Polymers” European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 3233-3242

130 O.Hassan Omar, S. La Gatta, R.R. Tangorra, F. Milano, R. Ragni, A. Operamolla, R. Argazzi, C. Chiorboi, A. Agostiano, M. Trotta, G. M. Farinola “Synthetic Antenna Functioning As Light Harvester in the Whole Visible Region for Enhanced Hybrid Photosynthetic Reaction Centers” Bioconjugate Chemistry 2016, 27, 1614-1623

131 G. M. Farinola,, R. Ragni, F. Milano, S. La Gatta, R.R. Tangorra, M.M. Talamo, M. Lo Presti, A. Agostiano, S.R. Cicco, A. Operamolla, O.Hassan Omar , M. Trotta “Photoconverters with organic semiconductors and photosynthetic bacteria: positioning the bacterial Reaction Center in nanostructures” Organic sensors and bioelectronics IX 2016, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 9944

132 G. Marzano, F. Carulli, F. Babudri, A. Pellegrino, R. Po, S. Luzzati, G. M. Farinola “PBDTTPD for plastic solar cells via Pd(PPh3)(4)-catalyzed direct (hetero)arylation polymerization” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 17163-17170

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133 D. Vona, G. Leone, R. Ragni, F. Palumbo, A. Evidente, M. Vurro, G. M. Farinola, S.R. Cicco

“Diatoms Biosilica as Efficient Drug-Delivery System” MRS Advances 2016, 1, 57, 3825-3830

134 D. Vona, M. Lo Presti, S.R. Cicco, F. Palumbo, R. Ragni, G. M. Farinola “Light emitting silica nanostructures by surface functionalization of diatom algae shells with a triethoxysilane-functionalized pi-conjugated fluorophore” MRS Advances 2016, 1, 57, 3817-3823

135 B.D. Belviso, R.R. Tangorra, F. Milano, O.H. Omar, S. La Gatta, R. Ragni, A. Agostiano, G. M. Farinola, R. Caliandro, M. Trotta “Crystallographic analysis of the photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides bioconjugated with an artificial antenna” MRS Advances 2016, 1, 57, 3789-3800

136 S. La Gatta, O.H. Omar, A. Agostiano, F. Milano, R.R. Tangorra, A. Operamolla, C. Chiorboli, R. Argazzi, M. Natali, M. Trotta, G.M. Farinola, R. Ragni “A far-red emitting aryleneethynylene fluorophore used as light harvesting antenna in hybrid assembly with the photosynthetic reaction center” MRS Advances 2016, 1, 7, 495-500

137 R. Ragni, S.R. Cicco, D. Vona, G. Leone, G. M. Farinola “Biosilica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials from bio-medicine to photonics” Journal of Materials Research 2017, 32, 2, 279-291

138 G. Leone, D. Vona, M. Lo Presti, L. Urbano, S.R. Cicco, R. Gristina, F. Palumbo, R. Ragni, G. M. Farinola “Ca2+-in vivo doped biosilica from living Thalassiosira weissflogii diatoms: investigation on Saos-2 biocompatibility” MRS Advances 2017, 2, 19-20, 1047-1058

139 A. Operamolla, A. Punzi, G. M. Farinola “Synthetic Routes to Thiol-Functionalized Organic Semiconductors for Molecular and Organic Electronics” A sian Journal of organic chemistry 2017, 6, 2, 120-138

140 M. Burger, F. Florence, A. Cardone, G. M. Farinola, V. Morandi, F. Marabelli, D. Comoretto “Photo-induced absorption spectra of a poly(p-phenylenevinylene) polymer with fluorinated double bonds” Organic Electronics 2017, 43, 214-221

141 R. Ragni, V. Maiorano, M. Pugliese, A. Maggiore, E. Orselli, F. Babudri, G. Gigli, L. De Cola “A highly fluorinated iridium complex as a blue-green emitting component for white electroluminescence” Synthetic Metals 2017, 227, 148-155

142 S.R. Cicco, D. Vona, G. Leone, M. Lo Presti, F. Palumbo, E. Altamura, R. Ragni, G. M. Farinola “From polydisperse diatomaceous earth to biosilica with specific morphologies by glucose gradient/dialysis: a natural material for cell growth” MRS Communications 2017, 7, 2, 214-220

143 A. Punzi, I. D. Coppi, S. Matera, M.A.M. Capozzi, A.Operamolla, R. Ragni, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola “Pd-Catalyzed Thiophene-Aryl Coupling Reaction via C-H Bond Activation in Deep Eutectic Solvents” Organic Letters 2017, 19, 4754-4757

144 R. Ragni, S.R. Cicco, D. Vona, G. M. Farinola

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“Multiple Routes to Smart Nanostructured Materials from Diatoms Microalgae: A Chemical Perspective” Advanced Materials 2017, 1704289

145 R. Ragni, F. Scotognella, D. Vona, L. Moretti, E. Altamura, G. Ceccone, D. Mehn, S.R. Cicco, F. Palumbo, G. Lanzani, G. M. Farinola “Hybrid Photonic Nanostructures by In Vivo Incorporation of an Organic Fluorophore into Diatoms Algae” Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 1706214

Book chapters

1. “Organometallic Compounds in Organic Synthesis: A Critical Survey Covering the Year 2002”

degli autori: G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, Seminars in Organic Synthesis, XXVIII "A. Corbella" Summer School 2003, 299-328.

1 bis. Versione estesa della monografia: “Organometallic Compounds in Organic Synthesis: A Critical

Survey Covering the Year 2002”, G. M. Farinola, F. Babudri, contenente circa 600 riferimenti bibliografici, pubblicata nel CD-ROM abbinato al libro: Seminars in Organic Synthesis, XXVIII "A. Corbella" Summer School 2003

2. “Organometallic Routes to Polyconjugated Materials”

F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, F. Naso Seminars in Organic Synthesis, XXVIII "A. Corbella" Summer School 2003, 13-40.

3. “Phenylene – thiophene polymers and oligomers for organic electronics: synthesis, properties and application in devices”

R. Ragni, A. Operamolla, F. Babudri, Omar H. Omar , G. M. Farinola Targets in heterocyclic systems: chemistry and properties VOL. 16 Published: 2013, 221-246.

4. “Synthesis of electroluminescent conjugated polymers for OLEDs” R. Ragni, A. Operamolla, G. M. Farinola

Organic light-emitting diodes (oleds): materials, devices and applications, BOOK SERIES: “Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials” Published: 2013, 3-48.

5. “Nanostructured Silica from Diatoms Microalgae: Smart Materials for Photonics and Electronics”

R. Ragni, S.R. Cicco, D. Vona, G.M. Farinola Green Materials for Electronics M. Irimia-Vladu, E.D.l Glowacki, N.S. Sariciftci, S. Bauer Eds. Wiley-VCH 2018, Weinheim (Germany)

Patents

1. “Transistori a film sottile organico, composti e procedimenti per la loro realizzazione e loro uso come sensori in fase gassosa”

Inventori: F. Babudri, G. M.Farinola, F. Naso, F. Palmisano, L.Torsi, M.C.Tanese, P.G.Zambonin, O. Hassan Omar, L.Valli. Brevetto Italiano n.ro MI2007A000217

2. “Organic thin film transistors, compounds and procedures for their realization and their use as

gaseous phase sensors” Inventori: F. Babudri, G. M.Farinola, F. Naso, F. Palmisano, L.Torsi, M.C.Tanese, P.G.Zambonin, O. Hassan Omar, L.Valli. PCT/IB2008/00026

3 “Amphiphilic polymers functionalized with glucose or a derivate thereof”

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Inventori: Gianluca M. Farinola, Giuliano Iacobellis, Francesco Naso Brevetto Italiano n.ro 12152234.6 (del 24/01/2012)

4 “New poly(para-phenylene ethynylene) substituted by a molecule og glucose or its derivative

useful in fluorescence – quenching sensors for the detection of trinitrotoluene and organic light-emitting electroluminescent devices” Inventori: Gianluca M. Farinola, Giuliano Iacobellis, Francesco Naso Brevetto Italiano n.ro EP2620461-A1

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