ANALYTICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
PHYSICAL and COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY
PHOTOCHEMISTRY and INORGANIC AREAS
ORGANIC and INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
FOOD and NUTRACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
The research activities are co-financed by structural founds on a national level and by Italian and foreign privately owned companies.
Recent examples include Italian Ministry for University PRIN and FIRB calls, a POR-FESR (2014-2020) project and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie action.
Many agreements have been signed with various Companies as a token to demonstrate the attractiveness of the Department.
]]>The Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers the Ferrara School of Chemistry and Ferrara School of Medicinal Chemistry, a diploma of excellence for the best students with international curricula. All the related information can be found at the following link.
Students are deeply encouraged to partecipate to exchange programs for studying and to prepare their thesis abroad by european Universities (Erasmus+ for study) and extra-UE (Atlante program, Atlante "C" program). Students can also apply for stages by private companies (Erasmus+ CON.C.E.R.T.O. ed Erasmus+ Traineeship). Detailed info are available at: http://www.unife.it/studenti/en/international-services.
Similar opportunities are given also to researchers and professors (Mobilità docenti/PTA/esperti).
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This project envisages the training of a scientific/professional figure having expertise in the second-generation valorization of agri-food by-products (organic pigments) applied to the realization of solar cells. The project falls within the Emilia-Romagna declared value chains concerning the development of photoelectrochemical devices for conversion of solar energy and, in general, of the indoor and outdoor architectural light energy. This is fully in line with the aims of the value chain LOW CARBON ECONOMY (LowCarbon ER) regarding the transition of the regional economy to a better environmental sustainability. At the same time, the project has a bearing on the value chain AGRIFOOD (SPES, Valorization of byproducts and waste) which focuses on the use of waste and byproducts from agro-food industry for the production of medium/high-added value molecules, namely bio-colorants and their chemical derivatives, able to absorb and convert solar energy into electricity in transparent photoelectrochemical cells based on TiO2 (titanium dioxide) substrates. Besides, the visual characteristics of the solar cells which will be built (transparency, available color palette) provide for their integration as architectural features. This takes place within the framework of home energy recovery, with cells being possibly used as outdoor devices (integration in windows and glass walls) and indoor apparatus for the intelligent energy management (gobo, etc.), and also as energy source for smart home, sensor applications, rechargeable devices etc. (Value Chain G2B, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Construction). It should be noted that these solar cells give beneficial use, compared to the ones based on silicon, in soft light (autumn and winter months in the region) and diffuse light conditions, allowing recovery of in-house low energy with an efficiency greater than 20%.
]]>The project seeks to recover the mucus secreted by snails reared in Sardinia Region for gastronomic application in order to enhance the value of snail farming. It is planned to characterize the mucus and its derivatives in chemical, microbiological and functional terms to generate a certified supply chain under which lay a scientific characterization of mucus properties, which up to now have not been fully demonstrated. This work is expected to allow valorization of an industrial waste, i.e. mucus, with the aim of making it marketable in cosmetic, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical areas.
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Systematic use of crustallographic and theromdynamic databases. Simulation of model molecules by quantum chemistry with either “ab initio” or DFT methods. Preparations of molecular crystals and co-crystals for the study of molecular interactions and their structural determination by X-ray diffraction technique at both room and cryogenic temperature.
Structural chemistry; Physical chemistry; General chemistry.
The main goal is to start a systematic study of the magnetic properties of bi- and tri-nuclear copper and nickel complexes. The interest towards these systems arises from the fact that oxygen atoms of specific ligands can act as bridges between copper centers. Since there is a strong relationship between the molecular structure (particularly metal coordination and structure of bridges) and the nature and intensities of the magnetic interactions between unpaired electrons in the metal centers, an accurate choice of organic ligands may induce a direct modulation of the magnetic properties.
Physical chemistry, Inorganic chemistry; Spectroscopy; Theoretical chemistry.
Fully automated oligonucleotide synthesizer for synthesis in 1-50 μM and 150 μM-9 mmol ranges. HPLC systems. Mass (MS) spectrometry, UV spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
Organic chemistry; pharmacology; molecular biology.
Mass (MS) spectrometry and infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Elemental analysis. Chromatographic instruments.
Organic chemistry; biochemistry.