Zambianchi Massimo

High school diploma in Industrial Chemical Technician (1985) obtained at the State Industrial Institute “G. Marconi” in Forlì (FC). Joned the National Research Council (CNR) in December 1988. Author of over 100 publications in international scientific journals with more than 2,000 citations and ISI-WoS H-index of 35. Co-author of 10 patent families. MZ contributed to the development of the first graphene-based filter for water purification, GraphiSulfone®.

Design, synthesis, and characterization of thiophene-based π-conjugated molecules with optoelectronic properties for organic devices such as OLETs, OFETs, and sensors; functionalization of graphene oxide and development of related materials and technologies for sensing and removal of water pollutants.

Organic synthesis • Molecular materials characterization • Graphene oxide

PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
PE11 Materials Engineering
PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences

Synthetic methods: Organic synthesis reactions in solution, reactions with gaseous reagents, metallation reactions, Grignard reactions, Stille reactions, Suzuki reactions. Microwave reactions. Preparation of biological systems labeled with fluorescent probes Purification methods: Column and silica gel thin-layer chromatography, vacuum distillation, sublimation, crystallization, centrifugation, freeze-drying. Purification on resin-packed columns for desalting labeled biomolecules Analytical methods: Gas chromatography and GC-MS, mass spectrometry, IR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, NMR spectroscopy, transmitted light and epifluorescence microscopy.