Paola Posocco

Function from Confinement: Ligand-Coated Nanoparticles as Functional Materials For nanoparticles stabilized by self-assembled monolayers, the surface-bound molecular species not only modify the core material properties but also provide a handle for interaction with other compone...

⏱️ When do ligand-coated nanoparticles become functional?
Nanoconfinement makes it happen! Implications for sensing, catalysis & programmable materials.
Read our new collaborative work in ACS Nano!
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Cucurbituril–Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies for Aqueous Oxime Formation Catalysis This study highlights how the metal core size, organic monolayer composition, and substrate structure influence the performance of supramolecular enzyme mimics (“suprazymes”) formed by anionic gold n...

Our supramolecular enzyme mimicks just leveled up 🚀💫 what did we unlock? 👀👀👀
⚡📄https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cctc.202500787

and here’s where it all started pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

same great team, new success 🙌

Happy to have contributed to this exciting paper! 👏👏 to the whole team! Bravo Simone #ProudPI ✨

Rushing to our last meeting of the day! Three amazing days in 🇨🇿 talking about how to improve quality in university 🔝 👋 Maren and Sofie ✨

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1-year fellowship (post-doc/graduate level) to work on computational models for responsive nanomaterials.
Experience in molecular modeling required.
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