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Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Lidia Armelao
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy
(ICMATE) - Corso Stati Uniti, 4 – 35127 Padova, Italy
c/o Department of Chemical Sciences - University of Padova
Via Marzolo, 1 - 35131 Padova, Italy
e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
CURRENT PROFILE
Director
Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy (ICMATE)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
President
Padova Research Area
of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry
University of Padova
EDUCATION AND FORMATION
1990. Degree in Chemistry cum laude (Laurea Magistrale)
University of Padova – Italy
1991. Master in Glass Engineering
University of Padova - Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (Murano, Venice) - Italy
1994. PhD in Chemistry
Doctorate School in Chemical Sciences - University of Padova - Italy
POST LAUREAM FORMATION
1995. Post Doctoral Research Fellow (January – December)
University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) - Paris, France
2005. Research Fellow (July – August)
Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario - London, Canada
Synchrotron Radiation Facility - University of Madison – Wisconsin, USA
2006, 2008. Visiting Scientist (June – August)
Centre for Chemical Physics, The University of Western Ontario - London, Canada
Argonne Photon Source - University of Chicago, USA
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2007, 2011. Visiting Professor (July – September)
Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario - London, Canada
Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
ACTIVITY IN RESEARCH NETWORKS
2016 – to date. Titular Member at IUPAC
Inorganic Chemistry Division Committee
2014 – 2015. National Representative at IUPAC
Inorganic Chemistry Division Committee
2009 – 2012. Member of Scientific Council
Consortium of Italian Universities for the Science and Technology of Materials (INSTM)
2006 – 2014. Scientific Coordinator of the National Project “Molecular design of films and
surfaces” - Department of Molecular Design of the National Research Council (CNR).
2002 - 2013. Deputy Director – CNR Institute of Molecular Sciences and Technologies,
Padova Section.
2002 - 2013. Member of the Scientific Board
CNR Institute of Molecular Sciences and Technologies (ISTM)
1998 – 2002. Scientific Coordinator of the Thematic Area “Surfaces, thin films and
molecular materials” and of the Research Line “Materials for optics and photonics” Progetto
Finalizzato CNR “Innovative Materials for Advanced Technologies” (PF MSTA II).
ACTIVITY IN RESEARCH UNITS
2012 – 2016. Chair of Research Unit - FIRB 2010 Project “Integrated Network for
Nanomedicine (RINAME)” - Ministry of Research (MIUR).
2011 – 2014. Chair of Research Unit – PRIN 2009 Project “Rare-Earth core-based
functional materials for innovative devices (RECORD)” - Ministry of Research (MIUR).
2011 – 2014. Chair of Research Unit - FIRB 2006 Project “National Research Network on
Nanosciences (ItalNanoNet)” - Ministry of Research (MIUR).
2011 – 2014. Chair of Research Unit – Programma Operativo Regionale (POR 2007/2013)
Project "Sustainable biotechnological strategies for the improvement of dairy products
(BIOLAT)” – Regione Veneto, Italy.
2005 – 2009. Chair of Research Unit – FIRB 2003 Project “Molecular compounds and
hybrid nanostructured materials with resonant and non resonant optical properties for
photonic devices” - Ministry of Research (MIUR).
2001 – 2004. Chair of Research Unit – FISR 2001 Project “Silicon carbide on silicon for
micro- electro- mechanical devices working under extreme conditions” - Ministry of
Research (MIUR).
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2001 – 2004. Chair of Research Unit – Project “Development of bulk components and
coatings of aluminium titanate for space applications” – National Space Agency (ASI).
1998 – 2002. Chair of Research Unit – Progetto Finalizzato CNR MSTA II “Thin films of
simple and mixed oxides and chalcogenides obtained by Sol-Gel, MOCVD and ion
implantation” – National Research Council (CNR).
1997 – 1999. Chair of Research Unit – Progetto Strategico Microonde “Industrial
Applications of Microwave Technology” – National Research Council (CNR).
AWARDS
ENIMONT Prize for Chemistry (1990).
Prof. Ugo Croatto Prize (1995).
OTHER ACTIVITIES
More that 30 invited lectures and keynotes (99th Canadian Chemistry Conference, 8th
International Conference on f-Elements, 4th FGIPS European Mediterranean Conference in
Inorganic Chemistry, XXXIII International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, CERC3
Young Chemists Workshop, 10th European Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry) and invited
seminars (University of Stuttgart - Germany, Wien Technische Universität - Austria,
University of Western Ontario - Canada, University of Saskatchewan - Canada, University
Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris, France).
Member of the Scientific Boards and Organizing Committees of National and International
Conferences (11th International Workshop on Glasses, Ceramics, Hybrids and
Nanocomposites From Gels, Padova - Italy, Syntheses and Methodologies in Inorganic
Chemistry: New Compounds and Materials, Bressanone - Italy).
MEMBERSHIPS
Consortium of Italian Universities for the Science and Technology of Materials (INSTM)
Italian Chemical Society - Società Chimica Italiana (SCI)
LANGUAGES
Italian (native), English (fluent written and spoken), French (good), German (basic).
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVTY
The scientific activity concerns the area of Inorganic Chemistry, with reference to the design,
synthesis and reactivity of precursor compounds and functional molecular systems, to the
realization of inorganic nanosystems from molecular synthesis, to the study of composition
structure-properties correlations. Some representative results are:
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- Design and synthesis (soft chemistry) of original lantanide antenna complexes (Eu, Tb, ...) that,
chemically grafted via sol-gel to mechanically stable and optically transparent silica substrates,
have been successfully used to produce highly luminescent and photostable glassy films with
tunable colour emission including white light;
- Design and synthesis of molecular and supramolecular systems based on transition metal
elements and polytopic ligands able to generate constitutional dynamic libraries;
- Design and synthesis (soft chemistry) of innovative oxide and metal-based nanosystems (as
surfaces, films and clusters), particularly effective for the immobilization of (bio)molecules with
high specificity and precise sequences, hence suitable in processes for molecular recognition
such as DNA microarray;
- Design and synthesis (soft chemistry) of composite materials based on metal, oxide and
chalcogenide clusters suitably dispersed in/on oxide matrices. The chemical reactivity of such
nanosystems, fundamental in (photo)catalysis and in molecular activation processes, is finely
tunable by varying the cluster dimension, shape and distribution, or through suitable
cluster/matrices chemical combinations;
- Investigation of the electronic structure of excited states in highly luminescent inorganic
systems through X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence (XEOL), in the energy and time domain.
The scientific activity is documented by more that 170 papers on highly qualified and widespread
international ISI journals (H-index = 33, Web of Science, 2015 JCR Science Edition), 3 book
chapters with ISBN, more than 20 Activity Reports and Papers on Conference Proceedings with
ISSN, and more than 150 communications at national and international conferences.
The 20 listed publications have been selected (2009 - 2016) as explanatory examples of the
studied systems.
1)
S. Quici, C. Scalera, M. Cavazzini, G. Accorsi, M. Bolognesi, L. Armelao, G. Bottaro
“Highly photoluminescent silica layers doped with efficient Eu(III) and Tb(III) antenna
complexes”.
Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 2941 – 2949
2)
L. Armelao, L. Bovo, E. Tondello, C. Maccato, G. Bottaro, M. Pascolini, C. Sada, E.
Soini “Luminescent properties of Eu-doped lanthanum oxyfluoride sol-gel thin films”.
J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 14429 – 14434
3)
L. Armelao, D. Belli Dell'Amico, R. Braglia, F. Calderazzo, F. Garbassi, G. Marra, A.
Merigo “Loading silica with metals (palladium or platinum) under mild conditions by
using well-defined molecular precursors”.
Dalton Trans. 2009, 28, 5559 – 5566
4)
M. D’Arienzo, L. Armelao, A. Cacciamani, C. Mari, S. Polizzi, R. Ruffo, R. Scotti, A.
Testino, L. Wahba, F. Morazzoni “One-step preparation of SnO2 and Pt-doped SnO2 as
inverse opal thin films for gas sensing”.
Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 4083 – 4089
5)
L. Armelao, S. Quici, F. Barigelletti, G. Accorsi, G. Bottaro, M. Cavazzini, E. Tondello
“Design of luminescent lanthanide complexes: from molecules to highly efficient photoemitting materials”.
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2010, 254, 487 – 505
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6)
M. Rancan, F. Sedona, M. Di Marino, L. Armelao, M. Sambi “Chromium wheels quasihexagonal 2D assembling by direct UHV sublimation”.
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5744 – 5746
7)
M. D’Arienzo, L. Armelao, C. M. Mari, S. Polizzi, R. Ruffo, R. Scotti, F. Morazzoni
“Three dimensionally ordered WO3 thin films active in NH3 sensing: role of the hosted
Cr isolated centers and Pt nanoclusters”.
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5296 – 5304
8)
L. Armelao, G. Bottaro, S. Quici, M. Cavazzini, C. Scalera, G. Accorsi “Synthesis and
photophysical characterization of highly luminescent silica film doped with substituted 2hydroxyphthalamide (IAM) terbium complexes”.
Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 11530 – 11538
9)
L. Armelao, F. Heigl, P.-S. G. Kim, R. A. Rosenberg, T. Z. Regier, T.-K. Sham “Visible
emission from GeO2 nanowires: site-specific insights via X-Ray Excited Optical
Luminescence”.
J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 14163 – 14169
10)
M. Rancan, A. Dolmella, R. Seraglia, S. Orlandi, S. Quici, L. Sorace, D. Gatteschi,
L. Armelao “Dinuclear Cu(II) complexes of isomeric bis-(3-acetylacetonate)benzene
ligands: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties”.
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 5409 – 54 16
11)
M. Rancan, A. Dolmella, R. Seraglia, S. Orlandi, S. Quici, L. Armelao “A templating
guest sorts out a molecular triangle from a dimer-trimer constitutional dynamic library”.
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3115 – 3117
12)
M. Rancan, J. Tessarolo, P.L. Zanonato, R. Seraglia, S. Quici, L. Armelao “Self-assembly
of a constitutional dynamic library of Cu(II) coordination polygons and reversible sorting
by crystallization”.
Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 7534 – 7538
13)
M. Rancan, J. Tessarolo, M. Casarin, P.L. Zanonato, S. Quici, L. Armelao “Double level
selection in a constitutional dynamic library of coordination driven supramolecular
polygons”.
Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 7276 – 7287
14)
C. Malba, U. P. Sudhakaran, S. Borsacchi, M. Geppi, F. Enrichi, M.M. Natile,
L. Armelao, T. Finotto, R. Marin, P. Riello, A. Benedetti “Structural and photophysical
properties of rare-earth complexes encapsulated into surface modified mesoporous silica
nanoparticles”.
Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 16183 – 16196
15)
M. Rancan, J. Tessarolo, S. Quici, L. Armelao “Post-assembly guest oxidation in a
metallo-supramolecular host and structural rearrangement to a coordination polymer”.
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 13761 – 13764
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16)
G. Bottaro, F. Rizzo, M. Cavazzini, L. Armelao, S. Quici “Efficient Luminescence from
Fluorene- and Spirobifluorene-Based Lanthanide Complexes upon Near-Visible
Irradiation”.
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 4598 – 4607
17)
E. Garcia-Lopez, G. Marci, B. Megna, F. Parisi, L. Armelao, A. Trovarelli, M. Boaro, L.
Palmisano “SrTiO3 based perovskites: preparation, characterization and photocatalytic
activity in gas solid regime under simulated solar irradiation”.
J. Catal. 2015, 321, 13 – 22
18)
M. Rancan, L. Armelao “Exploiting dimensional variability in coordination polymers:
solvent promotes reversible conversion between 3D and chiral 1D architectures”.
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 12947 - 12949
19)
A. Pappacena, M. Boaro, L. Armelao, J. Llorca, A. Trovarelli “Water splitting reaction on
Ce0.15Zr0.85O2 driven by surface heterogeneity”.
Catalysis Science & Technology 2016, 6, 399 – 403
20)
L. Armelao, D. Belli Dell’Amico, L. Bellucci, G. Bottaro, L. Labella, F. Marchetti, S.
Samaritani “Smart grafting of lanthanides onto silica via N,N-dialkylcarbamato
complexes”.
Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55, 939 − 947
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